Sylvester Weaver : the first blues guitarist on record

Papa Charlie Jackson : six-string stylist, flat-picking pioneer

Blind Lemon Jefferson : popular from coast to coast

Blind Blake : king of ragtime blues guitar

Blind Willie McTell : Atlanta's twelve-string king

Blind Willie Johnson : sublime gospel blues

Lonnie Johnson : the era's most influential blues guitarist

Mississippi John Hurt : songster and bluesman

Tampa Red : "the guitar wizard".