“The dreadnought guitar is the backbone of bluegrass music, and bluegrass guitarists are among the genre’s most talented vanguards. Early bluegrass guitarists like Doc Watson and Clarence White made opening arguments about the guitar’s place as a leading instrument in bluegrass, and second-generation leaders like Tony Rice and Norman Blake pushed the envelope further. In the twenty-first century, a cornucopia of modern bluegrass guitarists from Molly Tuttle to Jim Hurst to Bryan Sutton have cemented their instrument’s place as integral to bluegrass music. Check out this playlist of twenty of bluegrass music’s guitar masters!”
