American folk guitarists

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 69-year career. With an estimated 125 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling musicians. Dylan added increasingly sophisticated lyrical techniques to the folk music of the early 1960s, infusing it "with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry". His lyrics incorporated political, social, and philosophical influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture.

Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. An influential figure in popular culture, she is known for her autobiographical songwriting and artistic reinventions. Swift is the highest-grossing live music artist, the wealthiest female musician, and one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

American country singer (1932–2003)

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Nicknamed "the Boss", Springsteen has released 21 studio albums spanning six decades; most of his albums feature the E Street Band, his backing band since 1972.

American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)

American folk singer (1919–2014)

Neil Percival Young is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. Son of journalist and author Scott Young, Young embarked on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s. He then moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. His solo career, often backed by the band Crazy Horse, includes critically acclaimed albums such as Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969), After the Gold Rush (1970), Harvest (1972), On the Beach (1974), and Rust Never Sleeps (1979). Young was also a part-time member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, with whom he recorded the chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu.

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

American singer-songwriter

American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)

American country singer, songwriter and actor (1936-2024)

American singer (1943–1997)

Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 56.5 million records in the US alone, making him one of the best-selling musicians in history.

French-American musician (1938–1980)

Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970), known mononymously as Beck, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical collages of wide-ranging genres. He has musically encompassed folk, funk, soul, hip hop, electronica, alternative rock, country, and psychedelia. He has released 15 studio albums, as well as several non-album singles and a book of sheet music.

American singer, guitarist and songwriter (1941–2023)

American singer-songwriter

American singer-songwriter

American singer, songwriter and musician

American singer and guitarist

American musician (1947–2024)

American singer-songwriter

American singer-songwriter

American singer

American guitarist and singer (1942–1995)

American singer-songwriter

American singer and musician (born 1975)

American folk and blues musician (1888–1949)

American guitarist, singer and composer

American musician (1942–2023)

American protest singer and songwriter (1940-1976)

American singer (born 1939)

American singer-songwriter (1943–1973)

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1941–2013)

American singer-songwriter and musician

American musician (1935–2001)

American musician (born 1945)

American folk singer

American singer and guitarist

American singer-songwriter

American musician (1942–2026)

American singer

Robert Hall Weir was an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, he performed with the Other Ones, later known as the Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead. Weir also founded and played in several other bands during and after his career with the Grateful Dead, including Kingfish, the Bob Weir Band, Bobby and the Midnites, Scaring the Children, RatDog, and Furthur, which he co-led with former Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh. In 2015, Weir, along with former Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, joined with singer/guitarist John Mayer, bassist Oteil Burbridge, and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti to form the band Dead & Company.

American musician

American singer-songwriter (1942–1981)

American musician

American musician (1923–2012)

American musician (1947–1975)

American musician (born 1974)

American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter (1893-1987)

American singer, songwriter and actress

American singer and songwriter (1938–2025)

American musician

American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1944)

American singer-songwriter (1946-2020)

singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia (1964–2009)

American singer, songwriter and actress

American singer-songwriter

American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1950–2011)

American singer-songwriter