American folk guitarists

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 230. Chapters: Paul Simon, Chet Atkins, Ani DiFranco, Lead Belly, Janis Ian, Christine Lavin, Jonathan Edwards, Beck, James Taylor, David Mansfield, Doc Watson, Jewel, Ben Harper, Tracy Chapman, Ry Cooder, Will Oldham, Bob Dylan, Josh White, The Kingston Trio, Johnny Cash, Sufjan Stevens, Tom Paxton, Jimmie Rodgers, Steve Earle, Joshua Radin, Dave Guard, Stephan Said, John Fahey, Bob Shane, Colbie Caillat, Pete Yorn, Paul Curreri, Dave Van Ronk, Tim Rose, Iron & Wine, Patty Griffin, Sam Bush, Jack Johnson, Eric Von Schmidt, Andy McKee, Dean Friedman, Danny Schmidt, Charlie Nothing, The Nightwatchman, Meiko, Mat Callahan, Michael Johnson, Amy Kuney, Kate Voegele, Leo Kottke, Devon Sproule, Bryyn, Amos Lee, George Britton, Elizabeth Cotten, Bill Madden, William Fitzsimmons, Joe Dassin, Carrie Elkin, Sara K., William Coulter, David Ippolito, Creed Bratton, Kenny Edwards, Terry Callier, Ace Enders, Bob Zentz, Lori McKenna, Vicki Genfan, Jimmy Driftwood, Ari Herstand, Alan Senauke, Jesse Harris, Eric Heywood, John Doan, Brad Davis, Sean Watkins, Brodie Foster Hubbard, Mason Jennings, Rocky Votolato, Michael Gulezian, Anais Mitchell, Pat Donohue, Natalia Zukerman, Patty Larkin, Erin McKeown, Larry Campbell, Loren Mazzacane Connors, James McMurtry, Martin Sexton, Peter Rowan, Robert Earl Keen, Fred Carter, Jr., Essex Chanel, Joel Tepp, Jim Trippe, Ryan Montbleau, Ruthie Foster, Gamble Rogers, David McEnery, Matt Bronleewe, John Gorka, Tyler Blanski, Muriel Anderson, Nathan Moore, Justin Vernon, Brenn Hill, Zach Ashton, R.W. Hampton, Paula Frazer, Pete Huttlinger, Patrick Park, Vanessa Peters, Bruce Langhorne, Joel Gilbert, Bob Lind, Dawn Xiana Moon, Roscoe Holcomb, Alec Ounsworth, John Platania, Julien Aklei, Amy Cook, John Lombardo, Arnold Shultz, Steven R. Smith, Susan Werner, Jillian Speer, Riley Baugus, Michael DeTemple, Anne E. DeChant, Jenn Grinels, Mya Rose, David Nelson, Robert German, Dan Vaillancourt, Shane Speal, Peter Walker, Ed Masuga, Al Petteway, Gregory and the Hawk, Aaron James Sorensen, Max Ochs, Del Rey, The Wellingtons, Jeffrey Foucault, Ray Kamalay, Orville Johnson, Kristy Hanson, Vanessa Kafka, Aaron Bowen, Chris Hersch, Charlie Wadhams, Steve Mann, Ruthann Friedman, Ben Chasny, Jack Maness, Dawn Burke, Mark Fosson, Mark Stewart, Dick Siegel, Guy Juke, David LaMotte, Geoff Bartley, Dan Levenson, Reggie Knighton, Peter Langston, Deidre McCalla, Frank Christian, Jason Wilber, Steve Keith, Jay Mankita, David Clark. Excerpt: Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and painter. He has been a major figure in music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler, and an apparently reluctant figurehead, of social unrest. Though he is well-known for revolutionizing perceptions of the limits of popular music in 1965 with the six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone," a number of his earlier songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. His early lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social and philosophical, as well as literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, and the performance styles of Buddy Holly and Little Richard, Dylan has both amplifie...