Favourite Female Guitarists ???

[Silly Moustache]

I'm delighted to see the current thread for the ladies amongst us.
I'm just a mere male so I didn't feel it appropriate to contribute there, but it occurred to me that we should have another thread to honour guitar playing ladies.

I'll start (in no particular order - just as I thought of these fine musicians):

1. Elizabeth Cotten
2. Ana Vidovic
3. Mary Flower
4. Rory Block
5. Katy Melua
6. Eva Cassidy
7. Eliza Gilkyson
8. Joan Baez
9. Joni Mitchell
10. Emmylou Harris
11. Mary Ford (remember her?)
12. Mimi Fox (great jazz guitarist)
13. Mother Maybelle (how could I have forgotten her?)
14. Kaki king
15. K T Tunstall
16. Rosetta Tharpe
17. Bonnie Raitt
18. Ani DiFranco
19. Devon Sproule (I gigged with her)
20. Tift Merritt

Well, there are far more great female singer-songwriters and musos that I can "see" but can't recall their names.

So, c'mon guys (and gals) - I "challenge" you to add to this list !!

[Earl49]

Ann Wilson from Heart..... I believe that Nancy just sang, but could be wrong about that.

[Kerbie]

Pure guitarists? Probably Janis Ian, Vicki Genfan and Mary Flower.

[kydave]

Nina Gerber

[Earl49]

Originally Posted by kydave

Nina Gerber

Good one, Dave. I would also add Molly Tuttle, who we saw play recently at Wintergrass. She tore it up.

[mr. beaumont]

Emily Remler

and Corin and Carrie from Sleater Kinney

[Chemo]

Etta Baker, Muriel Anderson, Sharon Isbin.

And Joan Jett.

[posternutbag]

Courtney Hartman, monster bluegrass flatpicker who played with Della Mae. She is currently my favorite guitarist, not just my favorite female guitarist.

[TokyoNeko]

Originally Posted by Earl49

Ann Wilson from Heart..... I believe that Nancy just sang, but could be wrong about that.

The other way around. Nancy is the superb acoustic player. Ann is the lead singer.

[fazool]

Originally Posted by Silly Moustache

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18. Ani DiFranco
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Glad to see one of our hometown-ers on your list.

Interesting story: she bought a no-longer-used church (big gothic structure) in downtown and located her own record label, Righteous Babe Records, there.

[fazool]

Originally Posted by TokyoNeko

The other way around. Nancy is the superb acoustic player. Ann is the lead singer.

That's true. Funny thing is that Nancy sang the vocals on their biggest hit "These Dreams".

[docwatsonfan]

Constable sisters

Chelsea and Grace

[fazool]

For me it's Nancy Wilson.

[aknow]

Ana Vidovic
Nancy Wilson of Heart
Jo Anne Connor
Maureen O'Conner (deceased)
Susan Tedeschi
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (deceased)

[Rodger Knox]

Nancy Wilson used to be really good, back when Dreamboat Annie first came out. In later years there were other guitarist that did most of the more difficult stuff. I saw them do a 30? year anniversary concert of Dreamboat Annie, and Nancy said she was amazed that she used to be able to play those leads. She's still pretty good.

Charro hasn't made the list yet, but she should. She plays classical.