Favorite Women Guitarists

[RTR]

Originally Posted by DianeA

Maybelle Carter is one of my favorites!

Absolutely, she practically invented country guitar and it would be easier to list country pickers not influenced by Maybelle. Two stand out; Chet Atkins who Maybelle hired and helped get a leg up at the Opry, and Doc Watson. Her picking, still up at Youtube is fabulous.

[Feste]

So many talented woman musicians and artists ... here are a couple
Ruth Moody
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U7LVzdyImdA

Aoife o'donovan
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tCFHA-bFvCc
Here is an awesome cover:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ze5Dns6CPE

[Feste]

Originally Posted by boombox

. . . I'll leave it to someone else to correct the glaring omissions from the list which are Rory Block, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Armatrading, Jonatha Brooke, Brook Williams...

Me thinks you mean “Brooks Williams” . . . And for the record, “He” is a fret monster😎

[Feste]

Way back when these two were awesome:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sGHZro2e16g https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sGHZro2e16g

[Feste]

Okay one more:
Chastity Brown:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R7M7E2EJH4w

[eshrager]

And two more:

Ellen McIlwaine
Joanna Connor

Both are good players and have unique musical styles.

[Charmed Life Picks]

I'm sure she's been mentioned earlier, but Nina Gerber is terrific too. She's played a lot with Karla Bonoff.

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