List of banjo players

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This article comprises two separate lists. The first consists of primary banjo players and the second of celebrities that also play the banjo.

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==Primary banjo players== A listing of notable musicians who play the banjo as a major part of their output include: <!-- Alphabetical order -->

===A=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Derroll Adams * Eddie Adcock * David "Stringbean" Akeman * Howard Alden * Peter R. Arnott * Clarence Ashley * Scott Avett }}

===B=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Etta Baker * Danny Barker * Danny Barnes * Terry Baucom * Riley Baugus * Andru Bemis * Carroll Best<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2237&context=etsu-works|title=Carroll Best: Old-Time 'Fiddle-Style Banjo' from the Great Smoky Mountains|author=Ted Olson|work=The Old-Time Herald|volume=13|issue=10|pages=10–19|issn=1040-3582|year=2014}}</ref> * Louis 'Lou' Black * Ron Block * Dock Boggs * Maurice Bolyer * Isaac Brock * Ruby Brooks * Alison Brown * Peter Buck * Lindsey Buckingham * John Butler * Picayune Butler * Johnny Butten }}

===C=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{div col |colwidth=18em}} * Howard Caine * Elizabeth (Bessie) Campbell * Gus Cannon * Bob Carlin * Gaither Carlton * June Carter * Eugene Chadbourne * Jack Chernos * James Chirillo * Bobby Clancy * Roy Clark * Fred Cockerham * Eddie Condon * J. D. Crowe {{div col end}}

===D=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Erik Darling * Jeff DaRosa * Reverend Gary Davis * Michael DeTemple * Douglas Dillard * Dwight Diller * Lonnie Donegan * John Dowling * Jimmy Driftwood }}

===E=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * David Eugene Edwards * Ben Eldridge * Curtis Eller * Bill Emerson * Dan Emmett * Clifford Essex }}

===F=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Billy Faier * Raymond Fairchild * Anthony Field * Jem Finer * Bradley Fish * Béla Fleck * George Formby * Tony Furtado * Finbar Furey }}

===G=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Rhiannon Giddens * Harper Goff * Shakey Graves * Bee Ho Gray * Dave Guard }}

===H=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Tom Hanway * JP Harris * John Hartford * Alex Hassilev * Warren Hellman * John Hickman * Brent Hinds * Roscoe Holcomb * David Holt * Matt Hoopes }}

===I=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Gregory Alan Isakov * Burl Ives }}

===J=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Carl Jackson * Papa Charlie Jackson * Tommy Jarrell * Cosmo Jarvis * Snuffy Jenkins * Courtney Johnson * Mark Johnson * Dave Johnston * Grandpa Jones }}

===K=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Buell Kazee * Bill Keith * Luke Kelly * Narvin Kimball * Elle King * Julian Koster * Jens Kruger }}

===L=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Nappy Lamare * Frank Lawes * Jack Lawrence * Bernie Leadon * Lily May Ledford * John H. Lee * Neil LeVang * Dan Levenson * "Father" Al Lewis * Bascom Lamar Lunsford * Rudy Lyle }}

===M=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Uncle Dave Macon * Wade Mainer * Tommy Makem * Lawrence Marrero * Winston Marshall * Steve Martin * Jimmy Mazzy * Del McCoury * Rob McCoury * John McEuen * Barney McKenna * Larry McNeely * Joe Medford * Jim Mills * Jonny Mizzone * Mick Moloney * Bruce Molsky * Joe Morley * Alan Munde * Jay Munly * Kacey Musgraves }}

===O=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Fergus O'Byrne * Gerry O'Connor * Molly O'Day * Sonny Osborne * Vess Ossman }}

===P=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Tom Paley * Clive Palmer * Jad Paul * Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton * Eddie Peabody * Herb Pedersen * Francisco Pereira * Noam Pikelny * Mike Pingitore * Joe Pisapia * Scotty Plummer * Charlie Poole * Dirk Powell * Teddy Powell }}

===Q=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Howard 'Howdy' Quicksell }}

===R=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Larry Ramos * Ola Belle Reed * Don Reno * Don Wayne Reno * Harry Reser * Larry Richardson * Dick Roberts * Dink Roberts * Butch Robins * Ikey Robinson * Emily Robison * Art Rosenbaum * Ryan Ross }}

===S=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Johnny St. Cyr * Cynthia Sayer * Emanuel Sayles * Enda Scahill * Mark Schatz * Robert Schmidt * Jon Schneck * Earl Scruggs * Mike Seeger * Peggy Seeger * Pete Seeger * George Segal * Lee Sexton * Bob Shane * Sammy Shelor * Allen Shelton * B. F. Shelton * Rick Shubb * Matokie Slaughter * Langhorne Slim * Roy Smeck * Arthur Smith * Chloe Smith * Hobart Smith * Jim Smoak * Leah Song * Roger Sprung * Ralph Stanley * Sufjan Stevens * Chris Stephens * John Stewart * Jayme Stone * Roni Stoneman * Joel Walker Sweeney * Taylor Swift }}

===T=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Charlie Tagawa * Otis Taylor * Todd Taylor * Bobby Thompson * Pete Townshend * Buck Trent * Tony Trischka * Leroy Troy * James Tyler }}

===V=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Fred Van Eps * Scott Vestal }}

===W=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Loudon Wainwright III * Uncle Homer Walker * Dock Walsh * Wade Ward * Abigail Washburn * Patsy Watchorn * Doc Watson * Tim Weed * Eric Weissberg * Gillian Welch * Pete Wernick * Hedy West * Thomas Joseph White * Billy Whitlock * JD Wilkes }}

===Y=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed -->{{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Bob Yellin }}

==Celebrity banjo players== A listing of celebrities who play the banjo include:

===A=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Al Capone }} <!-- Alphabetical order -->

===B=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Syd Barrett * Lindsey Buckingham }} <!-- Alphabetical order -->

===C=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Howard Caine * Billy Connolly<ref>{{cite web |title=Perthshire banjo-maker receives special note of thanks from Billy Connolly following documentary appearance |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/812635/perthshire-banjo-maker-receives-special-note-of-thanks-from-billy-connolly-following-documentary-appearance/ |website=The Courier |accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref> * David Crowder }} <!-- Alphabetical order -->

===D=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Kirk Douglas }} <!-- Alphabetical order -->

===G=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Jerry Garcia * Charlie Grimm }} <!-- Alphabetical order -->

===H=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Ed Helms }} <!-- Alphabetical order -->

===I=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Burl Ives }} <!-- Alphabetical order -->

===J=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Rian Johnson }} <!-- Alphabetical order -->

===L=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Larry Lalonde * John Lennon }} <!-- Alphabetical order -->

===M=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Taj Mahal * Barbara Mandrell * Winston Marshall * Steve Martin * Bill Mumy }} <!-- Alphabetical order -->

===O=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Martin O'Malley * Donny Osmond }} <!-- Alphabetical order -->

===S=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * George Segal }} <!-- Alphabetical order -->

===T=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Peter Tork }} <!-- Alphabetical order -->

===V=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Jerry Van Dyke }}

===W=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Stephen Welch * Hank Williams III * Maury Wills }}

===Y=== <!-- Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed --> {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Neil Young }}

==See also== {{Portal|Music}} *Lists of musicians

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