Historical Congo Square
Adam Smith
Portrait of political economist and philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790)
Memphis Minnie
Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. 1897-1973. Acoustic Guitar Magazine
Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician, 1891-1934. For Acoustic Guitar Magazine
Tampa Red
Tampa Red, 1904-1981, was an influential Chicago blues guitarist/singer-songwriter. He played a golden national steel guitar with a slide. Sometimes he played pop music and also developed a bawdy and humorous type of blues called Hokum. His style of music is a bridge between traditional rural blues and the urban electric.
Skip James
American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter, 1902-1969. Acoustic Guitar Magazine
Booker White
Booker White, 1906-1977, was an American blues musician, singer and songwriter. For Acoustic Guitar Magazine
Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten, 1893-1987, was an American folk and blues musician, singer and songwriter. Self-taught, left-handed, and on an upside-down guitar, Libba created a signature style called "Cotten picking". For Acoustic Guitar Magazine.
R.L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist, 1926-2005. Acoustic Guitar Magazine
Musicians Ry Cooder and Lalo Guerrero
And the story of Chavez Ravine. For Acoustic Guitar Magazine.
Illustration West 55
Competition winner! Check out the entries at Illustration West 55
Mstislav Rostropovich, Cellist
Strings Magazine
George Seldes
Investigative Journalist 1880-1995. Freedom Magazine.
Arthur Powell Davis, 1861-1933
Hydrographer, Engineer, Geographer, Topographer
Doc Watson
For Acoustic Guitar Magazine