A
Richie Albright - Waylon Jennings drumnmer
B
Chris Barber - British jazz trombonist
Tim Bogert - Vanilla Fudge; Cactus; Beck, Bogert & Appice bassist
Mick Bolton - Mott the Hoople, Dexys Midnight Runners keyboardist
Sérgio Brandão - Brazilian bassist
James Burke - The Five Stairsteps singer
Bunny Wailer- original member of Bob Marley & the Wailers
C
Malcolm Cecil - British jazz bassist, synthersizer pioneer
Louis Clark - Electric Light Orchestra arranger
Chick Corea - Grammy-winning jazz pianist
D
Deezer D - rapper/actor
B.B. Dickerson - War bassist
DMX - New York-born rapper
Double K - People Under the Stairs rapper
E
F
Anne Feeney - folk singer-songwriter/activist
Michael Fonfara - Rhinoceros, Electric Flag, Lou Reed keyboardist
G
Mark "Big Toe" Goffeney - San Diego guitarist
Ari Gold - LGBTQ singer-songwriter
Milford Graves - jazz drummer
JT Gray - bluegrass musician and Nashville club owner
H-I
Don Heffington - Lone Justice drummer
J
Paul Jackson - Herbie Hancock's Headhunters bassist
Howard Johnson - jazz tuba player
K
Mark Keds - Senseless Things singer-guitarist
Sean Kennedy - Australian bassists with I KIlled the Prom Queen and Deez Nuts
L
Alexi Laiho - Children of Bodom singer-guitarist
M
Junior Mance - jazz pianist
Gerry Marsden - Gerry & the Pacemakers singer-songwriter and guitarist
Elliot Mazer - engineer/producer
Jorge Morel - Argentine classical guitarist
Reed Mullins - Corrosion of Conformity co-founder and drummer
N
O-P-Q
Johnny Pacheco - salsa bandleader/Fania Records founder
Ralph Peterson Jr. - jazz drummer
Prince Markie Dee - member of the Fat Boys
Ricky Powell - hip-hop photographer known as the fourth Beastie Boy
James Purify - half of R&B duo James & Bobby Purify
R
S
Dan Sartain - Alabama-born indie rocker
Ralph Schukett - Utopia keyboardist
Miles Seaton - Akron/Family multi-instrumentalist
Phil Spector - legendary songwriter and producer of The Beatles and others
Michael Stanley - fronted Cleveland's Michael Stanley Band
Corey Steger - Underoath guitarist
Tom Stevens - Long Ryders bassist
Sylvain Sylvain - New York Dolls guitarist
T
Quindon Tarver - Texas-born pop singer
Gene Taylor - Austin-based keyboardist
U - V
U-Roy - reggae artist known for "toasting"
Hilton Valentine - The Animals guitarist
W
Mary Wilson - The Supremes singer/co-founder
X-Y-Z
Sophie Xeon - trans EDM artist-producer
2021 total: 50
This article was originally posted on January 25, 2021. It's regularly updated.
