The list includes some people who were not musicians themselves but were very much part of the music of the sixties as essential participants in the scene, as well as some others whose work was intimately involved with the music and those who played it.
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| Peter Albin (Big Brother & the Holding Company) |
| Red Allen (& the Kentuckians) |
| Eric Andersen |
| Sam Andrew (Big Brother & the Holding Co., Kozmic Blues Band) |
| Paul Arnoldi |
| Clarence "Tom" Ashley |
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| Albert Baez |
| Joan Baez Sr. |
| Joan Baez |
| Billy Baker (Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys) |
| Banana |
| Bar Cross Ranch |
| John Perry Barlow |
| Barry (Tashian) & the Remains |
| Dick Barker |
| Richard Bell (Full Tilt Boogie Band) |
| Peter Berg (the Berkeley Peter Berg) |
| Dorothy Bernard Jackson |
| Teddy Bernstein |
| Big Brother & the Holding Company |
| Theodore Bikel |
| Benny Birchfield (Osborne Brothers) |
| Elvin Bishop (Butterfield Blues Band) |
| Alan Block |
| Mike Bloomfield (Butterfield Blues Band) |
| David (Cohen) Blue |
| The Blues Project |
| Roy Blumfeld (Blues Project) |
| Dock Boggs |
| Mrs. Boggs |
| Mark Braunstein (equipment, Big Brother & the Holding Company) |
| Kozmic Blues Band |
| Bill Briggs (co-founder, Jackson Hole Hootenanny) |
| Toni Brown (the Crabgrass Band, later Joy of Cooking) |
| Stephen Bruton |
| Sandy Bull |
| Billy Burke |
| TBone Burnett |
| Roger Bush (Kentucky Colonels) |
| Paul Butterfield Blues Band |
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| Alex Campbell (the World's Only Scottish Cowboy) |
| Brad Campbell (Kozmic Blues Band, Full Tilt Boogie Band) |
| Suzy Campbell |
| Jean Carignan |
| Gaither Carlton (Clarence Ashley's family of old-time musicians) |
| Maybelle Carter |
| Kamala Chakravarty |
| Chambers Brothers |
| George Chambers |
| Joe Chambers |
| Lester Chambers |
| Willy Chambers |
| Charles River Valley Boys |
| Terry Clements (Kozmic Blues Band) |
| John Cohen (New Lost City Ramblers) |
| Leonard Cohen |
| Judy Collins |
| John Byrne Cooke (Charles River Valley Boys) |
| John Court |
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| Maria D'Amato Muldaur |
| Barbara Dane |
| Reverend Gary Davis |
| Owen deLong |
| The Dillards |
| Doug Dillard (the Dillards) |
| Rodney Dillard (the Dillards) |
| Hamza el Din |
| Willie Dixon |
| Denny Doherty (Mamas & Papas) |
| Donovan |
| Jimmy Driftwood |
| Bob Dylan |
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| Cass Elliot (Mamas & Papas) |
| Ramblin' Jack Elliott |
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| Mimi Fariña |
| Richard Fariña |
| James Field (Charles River Valley Boys) |
| Snooky Flowers (Kozmic Blues Band) |
| Clark Foreman |
| Geno Foreman |
| Mairi Foreman |
| Dave Fredrickson |
| The Freedom Singers |
| Sylvia Fricker (Tyson; Ian & Sylvia) |
| Charlie Frizzell |
| Jesse Fuller |
| Full Tilt Boogie Band (Janis Joplin, 1970) |
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| David Gahr |
| Art Garfunkel (Simon & Garfunkel) |
| Amos Garret (Better Days) |
| Luis Gasca (Kozmic Blues Band) |
| David Getz (Big Brother & the Holding Company) |
| Allen Ginsberg |
| Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsberg |
| Ralph Gleason |
| Tony "Little Sun" Glover (Koerner, Ray & Glover) |
| Bill Graham |
| Debbie Green (Andersen) |
| Dave Greenberg |
| Manny Greenhill |
| Mitch Greenhill |
| Albert Grossman |
| Sally Grossman |
| James Gurley (Big Brother & the Holding Company) |
| Arlo Guthrie |
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| John Hammond, Jr. |
| Hamza el Din |
| Melody Harding |
| Rutha Harris (Freedom Singers) |
| Jimi Hendrix |
| John Herald (Greenbriar Boys) |
| Carolyn Hester |
| Roscoe Holcomb |
| John Lee Hooker |
| Lightnin' Hopkins |
| Eric Hord (Ian and Sylvia) |
| Clint Howard (Clarence Ashley's family of old-time musicians) |
| Mississippi John Hurt |
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| Ian and Sylvia |
| Tex Isley (Clarence Ashley's family of old-time musicians) |
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| Clay Jackson (Charles River Valley Boys) |
| Harry Jackson |
| Sarah Mason Jackson |
| Skip James |
| Mitchell Jayne (the Dillards) |
| Bernice Johnson-Reagon (Freedom Singers, Sweet Honey in the Rock) |
| Bessie Jones (and the Georgia Sea Island Singers) |
| Tom Jones (Not that Tom Jones. This one was in The Trols) |
| Janis Joplin |
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| Danny Kalb (Blues Project) |
| Steve Katz (Blues Project) |
| Bill Keith (Keith & Rooney; Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys; Kweskin Jug Band) |
| The Kentucky Colonels |
| Richard Kermode (Kozmic Blues Band) |
| Art Koch |
| Cy Koch |
| Koerner Ray & Glover |
| John Koerner (Koerner, Ray & Glover) |
| Al Kooper (Dylan sideman; Blues Project) |
| Kozmic Blues Band (Janis Joplin, 1969) |
| Daniel Kramer |
| Andy Kulberg (Blues Project) |
| Jim Kweskin |
| Jim Kweskin Jug Band |
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| Billy Ray Lathum (Kentucky Colonels) |
| Tom Law |
| Sam Lay (Butterfield Blues Band) |
| Richard Leacock |
| Robert Leacock |
| Bill Lee |
| Lilly Brothers |
| Bea Lilly |
| Everett Lilly |
| Everett Alan Lilly (Charles River Valley Boys) |
| Mance Lipscomb |
| Rick Lloyd |
| Tex Logan |
| Robert Lurtsema |
| Mel Lyman (Kweskin Jug Band) |
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| Taj Mahal |
| The Mamas and the Papas |
| Brice Marden |
| Pauline Baez Marden |
| Roy Markowitz (Kozmic Blues Band) |
| Jim Marshall |
| Buz Marten |
| Red Mathisen |
| Bessie Lee Mauldin (Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys) |
| Victor Maymudes |
| Albert Maysles |
| Del McCoury (Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys) |
| Kirk McGee |
| Sam McGee |
| Brownie McGhee |
| Scott McKenzie |
| Clayton "Pappy" McMichen |
| Jim and Jesse McReynolds |
| Milan Melvin |
| Memphis Slim |
| Mississippi John Hurt |
| Bill Monroe |
| Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys |
| Morris Brothers |
| Geoff Muldaur (Kweskin Jug Band; Better Days) |
| Jenni Muldaur |
| Maria Muldaur (Kweskin Jug Band) |
| Roger Murphy |
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| Charles Neblett (Freedom Singers) |
| Bob Neuwirth |
| New Lost City Ramblers |
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| Milt Okun |
| Osborne Brothers |
| Bobby Osborne |
| Sonny Osborne |
| George Ostrow |
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| Bernard Paturel |
| Ken Pearson (Full Tilt Boogie Band) |
| D.A. Pennebaker |
| Peter, Paul & Mary |
| John Phillips (Mamas & Papas) |
| Michelle Phillips (Mamas & Papas) |
| Clark Pierson (Full Tilt Boogie Band) |
| David Piper |
| Fred Price (Clarence Ashley's family of old-time musicians) |
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| Alla Rahka (with Ravi Shankar) |
| Dave Ray (Koerner, Ray & Glover) |
| Cordell Hull Reagon (Freedom Singers) |
| Jean Redpath |
| Fritz Richmond (Kweskin Jug Band, Charles River Valley Boys, et al.) |
| Ralph Rinzler (Greenbriar Boys) |
| Jean Ritchie |
| Judy Roderick |
| Jim Rooney (Keith & Rooney) |
| Artie Rose |
| Charlie Rothchild |
| Paul Rothchild |
| Peter Rowan |
| Tom Rush |
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| Judy Santicioli |
| Tracy Schwartz (New Lost City Ramblers) |
| Georgia Sea Island Singers |
| John Sebastian |
| Mike Seeger (New Lost City Ramblers) |
| Pete Seeger |
| Ravi Shankar |
| Robert Shelton (New York Times) |
| George Shuffler (Stanley Brothers) |
| Betsy Siggins |
| Bob Siggins (Charles River Valley Boys) |
| Sam Siggins |
| Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel) |
| Rooftop Singers |
| Hobart Smith |
| Maynard Solomon |
| Kathy Spoelstra |
| Mark Spoelstra |
| The Stanley Brothers |
| Carter Stanley |
| Ralph Stanley |
| Red Stanley |
| Mavis Staples (Staples Singers) |
| Purvis Staples (Staples Singers) |
| Roebuck "Pop" Staples (Staples Singers) |
| Don Stover (Lilly Brothers) |
| Todd Stuart |
| Noel Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul & Mary) |
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| Richmond Steve Talbot |
| Tarriers |
| Barry Tashian (Barry & the Remains) |
| Sonny Terry (Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry) |
| Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary) |
| Ian Tyson (Ian & Sylvia) |
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| Joe Val (Charles River Valley Boys) |
| Dave Van Ronk |
| Eric von Schmidt |
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| Frank Wakefield (Red Allen & the Kentuckians) |
| Barbara Warner |
| Jackie Washington (Jack Landron) |
| Doc Watson |
| Rosalee Watson |
| Dean Webb (the Dillards) |
| Eric Weissberg |
| Harry West |
| Jim West |
| Suzy West |
| Clarence White (Kentucky Colonels) |
| Roland White (Kentucky Colonels) |
| Al Wilson (pre Canned Heat) |
| Mac Wiseman |
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| Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary) |