Wyatt Rice
Having spent the majority of his career as a member of the nationally prominent acoustic band the Tony Rice Unit, Wyatt has played on some of the most popular and influential recordings in the bluegrass, folk, and new acoustic music genres (Church Street Blues, Backwaters, Me and My Guitar, Unit of Measure, and many others). He has played just about every major bluegrass music festival, traveled to Europe and Japan on numerous occasions, and has performed in forty-four states. His instructional video, Advanced Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar (available through Flatpicking Guitar Mercantile), is a benchmark in establishing and disseminating Wyatt's unique rhythm style.

David Grier
The most award-winning guitarist in recent memory is David Grier. For the past several years, he has been voted by the members if the International Bluegrass Music Association as Best Guitar Player of the Year. He has also appeared on two GRAMMY-winning recordings: True Life Blues-A Tribute to Bill Monroe and The Great Dobro Sessions. David is also included in the book 1,000 Great Guitarists. His inspiration to learn guitar came from exposure to Bill Monroe while his father, Lamar Grier, played banjo for the Blue Grass Boys in the middle 1960s. David's first solo recording Freewheeling appeared on Rounder Records, as did his acclaimed 1991 duet project Climbing the Walls with mandolinist Mike Compton. David's Lone Soldier project is listed in Acoustic Guitar Magazine's "100 Essential Acoustic Guitar Recordings of All Time." His most recent release is I've Got the House to Myself on Dreadnaught Records. His work is also captured on the Homespun video Building Powerful Solos. In addition to touring solo, David also appears as the guitarist for Psychograss.

Kenny Smith
Bluegrass fans are very familiar with Kenny Smith. For six years he was the lead guitar player for the Lonesome River Band, one of the most popular groups in bluegrass music today. Kenny's stellar guitar work with that band has led to being twice voted the "Guitar Player of the Year" by the International Bluegrass Music Association. He has received that same award three times from the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America. Smith's name has joined those of legends such as Tony Rice, Doc Watson, Norman Blake and Clarence White as being one of the most influential guitarists that bluegrass and acoustic music has ever seen. In addition to the Lonesome River Band's live performances, Kenny's powerful guitar work can be heard on three Lonesome River Band recorded projects and on his solo release Studebaker.