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Merle Travis
Merle Travis
American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician
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June Carter Cash
American singer, songwriter and actress (1929-2003)
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Carter Family
Carter Family
traditional American folk music group
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John McEuen
John McEuen
American musician
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Maybelle Carter
Maybelle Carter
folk and country music guitarist
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Anita Carter
Anita Carter
American singer
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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Marty Stuart
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Chet Atkins
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Kerry Marx
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John Carter Cash
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Sara Carter
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Luther Perkins
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Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter
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Foggy Mountain Boys
Foggy Mountain Boys
American bluegrass band
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Doc Watson
Doc Watson
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A. P. Carter
A. P. Carter
American country musician.
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Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
American singer-songwriter and actor
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James Burton
James Burton
American guitarist
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Wayne Carson
Wayne Carson
American singer-songwriter
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Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith
American country musician, songwriter and producer
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Jimmy Walker
Jimmy Walker
American country music singer
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Gordon Terry
Gordon Terry
American musician
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Merle Kilgore
Merle Kilgore
American musician (1934-2005)
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Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs
American musician
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Roy Clark
Roy Clark
American multi-instrumentalist musician
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Carlene Carter
Carlene Carter
American country singer-songwriter
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John Jorgenson
John Jorgenson
American musician
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Billy Edd Wheeler
Billy Edd Wheeler
American songwriter, performer, writer, and visual artist
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Albert Lee
Albert Lee
English guitarist
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Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs
American singer
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Cover of Joe Maphis' album "Fire on the Strings", published in 1957
His double-neck Mosrite guitar

Joe Maphis, born Otis Wilson Maphis (May 12, 1921 – June 27, 1986), was an American country music guitarist. He married singer Rose Lee Maphis in 1953.

One of the flashiest country guitarists of the 1950s and 1960s, Joe Maphis was known as The King of the Strings. He was able to play many stringed instruments with great facility. However, he specialized in dazzling guitar virtuosity.