Here are a few of the “B’s” to check out:

Keola Beamer
o solo, Keola & Kapono, Beamer family, et al.
o Grimes
o Best of Keola & Kapono,Beamer, Mauna Kea, Kohoneole, Traditional Slack-Key Guitar, etc.

Hailing from one of Hawaii's most distinguished traditional music families, Keola has come the closest to "rock star" status that one gets in Hawaii, next to Ke'alihi Reichel. Eschewing the flash and precision of Led Ka'apana or Cyril Pahinui for subtlety and feel, Keola embodies much of the old slack key masters' island sensibilities in his laid back but deceptively unadorned playing.

Pierre Bensusan
o solo
o Lowden
o Musiques, Nice Feeling, Wu Wei, Solilai, others

The prince of DADGAD, French-Algerian Pierre Bensusan is a fingerpicker of exquisite sensitivity and taste. His exclusive use of the Celtic tuning allegedly invented by Davy Graham has made his accomplishments even more pronounced. Never one to rest on his laurels, he is still working on improving his mastery of the guitar, as witnessed by his recent jazz outings with saxophonist Didier Malherbe.

Rory Block
o solo
o Martin 000-28
o When a Woman Sings the Blues, Gone Woman Blues, Tornado, others

Stefan Grossman's ex-girlfriend has become a major acoustic blues artist in her own right. A sometime teacher at Jorma's Fur Peace Ranch school, she is also a very authentic blues archivist as well as a new blues creator ala John Hammond and others.

Junior Brown
o solo
o Guit-steel
o Junior High, Guit With It, others

Possessing jaw dropping technique, a bass voice and a dose of good humor, OK born Junior Brown is the only player of the guit-steel, his own creation. Effortlessly switching between slide and fingerpicked jazz-country lines laced with a dash of Hendrix, Brown's playing has to be seen to be believed.

Glen Buxton
o Alice Cooper
o Les Paul, SG
o Billion Dollar Babies, Killer, Love It To Death, School's Out!

As axeman for Goth granddaddy Alice Cooper, Buxton has contributed the riffs to some classic rock tunes, among them, "Elected", "Be My Lover" and the anthemic, "School's Out!". While not a virtuoso on the caliber of a Clapton or Hendrix, Buxton nevertheless was on par with his glam peers, Mick Ronson and fellow Detroit native James Williamson.