This is a list of mandolinists, people who don't just play the mandolin but who are known because of their affiliation to the instrument. Dave Apollon Pietro Armanini Jeff Austin of Yonder Mountain String Band Avi Avital Butch Baldassari Jacob do Bandolim Edgar Bara Giuseppe Bellenghi Wayne Benson Bartolomeo Bortolazzi C. A. Bracco Giuseppe Branzoli Joseph Brent Jesse Brock Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns Sam Bush Raffaele Calace Luigi Castellacci Giovanni Cifolelli Mike Compton Ry Cooder Ritchie Blackmore of Blackmore's Night Jules Cottin Ferdinando de Cristofaro Dash Crofts of Seals and Crofts Pietro Denis John Duffey of The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene Herbert J. Ellis Matt Flinner Giovanni Fouchetti Dorina Frati Carlo Antonio Gambara Jimmy Gaudreau of The Country Gentlemen Vince Gill David Gilmour David Grisman David Harvey Levon Helm Hamilton de Holanda George H. Hucke Sierra Hull Andy Irvine of Sweeney's Men, Planxty, Patrick Street and Mozaik Ray Jackson of Lindisfarne, who played mandolin on Maggie May Sarah Jarosz Cosmo Jarvis Kurt Jensen Paul Kelly Kevin Jonas John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin Michael Kang of The String Cheese Incident Cheyenne Kimball formerly of Gloriana Wenzel Krumpholz Doyle Lawson of Doyle Lawson And Quicksilver Salvator Léonardi Ira Louvin Fabio Machado Martie Maguire of Dixie Chicks and Court Yard Hounds Evan Marshall Mike Marshall Simon Mayor Ronnie McCoury of The Del McCoury Band Jesse McReynolds Eduardo Mezzacapo Barry Mitterhoff Bill Monroe Tiny Moore Johnny Moynihan Carlo Munier Tim O'Brien Mike Oldfield Ugo Orlandi Bobby Osborne Peter Ostroushko Bernardo de Pace W. Eugene Page Giuseppe Pettine Jean Pietrapertosa Yank Rachell U. Rajesh Silvio Ranieri Déo Rian Emily Robison of the Dixie Chicks and the Court Yard Hounds Sandy Rothman, with the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band Samuel Siegel Giuseppe Silvestri Sinn Sisamouth Herschel Sizemore of the Dixie Gentlemen, Jimmy Martin, and Bluegrass Cardinals Ricky Skaggs U. Srinivas (1969 – 2014) of Shakti Johnny Staats of Johnny Staats & The Delivery Boys Andy Statman Adam Steffey Alison Stephens Dinesh Subasinghe Marty Stuart Chris Thile of Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek Niall Toner Graham Townsend Joe Val Rhonda Vincent Seth Weeks Frank Wakefield Roland White Chris Leslie of Fairport Convention Dave Swarbrick of Fairport Convention References Mandolinist