Harp Guitar Players
Historical harp guitar players include the great Italian virtuosi Pasquale Taraffo (1887–1937), Mario Maccaferri, and Luigi Mozzani. Viennese and French virtuosos who often played instruments with extra, floating bass strings include Carulli, Coste, Giuliani, Mertz, Padovec and Sor. Michael Hedges was known for occasionally using a 1920's era harp guitar, such as in his song "Because It's There". Andy McKee also plays a harp guitar in a few of his songs, such as "Into The Ocean". Don Alder uses the Harp guitar in songs such as "Sayonara.calm" and "Man from Ladylane" a song dedicated to Stephen Bennett, founder of the Harp Guitar Gathering and one of the top current day harp guitar players. Antoine Dufour also uses the instrument occasionally, such as in his song "Paroxysm".
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