John Rankin

John Rankin, a solo acoustic guitarist, has cultivated a large and diverse audience seeking sophisticated music styles. Well known for his nightclub work, Rankin blends together New Orleans style rhythm & blues and jazz, latin, folk, blues, and standards, as well as a dazzling array of original instrumentals. He uses many different guitars to create a palette of different guitar styles, including 12 strings, a custom 7 string archtop, a National resonator, custom 6 strings, and a classical guitar, and also plays harmonica in a neck rack and sings.