Players

Phillips Instruments Artists

John Jackson

National Heritage Award recipient John Jackson plays a fourteen fret, nickel silver, single cone R.E. Phillips guitar. John's latest CD, Front Porch Blues (www.alligator.com), features pictures of John playing a Phillips guitar. (Photo by Preston Powers)

John Cephas

John Cephas and Phil Wiggins comprise one of the most successful acoustic blues duos touring today. John is a National Heritage Award recipient and tours worldwide. John plays a fourteen fret steel bodied guitar made by R.E. Phillips in 1997. John and Phil's latest CD, Homemade (www.alligator.com), features the guitar on several cuts. (Photo by Mark Herman)

Del Rey

West Coast Blues Queen Del Rey plays a cutaway parlor guitar and a concert scale ukulele made by R.E. Phillips. Her last two CDs feature the guitar - Hot Sauce, and the most recent, X-REY Guitar (www.hobemian.com). Del tours worldwide with her 1995 Phillips guitar. (Photos by Preston Powers)

Robert Lowrey

Robert Lowery plays a steel bodied fourteen fret Phillips guitar made in 1997. Robert played his Phillips guitar on his last two CDs, Rainin' Down Blues, and Playing out in the Street, both on the Wolf Label. Robert tours internationally using his Phillips guitar. (Photo by Mark Herman)

Orville Johnson

Slide master Orville Johnson plays a cutaway parlor guitar made in 1999 by R.E. Phillips. Orville has just released an instructional video on slide guitar. Check out Orville's page at www.mongrelfolk.com (Photo by Preston Powers)

Andra Faye Macintosh

Andra Faye Macintosh plays an "A" model resonator mandolin in the hot east coast blues band Saffire. Visit their website at: www.uppityblueswomen.com. Saffire tours the U.S. and Europe annually.

PHILLIPS FAMILY PHOTO

Phillips guitar owners gathered at Centrum's 2001 Country Blues Workshop and Festival. Kneeling (L to R) - Jeff Repp, Dave Brown, Del Rey, Steve Garnett, Joy LaSalle. Standing (L to R) - Tom Abel, Orville Johnson, John Jackson, Trish Byerly, Thomas Corlett, Ron Phillips, John Dodson.