Greatest string/wind players of all time
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- John Cale (viola, Velvet Underground)
- Lindsay Cooper (Henry Cow)
- Simon Jeffes (Penguin Cafe` Orchestra)
- John Lurie (sax, Lounge Lizards)
- Jonathan Segel (Camper VanBeethoven)
- Steve Moss (Universal Congress)
- Eric Ungar (sax, Alter Natives)
- Christopher Tunney (Dogbowl)
- Ralph Carney (sax, Tom Waits)
- Billy Currie (violin, Ultravox)
- Fred Lonberg-Holm (Terminal 4)
- Pete Stampfel (violin, Holy Modal Rounders)
- Andy McKay (Roxy Music)
- Jane Scarpantoni (cello, Tiny Lights)
- Andrew Bird,
- Simon House (violin, High Tide)
- Johannes Enders (Tied and Trickled Trio, sax)
- Arrington DeDionyso (Old Time Relijun)
- Charles Bennington (New Wet Kojak, sax),
- Gretta Cohn (Cursive, cello),
- Ian Anderson (fl, Jethro Tull)
- Lisa Germano (violin, John Mellencamp)
- David LaFlamme (violin, It's A Beautiful Day)
- Didier Malherbe (Gong)
- Magic Dick (J.GeilsBand)
- James Chance (sax, Contortions)
- Peter Gordon (sax, Love of Life Orchestra)
- Gareth Sager (Rip Rig Panic)
- David Jackson (Van Der Graaf Generator)
- Bleine Reiniger (Tuxedomoon)
- Ken Field (Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic)
- Kevin Martin (sax, God)
- Tony Atherton (sax, Bazooka)
- Dana Colley (Morphine)
- Brandan Bell (Bugskull)
- John Mayall
- Warren Ellis (Dirty Three)
- David Oumet (Motherhead Bug, Cop Shoot Cop, Firewater, Sulfur)
- Louise Elliott (Laika)
- Shannon Selberg (Cows)
- Garo Yellin (Ordinaires, cello)
- Kazuo Ogino (Ghost, fl)
- Kate St John (oboe)
- Amanda Brown (violin, oboe, Go-Betweens)
- Susan Voelz (violin, Poi Dog Pondering)
- Stephen Kent (didjeridu, Trance Mission)
- Ken Vandermark (Sax, clarinet, Flying Luttenbachers)
- Rick Grech (Family)
- David Hild (accordion)
- Christian Frederickson (Rachel's, cello)
- Tjay Cantrell (Love)
- Hiromichi Sakamoto (Ghost, cello)
- Jude Abbott (Chumbawamba)
- Kim Wilson (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
- Clarence Clemons (Springsteen)
- Geoff Richardson (Penguin Cafe)
- Marc Cunningham (trumpet, Mars, Bewitched)
- Andy Kulberg (Blues Projection)
- Alan Stivell
- Dickon Hinchliffe (violin, Tindersticks)
- Amy Denio (sax, accordion)
- Jason Noble (violin, Rachel's)
- Robin Williamson (Incredible String Band)
- Mel Collins (King Crimson)
- Dave Swarbrick (violin, Fairport Convention)
- Dick Heckstall (Colosseum)
- Miss Murgatroid (vibraphone)
- Adam Pierce (Dylan Group, vibraphone)
- John Kirkpatrick
- Lili Haydn (violin)
- Vicky Aspinall (violin, Raincoats)
- Danna Pentes (violin, Fetchin Bones)
- Lee Allen
- Junior Parker
- Samara Lubelski (vl, Sonora Pine, Hall Of Fame)
- Cynthia Wigginton (Bedlam Rovers)
- John Popper (harmonica, Blues Traveler)
- Alvin Tyler (sax, Little Richard)
- Chuck Rio (Champs)
- Johnny Paris
- King Curtis
- Doug Kershaw
- Steve Douglas (sax)
- Rob Lind (Sonics)
- Lora Logic (sax, X-Ray Spex)
- Terry Edwards (Gallon Drunk),
- Lucy Hamilton (clarinet, Mars)
- Salvador Garza (violin, Downy Mildew)
- J'Anna Jacoby (violin, oboe, Black Watch)
- Jesse Greene (violin, Geraldine Fibbers)