10 Legendary Instruments of Country Music

Jimmie Rodgers’ 1927 Martin 00-18

Here’s what you need to know about Jimmie Rodgers’ 1927 Martin 00-18 guitar: The skilled guitarist used it for the Bristol sessions. For those unaware, the Bristol sessions spawned Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family, not to mention the first verifiable commercially successful recordings of country music. Quite simply, this guitar was the instrument used to birth commercial American country music as we know it.