past and present residents: Woodstock, Saugerties, and surrounds

Jimi Hendrix: guitarist/singer/songwriter
Daevid Allen: Soft Machine/Gong singer/poet
John Ashton: producer/guitarist for The Psychedelic Furs
The Band members: Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, and Robbie Robertson: the five shared a house together, where they recorded The Basement Tapes (with Bob Dylan) and Music from Big Pink. The house, dubbed "Big Pink" is in neighboring Saugerties, though Danko,Manuel,Hudson and Helm all eventually moved to Woodstock.
Cyro Baptista: Brazilian-born percussionist
Richard Bell: keyboardist
Ravi Shankar: Sitar Player, Composer
David Bowie: songwriter, musician, fashion icon
Paul Butterfield: blues musician
Imani Coppola: singer/songwriter/musician (early 2000's)
Kal David: blues musician
Jack DeJohnette: jazz drummer
Johnny Cash: country singer/guitarist/songwriter/composer
Aïyb Dieng: drummer and percussionist
Bob Dylan: singer/songwriter, in the late sixties. (He had his infamous motorcycle accident while living here in 1966.)
Michael Esposito: lead guitarist with The Blues Magoos (Mercury Records 1960s)
Jackson C. Frank: singer/songwriter
John Hall: musician, co-founder of Orleans
Bill Keith: banjo player/composer developed melodic or (Keith style) banjo picking.
Steve Knight: keyboardist for Mountain; currently a member of the Woodstock Town Board
Tony Levin: bassist
Thelonious Monk: jazz musician
Harvey Sorgen: drummer
Fred Neil: singer/songwriter
Van Morrison: singer/songwriter
David "Fathead" Newman: jazz musician
John Platania: guitarist
Bonnie Raitt: singer/songwriter
Tom Rapp: singer /songwriter, leader of the band Pearls Before Swine
Matt Flynn: Drummer for the band Maroon 5
Mick Ronson: guitarist
Todd Rundgren: singer/songwriter
Robert Starer: pianist & composer
David Peel: member of The Lower East Side Band
Keith Strickland & Kate Pierson of the B-52s
Gary Windo: saxophonist
Joe Giardullo: saxophonist
Pat Metheny: Grammy award winning guitarist
Henry Cowell: composer
Peter Schikele: composer
Fred Hand: guitar
Ed Sanders: Poet/Founder of Fugs band
Donald McDonald: drummer
Frank Luther: bassist
Carlos Santana: guitarist
Donald Fagen: co-founder Steely Dan
John Sebastian: a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful
Jimmy Cobb: jazz drummer
Happy Traum: folk musician
Artie Traum: award-winning guitarist, producer and songwriter
Eric Weissberg: banjo player, best known for the theme from the movie Deliverance
Elizabeth Mitchell: is an American singer, composer, and guitarist for the New York indie band Ida
Peter Schickele: best known for his comedy music albums featuring music he wrote as P.D.Q. Bach
Joey Eppard: Kingston, NY born singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist: best known for his Woodstock Rock band, 3
Billy Riker: Port Ewen, NY born guitarist, bassist and keyboard player: best known for Woodstock Rock band, 3
Gregan Wortman: Greenville, Maine native and guitar player performed at the Tinker Street Cafe and other venues and produced his TV show 'Psycho Circus' in Woodstock during a period from May to December 1996. Gregan Wortman premiered the eclectic variety show 'Psycho Circus' in November 1995 in Portland, Maine.
Darryl Jenifer: Bad Brains Bass