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- Café Tacuba (2006)
- Calexico (2006)
- Campanas de America (1999 "Mexican Roots Music")
- Glen Campbell (1985, 1997 "Legends" classic encore)
- Ray Campi (1976, 1984 with The LeRoi Brothers)
- Brandi Carlile (2010)
- Paulette Carlson (1990 "Will The Circle Be Unbroken")
- Larry Carlton (1987 with Chet Atkins)
- Joe Carrasco (1981)
- Carter Family (1987)
- The Carter Sisters (1990 "Will The Circle Be Unbroken")
- Carlene Carter (1994, 2000 "Women in Song" classic encore)
- Deana Carter (1999)
- Mary Chapin Carpenter (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000 "Women in Song" classic encore, 2001)
- Neko Case (2003, 2008)
- Johnny Cash (1987)
- June Carter Cash (1987)
- Rosanne Cash (1983 solo, & 1983 with Rodney Crowell, 1986 with Emmylou Harris, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2000 "Women in Song" classic encore, 2003, 2010 with Brandi Carlile)
- Tommy Cash (1987)
- Bill Caswell (1983)
- Cate Brothers (1979)
- Cat Power (2006)
- Kasey Chambers (2001)
- Manu Chao (2008, 2009)
- Tracy Chapman (2003)
- Ray Charles (1980, 1984, 1997 "Legends" classic encore)
- Cheap Trick (2011)
- C. J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band (1992)
- Clifton Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band (1976, 1979)
- Mark Chesnutt (1995)
- The Civil Wars (2012)
- Guy Clark (1977, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1998, 2000 classic encore & 2000 with Lyle Lovett)
- Gary Clark, Jr.
- Roy Clark (1980, 1982, 1997 "Legends" classic encore)
- W. C. Clark Blues Revue (1990, 2001 classic encore with Stevie Ray Vaughan and 2001 "Big Blues Extravaganza" classic encore)
- Jack Clement (1998, 2000 classic encore)
- Vassar Clements (1978, 1979, 1990 "Will The Circle Be Unbroken")
- Cluster Pluckers (1991 with Chet Atkins)
- Hank Cochran (1980, 1981 "Encore")
- Bruce Cockburn (1992)
- Joe Cocker (2000)
- David Allan Coe (1984)
- Leonard Cohen (1989, 1994, classic encore 2001)
- Marc Cohn (1993)
- Coldplay (2005, 2011)
- Mark Collie (1991)
- Albert Collins (1992, 2001 "Big Blues Extravaganza" classic encore)
- Collins Sisters (1984 "Legends")
- Shawn Colvin (1991, 1995, 1997 with Lyle Lovett, 2000 "Women in Song" classic encore, 2001)
- John Conlee (1983)
- Earl Thomas Conley (1983, 1985)
- Ry Cooder (1976)
- Shemekia Copeland (2001)
- Elvis Costello (2004, 2009)
- Elizabeth Cotten (1979, 2001 "Big Blues Extravaganza" classic encore)
- Cowboy Junkies (1991)
- Floyd Cramer (1984, 1997 "Legends" classic encore)
- The Robert Cray Band (1991, 2000)
- The Crickets (1989, 1998)
- A. J. Croce (1996)
- Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys (1976, 1979)
- Sheryl Crow (1997, 2000 "Women in Song" classic encore, 2004)
- Crowded House (2008)
- Rodney Crowell (1982, 1983, 1989, 1994 with Willie Nelson, 1998, 2000 classic encore, 2004)
- Jamie Cullum (2004)
- Mary Cutrufello (1997 "Country Showcase", 1999)
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