Stephen Bennett is an American acoustic guitarist. Aside from his work on the six-string guitar, Bennett is also one of the world's premiere performers on the harp guitar. Bennett was born in Oregon, grew up in New York and has lived in Virginia for the better part of the last three decades. Since his 1987 first-place win at the National Flatpicking Championship in Winfield , Kansas (The Walnut Valley Festival), he has become known as a versatile