Muppet musicians

Characters from The Muppet Show and related productions who can play musical instruments. For the actual musicians who performed behind the scenes, see Musicians for Muppets.

Animal

• Percussion

Beaker

• Bass guitar — The Muppet Show episode 514
• Double bass — Muppets Tonight episode 201 ("Muppet Hoo-Haw")
• Drums — The Muppet Show episode 514
• Guitar — "Dust in the Wind"
• Piano — The Muppet Show episode 514, Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular
• Saxophone — The Muppet Show episode 514
• Trumpet — The Muppet Show episode 514

Beard

• Guitar - main instrument; The Jim Henson Hour
• Violin - The Jim Henson Hour episode 109 ("(Waltz Me) Once Again Around That Dance Floor")

Beautiful Day Monster

• Trumpet — The Muppet Show episode 320 (Gonzo's trumpet opening)
• Tuba — The Muppet Show episode 219 (Gonzo's opening)

Beauregard

• Harmonica — The Muppet Show episode 322

Bobby Benson

as unnamed Whatnot

• Trumpet — The Muppet Show episode 215, episode 218
• Banjo — The Muppet Show episode 302
• Guitar — The Muppet Show [cite]

Bubba

• Jug
• Guitar

Bunsen Honeydew

• Washboard — Muppets Tonight episode 201 ("Muppet Hoo-Haw")

Chickens

• Trumpet — one chicken, The Muppet Show episode 308
• see also Musical chickens

Clifford

• Bass guitar — The Jim Henson Hour (Solid Foam band numbers, multiple episodes)
• Double bass — Muppets Tonight episode 103 ("Now You Has Jazz")
• Guitar — The Jim Henson Hour episode 109 ("(Waltz Me) Once Again Around That Dance Floor")
• Percussion — The Muppets at Walt Disney World

Crazy Harry

• Explodaphone — The Muppet Show episode 306
• Triangle — The Muppet Show season 1 opening, seasons 1-2 closing

Digit

• Keyboards - Inner Tube, The Jim Henson Hour
• Maracas - The Jim Henson Hour episode 103 ("Sweet Vacation")

Doglion

• Piano — The Muppet Show episode 318 ("Hey There, Good Times")

Droop

• Trumpet — The Muppet Show episode 312 ("Short People")

Dr. Teeth

• Keyboards/organ/piano
• Tambourine — The Muppet Show episode 510 ("Rockin' Robin")

Eugene

• Tuba — It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Flash

• Saxophone - main instrument, The Jim Henson Hour
• Violin - episode 109 ("(Waltz Me) Once Again Around That Dance Floor")

Floyd Pepper

• Accordion — The Muppets Take Manhattan
• Banjo — The Muppet Show episode 222 ("Cotton Fields")
• Bass guitar
• Bongos — The Muppet Show episode 121 ("Komm zu mir," German version only)
• Double bass — The Muppet Show, The Muppet Christmas Carol
• Fiddle — Muppets Tonight episode 102 ("If I Were a Rich Man")
• Vibraphone — The Muppet Show episode 201 ("Lullaby of Birdland")

Fozzie Bear

• Piano — The Muppet Show episode 218 ("English Country Garden")
• Ukulele — The Muppet Show episode 209 ("The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away")

Frank

• Double bass

Gonzo

• Bagpipes — The Muppet Show episode 217
• Guitar — It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie ("Everyone Matters")
• Saxophone — The Jim Henson Hour episode 105 ("La Bamba")
• Trumpet — Gonzo's Muppet Show openings
• Ukulele — The Muppet Show episode 405 ("Act Naturally")
• Violin — The Muppet Show episode 210 (cold open)

Gorgon Heap

• Drums — The Muppet Show episode 318

Gramps

• Violin

Janice

• Banjo — The Muppet Show episode 504 ("After You've Gone"), 513 ("Ti-Pi-Tin")
• Harp — It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
• Lead Guitar
• Steel Marimbaphone — The Muppets Take Manhattan
• Tambourine - The Muppet Show episode 305 ("My Soul Is a Witness")
• Trombone — The Muppet Christmas Carol
• Trumpet — The Muppet Show episode 222 ("Cotton Fields")

Jerry

• Guitar

Jim

• Banjo

Kermit the Frog

• Banjo — The Muppet Movie
• Guitar — She Drives Me Crazy
• Lute — Tales of the Tinkerdee
• Piano — The Ed Sullivan Show, Dancing with the Stars
• Trumpet - The Muppet Show openings (episode 306; episode 310, reused in 512 and 520)
• Ukulele — The Muppet Show episode 215 ("Ukulele Lady")

Link Hogthrob

• Trumpet — The Jim Henson Hour episode 105 ("La Bamba")

Lips

• Trumpet
• Harmonica — The Muppets "Generally Inhospitable"

Lubbock Lou

• Mouth Harp

Mahna Mahna

• Bell — The Muppet Show episode 102
• Banjo — The Muppet Show episode 312 ("Short People")
• Drums — The Ed Sullivan Show

Mildred

• Piano — The Muppets Valentine Show

Miss Piggy

• Cowbell - The Muppet Show episode 123 ("One Note Samba")
• Kazoo — The Muppet Show ditto
• Trumpet — The Muppet Show ditto

Mr. Poodlepants

• Piano — Muppets Tonight episode 103 ("Now You Has Jazz")

Mutation

• Banjo — episode 318 ("Hey There, Good Times")

Nigel

• Clarinet — The Muppet Show episode 417 ("Six String Orchestra")
• Maracas — The Muppet Show episode 123

Rizzo the Rat

• Cymbals - The Muppet Show episode 511 ("Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover")
• Guitar — Muppets Tonight[cite]
• Harmonica — Muppetisms

Robin the Frog

• Banjo — Children's Songs and Stories (cover photo)

Rowlf the Dog

• Accordion — Muppets Most Wanted
• Banjo — The Muppet Show episode 523 ("The Cat Came Back")
• Bongos — The Muppet Show episode 117 ("Veterinarian's Hospital")
• Harmonica — The Muppet Movie ("I'm Going to Go Back There Someday")
• Piano — main instrument; see also Rowlf at the Piano
• Pipe organ — The Muppet Show episode 310 ("The Wedding Sketch")
• Synthesizer — From the Balcony
• Trombone — The Jimmy Dean Show episode 117
• Ukulele — The Jimmy Dean Show episode 117
• Violin — The Jimmy Dean Show episode 311

Scooter

• Flute — The Muppet Show episode 511 ("Scarborough Fair")
• Guitar — The Muppet Show episode 417
• Lute — The Muppet Show episode 323
• Piano — The Muppet Show episode 214 ("Bennie and the Jets")
• Tambourine — The Muppet Movie

Shakey Sanchez

• Drums — The Muppet Show episode 312 ("Short People")

Slim Wilson

• Guitar

The Swedish Chef

• Concertina — The Muppet Show episode 317 ("America"), episode 416

Sweetums

• Trombone — The Muppet Show episode 318 ("Hey There, Good Times")

Tatooey Rat

• Percussion — The Muppets Take Manhattan

Trumpet Girl

• Trumpet — The Muppet Show seasons 1-4
• Trombone — The Muppet Show seasons 4-5

Zeke

• Banjo — main instrument; The Muppet Show, The Great Muppet Caper
• Marimba — The Muppet Show episode 523
• Slide Guitar — The Muppet Show episode 308 ("You're Lookin' at Country")

Zoot

• Clarinet — The Muppet Show, The Muppet Christmas Carol
• Flute — The Muppet Show episode 313 ("Blue")
• Tambourine — The Muppet Show episode 511 ("Loves Me Like a Rock")
• Tuba — The Muppets Take Manhattan
• Violin — The Muppet Christmas Carol

See also

• Sesame Street Musicians
• Fraggle Rock Musicians
• Muppet Bands