 Bill Keith, banjoist on stage at the Cambridge Folk Festival, July 1985 (photograph by Tony Rees) Image by Tony 1212, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Keith Bill And Collier JimBill Keith (musician) Bill Keith (musician) American banjo player (1939–2015) For other people named William Keith, see William Keith (disambiguation). William Bradford "Bill" Keith (December 20, 1939–October 23, 2015) was an American five-string banjoist who made a significant contribution to the stylistic development of the instrument. In the 1960s he introduced a variation on the popular "Scruggs style" of banjo playing (an integral element of bluegrass music) which would soon become known as melodic style, or "Keith style". He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2015. Quick facts Background information, Born ... Bill Keith Bill Keith on stage at the 1985 Cambridge Folk Festival Background information Born William Bradford Keith (1939-12-20)December 20, 1939 Boston, Massachusetts,… (Source: Wikipedia)
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