Bill Keith
Sign in to saveAmerican banjo player (1939–2015)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Gettin' Old Ain't for Sissies
- Prayer Bag
- The Incredible Journey of a Mafia Soldier
- Force of Destiny
- They Call Me Eddie Morrison
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1941
composerproduction music
Discography
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Bill Keith ( William Bradford Keith, December 20, 1939 – October 23, 2015) was a 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." Keith was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Amherst College and graduated in 1961. <a href="https://www.last.f
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bill
- Family name
- Keith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- Woodstock
- Occupation
- banjoist
- Educated at
- Amherst College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- bluegrass music
- Instrument
- pedal steel guitar
- Image
- Bill Keith, banjoist on stage at Cambridge Folk Festival, July 1985.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1939-12-20
- date of death
- 2015-10-23
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- Commons category
- Bill Keith (banjo player)
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