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Known today simply as Keith Tuners, they remain the state of the art, and Bill Keith continued to manufacture and market them personally as the primary product of his own company, the Beacon Banjo Company, until his death. Beacon Banjo tuners continue their proud tradition, now in the hands of his son, Martin. [5]
The first consists of primary banjo players and the second of celebrities that also play the banjo This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
William Manuel "Bill" Johnson (died December 3, 1972) was an American jazz musician who played banjo and double bass; [2] he is considered the father of the "slap" style of double bass playing. [3] In New Orleans, he played at Lulu White's legendary house of prostitution, with the Eagle Band, and with the Excelsior Brass Band. [4]
Terry Baucom (October 6, 1952 – December 7, 2023) was an American bluegrass banjo player, fiddle player, vocalist and band leader. He was nicknamed "The Duke of Drive" for his propelling, driving banjo style. He led his band, The Dukes of Drive, and was a founding member of Boone Creek, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, and IIIrd Tyme Out. [2]
Hartford said often that the first time he heard Earl Scruggs pick the banjo, it changed his life. By age 13, Hartford was an accomplished old-time fiddler and banjo player, and he soon learned to play guitar and mandolin as well. Hartford performed with his first bluegrass band while attending John Burroughs School, a local private high school.
Born in Donnycarney, Dublin, McKenna played the banjo from an early age, beginning because he could not afford to buy the instrument of his choice, a mandolin.He was a member of The Dubliners [2] from 1962 and was the only living member of the original (1962) formation at the time of his death.
Dillard, who grew up on a farm near Salem, Missouri, began learning guitar and fiddle at age five, and banjo at age 15. [1] He began playing in the family band, with his father Homer Sr. on fiddle, his mother Lorene on guitar, and his older brother Earl on keyboards. [2] His banjo heroes were Earl Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, and Don Reno. [3]
While heading the Riverboat Dandies, he injured his pinky finger and played bass guitar for five years until his finger healed. [3] [4] The latter part of his career he spent in reunions with Bob Crosby, [2] performing at Disneyland, and touring with the World's Greatest Jazz Band. He played guitar, banjo, and sang until his death at the age of ...