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Thread #158411   Message #3746619
Posted By: voyager
25-Oct-15 - 06:59 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Banjoist Bill Keith (1939-2015)
Subject: RE: Obit: Banjoist Bill Keith (1939-2015)
Bill Keith was an instructor and performed at Steve Kaufman's Flatpick Camp on many occasions. I was lucky to have me him there
and listened to his classic 'Auld Lang Syne' rendition on the Keith tuner banjo he invented (where notes were stretched by the pegs during
the tune).

The well-known story about Bill Keith was that his stint with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys ended when the bandleader told him to 'Change your name - there can only be one 'Bill' in this band'.

Gratitude and respect for a lifetime of fine music.
voyager