Dedicated to my idol and inspiration for over four decades and good friend for the last ten years of his life
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Excerpt from Keith Biography by Bob Carlin, Banjo Newsletter
Callous Thumb: Remembering Bill Keith, Banjo Newsletter
Autographed copy gathered by Tom Morgan
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Charts Created & Signed by Bill Keith, courtesy Phil Zimmerman
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Bill's Hand-Written Speech Inducting Lilly Brothers Into
IBMA Hall of Fame 2002, courtesy Wayne Rice
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IBMA Hall of Fame Acceptance Speech Oct 1, 2015
July 17, 2015
My videos
My audio tracks
My Complete Bill Keith Video Collection
Bill's Keith Tuner legacy carried on by his son
Martin
Audio Recordings by me and my contributor friends
My audio tracks from the 2015 Grey Fox Keith Style Banjo Summit
Seminal Album - introduced me and thousands to Bill's style - Thanks to Jim Rooney
Remembering Brad, Del McCoury & David Grisman, 2016
Bill Keith Medley: Salt Creek, Devil's Dream, Shenandoah Breakdown, Del McCoury & David Grisman, 2016
Jim Rooney's Podcasts with Bill Keith
Recordings with Bill Keith by Hans Holzherr, 1970s
Home recordings of Bill Keith by Ron Cody, 2000-2010
Banjo Workshop, Grey Fox - Keith, Shelor, Trischka & Washburn, 2005
Bill Keith & Jim Rooney - Gerdes Folk City, 1965
Culpeper Jam 1973 (Byron Berline, Vassar Clements, Alan Munde, Sam Bush, Bill, David Grisman, etc.)
Bill Keith Band, Towne Crier Cafe, Beekman, NY 1981
Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys & Guests, Camp Springs, 1969
The Story of Bluegrass, Part 1, Camp Springs, 1969
Bill Keith Recordings from Takehiko Saiki
Bill Keith & Jim Rooney, Tom Rush's Balladeers Show, WHRB, Cambridge, MA, 1962
Bill Keith, Jim Rooney, Fritz Richmond, Chilmark Concert, Martha's Vineyard, MA, Sept 2, 1962
Bill Keith and Bobby Thompson - The Porch Tape
Videos
IN MEMORIUM OF TEX LOGAN AND BILL KEITH
November 9th 1980. Naples ITALY.
An evening of bluegrass and progressive country music in town.
3000 people in fire...!
by Dino Luglio
The Legacy of Bill Keith Workshop - Banjo Camp North 2016
Led by Ron Cody, and also including the Camp's faculty members Alan Munde,
Tony Trischka, Marc Horowitz, and Ken Perlman, all on banjo, and
Lincoln Meyers on guitar
Keith Style Banjo Workshop, Grey Fox, July 2016
Banjoists Ira Gitlin, Marc Horowitz, and Ron Cody, accompanied by
Eric Lee (fiddle), Lincoln Meyers (guitar), and Bill Keith's son Martin (bass)
Part 1
Part 2
Keith Style Banjo Summit, Grey Fox, July 2015
with Ryan Cavanaugh, co-Hosts Béla Fleck & Tony Trischka, Marc Horowitz, Mike Kropp,
Mike Munford, Noam Pickelny, and Eric Weissberg
Tribute medley by Marc Horowitz, Cantab Lounge, Cambridge, MA 2015 (Video by Lauck Benson)
Marc played Black Mtn Rag for Bill at Grey Fox July 2015 (see link above).
Tribute to Mike Kropp by Gabe Hirshfeld, Cantab Lounge, Cambridge, MA 2015 (Video by Lauck Benson)
Mike played for Bill at Grey Fox July 2015 (see link above), and passed away Nov. 2015.
Tribute by Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen and the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association 2015
Larry Marschall plays Bill Keith tunes, Christchurch Folk Music Club, New Zealand 2014
Devil's Dream/Sailor's Hornpipe (Larry speaks about Bill)
Caravan
Salt Creek
Salt Creek tribute to Bill Keith, Midwest Banjo Camp, 2015
Bill Keith Banjo Workshop, Grey Fox 2013
Saturday Night Bluegrass Band with Fran Hollander, 2011
Bill Keith Banjo Workshop, Grey Fox 2003
"Caravan", Grass Valley ca. 1980s
River Ranch, Florida, 1997
2 PM Set
7 PM Set
Photos
Grey Fox website: 2015 Keith Style Banjo Summit
My images: Grey Fox 2015 Keith Style Banjo Summit - from my video footage
My photos: Before the Keith Style Banjo Summit
Bill's Participation with the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association
The New Blue Velvet Band, Denmark 1990 by Thierry Schoysman
More Photos
More Memories
Thoughts & Photos by Chris Leske
Jim Rooney's Tribute: BILL KEITH - BANJO MASTER
Banjo Hangout Posts by Bill Keith 2005 (Thanks to John Harris in the UK)
Banjo Hangout Topic
Bill Keith Interview by the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association 2008
Bill Keith Remembered Part 1 - Bluegrass Today
Bill Keith Remembered Part 2 - Bluegrass Today
Banjo Greats Gather at Grey Fox for Keith-Style Banjo Summit July 17 [2015] - Cybergrass
Bill Keith & Larry Sparks to be Inducted to IBMA Hall of Fame [2015] - Cybergrass
One example of Bill's friendship - a blessing for me
In the spring of 2012, my
Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association was presenting a series
of classes on the "Evolution of Bluegrass" for the Marist College Center for Lifetime Study.
I was video recording the series. Bill was the presenter and performer in
week 4. He even brought along Jim Rooney.
The Class Video
Just a couple weeks prior, I had rotator cuff surgery and couldn't drive. The class was also
on the day of Tex Logan's 85th birthday celebration in New Jersey. Knowing I couldn't drive,
Bill offered to give me a ride. There I was, chauffered to NJ in the same car as "Keith & Rooney"!
I got to record 4 hours of historic video.
Tex Logan's 85th Birthday
For many years at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival,
I would always visit with Bill,
several times, backstage and in his teepee.
Grey Fox 2012
Photo by Tyler Campbell
New Kentucky Colonels Revival, Kingston, NY, August 14, 2014
My only selfie
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