Thoughts & Photos from Chris Leske


Hi Fred,

Again Thanks for the memories you've rekindled over the years. You've done incredible work and I applaud you with such a degree of collections you've shared.??

There's so many moments and stories I could share, as I knew Bill and his wife, Claire, for many years and even sons Charles and Martin to some degree.

There's so many hours I'd spent with Bill personally and professionally.

In short, the guy was true genius and had a number of facets of interests including Pyramids, old automobiles, or electronics.

Then-of course, The Circle of Fifths and the mathematical calculations within music itself and it's actual relationship to seconds in minutes, minutes in Hours, hours to days, days to months, months to years even factoring in a leap year somehow. He'd prove this in a workshop by unfolding a handwritten set of taped together pages of graph paper-mathematical calculations he'd formulated. If memory is correct I think it formed about a 3' square of pencil filled 1/4'' squares. The man was driven!! Had to know the ''why's'' to everything and would take just about anything apart to figure out the mechanical workings within. Genius!

At any rate. I won't take to much of your time here. I'm sending a few photos and credits.

- Chris Leske, March 2, 2022


Live TV show in Italy. Producer wished for a ''country atmosphere''
so it was filmed outdoors complete with wandering chickens.
Photo by Gigi Marchitiello


I believe this was also taken by Gigi


Bill Keith Band, Towne Crier Cafe, Beekman, NY, 1981
Larry Packer-fiddle, Chris Lee-guitar/banjo, Roger Mason-bass,
Gordon Titcomb-mandolin, Bill Keith-banjo
[My recording of that concert
Here (Fred)]

March 2, 2022


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