What was Bill Keiths nickname when he played with Monroes legendary Bluegrass Boys?
Saturday , November 19, 2005 01:00 pm – 5:00 pm Location: Elderly Instruments workshop ($60.00) “I don’t think there’s a man in the country that can touch this boy when it comes to playin’ a five-string banjo,” said Bill Monroe–Father of Bluegrass and leader of the legendary Bluegrass Boys–when he introduced banjoist Bill Keith to the audience at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival. Since then, Bill Keith has pioneered many facets of America’s ever-more-popular bluegrass music, to the point where he can clearly be described as a banjo-playing “Renaissance man.” He invented the melodic “Keith-style” banjo-picking technique. He co-authored the original Earl Scruggs banjo-players’ bible. He has authored several instructional methods books and tapes and teamed up with Tony Trischka to provide teaching tools to improve players’ 5-string technique, skill, and creativity. He played with Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys and many other top artists. He is a Rounder and Green Linnet recording artist with num
