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George Luther
- Oral History
George Luther was a legendary music retailer!
Bob Lozier
- Oral History
Bob Lozier began working at Freeman Companies with Howard Bailey in the 1960s to support the NAMM shows.
Chris Lovell
- Oral History
Chris Lovell knew there would be a place for him in the music industry and set out at a young age to make a difference.
Evelyn Lipson
- Oral History
Evelyn Lipson and her husband Ray became early volunteers for the NAMM Foundation’s Museum of Making Music in the months before its grand opening
Dr. Ruth Lion
- Oral History
Dr. Ruth Lion’s late husband, Alfred Lion, was the founder of Blue Note Records.
Jeff Lindahl
- Oral History
Jeff Lindahl began playing guitar and performing with his twin brother at a young age.
Neil Lilien
- Oral History
Neil Lilien has been a life long supporter of the arts, playing music since he was a child and growing up to own one of the finest names in strin
Charles Lawing
- Oral History
Charles Lawing formed the Memphis music store Strings & Things in the 1970s and grew the business in size and product line along with his par
Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
- Oral History
Dr.
Tevis Laukat
- Oral History
Tevis Laukat and his wife Sheryl formed Cannonball Musical Instruments in 1996 in Sandy, Utah, located just south of Salt Lake City.
Sheryl Laukat
- Oral History
Sheryl Laukat is passionate about the saxophone and the company she formed with her husband back in 1996.
Robert Laube
- Oral History
Robert Laube spent over 30 years as the top salesman for Kimball Piano and Organ Company.
Bertil Larson
- Oral History
Bertil Larson was like so many of the former employees at the mighty Wurlitzer Company that found his experiences there to have been happy ones a
Sandy La Mantia
- Oral History
Sandy La Mantia was only the third President of Shure.
John LaBouve
- Oral History
John LaBouve’s background is in business and marketing.
Rick Kukulies
- Oral History
Rick Kukulies helped design and develop the Kustom line of amplifiers in the 1970s.
Dieter Kühnl
- Oral History
Dieter Kühnl is the president of Kuhnl & Hoyer.
Walther Krüger
- Oral History
Walther Krüger was the chief scientist at the music instrument institute in Markneukirchen Ger
Tom Kowalczyk
- Oral History
Tom Kowalczyk served a long post as the artist relations director at Kurzweil Music.
Martin Konig
- Oral History
Martin Konig’s father, Karl, partnered with Erich Meyer in 1949 to create a wholesale business in which their first products wer
Arthur Knopp
- Oral History
Arthur Knopp is the founder of the music retail shop in Germany that carries his name (Musihaus Arthur Knopp in Saarbrucken).
Steve Klein
- Oral History
Steve Klein is a guitar luthier’s luthier!
George Klein
- Oral History
George Klein first met Elvis Presley when the two attended Humes High School in Memphis.
Eileen Kilday
- Oral History
Eileen Kilday and her husband worked hard to re-build an old piano bench making company, which they renamed GRK.
Gary Kilday
- Oral History
Gary Kilday took a chance on an old piano bench maker in 1988 that had fallen on hard times.
Andrew Kemble
- Oral History
Andrew Kemble’s grandfather established the Kemble Piano Company and started a family tradition that Andrew carries on today.
Patrick Kelly
- Oral History
Patrick Kelly was the youngest of eight children raised in Western Scotland.
Gerhard Keilwerth
- Oral History
Gerhard Keilwerth grew up loving the saxophone and dreaming of building his own line, which of course he did do to international success.
Bunny Kacher
- Oral History
Bunny Kacher began volunteering at the NAMM Foundation’s Museum of Making Music in 2002 as part of the second docent training class (the museum o
Henry Juszkiewicz
- Oral History
Henry Juszkiewicz, Gibson Guitar Corporation’s former CEO, attended the Rainforest Alliance’s annual gala concert in 1994, where he first heard a