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Money Mark
- Oral History
Money Mark grew up fascinated with music and musical instruments. He read all he could about the latest keyboards and synthesizers, which were becoming popular...
George Hanson
- Oral History
George Hanson’s father was hired by M. Steinert and Sons, the piano dealer in Boston, in 1900.
Frank Green
- Oral History
Frank Green opened his first music retail store in Southern California in 1959 and called it Music For Everyone.
DJ Fontana
- Oral History
DJ Fontana drove down to Houston in a pink Cadillac with Elvis Presley after being hired as the then unknown singer’s first drummer.
Lloyd Fillio
- Oral History
Lloyd Fillio grew up in the band instrument capital, Elkhart, Indiana.
Bill "The Buddha" Dickens
- Oral History
Bill (the Buddha) Dickens became a performer/inventor when the speed of his funky bass lines allowed him to do more than the traditional four str
Rob Cook
- Oral History
Rob Cook’s name is very familiar to those interested in vintage drums and the companies who produced them. As an author and publisher Rob has penned a series...
The Oak Ridge Boys Appear on Huckabee to Announce Guitar Auction to Benefit NAMM Foundation's Wanna Play Fund
- Press Release
The world-renowned Oak Ridge Boys, longtime supporters of music education and music making, appeared on FOX's Huckabee this weekend to announce the online...
David Cockerell
- Oral History
David Cockerell designed one of the earliest synthesizers produced in the United Kingdom.
Robin Walenta
- Board Member/NAMM Director
Robin Walenta is president/CEO of West Music Co., Inc., a six-store, full-line retailer, based in Coralville, Iowa.
Ravi Shankar
- Oral History
Ravi Shankar was called the Godfather of World Music by his long time friend George Harrison. Ravi’s role in bringing Indian music to the world was the...
Where is First Aid located?
- faq
First Aid stations are located in the Main Lobby in front of Hall B, and there are several throughout the facility.
Will there be a bag check on site?
- faq
Yes, baggage check is available during show hours on show days only at the north end of the Main Lobby on Level 1.
Abigail Ybarra
- Oral History
Abigail Ybarra was hired to work in the Fender factory back in 1956; just years after the famous electric guitar company released the Stratocaste
Speedy West
- Oral History
Speedy West was inducted into the Pedal Steel Guitar Hall of Fame as one of the instrument’s most innovative performers.
Morton Subotnick
- Oral History
Morton Subotnick composed one of the earliest and most important works of electronic music.
Artie Shapiro
- Oral History
Artie Shapiro played the double bass during the golden era of the big bands.
Hargus "Pig" Robbins
- Oral History
Hargus “Pig” Robbins became a member of the Nashville studio group of musicians known as the A Team. As a gifted piano player, Pig gained the attention of...
Horst Mucha
- Oral History
Horst Mucha was one of the most recognizable faces within the music products industry.
Lloyd McCausland
- Oral History
Lloyd McCausland worked with Remo Belli when the famed Hollywood drummer began creating his own line of synthetic drumheads in the late 1950s.
Max Mathews
- Oral History
Max Mathews was working as an engineer at the famed Bell Laboratory in 1954 when he was asked to determine if the computer Bell was designing cou
Jimmy Martin
- Oral History
Jimmy Martin came to the door the day of his interview in nothing but his boxers. He exclaimed, “Was that today!?
John Majeski Jr.
- Oral History
John Majeski Jr. was appropriately given the AMC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005 for a long career as editor of the Music Trades Magazine.
Claudia Keith
- Oral History
Claudia Keith and her husband, Joe, are, together, one of the legendary couples of the print music business in the United States.
Del Casher
- Oral History
Del Casher has an impressive scrapbook full of photographs from his career as a professional guitarist and inventor of music products, such as th
Bob Benedetto
- Oral History
Bob Benedetto is a guitar luthier’s luthier!
Jim Beloff
- Oral History
Jim Beloff and his wife, Liz, formed Flea Market Music to promote all things ukulele, and together they have played a big part in the resurgence
Cham-Ber Huang
- Oral History
Cham-Ber Huang designed one of the best-known classical harmonicas in the world.
Tom T. Hall
- Oral History
Tom T. Hall loved telling a good old country story, you know the ones with a twist at the end and plenty of references to beer and fishin’. When he set those...
P. Maurice Fox
- Oral History
Maurice Fox loves selling organs to area churches.