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Sam Keeney
- Oral History
Sam Keeney loved playing music! He had a road organ he hauled to performances nights and on weekends.
Lance LeRoy
- Oral History
Lance LeRoy was a top music manager in Nashville, TN, and was the founder of the Lancer Agency.
Patrick Hiatt
- Oral History
Patrick Hiatt was among the leaders of band instrument repairmen in the industry.
Kern Kennedy
- Oral History
Kern Kennedy tickled the ivories on a number of early rock and roll and rockabilly recordings back in the 1950s.
Murrey Harman
- Oral History
Murrey Harman is the first of Buddy Harman’s six children.
George Gruhn
- Oral History
George Gruhn is without question one of the top experts of vintage guitars on the planet!
Jerry Gorby
- Oral History
Jerry Gorby followed in his father’s footsteps by becoming a passionate advocate for music and music making.
Kurt Glaesel
- Oral History
Kurt Glaesel was born into a violin-making family, which dates back to 1720, but it was Kurt who made his family name nationally known.
Rocky Giglio
- Oral History
Rocky Giglio has been a strong leader in the development and marketing of the jj Babbitt mouthpieces product line. For years.
Wilhelm Gertz
- Oral History
Wilhelm Gertz was often seen working on the action of a vintage grand piano whenever you stopped to visit him in his store.
Walter Fuller
- Oral History
Walter Fuller played trumpet for Earl “Fatha” Hines when Earl, a pianist, formed his first big band in 1936.
Sam Falcetti
- Oral History
Sam Falcetti can tell you everything you’d ever want to know about the accordion and, as the salesman that he is, he would sell you one! Sam’s retail store,...
William C. Everitt
- Oral History
William C. Everitt is one of the big names in the music products industry from the big state of Texas. As a musical retailer, he has assisted in the...
Duane Eddy
- Oral History
Duane Eddy has been a strong influence on generations of guitarists and played a key role in making instrumental songs viable as hit makers in po
Doyle Dykes
- Oral History
Doyle Dykes is not only one of his generation’s greatest guitar pickers; he is also an incredible human being.
Karl Dustman
- Oral History
Karl Dustman, the founder of Dustman and Associates, is one of the country’s foremost experts on drums.
Rick Drumm
- Oral History
Rick Drumm inherited his father’s love of music. His father established Ronnie Drumm's House of Music and Rick spent must of his childhood in the store and...
Michael Dresdner
- Oral History
Michael Dresdner loves woodworking, so when the opportunity came up to build guitars he jumped at it.
Fred Douglas
- Oral History
Fred Douglas recalled picking up his first Fender Precision Bass when he was hired to record as a member of the Pacers.
Brenda Dillon
- Oral History
Brenda Dillon has played a vital role in the development and acceptance of group piano lessons based on the concept of recreational music making.
Gary DeShazo
- Oral History
Gary DeShazo began his musical career as a Texas bandmaster and then worked with James Caldwell, the founder of Caldwell Music.
Janet Deering
- Oral History
Janet Deering has become the darling of the banjo industry as co-founder of the Deering Banjo Company.
Greg Deering
- Oral History
Greg Deering worked for a short time with Bob Taylor in San Diego as both men sought their dreams to create their own unique fretted instruments.
Paul de Benedictis
- Oral History
Paul de Benedictis recalls the day he was working along side software designer Dave Oppenheim when a series of commands were created to allow a drum machine to...
Jim Darby
- Oral History
Jim Darby is the band instrument salesman who formed Capital Music in Montgomery, Alabama, and who built a customer base both in school band prog
Paul Craft
- Oral History
Paul Craft always felt a pull towards music but was not just sure how it would take hold in his life.
Bobby Crafford
- Oral History
Bobby Crafford still has his first snare drum, the one he played when he recorded early Rockabilly songs for Sun Records in Memphis, TN.
Robert C. Cosgrove
- Oral History
Robert C. Cosgrove was hired by the Baldwin Piano Company following World War II and later worked his way up to vice president.
Jack Cookerly
- Oral History
Jack Cookerly was an accordionist who was among the first to connect the instrument to the technology behind the electronic keyboard. He was chief engineer at...
Bobby Cochran
- Oral History
Bobby Cochran got his start in music playing the licks of his uncle Eddie, who passed away when Bobby was just ten years old.