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Lou Berger
- Oral History
Lou Berger was an energetic piano salesman in the style of the old piano traveler of a by-gone era.
Remo Belli
- Oral History
Remo Belli revolutionized the music products industry by introducing the Weather King, the single most popular drumhead in the world!
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter
- Oral History
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter gained enormous international fame as a founding member of Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers.
Jane Bastien
- Oral History
Jane Smisor Bastien together with her husband.
Howard Bailey
- Oral History
Howard Bailey was the executive account representative for the Freeman Companies, which serviced the NAMM show. Howard became a beloved part of the NAMM...
Robert Ziems
- Oral History
Bob Ziems (it sounds like "seems as in Ziems it seems") was a dedicated member of the testing department at CG Conn from 1941-1971 and later with Selmer....
George Ullman
- Oral History
George Ullmann directed the Boosey & Hawks Canadian operation for several decades beginning in the 1970s. It was during those early days of expanding the...
Johnny Smith
- Oral History
Johnny Smith! What can you say about meeting not only your personal hero but also a hero to thousands in our own industry!
William Schultz
- Oral History
William Schultz turned the struggling Fender Musical Instrument Corporation into an industry leader after purchasing the famed guitar company fro
Leonard Schmitt
- Oral History
Leonard Schmitt opened a small guitar shop to provide lessons in the St. Louis area back in 1932.
James Saied
- Oral History
James Saied, the founder of the Saied Music Store chain in Oklahoma loved the marches of John Phillip Sousa!
Irwin Robinson
- Oral History
Irwin Robinson played vital roles at many of the largest and most important American music publishers for much of the second half of the 20th Century. Irwin...
Emil Richards
- Oral History
Emil Richards played a significant role in the expanded use and knowledge of world percussion instruments.
Larry Rast
- Oral History
Larry Rast has served as President of the Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation since 1994. With a strong background in teaching, Larry understands the need for music...
Specs Powell
- Oral History
Specs Powell played jazz drums during the hey-day of 52nd Street in New York City.
Marybeth Peters
- Oral History
Marybeth Peters has worked in the United States copyright office for 40 years and has become one of the country’s leading authorities on the copy
Herbert Newton
- Oral History
Herbert Newton opened his piano store in 1939, a few years after becoming a piano tuner in the Norfolk area.
Dr. Robert Moog
- Oral History
Dr. Robert Moog was the father of the synthesizer and perhaps the best-known promoter of the Theremin and electronic music. When he passed away in 2005 after a...
Bruce Mitchell
- Oral History
Bruce Mitchell is a veteran of the Canadian piano and organ industry dating back to 1966 when he was hired as the Hammond Organ sales rep for Can
Jay McShann
- Oral History
Jay McShann was one of the last great original stride pianists, one of the last Big Band Era leaders and one of the few musicians to work with such an amazing...
Robert McDowell
- Oral History
Robert McDowell was president of the NAMM Board of Directors from 1969-1971.
Kay McDowell
- Oral History
Kay McDowell now (and may always) holds the record for the most NAMM shows attended --83 in a row!
Ted Krumweide
- Oral History
Ted Krumwiede was a veteran of the piano industry working for Kimball and Story & Clark in the important re-birth of the piano business follo
Ann Jones
- Oral History
Ann Jones was interviewed alongside Dick Dolan, the president of QRS, a company known around the world for their piano rolls.
Mickey Jent
- Oral History
Mickey Jent opened a small music store in Lubbock, Texas after World War II with her husband, Ray, after his return from military service.
Hal Harrower
- Oral History
Hal Harrower designed his first double neck instrument in 1987, a 6-string guitar and a 4-string bass.
A.V. "Bam" Bamford
- Oral History
AV (Bam) Bamford was a colorful country music producer originally from Cuba.
Robert Zildjian
- Oral History
Robert and Willi Zildjian were interviewed together at the NAMM show in Anaheim on January 18, 2006, the year which marked the 25th anniversary o
Johnny Wright
- Oral History
Johnny Wright was among the most popular of the traveling country bandleaders during the big band era.