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Bob Casey
- Oral History
Bob Casey enjoyed a long career in pro audio and radio.
Billy Carson
- Oral History
Billy Carson was listed in the Guinness book of world records for growing the largest watermelon ever weighed.
John Carruthers
- Oral History
John Carruthers has established himself as a leading expert on guitars and amplifiers as a designer, builder and repairman.
Candido Camero
- Oral History
Candido Camero was born in Cuba on April 22, 1921.
William Callaway
- Oral History
William Callaway worked in his father’s music store as a child, sweeping up on weekends and working his way up to president of Thearle Music in San Diego. His...
Harold Burt
- Oral History
Harold Burt was just about 3 years old when a musician from a traveling circus came to his North Carolina town and sold his parents a clarinet fo
Roy Burns
- Oral History
Roy Burns played drums for several big names in swing and jazz including Benny Goodman with whom he recorded with during the 1950’s.
Edna Mae Burnam
- Oral History
Edna Mae Burnam authored the now classic piano training books “A Dozen a Day” to help beginners learn in a fun and meaningful way.
Evan Brooks
- Oral History
Evan Brooks became interested in electronic musical instruments during the early days of synthesizer development.
Arnold Broido
- Oral History
Arnold Broido was an industry treasure! The man had sophistication and charm as abundantly as he had energy and ideas! Having worked in nearly every level of...
John Bowen
- Oral History
John Bowen was an engineer at Sequential Circuits during the early days of the synthesizer boom of the late 1970s.
Crane Bodine
- Oral History
Crane Bodine’s father, Elmer, was a piano man who formed a retail store in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1933.
George Bishop
- Oral History
George Bishop had the idea of bringing the Canadian music industry together in 1971.
Charles Bickel
- Oral History
Charles Bickel was working on the bench at Selmer when George Bundy decided to try a different plastic emulsion for his idea of a plastic clarinet. The first...
Richard Bennett
- Oral History
Richard Bennett served many roles during his long career in music, perhaps most notably as the sales rep for Wurlitzer towards the end of the 196
Ray Benedetto
- Oral History
Ray Benedetto and Gene Garb were interviewed together in connection with the 50th anniversary of NEMC (National Educational Music Company) at the
Harry Begian
- Oral History
Harry Begian was one of the most respected band directors in the United States.
Mike Battle
- Oral History
Mike Battle invented the Echoplex, the pioneering electric effects device, which played a vital role in the early development of the rock and rol
Chuck Barnhouse
- Oral History
Chuck Barnhouse is the third generation to own and operate the C. L. Barnhouse Publishing Company.
Rod Baltimore
- Oral History
Rod Baltimore has been a music retailer in New York for over 40 years. Much of that time was spent on the famed 48th street music central.
Ray Ayotte
- Oral History
Ray Ayotte was born in Millardville Canada where as a youngster he began playing drums for rock bands he formed with schoolmates.
Byron Autrey
- Oral History
Byron Autrey loved to tell you everything you needed to know about how a trumpet works, and I mean everything! Byron studied the craft of trumpet design for...
Jerry Ash
- Oral History
Jerry Ash recalls his father, Sam Ash, giving him a pocket full of change and sending him off on the subway to New York City to pick up the sheet
Paul Ash
- Oral History
Paul Ash had great memories of his father, Sam Ash, the founder of Sam Ash Music in New York.
Bernice Ash
- Oral History
Bernice Ash began working at the Sam Ash Music Store in New York City in 1947, one year before marrying the founder’s eldest son, Jerry.
Vivian Artley
- Oral History
Vivian Artley’s brother formed the Artley Flute Company in Elkhart, IN, during the 1930s. With an innovation that allowed the instrument to be m
Shiro Arai
- Oral History
Shiro Arai was the founder of Aria Guitars, a Japanese electric guitar company that gained great international success in the wake of the Beatles
Richard (R.C.) Allen
- Oral History
R.C. Allen was a guitar luthier that used the style of his many friends of the era in the early 1950s in Southern California when guitar innovato
Van Alexander
- Oral History
Van Alexander co-wrote “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” with Ella Fitzgerald while both worked in the Chick Webb Orchestra back in 1938. The success of that song led to a...
Henry Adler
- Oral History
Henry Adler helped define the percussion industry with his music publishing company, drum shop and method books. His amazing life in music began