William Bradford "Bill" Keith was an American five-string banjoist who made a significant contribution to the stylistic development of the instrument. In the 1960s he introduced a variation on the pop
Bill Keith on stage at the 1985 Cambridge Folk Festival
Keith (centre) with David Grisman (mandolin) and Tony Rice (guitar) at the Courville sur Eure Folk festival, France, 1977
Jim Kweskin is an American folk, jazz, and blues musician, and the founder of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, also known as Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band, with Fritz Richmond, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, B
Bill Keith (musician)
…altered banjo playing, and his style became an important part of the playing styles of many banjoists. After leaving the Bluegrass Boys, he joined the Jim Kweskin Jug Band playing plectrum banjo. He began playing the steel guitar and soon after 1968, worked together with Ian and Sylvia and Jonathan Edwards. In…