Bill Keith (musician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bill Keith (musician)

Talentened Banjo Player

Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1939

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 23-Oct-2015

Profession: musician, banjoist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

For the journalist, author, and politician, see Bill Keith.William Bradford "Bill" Keith (December 20, 1939 – October 23, 2015) was a five-string banjoist who made a significant contribution to the stylistic development of the instrument.
In the 1960s he introduced a variation on the popular "Scruggs style" of banjo playing (an integral element of bluegrass music) which would soon become known as melodic style, or "Keith style".