# Ben Keith

> Bennett Keith Schaeufele, better known by his stage name Ben Keith, was an American musician and record producer. Known primarily for his work as a pedal steel guitarist with Neil Young, Keith was a fixture of the Nashville country music community in the 1950s and 1960s before working with numerous successful rock, country and pop artists as both a producer and versatile, multi-instrumentalist sideman for over four decades. Neil Young affectionately referred to him as "Long Grain". Keith was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2014.

*American musician (1937-2010)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1937-03-06
- **Died:** 2010-07-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 13.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2428968)

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