Bill Keith

American banjo player (1939-2015) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 75

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 popular "Scruggs style" of banjo playing which would soon become known as melodic style, or "Keith style".

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