| LC control no. | n 82153096 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Keith, Bill, 1939-2015 |
| Variant(s) | Keith, Billy, 1939-2015 Keith, Brad, 1939-2015 Keith, William Bradford, 1939-2015 |
| Birth date | 1939-12-20 |
| Death date | 2015-10-23 |
| Place of birth | Boston (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Bearsville (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Bluegrass music |
| Affiliation | Blue Grass Boys Country Gentlemen (Musical group) Jug Band Muleskinner (Musical group) |
| Profession or occupation | Banjoists Bluegrass musicians |
| Found in | Winston, W. Pedal steel guitar, c1975. Rathburn, E. Mostly railroad music [SR] p1994: container (Billy Keith, banjo) Newport Folk Festival. 1963-07-27, Bluegrass bands, fiddle workshop and children's concert [SR] 2004: audition (Brad Keith, banjo) All Music Guide WWW site, Dec. 28, 2006 (In the mid 1960s, Keith joined Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, where he was listed as Brad Keith) Oxford music online, April 24, 2014: Enc. of popular music, 4th ed. (Bill Keith; born William Bradford Keith, December 20, 1939, Boston, Massachusetts; bluegrass banjoist; member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, Country Gentlemen, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Muleskinner) New York times WWW site, viewed Oct. 27, 2015 (in obituary published Oct. 26: Bill Keith; b. William Bradford Keith, Dec. 20, 1939, Boston; d. Friday [Oct. 23, 2015], Bearsville, N.Y., aged 75; banjo player who modernized his instrument and expanded its musical reach) |
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