KEITH, BILL
(*1939)
KEITH, BILL (b. William Bradford K., Brockton, Mass., December 20, 1939) Keith was one of the first city-born pickers to take up BLUEGRASS-style BANJO, introducing a new, melodically oriented playing style he called chromatic picking. Born in a suburb of Boston, Keith first took up tenor banjo to play Dixieland-style music in his high-school years, but soon was sucked into the vibrant FOLK-REVIVAL scene of the Boston area. While attending Amherst College he befriended another young folknik, JIM…