2014 American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame Award for Earl Scruggs

The American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame, formerly known as the National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame, recognizes musicians. bands, or companies that have made a distinct contribution to

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performance, education, manufacturing, and towards promotion of the banjo. The

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is a part of the

American Banjo Museum The American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City is dedicated to the history of the banjo. The museum's exhibits document the rise of the banjo from its arrival in North America via the Atlantic slave trade to modern times. The museum was founded in 19 ...

located in

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. When the ''National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame Museum'' became the ''American Banjo Museum'' in 2009, its focus began to shift to be more inclusive of all banjos. Originally focusing on four-string banjo players, the hall of fame expanded in 2013 to recognize contributions from 5-string banjo players as well, allowing them to be recognized in "non-performance categories" and creating a category specific to 5-string banjo players. The first 5-string banjoists were added to the hall of fame beginning in 2014. Inductees into the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame in 2018 include

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(5-string performance)
Borgy Borgerson
(4-string performance),

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(promotion), Hub Nitsche and the ''Banjo Newsletter'' (both instruction and education), and Eddie Collins (historical). The 2019 inductees include

Alison Brown Alison Brown (born August 7, 1962) is an American banjo player, guitarist, composer, and producer. She has won and has been nominated for several Grammy awards and is often compared to another banjo prodigy, Béla Fleck, for her unique style of ...

(five-string performance), Johnny Baier (4-string performance), Jimmy Mazzy (4-string performance),

John Hartford John Cowan Hartford (December 30, 1937 – June 4, 2001) was an American folk, country, and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive kn ...

(historical), Bob Snow (promotion), and Janet Davis (instruction and education).

5-String Performance

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Earl Scruggs Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-finge ...

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Pete Seeger Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weav ...

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J.D. Crowe James Dee Crowe (August 27, 1937December 24, 2021) was an American banjo player and bluegrass band leader. He first became known during his four-year stint with Jimmy Martin in the 1950s. Crowe led the bluegrass group New South from 1971 until ...

*2017 -

John McEuen John McEuen, born December 19, 1945, in Oakland, California, is an American folk musician and a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Career Solo work John McEuen was born in Oakland, California. In 1964, at age 18, he became intereste ...

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*2019 -

*2020 - Gary "Biscuit" Davis *2021 - Jens Krüger *2022 -

Sonny Osborne Sonny Osborne (October 29, 1937October 24, 2021) was an American bluegrass musician and founding member of the Osborne Brothers. Personal life Born on October 29, 1937, in Thousandsticks, Kentucky, Sonny Osborne's father was a farmer, teacher ...

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Buck Trent Charles Wilburn "Buck" Trent (February 17, 1938 – October 9, 2023) was an American country music instrumentalist. He played the five-string banjo, dobro, steel guitar, mandolin, electric bass and guitar. Biography Charles Wilburn Trent was ...

*2024 - Kristin Scott Benson

4-String Performance

*1998 - Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery / C. Sandy Riner *1999 -

Eddie Peabody Edwin Ellsworth Peabody (February 19, 1902 – November 7, 1970) was an American banjo player, instrument developer, and musical entertainer whose career spanned five decades. He was the most famous plectrum banjoist of his era. Early life ...

Harry Reser Harrison Franklin Reser (January 17, 1896 – September 27, 1965) was an American banjo player and bandleader. Born in Piqua, Ohio, Reser was best known as the leader of The Clicquot Club Eskimos. He was regarded by some as the best banjoist ...

*2000 - Don Van Palta / Perry Bechtel *2001 - Buddy Wachter /

Roy Smeck Leroy George Alfred "Roy" Smeck (6 February 1900 – 5 April 1994) was an American musician. His skill on the banjo, guitar, and ukulele earned him the nickname "The Wizard of the Strings". Background Smeck was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. ...

*2002 - Tim Allan /

Johnny St. Cyr Johnny St. Cyr () (April 17, 1890 – June 17, 1966) was an American jazz Banjo#Six-string banjos, banjoist and guitarist. He was one of the original pioneers of jazz music, playing banjo and guitar in the bands of Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, J ...

*2003 - Cathy Reilly Finn / Scotty Plummer *2004 - Al Smith / Freddy Morgan *2005 - Doug Mattocks / Michael Pingitore *2006 -

Cynthia Sayer Cynthia Nan Sayer (born May 20, 1962) is an American jazz banjoist, singer and a founding member of Woody Allen's New Orleans Jazz Band. Career A native of Waltham, Massachusetts, Sayer spent her early childhood in Wayland, Massachusetts and t ...

/ Pat Terry, Sr. *2007 - Georgette Twain / John Cali *2008 - Jad Paul /

Maurice Bolyer Maurice Bolyer (December 1, 1920 – August 18, 1978), born Maurice Beaulieu, was a composer and musician known as "Canada's King of the Banjo".Dave Marty / Helen Baker *2011 - Greg Allen / Gene Sheldon *2012 - Lee Floyd III / Skip DeVol"People, Places & Things", Frank Rossi, The Resonator, p. 18, Dec. 2011, vol 39, #4 *2013 - Mike Gentry / Eddie Connors *2014 - Debbie Schreyer /

Elmer Snowden Elmer Chester Snowden (October 9, 1900 – May 14, 1973) was an American banjo player of the jazz age. He also played guitar and, in the early stages of his career, all the reed instruments. He contributed greatly to jazz in its early days as bo ...

*2015 -

Eddy Davis Eddy Ray Davis (September 26, 1940 – April 7, 2020) was an American musician and bandleader of trad jazz, who was internationally known mainly through the decades of collaboration with the clarinetist and filmmaker Woody Allen. Life and work ...

*2016 - Pat Terry, Jr. *2017 - Paul Erikson *2018 - Borgy Borgerson *2019 - Johnny Baier / Jimmy Mazzy *2020 - Eddie Erickson *2021 - Brad Roth *2022 - Don Vappie *2023 - Kurt Abell *2024 - Ken Aoki

Historical

*2016 -

George Formby George Formby, (born George Hoy Booth; 26 May 1904 – 6 March 1961), was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he ...

*2017 -

Joel Walker Sweeney Joel Walker Sweeney (1810 – October 29, 1860), also known as Joe Sweeney, was an American musician and early blackface minstrel performer. He is known for popularizing the playing of the banjo and has often been credited with advancing the p ...

*2018 -

Eddie Collins Edward Trowbridge Collins Sr. (May 2, 1887 – March 25, 1951), nicknamed "Cocky", was an American professional baseball player, manager and executive. He played as a second baseman in Major League Baseball from to for the Philadelphia Athle ...

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*2020 -

Don Reno Donald Wesley Reno (February 21, 1926Trischka, Tony, "Don Reno", ''Banjo Song Book'', Oak Publications, 1977, – October 16, 1984) was an American bluegrass and country musician, best known as a pioneering banjo and guitar player who pa ...

*2021 - Paul Buskirk *2022 - The Banjo Kings *2023 -

Grandpa Jones Louis Marshall Jones (October 20, 1913 – February 19, 1998), known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was an American banjo player and Old-time music, old time/country music, country music singer. He was inducted as a member of the Country Musi ...

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Ralph Stanley Ralph Edmund Stanley (February 25, 1927 – June 23, 2016) was an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing. He began playing music in 1946, originally with his older brother Carter Stanley as part of The ...

Instruction & Education

*2001 -

Mel Bay Melbourne Earl Bay (February 25, 1913 – May 14, 1997), known professionally as Mel Bay, was an American musician and publisher best known for his series of music education books. His '' Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords'', first published in 197 ...

*2002 - Lowell Schreyer *2003 - Charlie Tagawa *2004 - Charles McNeil *2005 - Buddy Griffin *2006 - Walter Kaye Bauer *2007 - Don Van Palta *2008 - Don Stevison *2009 - Dave Frey *2010 - Jim Riley *2011 - Daryl Whiting *2012 - Buddy Wachter *2013 - Steve Caddick *2014 - Mike Currao *2015 - Tim Allan *2016 - Alfred Greathouse *2017 -

Tony Trischka Anthony Cattell Trischka (born January 16, 1949) is an American five-string banjo player. Sandra Brennan wrote of him in 2020: "One of the most influential modern banjoists, both in several forms of bluegrass music and occasionally in jazz and ...

*2018 - Hub Nitsche & Banjo Newsletter *2019 - Janet Davis *2020 - Roger Sprung *2021 - Scott Whitfield *2022 -

Alan Munde Alan Munde (pronounced "mun-dee") (born November 4, 1946) is an American five-string banjo player and bluegrass musician. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2024. Biography Born in Norman, Oklahoma, Munde lear ...

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Bill Evans William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, block chords, innovative chord voicings, a ...

Design & Manufacture

*2003 - C.C. Richelieu *2004 - Fred Bacon & Daniel Day *2005 - Renee Karnes *2006 - Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co, Ltd. & Gibson Instrument Company *2007 - Wm. Lange/Paramount *2008 - Dale Small *2009 - Henry Lea *2010 - Chuck Ogsbury/OME *2011 - Vega *2012 - Jim Farquhar *2013 - Wayne Fairchild *2014 - David L. Day *2015 - Albert D. Grover *2016 -

Deering Banjo Company The Deering Banjo Company was started in 1975 by Greg and Janet Deering. They are located in Spring Valley, California. It is now run by their daughter Jamie Deering. Deering Banjos makes Deering, Vega, Tenbrooks, and Goodtime banjos. Many nota ...

*2020 - Geoff Stelling *2021 - Greg Rich *2023 - Norbert Pietsch

Promotion

*2000 - Sherwood "Shakey" Johnson *2001 - Frank Rossi *2001 - Jack Canine *2002 - Jubilee Banjo Band *2003 - Ralph Martin *2004 -

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*2005 - Joel Schiavone *2006 -

*2007 -

Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Di ...

*2008 - Jack Dupen, Harry Higgins (album ''The Red Garter'') *2009 - Myron Hinkle *2010 - Bill Pincumbe *2011 - Horis Ward *2012 - Glenn Parks *2013 -

Somethin' Smith and the Redheads Somethin' Smith and the Redheads were an American vocal group, doing mostly pop standards in the 1950s. Their biggest hit single was " It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" in 1955, which reached number seven in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. The follow ...

*2014 -

The Kingston Trio The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to the late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, ...

*2015 -

Steve Martin Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician. Known for Steve Martin filmography, his work in comedy films, television, and #Discography, recording, he has received List of awards a ...

*2017 -

Roy Clark Roy Linwood Clark (April 15, 1933 – November 15, 2018) was an American singer, musician, and television presenter. He is best known for having hosted '' Hee Haw'', a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark wa ...

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*2019 - Bob Snow *2022 - Randy Morris *2023 - Akira Tsumura *2024 - Ned Luberecki

References

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