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

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

performance, education, manufacturing, and towards promotion of the banjo. The hall of fame 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 198 ...

located in

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, an ...

. 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

Bela Fleck Bela may refer to: Places Asia *Bela Pratapgarh, a town in Pratapgarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India *Bela, a small village near Bhandara, Maharashtra, India *Bela, another name for the biblical city Zoara *Bela, Dang, in Nepal *Bela, Janakpur, ...

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

Jim Henson James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide notice as the creator of The Muppets and '' Fraggle Rock'' (1983–1987) an ...

(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 k ...

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

5-String Performance

*2014 -

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-fing ...

*2015 -

Pete Seeger Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notabl ...

*2016 -

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 Oakland is the largest city and th ...

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*2019 -

4-String Performance

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

Eddie Peabody Edwin Ellsworth Peabody, known as Eddie 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 o ...

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 of ...

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

Roy Smeck Leroy 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. He started on the vau ...

*2002 - Tim Allan / Johnny St. Cyr *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 ...

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

Jad Paul Jad Paul (June 16, 1916 – December 29, 2008) was an American musician, most noted for being one of the original members of Spike Jones' band "The City Slickers". He was also noted for his banjo playing. Career Paul began playing the banjo ...

/ Maurice Bolyer *2009 - John Becker /

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*2010 - 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 b ...

*2015 - Eddy Davis *2016 - Pat Terry, Jr. *2017 - Paul Erikson *2018 - Borgy Borgerson *2019 -

Johnny Baier Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females. Varian ...

/ Jimmy Mazzy

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 s ...

*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 Athlet ...

*2019 -

Instruction & Education

*2001 -

Mel Bay Mel Bay (February 25, 1913 – May 14, 1997) was an American musician and publisher best known for his series of music education books. His ''Mel Bay's Deluxe Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords, Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords'' remains a bestseller. ...

*2002 -

Lowell Schreyer Lowell may refer to: Places United States * Lowell, Arkansas * Lowell, California * Lowell, Florida * Lowell, Idaho * Lowell, Indiana * Lowell, Bartholomew County, Indiana * Lowell, Maine * Lowell, Massachusetts ** Lowell National Historical ...

*2003 - Charlie Tagawa *2004 - Charles McNeil *2005 -

Buddy Griffin The Griffin Brothers were an American rhythm and blues band from Norfolk, Virginia, sometimes credited on record as the Griffin Brothers Orchestra. They made successful recordings with singer Margie Day, and had a no.1 hit on the ''Billboard'' ...

*2006 - Walter Kaye Bauer *2007 - Don Van Palta *2008 -

Don Stevison Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places * County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name * Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a vi ...

*2009 -

Dave Frey Dave may refer to: Film, television, and theater * ''Dave'' (film), a 1993 film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver * ''Dave'' (musical), a 2018 stage musical adaptation of the film * Dave (TV channel), a digital television channel in the ...

*2010 - Jim Riley *2011 - Daryl Whiting *2012 - Buddy Wachter *2013 - Steve Caddick *2014 -

Mike Currao Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and documenta ...

*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 2021: "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 Janet Davis is a former city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She represented Ward 31 Beaches-East York (now Ward 19), the northern portion of Beaches—East York, from 2003 to 2018. She is well known for her work on affordable day care an ...

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 Banjos

Promotion

*2000 - Sherwood "Shakey" Johnson *2001 - Frank Rossi *2001 - Jack Canine *2002 - Jubilee Banjo Band *2003 - Ralph Martin *2004 - Fred "Mickey" Finn *2005 - Joel Schiavone *2006 - Eddy Davis *2007 -

Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October 1 ...

*2008 - Jack Dupen, Harry Higgins (album ''The Red Garter'') *2009 -

Myron Hinkle Myron of Eleutherae ( grc, Μύρων, ''Myrōn'' ), working c. 480–440 BC, was an Athenian sculpture, sculptor from the mid-5th century BC. He was born in Eleutherae on the borders of Boeotia and Attica, Greece, Attica. According to Pliny the ...

*2010 -

Bill Pincumbe Bill(s) may refer to: Common meanings * Banknote, paper cash (especially in the United States) * Bill (law), a proposed law put before a legislature * Invoice, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer * Bill, a bird or animal's beak ...

*2011 - Horis Ward *2012 - Glenn Parks *2013 - Somethin' Smith and the Redheads *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 actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. He has won five Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 2013. Additionally, he was nominat ...

*2017 -

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

*2018 -

*2019 - Bob Snow (started ''Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Emporium'')

References

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