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 performance, education, manufacturing, and towards promotion of the banjo. The hall of fame is a part of the American Banjo Museum 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, and ...

. 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 (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) and ...

(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 o ...

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

Jimmy Mazzy Jimmy Mazzy is a traditional jazz Trad jazz, short for "traditional jazz", is a form of jazz in the United States and Britain in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, played by musicians such as Chris Barber, Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball, Ken Colyer an ...

(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

*2014 - Earl Scruggs *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, notably ...

*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. In 1964, at age 18, he became interested ...

*2018 - Bela Fleck *2019 -

4-String Performance

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

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 Johnny St. Cyr (April 17, 1890 – June 17, 1966) was an American jazz banjoist and guitarist. For banjo his by far most used type in records at least was the six string one. On a famous “action photo” with Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Pepp ...

*2003 - Cathy Reilly Finn / Scotty Plummer *2004 - Al Smith / Freddy Morgan *2005 - Doug Mattocks / Michael Pingitore *2006 - Cynthia Sayer / 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".Buck Kelly *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 Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity * Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

*2018 - Borgy Borgerson *2019 - Johnny Baier /

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 *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 '' Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords'' remains a bestseller. Biography Early life Melbourne E. Bay was bo ...

*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 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

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 ...

*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 United States, 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 #7 in the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 1 ...

*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 nominate ...

*2017 - Roy Clark *2018 -

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

References

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