Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame Members

The National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame recognizes musicians. bands, or companies that have made a distinct contribution to the four-string banjo performance, educational, or manufacturing communities or towards the promotion of the four-string banjo. The Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

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is a part of the American Banjo Museum located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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This is a list of the inductees into the National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame by category and year inducted:

Performance - Contemporary & Historical

1998 - Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery
1998 - C. Sandy Riner
1999 - Eddie Peabody
Eddie Peabody
Captain Edwin Ellsworth Peabody was an American musical entertainer. His career spanned five decades and he was perhaps the most famous plectrum banjo player ever...
1999 - Harry Reser
Harry Reser
Harry F. Reser was an American banjo player and bandleader. Born in Piqua, Ohio, Reser was best known as the leader of The Clicquot Club Eskimos.- Career :...
2000 - Don Van Palta
2000 - Perry Bechtel
2001 - Buddy Wachter
2001 - Roy Smeck
Roy Smeck
Roy Smeck was an American musician. His skill on the banjo, guitar, steel guitar, and especially the ukulele earned him the nickname "Wizard of the Strings."-Background:...
2002 - Tim Allan
2002 - Johnny St. Cyr
Johnny St. Cyr
Johnny St. Cyr was an American jazz banjoist and guitarist.St. Cyr was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is most commonly remembered as a member of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven bands....

2003 - Cathy Reilly
2003 - Scotty Plummer
Scotty Plummer
Scotty Plummer was a highly regarded banjo player who made a name for himself as a youngster in both the United States and Canada and earned the title "Prince of Banjo"...
2004 - Al Smith
2004 - Freddy Morgan
2005 - Doug Mattocks
Doug Mattocks
Douglas Eric 'Doug' Mattocks was an English cricketer. Mattocks was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk....
2005 - Michael Pingitore
Mike Pingitore
Member of Paul Whiteman's Orchestra.He was the elder brother of Eugene Pingitore also a notable banjo player who moved to Australia. Paul Whiteman discovered him playing tenor banjo and he became part of the rhythm section for Paul Whiteman's band....
2006 - Cynthia Sayer
Cynthia Sayer
Cynthia Nan Sayer is a jazz banjoist and vocalist.Sayer was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, but grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. She took up the banjo when she was thirteen years old. She attended Ithaca College in New York and was graduated magna cum laude with a bachelors degree in...
2006 - Pat Terry, Sr.
2007 - Georgette Twain
2007 - John Cali

2008 - Jad Paul
2008 - Maurice Bolyer
Maurice Bolyer
Maurice Bolyer , born Maurice Beaulieu, was a composer and musician known as “Canada's King of the Banjo”.Bolyer was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada...
2009 - John Becker
2009 - Buck Kelly
2010 - Dave Marty
2010 - Helen Baker
2011 - Greg Allen
2011 - Gene Sheldon

Instruction & Education

2001 - Mel Bay
2002 - Lowell Schreyer
2003 - Charlie Tagawa
Charlie Tagawa
Charlie Tagawa is an Japanese-American musical entertainer, banjoist, and Japanese immigrant. His musical career has spanned six decades and he is regarded as one of the best banjo players and arguably one of the all-time best. He performs regularly across the U.S. and in Japan where he is known...
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

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 Obsbury/OME
2011 - Vega

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
2008 - Jack Dupen
2008 - Harry Higgins
2009 - Myron Hinkle
2010 - Bill Pincumbe
2011 - Horis Ward

Performance - Contemporary & Historical

Instruction & Education

Design & Manufacture

Promotion

See also