Peter Yarrow is the Peter in the wildly successful popular folk music trio Peter, Paul, and Mary. During his often musical NAMM Oral History interview, Peter spoke of the role music played during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, as well as the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War. The inspiration of Pete Seeger was clearly at the core of his love for folk music and...
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Garth Hudson sat down at the piano and played several classical works as the NAMM Oral History crew set up the camera...
Rudy Perez was born in Cuba and arrived in Florida when he was eight years old. Soon after, he purchased his first...
Laurie Spiegel joined Bell Labs in 1973 with the idea of expanding the scope of electronic musical instrumentation. She...
Full Interviews
This is the full length NAMM Oral History interview with Herbie Hancock, Bryan Bell, and Will Alexander, which was...
This is the full length NAMM Oral History interview with Jeff Hasselberger and Bill Kaman, which was captured on...
This is the full length NAMM Oral History interview with Eddie Kramer, which was captured on September 6, 2012. For his...
Vignettes
Out in the village of Bubenreuth, Germany lays the incredible history of a group of independent luthiers who in...
The harmonica is a free wind instrument used in several genres of music worldwide. The reeds are pre-tuned to...
Music Stores are the first glimpse into the music industry for many of us, and often ignite the passion to play. This...
About the Library & Resource Center
The NAMM Oral History program is unique, unlike any other collection in the world. The heart of the collection is the depth of its narrative that covers innovative creations, the evolution of musical instruments, the ever changing world of music retail, as well as our collective quest to improve music education around the globe. Oral History participants have come from 46 different countries, 49 U.S. states and were born between 1903 and 1988. This collection is our journal, our own way of chronicling ourselves and our community—the community we so eagerly embrace at the NAMM shows and so proudly celebrate throughout the year. This library of video interviews, now 3,000 strong and always growing, contains the story of our industry told by those who helped to shape it and have watched it expand and develop through the years.
We hope you find what you're looking for right here, but if you have any questions, please contact us at 760.438.8001 or via e-mail at dand@namm.org.