Adam Juzek recalls playing around in his father’s workshop as a kid. It never occurred to him to do anything other than working in the family business. As a result, Adam and his brother Rob, purchased the family business from their father in 2008. His family’s involvement in music goes back to the very early 1900's when his great uncle began making violins. His great-...
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Dana Bourgeois formed Bourgeois Guitars in 1993, having already worked as a luthier on several projects including those...
Stephen Bennett provided music lessons in two music stores in the late 1970s while gigging at night. It was the first...
Stefano Galante is a recording engineer and producer who designed his own studio in his native Italy before moving to...
Full Interviews
This is the full length NAMM Oral History interview with Snooky Young, which was captured on October 18, 2005. For his...
This is the full length NAMM Oral History interview with Paul Hostetter, which was captured on September 22, 2016. For...
This is the full length NAMM Oral History interview with Babe Simoni, which was captured on May 26, 2010. For his ...
Vignettes
The piano sticker program was a NAMM program in the late 20's to the 30's and again briefly in the 1950's. The sticker...
Music Stores are the first glimpse into the music industry for many of us, and often ignite the passion to play. This...
Out in the village of Bubenreuth, Germany lays the incredible history of a group of independent luthiers who in...
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.