Skip to main content
Off
Left
NAMM Home
  • Contact
  • About
  • Subscribe
Sign In
Sign In
  • Contact
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • Become a Sponsor
  • Exhibitor Resources
  • Hotel Reservations
  • Registration
  • Reserve a Booth
  • Attend
  • Badge Registration
  • Discounts
  • Education
  • Event Schedule
  • Exhibit
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Hotel Reservations
  • NAMM Marketing Summit
  • NAMM Show+
  • Show Information & Policies
  • Show Map
  • Log In
  • Register
  • Get Involved
  • Attend
  • Attendee Resources
  • Exhibitor Resources
  • Promotional Kit
  • Why Exhibit
  • Believe in Music
  • NAMM Russia
  • The 2022 NAMM Show
  • Log In
  • Register
  • Get Involved
  • Attend
  • Attendee Resources
  • Exhibitor Resources
  • Promotional Kit
  • Why Exhibit
  • Explore News
  • News Releases
  • Videos
  • NAMM Russia

Summer NAMM

  • Attend
  • Exhibit & Sponsor
  • Show Info
  • Show Directory
  • Hotel & Travel
  • Session Schedule
  • Media Info
  • Top 100 Awards
  • Past Highlights

The NAMM Show

April 13-15 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA.

  • Become a Sponsor
  • Exhibitor Resources
  • Hotel Reservations
  • Registration
  • Reserve a Booth
  • Attend
  • Badge Registration
  • Discounts
  • Education
  • Event Schedule
  • Exhibit
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Hotel Reservations
  • NAMM Marketing Summit
  • NAMM Show+
  • Show Information & Policies
  • Show Map
  • Board Members
  • Historical Tradeshow Dates
  • Past Presidents
  • Staff Directors
  • Values Commitment
  • Global Report
  • Join NAMM
  • Member Directory
  • Renew Membership
  • Explore Membership
  • Business Resources
  • Endorsed Service Providers
  • Member Benefits
  • Member Programs
  • Member Provided Services
  • NAMM Standards
  • Playback Blog
  • Young Professionals
  • Retail Roundtable
  • Retirement Program
  • Top 100 Dealer Awards
  • Women of NAMM
  • Explore NAMM U
  • NAMM Marketing Summit
  • NAMM Succession Summit
  • Finance
  • Industry
  • Lessons
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Sales
  • Training
  • Explore Issues and Advocacy
  • COVID-19 Policy Updates
  • Marketplace Fairness
  • Music Education
  • Healthcare
  • Intellectual Property
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Tax
  • Trade & Tariffs
  • Artists and Music Business
  • House of Worship
  • Live Event Professionals
  • Music Educators and Students
  • Music Products
  • Pro Audio & Live Sound
  • Explore the Library
  • Blog
  • In Memoriam
  • Music History Project Podcast
  • Oral History Interviews

Larry Dougherty

Larry Dougherty has always been grateful for the vast pool of great musicians who made up the swing bands of the 1940s and 50s. This allows so many to go on the road with a number of band...

Betty Bennett

Betty Bennett was inspired to pursue a career in music when she was brought along to gigs by her mother and was allowed to sing with her. After Betty’s first paying gig, making 50 cents f...

Robert Riedel

Robert Riedel sat down for his NAMM Oral History interview in January 2018 and spoke in depth about the steel guitar. As a steel guitar musician, Robert was influenced by the giants of th...

Lynn Wheelwright

Lynn Wheelwright has always been fascinated with the guitar, especially the craft of building the instrument. After performing as a teenager, he developed many of his luthier skills from...

Frank Nelson

Frank Nelson played trumpet and cornet during the swing era, touring with Alvino Rey’s Orchestra among others. He arranged music for the bands, both small groups and the larger outfits an...

Buddy Emmons

Buddy Emmons is on the short list of the most influential steel pedal guitarists in the world. Along with Alvino Rey and Speedy West, Buddy helped define the role of the instrument in pop...

Frank De Vol

This audio only interview was conducted for a radio program by Dan Del Fiorentino and donated to the NAMM Oral History program: Frank De Vol was a noted arranger who took jazz to televisi...

Alvino Rey

Alvino Rey tinkered with putting a phonograph pickup in his banjo to increase the volume in 1927. His inventive mind also led to early guitar pickups and the design of a pedal-steel guita...

Nick Fatool

This audio only interview was conducted for a radio program by Dan Del Fiorentino and donated to the NAMM Oral History program: Nick Fatool was a popular drummer during the Big Band Era w...

Library Secondary

  • Blog
  • In Memoriam
  • Music History Project Podcast
  • Oral History Interviews

NAMM Association

  • About
  • Antitrust Compliance
  • Issues & Advocacy
  • Library
  • Membership
  • NAMM U
  • Policies

Shows & Events

  • The NAMM Show

Other NAMM Sites

  • NAMM Foundation
  • Museum of Music Making
  • Career Center
  • TEC Awards
  • The NAMM Store
Sign In
NAMM Headquarters
5790 Armada Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008
760.438.8001
info@namm.org
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • TikTok