Keith has been playing, teaching, and advising
about folk music for decades. He was a founder and first
president of the Lehigh Valley Folk Music Society (not the present
Lehigh Valley Folksong Society). He was also an adviser/founder
of the Lyons Fiddle Contest (which he CO-Emcees), Heemet Fescht
(at K.U.), Musikfest, the Kutztown Pa. German Festival, as well
as good old KFMS.
He has led tours in Germany 5 times (in the Palatinate),
and performed in Switzerland. He was interviewed/featured in Sing
Out Magazine and The Autoharpoholic, as well as others.
He has performed on radio & TV in Allentown, Reading, Bethlehem,
New Jersey, and Germany. He is also a hoe-down caller, and has performed
at many festivals, in PA and Germany, with his band The Toad Creek
Ramblers.
Keith is an expert on Pennsylvania German music,
and recorded a tape with his band. He also appears on the Mountain
Folk C.D. with EastSide Dave. He teaches several string instruments,
including dulcimer, guitar, old-time banjo, and autoharp. This will
probably be the most eclectic folk music program you've ever heard.