Lives, memories and voices of 5,000-plus music icons are preserved in the National Association of Music Merchants' oral history museum
made her own guitar amplifier out of her father’s reel-to-reel tape machine when she was a teenager.
He has interviewed legends, including Quincy Jones, Lena Horne, Emmylou Harris, Les Paul, Pete Seeger, “Weird Al” Yankovic and Herbie Hancock. He has uncovered enough below-the-radar musical material and minutiae to fuel a game of musical Trivial Pursuit. Del Fiorentino has conducted all but about 100 of the initial 5,000 NAMM oral histories over the years. He completes a mind-boggling 230 or so in-depth interviews a year.
His first NAMM interview took place on the museum’s opening day in March 2000. Harmonica designer and playerNot all his profiles are “living” legends — some are such pillars of the industry who have passed away, and Del Fiorentino has captured their lives through talking with their wives, children, employers, associates and friends. Leo Fender was one.
When he knocks, doors open. “A lot of people realize this is quite a big deal for them,” he explains. “The music industry is their life. They feel valued that their story will be enclosed permanently in our archives.”
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