Ben Keith
Bennett Keith Schaeufele (March 6, 1937 – July 26, 2010), better known by his stage name Ben Keith, was an American musician and record producer. Known primarily for his work as a pedal steel guitarist with Neil Young, Keith was a fixture of the Nashville country music community in the 1950s and 1960s before working with numerous successful rock, country and pop artists as both a producer and versatile, multi-instrumentalist sideman for over four decades. Neil Young affectionately referred to him as "Long Grain" (a joking word play reference to a variety of the famous Uncle Ben's Rice, and Ben's height). Keith was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2014.
You can find people similar to Ben Keith by visiting our lists People from Fort Riley, Kansas and Record producers from Kansas.
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| Date of birth | 6 March 1937
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| Place of birth | Fort Riley, Kansas, United States
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| Date of death | 26 July 2010
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| Place of death | La Honda, California, United States
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Ben Keith is known for his role in the documentary Neil Young Trunk Show (2009) as Himself.
He is also known for his role in the film Greendale (2003) as Grandpa Green.
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