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Pete Kuykendall

Peter V. "Pete" Kuykendall (January 15, 1938 – August 24, 2017) was an American bluegrass publisher, discographer, musician, and songwriter, best known as co-founder, longtime editor, and publisher of Bluegrass Unlimited. As "Pete Roberts" he played banjo with the early Country Gentlemen, and he later produced records, compiled discographies, ran the Wynwood Music publishing company, and produced the Indian Springs Bluegrass Festival from 1972 to 1981. He was a founding chairman of IBMA, a founder of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, and was inducted into the IBMA Hall of Fame in 1996.

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