Keith McKinnon

Musician · Marion, Virginia
Best known for Banjo Guitar

Keith McKinnon is a Virginia multi-instrumentalist who has held the banjo chair in Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out since 2013, and who came to it the traditional way — through fiddlers’ conventions rather than a music school.

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  • He is from Marion, Virginia, and is the twin brother of the musician Kevin McKinnon.
  • He plays banjo, guitar and fiddle, which makes him useful in ways a specialist is not.
  • He worked with Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain early in his career.
  • He has played banjo and sung with IIIrd Tyme Out since 2013, behind one of the most awarded lead singers in the music.
  • He has also worked as a touring sound engineer for bluegrass bands — a second trade that keeps a lot of good players on the road.
  • In this catalog he appears on IIIrd Tyme Out and Jason Davis recordings, on guitar and banjo.

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