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Ralph Rinzler was born on 20 July, 1934 in United States, is an American festival organizer (1934–1994). Discover Ralph Rinzler's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

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Born 20 July, 1934
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Date of death 2 July, 1994
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1934

Ralph Rinzler (July 20, 1934 – July 2, 1994) was an American mandolin player, folksinger, and the co-founder of the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the Mall every summer in Washington, D.C., where he worked as a curator for American art, music, and folk culture at the Smithsonian.

This festival was from the beginning and continues to be a major event for musicians, artistans, and craftsman from a broad variety of American culture, including African American, Native American, Appalachian, Southern, Western and other groups in the United States.

1950

Rinzler went to Swarthmore College where he began performing as a mandolin player in various folk music groups in the mid to late 1950s.

After graduation, he went to New York City where he eventually became one of the famous Greenbriar Boys, a popular folk group that was the main event at Greenwich Village's Gerde's Folk City, with Bob Dylan as his warm-up opening act.

Rinzler and the Greenbriar Boys recorded several successful records and played many concerts and clubs up and down the East Coast.

He also played on a lot of other people's albums, including Joan Baez, Clarence Ashley, and won a Grammy for his work as a producer.

At the same time Rinzler was also a diligent folklorist, who helped bring new artists into Folk Revival scene, such as Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, Hazel Dickens, and others.

He got a job at the Smithsonian where he became an influential curator, producer, promoter, champion, writer, and advocate of important and beautiful American folk music from all cultures.

1998

Rinzler's prominent role in the Festival and at the Center for Folklife Programs prompted the Smithsonian Institution to name the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections in his honor in 1998.

2012

He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2012.

Ralph Rinzler grew up in Passaic, New Jersey, United States.

His father was a doctor of Russian-Jewish descent.

While in High School, Rinzler became a friend and mentor to younger Passaic resident David Grisman.