San Diego Music Hall of Fame®
The Deering Family – For over 40 years their family run business has made more than 100,000 banjos, each crafted with special attention & focus.
Inducted 2021
The Deering Family
Greg Deering began learning woodworking from his father at the age of two by watching him build model airplanes. Growing up in San Diego, he received his first tools & tool box on his third birthday, many of which he still has today.
In 1970, at 19 years of age he joined other enterprising young college students at the American Dream Co-Op and began doing instrument repairs & building banjos. This co-op would become the birth place of at least four now world renowned instrument manufacturers – a true tribute to the concept of the American dream!
The American dream became the theme of Greg’s life when he & wife Janet started the Deering Banjo Company in 1975 as a family business. Together they not only raised two children but built, piece by piece, the Deering banjo factory.
Excerpts from About the Deering Banjo Company.
Official website: deeringbanjos.com