American bluegrass musician, songwriter, engineer, discographer and publisher. Born January 15, 1938, in Washington, D.C. Died August 24, 2017, in Warrenton, Virginia. Related to Ann Hill.
Kuykendall primarily played the five-string banjo, which he played with the The Country Gentlemen in 1958-1959.
He worked for a short time as a recording division technician in the Library of Congress, transferring recordings from fragile discs and cylinders to magnetic tape.
He also worked as a broadcast technician at WETA-TV 26 in Washington, DC.
Kuykendall built and operated Wynwood Recording Studio in the basement of his house in Falls Church, Virginia, and recorded Mississippi John Hurt there in 1964 and many other blues, bluegrass and country music performers over the years. During this time, he owned and operated glenmar records.
He produced several albums for the Country Gentlemen, including Nashville Jail in 1964.
He was the co-founder of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine in 1966, and became its editor in 1970.
He composed and arranged songs, often using his stage-name, Pete Roberts. His music publishing company is Wynwood Music.
He was instrumental in the formation of the International Bluegrass Music Association and the International Bluegrass Music Museum.
In 1996, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.