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Friday April 15 at 8:30 pm Atlantic Bar & Grill (5062 Lincoln) Good fortune brings Bruce Greene to us in a few weeks. Here he sings and plays twenty-four songs and tunes he learned from elder musicians throughout the region, most of whom were born in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is also a skilled old time banjo player, singer, and collector of traditional Appalachian music and culture. While there, he spent significant amounts of time with musicians throughout Kentucky, particularly old-time fiddlers.

Robert Bruce Greene is known worldwide for preserving and playing old time Kentucky fiddle music. Otro: Bruce Molsky & Darol Anger | Passim: Bruce Molsky & Darol Anger. Bruce Greene Kentucky Fiddle Music Collection. This is a collection of twenty-two interesting and unexpected versions of old favorite fiddle tunes, learned from the playing of numerous traditional fiddlers who were born as far back as the 1870’s. Bruce has lived and worked among the people of Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina for more than forty years, bringing to his playing the intimacy and dignity he absorbed through his apprenticeships with musicians born as far back as the 1880’s.Traditional Songs and Fiddle Tunes from the Toe River ValleyThe Toe River Valley of western North Carolina has a rich heritage of traditional southern Appalachian music, yet it is little known to the wider world.

Bruce Greene lives on the South Toe River in Yancey County, where he has been preserving and playing the music of friends and neighbors for nearly forty years. Greene is credited with introducing the chop to fiddle playing while working with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, the invention of which he attributes to pain in his wrist and arm and "laziness". And once a year, they celebrate all that history at Passim with their unique and intimate 'brother duet' show. Robert Bruce Greene is known worldwide for preserving and playing old time Kentucky fiddle music. It's their musical family reunion! Bruce Greene lives on the South Toe River in Yancey County, where he has been preserving and playing the music of friends and neighbors for nearly forty years. Bruce Greene comes to Fiddle Club. Fiddle; Old Time; Trad; Darol and Bruce spend their time bouncing all over the place and juggling multiple musical pursuits. Five Miles Of Ellum Wood (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Solos)

Robert Bruce Greene is known worldwide for preserving and playing old time Kentucky fiddle music. Bruce has lived and worked among the people of Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina for more than forty years, bringing to his playing the intimacy and dignity he absorbed through his apprenticeships …

He is also a skilled old time banjo player, singer, and collector of traditional Appalachian music and culture.
Bruce Greene grew up in New Jersey where he learned to play the guitar and banjo by listening to records. Here he sings and plays twenty-four songs and tunes he learned from elder musicians throughout the region, most of whom were born in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is also a skilled old time banjo player, singer, and collector of traditional Appalachian music and culture. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1996 CD release of Five Miles Of Ellum Wood (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Solos) on Discogs.
Bruce teaches fiddle classes, and has taught for many years at festivals and gatherings such as Augusta, Swannanoa Gathering, Mars Hill College, and the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes. The fiddle became Bruce’s primary instrument, and today he is a well-known proponent … Bruce learned to play these tunes from some of the last living fiddlers of Kentucky, whose music had been passed down from the 1800’s when the playing of unaccompanied fiddle tunes was still a … Don Pedi, mountain dulcimer, and Bruce Greene, fiddle, have been friends and …

Don Pedi, mountain dulcimer, and Bruce Greene, fiddle, have been friends and musical partners for more than twenty years. One hundred seventy-four (174) audio field recordings (1970s-1990s) of interviews and performances that document the repertoire and playing styles of several dozen Kentucky fiddlers, mainly from the state's southern and southeastern regions. Also released in 1996 on cassette (BG-001). He is also a skilled old time banjo player, singer, and collector of traditional Appalachian music and culture. Label: Not On Label (Bruce Greene Self-released) - BG-CD1 • Format: CD • Country: US • Genre: Folk, World, & Country • Style: Bluegrass, Folk Bruce Greene lives on the South Toe River in Yancey County, where he has been preserving and playing the music of friends and neighbors for nearly forty years. Fiddle music played by Bruce Greene, n.p., n.d. Fiddle music played by Sam Dyer recorded by Bruce Greene at Macon County, TN, January 6, 1973.

He is also a skilled old time banjo player, singer, and collector of traditional Appalachian music and culture. Fiddle music played by Bud Doolin with Bruce Greene, banjo, and Ed Dickens, guitar, recorded by Bruce Greene at home of Cayce Russell, Lafayette, TN, February 17, 1973.