Bruce Greene
Master in Residence
Faculty
Bruce Greene has been playing and preserving the traditional music of Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina for more than fifty years. Born in New Jersey, he studied at Western Kentucky University, after which he lived and worked in various parts of the state for many years, befriending and apprenticing with older generation musicians, especially fiddlers. He is known for introducing the music of Hiram Stamper, John Salyer, Mannon Campbell, the Helton family, Jim Bowles, and many other Kentucky fiddlers to the contemporary old time music world. He performed for many years with North Carolina fiddler Oscar “Red” Wilson, and from time to time with his friend Lee Sexton. He has many recordings, both collaborative and unaccompanied, the most recent of which is his solo record River in Time: Traditional Songs and Fiddle Tunes from the Toe River Valley.