GREENE, RICHARD
(*1942)
GREENE, RICHARD (b. Beverly Hills, Calif., November 9, 1942) Greene is a far-out fiddler who began his career in BLUEGRASS, moved into contemporary rock, and has returned to play a music that combines classical, jazz, folk, bluegrass, and rock influences. Raised by a musical family in swanky Beverly Hills, Greene was a classically trained violinist who was named concertmaster of the Beverly Hills Orchestra while still in high school. When he enrolled at the University of California at Berkeley…