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Ken Greer

Canadian musician (born 1954)

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Kenneth William Greer (born 25 July 1954) is a Canadian guitarist and keyboardist. He is one of the founding members of the Canadian rock band Red Rider.

Greer is the youngest of seven children born into a musical family in Toronto, Ontario. He grew up in the North Toronto area. He played the pedal steel guitar.

After a Red Rider hiatus during most of the 1990s, Greer was involved in numerous musical projects, including Big Faith, Hunter-Greer and Gowan. Currently, he still tours with Tom Cochrane and Red Rider, playing guitar, pedal steel and keyboards. He also started touring with the Canadian country band The Road Hammers in 2005 and still joins them when available.

-Won for "Group of the Year" in 1987

-Nominated for 11 various awards from 1981 to 1990

-Nearly every Red Rider record went Gold or Platinum in Canada, with the band's most commercially successful effort "Victory Day" achieving Double Platinum.

-Won for All-Star Band Member, Steel Guitar in 2005 & 2007

1980 – Red Rider – Don't Fight It

1981 – Red Rider – As Far as Siam

1984 – Red Rider – Breaking Curfew

1986 – Tom Cochrane & Red Rider – S/T

1988 – Tom Cochrane & Red Rider – Victory Day

1989 – Tom Cochrane & Red Rider – The Symphony Sessions (live CD)

1993 – Tom Cochrane – Ashes to Diamonds A Collection

1994 – Hunter-Greer – Tales From Stoney's Bar & Grill

2002 – Tom Cochrane & Red Rider – Trapeze

2006 – Tom Cochrane – No Stranger

2015 – Tom Cochrane – Take It Home

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