Store.

Welcome to Richard Greene's online store! Here you can buy Richard Greene's solo recordings in CD, tape, and LP format in addition to his groundbreaking instructional DVD and books of his transcriptions.  

Bill Monroe w. Richard Greene Book Including Free CD! - Richard Greene's exact transcriptions of all his violin solos recorded with Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys, circa 1966-67, PLUS assorted transcriptions of his live 1966 Grand Ole Opry solos with The Bluegrass Boys, also contains Simplified Basic Vocal Melodies and chord charts for all the tunes. Price includes free CD containing all this material.

Price: $25

Please scroll down to view more books containing Richard's note for note transcriptions of all his fiddle playing on 'Grass is Greener' studio recordings.

 

DVD & Video:

Bluegrass Fiddle: A Private Lesson with Richard Greene, Richard Greene's full transcriptions of every note performed on this DVD/VHS included in special booklet.  (Homespun Tapes).

Price: DVD - $24, VHS - $5

DVD:

VHS:

CDs:

Shufflin' - Richard Greene's latest project with the brilliant Brothers Barton is now available. CD RGP (002) - Price: $12 - Click on titles to listen.

1. Sinai Summit (Paul Barton)

2. Sarah's Waltz (Paul Barton)

3. Yearlings in the Canebreak (Richard Greene)

4. Tipioshi Breakdown (Paul Barton)

5. Bankhead Blues (Richard Greene)

6. Ninth of June Serenade (Paul Barton)

7. Chelsey's Dream (Richard Greene)

8. Steeley Rag (Richard Greene)

9. Shufflin' (Richard Greene)

 

Hands Across the Pond - Duets with Richard Greene and the legendary folk keyboardist Beryl Marriott. CD RGP (001) - Price: $12 - Click on titles to listen.

1.   Te Bhan,Te Bhan/Hori Horo/Highland Boat Song

2.   Hunt The Squirrel/Jack's Maggot

3.   Niel Gow's Lamentation For His Brother

4.   Shepherd's Hey/Cuckoo's Nest

5.   Chorus Jig

6.   She's Like the Swallow

7.   Dick's Maggot

8.   Locheal's Awa'tae France

9.   Lady Walpole's Reel/Fred Roden's Reel

10.  May Day Morning/Wedding Reel

11.  McFadden's Handsome Daughter

12.  Abbot's Bromley Horn Dance

The Grass Is Greener - (See Below For Book of Transcriptions). Guests: Chris Thile, David Grier, Bill Keith, Buell Neidlinger, & Kenny Blackwell. CD Rebel (1714) - Price: $12 - Click on titles to listen.

1.   The Methodist Preacher

2.   Home Sweet Home

3.   The Virgin's Lament

4.   Northern White Clouds

5.   Whiskey Before Breakfast

6.   Stoney Lonesome

7.   The Cannonball Blues

8.   Panhandle Country

9.   Faded Love

10.  The Kentucky Mandolin

11.  The Brown County Breakdown

12.  The Beaumont Rag

Wolves A' Howlin' - (See Below For Book of Transcriptions). Guests: David Grier, Buell Neidlinger, Butch Baldassari, Bill Keith, & Tony Trischka. CD Rebel (1730) - Price: $12 - Click on titles to listen.

1.   Wolves A' Howlin'

2.   The Indiana Waltz

3.   On The Move

4.   Shaking Off the Acorns

5.   Evening Prayer Blues

6.   Pipehorn Hornpipe

7.   Charleston

8.   Sometime Next Summer

9.   Horse Shoe Bend

10.  Nervous Breakdown

11.  Peaches and Cream

12.  Twinkle Little Star

13.  Get Up John

Sales Tax Toddle - Grammy Nominated! Guests: Peter Rowan & Sonny Osborne. CD Rebel (1737) - Price: $12 - Click on titles to listen.

1.   The Drunken Man's Dream

2.   Along About Daybreak

3.   Sales Tax Toddle

4.   With Body and Soul

5.   Done Gone Waltz

6.   My Little Georgia Rose

7.   I'll Be Sixteen Next Sunday

8.   Close By

9.   16 Days In Georgia

10.  Last Ride

11.  No One But My Darlin'

12.  Little Rabbit

The Greene Fiddler - Previously unreleased Richard Greene originals in various band settings from Americana to rock to jazz. (Sierra-SXCD 6005) - Price: $12 - Click on titles to listen.

1.   Ghost Train (Cansler/Greene)

2.   N.P.D. (Greene)

3.   2 Much 2 Soon (Greene)

4.   Pagan Annie (Paganini/Greene)

5.   Blue Rondo a la Turk (Brubeck)

6.   An Old Irish Air (Greene)

7.   Bach! (Bach/Greene)

8.   Ramblin' (Coleman)

9.   Private Driver (Greene)

10.  Enjoy Enjoy (Richards) - Jon Clarke, Oboe

11.  Grey Eagle (with Bill Monroe)

12.  Soldier's Joy (with Bill Monroe)

13.  Fiddle Rock (Titleman)

14.  Little Rabbit

15.  Rain and Snow

16.  Orange Blossom Medley

Bluegreene - The Greene String Quartet: Acoustic Americana, Rock, and Jazz. (Virgin Classics 5-45133) - Price: $15 - Click on titles to listen.

1.   Cool (Bernstein/Balakrishnan)

2.   Fantasy on Londonderry Air (Hyman)

3.   Children's Song (Corea/Greene)

4.   I'm Blue: Tribute to Billie Holiday (Kusby)

5.   Caprice En Groove (Rimelis)

6.   Blue Deco (Kaplin)

Blue Set (commissioned by The Greene String Quartet):

7.   Mumbo Jumbo (Schickele) 1st movement

8.   Twelve Bars (Schickele)     2nd movement

9.   Tucumcari (Schickele)       3rd movement

10.  Over and Out (Schickele) 4th movement

- NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE! BLUE SET SCORE & PARTS. email [email protected] for info

The String Machine - Recorded by The Greene String Quartet. Includes acoustic Americana, rock, and jazz. (Virgin Classics 91632) Price: $15

Muleskinner 'Live' CD - Live TV soundtrack featuring Richard Greene, Clarence White, David Grisman, Bill Keith, Peter Rowan - 5 extra titles not on video or studio-recorded CD of same. (Sierra-SXCD 6000) - Price: $12

Audio Cassette Tape:

Molly on the Shore - Audio Cassette Tape - Recorded by The Greene String Quartet. Includes acoustic Americana, rock, and jazz. (Hannibal-HNCS 1333) - Price: $10

News & Updates.

NOW AVAILABLE!
RICHARD GREENE'S NEW 'BLUEGRASS BOOK'.

Hot off the presses: Richard Greene has just completed and made available his long awaited 'Bluegrass Book', a compendium of his unique scale systems which is specifically devised to improve and perfect intonation, develop left hand strength and bow control. Each of the 12 keys contains very melodic examples of bluegrass/new acoustic stylings composed of typical one or two bar idiomatic phrases, in other words: Great Licks! The book also contains many bonuses: Shuffle bowings, a catalogue of Bluegrass double stops, and more. Price: $21 Sample below:

 

Check Out This Recent Book Which Includes A Free CD! Richard Greene's exact transcriptions of all his violin solos recorded with Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys, circa 1966-67, PLUS assorted transcriptions of his live 1966 Grand Ole Opry solos with The Bluegrass Boys, also contains Simplified Basic Vocal Melodies and chord charts for all the tunes. Price includes free CD containing all this material.

Also check out the Wolves A' Howlin' book containing all of the exact transcriptions, bowings, and chord charts for all of the violin solos from his album, Wolves A' Howlin'. Plus the Grass Is Greener book has updated. Visit the store for more information.

 

 

 

 

LPs:

Featuring guests in various combinations: J.D. Crowe, Tony Rice, David Nichtern, Tony Trischka, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Andy Statman, Dave Frishberg, Buell Neidlinger, Larry McNeely, Melissa Hasin, Margaret Wooten and jazz & Americana violist Jimbo Ross.

Duets - (Rounder-0075) - Price: $15

Ramblin' - (Rounder-0110) - Price: $15

Blue Rondo - (Sierra-GA 1981) - Price: $15

Molly on the Shore - Recorded by The Greene String Quartet. (Hannibal-1333) - Price: $15

Rowan, Greene, & the Red Hot Pickers - Band is Richard Greene, Andy Statman, Tony Trischka, Roger Mason, & Peter Rowan! Only 4 shrink-wrapped copies exist, extremely limited edition, recorded live in the studio in Tokyo. (Nippon Columbia-YX-7225-N)

Price: $150

Books:

Brand New Book Including Free CD! - Richard Greene's exact transcriptions of all his violin solos recorded with Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys, circa 1966-67, PLUS assorted transcriptions of his live 1966 Grand Ole Opry solos with The Bluegrass Boys, also contains Simplified Basic Vocal Melodies and chord charts for all the tunes. Price includes free CD containing all this material.

Price: $25

Wolves A' Howlin' Transcriptions - Richard Greene's Exact Transcriptions of all the violin solos contained on Wolves A' Howlin' (Rebel-1730). Also Includes bowings and separate chord charts for all the tunes!

Price: $20 (Scroll towards top of page for new CD/Book Combo pricing)

 

The Grass Is Greener Transcriptions - Richard Greene's Exact Transcriptions for all of the violin solos contained on The Grass Is Greener (Rebel 1714). Now includes updated bowings and chord charts for all tunes!

Price: $20