# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-greene
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:09:07.505Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-greene"
name: "Richard Greene"
slug: "richard-greene"
description: "Richard Greene is an American violinist who has been described as \"one of the most innovative and influential fiddle players of all time\". 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\". He featured the technique in his performances with Seatrain."
tagline: "American violinist (1942-)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-11-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.18
  momentum:             10.40102514034659
  historical:           8.351585333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1thXcTfusovFgZuzxH6MrY"
    handle:    "1thXcTfusovFgZuzxH6MrY"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.richardgreene.net"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/336054"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "ريتشارد غريني (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "ريتشارد جرينى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%82%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)"
    title: "ریچارد قرینی (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Greene_(Geiger)"
    title: "Richard Greene (Geiger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Greene_(musician)"
    title: "Richard Greene (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Greene_(musicista)"
    title: "Richard Greene (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Greene"
    title: "Richard Greene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Greene"
    title: "Richard Greene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/96f83ea1-2175-408f-a4f9-9816e290debb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1243363"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump