Jessy Greene is an American

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and

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. She is a former member of Geraldine Fibbers and the Jayhawks.

Career

A native of

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in western

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, Greene started playing the violin at the age of four. During high school, she took a break from the instrument to play guitar in a rock band before deciding to play violin in more contemporary styles. Later, she got a degree from

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, and joined the Peter Himmelman "Skin" tour, playing violin and singing backup. Upon returning to Los Angeles, Greene joined the Geraldine Fibbers, with whom she recorded two albums. In 1997, she moved to

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, joining the Jayhawks. In Minnesota, Greene played with local projects and recorded two solo albums. Greene has played with a number of artists including Golden Smog,

Wilco Wilco is an American Rock music, rock band based in Chicago. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo after singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup changed frequently during its fir ...

, RZA,

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, JoAnna James,

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, Joseph Arthur, Soul Asylum and Dessa. Two of the most prominent are the

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, which Greene was introduced through keyboardist Rami Jaffee and went on to take part in one tourOut with the Foo
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, whom she first joined as part of a 10-piece string section on

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in 2008, and went on to appear in all of Pink's tours starting with the Funhouse Tour in 2009. Greene played at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival as part of Exene's band the California Mothership in 2010, and also recorded and toured with Ben Harper, Joseph Arthur and

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in their band Fistful of Mercy. Her song "Time Bomb" was featured at the end of the '' Burn Notice'' season 2 finale called "Lesser Evil".

Discography

Albums

*''Blue Sky'' (2002) *''A Demon & Her Lovers'' (2006)

Guest appearances

- "The Lonely 1" from ''

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'' (1996) * Wilco - "Jesus, Etc." from '' Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'' (2002) * Dosh - "Song for Zelbert Moore" from '' Dosh'' (2002) * Dessa - "Mineshaft" from '' False Hopes'' (2005) *

- "Little Man" from ''

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'' (2005) * Dessa - "Mineshaft II" from '' A Badly Broken Code'' (2010) *

- '' Wasting Light'' (2011) * Ben Harper - ''By My Side (2012) * Sound City - '' Real to Reel'' (2013) * Joseph Arthur - '' The Ballad of Boogie Christ'' (2013) *

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- "If You Have Ghosts" from '' If You Have Ghost'' (2013) * Dessa - '' The Hamilton Mixtape'' (2016) * Foo Fighters - ''

'' (2017)

References

External links

Official website

Jessy Greene
on

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