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{{short description|Canadian musician (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
|name            = Ken Greer
|image           = Ken Greer.jpg
|caption         = Greer in 2003
|background      = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|7|25}}
|origin          = [[Toronto, Ontario]], Canada
|genre           = Rock
|instrument      = Guitar, keyboards
|occupation      = Musician, producer
|years_active    = 1971–present
|associated_acts = [[Red Rider]], [[Tom Cochrane]], [[The Road Hammers]], [[Lawrence Gowan|Gowan]], [[Big Faith]]
|website         = {{url|ken-greer.com/}}
}}

'''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]].

==Biography==
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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 [[Lawrence Gowan|Gowan]]. Currently he still tours as 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.

==Career achievements==
[[Juno Awards]]

-Won for "Group of the Year" in 1987

-Nominated for 11 various awards from 1981 to 1990

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

[[Canadian Country Music Awards]]

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

==Discography==
* 1980 – ''[[Red Rider]] – [[Don't Fight It (album)|Don't Fight It]]''
* 1981 – ''[[Red Rider]] – [[As Far as Siam]]''
* 1983 – ''[[Red Rider]] – [[Neruda (album)|Neruda]]''
* 1984 – ''[[Red Rider]] – [[Breaking Curfew]]''
* 1986 – ''[[Tom Cochrane & Red Rider]]'' – S/T
* 1988 – ''[[Tom Cochrane & Red Rider]] – [[Victory Day (album)|Victory Day]]''
* 1989 – ''[[Tom Cochrane & Red Rider]] – [[The Symphony Sessions (Red Rider album)|The Symphony Sessions]]'' (live CD)
* 1992 – ''Big Faith – Grounded''
* 1993 – ''[[Tom Cochrane]] – Ashes to Diamonds A Collection''
* 1994 – ''Big Faith – Undertow''
* 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''

==Producer==
* 1987 – ''[[The Tragically Hip]] – [[The Tragically Hip EP]]''
* 1989 – ''[[The Saddletramps]] – [[The Saddle Tramps (album)|The Saddle Tramps]]''
* 1994 – ''[[William Peter Randall|Peter Randall]] & The Raindogs – Peter Randall & The Raindogs''
* 2002 – ''Andrew Brunet – Broken''
* 2002 – ''Various Artists – Takin' Care of Christmas''
* 2004 – ''Tango Sierra – This Is It''

==Official website==
* [https://ken-greer.com/ Official Ken Greer website]

==Appearances on other albums as musician==
* 1990 – ''Lost Brotherhood – [[Lawrence Gowan|Gowan]]''
* 1993 – ''...But You Can Call Me Larry – [[Lawrence Gowan]]''
* 1994 – ''[[Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young]] – "Heart of Gold" [[Lawrence Gowan]]''

==References==
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[[Category:Canadian rock keyboardists]]
[[Category:Canadian rock guitarists]]
[[Category:Canadian male guitarists]]
[[Category:Musicians from Toronto]]
[[Category:Pedal steel guitarists]]
[[Category:Red Rider members]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian guitarists]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian guitarists]]
[[Category:Canadian record producers]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian male musicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian male musicians]]