Meridian Green

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Meridian Green is a California-based folk musician, and one half of Parsons Green, a collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Gene Parsons, former drummer with The Byrds.

History[]

Green was born to folk musician Bob Gibson in Greenwich Village. She moved to California's Mendocino area and began playing with the . She also began playing bluegrass music with Gene Parsons, and they released some music commercially.

As a solo artist and duetist, her work has been featured on the BBC and New York Times as well as smaller papers such as the Lincoln Chronicle [1]. She has also performed internationally, both by herself and at numerous festivals.

In addition to her musical career, she co-created the Parsons/Green B-Bender device used in the Fender Nashville B-Bender Telecaster guitar.

In 2009, Green began a tour featuring the works of Bob Gibson as one-third of the Fare-Thee-Wells, along with John Heller and Rick Grumbecker. As of February 2009, The Bob Gibson Legacy Tour, which features several acts, was slated for 28 dates.

Discography[]

Meridian Green has performed in a variety of acts.

Solo[]

  • In the Heart of This Town (CD)
  • "Walking to Washington," a politically oriented single.

Parsons Green[]

  • Birds of a Feather (CD) - 1986
  • Live From Caspar (CD) - 1999

Other work[]

  • - Bad Gravity Day (backup singing)
  • Julian Dawson - Hillbilly Zen (backup singing)
  • - Amazing Tracks (backup singing)
  • - World Without Walls (backup singing)
  • - Rime Of The Ancient Matriarch (producer, performer)

External links[]

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