Billy Greer
{{Short description|American musician}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Billy Greer
| image = Billy Greer (36113136641) (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Greer performing in 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|1|26}}
| birth_place = Surgoinsville, Tennessee, U.S.
| alias =
| instrument = Bass guitar, vocals
| genre = Rock, progressive rock
| occupation = Musician
| years_active =
| associated_acts = Kansas, Streets, Seventh Key, Native Window
| website = {{URL|billygreer.com}}
}}
Billy Greer (born January 26, 1952){{cite web |url=http://www.potsw.org/Starter-Kit.txt |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-04-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727183246/http://www.potsw.org/Starter-Kit.txt |archivedate=2011-07-27 }} is an American musician who was the bass guitarist for the rock band Kansas from 1985 to 2024. He joined the band when they reformed, making his debut appearance on 1986's Power. He had previously worked with Kansas keyboardist/vocalist Steve Walsh in the band Streets, and works with his own band Seventh Key when not performing with Kansas. He also was a member of the 2009 Kansas side project Native Window along with Kansas members Phil Ehart, Richard Williams, and David Ragsdale.
In addition to performing, Greer manages his son's band 3 Story Fall and produces their music.
Discography
= Kansas =
== Studio Albums ==
- Power (1986)
- In The Spirit Of Things (1988)
- Freaks of Nature (1995)
- Always Never the Same (1998)
- Somewhere to Elsewhere (2000)
- The Prelude Implicit (2016)
- The Absence of Presence (2020)
== Live Albums ==
- Live at the Whisky (1992)
- King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas (1998)
- Dust in the Wind (2001)
- Device - Voice - Drum (2002)
- There's Know Place Like Home (2009)
- Leftoverture: Live and Beyond (2017)
- Point of Know Return: Live and Beyond (2021)
= Seventh Key =
== Studio Albums ==
- Seventh Key (2001)
- The Raging Fire (2004)
- I Will Survive (2013)
== Live Albums ==
- Live in Atlanta (2005)
= Streets =
== Studio Albums ==
- 1st (1983)
- Crimes in Mind (1985)
== Live Albums ==
= Native Window =
== Studio Albums ==
- Native Window (2009)
References
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External links
- [http://www.billygreer.com Official website]
- A career retrospective interview from 2014 by Pods & Sods podcast [http://www.podsodcast.blogspot.com/2014/10/058.html]
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Category:People from Hawkins County, Tennessee
Category:American rock bass guitarists
Category:American male bass guitarists
Category:Kansas (band) members
Category:American male guitarists
Category:20th-century American bass guitarists
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