# David Greely
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = David Greely
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|06|12|mf=yes}}
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| instrument = [Cajun Fiddle](/source/Cajun_Fiddle)
| genre = [Cajun](/source/Cajun_music)
| occupation = Musician, [fiddler](/source/fiddler)
| label = [Rounder Records](/source/Rounder_Records)
| associated_acts = [Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys](/source/Steve_Riley_and_the_Mamou_Playboys), GreelySavoyDuo, GumboJet, Golden Triangle, Cornbread
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'''David Greely''' is an American professional [fiddler](/source/fiddler) from south [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana).
Greely was born of Irish and [Cajun](/source/Cajun) ancestry in [Baton Rouge](/source/Baton_Rouge), Louisiana, on June 12, 1953. Raised in [Livingston Parish](/source/Livingston_Parish%2C_Louisiana), he began singing for family and friends at age three and sang in [choir](/source/choir)s and [gospel quartet](/source/gospel_quartet)s throughout his childhood and adolescence. At age seventeen Greely discovered the [fiddle](/source/fiddle) while at a [rock concert](/source/rock_concert) and purchased his first instrument the next day. His aptitude for the fiddle soon resulted in his invitation to join his first band, Cornbread. The group performed [bluegrass](/source/bluegrass_music) and [classic country music](/source/classic_country_music) in [Colorado](/source/Colorado), Louisiana, and [Arkansas](/source/Arkansas) until 1978.[{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110809184143/http://davidgreely.com/?page_id=4 David Greely biography]}}, ''DavidGreely.com'']
Greely moved on to [Nashville](/source/Nashville) in 1976, where he performed country music in [night clubs](/source/night_clubs) and [recording session](/source/recording_session)s until 1980, when he relocated to [Texas](/source/Texas) to work in country [dance halls](/source/dance_halls). In 1985 he began playing [Cajun music](/source/Cajun_music) on the [Riverwalk](/source/San_Antonio_River_Walk) in [San Antonio](/source/San_Antonio).
In late 1986 he returned to Louisiana where he performed in restaurants and bars until he met Cajun accordionist [Steve Riley](/source/Steve_Riley_(accordionist)), with whom he formed the [Mamou Playboys](/source/Mamou_Playboys) in 1988. With the group, Greely split his time between touring internationally and performing in rural dance halls in south [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana).
Greely appeared on albums released by Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, including the group's first eponymous album for [Rounder Records](/source/Rounder_Records) (1990), followed by ''Tit Galop Pour Mamou'' (1992), ''Trace of Time'' (1993), ''Live'' (1994), ''La Toussaint'' (1995), ''Friday at Last'' (1996), ''Bayou Ruler'' (1998), ''Happytown'' (2000), ''Bon Rêve'' (2003), ''Dominos'' (2005), ''Live at [New Orleans Jazz Fest](/source/New_Orleans_Jazz_and_Heritage_Festival)'' (2008), and ''[Grand Isle](/source/Grand_Isle%2C_Louisiana)'' (2011).
As a member of the Mamou Playboys, Greely has been nominated for four [Grammy Awards](/source/Grammy_Awards) in the Traditional Folk, [Zydeco](/source/Zydeco) and Cajun, and [American Roots](/source/American_folk_music) categories. In 2004 he received the Louisiana Artist Fellowship in Folklife Performance from the Louisiana Department of the Arts.
Greely released his first solo album, ''Sud du Sud'', in 2009. Since leaving the Mamou Playboys in the spring of 2011,[[http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2011/03/cajun_fiddler_david_greely_pla.html Ron Thibodeaux, "Cajun fiddler David Greely plays farewell concert during Mardi Gras 2011,"] New Orleans ''Times-Picayune'', 7 March 2011] Greely has performed Cajun music worldwide in small acoustic formats, including solo, as well as with the GreelySavoyDuo (with [Joel Savoy](/source/Joel_Savoy)), GumboJet with Christopher Stafford and Jo Vidrine, and with a Blues/Cajun crossover group called Golden Triangle, with [Johnny Nicholas](/source/Johnny_Nicholas) and the Mamou Playboys' Sam Broussard.
Greely is currently an adjunct instructor of [Cajun fiddle](/source/Cajun_fiddle) at [University of Louisiana at Lafayette](/source/University_of_Louisiana_at_Lafayette) and has taught at various music camps and universities around the world.
==See also==
*[History of Cajun music](/source/History_of_Cajun_music)
*[List of people related to Cajun music](/source/List_of_people_related_to_Cajun_music)
==References==
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==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20011203020913/http://davidgreely.com/ DavidGreely.com]}}
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Category:1953 births
Category:Living people
Category:Musicians from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Category:20th-century American fiddlers
Category:21st-century American fiddlers
Category:University of Louisiana at Lafayette faculty
Category:Cajun fiddlers
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