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“YOUR FIRST IMPULSE MIGHT BE TO SAY, ‘I’M NOT THE RIGHT GUY FOR THAT.’ BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW?”

WHEN KENNY GREENBERG arrived in Nashville in the mid ’80s, the Cleveland-born guitarist fit right into the country music session scene — because he didn’t fit in. “I came from a rock and blues background, so I had my own angle going on,” he says. “I infiltrated the country world by bringing a different sound and feel to the records that were being made. I always honored the song, but I had a fiery way of playing that people seemed to like.”

Those people include the likes of Taylor Swift, Brooks & Dunn, Gretchen Wilson, Willie Nelson, Trisha Yearwood, Bob Seger, Kenny Chesney and Amy Grant, among others. “I’ve been very fortunate to have worked with so many

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