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Gregory Mark Guidry (January 23, 1954 – July 28, 2003)[1] was an American singer-songwriter.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gregory Mark Guidry |
| Born | January 23, 1954 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | July 28, 2003 (aged 49) Fairview, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | AOR, pop rock, soul, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Years active | 1975–2003 |
Born in St. Louis, Missouri,[2] he played piano and sang gospel as a child, and sang in a band with future Doobie Brother Michael McDonald as a teenager. With help from Rich Lang, a friend and fellow musician, they wrote and recorded several demos, drove to New York City from St. Louis, and signed a publishing contract with CBS Records in 1977 and wrote songs for Climax Blues Band, Robbie Dupree, Exile, Johnnie Taylor, Sawyer Brown, and Reba McEntire. In 1981, he sang as a backing vocalist for the Allman Brothers Band on their 1981 album Brothers of the Road.[2] He signed with Columbia in 1982 and released an album, Over the Line, which produced two hit singles, "Goin' Down" (US No. 17,[2] US AC No. 11) and a duet with his sister Sandy, "Into My Love" (US No. 92).
While he continued to do songwriting work later in the 1980s, he did not issue a follow-up album until 2000, when Soul'd Out and Private Session were released, and his debut album was re-released.
On July 28, 2003, Guidry died in a fire at age 49.[1] His charred body was found in a car parked in his garage in Fairview, Tennessee.[1]
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Year | Album | Billboard 200 |
Record label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Over the Line | 147 | Columbia Records |
| 2000 | Soul'd Out | — | Seymour Records |
| Private Session[3] | — | ||
| 2014 | The Demo Years[4] | — | SCORE Records |
| 2017 | Heart To Heart[5] | — |
Singles
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
Record Label | B-side | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | AC | |||||
| 1982 | "Goin' Down" | 17 | 11 | Columbia Records | "Darlin' It's You" | Over the Line |
| "Into My Love" | 92 | — | "Are You Ready for Love" | |||
Notable songs written by Guidry
edit- "You're Good for Me" - Single by Exile in 1980 (No. 105 US; No. 44 US AC)
- "Gotta Have More Love" - Single by Climax Blues Band in 1980 (No. 47 US; No. 77 AU)
- "I Got This Thing for Your Love" - Single by Johnnie Taylor in 1980 (No. 77 US R&B)
- "Are You Ready for Love" - Single by Robbie Dupree in 1981
- "Ball and Chain" - Canadian single by B4-4 in 2001
References
edit- ^ a b c Talevski, Nick (April 7, 2010). Rock Obituaries: Knocking On Heaven's Door. Omnibus Press. p. 231. ISBN 9780857121172. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1043. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ Japan-only release featuring previously unreleased songs and demos recorded during the 1980s.
- ^ Early demos from the 1970s and early 1980s recorded prior to Over The Line, but album does not include "You're Good For Me" included on Private Sessions.
- ^ U.S. release of previously unavailable songs and demos recorded in the 1980s including some songs also on Private Session.
External links
edit- Greg Guidry at Allmusic.com
- Greg Guidry at Bluedesert.dk