Greg Guidry

For the Louisiana state judge, see Greg G. Guidry

Greg Guidry
Birth name	Gregory Mark Guidry
Born	(1950-01-23)January 23, 1950 St. Louis, Missouri
Died	July 28, 2003(2003-07-28) (aged 53) Fairview, Tennessee
Genres	Soul, jazz
Occupation	Musician
Years active	1975 - 2003

Gregory M. Guidry (January 23, 1950 – July 28, 2003), better known as Greg Guidry was an American singer-songwriter.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he played piano and sang gospel as a child, and sang in a band with future Doobie Brother Michael McDonald as a teenager. With quite a bit of help from Rich Lang, friend and fellow multi-talented musician, they wrote and recorded several demos, drove to New York from St.Louis and signed a publishing contract with CBS Records in 1977 and wrote songs for Climax Blues Band, Robbie Dupree, Exile, Johnny 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. He signed with Columbia in 1982 and released an album, Over the Line, which produced two hit singles, "Goin' Down" (US #17, US AC #11) and a duet with his sister Sandy, "Into My Love" (US #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 53. His charred body was found in a car parked in his garage in Fairview, Tennessee. His death was ruled a suicide.

Discography

Singles

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"

Albums

Year	Album	Billboard 200	Record label
1982	Over the Line	147	Columbia Records
2000	Soul'd Out	—	Seymour Records
	Private Session	—
2014	The Demo Years	—	SCORE Records

External links

• Greg Guidry at Allmusic.com
• Greg Guidry at Bluedesert.dk