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Greg Guidry
Greg Guidry
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

Gregory Mark Guidry (January 23, 1954 – July 28, 2003)^[1] was an American singer-songwriter.

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

Albums

Year	Album	Billboard 200	Record label
1982	Over the Line	147	Columbia Records
2000	Soul'd Out	—	Seymour Records
2000	Private Session^[3]	—	Seymour Records
2014	The Demo Years^[4]	—	SCORE Records
2017	Heart To Heart^[5]	—	SCORE Records

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions		Record Label	B-side	Album
Year	Title	US	AC	Record Label	B-side	Album
1982	"Goin' Down"	17	11	Columbia Records	"Darlin' It's You"	Over the Line
1982	"Into My Love"	92	—	Columbia Records	"Are You Ready for Love"	Over the Line

Notable songs written by Guidry

"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

^ ^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

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

[Book-1] 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.

[LarkinGE-2] Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1043. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.

[3] Japan-only release featuring previously unreleased songs and demos recorded during the 1980s.

[4] 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.

[5] U.S. release of previously unavailable songs and demos recorded in the 1980s including some songs also on Private Session.

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