Gordon J. "Gordy" Pettipas

Born in 1976 in Massachusettes, Gordy Pettipas, a third-generation musician, taught himself to play guitar as a young boy. Performing for over 25 years, he has traveled the country, opening for outstanding blues and rock bands. Gordy is lead guitarist and vocalist in his own bands that include Brick River, LifeTribe, Pettipaw and MoGuitar Blues Band. Gordy and his wife Diane, who often performs with him, have alternated between New Hampshire and Kansas as their home base. In 2013 Gordy won the prestigious Johnson's Music Center Blues Challenge and in 2018 he and his MoGuitar Blues Band beat all competition in the Granite State Blues Challenge. Gordy and Diane co-own Pettipas Music in which they offer guitar and vocal lessons and are an independent label for blues, soul, rock and country music. From those early days learning the guitar, Gordy has striven to improve himself as a guitarist and entertainer through practice, commitment, working with top-name bands and his professionalism on the stage.