Gregory M. (Greg) Guidry, Singer & Songwriter (1954 - 31 Jul 2003)

Born in St. Louis, MO in 1954, Greg Guidry was a singer, songwriter and pianist who had two hit singles in 1982. One, Goin' Down reached #17 on the U.S. Pop Charts and the second, Into My Love , a duet with his sister Sandy Guidry, made the Charts. As a child, Greg began singing gospel songs with his sisters and family. After taking piano lessons in his teens, Greg began   playing in local bands during high school and college. In 1977 he signed a contract with CBS Songs Publishing and started writing songs. At the same time he continued playing in several bands. His songs have been used on albums by many artists as Climax Blues Band, Ronnie Dupree, Exile and Johnny Taylor.

In 1982 Greg Guidry signed with Columbia Records and released his first solo album Over the Line under the Badland (Columbia) label. This album is considered one of the finest LP's of the 1980's. The ten songs on the album include: Goin' Down , (That's) How Long , Show Me Your Love , If Love Doesn't Find Us , Gotta Have More Love , Over the Line , (I'm) Givin' It Up , Are You Ready for Love , Into My Love and Darlin' It's You . Background vocalists on the album included Greg's sisters Sandy Guidry and Cathie Guidry and Randy K. Guidry. Greg Guidry was vocalist and a pianist on the album.

During the 1980's Greg concentrated on his songwriting and teamed with other songwriters as Bill LaBounty. He also started his own publishing company called “Send Us Music, Inc.”. Greg has worked with many well-known artists spanning the music scene including the Allman Brothers Band, Johnny Cobb, Charlie Daniels, David Goldflies, Joe Pizzula, John Ryan, Dan Toler and Chip Young. He has been a background vocalist on many hit albums with the Allman Brothers Band, JAG and David Martin.

In 2000 through his GMG Productions label, Greg Guidry issued two successful new albums - “Soul'D Out” and “Greg Guidry:Private Session”.

On 31 July 2003 the music world lost a great talent when the body of Gregory M. Guidry was found inside his charred automobile in Fairview, Tennessee.