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

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Greg Guidry
Background information
Birth name	Gregory Mark Guidry
Born	(1954-01-23)January 23, 1954 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	July 28, 2003(2003-07-28) (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, United States,[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
	Private Session[3]	—
2014	The Demo Years[4]	—	SCORE Records
2017	Heart To Heart[5]	—

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"

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

External links

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

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