Greg Guidry

Vocalist/songwriter Greg Guidry was created in St. Louis, MO on January 23, 1954, and began performing gospel music as a kid. He remained energetic with music we were young and sang in rings through senior high school and university, including many with long term Doobie Sibling (and St. Louis indigenous) Michael McDonald. He authorized a publishing offer in 1977, spending another several years composing for other performers and even performing backup for the Allman Brothers Music group in 1981. Columbia Information authorized Guidry as an designer in 1982 and released his debut, On the Collection. Using its adult pop appear, Over the Collection produced popular with the 1st single culled from this, “Goin’ Down.” The track peaked at quantity 17 within the springtime of 1982 and were able to do better still around the adult modern graphs, where it reached TOP position. The follow-up monitor, a duet with sister Sandy Guidry, didn’t duplicate the achievement of “Goin’ Down” and spent only two weeks around the graphs. Guidry would continue steadily to create for others, nonetheless it would be almost twenty years before he’d issue additional materials, with 2000’s self-released Soul’d Out and Personal Session. Guidry passed away on July 28, 2003 at his house in Fairview, TN. His burnt body was within an automobile parked in his garage area, and his loss of life was ruled a suicide. He was 49 yrs . old.