Jonathan Gregg

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jonathan Gregg
Occupation	Singer-Songwriter
Date Of Birth	Jan 26, 1955(1955-01-26)
Age	69
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jonathan Gregg Biography

Jonathan Gregg is one of the most popular and richest Singer- Songwriter who was born on January 26, 1955 in New York, United States. Jonathan Gregg (born January 26, 1955) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist (pedal steel, guitar, and dobro). He is based within New York City, he is the co-founder of Jonathan Gregg & the Lonesome Debonaires and The Combine, and co-leader of the alt-country group The Linemen.

In 1985, Gregg created a different form of Jonathan Gregg & the Lonesome Debonaires which included John Linnell on accordion before making a decision to stick with a regular group comprised of Michael McMahon (guitar), Chris Smylie (bass) and Ken Meyer (drums, later succeeding with Stan Mitchell and Nat Seeley).

Jonathan Gregg & the Lonesome Debonaires released their first album, Blue on Blonde, in 1992, on the JAGDISC label. Described as “clever and intellectual,” the album was a critical success. Rolling Stone compared Gregg to Dave Edmunds and Albert Lee and called him a “triple threat” based on his guitar playing, singing and songwriting. Stereo Review Magazine compared the band to Dire Straits, and Gregg to John Hiatt and Tom Verlaine of Television. Allmusic compared Gregg to Richard Thompson of Fairport Convention and Elvis Costello. The band toured with They Might Be Giants and appeared on Vin Scelsa’s radio show, Idiot’s Delight.

Two other well-received releases ensued, Unconditional in 1994 and The Hardest Goodbye in 1998, but Chris Smylie was offered the bass chair for the Broadway musical The Full Monty (with songs by Gregg and Smylie’s Brown classmate David Yazbek) and it was decided that the band had run its course. They played their last show in March 2000.

In 1981 the Mundanes relocated into New York, at which they moved to New York. At that point, Linnell as well as the drummer Kevin Tooley left the band and Gregg took on an increasingly prominent role in songwriting. The group recorded a demo that was produced by Mick Ronson (David Bowie, Lou Reed, Mott the Hoople) in 1982.

Jonathan Gregg Net Worth

Jonathan Gregg is one of the richest Singer-Songwriter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jonathan Gregg 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jonathan Gregg was born and was raised within New York City, where he remained until he was 14 when his family relocated further upstate, in Poughkeepsie, NY He attended Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and in 1977, he graduated with a degree from Brown University with a degree in French. After graduation, he moved back home to New York in 1981.

Gregg was a member of two bands during college The Lonesome Debonaires and Guns Galore The latter featured the saxophonist Ken Field. In 1979, he joined the New Wave band the Mundanes, led by bandleader/guitarist/songwriter John Andrews (who went on to work in animation, notably as an executive producer of Beavis & Butt-Head).). The Mundanes included guitarist John Linnell, who went for the formation of They Might Be Giants with John Flansburgh. They won the first WBRU Rock Hunt in 1980 and released an indie track which charted on WBCN. They toured across New England, opening for musicians like B-52’s, the Ramones, Talking Heads, Joe Jackson and the B-52’s as well as appearing at Boston’s WGBH-TV.

Gregg then played guitar with various groups, including The Egyptians, who were managed by CBGB owner Hilly Kristal and opened for Spinal Tap; Lonesome Val, winner of the Musician best song contest in 1985; and Life in a Blender, whose first album was produced by Chris Butler of The Waitresses.

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Jonathan Ranked on the list of most popular Singer-Songwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jonathan Gregg celebrates birthday on January 26 of every year.