Style: Folky Rock Guitar Poet Kind of Thing

Recordings:
Ought 2, Ought 3 (new songs, demos and bootlegs 2003)
Floating World (1999)
Exploding Band Live at Hawkeye's (1999)
Old Baggage, New Suitcase (1992/2000)

Greg appears as a guest on:
Tim Lee, "Concrete Dog" (2006)
Jodie Manross, "Don't Save the Kisses" (2005)
Beth Wood, "Marigolds" (2005)
Deirdre Flint, "Then Again" (2003)
Maggie Longmire, "Teachers and Travelers" (2002, winner of Best Local Release, MetroPulse Readers Poll 2003)
Deirdre Flint, "Shuffleboard Queens" (1999)
Jodie Manross, "Still" (1999)
Back Porch Rockers, "Come on Around Back" (1997)

Books:
Teach Yourself Songwriting (2006, Alfred Publishing
Complete Mandolin Method, Volumes 1 and 2 (2005, Alfred Publishing
Multi-Instrumental Guitarist (2002, Alfred Publishing
Complete Acoustic Guitar Method, Volumes 1-3 (2000, Alfred Publishing)

BIO:

Ohio-born Greg Horne has been based in Knoxville, Tennessee since 1994. He was a 1992 graduate of the College of Wooster in Ohio, and spent some time at the University of Mississippi studying Southern Culture (no conclusions were reached).

Greg has always kept one foot in rock and roll, and one foot in traditional folk music. Any given week will see him sawing away on old-time fiddle tunes at a dance or jam session, blasting rootsy original rock and roll at a bar with his band, or fingerpicking his own folk and blues songs at a coffeehouse.

Greg's songs paint a world of characters exploring the boundaries of humanity. The landscape is often convoluted and dream-like, sometimes starkly realistic, occasionally hilarious.

In the press, Greg's music has drawn comparisons to musicians as diverse as Pete Townshend, Gram Parsons, John Prine, Little Feat, Bob Mould, and even Peter Frampton.

However, after meditating upon Frampton's hit "Do You Feel," Greg doesn't think he "feels" like Peter Frampton. Greg "feels" more like Rowlf the dog.

In addition to his own releases on RkmDdyO Music, Greg has produced successful albums for other artists.

Deirdre Flint's debut CD, "Shuffleboard Queens" was given a great review in the July 8, 2000 issue of Billboard. It was also a top seller among independent folk recordings on Amazon.com. Greg produced the album and provided some guitar and bass support. The album features such hits as "Boob Fairy," and "Intro to Belly Dancing."

Greg also produced "Still", the debut release of Knoxville's Jodie Manross. The disc, along with Greg's "Floating World", was named one of the standout releases of 1999 by the MetroPulse weekly.

Greg is also a recognized teacher and nationally published author. He has been a faculty member of the National Guitar Workshop for 10 years. His three-volume instructional series The Complete Acoustic Guitar Method was published by Workshop Arts/Alfred in Summer 2000.

"Say this for Greg Horne: he never met a genre he didn't like. ["Calling From Where I Am" and "Risks of Exposure"] evoke real emotion and bring the record to life. [On "She Moves Through Time"] Horne's vocals recall Sugar-era Bob Mould. Guitar prowess is Mr. Horne's calling card, and there are cuts here that prove that."

"Greg Horne makes music that is both easy to enjoy and hard to classify. While his work offers whiffs of barn-dance country and barroom rock 'n' roll, every so often something pops up that turns your head in a new direction. The overriding sensation is of a man who knows what he's doing and enjoys doing it - immensely."

"Floating World may be the best sounding self-written, performed, produced and mixed CD I've heard. Buy one of these dang good discs."

"a fine collection of well written songs, accompanied by some fine musicianship. But, knowing Greg, it couldn't have been anything less."

"Floating World is not what you would call world music - it would, however, fit right in on public radio show World Cafe...boogie woogie tunes reminiscent of Little Feat...wistful, intellectual folk ballads in the style of Loudon Wainwright III/John Prine. You simply cannot pin Horne down..."