There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) an American folk musician from Iowa born Gregory Dane Brown in 1949; 2) American guitarist formerly a member of CAKE (died in February 2026); 3) American guitarist from Charlottesville; 4) American drummer. 1) Greg Brown is an American folk musician from Iowa. His "Iowa Waltz" has been (unsuccessfully) proposed to replace the state song of Iowa. During the 1980s, his reputation was established through frequent touring and recurring performances on A Prairie Home Companion. Subsequently, his work has been nominated for Grammy awards. He also founded his own record label and named it Red House Records after a home he lived in in Iowa. Red House Records is an independent record label specializing in folk music, based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Well known folk artists have signed with Red House Records over the years include Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Tom Paxton and Loudin Wainwright III. A Red House Records compilation, A Nod to Bob, was said to be a tribute from a Minnesota label to a favorite native son - guess who? On November 21, 2002 he married the singer-songwriter Iris DeMent. His daughters (from a previous marriage) are also musicians. 2) Greg Brown (born 1969 or 1970; died in February 2026) was an American guitarist formerly a member of CAKE. He released "the end of something new" in 2023 as Gregory Brown. 3) Greg Brown is an American guitarist from Charlottesville. He released "Distant Places" in 2002. 4) Greg Brown is an American drummer. He released "Baby Talk" in 1984. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Greg+Brown">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.