Guy Bergeron

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About The Musician

Guy’s penchant for guitar began in the early 1970’s, as a mere schoolboy. By the mid 1970’s after much encouragement from his parents, Guy packed his guitar out of his bedroom, grew out his sideburns and took off for the bright lights of the tool shed where his music would be less aggravating to the rest of the household.

After going electric and trying several different local blues and rock cover bands to varying degrees of obscurity (Via Satelite, Smith Row, Skinless Frank & The Foot-Longs), Guy migrated back to his acoustic roots, and began to gather a solid local following as a solo performer, entertaining with his percussive, quirky mix of blues, classic rock covers, and his own songs. Thats how it is done to current times.

Guy's two self released CD’s on Walking Bear Records have sold over 30 copies since 2003, and his recorded work has been featured in the TV shows “Trailer Fabulous” and MTV’s “Made”. Also listen for some of Guy's music as a backdrop to the IndieWomanMagazine blog site, and some local Independent films.

About The Music

People think of the guitarist singer songwriter, typically they think of folks like David Gray, Dan Fogelberg, John Mayer...you know the type. Some touchy feely dude strumming softly and whimpering about his feelings near the fireplace. This Guy ain’t nothing like that.

These guitar-propelled tunes are typically tinted on the blue side, musically speaking. Elements of Blues and the occasional Twang are nailed together with a Rock ’n’ Roll sensibility. The recorded work is fleshed out with full garage band thump, including slappadabass, layered guitars and drums. (Guy loves the Line 6 processing, and uses it shamelessly on most tracks.)

Guy Live:

"Uncle Guy, a crazed old guitar slinger of substantial girth, is a simultaniously fascinating and horrifying hybrid of Burle Ives, Delbert McLinton and Frank Zappa with an acoustic show that is not to be missed."

I recall a time when music was played on musical instruments, and being the dinosaur that I am, I wish to keep that faith alive in my acoustic performances.

I throw down the music with as simple a rig as can be done, and making pretty sounds by practicing my instrument, not with a bunch of gizmos and frogwash. There's enough of that elsewhere.

Anything else is glorified karaoke, and we will have none of that, thank you very much.

CD's, Where To Get Them:

Guy's 2 releases on his own microlabel, Walking Bear Records, are available on CD and digitally through CD Baby and all their fine affiliates. You can also hear clips of some original songs from this link, for both CD's.

Also CD #3, entitled Hip Replacement, is available only at live shows. This CD is a compilation of the best of both releases through Independent Records, as well as other good stuff that was made in the lab between 2002 to 2008 but never made it on the first two releases.

Heres some linkage:

CD Baby, Last of the Hip White Boys, & Post-Hip:

http://www.cdbaby.com/all/guyzilla

Streaming Music on Myspace site:

http://www.myspace.com/guybergeron

Guy Bergeron: Last of the Hip White Boys

Rhapsody Link