Long Beach Post – Earth Day Pop Up

Long Beach Post – Help Redesign the 51st Street Greenbelt During an Earth Day Pop Up Party Saturday Multi-genre, award-winning Gregg Young plays for solo guitar BLT (beats, loops, and tracks) for Councilman Al Austin’s Earth Day Pop Up Party on Sat. 4/21/18. Read full article

Gregg Young 3.0

The Early Days Gregg, born and raised in San Francisco, was signed to a major label recording contract as a young musician. Young had an “NFL or NBA” musical experience while touring and recording. During this time, he was the guitarist, songwriter and leader of a band named Womb. Gregg has been in shows that […]

Gregg Young 2.0

College – The formative music years Young attended Cal Berkeley, played under Dr. David Tucker with the Cal Jazz Band. Shared the chair with Vic Trigger. He also attended the College of Alameda music major, played under Bill Bell. He shared the chair with Ray Obiedo. After moving to Southern California, Young attended CSULB and […]

Pandemic

Once upon a Pandemic, 2020, the World changed. Humanity changed, Life Styles were, smudged, erased & others burst forth and flourished. The lives of musicians were turned upside down & inside out. No place to gather safe, therefore, no “Live Music,” therefore, no gigs (work) meant income plummeted and in some cases, disappeared entirely. Thanks […]

Gregg Young 1.0

From “The Gregg Young Project” to now Revered as one of the hottest jazz bands in LA, multi-genre, award-winning Gregg Young & the 2nd Street Band continue to bring musical, cross-generational excellence to the community and the world. Led by award-winning guitarist and vocalist Gregg Young, The 2nd Street Band is currently the house band […]

News Enterprise – Area musician gets on Grammy ballot

Gregg Young gets back to roots with “Together” | By David N. Young The musical journey of local artist Gregg Young has been a long and winding one. Finally, however his career has come “Together” with a new recognized by The Recording Academy, better known as the Grammy Awards.  Read full article