Guy Bergeron

I’m a Gemini, and my favorite color is plaid.  When I’m not making music, its likely I’m either fishing, or sleeping.  My pet peeves include, but are not limited to; other people, talking about my feelings, and any sort of physical contact. After messing with different bands, I started gigging heavily in the late 80’s as a solo acoustic guitar act, rendering a quirky mix of original material, blues, old R&B and standard fare at gin joints, coffee houses and pig roasts throughout New England.   People think of the guitarist singer songwriter, typically they think of folks like David Gray, Dan Fogelberg, James Taylor...you know the type.  Some sensitive dude in a turtleneck strumming softly and singing about his feelings near the fireplace at the ski lodge or in some quaint coffeehouse.  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 of Americana are nailed together with a Rock ’n’ Roll sensibility, the recipe calling for light on experimentation and introspection, and heavy on the pulse and groove of the song.  Here are some excerpts from recent reviews of Guy’s material: DEMORAMA’S TOP HONORS “KICKERS OF ASS” LIST FOR 2002, REVIEW BY LUIS FISKE:  “Bergeron deftly carries both the bluesman look and the sound. With a solid voice that's a combo of David Clayton-Thomas, Springsteen (sans the pretentiousness) and his own stylings, Bergeron nimbly handles a variety of sounds, touching on jazz, blues, folk, country and intelligent pop." SPLENDID EZINE’S LUKE MARTIN:  Describes the song “Wet Cement” as “Lamentable, hackneyed, and almost laughable” in a review done in February, 2002.  (My position is its not almost laughable…it is laughable, and that was the whole point.  Lighten up, Luke.  You want poetry, go read a book. SPLENDID EZINE'S ANDREW MAGILOW:  "Guy Bergeron is a genre-defying musical anomaly.  Bergeron does a superb job parting the muddy waters between blues and contemporary indie rock." MUSES MUSE REVIEWER STACEY BOARD: “Guy's bio says he is a native of Massachusetts but someone must be UPSing him some grits and gravy. This East Coast man has more than his share of twang and blues in his music.”