BIO
Greg Bucking is a guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, and producer who has been writing songs and performing live for decades. Over that time, he has released four albums with The Vine Brothers, two albums with Mother Freedom, and one album with Broken Carousel. In 2022, he released his self-titled solo debut, which spent two months on the Relix/Jambands Top 30 chart and received significant airplay on over 100 radio stations in the US.
Greg is a two-time finalist in the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) for his songs "Get Me to Arkansas" in 2018 and "East of Albuquerque" in 2016, and his songs have also been featured on The Discovery Channel and Apple TV.
He penned most of the songs for The Vine Brothers' 2016 album No Candy, which was called "absolutely delicious" by No Depression magazine.
His song "A Little More Something" was called "the feel-good earworm of the summer" by Americana UK magazine.
In 2025, Greg reunited with drummer Andrew Bertrand and bassist John Franzese, who together formed the rhythm section of Mother Freedom in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Their years of making music together is easily apparent and shines through on the tight, funky grooves and atmospheric jams they create onstage. With keyboardist Mark Mancini, they released Live 2025, and EP of live tracks from a show in the spring of 2025.
In addition to songwriting and recording, Greg regularly performs and records as a sideman in a wide variety of musical groups including the world-renowned 3rd Wave New York ska legends The Scofflaws, where he has been the lead guitarist since 2009. He plays lead guitar for the bluegrass group The Bluebillies, who won the 2026 Country/Bluegrass Artist of the Year at the Capital Region (NY) Thomas Edison Music Awards. Some notable venues he has performed at include the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Caffe Lena, BB King's, The Wetlands, The Van's Warped Tour, The Sag Harbor American Music Festival, The Supernova International Ska Festival, The Great South Bay Music Festival, Hillberry - The Harvest Moon Festival, The Fayetteville Roots Festival, and countless clubs across the country.
Greg is currently working on a new album of acoustic material and plans a release sometime in the next year.