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Fundraiser launched for family of Cake founding guitarist Greg Brown

(FOX40.COM) — The family of Greg Brown, a founding member of Sacramento rock band Cake, is asking for help after his death left them saddled with medical debt. Brown died last month due to ...
San Francisco Examiner

Greg Brown, guitarist who wrote Cake's biggest hit, dies at 56

Greg Brown, whose grungy guitar licks helped propel the band Cake, which he helped found, to the top of the alternative rock charts in the mid-1990s, and whose irony-laced lyrics for their hit song ...
Capital Public Radio

Messy, precise, inherently musical: Cake’s John McCrea remembers guitarist Greg Brown

A longtime figure in Sacramento’s musical history has passed away. Greg Brown was the founding guitarist of the hometown rock band Cake, created in the 1990s along with lead singer John McCrea. He was ...
The New York Times

Greg Brown, Guitarist Who Wrote Cake’s Biggest Hit, Dies at 56

His song “The Distance,” released in 1996, became an anthem for the disaffected members of Generation X. By Clay Risen Greg Brown, whose grungy guitar licks helped propel the band Cake, which he ...
New York Post

Greg Brown, Cake founding guitarist, dies suddenly at age 56

Greg Brown, founding guitarist of alt-rock band Cake and the man behind the group’s breakout hit “The Distance,” has died at age 56. “It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of Greg Brown’s ...
kcra.com

Greg Brown, founding Cake guitarist who wrote ‘The Distance,’ dies

Greg Brown, a founding guitarist in the Sacramento band Cake who wrote their biggest hit song “The Distance,” has died. “It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of Greg Brown’s passing after a ...
Los Angeles Times

Greg Brown, Cake founding guitarist who wrote breakout hit ‘The Distance,’ dead at 56

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Greg Brown, Cake founding guitarist who wrote breakout hit 'The Distance,' dead at 56

Greg Brown, seen performing during a live appearance with Cake in Nov. 1996, has died at 56. (John Atashian / Getty Images) Greg Brown, a founding guitarist of the band Cake who left the Sacramento ...
Yardbarker

Greg Brown, Cake Guitarist and 'The Distance' Writer, Passes Away at 51

Greg Brown, the founding guitarist of alternative rock band Cake and the songwriter behind the group's 1996 hit "The Distance," has passed away at the age of 51. Cake announced the news on social ...
Pitchfork

Greg Brown, Cake Co-Founder and Guitarist, Dies at 55

Greg Brown, the original guitarist and co-founding member of ’90s alt-rock eccentrics Cake, has died. In a statement on the band’s social media, Cake shared that Brown died “after a brief illness.” He ...
1011 Now

Greg Brown, founding member of Cake, dies

(Gray News) - Greg Brown, a founding member of the rock band Cake, has died. The band announced Brown’s passing Sunday in an Instagram post. “It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of Greg ...