For the guitarist from the bands Cake and Deathray, see Greg Brown (Cake).
Greg Brown is a folk musician from Iowa, USA. His " Iowa Waltz" has been (unsuccessfully) proposed to replace the state song of Iowa.
During the 1980s, his reputation was established through frequent touring and recurring performances on A Prairie Home Companion. Subsequently, his work has been nominated for Grammy awards. He also founded his own record label and named it Red House after a home he lived in Iowa.
On 21 November 2002 he married the singer-songwriter Iris DeMent. His daughters (from a previous marriage) are also musicians.