Based in New York City, he is a founding member of ambient country pioneers SUSS; he also led Jonathan Gregg & the Lonesome Debonaires and The Combine, and, with Kevin Johnson, co-led alt-country band The Linemen.
[citation needed] Gregg led two bands in college, the Lonesome Debonaires and Guns Galore, the latter of which included saxophonist Ken Field.
[6] In 1981, the Mundanes moved to New York, at which point Linnell and drummer Kevin Tooley left the band,[7] and Gregg began to take on a more prominent songwriting role.
[8] Gregg then played guitar with various groups, including The Egyptians, who were managed by CBGB owner Hilly Kristal and opened for Spinal Tap; Lonesome Val, winner of the Musician best song contest in 1985; and Life in a Blender, whose first album was produced by Chris Butler of The Waitresses.
[13][14] Rolling Stone compared Gregg to Dave Edmunds and Albert Lee and called him a "triple threat" based on his guitar playing, singing and songwriting.
He made a pilgrimage to Nashville to study with the late Jeff Newman,[22] and has since played frequently as a session musician and sideman, most notably as a longtime member of The Doc Marshalls (now Runner of the Woods).
In 2013, Gregg teamed up with Kevin Royal Johnson to form a new version of The Linemen, with D.C. veterans Antoine Sanfuentes, Scott McKnight and Bill Williams.
In 2016 Gregg joined Bob Holmes, Pat Irwin, Gary Leib and William Garrett in an ambient country project called SUSS [1].