About Greg Freeman
Cutting his teeth on songs by The Talleys, Rex Nelon Singers, The Hemphills, The Greenes, The Florida Boys and Gold City as he listened to Country Chapel on Athens, Georgia's WNGC 95.5 FM radio in the 1980s as a kid, Greg Freeman came to enjoy and appreciate other styles and genres of both Christian/gospel and secular music. His eclectic taste in music is reflected both in his recorded music output and songwriting.
He wrote his first song as an adolescent. While the song will never wind up on a commercial recording project, it is a testament to the influence songwriters such as Sandy Knight, Joel Hemphill, Kirk Talley, Phil Cross and others had on him during those formative years.
In the early 2000s, Greg had a few songs signed to single-song publishing agreements with a major company in Nashville but failed to initially find the support and encouragement he needed, and nearly gave up on his musical aspirations.
A friendship with Don Butler, a charter member, past executive director and former president of the Gospel Music Association and founding member of the innovative gospel trio, The Sons of Song, proved impactful, as Greg received the encouragement, prayer support and mentorship for which he had longed. A friendship and songwriting partnership thereafter began with Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning artist Babbie Mason, and their songs have been recorded/performed by numerous artists, including the Collingsworth Family, 11th Hour, The Chitans and, of course, Mason and Freeman themselves. Greg has been fortunate enough to become friends with many of the artists and songwriters who have influenced him along the way.
Greg has developed his own artistic identity, finding his voice as a songwriter and using his love of music, particularly gospel music, to uplift, encourage and challenge others who, like Greg, might have signed on early in life for a relationship with Jesus Christ or might have gotten to know Him later in their lives or perhaps don't even know Him at all. Whether leading worship, sharing his latest song or telling a story, Greg enjoys the interaction with an audience and is humbled by the awesome opportunity God has afforded him.
Thanks to the internet and digital platforms, Greg has listeners and fans from all around the world. Greg is grateful for each and every one, but most of all he is grateful to God from whom all blessings flow! If you have been blessed by a Greg Freeman song, please share it with your friends and social media followers. More importantly, give thanks to the Lord for salvation, His sustaining grace and the wonderful gift of music through which He blesses us and allows us to give praise back to Him.
He wrote his first song as an adolescent. While the song will never wind up on a commercial recording project, it is a testament to the influence songwriters such as Sandy Knight, Joel Hemphill, Kirk Talley, Phil Cross and others had on him during those formative years.
In the early 2000s, Greg had a few songs signed to single-song publishing agreements with a major company in Nashville but failed to initially find the support and encouragement he needed, and nearly gave up on his musical aspirations.
A friendship with Don Butler, a charter member, past executive director and former president of the Gospel Music Association and founding member of the innovative gospel trio, The Sons of Song, proved impactful, as Greg received the encouragement, prayer support and mentorship for which he had longed. A friendship and songwriting partnership thereafter began with Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning artist Babbie Mason, and their songs have been recorded/performed by numerous artists, including the Collingsworth Family, 11th Hour, The Chitans and, of course, Mason and Freeman themselves. Greg has been fortunate enough to become friends with many of the artists and songwriters who have influenced him along the way.
Greg has developed his own artistic identity, finding his voice as a songwriter and using his love of music, particularly gospel music, to uplift, encourage and challenge others who, like Greg, might have signed on early in life for a relationship with Jesus Christ or might have gotten to know Him later in their lives or perhaps don't even know Him at all. Whether leading worship, sharing his latest song or telling a story, Greg enjoys the interaction with an audience and is humbled by the awesome opportunity God has afforded him.
Thanks to the internet and digital platforms, Greg has listeners and fans from all around the world. Greg is grateful for each and every one, but most of all he is grateful to God from whom all blessings flow! If you have been blessed by a Greg Freeman song, please share it with your friends and social media followers. More importantly, give thanks to the Lord for salvation, His sustaining grace and the wonderful gift of music through which He blesses us and allows us to give praise back to Him.
Did you know that Greg Freeman...
- is available for speaking engagements, in addition to concerts and other music events? Greg gives talks every year, addressing churches to garden clubs, and he has also spoken to civic and professional organizations.
- has appeared many times on national and regional Christian television shows, including Babbie's House (NRB) and Atlanta Live, and has been interviewed by national media outlets and publications such as Authority Magazine?
- is adopted? Greg was adopted as an infant and credits his Christian upbringing and his mother's love of gospel music for his passion for music. Greg is eternally grateful for the parents who gave him life, the parents who taught him how to live and the Heavenly father whose adoption ensures that Greg is a part of the greatest, happiest family of all.
- has owned purebred Belgian draft horses since he was a teenager?
- is an avid gardener, daffodil hybridist, award-winning exhibitor and accredited American Daffodil Society judge, as well as past board member of the ADS and current president of the Georgia Daffodil Society?
- is an editor, well-published writer and owner of digital publishing company Greg Freeman Media, the publisher of multiple websites related to everything from the American South to gardening to horses to music and entertainment and more?
- is a visual artist with interest in sculpture, painting and photography, as well as a collector with works by Wade Reynolds (1929-2011), Jim Hamilton (1920-2000), George Willis-Pryce (1866-1949), Countess Agnes Mio da Minotto (1862-1927), Colonel Robert Charles Goff (1837-1922) and more? Greg's photography and other works received certificates of artistic achievement from the international Luxembourg Art Prize in 2019, 2020 and 2022.
- "If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you." - Matthew 17:20b KJV
- "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." - Romans 8:26 KJV
- "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end." - Jeremiah 29:11 KJV
- "Few things disappoint God more than Christians who are mired in mediocrity." - Don Butler
- "When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground." - Dr. Bill Ferris, paraphrasing an African proverb
- "Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth." - Mark Twain
- Michael English, Babbie Mason, Wes Hampton, Russ Taff, CeCe Winans, TaRanda Greene, Chris Blue, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Barry Gibb, Bonnie Raitt, Al Green
- Jessy Dixon, Jonathan Pierce Hildreth, Calvin Newton, Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Cash, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Atlanta, Chattanooga, Tulsa
- Cooking from the American South, of course
- Italian American, especially chicken parmigiana and spaghetti and meatballs
- Indian, specifically chicken biryani, vegetable pakoras
- Greek, namely spanakopita, moussaka and baklava
- Mary Mac's Tea Room, Atlanta
- Bombay Palace, Knoxville
- DeBlasio's, Pittsburgh
- Page's Okra Grill, Mount Pleasant (Charleston), South Carolina
- Attending the Collingsworth Family's live concert taping at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, for the Just Sing! project, which includes "I Owe You Everything"
- Attending the Gaither Vocal Band reunions in Greenville and Tulsa
- Seeing the musical play, Mahalia: A Gospel Musical, at the Theatre in the Square, Marietta, Georgia, with friend, Sherry Volrath
- Attending a lecture by and meeting Olivier Widmaier Picasso, grandson of Pablo Picasso
- Having afternoon tea with friend, Jane Cox, at the elegant and swank St. Regis Atlanta Hotel
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