Greg Blake was born and raised in West Virginia where he developed his love for bluegrass & traditional country music; most of his adult life has been spent mostly in the Midwest - Missouri, Kansas and Colorado. He spent nearly fifteen years with the Bluegrass Missourians and while with them, he earned SPBGMA’s Guitar Player of the Year Award five consecutive years (nine nominations), and a Kansas State Flatpicking championship. He was also nominated twice for SPBGMA’s Male Vocalist of the Year Award. He subsequently helped form the band Jeff Scroggins & Colorado, and started traveling more extensively throughout the US and worldwide. With the release of his first solo album in 2015, Greg is now being recognized as one of the industry’s premier vocalists and guitarists. He was just recently nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year by the IBMA. Now a member of Special Consensus, Greg also teaches guitar and vocals throughout the year at bluegrass instructional camps.