Greg Loftus has been writing songs since the second he picked up a guitar at 12 years old. During the fall of 2007, Greg started writing country-tinged acoustic tunes while living in Providence, RI. There, he was immersed and inspired by the DIY folk scene by watching local artists like Deer Tick and Brown Bird. This is also when he was exposed to the songwriting chops of traveling troubadours like Townes Van Zant,  John Prine, and Steve Earle. 

In 2008 he released his self-produced debut album “No Taking Prisoners Tonight” on the West Virginia-based independent label Big Bullet Records. 

During the next few years, Greg toured the east coast and parts of the Appalachian south while based out of Boston, MA. He started booking paying gigs and more importantly, benefiting from the kinship of fellow songwriters. Greg played every show he could and self-released a couple more EP’s while slowly building a local following. 

When the Boston music scene eventually grew repetitive, Greg sought greener pastures. In 2011, he packed up his things and moved to Austin, TX. There he spent the next six years playing in bands and honing his songwriting skills. He formed the alt-country outfit, Carpetbagger and shared the stage with admired heavyweights like Mike Cooley of Drive-By Truckers, Shakey Graves, Mike and the Moonpies, and Possessed by Paul James. 

In December 2015, Greg released his second full-length solo album, “Raise the Rent” and started Greg Loftus and The Ten Ninety-Nines. 

Austin is where Greg saw the most success as a songwriter and as a live performer. He spent his nights playing clubs and house shows, and his days building houses in the Texas heat. Naturally this found its way into his songwriting: 

The long days and longer nights started to take its toll so Greg decided to put his music career on hold. He moved back home to Cape Cod, MA, in 2017 and shifted his focus to his custom furniture and woodworking business: Narrowland Woodworks and Design. 

During the coronavirus pandemic, Greg inevitably started writing music again. He released the album: “The Soft Sound of Sundown: Carpetbagger Years (2011-2015)”; a collection of unreleased songs from his time in Austin, with songs such as ‘American Bruises’ and ‘Highway 59’. In December of 2020, he began working on his first record in five years at Underground Recording in Bourne, MA. "Western Medicine" was released in October 2021. 

Loftus recently completed his 4th solo record with producer Eric Lichter at Dirt Floor Recording Studio in Haddam, CT. “No Kings in the Wild” will be released in the Fall of 2024. 

Greg resides in Southeast Massachusetts and when he is not making music he is walking his dogs and building things out of wood.