Greg Humphreys

Published: Oct 10, 2008 Raleigh News and Observer
Hobex frontman goes folksy BY DAVID MENCONI, Staff Writer
For the past dozen years, Greg Humphreys has been familiar to local audiences as leader of the band Hobex, a sunny funk-pop soul band. But "Trunk Songs" (www.greghumphreys.net), Humphreys' first solo album, is nothing like what you'd expect.
Where Hobex is perfect cookout music, "Trunk Songs" sounds more like what you'd hear at a campfire in a rustic setting. In contrast to Hobex's upbeat party music, "Trunk Songs" is quiet, folksy and mostly plaintive.