Greg Brown, whose grungy guitar licks helped propel the band Cake, which he helped found, to the top of the alternative rock charts in the mid-1990s, and whose irony-laced lyrics for their hit song ...

Greg Brown, a founding guitarist in the Sacramento band Cake who wrote their biggest hit song “The Distance,” has died.

Greg Brown, a founding member of Sacramento alt-rock outfit Cake, has died. Friends honored the guitarist, who wrote the band ...