Cypress Grove (musician) explained

Cypress Grove
Birth Place:London, England
Genre:Alternative rock
Occupation:Musician, singer, songwriter, composer, producer
Years Active:1979-present
Instrument:Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums
Label:Glitterhouse, Rustblade
Associated Acts:Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Lydia Lunch

Cypress Grove (born 1959) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, composer and producer.

Biography

Cypress Grove was born into a musical family in London. He was taught by his father, a professional jazz drummer, to play drums from a very early age, but by the time he turned 16, his passion became the guitar.[1] [2]

Musical career

As his passion for the guitar developed he became infatuated with pre-war acoustic blues. This led to an encounter in 1988 with Jeffrey Lee Pierce from The Gun Club who shared similar interests and which grew into a collaboration on an album of roots material, Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee and Cypress Grove with Willie Love in 1992.[3] [4] Cypress and Jeffrey went on to tour the album both with a band and as an acoustic duo.[5]

In October 1994, Pierce and Grove were filmed for Henri-Jean Debon's Hard Times Killin' Floor Blues The film was eventually released in 2008.[6]

Ten years after Pierce died of a brain hemorrhage in 1996, Cypress discovered a tape of them rehearsing songs that Jeffrey had written. These were works in progress, and while the quality was deemed too poor for release, Cypress invited a number of musicians to record the songs properly and help him complete them.[7] [8] This series became known as The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Session Project,[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] an endeavour that has currently produced three albums.[14] [15] [16] Grove has recorded with a number of musicians including Nick Cave,[17] Debbie Harry,[18] [19] Chris Stein, Mark Lanegan, Iggy Pop, Isobel Campbell, Thurston Moore, Warren Ellis (musician), The Raveonettes, Crippled Black Phoenix, Mick Harvey, David Eugene Edwards, Hugo Race, Bertrand Cantat, Barry Adamson, Lydia Lunch, Jim Sclavunos, Mark Stewart and James Johnston.

In 2010, Cypress Grove and Lydia Lunch recorded A Fistful of Desert Blues.[20] [21] [22]

In 2017 they get together once again to record a covers album called Under The Covers.[23]

In 2019 he wrote and performed the song "The Singing Tree" for the feature film Lucania by Gigi Roccati.[24]

Discography

The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Journey is worth it: Cypress Grove tells the Jeffrey Lee Sessions Project story. I-94 Bar. 1 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171017045409/http://i94bar-dev.info/ints/jeffreyleeproject.html. 17 October 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: Cypress Grove. Rustblade.
  3. Web site: Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee & Cypress Grove With Willie Love – Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . AllMusic . 27 March 1992 . 2014-04-16.
  4. Web site: Gun Club – Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee Pierce & Cypress Grove with Willie Love | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards. Rootshighway. Italian.
  5. Web site: Jeffrey Lee Pierce. From The Archives . 2014-04-16.
  6. Hard Times Killin' Floor Blues | Film/Documentary . YouTube.
  7. Web site: The journey is worth it: Cypress Grove tells the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project story. i-94 Bar. 14 May 2012. 1 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171017045409/http://i94bar-dev.info/ints/jeffreyleeproject.html. 17 October 2017. dead.
  8. Web site: Preaching The Blues: Remembering The Gun Club's Jeffrey Lee Pierce. Double J. 9 July 2014.
  9. News: Les incantations blues punk de Jeffrey Lee Pierce | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards. Le Monde. French.
  10. News: We Are Only Riders – The JLP Sessions Project (Glitterhouse) | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards. The Independent.
  11. News: Nick Cave and Blondie's Debbie Harry duet on The Gun Club tribute album | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards. NME.
  12. News: Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Thurston Moore and Jim Sclavunos play Nobody's City – new music | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards. The Guardian.
  13. Web site: Glitterhouse Records :: Artists . Label.glitterhouse.com . 30 March 2012 . 2014-04-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131111023235/http://label.glitterhouse.com/artists.php?show=12 . 11 November 2013 . dmy-all .
  14. News: Various Artists We Are Only Riders – The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project Review | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards. BBC.
  15. News: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project – The Journey Is Long Review | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards. BBC.
  16. News: The Shoebox in the Attic: Jeffrey Lee Pierce and the Last Crusade | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards. Exeunt Magazine.
  17. News: Nick Cave and Blondie's Debbie Harry duet on The Gun Club tribute album | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards. Uncut. 15 April 2014. 22 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120522225458/http://www.uncut.co.uk/nick-cave/nick-cave-and-blondies-debbie-harry-duet-on-the-gun-club-tribute-album-news. dead.
  18. Web site: Debbie to contribute to new JLP Sessions Project compilation 'Axels & Sockets' | DEBORAH-HARRY [dot] COM | NEWS & UPDATES |publisher=Deborah-harry.com |accessdate=2014-04-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140319082217/http://www.deborah-harry.com/?p=2972 |archivedate=19 March 2014 |df=dmy-all ].
  19. Web site: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project . Facebook . 2014-04-16.
  20. Web site: A Fistful of Desert Blues CD | Rustblade – Label and Distribution . Rustblade . 2014-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140417015014/http://www.rustblade.com/2014/a-fistful-of-desert-blues-2/ . 17 April 2014 . dead .
  21. Web site: Lydia Lunch and Cypress Grove – A Fistful of Desert Blues More than just art for art's sake.... About.com. 19 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150225032333/http://punkmusic.about.com/od/reviews/fl/Lydia-Lunch-and-Cypress-Grove-A-Fistful-of-Desert-Blues.htm. 25 February 2015. dead.
  22. Web site: Lydia Lunch to release acoustic blues album. Regenmag.com . 10 January 2014 . 2014-04-16.
  23. Web site: Under The Covers CD | Rustblade – Label and Distribution . Rustblade . 2017-06-23.
  24. Web site: Lucania – . Fabrique Entertainment, Moliwood Films, Rai Cinema - . 2019.
  25. Web site: Read Write [Hand]

    A Multi-Disciplinary Nick Cave Reader – ]

    . Silkworms Ink - . Sam Kinchin-Smith.
  26. Web site: Gun Club, 24 Histoires pour Jeffrey Lee Pierce – . Camion Blanc - . Jean-Noël Levavasseur.

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