Cypress Grove (musician)

Cypress Grove
Background information
Born	1959 (age 56–57) London, England
Genres	Alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer, songwriter, composer, producer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums
Years active	1979-present
Labels	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 in London into a musical family. His father was a professional jazz drummer. Grove was taught by his father to play drums at an early age, but by the time he turned 16, his interest had switched to guitar.

Musical career

Cypress Grove and Jeffrey Lee Pierce

A chance encounter with Jeffrey Lee Pierce from The Gun Club in 1988 led to a collaboration with him on his album of roots material. The album was released in 1992 – Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee and Cypress Grove with Willie Love.^[1][2] Cypress and Jeffrey went on to tour the album both with a band and as an acoustic duo.^[3]

In October 1994, Pierce and Grove were filmed for Henri-Jean Debon's Hard Times Killin' Floor Blues^[4] The film was eventually released in 2008.^[5] After Pierce's death in March 1996 from a brain haemorrhage, Grove moved to France.

In 2006 they recorded The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Session Project,^{[6][7][8][9][10]} an endeavour that has currently produced three albums, with a fourth and final volume in the pipeline.^[11][12][13] Grove has recorded with a number of musicians including Nick Cave,^[14] Debbie Harry,^[15][16] Chris Stein, Mark Lanegan, Iggy Pop, Isobel Campbell, Thurston Moore, Warren Ellis, 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.^[17][18][19]

Discography

• Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee & Cypress Grove With Willie Love with Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee (Jeffrey Lee Pierce), 1992
• A Fistful of Desert Blues with Lydia Lunch
• Twin Horses with Lydia Lunch and Spiritual Front

References

1. "Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee & Cypress Grove With Willie Love – Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. 27 March 1992. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
2. "Gun Club – Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee Pierce & Cypress Grove with Willie Love | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards" (in Italian). Rootshighway.
3. "Jeffrey Lee Pierce". From The Archives. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
4. [film.http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2010/01/09/les-incantations-blues-punk-de-jeffrey-lee-pierce_1289642_3246.html Hard Times Killin' Floor Blues | Film/Documentary].
5. Hard Times Killin' Floor Blues | Film/Documentary.
6. "Les incantations blues punk de Jeffrey Lee Pierce | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". Le Monde (in French).
7. "We Are Only Riders – The JLP Sessions Project (Glitterhouse) | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". The Independent.
8. "Nick Cave and Blondie's Debbie Harry duet on The Gun Club tribute album | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". NME.
9. "Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Thurston Moore and Jim Sclavunos play Nobody's City – new music | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". The Guardian.
10. "Glitterhouse Records :: Artists". Label.glitterhouse.com. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
11. "Various Artists We Are Only Riders – The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project Review | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". BBC.
12. "The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project – The Journey Is Long Review | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". BBC.
13. "The Shoebox in the Attic: Jeffrey Lee Pierce and the Last Crusade | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". Exeunt Magazine.
14. "Nick Cave and Blondie's Debbie Harry duet on The Gun Club tribute album | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". Uncut.
15. "Debbie to contribute to new JLP Sessions Project compilation 'Axels & Sockets' | DEBORAH-HARRY [dot] COM | NEWS & UPDATES". Deborah-harry.com. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
16. "The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project". Facebook. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
17. "A Fistful of Desert Blues CD | Rustblade – Label and Distribution". Rustblade. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
18. "Lydia Lunch and Cypress Grove – A Fistful of Desert Blues More than just art for art's sake...". About.com.
19. "Lydia Lunch to release acoustic blues album". Regenmag.com. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-16.