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 careeredit
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[6] The film was eventually released in 2008.[7]
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.[8][9] This series became known as The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Session Project,[6][10][11][12][13] an endeavour that has currently produced three albums.[14][15][16]
Cave and the Seventh Art: The cinematic imagination in Kinchin-Smith S (eds) Read Write [Hand]: A Multi-Disciplinary Nick Cave Reader, Silkworms Ink, 2012, 36-38[25]
The Curtains Parting in Kinchin-Smith S (eds) Read Write [Hand]: A Multi-Disciplinary Nick Cave Reader, Silkworms Ink, 2012, 126-129[25]
Preface to Gun Club, 24 Histoires pour Jeffrey Lee Pierce[26]
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^"A Fistful of Desert Blues CD | Rustblade – Label and Distribution". Rustblade. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
^"Lydia Lunch and Cypress Grove – A Fistful of Desert Blues More than just art for art's sake..." About.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
^"Lydia Lunch to release acoustic blues album". Regenmag.com. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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