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

Biography

Cypress Grove was born into a musical family in

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. He was taught by his father, a professional

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drummer, to play drums from a very early age, but by the time he turned 16, his passion became the

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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

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from

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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. Cypress and Jeffrey went on to tour the album both with a band and as an acoustic duo. 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. 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. This series became known as The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Session Project, an endeavour that has currently produced three albums. Grove has recorded with a number of musicians including

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, Isobel Campbell,

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, Mark Stewart and James Johnston. In 2010, Cypress Grove and

recorded ''A Fistful of Desert Blues''. In 2017 they get together once again to record a covers album called ''Under The Covers''. In 2019 he wrote and performed the song "The Singing Tree" for the feature film ''Lucania'' by Gigi Roccati.

Discography

*''Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee & Cypress Grove With Willie Love'' with Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee (

), 1992 *''A Fistful of Desert Blues'' with

, 2010 *''Twin Horses'' with Lydia Lunch and Spiritual Front, 2015 *''Under the Covers'' with

, 2017

The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project

*''We Are Only Riders'', 2009 *''The Journey Is Long'', 2012 *''Axels & Sockets'', 2014

Bibliography

*''Cave and the Seventh Art: The cinematic imagination'' in Kinchin-Smith S (eds) Read Write and A Multi-Disciplinary Nick Cave Reader, Silkworms Ink, 2012, 36-38 *''The Curtains Parting'' in Kinchin-Smith S (eds) Read Write and A Multi-Disciplinary Nick Cave Reader, Silkworms Ink, 2012, 126-129 *Preface to ''Gun Club, 24 Histoires pour Jeffrey Lee Pierce''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grove, Cypress 1959 births Living people English blues guitarists English blues singers CAtegory:English record producers Alternative rock guitarists Alumni of University College London Musicians from London