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Cypress Grove
12+ albums
Alt-countryblues
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Cypress Grove (born 28 May 1959) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, composer and producer. After gaining an honours degree in Psychology at University College London, he decided to follow a career in music. Cypress Grove was born in London into a musical family. His father was a professional jazz drummer who at one time played with The Chris Barber band. 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. By the age of 18, he started to join a number of new wave bands and would gig regularly. His musical direction started to turn towards alternative rock and he was influenced by bands such as The Birthday Party, The Pop Group and Einstürzende Neubauten. But his infatuation for pre-war acoustic blues continued to develop and led to a chance encounter with Jeffrey Lee Pierce from The Gun Club in 1988. Pierce had a real passion for roots music of any kind so they started to jam together regularly on acoustic guitars in Grove's bedroom. Pierce invited Grove to collaborate with him on his long planned album of roots material. The album was released in 1992 – Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee and Cypress Grove with Willie Love. 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 film. The film was eventually released in 2008. After Pierce's death in March 1996 from a brain hae
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tarkov & mannequin
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We Are Only Riders the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project
The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project: The Journey Is Long
We Are Only Riders: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project
We Are Only Riders
We Are Only Riders - The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project
The Journey Is Long
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The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project: Axels & Sockets
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The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project "We Are Only Riders"
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The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project - We Are Only Riders
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