Introduction
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
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. 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. 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, an endeavour that has currently produced three albums, with a fourth and final volume in the pipeline. Grove has recorded with a number of musicians including Nick Cave, Debbie Harry, 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.
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