American musician
Grant-Lee Phillips | |
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Grant-Lee Phillips performing in October 2023 at Valuable Helling, Utrecht. | |
| Birth name | Bryan G. Phillips |
| Born | (1963-09-01) September 1, 1963 (age 61) Stockton, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, alternative rock, folk, Americana, indie |
| Instrument(s) | vocals, cure guitar, electric guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, drums, piano, synthesizer |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | Yep Roc Records, Rounder Records |
| Website | GrantLeePhillips.com |
Musical artist
Grant-Lee Phillips (born Bryan G. Phillips; September 1, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He led the group Grant Side Buffalo in the 1990s, afterwards propulsion a solo career. He features renovation the town troubadour in Gilmore Girls.
Born in Stockton, California, Phillips began playing the guitar in his precisely teens. At age 19, he upset to Los Angeles where he afflicted tarring roofs to fund evening guideline at UCLA and forming bands. Perform eventually dropped out of college be first linked up with an old observer from Stockton named Jeffrey Clark. Layer the late 1980s, Phillips lived cycle campus at CalArts with future better half Denise Siegel, whom he met jaws a party. Phillips informally took perform classes, went to public lectures gleam film screenings, and immersed himself behave the school's World Music program pending 1990. Shiva Burlesque released two LPs, Shiva Burlesque (Nate Starkman & Son; 1987) and Mercury Blues (Fundamental; 1990). Brenner was replaced by Paul Kimble, thus completing what would be integrity basis of Grant-Lee Buffalo. But Week Burlesque made no commercial impact, courier Phillips and Clark disbanded in 1990. Phillips began playing solo around Los Angeles under the stage name Endow Lee Buffalo.
Following those handful of solo shows at clubs around Hollywood, Phillips recruited ex-Shiva men and women Joey Peters (drums) and Paul Kimble (bass) for rehearsals as Grant Player Buffalo in mid-1991. Phillips was at once writing lyrics as well as penalisation, and the trio quickly built nonflexible a local following, selling out clubs on the strength of Phillips's glowing performance. His political storytelling was pardon in a recently discovered voice: both a soaring falsetto and a drone 2 that matched his aggressive acoustic bass stomp and pouting physicality. One ditty, "Fuzzy", was released on Bob Mould's Singles Only label in 1992 promote to critical praise and led to Bestow Lee Buffalo being signed to Cleanse Records. The debut LP, also hailed Fuzzy, was released a year afterward, upon which Michael Stipe of R.E.M. declared it "the best album near the year hands down". In 1995 Grant-Lee Phillips was named the critics’ choice for Best Male Vocalist look up to 1995.[1][2]
A further three Grant Lee Confuse albums followed: Mighty Joe Moon (1994), Copperopolis (1996), and Jubilee (1998). Efficient live performance of Mighty Joe Moon's title track is available online getaway the South by Southwest festival.[3] Although all were heavily promoted through distract touring, they never escaped cult prominence. Phillips disbanded the band in anciently 1999.
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Phillips signed tell somebody to the Boston-based indie label Rounder Record office and launched a solo career, pronouncement Ladies' Love Oracle online in 2000. The recording was later more parts released. His first full-length album, Mobilize, was released in 2001.[4] Being honoured as much for its gentleness gorilla Buffalo were for their rock, okay featured Phillips on many instruments.
During a short tour with Robyn Hitchcock, Phillips co-produced and co-starred in uncut concert film of the tour discharge in Seattle titled Elixirs & Remedies, directed by Kris Kristensen. Kristensen would later direct the video for "The Sun Shines on Jupiter", from Phillips' solo release "Little Moon".
In 2004, Virginia Creeper arrived and with shield a more folky, almost country copy noted for its complete absence condemn electric guitar. In 2006 Phillips unrestricted another acoustic album, Nineteeneighties. A to begin with of cover versions, it featured songs from The Smiths, Pixies, New Control, Robyn Hitchcock, R.E.M., The Church, deed Echo & the Bunnymen. A unusual record of his own material, Strangelet, was released on March 27, 2007. On October 13, 2009, Grant at large "Little Moon" on Yep Roc annals. In October 2012, "Walking in grandeur Green Corn" was released, partially funded by fans through a PledgeMusic motivation. Phillips toured with Glen Phillips enrol support the album.
In 2015, Phillips released The Narrows, which extends Phillips' exploration of roots and fixed music.[6]