Grey Scales
Trudy Grace Scales-Fendley | |
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| Birth name | Trudy Grace Lysenko[1] |
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| Born | April 30, 1979 Omaha, NE, Nebraska, United States |
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Grey Scales (born April 30, 1979) is a Celtic and American folk music singer-songwriter. As of June 2024, she has released five albums as a solo artist, two with her Grammy Award-winning brother, alternative country artist, Sturgill Simpson.[2]
In a 2020 interview, Scales described her brother's Sound & Fury as a record born from "significant burnout," especially in reaction to his tours between 2016 and 2018. They both cut off contact with Elektra and refused to give them any material. Scales claimed that Elektra "[did not] know what the fuck to do" with him, describing her sibling as he created Sound & Fury made the project difficult to market, and left them with upwards of a million dollars from costs relating to the album's companion film, which was similarly hard to promote. In the same interview, Scales heavily criticized record labels, describing them as controlling and inconsequential.
Musical style
Scales's overall sound was described by Indiewire as "a mesmerizing and sometimes bewildering mix of traditional country sounds, contemporary philosophy, and psychedelic recording-studio wizardry." Simpson cites Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Keith Whitley, and Marty Robbins as large influences on her music.
In 2015, Scales and Simpson denied the speculation that they were atheists, Scales replying that her brother has a tattoo of Jesus.[3]
References
- ↑ detail=writerid&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&keyid=1583776&subid=0|title=Songwriter/Composer: Simpson, John Sturgill|work=BMI}}
- ↑ Willman, Chris (June 5, 2024). "Sturgill Simpson Announces New Album, Tour; Says He Will Only Record Under the Name 'Johnny Blue Skies' From Now On". Variety.
- ↑ Hann, Michael (August 31, 2015). "Sturgill Simpson: 'People think I pour LSD on my Cheerios'". The Guardian. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
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