{"title":"Grey DeLisle","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-grey-album-ao","title":"The Grey Album","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrey DeLisle\u003c\/strong\u003e turns out songs the way \u003cem\u003eStephen King\u003c\/em\u003e turns out novels - The way \u003cstrong\u003eRyan Adams\u003c\/strong\u003e creates covers - The way \u003cstrong\u003eKrispy Kreme\u003c\/strong\u003e delivers donuts - Sweet and satisfying, and staggering in sheer volume - \"Prolific\" doesn't even begin to cut it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo you might be shocked to learn that DeLisle once endured a long songwriting dry spell while concentrating on her career as one of Hollywood's top voice actors (The Simpsons, Scooby-Doo, SpongeBob) and mom of three children. It took the early months of the pandemic to bring the spark back, and Grey started writing feverishly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe songs were coming so fast that she decided to start recording them with her longtime creative partner \u003cstrong\u003eMurry Hammond\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cem\u003eOld 97's\u003c\/em\u003e, with whom she has collaborated for over two decades on countless musical projects (and one human being, their son, the wunderkind visual artist \u003cem\u003eTex Hammond\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing Hammond's full complement of vintage recording equipment, the pair took advantage of being in the same COVID \"pod\" (remember those?) to rack up the songs, which would then be played for producer \u003cstrong\u003eMarvin Etzioni\u003c\/strong\u003e via phone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEtzioni has been DeLisle's longtime creative partner since producing her first solo record, \u003cem\u003eThe Small Time\u003c\/em\u003e in 1999, and introduced her to some of the musicians the pair still work with to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe artists on \u003cem\u003eThe Grey Album\u003c\/em\u003e are like a Who's Who of Americana and roots rock: strings by \u003cstrong\u003eTammy Rogers\u003c\/strong\u003e (Emmylou Harris, Neil Diamond, Patty Loveless), horns by \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Ralicke\u003c\/strong\u003e (Lucinda Williams, Beck, Morrissey, John Cale), pedal steel by \u003cstrong\u003eGreg Leisz\u003c\/strong\u003e (ummm...every major American artist who has ever used pedal steel?).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd the best part is, they all separately contributed their parts in the coolest game of relay ever, after the original analog recordings were digitally mastered by renowned sound engineer \u003cstrong\u003eTodd Burke\u003c\/strong\u003e (Ben Harper, Albert Hammond Jr., Belle and Sebastian).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrey would send the tracks off to Rogers, who laid down the heavenly strings and passed it on to Leisz for the pedal steel magic, then on to Ralicke for horns. Along the way, DeLisle kept on writing more and more songs, and meeting more and more artists with whom she just had to collaborate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt a dinner party she happened to be seated next to the Runaways' \u003cstrong\u003eCherie Currie\u003c\/strong\u003e, which had to be a sign because she had just written '40-Something Runaway' that morning! Would Currie like to sing on it? She sure would!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the kind of serendipity that seems to follow Grey DeLisle everywhere she goes. \u003cstrong\u003eStephen McCarthy\u003c\/strong\u003e (Long Ryders, Jayhawks) came on board for 'Didn't We Try', and Etzioni lent his song 'Convince Me' originally written for \u003cem\u003eRoy Orbison\u003c\/em\u003e before his sudden death in 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeLisle took all of these threads over the course of five years to finally bring together the tapestry of \u003cem\u003eThe Grey Album\u003c\/em\u003e. The record is imbued with all of the Americana artistry of the many hands that brought it to life, woven in the inimitable style of Grey DeLisle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CRS","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":51856677863755,"sku":"R2217-9921","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8713762250126.jpg?v=1747831647"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/grey-delisle.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}