Grant-Lee Phillips
Grant-Lee Phillips (born Bryan G. Phillips on 1 September 1963 in Stockton,… Read Full Bio ↴Grant-Lee Phillips (born Bryan G. Phillips on 1 September 1963 in Stockton, California) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is probably best known as the voice and vision of the critically-acclaimed group Grant Lee Buffalo, which existed from 1992 to 1999. In the early 2000s Grant featured regularly in the television series Gilmore Girls as Star Hollow's local busker. He did not sing his own songs on the show - he mostly covered songs of other musicians, usually in the background as the main characters are passing.
Phillips spent his formative years in Stockton, CA, where he founded a band called Bloody Holly, but prior to his 20th birthday Phillips headed to Los Angeles to study film, and he quickly found himself beneath the spell cast by local bands as the Rain Parade and Dream Syndicate. Phillips soon joined with Stockton acquaintance Jeff Clark to form Shiva Burlesque. The band dissolved after two critically acclaimed records, and Phillips soon began writing and demo-ing using the Grant Lee Buffalo alias.
Following some solo dates, Phillips invited former bandmates Joey Peters and Paul Kimble to join him, and the trio signed to Warner subsidiary Slash in 1992. Phillips' golden, honey-soaked voice went largely to waste in Shiva Burlesque, but the new band enabled him to step out as a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. GLB went on to release four very different LPs, consistent in excellence. A cult following, successful tours, and across-the-board critical acclaim (he was voted Rolling Stone's Male Vocalist of the Year following their second LP) didn't translate into sales, however. Frustrated with his label's dead-on-arrival promotion, Phillips asked for his band to be released from their contract, and he was obliged. (It was erroneously reported that GLB had been dropped.) Phillips dissolved his band, anxious to forge a new path.
In October of 1999, he headed to Jon Brion's studio and recorded a handful of new songs, played exclusively by himself. Dubbed Ladies' Love Oracle, it was self-released the following year online and at his numerous appearances at Largo in Hollywood. After landing a deal with Zoe/Rounder, Phillips issued the excellent Mobilize in 2001. The next year, Rounder reissued Ladies' Love Oracle in time for Phillips' joint tour with Kristin Hersh and Joe Doe. In 2004, he released Virginia Creeper, followed by an album of covers (Nineteeneighties) in 2006. Strangelet appeared in 2007 on Rounder Records, followed by Little Moon (2009), and Walking in the Green Corn (2012) .
Discography
Ladies Love Oracle (2000)
Mobilize (2001)
Virginia Creeper (2004)
Nineteeneighties (2006)
Strangelet (2007)
Little Moon (2009)
Walking in the Green Corn (2012)
Phillips spent his formative years in Stockton, CA, where he founded a band called Bloody Holly, but prior to his 20th birthday Phillips headed to Los Angeles to study film, and he quickly found himself beneath the spell cast by local bands as the Rain Parade and Dream Syndicate. Phillips soon joined with Stockton acquaintance Jeff Clark to form Shiva Burlesque. The band dissolved after two critically acclaimed records, and Phillips soon began writing and demo-ing using the Grant Lee Buffalo alias.
Following some solo dates, Phillips invited former bandmates Joey Peters and Paul Kimble to join him, and the trio signed to Warner subsidiary Slash in 1992. Phillips' golden, honey-soaked voice went largely to waste in Shiva Burlesque, but the new band enabled him to step out as a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. GLB went on to release four very different LPs, consistent in excellence. A cult following, successful tours, and across-the-board critical acclaim (he was voted Rolling Stone's Male Vocalist of the Year following their second LP) didn't translate into sales, however. Frustrated with his label's dead-on-arrival promotion, Phillips asked for his band to be released from their contract, and he was obliged. (It was erroneously reported that GLB had been dropped.) Phillips dissolved his band, anxious to forge a new path.
In October of 1999, he headed to Jon Brion's studio and recorded a handful of new songs, played exclusively by himself. Dubbed Ladies' Love Oracle, it was self-released the following year online and at his numerous appearances at Largo in Hollywood. After landing a deal with Zoe/Rounder, Phillips issued the excellent Mobilize in 2001. The next year, Rounder reissued Ladies' Love Oracle in time for Phillips' joint tour with Kristin Hersh and Joe Doe. In 2004, he released Virginia Creeper, followed by an album of covers (Nineteeneighties) in 2006. Strangelet appeared in 2007 on Rounder Records, followed by Little Moon (2009), and Walking in the Green Corn (2012) .
Discography
Ladies Love Oracle (2000)
Mobilize (2001)
Virginia Creeper (2004)
Nineteeneighties (2006)
Strangelet (2007)
Little Moon (2009)
Walking in the Green Corn (2012)
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Grant-Lee Phillips Lyrics
AGE OF CONSENT Won't you please let me go? These words lie inside they…
Always Friends Always friend Always friend Still some fences We may neve…
April Chimes Here it begins April chimes tangled in the wind Timing's eve…
Beautiful Dreamers And gunning for a miracle One they can't take away And found…
Blind Tom Tom’s at the piano talkin’ to a ghost Playin’ with his…
Boys Don't Cry I would say I'm sorry If I thought that it would…
BOYS DON’T CRY I would say I'm sorry If I thought that it would…
Buried Treasure Oh baby don't you know we’ve all got hidden treasures Do…
Calamity Jane Drunk on the blood of a hero's welcome, babe Ringin' in…
Chain Lightning Chain lightning, young lions Come thundering a dancing town …
CITY OF REFUGE You better run You better run and run and run You…
Coming To Take a rush laugh Was the world this fuzzy last year Take…
Cry Cry I would say I'm sorry If I thought that it would…
Dirty Secret Casanova broke ya Just like china He was smooth as souther…
Don I would say I'm sorry If I thought that it would…
Don't Look Down Mmm, mum is the Word Numb is a better word Haven't…
Dream In Color Oh boy, makin? noise for the love of Buddy Holly My…
Far End of the Night Buddy some Topeka night When it?s just you and the road Se…
Find My Way there's an army on the dancefloor it's a fashion with a gun …
Flamin' Shoe All these rats are swimmin' for the land They ain't goin'…
Folding Oh what a colorful lie Leading me on Without ever batting an…
Fools Gold Cause they always told me, don’t go breaking hearts But what…
Fountain of Youth Brown doves on the wire, do they ever tire Up in…
Good Morning Happiness Gonna wake up with a smile Gonna wake up with the…
Heavenly Heavenly, heavenly What other words Could I use to describ…
Hickory Wind In South Carolina, there are many tall pines I remember the…
Hidden Hand Set your wooden horses to roam In the dust, come galloping…
History Has Their Number You can't live in anger You can't live in anger Nobody can I…
Humankind And the point of my life is what What if it…
I OFTEN DREAM OF TRAINS I often dream of trains when I'm alone I ride on…
It Ain't The Same Old Cold War Harry It ain’t the same old cold war Harry It ain’t the…
Johnny Guitar Johnny Guitar you wanna feel good Johnny Guitar you wanna fl…
Josephine of the Swamps Oh the slough winds all serpentine Full of black delta peat…
Killing A Dead Man Oh, you rush and you run To the ends of the…
Last Night I Dreamed That Somebody Loved Me Last night I dreamt That somebody loved me No hope, no har…
Lazily Drowning On a sea of untapped leagues Rocking to and fro I…
Like a Lover Of all the fishes in the sea So ghostly white and…
Lily A Passion Hey, she?s a piratey soul Full a' vinagar and glitter She …
Little Moon How far little moon Just a rocket away Three nights and a…
Loaded Gun Plymouth Satellite a′ flyin' Near the speed a′ sound Got…
Lonesome Serenade World, you are a mill Do you grind away until Every grain…
LOVE MY WAY there's an army on the dancefloor it's a fashion with a gun …
Love's a Mystery Another sunny day wash Soaking up the radar Antennas on th…
Mobilize High time to mobilize The work we'll do High time to synchro…
Moccasin Creek Way back in the holler Hidden off in I want…
Mona Lisa You're the last of your kind, Mona Lisa With a wink…
Nightbirds Feathers and furs nightbirds Only come out after dark Hear…
No Mercy In July Rain won′t pour No rainwater in the reservoir Cloudless sky…
Nothin' is For Sure There's a tug at my heart Like a rope it's pulling Out…
Older Now The longer you live it gets harder to fake Hard for…
One Morning One day I’m gonna swim this lake I swear it I’m…
Racing Away T.V. is enough It is providing artificial friends And relat…
Raise The Spirit Nothing gonna break heart your today Nothing gonna steal you…
Return To Love Suns burn away, starlight exploding There will come a day wh…
Rolling Pin Flat out, laid me down Like dough beneath a rolling…
Runaway Gutter trickle, bombast, a gunpowder wind Wanna let it all s…
Sadness Soot I'm movin' with the strength of a spear I'm cruisin' with…
Same Blue Devils All my funny pages, cartoon Saturdays ago Carved my number i…
San Andreas Fault San Andreas Sleeping sound Don′t ya wake her boy She's…
Seal It with a Kiss If I only had one wish And I had to make…
See America Sleeping in a yellow cab My head against the barrier Lost 'e…
Sleepless Lake Dare ya draw me closer still And let me be the…
Smile You take the air in You take the whole room in,…
So Much What do you want that you can't have So high on…
So. Central Rain Did you never call? I waited for your call These rivers of…
Soft Asylum In your soft asylum come to vanish again When your thoughts…
Spring Released Shangri-La out on the West side In the blinding night oh…
Squint I've been seeking affirmations All night long oh and What I'…
St. Expedite Watching the clock over Jackson Square I could feel my life…
Strangest Thing Strangest thing days I feel like dirt And then I see…
Sunday Best Puttin' on the Sunday best High on the fumes of sweet…
Susanna Little Sussana Little Sussana Little Gone ?fore I ever arrived Q…
Taking On Weight In Hot Springs Taking on weight in Hot Springs Kickin′ up my feet for…
Tennessee Rain Big town, ya bum around Down to a dime Try…
THE ETERNAL Procession moves on, the shouting is over Praise to the glor…
THE KILLING MOON Under blue moon I saw you So soon you'll take me…
The Sun Shines On Jupiter Oh the sun shines on Jupiter all through the day But…
Under The Milky Way Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty Sound of their…
Violet Violet oh violet such a darlin’ child Nothing makes me happ…
Waking Memory Shippin' off to the country Where the tales are tall You'l…
WAVE OF MUTILATION cease to resist, giving my goodbye drive my car into the…
We All Get a Taste Holding on for dear life dodging arrows What a strange elat…
Winterglow Nothing looks pretty as The winter stars a glittering Shinin…
Wish I Knew ain't nobody there to step on the brakes Lit up like…
Yellow Weeds Yellow weeds Yellow weeds I swear that overnight It′s gone t…
You're a Pony You're a pony That's ok I don't need to see you Tied up…