The Grey Album - Grey Delise

Grey DeLisle turns out songs the way Stephen King turns out novels - Prolific doesn't even begin to cut it.

So 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.

The songs were coming so fast that she decided to start recording them with her longtime creative partner Murry Hammond of Old 97's, with whom she has collaborated for over two decades on countless musical projects.

DeLisle kept on writing more and more songs, and meeting more and more artists with whom she just had to collaborate. At a dinner party she happened to be seated next to the Runaways' Cherie Currie,and this is the kind of serendipity that seems to follow Grey DeLisle everywhere she goes. Stephen McCarthy (Long Ryders, Jayhawks) came on board, and Marvin Etzioni lent his song Convince Me originally written for Roy Orbison before his sudden death in 1988.

DeLisle took all of these threads over the course of five years to finally bring together the tapestry of The Grey Album. 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.

1. Hello I'm Lonesome
2. Who to Love
3. A Coastal Town
4. Reach for the Sky
5. Mi Vida
6. Tomorrow (Without You)
7. Sister Shook
8. Daddy Can You Fix a Broken Heart
9. Forty Something Runaway
10. A Promise I Can't Keep
11. Didn't We Try
12. Convince Me
13. I'm a Wreck
14. Don't Let Go of My Hand
15. I Can't Be Kind
16. My Darling Vivian
17. The Last Last Time
18. House on Fire
19. Take Me Dancing Again
20. Red Dress