“Cruel Trick” is actually a new song by Grant Lee Phillips. When looking for some facts about Grant, I went to the most relied upon source for information, Wikipedia. Here I found out this:
- Grant-Lee Phillips is a registered member of the Creek Native American tribe (on his mother’s side) and a direct descendant of those who walked the Trail of Tears.
- Phillips is related to Chief John Ross on his father’s side. Paternally he is of both Blackfoot and Cherokee ancestry.
- Phillips has been married for more than 20 years. He became father to Violet Thea Phillips, January 11, 2008.
- Phillips has scored several films and TV shows as well as having a recurring role as the town troubadour on the 2000–2007 TV series Gilmore Girls and its follow-up miniseries in 2016.
- Phillips has a comedic background, having been a cast member in high school of the only professional theater in Stockton, Pollardville.
- Phillips has co-written songs with numerous people, most recently with comedian Margaret Cho. He can be seen featured in her video “Asian Adjacent.” The song was partially inspired by Phillips and Jemaine Clement (of Flight of the Conchords), who is part Māori.
Pretty cool! We are going to start writing some facts about our favorite artists. We want to include you too. Every once in awhile, we will put up an artist’s name and you can write any made up fact about them. I’ll start with an example: Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney started his career in a boy band called “Kitchen Sync” back in the 50’s.