Jerome Grey
| Jerome Grey | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Musician |
| Spouse(s) | Emily |
| Children | Tini, Sisa, Ana, Taumata and Julie |
| Parent(s) | Fa'anana Henry Grey and Toeasonaimoamoa Christina Grey |
Jerome Grey is a popular singer based in Costa Mesa, California and also the writer of the unofficial national anthem "We Are Samoa" [1]
Biographical
Jerome Grey is a veteran musician based in California. The song he wrote, "We are Samoa" proved to be highly popular and became an unofficial national anthem for the country. Among the musicians he has worked with are Samoa Three, Duke Viena and Harry Sinapi, touring the West Coast, Alaska, Las Vegas, Reno, Lake Tahoe lounges under the management of Jim Slemons and George Soares and Associates in Hollywood. The Ava Band, Harry Miller and Aleki Fuimaono. Pierre Clemens owner of Rendevouz Recordings and keyboardist for eight of his recordings in Hawaii, including Denny Hemmingson, the steel guitarist and studio musician who is now currently working for a big name country star in Nashville.
He has released recordings on the Hibiscus Recordsbased in New Zealand. His first recording as a single was Olaga O Samoa.
Samoa three the group he started in 1971 was a popular trio who played contemporary, oldies, ballads like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis and were best known for their versatility in cultural songs, from Spanish to Latin, Hawaiian, Tahitian, Fijian. and raised the house with his rendition of the Havana Gila. Jeromes passion was country. He loved the humour, the way they told their stories about simple everyday life with a yahoo and twang. That's why he enoyed singing Johnny Cash, George Strait, Kenny Rogers and Glenn Campbell he was right at home with their music. As traveling musicians only in their twenties and getting use to the life away from home, there was still a lot of music to learn as well as life itself.
With two children and his wife he returned to Samoa to help with his father in-laws restaurant, Soli's and there he decided to do a recording of island songs.
The Ava band LP was released on Bluewater Records and was produced by Frank Day and executive producer Tom Moffatt. They recorded two albums in Hawaii and Hollywood at Conway Records owned by recording artist Helen Reddy who was a personal friend of Frank Day the Producer.
He currently leads The Jerome Grey Trio.[2]
His son Tini Grey is also a musician.[3]
Releases
45 RPM EP
- Jerome Grey at the Intercontinental, Songs of Samoa – Hisbiscus Records HE.6
Albums
- We Are Samoa – Jerome Grey Productions / Reminisce Music Publishing (1980)[4]
- Footprints (compact disc)
- Coconut Woman – - Jerome Grey Productions / Reminisce Music Publishing (1989)
The Ava Band
33 RPM LP
- Ava – Bluewater Records- STP 633
Links
References
- ↑ http://www.samoa.co.uk Samoan Sensation Wednesday 25th March – Samoa – Upolu
- ↑ wsamoa.ws Jerome Grey Trio Slated to Release Their Debut Album
- ↑ Tini Gray Website About Tini Grey
- ↑ Island Beats Jerome Grey We Are Samoa