The Grey A

In the outskirts of Dallas Texas, Grey Jacks was born. He was playing the piano and ukulele at a young age. Home schooled by his mother, a former Dallas school teacher, his musical interests were encouraged from the start. Middle school introduced brass instruments and in high school bass and guitar joined the mix, which soon led to songwriting.

College began studying singing at a Virginia music school and ended in the heart of Middle Tennessee, where in a matter of months Jacks began slinging lead guitar and keys with the indie-rock powerhouse Glossary, joining them on their 2nd, 3rd and 4th albums. The band toured throughout half the country, including sets at SXSW and CMJ.

Grey moved into Washington, DC in early 2009, it wasn't long before writing began, fueled by the freedom from Music City and the climate of the Capital city. In 2014 his DC band released their debut full length My Country.

The albums sound is full of talented Nashville players with the main band comprised of Matt Moody (By Lightning, Hands Down Eugene), D. Patrick Rodgers (And The Relatives), William Tyler (Lambchop, The Silver Jews), and Mr Jimmy Matt Roland (Caitlin Rose, Bobby Bare Jr, Glossary). With strings by Larissa Maestro and Eleonore Denig of the band Poly, haunting vocals by Serai Zaffiro and siblings Jordan & Alex Caress (Little Bandit), and tinged with horns by the Nashville Brass, you arrive at a sound that is both warm and brilliant.

The project was dubbed the Grey A, a clinical term used to describe those who identify as neutral or asexual. The narrative voice Grey writes in attempts to remain in a neutral space and the album, "My Country", includes lyrical content touching on issues from science to sin, telling of a world with rigged election systems, income inequality, and cascading climate change.

My Country was released September 2nd, 2014 to positive reviews from No Depression and NPR. The DC based band, which features Alyson Cina on drums and Howard Rabach on bass, is performing now around the US of A with the album available online and for sale on this site.

In 2019 the Grey finished recording their sophomore album d8 Ur L'ders and will be releasing the record and first single "I Can't Wait' in early 2020.