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Gregory Scott Slay
Artist:
GREGORY SCOTT SLAY
Label:
COMMUNICATING VESSELS
Video:
"AND WHEN SHE SPEAKS"
Director:
Kris Daw
Video Add Date:
November 5, 2012
Earlier this year we introduced to you the “Keep It Secret” video from Gregory Scott Slay, which was brought to you posthumously from his album Horsethief Beats / The Sound Will Find You. Upon his untimely passing, Remy Zero drummer Gregory Scott Slay left behind a plethora of fans, friends and family who all mourned his passing in their own personal ways. But as time has passed these same people have also come together to do their part to continue Slay’s legacy and share with the world his innovative songs and creations that he left behind as his final gift.
What makes his music so remarkable is the mere fact that Gregory was aware of his mortality while creating Horsethief Beats / The Sound Will Find You. Throughout the record, voices of Slay’s wife and cooing of his young daughter can be heard, while his own father, HAN Slay, prominent saxophonist, also makes contributions to the record. The album was released with the help of Slay’s close friend and musical confidant of the band Remy Zero, Jeffrey Cain. Within this unique story of life and death, Slay allows us to enter the world of a man battling cystic fibrosis and his incredible ability to squeeze the most of this short life.
Gregory Scott Slay was an Emmy nominated artist and founding member of the well-known rock band, Remy Zero. After Remy Zero’s break-up in 2003, Slay co-wrote and recorded the title theme for the ultra-popular and controversial television series Nip/Tuck, for which earned his Emmy nomination. His best friend Jeffrey Cain aspires to present the world with Slay’s moving and monumental music and he says, “My plan is to keep releasing Gregory's music and videos so that a new underground audience can discover his life's work. I like to think that some kid in a small town watching public access might see this late at night and have their world change.” Without further adieu, Jeffrey Cain and his label Communicating Vessels presents one of Slay’s most profound items of work, “And When She Speaks,” that can be compared to that of a highly influential masterpiece of art.
The video clip is creative and defined, and the scenes speak volumes of the extremities Slay had undergone during the creative process of his art. “And When She Speaks” is a song that echoes psychedelic pastimes that intertwine with melodic and substantial guitar riffs.
