Luke Grimes has a country album on the way.
The ‘Yellowstone’ and ‘Fifty Shades’ actor – who plays Kayce Dutton in the Emmy-nominated neo-Western drama series and Elliot Grey in the blockbuster erotic trilogy, respectively – is never without his beloved guitar and is constantly playing even when he’s not working on a record.
Luke, 38, told Country Living: โThe first place I moved after Ohio was New York City. Having a drum set in New York is impossibleโyour neighbors would kill youโso I got a guitar and started teaching myself chords.
Itโs been a part of my life ever since. If I have an acting gig, I always have a guitar. And not just because Iโm working on an album.
Itโs always been a little buddy that I can take around anywhere. Itโs somewhere to put some of that energy when youโre in a new place and donโt know what else to do.โ
It was his pastor father who got the ‘American Sniper’ star into country music.
He said of his childhood musical influences: โChurch music was the first music in my life. My dad was a pastor, and I was at church three days a week. I was the church drummer starting at age nine.
“From there, my dad listened to Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggardโall of those old-school outlaw country guys.
We would always play that on boysโ trips. Itโs what got me into country music.โ
Luke used to be the drummer of the alt-country band Mitchells Folly, and he’s set his sights on returning to his roots.
He previously said: โI think it would be weird if Kayce started singing.
โBut here pretty soon, youโll see Luke singing.โ (MusicNews)