Graylen Spencer Eastwood was born on March 28, 1994 in Los Angeles, California. She is a drummer who is mostly known for being the daughter of musician, Kyle Eastwood and the granddaughter of mega famous actor and director, Clint Eastwood.
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Background
Being the daughter of Kyle Eastwood and his wife, Laura Gomez has given Graylen a hard dose of reality. When she was growing up, she thought that her parents would be together forever. She had a comfortable upbringing because her family was very wealthy. The success of her grandfather, Clint Eastwood made sure that the family would never have to struggle when it came to their finances.
Her world fell apart when her parents divorced for many reasons that were never disclosed to the public. She was the only daughter in the family because her parents did not have any other children before they got divorced. After years of healing, Graylen was finally able to get over the split and found her own path in life.
Famous Musician Father
Graylen’s father, Kyle Eastwood is a bass musician that has played for many American bands. He was born in the year 1968 and he was born to the famous actor and director Clint Eastwood. The name of his mother is Maggie Johnson. He was raised in the city of Carmel By the Sea together with his siblings and parents. He is now among the most searched and successful music personalities because of his own ability and his connection to his famous father. He has a number of fans around the world and they follow his daily updates and touring stories on social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Kyle Eastwood started to become interested in music and in musical instruments from an early age. Since his father was in the film industry and liked the music part of making movies, Clint gave his son the support he needed when he said that he wanted to be the musician and that he wanted to pursue the career of being a musician.
Kyle’s proud parents were happy to learn that their child would like to be a successful musician when he grew up. He liked to listen to the records of Jazz legends as he developed his personal taste for music. He liked to attend the Monterey Jazz Festival whenever he had the chance.
While in high school, he was playing electric bass as he was learning the unique sounds of reggae, R&B tunes, and Motown music. He started to play gigs in Los Angeles and the New York area after learning from famous bassist, Bunny Brunel.
In 1998, Kyle Eastwood was able to release a collection of Jazz records with original compositions like From There to Here which was released under Sony Records. After his debut album, he released another album called Paris Blue. He also sung on the soundtracks for at least eight movies of his father. The movies he worked on were Similarly Invictus, Gran Torino, Changeling, Letters from Iwo Jima, Flags of Our Fathers, Mystic River, and Million Dollar Baby.
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He tried his hand at acting and took up a supporting role for the Honkytonk Man movie. He was nominated together with his partner for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for the Original score of the film in 2006.
When asked how he developed his affection for Jazz, Kyle told the Telegraph UK, “My parents are big music fans. They both love jazz. The first concert I can remember being taken to was Count Basie's Big Band in 1976. The family was always listening to big band jazz like Basie, Duke Ellington and Stan Kenton. I grew up in California and we were very close to the Monterey Jazz Festival. My father has been going since it started in 1958 and it's like an annual family day out for us. He has been on the board for the past decade. I was lucky enough to see live some of titans of jazz: Stan Getz, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Gil Evans and Buddy Rich among them."
There was a strong piano influence in his family but Kyle fell in love with another instrument, "I did start by having piano lessons when I was about six or so and played for a few years. I was about 12 when I began playing a bit of guitar and then took up the double bass when I was 14. I pretty much taught myself at first using my knowledge of guitar. I loved the whole idea of being part of the rhythm of a band. School friends were always keen to have a bass player in their bands."
He has been able to reach to the level he is now through hard working and determination. He is expected to continue to do even better in the future.
Famous Family
Kyle Eastwood is not the only famous person in Graylen’s family. Besides her popular grandfather, her aunt, Alison Eastwood is a versatile and a renowned model and actress.
Most of Alison’s male fans know her from her Playboy photo shoot. Alison decided to do the shoot because it felt okay to her. At the time of the shoot, she was 30 years old and in great shape. She was in prime of my life and felt that there was no better time to do it. She knew that she was not always going to look that way. Instead of looking at it like it was sleazy, she felt that she could use it to her advantage. Before the shoot, she spoke with her agent and worked out a plan on how the shoot could benefit her.
When they were discussing their plans, they grew more confident that they could find positives from doing the shoot. Instead of doing it to help her acting career, she decided to do it to help her clothing line. She felt that many actress already used Playboy to boost their careers so she wanted to go with a different path.
Last Modified: Mar 13, 2020
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