Grady Spencer & the Work, Cody Culberson

Grady Spencer and the Work is blue collar band, making blue collar music, for a blue collar world.

The Work is a band formed and based out of the great city of Fort Worth, Texas. Songwriter Grady Spencer met and befriended guitarist Trevor Powell and drummer Blake Sager on the stage of Paradox Church, under the marble angels of Bass Hall. After an absence of a steady bassist developed into an issue, Grady took to the dank underbelly of the Craigslist musician forums. It was there he found seasoned veteran Steve Moore lurking in the shadows, vintage bass in hand.
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Grady Spencer and the Work meld together the grit of the old-time blues with the blood-red soil of classic country to forge a well-worn hammer of modern music. Their high energy shows keep people thirsty, rowdy, and always ready for more. The Work, from time to time, can be found riding around in what has been deemed "Jean-Claude Van Dam", an iconic and stately Econovan, to criss and cross all over the Southern United States. Their shows have been described as "unmissable" by more than one late night drinker...and they always know everything about everything.


I was born in Fort Worth, Texas on the east side of town where the railroads wind and the neighborhoods are sleepier than their western counterparts. Music was stitched into my upbringing early on, with one of my earliest memories being a passenger with my grandfather in his 1980 Ford F-150 (the truck that I would later call my own), listening to washed up country singers moan about heartbreak and hangovers while the cracked vinyl seats pinched the backs of my legs. As the scent of dipped Skoal snuff hung in the air like a dying balloon, I remember watching my grandfather sing along, hitting each nuance in every verse and chorus as if he wrote the song himself.

"Back in El Paso my life would be worthless.
Everything's gone in life; nothing is left.
It's been so long since I've seen the young maiden
My love is stronger than my fear of death"
-Marty Robbins, "El Paso"

In a sense, I'm still in the gray pickup; fascinated with the art of story, and how the story etches itself into peoples' lives, creating a sense of community and belonging to anyone that lends an ear. I am beyond humbled that you've decided to spend some of your time here, and I am looking forward to seeing you at the next show.