Cherryholmes was an American bluegrass band from Los Angeles, California, made up of six members of the Cherryholmes family: father Jere (Pop), mother Sandy Lee, daughters Cia Leigh and Molly Kate, and sons B.J. and Skip.
Shelly, the twenty-year-old daughter of Jere and Sandy Lee, died unexpectedly in March 1999. In of that year. In April Jere and Sandy Lee took the family to a local bluegrass festival, after which they and their children started learning to play bluegrass music. Jere already played electric bass and acoustic guitar. Sandy played many instruments including guitar, piano, and some fiddle and mandolin. Cia, 15, began learning guitar. B.J., 11, and Molly, 7, began the fiddle. Skip, 9, began the mandolin. Jere switched to upright bass and Sandy took the mandolin.
They began playing in April; in July they auditioned, and were hired, for their first gig at Oak Tree Village, Oak Glen in the San Bernardino Mountains. From then they played regularly a amateurs at bluegrass venues and festivals throughout Southern California and Arizona.
There are so many things I have done
Dishonest gain from the skill of my tongue
If you're unwise enough to trust me then you will be deceived
You never should believe, you'll only be deceived
I have taken things that weren't mine to take
And I have broken things I cannot unbreak
And I have lied about my lust and said passion was to blame
But it hurt him just the same, he is hurting just the same
I've been the believer and I was the deceived
Now I am the deceiver, the believer believes in me
And there's no reason why
I am a weaver of lies
Man has always been so very naive
A wooden horse or a fruit on a tree
They only really see the things that they want themselves to see
They let themselves believe
'Cause they'd rather be deceived
(bridge)
Words can soothe your head
When fear leaves you for dead
The truth is often so unkind
And that may be why
I am a weaver of lies