Julee has a degree in French Horn from Drake University and has played
with a number of symphony orchestras.
In the 1990s, she was a touring member of The B-52s, filling in for Cindy Wilson.
Cruise's delicate vocals provided a dreamy and eerie counterpoint to the lush orchestrations of Angelo Badalamenti, the composer who was a chief collaborator of film director David Lynch.
Her husband, Edward Grinnan, is editor-in-chief of Guideposts
Magazine.