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Contact: Marcia Bunge
Genesis Marketing Group
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National Singing Sensation Michael Grimm to Host Meet & Greet
For Young Fans at Pier House in Diamondhead

Hancock County – July 30, 2010 – National singing sensation and Waveland native, Michael Grimm, will host a Meet & Greet at the Pier House Restaurant in Diamondhead on Saturday, August 14 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. ONLY. The Pier House Meet & Greet is for fans 20 years of age and younger. Children must be accompanied by an adult or older child. Grimm, who will be available for photos and autographs, will not perform at the Pier House Restaurant.

However, Grimm will perform, August 13 and 14, at Silver Slipper Casino, with two FREE shows at 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m., nightly, at The Original Stage Bar for fans 21 years of age and older. Grimm’s CDs and other merchandise will be available for purchase at both the Pier House appearance and during the performances at Silver Slipper Casino.

Grimm, who taught himself to play guitar and write music at an early age, was named the Christian Country Music Association’s “Star of Tomorrow” at the age of 16 for his hit song, “John Wayne and Jesus”. He was presented the award in 1997 at the Ryman Auditorium, the home of the “Grand Ole Opry” which was recently damaged by the floods in Nashville.

At the age of 5, Grimm began attending his Grandparents’ church where his Grandmother played the piano and his Great Grandfather preached. It was there that Grimm turned to Christian Music and later combining it with the Country Music that his Grandparents loved.

When Grimm was 12 years old, his Grandmother recognized his talent and soon began taking him around to the bars throughout Southern Mississippi where he performed the music of country favorites like George Jones, Travis Tritt and more. It was then that Grimm’s career began to take off, and at the age of 16, signed his first recording contract and headed to Nashville.

But things didn’t work out in Nashville as he expected and Grimm soon returned home to South Mississippi. It was during the two years that followed that Grimm began performing Country Music, again, and soon discovered Soul Music and the Blues. Once he heard such greats as Otis Redding, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, he never looked back. The music felt so natural that Grimm quickly became a soul artist without even realizing it.

In 2000, Grimm was performing Soul on the Mississippi Gulf Coast when some people from Las Vegas heard him perform and were impressed. He soon moved to Vegas, made several albums, and now performs at venues throughout Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, with headliners such as Heart, Tom Petty, BB King, the Doobie Brothers and others. Grimm also performs regularly at Mandalay’s House of Blues in Vegas.