A Magical Musical Night with Tim Grimm March 9, 2013

Artist: Tim Grimm
Time: 8:00 PM
Date: Saturday, March 9, 2013
Location: Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Road, Rochester NY
Cost: $17 advance, $20 at the door
Contact: Ralph Hunt or Judy Gradford
Phone: (585) 328-3103
Heartland URL: www.heartlandconcerts.org
Artist URL: http://www.timgrimm.com

Tim Grimm has toured and recorded with his friend, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, appeared with Harrison Ford in the film Clear and Present Danger, and has shared the stage with writer and poet Wendell Berry. His recording, The Back Fields was named Best Americana Album in the 2006 Just Plain Folks Music Awards in Los Angeles (the largest and most diverse music awards in the world).

Named 2000’s “BEST DISCOVERY in Roots/Americana Music” by The Chicago Sun-Times, and “2004 MALE ARTIST of The Year” by the Freeform American Roots DJs, his songs and performances have established him as a unique voice in Americana music. Grimm walks the fine line between folk and country, while maintaining a strong footing in tradition. We hear the rural rumblings that have shaped his life, but we are also invited in to a bigger picture, as evident in so much of his work.

Critics searching for comparisons most often cite Johnny Cash, Woody Guthrie and (Nebraska era) Bruce Springsteen. Tim is an award-winning songwriter, and actor on stage and screen . After several years working in Los Angeles (where he co-starred for 2 seasons on the NBC drama Reasonable Doubts and appeared in several films), Tim returned home to Indiana. He grew up in the woods and small town settings of southern Indiana, son of schoolteachers and grandson of farmers, and his return home was a conscious choice to live a life of significance rather than one of “success’.

He now lives with his wife and sons on an 80 acre farm close to where he grew up. Tim’s songs are full of the rural rumblings that have shaped his life - vrich with descriptive details, and sung with warmth and intimacy - recognizing the inextinguishable national romance with the idea of the family farm and the vanishing landscape of rural America.