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MIKE MAIMONE
October 29 at 7:00pm. Doors open at 5:30pm. Event will be outside, dress accordingly.
Spend a night with MIKE MAIMONE outside, under the desert stars at Oscar’s Palm Springs.
Of Maimone’s raucous performances, The Windy City Times said, “The man has the keyboard style of Fats Waller and Jerry Lee Lewis combined (he punches the keys with violence which make the notes sting, but his speed and ease give those notes a smooth velocity and irresistible swing), and a vocal style that clearly recalls Tom Waits and Warren Zevon… With him bouncing up and down, smacking the keys and growling like a jolly puppet who just lost its strings, it was pretty hard not to get engulfed in all the fun he was having.”
Relocating to Nashville in January 2020, he moved characteristically fast. He took his keyboard-stomping, howling vocals, and piano chops to songwriter rounds and showcases every night. By February he was named a Lightning 100 FM Local Artist of the Week.
When COVID put an end to his auspicious start as a Nashville performer, Maimone switched gears, creating a visual album in his home studio. “isolation:001:the movie,” was accepted to multiple film festivals, including a very special live performance at Hobnobben Film Fest.
As live music came back, Maimone released “Broke, Not Broken” on June 18, 2021 (he had recorded it with his band in Chicago pre-pandemic).
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Career Highlights
- Played Lollapolooza, Riot Fest, Sasquatch!, and other major festivals
- Toured supporting Plain White T’s, Blues Traveler, OK Go, Murder By Death, opened for Imagine Dragons, Weezer, Blink 182, JD McPherson, and more
- Performed on stage with Stevie Wonder
- 80,000+ followers across socials and newsletter
- Averaged over 100 tour dates/year, including every House of Blues and legendary venues such as the Fillmore in San Francisco, Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, the Troubador in LA, and the Bowery Ballroom in NYC
- 56 independent releases since 2008, including 13 albums, which have sold out of several vinyl pressings
- Catalog of over 150 published original songs, including several film/TV placements
