Singer-songwriter TIM GRIMM releases his new digital single DREAMING OF KING LEAR on April 30, 2021. It is the last song that Tim wrote for his upcoming album GONE and the follow-up of last year’s critically acclaimed single GONE, the most played song on Folk Radio USA in 2020.
Tim Grimm explains Dreaming of King Lear: 2020 saw the loss of not only John Prine (referenced in the new album’s title track ‘Gone’) but also Eric Taylor, Michael Smith and David Olney. These three master songwriters were all inspirations for me, and over the years I hosted them in concerts in Indiana, appeared on stages and festivals with them, and co-toured parts of the states or Europe. These are voices and spirits that were unique and will be sorely missed in the folk music world.
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Each of you were jesters, but none of you were fools
You could sing the world its beauty by breaking all the rules
Those of you that follow you have mountains still to climb
And the path we walk is lonelier but easier this time
Let us go to the banks of the ocean…
If it can happen to you then it can happen to me…
We’re headed for Jerusalem tomorrow…
Michael Smith, Eric Taylor and David Olney
I put this pen to paper, my hands on this guitar
And I think of all the places we’ve been so near and far
And I think of all the stories that no one else could tell
When the lights went down in those holy rooms you could hear it well
Let us go to the banks of the ocean…
If it can happen to you then it can happen to me…
We’re headed for Jerusalem tomorrow…
Michael Smith, Eric Taylor and David Olney
I always thought I’d tell a story with these simple cowboy chords
Then I shared the stage with greatness, I’ll be grateful evermore
All of you were preachers and prophets without fear
Your talismans were bottles, books and dreaming of King Lear
Let us go to the banks of the ocean…
If it can happen to you then it can happen to me…
We’re headed for Jerusalem tomorrow…
Michael Smith, Eric Taylor and David Olney
Written by Tim Grimm – Published by Steel Cabinet Music (BMI) / Admin. in Europe by Cridecoeur Music
TIM GRIMM is a southern Indiana-based folk-Americana singer-songwriter who has recorded a number of albums and songs that have reached the top of the USA Folk Radio and EuroAmericana charts.
#1 Song on Folk radio- 2020 (Gone)
#1 Album (Heart Land Again) & Artist JULY & AUGUST 2019 (Folk radio)
#1 Album (A Stranger in This Time) and Song (Gonna Be Great) on Folk radio- 2017
#1 Song on Folk radio- 2016 (Woody’s Landlord)
#1 Song on Folk radio- 2014 (King of The Folksingers)
Besides having released a dozen albums over the past 20 years, Grimm has worked as an actor in film, theater and television.
Unfortunately Tim Grimm was forced to cancel his 2020 and 2021 European & UK tours due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He plans to return to UK and Europe in April and May 2022. For bookings please contact: bert@cavalier-musicmanagement.com
Tim Grimm’s new album Gone will be released in Europe on September 10, 2021. It’s the first set of newly written Tim Grimm songs since 2017’s critically acclaimed A Stranger In This Time; the album that included the protest song Gonna Be Great