Michael Grimm brings his gravelly, soul-soaked voice to the Piazza Lounge, the casual bar just off the Tuscany's main entrance where drinks are cheap and the stage sits close enough to feel every bent guitar string. Grimm made his name as a singer who can growl through a blues number one minute and turn tender on a soul ballad the next, backing it all up with his own guitar work rather than leaning on a band to carry him.
Expect a set built around classic blues and soul influences filtered through Grimm's own songwriting, the kind of raspy, lived-in delivery that made him a breakout talent years back. The lounge setting keeps things low-key and unpretentious, a nonsmoking room where the focus stays on the music rather than production or spectacle, and where a cocktail in hand and a stool near the stage is about as involved as the night gets.