Grant Mickelson is a Nashville, Tennessee, based country, rock and jazz musician who specializes in electric and acoustic guitar. He also sings and plays mandolin.
Grant currently plays lead guitar and sings background vocals for Big Machine Recording artist Taylor Swift, and has been part of her 2007 tours with George Strait, Brad Paisley and Kenny Chesney.
Grant was born and raised in Sioux City, Iowa, where he was active in the local music scene. His passion for the guitar took him to Texas where he majored in Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas. In 2004, he moved to Nashville, where he studied music at Belmont University and began making contacts in the music industry.
In addition to Taylor Swift, Grant has toured with other well-known country performers such as Sara Evans and Carolyn Dawn Johnson and has played lead guitar for Lady Antebellum as well as Damon Smith. Grant's music career has included performances at the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, Canadian Country Music Association Awards and on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Grant's Favorites...
♥My favorite color is black, I also like anything metallic...if that is a color.
♥My favorite food is potatoes. Mashed, baked, french fries, tator tots, whatever...if it's a potato, I LOVE IT!!
♥My favorite bands are VanHalen, U2, and probably Foo Fighters. Any 80s rock is also a fav.
♥My favorite tv shows consist of: Family Guy, Unsolved Mysteries, and ANYTHING on the History Channel. I know...it's boring.
♥I don't really have a favorite sports team. I grew up on the Minnesota Vikings. Then I moved to Dallas and loved the Cowboys. I guess my favorite is whatever team is closest to the city I currently live in.
♥My favorite movies are Anchorman and anything else with Will Farrell, Joe Dirt, and Amadeus.
♥My favorite restaraunts are Cracker Barrel, Macaroni Grill, anything Mexican, and Habachi Grills.
♥I don't have a favorite store, however I DO love to buy clothes.
♥My favorite game used to be Monopoly, it is now Rock Band(that really cool video game).
Who I'd like to meet:
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Hey! I hope this finds you well. There's lots of exciting stuff going on right now! I just wanted to let you know we've got some new songs, and pictures up on my page. Also we're starting to get some air play all across the United States. Stop by my blog section to find the request lines to the stations in your area. Do you think you could help us out by calling the request line and demanding one of our tunes?!? Let me know how things are going with you. I hope all is well! Talk to ya soon! -Jeff"
We are making a fan project for the dear T swift! This project is planned on being a video collage of your footage.
(PICK ONE OR TWO) REQUIREMENTS:: ♥ A video or picture of you with Taylor.
♥ A video of you singing Taylor's song "Tim McGraw." You should either a)use the karaoke track (we can email this to you, just ask), or b)play an instrument as the music. You must sing her lyrics! ♥ A video of you making the heart symbol with your hands.
♥ A video of you holding a sign or just speaking about why you love Taylor.
♥ A video of you wishing Taylor good luck in 2009, or telling us what you hope to see her accomplish in the upcoming year.
Please mail these to TaySwift12@aim.com, with your name, email address, fan site name and URL (if you have one), city, and age.
Anyway, I haven't put all my pics up from CMA Festival yet...but I got a pretty sweet pic of Grant that I took since I was in the photopass line. I'm gonna put it up tomorrow on my page. Feel free to use it on your page if you want :-)
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