Kevin Grissom - Renfro Valley Entertainer

Following in his father’s footsteps, Kevin Grissom began playing music at the age of 11. When he was in the 6th grade, he remembers his very first performance at a talent show in front of the entire school. He played the acoustic guitar and sang the old song "My Last Old Dollar’s Done Gone." When Kevin finished the song, he said, "I will never forget the sound of the applause that my fellow classmates made and how good it made me feel that someone enjoyed what I was doing." He knew right then and there, that he would always play music!

Kevin began playing banjo at the age of 12. He enjoyed listening to Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Monroe and others, and traveled to numerous Bluegrass festivals around the country. During his teenage years, he learned to play the fiddle, which was the instrument of his father.

When Kevin was 21, his father was playing a square dance in Red Bowling Springs, Tennessee. Kevin would go with him and loved to hear the beautiful sound of a Steel Guitar. He said to himself, "That’s the instrument for me! That’s the one I want to learn!" At the time, Ricky Skaggs and his bluegrassy country music was taking over the radio, mixing the steel guitar with the fiddle and banjo and that was right down his alley!

For about 5 years during his musical career, Kevin was on the road with various bands, playing 5 and 6 nights a week. He's played with groups opening shows for George Jones, Marie Osmond, Exile, David Allen Coe, Gene Watson, Leon Russell, and Kitty Wells—just to name a few! Kevin also performed on stage with several well-known artists, which include Ronnie McDowell, Lorrie Morgan, Doug Stone, T. Graham Brown, Eddie Raven, Helen Cornelius, Scotty Moore, D.J. Fontana, and The Jordanaires!

Kevin Grissom, an accomplished musician, adds his many talents to the Renfro Valley band in 2010. Kevin said, “When a staff musician’s job became available, I was lucky enough to be the one to fill the position and I am honored to be part of the Renfro Valley Family!”