Thomas Dean Grady (Tommy Dean) ''The greatest songwriter in Seattle Washington''- '' Baby Gramps" Tommy was born In Reno Nevada and raised in Napavine, Tacoma and Seattle Washington. At the age of just 5 years old when on a trip to Memphis, TN with his parents, Tommy began singing old Hank Williams songs acapella on the street when none other than Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash came strolling by and stopped in awe. Johnny cited Tommy as his inspiration for his next auto-biography, which came out later that year. "This book is dedicated to the young Tom Grady" (Grady is Tommy's last name. He goes by his middle name Dean for performing). Tommy began playing guitar after his father bought one for him at the Midway Swap meet in 1992 in Federal Way Washington for 20 dollars. He taught himself piano after west coast "blues-man '' Rick Horn'' personally delivered one to his childhood home as a gift at age 9. It didn’t take long before Tommy began performing live music. At just 12 years old he played at both The Bethany United Methodist Church and Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Tacoma Washington. In 1999 he took 1st place at the talent show at The Supermall and appeared on PAX television network. He performed live on the World Famous Louisville Star riverboat on the Ohio River in 1999. Tommy began performing in Downtown Seattle full time in 2005 working his way from a virtually unknown troubadour into local celebrity status and subsequently has traveled the west coast extensively. First touring and performing with his high-school Rock-A-Billy band ''The Dropouts'', then solo acoustic all up and down the west coast and the southern United States. He has had documentaries made about him and song placement in two films. He has toured nationally with Baby Gramps and has opened for P.F. Sloan and Bobby Bare, both at their personal invitation. He also shared the stage with Big Brother and the Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service and ''Red Kelley (Frank Sinatra's Bassist). Tommy has done extensive radio show interviews and live on-air sets on independent radio stations up and down the west coast including, KAOS, Olympia, KEXP, Seattle and K-Boo, Portland, OR, to name just a few. He has had the honor of performing at The Washington State History Museum's official grand opening art exposition, The Northwest Film Forum, The Puyallup Blues Festival, The Orting Old Soldiers Home, The Sumner Police Department as well as on opening night of the Woody Guthrie Art Exposition, The SAM (Seattle Art Museum). One performance that particularly touched his heart was played on November 2, 2012 at The African American Heritage Museum in Louisville Kentucky. He has graced the stages of the The Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, CA, The Puyallup fairgrounds, The Daffodil Parade, The Blue Moon Tavern, The U-District Multi Cultural Center, as well as the annual U-District Street Fair, The Jewelbox Theatre, The Rendezvous, Café Racer, Tim's Tavern, The Sunset Tavern, The Grand Sierra Hotel in Reno, NV and countless farmer’s markets, dusty coffeehouses, roadhouses and open fields along the way. Tommy has recorded at Seattle's legendary studio, Bad Animals. It was there that he recorded a Ron Davies cover song “Please Prez” as a contribution to a CD project in which all proceeds went to support the MusicCares Foundation. While at Bad Animals, Tommy also recorded an EP titled “Introducing Tommy Dean”. Tommy continues to regularly play MusicCares benefit shows, as well as other charitable foundation events, such as the Woody Guthrie Foundation. Tommy has also been featured and promoted largely in various newspapers and publications such as The Seattle Times, No Depression magazine, The Seattle P.I and The Tacoma News Tribune and has made Television appearances on Channel 4 ABC News and KING 5 NBC News, as well as on KIRO 7 CBS news. He is now a Western Washington Regional Name with an official Album Release Coming out summer 2016.