Michael Scott Grimm

MICKEY GRIMM
NEW HARMONY, INDIANA
Michael "Mickey" Scott Grimm, age 65, of New Harmony, Indiana, passed away Saturday, August 9th 2025 of complications following surgery. The musician / drummer was born August 22, 1959 in Evansville, Indiana to the late Sandra "Sandy" Grimm and Robert Grimm. He is survived by his wife, Molly Felder Grimm, child, Grafton Grimm, sister, Kim Grimm Parker and her husband Bob Parker, and multiple nieces and nephews. Mickey also leaves behind extended family and friends from all parts of the globe to cherish his memory.
Mickey began his music career as a performer, arranger, and session player. He moved to Nashville in the 1980s and began a career that lasted over 40 years. He was a renowned drummer, recording artist, and touring musician contributing to many albums and performances throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. In 2009, Mickey set the Guinness World Record for the world's longest drum-roll in efforts to raise money to repair the clock tower in the New Harmony, Indiana Ribeyre Gym. He performed with a wide range of artists and venues including Roy Acuff at the Grand Ole Opry, Bone Pony, Amy Grant, Over the Rhine, Jill Sobule, Stevie Winwood, Dizzy Gillespie, Swan Dive, and countless other performers at venues like Wembley Stadium and Carnegie Hall.
He was known not just as a musician but as a funny, creative, and smart person who was a friend to all and truly one of a kind. Mickey seemed to never meet a stranger and could frequently be found having in-depth conversation with people he had just met. He was a great storyteller and listener with a gift for helping those around him feel like they belonged. Mickey was somehow both incredibly sincere and deeply silly, able to find a way to bring joy and laughter wherever he went. He loved a great many things including: the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, the Andy Griffith TV show, any animal he encountered, history, and Halloween.
While Mickey spent many years in Nashville, Tennessee and Whidbey Island, Washington, he always considered New Harmony as his home town and recently returned there to be near family and friends. Much like the town he loved so dearly, Mickey had great reverence for nature, history, and the arts.
Mickey's family would like to thank the nurses at Deaconess Midtown Hospital for their kindness and care.
Mickey's legacy will live on not only through Molly and Grafton but with all of those who shared a moment of joy with him.
Arrangements are being made to honor him and to celebrate a life well lived. A celebration is set to be held 2 p.m., October 23rd, 2025 at the Roofless Church in New Harmony, Indiana.
In lieu of flowers, please support your local churches, libraries, art museums, and animal shelters.