Mike Maimone at MY Bar

Come join us at MY BAR KONA for a night of live music with Mike Maimone, coming our way from Southern California! Get ready to groove and have a great time to Mike's original music and a wide range of singalong covers with his unique style. It's going to be a night to remember, so grab your friends and come on out!

Find Mike on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Spotify, Apple Music, and more info here.

Mike Maimone is a piano-playing singer-songwriter from Ohio, now living in Laguna Beach, California. His music and life story are defined by resilience, passion, and authenticity. Jenn White of NPR said, "Maimone adds a little bit of queerness to traditionally straight genres. He plays the blues… reminiscent of Dr. John or Leon Russell."

Mike has averaged over 100 tour dates/year since 2006 as a solo artist, with his trio Mutts, and as a session keyboardist, performing on late night shows, at major festivals, and storied music venues.

In 2023 Maimone played keys with Stevie Wonder in tribute to his late husband, renowned publicist Howard Bragman. He's produced an album and written an accompanying book about love, loss, and healing, coming in 2026.

• Averaged over 100 tour dates/year since 2005 as a solo artist, with his trio Mutts, and as a session keyboardist, including legendary venues like the Fillmore in San Francisco, Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, the Troubador in LA, to the Bowery Ballroom in NYC
• Played Lollapolooza, Riot Fest, Sasquatch!, Forecastle, Summer Camp, and other festivals
• Performed on stage with Stevie Wonder
• 56 independent releases since 2008, including 13 albums, which have sold out of several vinyl and CD pressings
• Toured supporting Plain White T’s, Blues Traveler, OK Go, M**der By Death, opened for Imagine Dragons, Weezer, Blink 182, JD McPherson, and more
• Catalog contains 200 published original songs, including film/TV placements
• 100,000+ followers
• Full-album music video "isolation:001 the movie" featured in several film festivals

“Mike Maimone is a multifaceted and innovative artist whose music defies categorization. Equal parts moody piano man, emotional bartender, and armchair psychologist, he brings an infectious blend of groove, introspection, and atmosphere” - LA Weekly

“Maimone plays the blues, but with a swampy New Orleans-influenced sound reminiscent of Dr. John or Leon Russell. He brings ‘a little queerness to traditionally straight blues-based genres.'” - Jenn White, NPR

“If searching for a shortcut portmanteau to encompass Nashville treasure and impeccable thirst trapper Mike Maimone, you could do worse than “Dr. John Grant,” melding the latter’s erudite social X-rays and queer queries with the former’s boisterous barroom piano promenades.” - Nashville Scene Magazine

“The man has the keyboard style of Fats Waller and Jerry Lee Lewis combined (he punches the keys with violence which make the notes sting, but his speed and ease give those notes a smooth velocity and irresistible swing), and a vocal style that clearly recalls Tom Waits and Warren Zevon… With him bouncing up and down, smacking the keys and growling like a jolly puppet who just lost its strings, it was pretty hard not to get engulfed in all the fun he was having.” - Windy City Times

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