Steve Grand (musician)

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Steve Grand

Steve Grand (* 1990 in Chicago, Illinois , USA ) is an American country singer . The self-funded video for his debut song All American Boy received more than a million views on YouTube within a week in July 2013 .

life and career

Grand started writing his own songs at the age of 11. He first realized he was homosexual at the age of 13 and struggled to reconcile his sexuality with his parents' Catholic upbringing. His parents then sent him to a five year long conversion therapy , which was supposed to "cure" him of his homosexuality. After Grand graduated from Lemont High School , he moved to Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee for a year before returning to Chicago.

Prior to his career as a singer, Grand worked as a model under the stage name Steve Chatham. He also released several cover songs under the stage name Steve Starchild.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Schonfeld, Zach: We Should Stop Calling Steve Grand the First Openly Gay Male Country Star . The Atlantic . July 10, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b Lennox, Michael Cidoni: Steve Grand's 'All-American Boy' Becomes A Gay-Themed Country Music Hit On YouTube . Huffington Post . July 8, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ {{{last}}}. Interview by Roz and Mocha. All-American Boy 'Becomes A Gay Themed Country Music Hit On YouTube . Roz and Mocha Show. Kiss 92.5. July 11, 2013. July 11, 2013.
  4. ↑ a b Louis Virtel The Backlot Interview: "All-American Boy" Steve Grand July 8, 2013
  5. ↑ Our First Country Gay Music Video: Steve Grand - All American Boy . The Center Orlando. July 5, 2013. Archived from the original on July 10, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 8, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thecenterorlando.org
personal data
SURNAME Grand, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Starchild, Steve; Chatham, Steve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago, Illinois , USA