Aside from playing everyone’s favorite musically-inclined bartender on The CW’s One Tree Hill, Mike Grubbs is also the frontman of Brooklyn chamber pop outfit Wakey!Wakey! in real life. The band released their extraordinary sophomore LP, Almost Everything I Wish I’d Said the Last Time I Saw You, earlier this month via Family Records/Timber St., and to celebrate Grubbs is taking to Facebook to do live performances for his fans every other Monday following the show.

Starting this Monday, 2/15, at 9:30PM, Grubbs will appear live on Facebook via USTREAM to perform a few songs, with fans being able to chat about the performance while they watch. All they need to do to be able to view these exclusive shows is to become a fan of Wakey!Wakey! on Facebook.

Become a fan of Wakey!Wakey! on Facebook to watch live performances starting 2/15:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/WakeyWakey/20283793584

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Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Michael Grubbs and his band Wakey!Wakey! released their impressive sophomore LP, Almost Everything I Wish I’d Said the Last Time I Saw You, today, and fans can listen to it in its entirety all week on CBS’s Street Date.  The album is rife with bouncy pop melodies and moving ballads, all anchored together by Grubbs’ classically-trained piano playing and powerful tenor vocals. 

The Family Records/Timber St. artist plays bartender Grubbs on The CW’s hit show One Tree Hill, which kicked off the 2010 leg of its seventh season last night.  Grubbs’ character on the show shares more than the same name with the man himself; he’s a struggling musician who tends bar so he can pay the bills.  There are a lot more exciting developments for Grubbs the character (and perhaps Grubbs the man) in the coming weeks, so fans should tune in to The CW every Monday to catch the latest.

Wakey!Wakey! also premiered the single “Twenty Two” on AOL Spinner last week, and this week AOL Music is hosting Almost Everything… on their Full CD Listening Party.  And check out the official Apple iPad promo spot here, where Wakey! track “Almost Everything” comes in at the 5:10 mark.

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Wakey!Wakey!’s breakout LP, Almost Everything I Wish I’d Said the Last Time I Saw You, may not hit stores until next week, but the band debuted their catchy new single, “Twenty-Two,” on AOL Spinner yesterday.  The Almost Everything… standout, like the album, is full of lush chamber pop melodies courtesy of bandleader Mike Grubbs, who One Tree Hill fans will recognize as the multi-talented bartender at the show’s music venue, The TRIC.  When Grubbs isn’t filming The CW’s OTH, he’s offering Grammy predictions to CBS – no, really!  He also had a part in another huge web premiere yesterday – check out the official Apple iPad promo spot here, where Wakey!Wakey!’s “Almost Everything” comes in at the 5:10 mark!

The “Twenty-Two” single is now available on iTunes, with “Almost Everything” as its b-side.  Purchase the pair of buzz-worthy tracks here.

Listen to “Twenty-Two” on AOL Spinner:
http://bit.ly/dqHD0W

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New York based singer-songwriter Mike Grubbs, aka. Wakey!Wakey!, performed his moving piano-driven single “Brooklyn,” on The CW’s hit show One Tree Hill on Monday night.  Grubbs is no stranger to the show, having had his song “War Sweater” featured during last season’s finale. The season capping usage was so well-received that the OTH writers decided to invite Grubbs to join the cast. Earlier this season, he was introduced to the universe of the show (under his own name, no less!) as the new bartender at the show’s famed music venue, The TRIC. In this week’s episode, Grubbs sat down at the piano in the deserted TRIC and played “Brooklyn” in its entirety.  With his character having just been “outed” as a musician, we’re hoping that some exciting storyline developments may be in the works for the remainder of the season, à la Kate Voegele.  (The pop sensation took a similar route in 2008, playing the character “Mia” on the show, which in turn launched her career.)  We’ll just have to keep tuning in on Monday nights to find out what’s in store for Grubbs!

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