Grant Maloy Smith (born August 28, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and former businessman from Jacksonville, Florida.

The family moved to California in 1991, and Smith joined the Songwriters Guild of America, attending song pitching meetings at their Hollywood offices.

[citation needed] After returning to Rhode Island in 1995, Smith began scoring indie films, including "Code Of Ethics" starring Melissa Leo, an Academy Award-winning actress.

[13] At the end of 2014, Smith was invited by New York producer Perry Margouleff to travel to England and assist him in several shows that singer Paul Rodgers (Bad Company, Free) was doing at the Royal Albert Hall.

[1][14] In 2015, Smith was asked to narrate a song on a spoken word album that was being produced by Hawaiian-based DJ Cindy Paulos, called Arise Above Abuse: Artists Speak Out for Women.

[15] He also provided the music for this track and contributed an original song about the kidnapping of women and girls in Africa called "She Would Not Bow Her Head."

[16] His next album, "Dust Bowl - American Stories,"[17][18] was released on Suburban Cowboy Records in 2017 and features bassist William Wittman of Cyndi Lauper, and drummer Skoota Warner, as well as keyboardist Tommy Mandel, formerly of Bryan Adams and Dire Straits,[citation needed] who performed on the basic tracks of the album.

[22] He also performed the entire album for the Bakersfield High School on January 17, 2018,[23] and at the Centennial Rodeo Opry in Oklahoma City in August 2017.

[35] In April 2018, Smith performed on Song Of The Mountains,[36][37] which is recorded before a live audience and also syndicated on PBS television[38] throughout North America.

[45] The Indie Collaborative, a community of independent musicians and industry professionals, was co-founded by Smith and Eileen Bluestone Sherman.