Grady Champion "Back In Mississippi Live"
  • Intro
  • I'm Ready
  • Baby What You Want Me To Do / Bright Lights
  • You Got Some Explaining To Do
  • 1-800-Blu-Love
  • Policeman Blues
  • Spoonful
  • Lonesome Bedroom Blues
  • Love and Memories
  • Why I Sing The Blues
  • Wine and Women
  • Brother, Brother
  • I'm Yours
  • Blues On Christmas
  • Intro
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (00:31) [1.19 MB]
  • I'm Ready
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (03:52) [8.86 MB]
  • Baby What You Want Me To Do / Bright Lights
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (06:25) [14.7 MB]
  • You Got Some Explaining To Do
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (04:20) [9.91 MB]
  • 1-800-Blu-Love
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (04:42) [10.77 MB]
  • Policeman Blues
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (04:13) [9.65 MB]
  • Spoonful
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (06:59) [15.99 MB]
  • Lonesome Bedroom Blues
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (07:50) [17.94 MB]
  • Love and Memories
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (06:00) [13.73 MB]
  • Why I Sing The Blues
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (05:57) [13.64 MB]
  • Wine and Women
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (05:48) [13.26 MB]
  • Brother, Brother
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (04:54) [11.21 MB]
  • I'm Yours
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (04:10) [9.55 MB]
  • Blues On Christmas
    Genre: Christmas Novelty
    MP3 (05:38) [12.88 MB]
Biography
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Guitarist, singer, harmonica player and songwriter Grady Champion released two very impressive recordings in 1999 and 2001 for Shanachie Records. Both his debut, “Payin’ For My Sins” and “2 Days Short of a Week” put Champion on the national touring blues map and helped launch his career beyond the boundaries of his native Jackson, Mississippi. His latest release, “Back In Mississippi, Live at the 930 Blues Cafe,” released internationally on the Earwig Music Company label, has received widespread radio airplay and many enthusiastic reviews.

Champion was the youngest of his father’s 28 children, and he grew up in rural Canton, outside of Jackson. Raised on a farm, hard work became a way of life for Champion. Like so many other blues performers, he joined his church choir as an eight-year old and began singing gospel. Then at 15, his mother moved the family to Miami, Florida, where he attended high school for a year before heading back home to Mississippi for his senior year.

After he was graduated, he returned to Florida where he tried boxing, being a radio DJ and several other occupations before he settled into his career as a performer. He recorded and released his own album, “Goin’ Back Home,” in 1998 and began drawing ever-larger crowds to Florida blues clubs before catching the attention of Shanachie Records executives, who signed him.

Champion has not been afraid to speak his mind on his two releases for Shanachie, and he writes from personal experience with social commentary songs like “Policeman Blues” [about racial profiling] and “Children of the Corn,” a song about the rising tide of youth violence.

From the inception of his relatively recent career as a blues performer, Champion has sought to tackle new lyrical themes with his original compositions. As a triple threat harmonica player, guitarist and songwriter, he accomplishes that in grand style on both “Payin’ For My Sins” and “2 Days Short of a Week.” Champion, along with young innovators like Shemekia Copeland and Shawn Pittman, is one of the brighter beacons when we talk about the future of blues music.

In January 2010, Grady won the 26th International Blues Challenge beating out 110 bands from around the world. As a result, Grady has been booked on high profile festivals and events, including the Chicago Blues Festival, and the Ultimate Rhythm & Blues Cruise.
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  • Members:
    Grady Champion, Eddie Cotton Jr.
  • Sounds Like:
    Soulful Mississippi Blues
  • Influences:
    BB King, Luther Allison, Sonny Boy Williamson
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    11/11/11
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