February 27, 2010 3-GENERATIONS of the Blues @ 930 Blues Café & King Edward Grammy Award winner, Honeyboy Edwards and King Edward, joined Grady Champion on stage at the 930 Blues Café for one night; it was live history. The threesome turned it out. The 930 couldn’t have held another body last night; the place was packed wall-to-wall and even in the stairway. Grady Champion is the 2010 International Blues Challenge winner and if you were at the 930 Friday night, February 26, 2010 you now know why he won. Grady brought down the house with his showmanship and raw talent. This harmonica player is great and his show demonstrated just how adept he is at working the crowd and pleasing his audience with great tunes. Grady had quite a few sing-along songs last night where the crowd just took over.
February 25, 2010 The Mississippi State Senate will present Grady Champion a Resolution and dedicated February 25, 2010 as Grady Champion Day in the state of Mississippi.
February 15, 2010 Grady Champion International Blues Challenge (IBC) Winner Endorses Lone Wolf Blues Company Products The 2010 International Blues Challenge winner and harmonica specialist, has agreed to endorse Lone Wolf Blues Company's effect pedals for the blues harmonica. Grady says, "I want to incorporate Lone Wolf products to enhance and keep current on the latest equipment inside the industry." To hear the Grady Champion sound with the Lone Wolf effect pedals catch him as he begins to utilize the Lone Wolf effect pedals on the IBC gigs. View the Lone Wolf effect Pedals at www.lwharpamps.com February 2, 2010 Dr. William Truly presented Grady Champion a Proclamation and the key to the City of Canton. February 3, 2010 will be recognized as Grady Champion Day in the city of Canton. January 25, 2010 The International Blues Challenge was held in Memphis and Mississippi was well represented in all categories winning 1st place in the band competition and coming in 2nd in the solo/duo competition. Canton, Mississippi native Grady Champion put on the show of a lifetime singing all original songs.
The 26th Annual International Blues Challenge finals were held at the Orpheum Theater in Memphis and Grady Champion walked off with all the honors winning first place on Saturday in downtown Memphis.
This years’ IBC had 224 bands participating to win in this years’ most coveted blues event. The four day event included numerous venues.
Please contact Brinda Willis (601-398-0850 ) for more information. Visit http://www.blues.org/ for photos and more details about the IBC competition.
GRADY CHAMPION - IBC WINNER BEST BLUES BAND The finals of The Blues Foundation’s 26th Annual International Blues Challenge was held on January 23rd at The Orpheum Theater in Memphis, Tennessee. In front of an enthusiastic, packed house, Grady Champion and his band took top honors in the Blues Band category, beating out some 110 other bands from around the world. Sponsored by the Mississippi Delta Blues Society of Indianola, Champion stated, "It’s a real honor to bring the top prize home to Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues. We’re really looking forward to taking our show on the road."
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