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MS SC614
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
- Grady Champion of Canton, Mississippi, won First Place in the band competition at the 26th Annual International Blues Challenge held at the Orpheum Theater in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 25, 2010, competing against 224 bands over a four-day event
- Champion, a singer and harmonica player and one of 28 children, performed all original songs and has been compared to blues legends Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Johnson; his debut album "Payin' for My Sins" was released on Shanachie Records on August 24, 1999
- Champion's band included his son Marquis Champion on bass, Xavres Good on drums, and Caleb Armstrong on guitar, sponsored by the Mississippi Delta Blues Society from Indianola, Mississippi
- Mississippi also claimed Second Place in the solo/duo category through Alphonso Sanders and Bill "Howl-n-Madd" Perry of the Crossroads Blues Society
- The Mississippi Legislature adopted the concurrent resolution to formally recognize and salute Grady Champion, with copies directed to Champion, the Mississippi Arts Commission, and the Capitol Press Corps
Legislative Description
Recognize Grady Champion for winning the 26th Annual International Blues Challenge.
Last Action
Enrolled Bill Signed
2/18/2010
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