MS SR7

Recognizes and salutes blues musician Grady Champion of Canton, Mississippi, for his 20-year career as a composer, singer, guitarist, and harmonica player

Honors Champion's 2010 International Blues Challenge Award victory at the Orpheum Theater in Memphis, where he competed against 100 bands

Acknowledges his six recorded albums spanning from 1998 to 2012, including his Shanachie debut "Payin' for My Sins" and performances at major venues across the United States and Europe

Notes Champion's performances at the Chicago Blues Festival (2009) and the Willie Dixon Blues Heaven Foundation, with comparisons to blues legends Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Johnson

Directs the resolution be presented to Grady Champion and forwarded to the Mississippi Arts Commission