MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – The Marquette Area Blues Society is presenting Mississippi blues artist Grady Champion tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at Kaufman Auditorium in Marquette.
Blues Society president Mark Stonerock stopped in at the SUNNY Studios this morning to preview the show.
Stonerock said Champion has been nominated for three 2012 Blues Music Awards and a winner of the 2011 Blues Critic Award for Best Down Home Blues Song.
He added that Champion is also the 2010 International Blues Challenge winner and is accompanied by one of the best young blues bands in America.
Tickets are $12.00 for General Public, $10.00 for Marquette Area Blues Society members and $5.00 for students with a valid I.D. and will be available at the door only. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
LISTEN – The illustrious Mark Stonerock on the Grady Champion show.