2 Days Short of a Week

Grady Champion | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 13, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shanachie
• ASIN: B000056VLD
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #461,956 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Blues, March 28, 2001

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Joseph D. (Apple Valley, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2 Days Short of a Week (Audio CD)

Grady Champion's latest release, 2 Days Short Of A Week, is an excellent contemporary blues album - well written, well produced, excellent vocals, great guitar licks. This is my first time listening to Grady, but it will not be my last. In fact, I will be purchasing his other CD, Payin' For My Sins, within a week, hoping for a repeat performance.

Grady's music offers a fresh, streetwise slant to the blues, with highly listenable tunes like, "Brother, Brother," "Policeman Blues", "Love Is My Middle Name"... Heck, they're all good...from the first note to the final fade.

3.0 out of 5 stars Grady Approaching Champion-ship Status, April 13, 2001

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Scott C. Davis "blueshound" (Easton, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2 Days Short of a Week (Audio CD)

One-time rapper Grady Champion created quite a stir with his 1999 Shanachie release, Payin' For My Sins, and his follow-up CD does nothing to dispel the buzz that he's an up-and-coming star. Champion is a great songwriter whose raspy vocals and accomplished harmonica playing serve his material well. Two Days Short of a Week is a nice collection of R&B, blues and soul that offers commentary on a wide range of societal issues. Policeman Blues is the sad true story of Champion's encounter with racial profiling that resulted in he and his 5-year-old son being ordered from his car at gunpoint in a case of mistaken identity. The song explores the emotional trauma that profiling causes-and puts Champion's rap skills to good use. Children of the Corn is a chilling psychological turn on the modern horror of children killing children. The song is also a showcase for Champion's sweet harp, as is the stomper Honeybee. Another gem is Lady Luck, featuring more of Champion's gravelly vocals and top-notch piano by keyboard man Arlen Schierbaun. Duke Robillard drops in and shines on the truly bluesy Nothing I Can Do, while the Haberno Horns sparkle on Love is My Middle Name. The only non-original song on the disc is R. Kelley's When a Woman's Fed Up, and Champion drives that tune straight to Soulville. This is a fine effort by Grady Champion, who most certainly draws comparisons to Chris Thomas King-and that ain't a bad thing!

4.0 out of 5 stars What's Bonnie Raitt got to do with it?, April 2, 2001

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Milana Walter Beamon (Aventura, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2 Days Short of a Week (Audio CD)

Grady Champion is in the ranks with Bonnie Raitt. You know "tell-it-like-it-is" delivery and cross-over lyrics, vocals and style. The tracks are smokin', colorful blues, pop, r&b seduced and one wonders, who is this guy, Grady Champion? From the CD cover he looks to be no more than 30 and that he should be acting, sort of reminds you of Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding, Jr. Great tracks. This is a shooting star about to land. Hey, maybe he will take my advice and do a duet with BR!