Greg Champion
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Greg Champion is an Australian songwriter
, guitar
ist, radio personality and athlete.
Born in Benalla, Victoria
, Champion is most recognised for his work as part of the Coodabeen Champions
as a songwriter and guitarist. Greg often appears on the program writing songs about both Aussies rules football and cricket. He is an avid Australian rules football
fan, supporting the Adelaide Crows
and since the 1980s has penned many tunes on the Australian game. Of these, the most famous is "That's the Thing About Football
", which has gone down as a classic Australian rules song, and has been used on Seven Network
's Australian Football League
coverage.
Champion's highest selling album is the 1996 released Aussie Christmas with Bucko & Champs with Australian country music star Colin Buchanan. Under the moniker Bucko & Champs, their duet "Aussie Jingle Bells" is a favourite at Christmas time. In 1998, a sequel to "Aussie Christmas with Bucko & Champs" was released featuring 25 Christmas-themed songs. In 2006, his song "Been there, done that" rocketed to No. 4 on the Country Music Chart having been released that year as part of "The Shack Tapes". In 2009, Greg released his "Strayana" CD which is proving popular as it epitomises his "half country, half folk, half comedy" approach to music.
Beginning in 1983, Champion has appeared on ABC Local Radio
as part of the Coodabeens team, singing parodies of popular songs and relating them to Australian rules footballers. 2010 sees the 30th year of Coobabeens' broadcasting.
Greg Champion grew up in Hectorville, which is a small but significant part of the City of Campbelltown, a suburb of the South Australian capital, Adelaide
.
Champs (Greg Champion) has written hundreds of songs (many serious, many humorous) and is a multi-awarded country/folk singer, who after being discovered in the Catacombs (a legendary Adelaide folk club of the 70’s), went on to form the band “Tidewater” before launching a successful solo career.
In 2010, Champs was awarded Victorian Male Vocalist in the Victorian Country Music Awards for his meaningful song “This was my town - Marysville”.
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist, radio personality and athlete.
Born in Benalla, Victoria
Benalla, Victoria
Benalla is a city of just over 9,000 people located just off the Hume Freeway in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, about southwest of Wangaratta. Its Local Government Area is the Rural City of Benalla.- Overview :...
, Champion is most recognised for his work as part of the Coodabeen Champions
Coodabeen Champions
The Coodabeen Champions are an Australian comedy team with several programs currently broadcast on ABC Radio...
as a songwriter and guitarist. Greg often appears on the program writing songs about both Aussies rules football and cricket. He is an avid Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
fan, supporting the Adelaide Crows
Adelaide Crows
The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Crows, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia, playing in the Australian Football League ....
and since the 1980s has penned many tunes on the Australian game. Of these, the most famous is "That's the Thing About Football
That's the Thing About Football
"That's the Thing about Football" is a song written and performed by Australian artist Greg Champion, featured for almost a decade on Seven Network's coverage of the Australian Football League....
", which has gone down as a classic Australian rules song, and has been used on Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
's Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
coverage.
Champion's highest selling album is the 1996 released Aussie Christmas with Bucko & Champs with Australian country music star Colin Buchanan. Under the moniker Bucko & Champs, their duet "Aussie Jingle Bells" is a favourite at Christmas time. In 1998, a sequel to "Aussie Christmas with Bucko & Champs" was released featuring 25 Christmas-themed songs. In 2006, his song "Been there, done that" rocketed to No. 4 on the Country Music Chart having been released that year as part of "The Shack Tapes". In 2009, Greg released his "Strayana" CD which is proving popular as it epitomises his "half country, half folk, half comedy" approach to music.
Beginning in 1983, Champion has appeared on ABC Local Radio
ABC Local Radio
ABC Local Radio is a network of publicly owned radio stations in Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.ABC Local Radio stations broadcast across the continent using terrestrial transmitters and satellites...
as part of the Coodabeens team, singing parodies of popular songs and relating them to Australian rules footballers. 2010 sees the 30th year of Coobabeens' broadcasting.
Greg Champion grew up in Hectorville, which is a small but significant part of the City of Campbelltown, a suburb of the South Australian capital, Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
.
Champs (Greg Champion) has written hundreds of songs (many serious, many humorous) and is a multi-awarded country/folk singer, who after being discovered in the Catacombs (a legendary Adelaide folk club of the 70’s), went on to form the band “Tidewater” before launching a successful solo career.
In 2010, Champs was awarded Victorian Male Vocalist in the Victorian Country Music Awards for his meaningful song “This was my town - Marysville”.