After years of playing in bands in clubs across the midwest, Shannon Grady decided to go solo and release his first full length CD called “10 Years” in July 2006. He set out to promote his CD by appearing in 2 Bearapalooza performances. The first was in Nashville in July 2006 and then Florida in November 2006. Shannon has also appeared as a featured artist on 3 podcasts (Bearpodcast, Homopod, FFR podcast) and as an up-and-coming performer on a local radio station in Duluth MN (North Shore Radio WTIP http://www.wtip.org) Shannon is also the founder and co-host of bTALK, the #1 rated bear podcast of 2006. (www.thecompletebear.com)