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Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - 662 (Official Video) Get Tickets Awards, Accolades & Honors Debut album, KINGFISH 2019 GRAMMY nominee (Best Traditional Blues Album) Premiered #1 on Billboard's Blues and Heatseekers Charts Included "Fresh Out (f/Buddy Guy)," the most played song on Sirius/XM's BB King's Bluesville channel If you pour some music on whatevers wrong, itll sure help out. Levon Helm, Just give me one thing that I can hold on to. John Prine. Especially at the front of the stage, because I can tell they're into the guitar playing. So experience it live and be there in person for a 2023 Christone . I just want to be the one to shatter the stereotype for many years, I even heard my own people say that young Black kids are not into blues music. 662 is an album by blues guitarist and singer Christone "Kingfish" Ingram. That's that's losing something. See all your opportunities to see them live below! How did I get to where I am? 6. You've done things. But at the end of the day, you ain't got nowhere else to go to. 6:30PM Doors | 7:30PM Show. 3. These broadening horizons also mean that 662 doesn't quite pack a wallop the way that Kingfish did. He's on a weight-loss mission. His second album, it was released in CD, LP, and digital formats on July 23, 2021. . 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