Artist Information
Biography
SUGAR BLUE - Harp virtuoso
One of the foremost harmonica players of our times, Grammy award-winning Sugar Blue has been called the Jimi Hendrix or the Charlie Parker of the harmonica, both appropriate names for the revolutionary and eclectic harpist.
He grew up listening to jazz - particularly Lester Young and Dexter Gordon - and soon fell in love with Muddy Waters and the blues greats. He has toured and recorded with the Rolling Stones, Willie Dixon, Bob Dylan, Stan Getz, Ray Charles, Frank Zappa, Prince...to name a few...
Instrumentation
Harmonica/voc, guitar/voc, bass/voc, Keyboards, drums
Discography
Threshold 2010
Code Blue - Beeble 2007
In your Eyes - Alligator 1995
Blue Blazes - Alligator 1994
From Paris to Chicago
Crossroads
Official Website
Links
Video
Press
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Chicago Tribune
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"...the sound of Sugar Blue's harmonica could pierce any night... it's the sound of a musician who t...
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Mick Jagger
"He's a very strange and talented musician"
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The Harbour of Crazy jazz
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"...Sugar Blue came to the sound check right straight from the plane and mesmerized everyone with hi...
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New York Times
"...an extravagantly lyrical harmonica player"
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Threshold
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“Blue recalls other instrumentalists without duplicating anyone. He plays runs that suggest the chro...
Setlist
RED HOT MAMA - ONE MORE MILE- BACKDOOR MAN - BLUESMAN - LIP SERVICE AND LIES- KRYISTALLINE - GUCCI GUCCI MAN - NOLA - WALKING ALONE - MESSIN W/KID - PONTIAC BLUES - MISS YOU - BLUESMAN - COTTON TREE
