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Sugar Blue (born James Whiting, December 16, 1949, Harlem, New York City, United States) is an American blues musician, who plays the harmonica. He is probably best known for playing on The Rolling Stones' single, "Miss You".
An article in the Chicago Tribune stated: "The sound of Sugar Blue's harmonica could pierce any night... it's the sound of a musician who transcends the supposed limitations of his instrument."
In the mid 1970s, Blue played as a session musician on Johnny Shines' Too Wet to Plow (1975) and with Roosevelt Sykes. Whilst in the company of the latter, Blue met Louisiana Red and the twosome toured and recorded in 1978.
Taking advice from Memphis Slim, in the late 1970s Blue traveled to Paris, France. This led to him playing on several The Rolling Stones tracks ("Some Girls", "Send It to Me" and the aforementioned "Miss You"). Trombonist Mike Zwerin backed Blue on his solo debut album, Crossroads (1979). Following the release of his From Chicago to Paris (1982), Blue joined Willie Dixon's Chicago Blues All Stars. In 1984, Blue's track "Another Man Done Gone", appeared on the compilation album, Blues Explosion. It won a Grammy in 1985 for Best Traditional Blues Album.
Sugar Blue - Hoochie Coochie Man
SUGAR BLUE - OUT TILL DAWN
SUGAR BLUE UNPLUGGED
Sugar Blue, King of Harmonica Blues - The Paris Sessions
Sugar Blue on A38 Ship
SUGAR BLUE at the 2012 Denton Blues Festival
Sugar Blue - Miss You (live@Kikinda)
Rolling Stones - Cocksucker Blues (With Sugar Blue on Harmonica)
Sugar Blue: Voyage 2016
SUGAR BLUE. LITTLE RED ROOSTER
live 1995 from the Jazz Fest Bern/Switzerland
Sugar Blue is a star of the Chicago Blues scene, and is known for playing harmonica on the Rolling Stones single “Miss You” and on other tracks such as “Some Girls” and “Send It to Me”. Sugar Blue was born in Harlem and made his debuts with Willie Dixon, Roosevelt Sykes, Johnny Shines and Louisiana Red. When he came to Paris in 1977, pianist and singer Memphis Slim hooked him up with some memorable recording sessions. Sugar Blue’s song “Another Man Done Gone” is part of a compilation called “Blues Explosion” which won a Grammy award in 1984. In 1987 Sugar Blue appeared with Brownie McGhee in the Alan Parker’ film “Angel Heart”. https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/the-paris-sessions/id204346787 http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0023ZNOJO?ie=UTF8&tag;=musique006-21&linkCode;=as2&camp;=1642&creative;=6746...
Sugar Blue plays 'I Ain't Got You' on A38 Ship. 21 November, 2007. Sugar Blue: harmonica, vocal; Ilaria Lantieri: bass; Damiano Della Torre: keys; James Knowles: drums. This is an excerpt from a 50' TV-show, recorded and edited by A38 Ship, and broadcasted by Hungarian Television. http://www.a38.hu
Sugar Blue was the Headliner for night 2 of the 14th annual Denton Blues Festival sponsored by the Denton Black Chamber of Commerce.
Sugar Blue Band - Miss You (by Rolling Stones) Live@Theatre club, Kikinda, Serbia, 03.07.2012. Recorded by Saša Popov - Lota with Nokia N8.
Cocksucker Blues...featuring Sugar Blue on harmonica, this 1978 version with Sugar Blue on harp is spine tingling. Keith & Ronnie's duelling guitars is superb. I wish they had the balls to do this live. This song came about as the Stones were set to establish their own record label. They had one single left to record for their old label (Decca) in order to fulfill the terms of their contract, and this was it. It was a kiss-off to the label, who retaliated by releasing a compilation album called Stone Age, which the band denounced in full-page ads placed British music magazines. The album still made #4 on the UK chart.
Grammy Award winner, Sugar Blue's latest record " Voyage " drops spring 2016. www-sugar-blue.com
This is great cover, of little Red Rooster, Get up and dance, and be HAPPY.
Great Blues Show @ The Bull Run Restaurant : )! Harmonica virtuoso Sugar Blue is a world spirit...he's traveling the outer edges, pulling in inspiration like a soulful sponge, turning those thoughts and sounds into 21st century blues. Like many american musicians before him Sugar Blue left these shores and relocated to Paris, where he became a first-call studio musician and performing artist.That's his harmonica blasting on the Rolling Stones' platinum disco hit "Miss You". Considered to be one of the first harp pyrotechnicians, he uses awe-inspiring high-register runs, circular breathing and electronic effects on his harmonicas blending them into his unique, visionary and singular style, technically dazzling yet wholly soulful. Grammy winner Sugar Blue has been called the Jimi Hendrix...
Sugar Blue Live @ The Bull Run 6/18/16 "Hoochie Coochie Man" Members: Sugar Blue- Harp/Vocals Rico McFarland- Guitar/vocal Ilaria Lantieri- Bass/vocal C.J. Tucker- Drums/vocal
Sugar Blue Live @ The Bull Run 6/18/16 Members: Sugar Blue- Harp/Vocals Rico McFarland- Guitar/vocal Ilaria Lantieri- Bass/vocal C.J. Tucker- Drums/vocal
Sugar Blue Live @ The 4th Annual Gloucester Blues Festival 8/8/15 Members: Sugar Blue, Rico McFarland, Ilaria Lantieri, Harry Hmura, Damiano Della Torre, C.J. Tucker
Sugar Blue live at Wilebski's Legendary Blues Saloon. This is one hot band. Filmed by Gerry Francis.
Willie Dixon Blues Band (Sugar Blue Harmonica ) - Wang Dang Doodle & I Got My Mojo Working (Live)
SUGAR BLUE live @ Klaipeda Jazz festival
01 - Ain´t got you 00:00 02 - Help me 2:38 03 - Miss you 08:16 04 - I just get to know 14:28 05 - One more mile to go 20:34 06 - That´s all right 24:36 07 - Country blues 30:46 08 - Back door man 36:09 09 - Just to be with you 43:11 10 - Out I´ll down 49:43
01) Tom Marker Intro 8:20 02) Rico Intro Of Sugar Blue 14:10 03) Sugar Intros Rico - What Time Is It" 04) Hoochie Coochie Man 13:04 05) I'm A Blues Man 7:01 06) ??? 6:17 07) Beer Break.. Sugar Talks A Bit-Intros Whirlwind :50 08) Whirlwind 5:07 09) Miss You 5:09 10) Band Intro's 11) Messin With The Kid 10:07 * Rico Mcfarland On Vocals The Band: Sugar Blues - Harmonica, Vocals James "Mad Hatter" Purifoy - Keyboards Ilaria Lantieri - Bass James Knowles - Drums
01 Jingle for the "Feedback" radio show; France Inter studios 1978 02 That's alright; France Inter Pop club show feb 10 1978 03 Look over yonder wall; same as 02 04 That's alright; France Musique "Ecoute" show march 30 1978 05 Don't start me talking; same as 04 06 Sittin' down right by my baby; France Inter Bourges april 1980 07 Another man's gone; France Inter Antibes July 1980 (not on july 22) 08 # ; France Inter Antibes july 22 1980 09 Rock me baby; same as 08 10 Little red rooster;same as 08 11 Another man's gone; same as 08 12 Rock me baby; Nancy 1980 (probably october) 13 Hoochie coochie man; same as 12 14 Little red rooster; same as 12 15 Don't start me talking; same as 12 16 Miss you; Europe 1 "Top live" show may 5 1995 17 Back door man; same as 16 18 Help me; same...
Tracklist: 01. I Cry For You 02. Lord Knows I Tried 03. Country Girl 04. Walters Shuffle 05. Little Boy Blue 06. It's Not Easy 07. Two Old Maids 08. Whats On Your Worried Mind 09. Walters Swing Recorded live at The Knickerbocker, NY, 1980. Copyrights: - This video is exclusively for public information and entertainment only. - I don't derive any profit from this video. - The copyrights of the audio content, belong exclusively to the artist creator and to those who represent him.
James Cotton - Charlie Musselwhite - Billy Branch - Sugar Ray Norcia - With - Kid Bansham - (electric and acoustic guitars)-Anthony Geraci - David Maxwell (piano)-Michael ''Mudcat'' Ward (acoustic bass) - Per Hanson (drums)
The legendary Hohner Harmonica Artist Sugar Blue tells us about his early influences, what harps he loves to play the most and about some of the other legendary artists he's recorded with over the years including the Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Stan Getz, Lionel Hampton, Jerry Lee Lewis and others.
Enjoy a small portion of an in depth interview with Grammy winning blues artist Sugar Blue.
Sugar Blue sits down with Tv3 host just before the concert in Timisoara, Romania. They talk about influences, players, grammys, records,..... while listening to Bluesman from Sugar Blue's latest release Code Blue.
Hamilton Blues Lovers talked with Sugar Blue, a blues veteran who's worked with the Rolling Stones (that's his harmonica on "Miss You") Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, Howlin' Wolf and manny more. He'll be playing the Blues Explosion at Hamilton Place on September 27, 2013. http://blueshamilton.blogspot.ca/ http://www.sugar-blue.com/ All copyrights to the songwriters and performers.
SUGAR BLUE - interview in the special show " 100% GUARANTEED " - for the ROMANIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION ( TVR 1). Interview made in 2008, on 3rd of november, during his second tour in Romania. In this show SUGAR BLUE was joined by his friend and "tour manager" for Romania - harmonica player MARCIAN PETRESCU. Hope you'll enjoy this interview. It has 5 parts - it was a one hour show !!! Your comments will be really appreciated !!! THANKS !!!
SUGAR BLUE - interview in the special show " 100% GUARANTEED " - for the ROMANIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION ( TVR 1). Interview made in 2008, on 3rd of november, during his second tour in Romania. In this show SUGAR BLUE was joined by his friend and "tour manager" for Romania - harmonica player MARCIAN PETRESCU. Hope you'll enjoy this interview. It has 5 parts - it was a one hour show !!! Your comments will be really appreciated !!! THANKS !!!
SUGAR BLUE - interview in the special show " 100% GUARANTEED " - for the ROMANIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION ( TVR 1). Interview made in 2008, on 3rd of november, during his second tour in Romania. In this show SUGAR BLUE was joined by his friend and "tour manager" for Romania - harmonica player MARCIAN PETRESCU. Hope you'll enjoy this interview. It has 5 parts - it was a one hour show !!! Your comments will be really appreciated !!! THANKS !!!
SUGAR BLUE - interview in the special show " 100% GUARANTEED " - for the ROMANIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION ( TVR 1). Interview made in 2008, on 3rd of november, during his second tour in Romania. In this show SUGAR BLUE was joined by his friend and "tour manager" for Romania - harmonica player MARCIAN PETRESCU. Hope you'll enjoy this interview. It has 5 parts - it was a one hour show !!! Your comments will be really appreciated !!! THANKS !!!
This interview was filmed backstage after our Sequin Soiree show with Sugar Blue Burlesque in May 2015. For more information about SBB and A'dora Derriere, get issue 12 at http://www.burlesquebiblemag.com/collections/issues/products/summer-2015-issue-12
This interview was filmed backstage after our Sequin Soiree show with Sugar Blue Burlesque in May 2015. The gorgeous Ruby DeLure talks about her choice of career, how nervous she is prior getting on stage and how good she feels when performing. A sort and fab interview you don't want to miss! For more information about Sugar Blue Burlesque, check out our volume 12 http://www.burlesquebiblemag.com/collections/issues/products/summer-2015-issue-12 Video interview by Emily Aldridge.
Hobo songs and railroad gin
Alcohol evaporates through skin
One gift
Sugar blue
I feel his kiss in your angry eyes
To find hello when you say goodbye
One gift
Sugar blue
Holding darkness up to the light
The other side shows through
The raven's song it breaks the night
And I rise from me through broken hues
Sugar blue
Going nowhere's somewhere's song
Finding right in what went wrong
One gift, sugar blue
One gift, sugar blue
Holding darkness up to the light
The other side shows through
The raven's song it breaks the night
And I rise from me through broken hues