...First here's a cut from an artist I discovered from a MOG post a few weeks ago; http://mog.com/SUGAR_BLUE/blog_post/160864.Sugar Blue (still not sure if the post was by the artist or a fan). Well, the post inspired me to get some of my own Sugar Blue. Got this disc in the mail today and have listened to it twice so far. Great stuff! .One of many discoveries the MOG has brought to me that ...
Another MOG Discovery for me Sugar Blue - first heard him on this (self?) post http://mog.com/SUGAR_BLUE/blog_post/160864 . Fantastic harmonic playing and great up-tempo "blues". Track posted here is a cover of Dixon's Little Red Rooster, kind of laid-back but, builds into a great groove and some blazing harp work. It's the ending track of his In Your Eyes release. Then video just found of ...
Grammy Award-winning harmonica virtuoso Sugar Blue is not your typical bluesman…Born James Whiting - he was raised in Harlem, New York, where his mother was a singer and dancer at the fabled Apollo Theatre. He spent his childhood among the musicians and show people who knew his mother, including the great Billie Holiday, and decided that he wanted to be a performer.Blue received his first harmo.