Sugar Blue

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Lucerna music hall, Prague, October 26, 1988

Sugar Blue (* 16th December 1949 in Harlem , New York City as James Whiting ) is an American blues harmonica player .

Life

James Whiting's parents were artists who performed regularly at the Apollo Theater in Harlem . He got his first harmonica at the age of 10 and was already part of Chicago's blues scene at the age of sixteen. In 1976 he moved to Paris , where he came into contact with The Rolling Stones . He has also worked with Willie Dixon , Louisiana Red , Bob Dylan , Stan Getz , Ray Charles , Frank Zappa and other musicians, among others . When Sugar Blue released his first solo record in 1980, he was no longer a stranger. His best-known work can be heard in the Rolling Stones song Miss You . As a result, the Rolling Stones Sugar Blue kept coming back.

In 1997 Sugar Blue performed live on stage at several concerts on Prince 's tour Love-4-One-Another-Charities-Tour . In 1998 he played a funeral march with Billy Branch with his harmonica at the funeral of Junior Wells (a blues harp player) .

Sugar Blue preferred to go its own way instead of becoming a firm sideman of the Rolling Stones. He has regularly recorded his own albums, which are rooted in the blues, but which often go beyond its musical schemes. In addition, he has repeatedly entered into engagements with other projects, for example with Stan Getz's group . In 1985 he received a Grammy Award.

Discography

  • 1978 Red, Funk and Blue , Black Panther (duo with Louisiana Red)
  • 1979 King Bee , JSP (with Louisiana Red)
  • 1980 Crossroads , Blue Silver
  • 1982 From Chicago to Paris , Blue Silver
  • 1984 High Voltage Blues , JSP (with Louisiana Red)
  • 1991 Absolutly Blue , Seven Seas / King
  • 1994 Blue Blazes , Alligator
  • 1995 In Your Eyes , Alligator
  • 1998 The Blues Spectrum of Louisiana Red , JSP
  • 2007 Code Blue , Beeble
  • 2010 Threshold , Beeble

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personal data
SURNAME Sugar Blue
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Whiting, James (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues harmonica player
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Harlem , New York City