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{{short description|American blues harmonica player (born 1949)}}
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| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = James Joshua Whiting
| birth_name = James Joshua Whiting
| alias = Jimmie Whiting
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|12|16|mf=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|12|16|mf=y}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| birth_place = [[Harlem]], New York City, United States<ref name="Nfo">{{cite web |url= http://www.nfo.net/calendar/dec16.htm|title= Calendar/December 16|author= |date= January 10, 2008|publisher= Nfo.net / Big Bands Database Plus |accessdate=January 19, 2010}}</ref>
| death_date =
| death_date =
| instrument = Harmonica, vocals
| instrument = {{hlist|Harmonica|vocals}}
| genre = [[Blues]]<br/>Rock
| genre = {{hlist|Blues|rock}}
| occupation = [[List of harmonicists|Harmonicist]], singer, songwriter
| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|singer|songwriter}}
| years_active = Late 1960s–present
| years_active = Late 1960s–present
| label = Various
| label =
| associated_acts =
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|sugar-blue.com/|Official website}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.sugar-blue.com/}}
}}
}}


'''Sugar Blue''' (born '''James Joshua "Jimmie" Whiting''', December 16, 1949, [[Harlem]], New York City)<ref name="bare">{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues - A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger Publishers| location= Santa Barbara| pages=262 | isbn= 978-0313344237}}</ref><ref name="Nfo"/> is an American [[blues]] harmonica player.<ref name="skope">{{cite web |url= http://skopemag.com/2008/03/19/sugar-blue-by-diana-olson-2|title= Sugar Blue|author= Diana Olson|date= March 19, 2008|work= |publisher= Skope Entertainment Inc.|accessdate=January 22, 2010}}</ref> He is probably best known for playing on the [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]]' single "[[Miss You (The Rolling Stones song)|Miss You]]", and in partnering [[Louisiana Red]].
'''James Joshua Whiting''' (born December 16, 1949),<ref name="bare">{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues - A Regional Experience| publisher=Praeger Publishers| location= Santa Barbara| pages=262 | isbn= 978-0313344237}}</ref> known professionally as '''Sugar Blue''', is an American [[blues]] harmonica player.<ref name="skope">{{cite web |url= http://skopemag.com/2008/03/19/sugar-blue-by-diana-olson-2|title= Sugar Blue|author= Diana Olson|date= March 19, 2008|publisher=Skope Entertainment Inc.|access-date=January 22, 2010}}</ref> He is best known for playing on the 1978 [[Rolling Stones]] album ''[[Some Girls]]'', and well as his partnership with blues guitarist [[Louisiana Red]].


The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' said, "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."<ref name=Reich>{{cite web|url=http://www.sugar-blue.com/startpage.html |title=Sugar Blue, Blues, Harmonica |publisher=Sugar-blue.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-29}}</ref>
The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' said, "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."<ref name=Reich>{{cite web|url=http://www.sugar-blue.com/startpage.html |title=Sugar Blue, Blues, Harmonica |website=Sugar-blue.com |access-date=2014-01-29}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
In the mid-1970s, Blue played as a [[session musician]] on [[Johnny Shines]]' ''Too Wet to Plow'' (1975) and with [[Roosevelt Sykes]]. While in the company of the latter, he met [[Louisiana Red]], and the two toured and recorded in 1978.<ref name="russell"/>
Whiting was born in New York City in 1949.<ref name="bare" /> In the mid-1970s, Whiting played as a [[session musician]] on [[Johnny Shines]]'s ''Too Wet to Plow'' (1975) and with [[Roosevelt Sykes]]. While in the company of the latter, he met [[Louisiana Red]], and the two toured and recorded in 1978.<ref name="russell"/>


Taking advice from [[Memphis Slim]], in the late 1970s Blue traveled to Paris, France. According to [[Ronnie Wood]], Blue was found by [[Mick Jagger]] [[Street performance|busking]] on the city streets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cokML8PyHo0|title=Ronnie Wood talks about Sugar Blue and the harmonica|first=Ronnie |last=Wood |authorlink=Ronnie Wood|date=13 August 2013|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=3 September 2016|}}</ref> This led to him playing on several of the tracks on The Rolling Stones' ''[[Some Girls]]'' and ''[[Emotional Rescue]]'' albums: "[[Some Girls (Rolling Stones song)|Some Girls]]", "[[Send It to Me]]", "Down In The Hole" and "Miss You".
Taking advice from [[Memphis Slim]], in the late 1970s Whiting traveled to Paris, France. According to [[Ronnie Wood]], Whiting was found by [[Mick Jagger]] [[Street performance|busking]] on the city streets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cokML8PyHo0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/cokML8PyHo0 |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|title=Ronnie Wood talks about Sugar Blue and the harmonica|first=Ronnie |last=Wood |author-link=Ronnie Wood|date=13 August 2013|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=3 September 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> This led to him playing on several of the tracks on The Rolling Stones' ''[[Some Girls]]'' and ''[[Emotional Rescue]]'' albums: "[[Some Girls (Rolling Stones song)|Some Girls]]", "[[Send It to Me]]", "Down in the Hole" and "[[Miss You (Rolling Stones song)|Miss You]]".


[[Trombone|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.<ref name="russell">{{cite book
[[Trombone|Trombonist]] [[Mike Zwerin]] backed Whiting on his solo debut album, ''Crossroads'' (1979). Following the release of his ''From Chicago to Paris'' (1982), Whiting joined [[Willie Dixon]]'s Chicago Blues All Stars.<ref name="russell">{{cite book
| first= Tony
| first= Tony
| last= Russell
| last= Russell
| year= 1997
| year= 1997
| title= The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray
| title= The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray
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| publisher=Carlton Books
| edition=
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| publisher= Carlton Books
| location= Dubai
| location= Dubai
| page= 170
| page= 170
| isbn= 1-85868-255-X}}</ref> In 1984, Blue's track "Another Man Done Gone", appeared on the [[compilation album]] ''Blues Explosion''. It won a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] in [[27th Annual Grammy Awards|1985]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album|Best Traditional Blues Album]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mojohand.com/bluesgrammywinners.htm |title=Blues Grammy award winners by year |publisher=Mojohand.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-29}}</ref>
| isbn= 1-85868-255-X}}</ref> In 1984, Whiting's track "Another Man Done Gone", appeared on the [[compilation album]] ''Blues Explosion''. It won a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] in [[27th Annual Grammy Awards|1985]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album|Best Traditional Blues Album]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mojohand.com/bluesgrammywinners.htm |title=Blues Grammy award winners by year |website=Mojohand.com |access-date=2014-01-29}}</ref>


Blue appeared with [[Brownie McGhee]] in the film ''[[Angel Heart]]'' (1987).
Whiting appeared with [[Brownie McGhee]] in the film ''[[Angel Heart]]'' (1987).


Whiting joined as a side musician recording with [[Willie Dixon]] on the [[Grammy Award]] [[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album|winning album]], ''[[Hidden Charms (Willie Dixon album)|Hidden Charms]]'' (1988).<ref>{{cite book|author=Steve Shorter|title=Roots to Rock: Part 2 - Blues|isbn=978-1468954456|date=2015|publisher=Booktango |quotation=Dixon was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980 and won a Grammy Award in 1989 for his album, ''Hidden Charms''.}}</ref>
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His next album, ''Blue Blazes'', was released in 1994.<ref name="russell"/> It was followed by ''In Your Eyes'' (1995) and ''Code Blue'' (2007).<ref name="Albums"/>


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His next album, ''[[Blue Blazes (album)|Blue Blazes]]'', was released in 1994 and it included his version of "Miss You".<ref name="russell"/> It was followed by ''In Your Eyes'' (1995) and ''Code Blue'' (2007).<ref name="Albums"/>
He played on the album ''Down Too Long'', by Southside Denny and the Skintones, in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Southside-Denny-And-The-Skintones-Down-Too-Long/release/6599332 |title=Southside Denny And The Skintones – Down Too Long|publisher=Discogs.com|accessdate=2015-10-08}}</ref>


His most recent album ''Thresold'', was released by Beeble Music on January 26, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blues.about.com/b/2009/10/30/sugar-blue-cd-preview.htm |title=Sugar Blue CD Preview |publisher=Blues.about.com |date=October 30, 2009 |accessdate=2014-01-29}}</ref>
He played on the album ''Down Too Long'', by Southside Denny and the Skintones, in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Southside-Denny-And-The-Skintones-Down-Too-Long/release/6599332 |title=Southside Denny And The Skintones – Down Too Long|website=Discogs.com|date=November 25, 1988 |access-date=2015-10-08}}</ref> Whiting's next album, ''Threshold'', was released by Beeble Music on January 26, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blues.about.com/b/2009/10/30/sugar-blue-cd-preview.htm |title=Sugar Blue CD Preview |website=Blues.about.com |date=October 30, 2009 |access-date=2014-01-29}}</ref>


Writing in the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', music critic Howard Reich said, "There's no mistaking Sugar Blue incendiary virtuosity. The speed and ferocity of his playing are matched by its inventiveness, with Blue packing nearly every phrase with trills, glissandos, clusters and chords. At times, it sounds as if two harps were working at once... intense, melodically ornate, punctuated by growls and swooping pitches, it's the sound of a musician who transcends the limitations of his instrument."<ref name=Reich/>
Writing in the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', music critic Howard Reich said, "There's no mistaking Sugar Blue incendiary virtuosity. The speed and ferocity of his playing are matched by its inventiveness, with Blue packing nearly every phrase with trills, glissandos, clusters and chords. At times, it sounds as if two harps were working at once... intense, melodically ornate, punctuated by growls and swooping pitches, it's the sound of a musician who transcends the limitations of his instrument."<ref name=Reich/>
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||'''Notes'''
||'''Notes'''
|-
|-
|1978||''Red, Funk and Blue''||Black Panther||BP1001|| Duo with Louisiana Red
|1978||''Red, Funk and Blue''||Black Panther||BP-1001|| Duo with Louisiana Red
|-
|-
|1979||''King Bee''||JSP||||Duo with Louisiana Red
|1979||''King Bee''||JSP||1006||Duo with Louisiana Red
|-
|-
|1980||''Crossroads''||Blue Silver||BS 3004||France, recorded 1979
|1980||''Crossroads''||Blue Silver||BS-3004||France; recorded 1979
|-
|-
|1982||''From Chicago to Paris''||Blue Silver||BS 3012/3332||France, recorded 1980 with Slim Pezin, Earl Howell
|1982||''From Chicago to Paris''||Blue Silver||BS-3012, BS-3332||France; recorded 1980 with Slim Pezin, Earl Howell
|-
|-
|1984||''High Voltage Blues''||JSP||1081||with Louisiana Red
|1984||''High Voltage Blues''||JSP||1081||with Louisiana Red
|-
|-
|1988||''[[Hidden Charms (Willie Dixon album)|Hidden Charms]]''||Capitol||90595 ||As sideman with Willie Dixon
|1991||''Absolutely Blue''||Seven Seas/[[King Records (Japan)|King]]||KICP 341||Japan, recorded 1982
|-
|-
|1994||''Blue Blazes''||[[Alligator Records|Alligator]]||4819||
|1993||''Absolutely Blue''||Seven Seas/[[King Records (Japan)|King]]||KICP-341||Japan, recorded 1982
|-
|-
|1995||''In Your Eyes''||[[Alligator Records|Alligator]]||4831||
|1994||''[[Blue Blazes (album)|Blue Blazes]]''||[[Alligator Records|Alligator]]||AL-4819||Reissue of ''Absolutely Blue''
|-
|-
|1995||''In Your Eyes''||Seven Seas/King; Alligator||KICP-426; AL-4831||
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|2006||''Right Now''||Kozel||||Switzerland, George Kay Band featuring Sugar Blue
|-
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|2006||''Right Now''||Kozel||||Switzerland; George Kay Band featuring Sugar Blue
|-
|-
|2007||''Code Blue''||Beeble||801||
|2007||''Code Blue''||Beeble||801||
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|2012||''Raw Sugar - Live''||Beeble||803||
|2012||''Raw Sugar - Live''||Beeble||803||
|-
|-
|2016||''Voyage''||M.C. Records||MC 0079||
|2016||''Blue Voyage''||M.C. Records||0079||
|-
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|}<ref name="Albums">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sugar-blue-mn0000482856/discography |title=Sugar Blue &#124; Discography |publisher=AllMusic |date=December 16, 1949 |accessdate=2014-01-29}}</ref><ref name="Japanese">{{cite web|url=http://bidders.co.jp/aitem/101796027|title=Absolutely Blue|author= |date= |work= |publisher= Bidders.co.jp|accessdate=January 22, 2010}}</ref>
|2019||''Colors''||Beeble||805||
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|}<ref name="Albums">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sugar-blue-mn0000482856/discography |title=Sugar Blue &#124; Discography |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=December 16, 1949 |access-date=2014-01-29}}</ref><ref name="Japanese">{{cite web|url=http://bidders.co.jp/aitem/101796027|title=Absolutely Blue|website=Bidders.co.jp|access-date=January 22, 2010}}</ref>


===Compilations and reissues===
===Compilations and reissues===
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|1980||''Jazz Gala '80''||Kingdom Jazz||Gate 7010||Recorded at the Palm Beach Casino, Cannes, France
|1980||''Jazz Gala '80''||Kingdom Jazz||Gate 7010||Recorded at the Palm Beach Casino, Cannes, France
|-
|-
|1984||''Blues Explosion''||[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]||80149||Grammy winner, recorded live at Montreux
|1984||''Blues Explosion'' (various artists)||[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]||80149||Grammy winner; recorded live at Montreux, July 1982
|-
|-
|1992||''From Paris to Chicago''||EPM Blues Collection||756||Reissue of ''Crossroads'' and ''From Chicago to Paris''
|1992||''From Paris to Chicago''||EPM Blues Collection||756||Reissue of ''Crossroads'' and ''From Chicago to Paris''
|-
|-
|1998||''The Blues Spectrum of Louisiana Red''||[[JSP Records|JSP]]||||UK recording
|1998||''The Blues Spectrum of Louisiana Red''||[[JSP Records|JSP]]||803||UK recording
|-
|-
|2007||''Another Man Done Gone''||WNTS/Believe Digital||MP3 download||Reissue of ''Crossroads'' and ''From Chicago to Paris''
|2007||''Another Man Done Gone''||WNTS/Believe Digital||MP3 download||Reissue of ''Crossroads'' and ''From Chicago to Paris''
|}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://jazzlabels.klacto.net/epm.html|title= EPM Records Checklist|author= G.Heinlein & François Ziegler|date= March 2004|work=|publisher=Jazzlabels.klacto.net|accessdate=January 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/blues-explosion-mw0000194031 |title=Blues Explosion – Various Artists &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2014-01-29}}</ref>
|}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://jazzlabels.klacto.net/epm.html|title= EPM Records Checklist|author= G.Heinlein & François Ziegler|date= March 2004|website=Jazzlabels.klacto.net|access-date=January 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/blues-explosion-mw0000194031 |title=Blues Explosion – Various Artists &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2014-01-29}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Grammy Award winners]]
[[Category:Grammy Award winners]]
[[Category:Harmonica blues musicians]]
[[Category:Harmonica blues musicians]]
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[[Category:Musicians from New York City]]
[[Category:Songwriters from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Songwriters from New York (state)]]
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[[Category:Musicians from Manhattan]]
[[Category:People from Harlem]]
[[Category:People from Harlem]]

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Sugar Blue
Blue at the Lucerna Music Bar, Prague, 1988
Blue at the Lucerna Music Bar, Prague, 1988
Background information
Birth nameJames Joshua Whiting
Born (1949-12-16) December 16, 1949 (age 75)
New York City, U.S.
Genres
  • Blues
  • rock
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Harmonica
  • vocals
Years activeLate 1960s–present
Websitewww.sugar-blue.com

James Joshua Whiting (born December 16, 1949),[1] known professionally as Sugar Blue, is an American blues harmonica player.[2] He is best known for playing on the 1978 Rolling Stones album Some Girls, and well as his partnership with blues guitarist Louisiana Red.

The Chicago Tribune said, "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."[3]

Biography

[edit]

Whiting was born in New York City in 1949.[1] In the mid-1970s, Whiting played as a session musician on Johnny Shines's Too Wet to Plow (1975) and with Roosevelt Sykes. While in the company of the latter, he met Louisiana Red, and the two toured and recorded in 1978.[4]

Taking advice from Memphis Slim, in the late 1970s Whiting traveled to Paris, France. According to Ronnie Wood, Whiting was found by Mick Jagger busking on the city streets.[5] This led to him playing on several of the tracks on The Rolling Stones' Some Girls and Emotional Rescue albums: "Some Girls", "Send It to Me", "Down in the Hole" and "Miss You".

Trombonist Mike Zwerin backed Whiting on his solo debut album, Crossroads (1979). Following the release of his From Chicago to Paris (1982), Whiting joined Willie Dixon's Chicago Blues All Stars.[4] In 1984, Whiting's track "Another Man Done Gone", appeared on the compilation album Blues Explosion. It won a Grammy in 1985 for Best Traditional Blues Album.[6]

Whiting appeared with Brownie McGhee in the film Angel Heart (1987).

Whiting joined as a side musician recording with Willie Dixon on the Grammy Award winning album, Hidden Charms (1988).[7]

His next album, Blue Blazes, was released in 1994 and it included his version of "Miss You".[4] It was followed by In Your Eyes (1995) and Code Blue (2007).[8]

He played on the album Down Too Long, by Southside Denny and the Skintones, in 1988.[9] Whiting's next album, Threshold, was released by Beeble Music on January 26, 2010.[10]

Writing in the Chicago Tribune, music critic Howard Reich said, "There's no mistaking Sugar Blue incendiary virtuosity. The speed and ferocity of his playing are matched by its inventiveness, with Blue packing nearly every phrase with trills, glissandos, clusters and chords. At times, it sounds as if two harps were working at once... intense, melodically ornate, punctuated by growls and swooping pitches, it's the sound of a musician who transcends the limitations of his instrument."[3]

Discography

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Albums

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Year Title Label Number Notes
1978 Red, Funk and Blue Black Panther BP-1001 Duo with Louisiana Red
1979 King Bee JSP 1006 Duo with Louisiana Red
1980 Crossroads Blue Silver BS-3004 France; recorded 1979
1982 From Chicago to Paris Blue Silver BS-3012, BS-3332 France; recorded 1980 with Slim Pezin, Earl Howell
1984 High Voltage Blues JSP 1081 with Louisiana Red
1988 Hidden Charms Capitol 90595 As sideman with Willie Dixon
1993 Absolutely Blue Seven Seas/King KICP-341 Japan, recorded 1982
1994 Blue Blazes Alligator AL-4819 Reissue of Absolutely Blue
1995 In Your Eyes Seven Seas/King; Alligator KICP-426; AL-4831
2006 Right Now Kozel Switzerland; George Kay Band featuring Sugar Blue
2007 Code Blue Beeble 801
2010 Threshold Beeble 802
2012 Raw Sugar - Live Beeble 803
2016 Blue Voyage M.C. Records 0079
2019 Colors Beeble 805

[8][11]

Compilations and reissues

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Year Title Label Number Notes
1979 Stars of the Streets Whale Productions / Egg Records (France) Egg 900582 Compilation Performances of several street musicians were recorded live outdoors in the streets and parks of New York City. Track 1 : "Pontiac Blues" by Sugar Blue
1980 Jazz Gala '80 Kingdom Jazz Gate 7010 Recorded at the Palm Beach Casino, Cannes, France
1984 Blues Explosion (various artists) Atlantic 80149 Grammy winner; recorded live at Montreux, July 1982
1992 From Paris to Chicago EPM Blues Collection 756 Reissue of Crossroads and From Chicago to Paris
1998 The Blues Spectrum of Louisiana Red JSP 803 UK recording
2007 Another Man Done Gone WNTS/Believe Digital MP3 download Reissue of Crossroads and From Chicago to Paris

[12][13]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 262. ISBN 978-0313344237.
  2. ^ Diana Olson (March 19, 2008). "Sugar Blue". Skope Entertainment Inc. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Sugar Blue, Blues, Harmonica". Sugar-blue.com. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books. p. 170. ISBN 1-85868-255-X.
  5. ^ Wood, Ronnie (August 13, 2013). "Ronnie Wood talks about Sugar Blue and the harmonica". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  6. ^ "Blues Grammy award winners by year". Mojohand.com. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  7. ^ Steve Shorter (2015). Roots to Rock: Part 2 - Blues. Booktango. ISBN 978-1468954456. Dixon was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980 and won a Grammy Award in 1989 for his album, Hidden Charms.
  8. ^ a b "Sugar Blue | Discography". AllMusic. December 16, 1949. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  9. ^ "Southside Denny And The Skintones – Down Too Long". Discogs.com. November 25, 1988. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  10. ^ "Sugar Blue CD Preview". Blues.about.com. October 30, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  11. ^ "Absolutely Blue". Bidders.co.jp. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
  12. ^ G.Heinlein & François Ziegler (March 2004). "EPM Records Checklist". Jazzlabels.klacto.net. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
  13. ^ "Blues Explosion – Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
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