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Sugar Blue
One
of the
foremost electric blues harpists of the modern era, Sugar Blue was born
James Whiting in New York City in 1950. The son of a singer/dancer who
regularly performed at the legendary Apollo Theater, he was given his
first harmonica at the age of ten, and by his mid-teens had already
performed in the company of Muddy Waters; in the early 1970s he made
his first recordings, sitting in on sessions by the likes of Johnny
Shines and Louisiana Red. Sugar Blue relocated to Paris in 1976, where
he was introduced to the Rolling Stones; he went on to play on the
group's LPs Some Girls, Emotional Rescue and Tattoo You, lending his
skills to such hits as "Miss You." He also played on jazz dates for
Stan Getz and Paul Horn, and in 1979 cut the solo effort Crossroads.
Upon returning to the U.S. in the mid-1980s, Sugar Blue settled in
Chicago; after signing to Alligator, he cut Blue Blazes in 1994,
followed a year later by In Your Eyes.
-Written
by Jason Ankeny
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