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Sugar Blue Live
Sugar Blue Live
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hvyj
277 posts
Apr 18, 2010
1:31 PM
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Saw Sugar Blue Friday night. Absolutely off the hook! Best I've ever heard him. Fresh arrangements, the usual unbelievably high energy, some new material from the new CD and a new tune called "Once and Again" he just wrote for a film of the same name. He also performed "The Gucci Gucci Man" putting the album version (which isn't bad) to shame. Rico McFarland on guitar. SB dancing on stage and engaging with the audience all night with the most pleasant charisma I've ever seen flow from him. Played two sets.
He did an incredibly good new arrangement of "Another Man Done Gone" on a 365, playing into the vocal mic, unaccompanied, using his hands to shape tone a la Sonny Boy Williamson, playing with acoustic tone from the hand of God. He got sounds out of 365 most musicians couldn't get with a synthesizer. He played Special 20s the rest of the night.
Except for "Another Man Done Gone" SB was amplified for the rest of the show, playing through an Astatic wireless into a Mesa Boogie Mark (one 12). No effects. Rico McFarland was playing through a Mesa SOB ("Son of Boogie"). Ilaria Lantieri on bass, Anthony Space who was tearing it up on keys, and a drummer who, unfortunately was not having the best night. He would speed up occasionally, prompting looks from Rico, but it wasn't bad enough that a non-musician would notice it.
Well worth the 90 minute drive.
Last Edited by on Apr 18, 2010 2:04 PM
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hvyj
282 posts
Apr 18, 2010
2:58 PM
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Hohner 365 Marine Band. It's a larger, tenor tuned, wood combed harp with 14 holes.
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The Gloth
342 posts
Apr 18, 2010
3:37 PM
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Ok, I saw one last week, during a harp workshop. I consider buying one.
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