kudzurunner
1893 posts
Sep 30, 2010
3:39 PM
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I'm happy to announce that Sugar Blue is officially confirmed to appear at Hill Country Harmonica next May. He'll be the headliner on Saturday, May 21. Satan and Adam will open for him.
Sugar will be bringing his band. He'll be lecturing/teaching for an hour, helping oversee a jam session with a local Mississippi band, and playing a one-hour set with his band--one of the hottest, funkiest bands in the business--in the evening.
The final set of the evening will be the Sugar Blue band WITHOUT Sugar as the backup band for an all-comers jam. Deak and I may blow one song, but basically it's you guys (and gals) going at it, with the Sugar Blue band kicking you in the butt. You said you wanted more jam time, you've got it.
This should be fun.
More news to follow as we have it.
Last Edited by on Sep 30, 2010 3:40 PM
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Joe_L
670 posts
Sep 30, 2010
3:48 PM
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Hi Adam - Who is in his band?
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kudzurunner
1894 posts
Sep 30, 2010
3:52 PM
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When I saw them in Chicago, Rico McFarland was playing guitar. It's a quartet. Since Sugar insisted on bringing his band, I suspect it'll be the same quartet he appeared with at the Chicago Blues Festival.
Every single time I've seen him live in the last 20 years, he's had a killer band, although the personnel changes.
Needless to say, Sugar is filling the "modern" end of the spectrum of music we'll be presenting, along with Brandon Bailey. Billy Branch, Johnny Sansone, Deak Harp, Trip Henderson, hold down the more traditional end. Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry and his band are the Mississippi soul of things, as is Sterling Magee. And we're working on a couple more surprises.
Last Edited by on Sep 30, 2010 3:56 PM
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Heart2Harp
151 posts
Sep 30, 2010
4:01 PM
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suggestion: could someone tape the workshops? You could sell them on tradebit. I know I would buy them.
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bluemoose
331 posts
Sep 30, 2010
4:03 PM
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oh man....now I'm gonna have to start plotting and planning my way down there! Damn!
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DeakHarp
223 posts
Sep 30, 2010
5:07 PM
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WoW this is great news Adam .....What a lineup .... U Me And Blue & Trip have been friends for 20 yrs .. That is just great .....Im going to see Blue in Rosa's on saturday ...I have 4 harps to deliver to a Chicago Harp Player ...and im going to meet him at Rosa's ... I also got some good news im now a free agent again ....I have moved on from the band i been playing with . Due to My scedule being so nutz .. Now I can work on my next move ....Custom Harps , Teaching , Blues in the schools ,, And The Deak Harp Band ,New Deak Harp CD ,,,The band wanted me to go to Holland may 19 I said im booked for Hill Co ...And thats that ....
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groyster1
528 posts
Sep 30, 2010
5:11 PM
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hey bluemoose youre a canuck right come on down you`ll love the mississippi weather
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earlounge
162 posts
Sep 30, 2010
5:57 PM
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wow this is cool! I saw Sugar a few months back at Terra Blues and his band was awesome. He had a real young drummer, female bassist, and a flashy guitar player.
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DeakHarp
225 posts
Sep 30, 2010
6:26 PM
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Rico Mcfarlin was James Cottons guitar man for a long time ....
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Joe_L
672 posts
Sep 30, 2010
7:12 PM
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Rico is playing with James again. At least, he was a couple of months ago.
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kudzurunner
1896 posts
Sep 30, 2010
7:40 PM
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As those who've read MISTER SATAN'S APPRENTICE will know, there's a Sugar Blue / Satan & Adam connection: Sugar was a NYC street performer long before he made his mark on the international blues scene. Nat Riddles insisted that he was the best solo street-harp player he'd ever seen. I have no recordings from those days, but some of the stuff on "Cross Roads"--an early SB album--convinced me that he was probably telling the truth. "Another Man Done Gone" has the feel of a street performance-piece.
http://www.amazon.com/Another-Done-Gone-Sugar-Blue/dp/B00153GETC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1285900821&sr=1-1
Last Edited by on Sep 30, 2010 7:41 PM
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roberth5
19 posts
Sep 30, 2010
9:54 PM
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I agree with Heart2Harp's suggestion about taping the workshops.
I would also buy them, as I do not think I will ever get the chance to actually attend.
Rob
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Gray
120 posts
Sep 30, 2010
9:56 PM
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My tears a keep on a rollin.
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toddlgreene
1851 posts
Oct 01, 2010
5:15 AM
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Holy crap, okay, okay, I'll be there this time, Adam! You keep sweetening the pot!
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Littoral
102 posts
Oct 01, 2010
7:33 AM
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I'm planning too.
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harpdude61
380 posts
Oct 01, 2010
9:50 AM
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Congrats Adam! Sounds like another super event to me! Can't wait!
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