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Sugar Blue at State Theatre, New Brunswick

Courtesy of Kelly Blithe | Posted on April 15, 2010

Where

State Theatre, New Brunswick
15 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ
Map
732-246-7469

When

Thu, September 23, 2010
8pm

At Door

$30-40

Musicians

About

Grammy® Award-winning harmonica virtuoso Sugar Blue and his 5-piece Blues band (guitar, bass, drum, and keyboards) open the 2010 State Theatre’s New Jersey Blues & Jazz Festival! Combining dazzling technique with smoldering expressiveness, Sugar Blue, who has been called the “Charlie Parker of the Harmonica,” has been known to give off enough energy during his awe-inspiring performances to light up several city square blocks!

Blue has played and recorded with some of the best musicians of all-time ranging from Willie Dixon, Stan Getz, and Frank Zappa to Johnny Shines, Bob Dylan, and Prince—he is perhaps best known for his signature riff and solo on the Rolling Stones’ hit “Miss You” from their Some Girls album....

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