From: "John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx> Date: September 23, 2009 9:56:05 PM GMT-04:00 To: EGS1217@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: Sugar Blue
Elizabeth,
I'm delighted to hear this. Of course, I'm huge fan of Sugar Blue and I see his shows whenever he is in my area. I consider SB to be one of the greatest living harmonica players. IMHO, he does not get the recognition he deserves. It would be a thrill if he were to post on harp-l.
Thanks for telling me about this!
Best regards,
JP
On Sep 23, 2009, at 9:03 PM, EGS1217@xxxxxxx wrote:
Incidentally, John...I took the liberty of showing the paragraph you'd posted a couple of weeks ago to Sugar (we converse on facebook), since I thought it was a wonderful review of his playing.
The pertinent paragraph:
"there is a tune on the ANGEL HEART movie soundtrack CD called "Right Key, But the Wrong Keyhole" sung by Lillian Boutte. On this tune, Sugar Blue plays amplified diatonic harmonica and sounds so much like a muted trumpet, you don't realize it's a harmonica at first. But, even after you do, the phrasing is so jazz horn like that it's amazing and conveys that precise feel and feeling one gets listening to a good jazz sax or trumpet player. Incredible, very sophisticated performance. Unbelievable tone and phrasing. I've never heard anything else like it from a harmonica player."
I also mentioned that your review had been posted on harp-l. He's just asked me about harp-l, so I've referred him to fjm...hopefully to sign on here and to other harmonica lists I belong to.
Now he would definitely fit the criteria of somebody 'famous' posting...but I'm not sure he will as yet...despite being a wonderful and articulate writer. Sugar's a busy, gigging/traveling musician with a new album coming out very soon, is a class act and his facebook postings are usually dead-on with my own points of view. He may decide just to read the list and remain unseen and silent..but if he has decided to sign on, I would like to be among the first to welcome him.
Elizabeth