Last night I went to see Sugar Blue night at the Southern Blues Night festival in Heerlen, Holland. I really had no expectations, since I only knew his work with the Stones, but I was curious how good the man still was. After some middle of the road performances by others (
click here for the program), Sugar Blue hit the stage at 23.30.
His (really young) band played a long funky intro and then the man himself entered the stage. He blew me away the first couple of songs: I've never heard anyone play the harp so effordlessly, so easy and hit so many notes per second. It was totally incredible. The audience was in awe. After about thirty minutes it got a little boring, since all his solo's kind of sound a like, but still it was a fun performance. The band was tight, especially the drummer.
Afterwards I bought his latest record, which this morning prooved to be quite good. Sugar Blue signed it for me, which was nice. I remember walking home, passing Sugar who was asking some bearded guy for 'a funny cigarette', that I should have brought my Miss You single. Well, maybe the next time.
Anyone else had the pleasure of seeing him lately?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009-03-22 00:51 by mr edward.