New CD !! Sugar Ray and the Bluetones Featuring Little Charlie will be releasing a new CD on Severn Records called “Too Far From The Bar”. Release date September,2020. Order here… https://orcd.co/toofarfromthebar

Sugar Ray and the Bluetones...

Have been playing their unique style of blues the world over for almost forty years. Not limited to one style, but able to play Chicago Blues in the style of Muddy Waters. Little Walter and Billy Boy Arnold; Kansas City Swing in the style of "Big" Joe Turner; Texas Blues like "T" Bone Walker and Freddie King; and the swampy Louisiana sounds of "Lazy" Lester-all played with distinctive originality .

All of the members of Sugar Ray and the Bluetones have been featured on other Artists recordings which include Roomful of Blues,Hubert Sumlin, John Hammond, Johnny Winter, J.Geils, Otis Grand, Pinetop Perkins, The Mannish Boys, Sugaray Rayford, Debbie Davies, Duke Robillard, Ronnie Earl and many more.

"Sugar Ray is the real deal. There is nobody better to represent this music." - Kim Wilson, The Fabulous Thunderbirds

"Sugar Ray has great tone and phrasing, singing ad playing the harp. One of my favorites." -Charlie Musslewhite

SUGAR RAY AND THE BLUETONES

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

2008

Nominated for three Blues Music Awards including“Album of the Year”(My Life, My Friends, My Music)

2012

Nominated for four Blues Music Awards including“Album” (Evening) 

Nominated for Blues Music Awards “Band”

Nominated for Blues Music Awards“Traditional Blues Album” (Evening) 

2014

Nominated for Boston Music Awards  “Blues Band of the Year”

2015

Nominated for six Blues Music Awards including “Best Album”(Living Tear To Tear), “Traditional Blues Album” (Living Tear To Tear), “Band”

Nominated for New England Music Awards “Blues Band of the Year”

Nominated for Blues Blast Music Awards  “Traditional Blues Recording” and “Band of the Year”

Winner Blues Audience Newsletter Readers Poll (New England)  Outstanding New England Band

2016

Nominated for Blues Music Awards “Band”

Inducted into The Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame

2017

Nominated for ten Blues Music Awards!

Album (Seeing Is Believing),Band,Traditional Album (Seeing Is Believing),BB King Entertainer (Sugar Ray Norcia),Song (Seeing Is Believing),Traditional Blues Male Artist (Sugar Ray Norcia),Instrumentalist-Harmonica (Sugar Ray Norcia) Pinetop Perkins Piano (Anthony Geraci),Bass (Mudcat Ward).Guitar (Monster Mike Welch)