THE BLUETONES HAVE BEEN ROLL
ING FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS AS
ONE THE MOST ESSENTIAL AND INNO
VATIVE WHITE BLUES BANDS IN THE GE
NRE. HARMONICA PLAYER, SINGER AND S
ONGWRITER SUGAR RAY NORCIA BEGAN PL
AYING IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 1970s A
ND FORMED THE BAND IN 1979, FEATURING NO
RCIA UP FRONT WITH ANTHONY GERACY ON KEYS,
MICHAEL "MUDCAT" WARD ON BASS, NEIL GOUVIN
ON DRUMS AND RONNIE EARL ON GUITAR. OVER THE
YEARS, MUDCAT AND GOUVIN HAVE REMAINED WITH THE
BAND, WHILE THE GUITAR SLOT PASSED THROUGH THE HA
NDS OF KID BENGHAM, MONSTER MIKE WELCH, PAUL SIZE,
DUKE ROBILLARD,LITTLE CHARLIE BATY AND RUSTY ZINN. THEI
R MUSIC BLENDS CHICAGO BLUES AND WEST COAST SWING INTO A SOUND SOLIDIFIED BY EXTREME ELEGANCE AND
AN UNMISTAKABLY BOLD GROOVE. THERE IS NO ROOM
FOR DOUBT: SUGAR RAY AND THE BLUETONES REPRE
SENT BLUES AT IT'S PUREST, DECADES OF ACCUMU
LATED EXPERIENCE SEDUCING AUDIENCES AROU
ND THE WORLD, INVENTING NEW SENSATIONS
NSDELIVERING THE BLUES WITHOUT COMPRO
MISE,SUGAR RAY NORCIA STANDS AS A CO
PROTAGONIST OF A TRUTH THE GENRE
HAS NEVER HIDDEN: IT'S TRUE TREASU
RE FOR THE CULTURE OF POPULAR
MUSIC IN THE 20TH CENTURY