Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Messin' With The Phish!

This video features a special collaboration between Vermont rockers Phish and legendary blues harmonica man Sugar Blue. He joined the band on stage in July of 1997 for this performance of Junior Wells's "Messin With The Kid" as well as Willie Dixon's Hoochie Coochie Man."
This version has Phish's signature funky and playful feel. Sugar Blue sings with a soulful and engaging energy. A great moment comes when he throws his hand in the air and sings, "Good bye baby!" at around 1:28. Page McConnell's keyboards are also of note on this video. Although the camera work is shaky at time it doesn't take away from an effervescent organ solo. Sugar Blue gets the crowd amped with his high velocity solos and exciting riffs.







Sugar Blue is a Grammy Award-winning harmonica player currently living and touring in Europe. He is widely recogized for his work with the Rolling Stones most notably the signature harp riff on "Help Me." Recently he released his latest and long awated album titled "Code Blue." For more information visit Sugar-Blue.com

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