Singer, harpman and three time Grammy Nominee Sugar Ray Norcia’s career kicked into high gear in 1979 when he formed the original Sugar Ray and the Bluetones with guitar giant Ronnie Earl and it has stayed there ever since. Norcia has received over two dozen Blues Music Award Nominations including winning two Blues Music Awards in 2014 and has appeared as a special guest on countless albums. In 2012 Ray was inducted into Rhode Island’s Music Hall Of Fame. In 2016 Sugar Ray and his band The Bluetones released a CD called “Seeing Is Believing and Sugar Ray was nominated for an unprecedented seven 2017 Blues Music Awards including Traditional Blues Male Artist and BB King Entertainer of the Year! Rays 2020 release titled “Too Far From the Bar” features the late great Little Charlie Baty and was nominated for five Blues Music Awards as well. In 2022 Ray was nominated for Traditional Blues Male Artist by the Blues Music Awards Foundation.
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