Sugar Ray & The Bluetones - Knockout

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:1989
Time:45:48 
Size:106,1 MB 
Label:Rounder Records/A Division Of Concord Music Group,Inc. 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Sally Sue Brown - 3:04
 2. I'm Your Professor - 3:16
 3. Talk To Me - 3:03
 4. Lucy Mae Blues - 2:55
 5. Mouth On Fire - 2:43
 6. I'm Tortured - 4:05
 7. Hope Valley - 2:59
 8. Radiates That Charm - 2:56
 9. I'm Not Ashamed - 2:49
10. He's Gone Away - 4:09
11. Bite The Dust - 4:19
12. I Could Have (Loved You) - 3:14
13. What Can It Be - 2:58
14. Country Boy - 3:13

Musicians:
Sugar Ray Norcia-  Harmonica, Accordion, Vocals;
Kid Bangham - Guitar;
Anthony Geraci - Organ, Piano;
Michael Ward -  Bass;
Mudcat Ward - Bass;
Tom "La Bumba" Mahfood -  Baritone Sax;
Greg Mazel - Baritone, Tenor Sax;
Neil Gouvin -  Drums.

A surprisingly tasteful and solidly swinging album, Sugar Ray is a powerhouse vocalist and a more-than-respectable harp player. There are some good songs, too, especially the slow blues "I'm Tortured."
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.
This band, featuring Sugar Ray Norcia's powerful baritone vocals and harmonica, was a New England blues institution and a breeding ground for fine guitarists -- Ronnie Earl, who worked with Sugar Ray in the late '70s, and "Kid" Bangham, who left Sugar Ray to join the Fabulous Thunderbirds just after this album was recorded.
Harmonica player, lyricist, and singer Sugar Ray Norcia has been leading his band, the Blue Tones, around New England since the late 1970s. The band began to break nationally in the late '80s and early '90s with the release of their debut for the Rounder/Varrick label, Knockout. While leading his own band and touring on a regional basis around the New England states, Norcia spent many years in apprenticeship as a sideman. This fact is evident on his recordings, as Norcia's singing is deep and heartfelt, and his harmonica playing is that of a seasoned blues club veteran.

Knockout