{"id":523,"date":"2010-08-10T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=523"},"modified":"2010-08-10T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T23:57:00","slug":"sugar-blue-threshold-beeble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2010\/08\/sugar-blue-threshold-beeble\/","title":{"rendered":"SUGAR BLUE Threshold [Beeble]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SUGAR-BLUE-Threshold-M-Review-JanFeb2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-524\" title=\"SUGAR-BLUE-Threshold-M-Review-JanFeb2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SUGAR-BLUE-Threshold-M-Review-JanFeb2010.jpg\" alt=\"SUGAR BLUE - Threshold\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SUGAR-BLUE-Threshold-M-Review-JanFeb2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SUGAR-BLUE-Threshold-M-Review-JanFeb2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>SUGAR BLUE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Threshold<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Beeble]<\/p>\n<p>Known mostly as the musician who contributed the wailing harmonica riff on the Rolling Stones\u2019 \u201cMiss You,\u201d Sugar Blue has maintained a vibrant career path ever since, offering consistent homage to such esteemed predecessors as Big Walter Horton, Carey Bell, James Cotton and Junior Wells. While <em>Threshold<\/em> continues to echo that bluesy legacy, it also finds him diversifying his palette with blues, R&amp;B and funk. Blue\u2019s harp doesn\u2019t necessarily dominate the proceedings, which isn\u2019t to say he doesn\u2019t make his presence felt. His playing dazzles with rapid-fire dexterity on the furious cover of Junior Wells\u2019 \u201cMessin\u2019 With the Kid,\u201d the emotional sweep of \u201cCotton Tree\u201d and the controlled frenzy that marks \u201cNoel News.\u201d\u00a0 A bonus interview tacked on at the end proves an unnecessary addendum to an album that otherwise lets the music do the talking. \u2013Lee Zimmerman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUGAR BLUE Threshold [Beeble] Known mostly as the musician who contributed the wailing harmonica riff on the Rolling Stones\u2019 \u201cMiss You,\u201d Sugar Blue has maintained a vibrant career path ever since, offering consistent homage to such esteemed predecessors as Big Walter Horton, Carey Bell, James Cotton and Junior Wells. While Threshold continues to echo that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,205,32,203,204],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":526,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523\/revisions\/526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}