THE BLUETONES INCLUDE:
Renowned Guitarist TOM FERRARO.
GRAMMY® Award Nominated Pianist MATT MCCABE.
2x-Blues Music Award-Winning Bassist MICHAEL ‘MUDCAT’ WARD (Nominated for the 2023 ‘Bassist of the Year’)
GRAMMY® Award Nominated Drummer NEIL GOUVIN
3x-GRAMMY® Award Nominated Master Harmonica Player & Vocalist SUGAR RAY NORCIA & THE BLUETONES have been Nominated 5 times for Album of the Year! (2018, 2012, 2015, 2017 & 2021) and 4 times for Band of the Year (2012, 2015, 2016, 2021) at the Blues Music Awards! 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 appeared on over 60 albums with the likes of Roomful of Blues, J. Geils, Otis Grand, and Pinetop Perkins, among others. Sugar Ray Norcia himself has 15 Blues Music Award Nominations including 2023’s “Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year” (his 5th Nomination).