Although Ray is the focal point – the band’s principal composer, harmonica soloist and lead vocalist – these five musicians are world-class players with a common goal who have succeeded in creating and sustaining a true artistic co-op within which each member is an integral and essential component. Friendship, loyalty and dedication all play their part in the continued success of The Bluetones. Nor is this an act which rests on its laurels. In fact, the group keeps getting better and better and more popular with each new album and tour. RHODE ISLAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME ORAL HISTORIES PROJECTĬONDUCTED AUGBY ALLEN OLSEN AND RICK BELLAIRE INTERVIEW WITH RAYMOND “SUGAR RAY” NORCIA This is one of those rare cases in contemporary music where, as Aristotle put it, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” Their current release at the time of their induction, 2014’s Living Tear To Tear, was nominated for an incredible seven Blues Music Awards.
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(Video of full interview appears at bottom of page)ĪO: Well, hello folks. My name’s Al Olsen and this is Rick Bellaire and we’re working for the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame. How are you today, Ray?ĪO: Can you tell us a little bit about when you were born, where you were born, your family and your neighborhood? Today we’re interviewing Sugar Ray Norcia at his home in Exeter, Rhode Island. SR: I was born in Rhode Island – Westerly, Rhode Island at the Westerly Hospital. The first three years of my life I lived in an Italian neighborhood so that I really don’t remember much about those years – on Oak Street in Westerly. Then we moved to Pawcatuck, Connecticut – sometimes I call it Stonington, Connecticut, they’re connected, you know. I was three years old, my grandparents bought a farm in Connecticut, an 80 acre farm, and they had the whole deal, the cows, pigs, chickens, you know, selling milk and all that, but I was a little bit too young to remember those days, but those 80 acres got broken down into sublot divisions for family. As I grew up, my aunt lived there, my uncle lived here – we didn’t have to drive to anything, picnics or whatever, it was a wonderful kind of way to grow up, the farmhouse being the focal point of the property – the red farm house on the hill where we had Sunday School and we all sang.
It was a nice way to grow up and, musically speaking, as I was a kid. My two uncles on my mother’s side played guitar and bass and my brother played piano and my father was a vocal coach and piano teacher in the school systems. My mother sang jazz and they would rehearse at my home.
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