Mike Sugar
Santa Cruz, CA
Rock / acoustic / electric
Bio
Mike Sugar is a New Orleans native whose early interest in music developed into a command of multiple instruments, styles and studio techniques. He soon moved to California and took to the road with Jambay, a band he co founded while in school. He spent the next years playing venues all over the states, giving rise to numerous bootleg tapes still circulating today. Jambay released 3 original CDs, composed for film, and were the subject of a documentary DVD chronicling their tireless output. T...
Press
“...Mike Sugar is a veteran of the road and psychedelic scene. His band Jambay cut a swath through the outposts of America before landing beside author Ken Kesey. Opening the show and providing the soundtrack to Kesey’s musical play “Twister,” Jambay’s legendary status was set. Since then, Sugar has accompanied all the Bay Area mega-hitters—Bob Weir, Melvin Seals.... Playing an intimate solo performance, Sugar will showcase new material and acoustic versions of songs from his latest album, Again with the Microphone. ”
Artist Stats
Fans: 146
Song Plays: 240
Visits: 1,159
Video Plays: 53
Widget Hits: 8,019
Status
Status:
Posted a new song: "Tentative" http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/81454325 #music
Blog
Catch up to Valentine's 2012 and beyond
Feb 15, 2012 at 09:16 PM
Busy little winter here in Sugarland. I had the honor of stepping in for Bobby Vega as bassist for Zero, playing with Nat Keefe and his concert carnival, playing with John Kadlecik, Melvin Seals, Nicki and Tim Bluhm, Timothy Carbone and so many other talented people and that was all before February. On Valentine's Day I was all alone...playing so...
