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Sugar Ray & The Bluetones are not your average blues band with a front man and backing musicians.

Although the longevity of The Bluetones is surely attributable to hard work and perseverance, there is much more at work here. A quick look at the current personnel in other acts with similarly long careers which have mined similar territories shows The Rolling Stones operating with three original members, Fleetwood Mac with two, and Roomful of Blues and The Fabulous Thunderbirds with just one each. Maintaining a partnership of this length is no small feat in the world of popular music. The “newcomer” to the band, guitarist “Monster” Mike Welch, was celebrating his 16th anniversary in the fold. At the time of their induction into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2016, Sugar Ray & The Bluetones were closing in on their 40th anniversary with a lineup boasting four original members: vocalist and harmonica player Raymond “Sugar Ray” Norcia, drummer Neil Gouvin, bassist Michael “Mudcat” Ward and keyboardist Anthony Geraci.