Bio

BIG SUGAR’s 30th Anniversary “HEMI-VISION” tour: celebrating 3 decades of the album that introduced “Diggin A Hole”, “If I Had My Way” and “Gone for Good” to radio and Much Music fans across Canada. Big Sugar was an iron man test of musical endurance set against a backdrop of personal turmoil and creative pressure in the 1990s. The cultural experiment of Detroit blues meets Detroit Rock City meets Kingston Ghetto recipe became a force that burned like a vacant inner-city house fire. The unlikely success of the Roots Rock Reggae crew in Hugo Boss suits during the height of “grunge” bought the creative freedom to drive on. And drive on they have.

That musical spontaneous combustion continues within every live show. Powered now with passion, laughter and comradery. Big Sugar’s throbbing bass lines, arena rock drums and signature guitar tones bring the songs on “Hemi-Vision” to life reminding us how deeply satisfying a great rock show can be!

Gordie Johnson’s power trio featuring bassist Anders Drerup and drummer Root Valach have forged their musical bond during the wildly successful 500 POUNDS tour. Weaving blues and reggae through the wall of guitars and adding vocal harmonies that invoke Jamaica, Motown or an East Coast kitchen party, Big Sugar endures.

The 30th Anniversary Hemi-Vision Tour is a 2 set performance that sees the entire album performed live for the first time ever followed with a second set of favorites and rarities from the extensive Big Sugar catalogue.

Please share the evening of Roots Rock Reggae with Big Sugar!

Big Sugar has garnered artistic acclaim from musical giants such as:

• Jack White- “500 Pounds, I think is the best blues record to ever come out of

Canada. I love this record so much.”

• Joe Satriani- “Gordie is one of those players when he picks up the 6 string and plugs it in he makes a kind of magic. Even if you play the same notes it won’t come close. I don’t know how he does it.”

• Warren Haynes “I trust GJ’s instincts so much, which is why he is there. From a creative standpoint, he is one of the best I have ever worked with.”

• Billy Gibbons, “ZZ Top did a song called ‘I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide’… it could have been written about Big Sugar.”

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