Sugar Blue (born James Joshua “Jimmie” Whiting, December 16, 1949, Harlem, New York City) is an American blues harmonica player. He is probably best known for playing on the Rolling Stones‘ single “Miss You“, and in partnering Louisiana Red.

The Chicago Tribune said, “The sound of Sugar Blue’s harmonica could pierce any night… it’s the sound of a musician who transcends the supposed limitations of his instrument.”

In the mid-1970s, Blue played as a session musician on Johnny Shines‘s Too Wet to Plow (1975) and with Roosevelt Sykes. While in the company of the latter, he met Louisiana Red, and the two toured and recorded in 1978.

Taking advice from Memphis Slim, in the late 1970s Blue traveled to Paris, France. According to Ronnie Wood, Blue was found by Mick Jaggerbusking on the city streets. This led to him playing on several of the tracks on The Rolling Stones’ Some Girls and Emotional Rescue albums: “Some Girls“, “Send It to Me“, “Down in the Hole” and “Miss You“.