I just discovered this guy while rooting around in a vintage vinyl store in Portland, Oregon this past weekend.
Born Frank Robinson, Sugar Chile played a bluesy boogie piano and organ in a brief recording career that lasted only three years between 1949-1952.
His versions of "Vooey, Vooey Vay" and "Numbers Boogie" are exceptional, and he shows quite astonishing range.
What's the big deal about him, one might ask, in the host of fine blues musicians. Well, this...
Those three years of his recording career? Those were the years that he was 9 to 12.
