Ken "Sugar Brown" Kawashima was born in Bowling Green Ohio.
His attachment to the Blues came while he studied at the University of Chicago by day and prowled the blues clubs at night, backing artists such as Taildragger and "Big Eyes" Smith.
He now lives in Toronto, and his latest album is entitled
Sugar Browns Sad Day.
How did the blues find this classically trained pianist...as Sugar says "It was a moment..."