RIP Hubert Sumlin
Sad day today as we lost another brother, the great Hubert Sumlin. Hubert was responsible for turning on just about every guitar player that ever plugged in an electric guitar to play the blues. Of course we had the great Muddy Waters who first recorded in 1948 in Chicago, but the lineage passed through Hubert’s hands as he inspired so many pickers while playing with the great Howlin Wolf in the early 50′s.
Long story short
“Smokestack Lightning,” “Spoonful,” “Ain’t Superstitious” — set Wolf on fire at Sun Records in Memphis and later at Chess Records in Chicago.
The 1953 summit of Mr. Sumlin and Wolf was to blues what the meeting of Scotty Moore and Elvis Presley was to rock just a year later.
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I have that same b&w photo of Wolf & Hubert SIGNED by Hubert !!!!
Loved dat man,, sweet as cane sugar in Louisiana,,,
TOO SOON GONE!!!!!
Don Butchie
Anonymous
December 5, 2011 at 3:11 pm
Another blues stringer called home. Lots of love to youse all.
Don Ralphie
Anonymous
December 5, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Still love the Real Folk blues with Hubert on guitar and Buddy Guy on bass on many of those tracks, so glad you turned me on to those records Sal. RIP, Hubert have gone to the other side
Big Jack
big Jack
December 6, 2011 at 12:00 am