Hubert Sumlin 1931 - 2011
Sadly, the blues world lost another great this week when Hubert Sumlin passed on at the age of 80. Born and raised in the South, Hubert moved to Chicago in 1953 to become a part of the great Chicago blues scene. Hubert was Howlin’ Wolf’s guitarist in the1950s and backed up him until Wolf’s death in 1976. He also backed up Muddy Waters for a short time in the 1950s. ZZ Top has often cited Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters as influences, so they no doubt crossed paths with this great musician. BFG pays respect to Hubert at http://www.examiner.com/local-music-in-new-york/hubert-sumlin-an-appreciation .
Hubert influenced guitarists around the world including Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimmy Page. The home page of his website http://www.hubertsumlinblues.com has some sweet words from Toni Ann Mamary who became his caretaker after the death of his wife. There page http://www.hubertsumlinblues.com/biography.html also contains more information about the man.
The video lesson at http://www.guitarworld.com/video-hubert-sumlin-blues-guitar-lesson with Hubert from Guitar World will surely make you smile.
Hubert Sumlin was truly a blues great that will surely be missed.
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