Hubert Sumlin
b. 16 November 1931, Greenwood, Mississippi, USA. One of 11 children, Sumlin's mother saved hard to buy him an $8 guitar when he was a child. Renowned for his guitar work, particularly in support of his mentor Howlin' Wolf, Hubert Sumlin began his career in the Mississippi juke-joints. He joined Jimmy Cotton and first met Wolf when he was 19 in Memphis where he worked with him briefly before following him to Chicago in 1954. His occasionally stormy relationship with Wolf lasted until the latter's death, although on Wolf's obsequies he is listed as a son. He was in Europe with Wolf on the AFBF of 1964 and later worked with other bluesmen including Eddie Taylor and Muddy Waters.
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Albums
- (2009) Healing Feeling
- (2005) Healing Feeling
- (2005) Hubert Sumlin's Blues Party
- (1996) Hubert Sumlin
Top Tracks
- Blue Guitar
- Down The Dusty Road
- A Soul That's Been Abused
- Down In The Bottom
- Blues For Henry
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