RIP Hubert Sumlin

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Howlin' Wolf's great guitarist
http://www.spinner.com/2011/12/05/hubert-sumlin-dead/
One of the coolest electric blues players ever, such a raw tone.

tylerw_sandbox, Monday, 5 December 2011 17:58 (fourteen years ago)

Very sad. So overwhelmingly influential.

Tarfumes the Escape Goat, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:03 (fourteen years ago)

listening to the new "complete chess masters" box set on spotify. so great. anybody pick it up in real life? i have the older chess box set. don't know if the new one is worth shelling out for -- lots of overlap.

tylerw_sandbox, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:09 (fourteen years ago)

One of the greats.

o. nate, Monday, 5 December 2011 21:02 (fourteen years ago)

Still sounded great when I saw him live some months back.

Another Suburbanite, Monday, 5 December 2011 22:26 (fourteen years ago)

He, J. Blackfoot and Howard Tate all passing on within a week.

Another Suburbanite, Monday, 5 December 2011 22:27 (fourteen years ago)

RIP -- such a great player

William (C), Monday, 5 December 2011 22:38 (fourteen years ago)

Shame this is only on sandbox. RIP, a giant.

Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 10:41 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, I listened to the "Rocking Chair" album last night in his honor - still smokes.

o. nate, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 18:12 (fourteen years ago)

here's his amp -- looks about right
http://www.gibson.com/Files/aaFeaturesImages/Wabash%20resize.jpg

tylerw_sandbox, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 20:04 (fourteen years ago)

Mick & Keef pay for Hubert's Funeral

Tumblr Whites Off Earth Now!! (Sandbox Grisso-McCain), Friday, 9 December 2011 17:39 (fourteen years ago)

cool

tylerw_sandbox, Friday, 9 December 2011 17:55 (fourteen years ago)


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