Browsing: Hubert Sumlin

You think you know what Killin’ Floor means?? Hubert Sumlin says you’re wrong… this is one of the most revealing and interesting LOTB articles we’ve ever put out!

I’m just gonna come flat out and say it: If you haven’t paid a visit to the Mississippi Delta yet, plan one now to this starkly beautiful, richly musical place.

This week’s “Language of the Blues” word is “Bailing Wire”, which many a blusman hand-crafted their first guitar from!

Chicago music legend will headline Chicago Blues Fest this summer, as tributes to the many fallen blues heroes of 2011 are planned.

Through the many devastating losses in 2011, the blues has remained vigilant, powerful, and displayed an unbridled power to stay, grow, and thrive through adversity.

The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have insisted on covering the full expense of pioneering bluesman Hubert Sumlin’s burial.

We’ve just received word that blues Hall of Famer Hubert Sumlin, like so many of his peers, died without the financial wherewithal to take care of his own funeral and burial expenses.

Hubert Sumlin, the long celebrated and legendary blues guitar master who played scorching guitar for Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters during the Chicago Blues heyday, has reportedly passed away.

Big Head Todd and the Monsters have assembled a wild all-star team of bluesmen to bring a unique and rockin’ version of Robert Johnson cover songs in celebration of the legend’s centennial birthday.

Check this out! Twenty two minutes of blues bliss, with songs and interviews by Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy, Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, and Slam Allen.