sad news..play some Howling Wolf

Blue Lena (Tamara) just posted it on facebook a few minutes ago.

Sad news indeed. He had just turned 80.

Very good friends with Keith, who even (quietly) paid his medical bills a few years back when he required surgery.

Condolences to his wife Toni and his family.

This clip is Hubert playing 'Let It Bleed' with the Stones at Madison Square Garden on 16.1.03 (a couple of nights before the HBO concert)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwXdsgHmSgM

Ah, one of the greats. Hope he's resting where there is no blues.

Damn, damn, damn.  I was hoping this was a mistake.  Apparently not.  Very sad news.  He was a great man and will be missed, but always remembered.  RIP Hubert.

Ginda wrote on Dec 4^th, 2011 at 2:14pm:

Damn, damn, damn.  I was hoping this was a mistake.  Apparently not.  Very sad news.  He was a great man and will be missed, but always remembered.  RIP Hubert.

As I remember, Ginda,  Chrissy (Azqb) and Hubert were pretty good friends. Think they lived near each other?

RIP, Hubert.

Gazza wrote on Dec 4^th, 2011 at 2:17pm:

Ginda wrote on Dec 4th, 2011 at 2:14pm: Damn, damn, damn.  I was hoping this was a mistake.  Apparently not.  Very sad news.  He was a great man and will be missed, but always remembered.  RIP Hubert. As I remember, Ginda,  Chrissy (Azqb) and Hubert were pretty good friends. Think they lived near each other?

Right on both counts, Gazza.  She spent a lot of time with Hubert and was very fond of him.  

R.I.P. Hubert.

I still can't find anything about Hubert's death.  Nothing on his website, etc.  Maybe there is a slim chance the info is wrong.  

I was told by close friends of his.People who saw Hubert all the time and helped with his business....but yes the general media shows no signs yet

Blues guitar great Hubert Sumlin dies

SUNDAY, 04 DECEMBER 2011 16:58 WRITTEN BY JIM WHITE

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Hubert Sumlin, who gained blues fame as a guitarist for the legendary Howlin' Wolf from about 1954 to 1976, and in more recent years as a solid performer on his own, died today. His death closes yet another window into blues history.

Sumlin had just turned 80 last month. He died in a hospital in Wayne, N.J., reportedly of heart failure.

Here's a very nice tribute to Sumlin written by guitarist Bob Margolin, back in 2003: http://www.hubertsumlinblues.com/biography.html
I haven't seen a full obituary yet on Sumlin, but I'm sure there will be some in the next day or so.

I've seen Sumlin a few times in recent years at blues festivals. He always impressed me with his sharp dressing and smiling demeanor, and especially with his still-snappy guitar work. Another real-deal bluesman who will be missed.

Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv63oUwwIwY&feature=player_embedded

http://communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/arts-entertainment-living/blue-notes/31015-blues-guitar-great-hubert-sumlin-dies

rest in peace mr sumlin

RIP.  

Truly a weapon of mass instruction.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCuYqJbQ2S4&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL27485F70C9B27781

Oh no, I hadn't seen this news.  I'm so sad.  We got to meet Hubert at Jorma's Fur Peace Ranch several years ago.  I got to talk to him and I took his hand as we were talking, it was the softest hand I have ever held.  He was very kind and sweet to me, it was a moment I cherish.  RIP Dear Hubert.  RIP

xo,
Martha

 Didn't ~AzQb ride in the same limo w/ hubert once?

Remember reading that on Kenos.

This is really sad news. I was lucky enough to see Hubert many times. A brilliant player and real nice man as well.

Gazza you wrote "his wife Toni."  I knew Toni was his manager, I didn't know they were married.

Yes he was one of the greats. Here's my video of him 3 years ago at BB Kings with George Thorogood, celebrating his 77th birthday, and he was still playing up until he died at 80. RIP

http://youtu.be/SJEBiYHfx3E

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards pay tribute to blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin
Howlin' Wolf guitarist has passed away aged 80
December 6, 2011 14:21
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The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have paid tribute to blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin, who has passed away aged 80.

The pair paid their respects to Sumlin, who enjoyed a career that spanned 40 years - including nearly two decades playing guitar with the singer Howlin' Wolf and a stint with Muddy Waters - before he died from heart failure earlier this week (December 4).

Richards, who featured on Sumlin's 2004 solo LP 'About Them Shoes', said: "With sorrow I received the news of Hubert's passing. He put up a long hard fight. To me he was an uncle and a teacher, and all the guitar players must feel the same as myself."

He went on to add: Warm, humours and always encouraging, he was a gentleman of the first order. Miss him, yes, but we have his records. All my condolences to his family.
Jagger, meanwhile, said: "Hubert was an incisive yet delicate blues player. He had a really distinctive and original tone, and was a wonderful foil for Howlin' Wolf's growling vocal style.

"On a song like 'Going Down Slow' he could produce heart rending emotion, and on a piece like 'Wang Dang Doodle', an almost playful femininity. He was an inspiration to us all."

Sumlin, who was nominated for a Grammy award on four separate occasions but never won the prize, was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 2008 and was also included in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time.

It was recently reported that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were set to discuss plans for the 50th anniversary of the first Rolling Stones gig, which takes place on July 12 2012.

Did he ever smoke cigarettes?

I just quit last month after 25 years to an electronic cig.  

Nicotine itself is no harmful than caffeine, then mix that in w/ a benzo and I'm floatn' fine.

mrpitiful wrote on Dec 5^th, 2011 at 10:39am:

This is really sad news. I was lucky enough to see Hubert many times. A brilliant player and real nice man as well. Gazza you wrote "his wife Toni."  I knew Toni was his manager, I didn't know they were married.

Maybe she was his girlfriend, but they were a couple.

Thanks for the reply.

A very classy move by Mick and Keith!!

From Blue Lena:
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Just proving once again that Mick & Keith do have hearts of gold. This is from Toni Ann at Hubert Sumlin's official facebook page:

"I just wanted to share with you, Hubert's loving fans, that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have insisted on picking up the full expenses for Hubert's funeral. God Bless the Rolling Stones."

Indeed. Thanks Mick & Keith!

Nice touch.  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Was just ging to post the funeral expense piece....Good on the boys to help out...Imagine a legend who made such great music for years leaves little if any as an inheritance.....tough life many of the blues guys lived while others like Stones etc made millions.....who said life is fair huh?

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-will-pay-for-hubert-sumlins-funeral-20111208

Just some specifics on the wake from NJ Star Ledger....

Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards will reportedly foot the cost of the funeral for blues legend Huburt Sumlin, the lead guitarist for Howlin' Wolf who died Sunday at a Wayne hospital. Sumlin, who had been living in Totowa, suffered heart failure. He was 80.

"God bless the Rolling Stones," writes Sumlin's longtime manager and caretaker Toni Ann Mamary, according to media reports. She says that Jagger and Richards "insisted" on paying for the funeral. A viewing will be held Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Festa Memorial Funeral Home, 111 Union Blvd., in Totowa, and a public service will be at 10 a.m. Monday. He will be buried in a private service in Illinois on Tuesday.

Richards, who played on Sumlin's 2004 album "About Them Shoes," called Sumlin "an uncle and a teacher, and all the guitar players must feel the same as myself." Jagger wrote on his Facebook page, “Hubert was an incisive yet delicate blues player. He had a really distinctive and original tone and was a wonderful foil for Howlin’ Wolf’s growling vocal style. On a song like “Goin’ Down Slow” he could produce heart-rending emotion, and on a piece like “Wang Dang Doodle” an almost playful femininity. He was an inspiration to us all.”

Ellen thats not george , LOL.

just listened to his cd as a tribute. Btw: great Keith on Two Trains!

grt,
Albert
Holland

RIP Huburt.

Keith, Mick, that was very nice of you!

TomL wrote on Dec 9^th, 2011 at 6:56am:

Ellen thats not george , LOL.

OOPS, my bad ~ it's David Johansen, John Sebastian, Levon Helm, Brian Mitchell, Johnny Johnson. David J and George T kinda have a similar rough, raunchy style.  

Is anyone going to the viewing?