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Dedicated to the music of Hubert Charles Sumlin (November 16, 1931–December 4, 2011)
Stefan Wirz’s illustrated American Music Discography
https://www.wirz.de/music/sumlin.htmWikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_SumlinAll Music
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hubert-sumlin-mn00008296431996 interview with Elliot Sharp, “HUBERT SUMLIN: HOWLIN’ WOLF’S SECRET WEAPON” from Please Kill Me, March 25, 2021
Purchase Hubert Sumlin Living the Blues from Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop (DVD or download)
http://www.guitarvideos.com/products/vestapol-dvds/hubert-sumlin-living-the-blues#.XYTsB8spA0N…S…i…d…e…m…a…n…
Here’s a small selection of Hubert Sumlin’s sideman recordings with Muddy Waters, Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Reed, Chuck Berry.
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Blues Anytime! (recorded November 1, 1964, Berlin/GDR, released 1979)
Hubert Sumlin and His Friends—Kings of Chicago Blues, Vol. 2 (1973)
Willie Williams Raw Unpolluted Soul (1973)
Groove! (aka My Guitar and Me, recorded Paris, France, December 1975, released 1976)
Jazz (c. 1980, some of these tracks are from Gambling Woman with Carey Bell)
Blues With the Girls—Zora Young, Bonnie Lee, Big Time Sarah (recorded February 1982)
Heart & Soul, Hubert Sumlin with James Cotton, backed by Little Mike and the Tornadoes (1989)
Healing Feeling (1989)
Live in Argentina (1993)
Blues Guitar Boss (1994)
New York, 1995 (I think I might have been at some of these)
Wake Up Call (1998)
Pinetop Perkins/Hubert Sumlin—Legends (1998)
About Them Shoes (2005)
Zora Young—Sunnyland (2005)
I’m the Back Door Man
Other albums at the Hubert Sumlin topic
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp5W9B7KIkTazLKyvMgq5-g/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=3579731707244514307Don D.
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Don – where have you been??? Not in bed with Covid, I hope. That first video is priceless! I would have loved to be sitting there in the room with him, with my brain in full sponge mode. And the discography you’ve assembled is really cool.
Sunjamr Steve
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Very interesting insights into the history of one of the blues classics. I like this original blues in its simplicity much better than the modern, technically perfect high-speed specialists. I find it funny that Hubert was sent by Howling Wolf to a classical music teacher to learn scales and keyboard.
Dieter
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I love Hubert Sumlin’s music! If you check out his discography, he was sideman on a lot of great records plus his dozen or so solo records.
On most of the solo records, there were a few songs I really loved, but there were a few that I want to hear from start to finish (including the first 4 at the top—on Blues Anytime, there are a few leaders, it wasn’t only his record, but he’s great on it; Kings of Chicago Blues, vol. 2, is another outstanding record, with a lot of strong musicians; on the third one, Willie Williams’ Raw Unpolluted Soul, he’s a sideman; Groove is the last of these masterpieces, it was made in France in 1975). I’d never heard Jazz till a few weeks ago. It’s a very atmospheric acoustic guitar excursion, with sparse accompaniment. It’s pretty cool!
Don D.
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Hello friends, I think I should have let you know months ago, but I’m dealing with sciatica (all kinds of treatments, drugs, physical therapy twice a week, walking). Just a few weeks ago, I started walking regularly several times a day, and it keeps it at bay. The amount of time I can sit is very limited, so for the last several months, when I’m not active, I’m lying down.
I still play a little guitar by resting my bad leg on a chair and resting the guitar across it. I do that for 15 minutes or so a few times a day.
It’s a lot better than it was, and I’m hoping it will continue improving. I hope to start checking in more often, and getting back into consolidating the Challenges too.
Don D.
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Hello friends, I think I should have let you know months ago, but I’m dealing with sciatica (all kinds of treatments, drugs, physical therapy twice a week, walking). Just a few weeks ago, I started walking regularly several times a day, and it keeps it at bay. The amount of time I can sit is very limited, so for the last several months, when I’m not active, I’m lying down.
I still play a little guitar by resting my bad leg on a chair and resting the guitar across it. I do that for 15 minutes or so a few times a day.
It’s a lot better than it was, and I’m hoping it will continue improving. I hope to start checking in more often, and getting back into consolidating the Challenges too.
Good to have you back Don. Anyone who has dealt with sciatica knows how devastating and painful it is so sending positive thoughts & continued prayers your way Friend
Hubert Sumlin was the perfect person, player & artist to return with. Without a doubt, Hubert’s playing was monumental and highly influential on the generations that followed.
Thanks for posting – hope you will consider a deep dive on your favorite player, Earl Hooker
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Hey Keith, great seeing you here! Thanks for the kind words! Oh yeah, when he’s playing, Hubert is the one and only! I am still having a hard time sitting, but I was able to pull this one together because I have the keystrokes from an earlier post here. I just made sure everything was working and added a few albums that I’ve found since the last time (and I think I have what I need to do a nice job on Earl Hooker, but first at the end of this month, Robert Nighthawk).
Don D.
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Don – where have you been??? Not in bed with Covid, I hope. That first video is priceless! I would have loved to be sitting there in the room with him, with my brain in full sponge mode. And the discography you’ve assembled is really cool.
100% agree Steve. Songs like this illustrate Gregg Allman’s thoughts on the early guys: They didn’t play things overly complicated but everyone played their part and it fit and it worked.
Muddy was a very powerful performer and he was surrounded my greats like Hubert and together they made music that has influenced the generations -
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As a big Howlin Wolf fan I have always loved Hubert Sumlin, but I have a whole new appreciation for him since starting to play guitar.
A story I heard him tell once was that he wasn’t always a finger player. Wolf came to him at one point as said something to the effect of “you play with your hands now, don’t come back until you learn it” and he went home and figured it out. That’s pretty wild.
I’ve always been fascinated with all those stories. The beefs between wolf and muddy. How Wolf learned Harmonica because Rice Miller actually dated his sister at one point.
Anyhow, how lucky you are to have seen Mr.Sumlin in person. Looking forward to more of your stories and posts.
Well ….. Let’s try this again.
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Hey Chris, it was good to hear from you. It looks like it’s going to be a while before I can sit and type (or even keep these playlists up-to-date). There are some older posts in this Our Blues Roots category, including a few discussing Hubert Sumlin; but some of the videos in them have been taken down.
Here’s a playlist of Lowell Fulson—no particular reason why, just that I think he’s really good—the few live videos that exist are first.
Don D.
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Thanks so much Don. Some of those videos you posted were especially great. The track with James Cotton I really liked and hadn’t heard before.
I’m a new member here and relatively new to guitar aswell. I’ve been playing harmonica for quite a few years and love the blues.
I’m going to take your advice and do a deep dive on these forums.
Thanks. Nice to meet you and wish you a speedy recovery.
Well ….. Let’s try this again.
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Hello again, Mr. DownChild, I thought that commenting on this would put it back in circulation, but it doesn’t look like that happened with the comment below. I added 15 of my favorite Howlin’ Wolf songs with Hubert Sumlin to the Hubert Sumlin playlist with a little explanation. Here’s a link to the songs.
Don D.
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The first 15 songs on here are my favorite Howlin’ Wolf-Hubert Sumlin partnerships. I added these today to mark Hubert Sumlin’s birthday; I may end up adding a few more. Up till today, I didn’t have any Howlin’ Wolf songs in the Hubert playlist. That started to seem wrong.
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Here’s a small selection of Hubert Sumlin’s sideman recordings with Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Reed, Chuck Berry, Willie Williams, Eddie Shaw, Mack Simmons and others.
Don D.
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