Hubert played at my stage @Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest. What a kind man, I was in awe. His style was so effortless, so smooth, so bluesful! This interview shows the real man! Only thing it doesn't show are the coolest slippers with gold-embroidered guitars.
I got spend about half an hour with Hubert backstage at The Fleece in Bristol, UK in 2004. He's such a warm character, I love the guy!!! Plus he was the first blues player I ever heard! When I told him I've stolen a lot of his lines he said "Let me tell ya sumthin' I steal a lotta shit too".
Thank you for posting this. Hubert is great. If you get the chance to buy the dvd "Lightning in a bottle", take it. Buy 2 copies and give one to your best friend. It is worth buying just for Hubert doing Killing Floor.
Saw Hubert back in the early sixties on the legendary Folk Blues Tour in Bradford UK with Howlin Wolf, Sonny Boy and a host of other great blues men. Of course, back then I was only interested in the music and had no idea what a very nice man he was. Delightful clip - thank you so much.
yea seriously. Although Hendrix and Jerry Garcia learned late, at 16 and 15 respectively so it seems that the later you start... although it might be that the more you're into music, the better you learn.
*sigh* tears me apart tho xD i started 3 years ago and i'm 22 =( but i'm trying to learn quick xD it's the best part anyway haha. if it's one thing that Ts me off...it's having emotion and a guitar and having no idea how to show it except in cover songs xD but i'm getting there...hopefully.
srv didnt bring blues back the blues has never left cuz the king is still alive (BB) and guys like buddy guy not to take a thing a way from stevie tho but the blues is going nowhere!
Not true, blacks had a key influence on the invention of rock n' roll but ya can't attribute birth of rock and roll to one race. Rock n' Roll was a mixture of both country and blues, white and black. Ebony and ivory working together in perfect harmony. Rock n' Roll is probably one the loudest and most powerful statements of racial unity ever and to attribute it to one race is an insult to the genre itself.
yeah but im simply saying.....you dont need to be black to have the blues...or play them...you just need a reason...i hate how ppl ride down on white people...
The fact of the matter is that Blues is it's own thing and ya can't infuse race into it. I'm white and I've felt the blues in my soul all my life. And I've been playing the blues since I pick'd up a guitar. So every body chill with the whole racial thing it's the bloddest dead horse in the world that people keep beatin' on it's gettin old.
There will never be another Hubert Sumlin. I love listening to his stories.
He was just a very nice guy from interviews I watched. Always a smile on his face. Seemed like he was happy where ever he was.
RIP, Hubert. So glad I wasn't introduced to your music. Respect.
I could spend 100 lifetimes talking and playing with Hubert,He's seen it all !!!!!
Hubert played at my stage @Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest. What a kind man, I was in awe. His style was so effortless, so smooth, so bluesful! This interview shows the real man! Only thing it doesn't show are the coolest slippers with gold-embroidered guitars.
Talk’in about his brother is so honest and kind.
He's in a room of 14000 dollar gibsons, and he's making sweet sounds with that Harmony! Shows its the archer, not the arrow.
I got spend about half an hour with Hubert backstage at The Fleece in Bristol, UK in 2004. He's such a warm character, I love the guy!!! Plus he was the first blues player I ever heard! When I told him I've stolen a lot of his lines he said "Let me tell ya sumthin' I steal a lotta shit too".
Hes awesome... i met him last week... you can hardly understand what hes saying now and his fingers are slower these days but hes still awesome
What a great player and human being was this guy! RIP Hubert!
Great post, thanks! That was a great way to spend 10 minutes.
thanks guy.
I love listenin' to this guy. I feel like I'm listening to my grand papey
Thank you for posting this. Hubert is great. If you get the chance to buy the dvd "Lightning in a bottle", take it. Buy 2 copies and give one to your best friend. It is worth buying just for Hubert doing Killing Floor.
We're going to miss you Hubert - RIP my friend
Talk about living history. I've read a lot of interviews with Hubert Sumlin but it's so much better hearing it from the man himself.
Here's a man I'd like to jam with. God bless him.
I love you Hubert.
THIS IS A CLASSIC INTERVIEW
God bless you Hubert......
hubert is soo great!
God Bless Hubert ^_^
guitar at 6. wish i started that young -_-
RIP Hubert.... you will be missed.
he is my hero on the guitar
Saw Hubert back in the early sixties on the legendary Folk Blues Tour in Bradford UK with Howlin Wolf, Sonny Boy and a host of other great blues men. Of course, back then I was only interested in the music and had no idea what a very nice man he was. Delightful clip - thank you so much.
A true gentleman & takent
Amen.
1994g0 Where would we be without human beings like him?
mr. sumlin is playing tonite @ cozy's in sherman oaks Ca. for FREE...
What an adorable human being with such a huge heart. You’d never know what a giant he was as a bluesman.
he broke the diddly bo!
RIP Hubert Sumlin
yea seriously. Although Hendrix and Jerry Garcia learned late, at 16 and 15 respectively so it seems that the later you start... although it might be that the more you're into music, the better you learn.
tywwwww
thats the hollywood vintage room.
Yes we are indeed! I said 2004, it was actually 2002, it was 2004 I met Walter Trout (Also at the fleece is Bristol) hehe!
hubert is a great player, not to mention hilarious
@masterhorax yes sir!!!
its a 60s harmony may be a strato tone ,
see ebay / harmony electris guitar
😉😎👍
He talks just like he plays the guitar; with lots of humor, which makes you listen.
BTW the price tags of those guitars!
So true those zips he plays always make me laugh
Actually Jimi Got his first gtr at 13... nonetheless i see your point!!
I wonder if he knew Tampa Red ,Ransom Knowling, Black Bob and 45? too late now to ask him.
Does anyone know what model of Harmony he is playing?
*sigh* tears me apart tho xD i started 3 years ago and i'm 22 =( but i'm trying to learn quick xD it's the best part anyway haha.
if it's one thing that Ts me off...it's having emotion and a guitar and having no idea how to show it except in cover songs xD but i'm getting there...hopefully.
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards paying for his funeral.......this week.
rip
what? what you wrote doesn't make any sense, can you please clarify.
Clapton
srv didnt bring blues back the blues has never left cuz the king is still alive (BB) and guys like buddy guy not to take a thing a way from stevie tho but the blues is going nowhere!
I have much respect for this man, but its damn hard to understand what he's saying.
Not true, blacks had a key influence on the invention of rock n' roll but ya can't attribute birth of rock and roll to one race. Rock n' Roll was a mixture of both country and blues, white and black. Ebony and ivory working together in perfect harmony. Rock n' Roll is probably one the loudest and most powerful statements of racial unity ever and to attribute it to one race is an insult to the genre itself.
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yeah but im simply saying.....you dont need to be black to have the blues...or play them...you just need a reason...i hate how ppl ride down on white people...
no mames
The fact of the matter is that Blues is it's own thing and ya can't infuse race into it. I'm white and I've felt the blues in my soul all my life. And I've been playing the blues since I pick'd up a guitar. So every body chill with the whole racial thing it's the bloddest dead horse in the world that people keep beatin' on it's gettin old.