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Hubert Sumlin shows flash of Howlin' Wolf's genius
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The most spectral guitar playing in blues belongs to Hubert
Sumlin. Like a strange kite in a lightning storm, Sumlin's
determined solos dance through danger.
It's a style that brings rain.
The 56-year-old Sumlin is known for his thunderbolt leads as the
guitarist in the legendary Howlin' Wolf band from 1953 until Wolf's
death in 1976. The slash 'n' burn guitar parts of Howlin' Wolf
tracks such as "Smokestack Lightnin'," "Spoonful" and "Ain't
Superstitious" stoke the fire w...
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HUBERT SUMLIN
The Independent Weekly
; Some people would do anything to see Howlin' Wolf perform. In 1942, Hubert Sumlin was 10. He snuck up to a joint where Wolf was playing and stood on a crate to peer through the window. The crate collapsed, sending Sumlin through the window and nearly into Wolf's lap. Impressed with the boy's nerve,
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HUBERT SUMLIN PAGE 6
Roanoke Times & World News
; ... smoking. "But I'm OK now, man. I come to find out that everything is OK, right now," he said. "And I feel good!" That's good news for music fans. Guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmy Page have claimed ...
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BLUESMAN HUBERT SUMLIN TURNS 67 BY TURNING UP THE HEAT A quiet legend's rockin' year
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; "Hubert is the heaviest, most original guitar player I've ever heard in my life." Stevie Ray Vaughan Hubert Sumlin is a closet legend. To the general public, he's essentially unknown; among blues fans, he's acknowledged as one of the true greats. That quote from the late Stevie Ray Vaughan is not
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Sumlin Howls Hubert Sumlin pays homage to Howlin' Wolf, his bandleader for more than 20 years, as the Chicago Blues Festival opens with a flourish on the famed bluesman'sbirthday
Chicago Sun-Times
; When Howlin' Wolf died in 1976, the funeral home program listed two sons: Floyd Lee Burnett, his biological offspring, and Hubert Sumlin, who thought of the Wolf as the father he never had. Sumlin put in more than 20 years as a guitarist in Wolf's great Chicago blues bands, a constant in an
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130 years of blues: Pinetop Perkins and Hubert Sumlin
New Pittsburgh Courier
; Between them, Hubert Sumlin and Pinetop Perkins have spent more than 100 years performing and recording the Blues. On July 22, they will spend a little more time with their fans as they headline the Saturday session of this year's Pittsburgh Blues Festival at Hartwood Acres. Perkins, born in
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Sumlin thanks 'dad' for Howlin' success.(Scene)
The Boston Herald
; The great blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin regards guitarist Rocky Lawrence as a son. That bond has a perfect symmetry, for 50 years ago Sumlin was adopted by the legendary Howlin' Wolf. I first met Wolf when I was 11 in Mississippi, and I ended up playing with him for almost 25 years, until he passed
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 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Classical: Who's afraid of Hugo Wolf? Hugo Wolf's life was short and intense - just like the songs he composed. On the eve of the centenary of his death and a series of London concerts, ADRIAN JACK celebrates a Romantic hero.(Features)
The Independent (London, England)
; Hugo Wolf, who died 100 years ago on 22 February, was the last great composer of Lieder, or German art-songs. He was not only the equal, as a song-writer, of Schubert and Schumann, for he achieved the unthinkable by compressing Wagner's dramatic power into a miniature form. Wolf lived his short
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Classical: Who's afraid of Hugo Wolf? Hugo Wolf's life was short and intense - just like the songs he composed. On the eve of the centenary of his death and a series of London concerts, ADRIAN JACK celebrates a Romantic hero
The Independent - London
; Hugo Wolf, who died 100 years ago on 22 February, was the last great composer of Lieder, or German art-songs. He was not only the equal, as a song-writer, of Schubert and Schumann, for he achieved the unthinkable by compressing Wagner's dramatic power into a miniature form. Wolf lived his short
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Wolf's last call
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Wolf's last call Packers' old soldier plans to just fade away By ARNIE STAPLETON ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday, May 24, 2001 Green Bay -- Ron Wolf has pulled off his biggest trade. In exchange for the long, lonely hours scouting college football players, Wolf plans to spend his retirement indulging his
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Packers continue to puzzle Wolf Once again, GM takes blame for lack of depth
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Ron Wolf moved to the sideline for the first time in his Green Bay tenure because, he said, he couldn't see well from his perch in the Texas Stadium press box. After watching the Packers fall to the Dallas Cowboys, 27-13, perhaps his view of the team's troubles has clarified. "What has to happen
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