Hubert Sumlin
Blues, Musical Artist
1931 – 2011
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Who was Hubert Sumlin?
Hubert Charles Sumlin was a Chicago blues guitarist and singer, best known for his "wrenched, shattering bursts of notes, sudden cliff-hanger silences and daring rhythmic suspensions" as a member of Howlin' Wolf's band. Sumlin was listed as number 43 in the Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
Sumlin played a 1955 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop guitar and a Louis Electric Model HS M12 amplifier.
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- Born
- Nov 16, 1931
Greenwood - Also known as
- Huberrt Sumlin
- Hubert Charles Sumlin
- Spouses
- Willie B Rea' Reed Sumlin'
( - 1999)
- Willie B Rea' Reed Sumlin'
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 4, 2011
Wayne
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on July 23, 2013
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