In this edition of Bought & Sold, Guitarist has the pleasure of Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s company, and there are few bigger electric guitar aficionados in the world. We often associate him with the Strat ...

“Hubert was Wolf, Wolf was Hubert,” said legendary blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin of his two decade partnership with Howlin’ Wolf. Credited for the guitar line on “Smokestack Lightning,” one of the ...

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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 ...

Longtime Howlin’ Wolf collaborator Hubert Sumlin still plays the low-down, dirty blues. But these days, Sumlin – who’s been plagued by serious health problems in recent years – actually feels good ...

FAIRFIELD -- Southern Connecticut blues fans are in for a double treat tonight when Hubert Sumlin -- lead guitarist on virtually all of Howlin' Wolf's classic cuts and one of the last great links to ...

Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Buddy Guy and Robert Randolph lead an all-star lineup of blues and rock musicians who have signed to to honor the late blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin, and raise money for ...

Sunnyland is a straight-up blues release from Chicago vocalist Zora Young. With the help of guitar legend Hubert Sumlin and saxophonist/producer Sam Burckhardt, the veteran Young, who has previously ...

Hubert Sumlin put the bite behind Howlin’ Wolf. And he then influenced a new pack of electric blues and rock guitarists. Mr. Sumlin died Sunday in a hospital in Wayne, N.J., reportedly of heart ...