Talkin' Blues - Hubert Sumlin Interview

[@stevetessier6568]

I knew Hubert since I was a child. And Wolf .They took me under their wings.To keep the rain off of me. Wolf bought me my first harps, and put them in my hands. My family tree was broken. Wolf and Hubert became as family to me. They felt my care. They saved my life. And pulled my boots on me and hipped me. I would sit with My beloved Uncle Hubert and quietly we would talk together. I was blessed.Truly blessed. When Wolf passed away It messed me up bad. I drank hard liquor over it. Uncle Hubert straightened my ass out one night in Cambridge Mass.That was the end of my liquor drinking. I miss My beloved Uncle Hubert every day. I give Honor and Respect always to His memory, and Wolf they were my foundation.....!!!

[@vukasindimitrijevic6843]

...great story...they always be the top musicians of the world...have you ever heard them talking about Jimi Hendrix?

[@Kkrider84]

Brookes Brothers honored this man with their song The Way. Love it :)

[@komjong]

I love listening to the elders talk. They teach so much. Their wisdom is refreshing, honest and invaluable. I'm so happy they had this interview.

[@cliftonthomas2609]

Amen to that

[@DennisChaves]

I love the way this guy talks. I'd listen to him tell stories all day.

[@frabber321]

Hubert Sumlin, always straight from the heart. Watch and learn!

[@DavidMFChapman]

Excellent. I had the pleasure of seeing him play in NYC on a harbour blues cruise “tribute to Howlin’ Wolf” and I shook his hand afterwards. Levon Helm, too. It was a memorable night.

[@easyguitarguy]

Hubert had a touch on the guitar that can't be duplicated.

[@jaffleyfifteen5912]

soul

[@ysumlin]

You know reading the comments about the man who called me his twin really touches my heart. I am the man I am today because I had a great leader to follow. I am like him in almost every being of our spirits except I can't play the guitar. Music was never an interest to me even though some of my brothers got bitten by it and signed with Stax Records in 1968. Thanks to all of you for the wonderful comments my dad would be proud. Jay Sumlin

[@jamesbond4633]

What about the drums? Goes back to the old joke " Who hangs around with musicians?" a drummer!!! Man ...your dad was the real deal and so was Howlin'. I play the drums ....started in a wedding Polka band with my 2 brothers. Furthest thing from the Blues but listening to authentic blues played by maestros like your dad is so uplifting. Your dad in this interview had so many nuggets of wisdom. Stewart Copeland in an interview said that one of the hardest things to play is to play the blues well. Many try but few succeed. Your dad's story about Howlin' firing him explains why it is so hard to get to that level of feel. You have to go to the very depths of yourself and look in the mirror. Your dad was willing to do that. Not everyone can. The music that comes out of that hits you like a ton of bricks in your stomach when you hear it though. Smoke Stack Lightning. All the great British blues players got hit with those bricks!!!!

[@ysumlin]

@@jamesbond4633 Thank you. Yes, he was a great inspiration to us all.

[@shawnmartin4701]

He was the real deal. A part of the original birth of the blues. Stevie Ray Vaughn respected him greatly, and took a lot of inspiration from him. We have lost almost all of the greats. The time of the giants have passed, but they left one heck of a legacy. They will be missed, but always remembered lovingly.

[@williesumlin7892]

R.I.P. Cuzzo we miss you and your beautiful music!!!!

[@jamesbond4633]

THat was a great interview. "I am going to make you feel what I feel" . Isn't that great? Instead of the big ego "look at me and how great I am" that mostly goes on these days with lots of musicians and artists. Mr. Sumlin played authentically from his soul listening to the music around him and fitting in with great feel and imagination and Howlin' Wolf helped him to get that. That story was amazing. He had to go to the very bottom of humility to find who he was as a musician. Amazing. Would not happen these days in the cancel culture crap we live in. Don't hurt anyone's feelings even if it is for their own good. Life is not fair. Life can be tough. Being fired in front of 500 people you can hear the pain in Hubert's voice recalling that. But ....it helped him grow. The growth mindset. Howlin' Wolf was a brilliant and thoughtful man from the documentaries I have seen on him. There is one where he is calling out another blues musician who threw his life and talents away by hitting the bottle too often and too hard. Howlin' Wolf sang and lived his life truthfully with honesty and passion. Just watch any video of him performing. Even Robert Plant said that if he could go back in time for just a few hours it would be to the Whiskey A Go Go and watch Howlin' Wolf play a set in 1969. He impacted so many of the British Musicians when America didn't want to know who their own blues artists were. Hubert I think was privileged to have been a part of playing with Howlin for for 25 years but then HOwlin was lucky to have such a great guitar player too and he knew Hubert was something special. Awesome!!!

[@henboyrules1]

Nobody but Robert Johnson has inspired blues players nearly as much as Hubert Sumlin...its sad that so many people don't even know his name...One of the few true music greats. RIP Hubert...I hope youre enjoying your eternal blues jam!!!

[@Bluestomiv]

I'll never forget yoshis in oakland a few friends and I were walking down from the parking garage near the back entrance and a van pulls up and out walks James Cotton, Hubert Sumlin and Mojo Buford. James Cotton says 'Hi y'all doin?' That was awesome.

[@ReginaMullen]

This interview answers a LOT of questions about the Blues, why people "die in it." Thank goodness for Hubert Sumlin,--he's a talker and he's a communicator. He tells the stories so we can learn and keep this deep art going. Blues doesn't need to "evolve," because there's depth that FEW can't even approach ... still. "You listenin?" "Yes, Sir."

[@nickb3250]

Man, this is just so, so damn cool.

[@hairnsap]

Great job by the interviewer ! Thanks for letting Hubert have the floor and speak his piece !

[@eightyseveneightyfive6280]

He is so animated and happy. Love this guy

[@gim10003]

His riff on Wolf's original Backdoor Man recording is addictive. I never get tired of it.

[@jonnehayesjr.9299]

Yessirrreee buddy

[@nelsano3]

Thanks for this great upload. RIP Hubert.. what a guy. A great storyteller and a brilliant musician. We need people like this more than ever in todays music scene

[@iansnyder274]

What a beautiful soul......this is the real deal.....thank you for posting

[@djharp51]

Amazing interview. He makes it sound so simple: You connect with the music and you connect with the crowd. Yet, how few are really able to do it?

[@rievans57]

These so called critics/experts tickle me. They rate Hubert Sumlin 45th or somewhere thereabouts amongst the greatest guitar players of all time and then put the people who are influenced by him ahead of him. Record sales are not what I look at. Innovation, inlfluence and originality are what signifies greatness in my book.

[@nathaniel.7172]

Imagine if listings of best guitar players came in chronological order if that's the right word, everyone before first an so on but it would be a big list an if it was done by Hollywood music critics the list would be messed cause you wouldn't see tons of the best players in there

[@4rescue]

AMAZING interview... WOW, what an amazing thing it must've been to sit down with this amazing man. RIP Hubert.

[@abradfordajb]

This is a FANTASTIC interview. Thanks so much for posting it.

[@nof123]

this video makes me so happy

[@bassdogg8551]

Nothing beats listening to man who's played the blues his whole life. He's seen life, he's lived life and he shared his life. Wow what a beautiful life.

[@4rescue]

Yep... those same people don't seem to REALIZE that nearly EVERY SINGLE "guitar god" was so heavily influenced by Hubert that it's almost like he was their teacher... at least SRV had the goodness to point this out to folks. I've also read that Eric Clapton refused to get on a project that was goin down in London unless Hubert was invited. Hubert Sumlin IS the blues, even after his death, he's STILL the spirit of the blues. I love seeing him talk, he's just such a character aye. RIP Hubert.

[@berryzbridge3210]

How dope is this!

[@OGRagtoproy]

I could listen to him all day without blinking an eye lol. It’s like whenever I hear him I must pick my guitar up and practice!

[@frogslips]

Thanks for putting this up. What a great and humble man he was. Anyone of significance in blues-rock owes him.

[@shkyrbty]

Wow. Amazing and precious. Thank you for the upload.

[@gregbluesland9410]

Would have loved to have met him or at least have seen him play live especially when he was younger, he was a true original.

[@soulvaccination8679]

This is ultimate cool.

[@boomboomerton7394]

He was the guy influenced most of the british players...Hubert Sumlin and Otis Rush.

[@rokyericksonroks]

J.T. Bomar I know Paul Rodgers simply cannot say enough about Hubert. Great appreciation from one artist to another.

[@rkk578]

The story about Muddy, his tour schedule, the one suit, and Hubert's reaction always makes me laugh.

[@byteontheez]

The Wolf put this poor man thru hell but on the other side was heaven.

[@cliefclinton]

great man too good for this world

[@BrinsonBarbara]

Thanks for posting!!!

[@charlespeterson3798]

A treasure to have lived in their time. Thank you.

[@BluesInMySoul]

This is what should have been in that Cadillac Records movie, not the garbage they promoted.

[@lamper2]

That was a movie-not a documentary-the stuff you like is here isn't it? Let people watch a movie!

[@AsWeSpeak154]

I enjoyed this video. Thanks for uploading.

[@thatguyherb1]

Love this Guy!

[@secretagentYTer]

God he's so cool

[@phillipkarpowich3437]

YES!

[@peterbetts858]

Very interesting talk . Real Cool . Just to Hear Hubert Sumlin Say . ." Muddy Waters ,Howlin Wolf and HoundDog Taylor " was Thick Icing on the cake for me .

[@platter1000]

rip hubert. i love your music. your tribute to you this month in harlem is going to be, well, amazing. thank you for everything

[@Bey11ktb]

More stories from Hubert!

[@jasonladd6400]

Curious he says he woke up after prayer and could do fingerstyle and more. I need to try it

[@nathaniel.7172]

Holy spirit influenced blues :) he also was sayin he was sleeping with his guitar by him right? I need to listen again cause I had it low, mississippi john hurt said in a interview you sleep with your guitar by your head in the corner by the pillow or something, john said he don't know what it does but that it works causes he knows it

[@dnbdnb46]

He has a straight razor in his sock....I promise you.

[@CLOTHSHANGER1965]

The truth and nothing but truth

[@balerjohnson3099]

It was Hubert Sumlin who , more than likely , invented the modern rock style guitar.Everyone who is anyone took allot from Sumlin.

[@BlackPatrick]

Probably the second-greatest thrash metal guitar player of all time. Firefingers

[@alimingus]

IDOL

[@jdfolbre]

His groove on Killing Floor kills me

[@charlespeterson3798]

40 one nighters and I got to counting the money. Is that the Blues?

[@boomboomerton7394]

Idk he played with Muddy...I think this guy is (through music) and was brilliant. I am not the only one...SRV and Clapton said it straight up that Hubert Sumlin is the one. Robert Cray said the same...ask anybody that knows anything about Hubie and they will tell you. I have bought and listened to him enough to call him that btw. I did not know him but I found his music and style through Buddy Guy, SRV, and Clapton. 3 legends in their own right.

[@bobnoxe6043]

He played with Muddy for about a year, before they had a falling out and he went back to the Wolf

[@martysquire1054]

@Talkin Bout Nawlins you're weird

[@amoruzz]

👍👍

[@Rainydaydreamaway7]

Did Eric Andre watch this interview? Lol. Hubert was too cool man

[@milesmorriseau5855]

rest your soul sir ill try hard to play my strings like you sir

[@leovermeiren]

👍😎

[@paulmitchell5349]

Vast majority of pick players suck. Sumlin took a while to get his enlightenment from the Wolf.

[@12Radius]

Put the pick down man ...go home

[@m444ss]

he went home in 2011, sooo...

[@12Radius]

@@m444ss one of the best✌️

[@sreyna3000]

Rolling Stones listed him as the 34th greatest guitarist ever

[@wblakesx]

He sounds like some tortured types I've know. Like it's Hard to be in one's skin, like he needed someone else's will. I guess some of us have some of that too.