I was living in St. Louis in 2009 and would often check the local music calendar out for interesting gigs coming to town. I was shocked when Hubert's name showed up for a show at a tiny little blues dive near the river. I watched him all night in that little place, right there in front of him as he played. He appeared old and tired, but he had the kindest looking eyes as he sat there in his seat and played for over two hours. I knew I was witnessing something special and cherish having seen this legend play.
I experienced something similar with Mr.Sumlin here in Ct. I don't really remember what year it was but it was at this little shithole dive bar called the Nightshift Cafe in the armpit of this State,maybe Derby or Naugatuck.Remember naugahyde? it was named after Naugatuck where they made that shit.Like everything in the Valley, a cheap imitation of something real.I digress, Hubert was sadly old and had seen some better days but just like the night you saw him in St.Louis once he got up on stage and started playing all that world weariness and sadness faded away and he put on an awesome show with the house band that I found out later on had a couple of truly great members,a cat by the name of Rocky Lawrence playing guitbox and a bass player BoBo Applewhite if I'm not mistaken.Sometimes you just experience serendipity and walk into something so incredible.Come to think of it I saw Sleepy LaBeef at the same place and Matt"Guitar" Murphy also at the same dive bar.
@@purplestuff The Wolf said it himself. A ghost came out of the cemetery at night, while he was singing, and tuned his guitar. That's how he got his voice, apparently.
Any fool who gives this a thumbs down, has no idea what they are doing! The Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett) may have been the most influential musician ever!!
@@nanchanger Rory Gallagher was not even on the list so it's all bullshit. If I'm not mistaken Gary Moore wasn't either on the list.All subjective anyways
Also a great person. He managed his own music, paid his fellow band members a far better wage than average and paid for their health insurance, and such. He was a good man with a big heart.
love how the wolf dwarved every guitar he played,was a huge man w huge stage presence .would lived to see this in a bar or small club.. Hubert ..killer slinger...
When the Rolling Stones were invited to appear on Shindig, they said they would if Howlin' Wolf was their special guest. The Stones opened with Little Red Rooster, written by Willie Dixon, and first performed by The Wolf. It was the Stones first #1 song in Britain and to this day is the ONLY time a Blues song topped the British pop charts.
This is my favorite music. I love all forms of music. But if you made me choose one? Only play one style for the rest of my life? Hands down it would be the blues.
I love Howlin Wolf because he's the perfect raw blues singer and a great guitar player. And in my opinion I believe that he started the guitar distortion sound way before other guitar players and rock bands did.
@@antonyhequet1379 wrong listen to Howlin Wolf guitar playing sound. There's a little bit of fuzz distortion. Without Howlin Wolf there would be no rock music AND no Link Wrey neither.
Well, the Wolf was a hell of a singer, but never has been a great guitar player...The distorsion sound of his first Sun singles comes from Willie Johnson or Pat Hare.
The very great Howlin' Wolf, my 5th cousin was a very classy man, he was a wordsmith, a storyteller rocking bluesman of the 1st rate rocking along with my 2nd cousin the very great Hubert Summlin, those 2 men made this world a far better place
There was never and will never be a voice as distinctive as The Wolf's. You instantly know that's him. Plus, dig that band - that's the result of hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of hours spent honing their craft in the juke joints all over this country. Wonder if The Wolf used a pitch corrector? bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Old school rules!
Sumlin, cared more about the music than the fame he deserved. Shame on every guitarist after him in the rock science for not propping him up while he was alive. One time I saw him was at Monterey opposite raitt, who was on the main stage and mr. s was in the secondary stage, anyone that new anything about music was watching him, I still shame her in my head for not inviting him to play with her.
What amazing musicians! Never heard a drum pattern like that for blues and the guitarist also has a very distinctive phrasing. Any modern band playing this would probably just play it in straight 4/4.
Hubert has a period in his career where he was absolutely on fire! Idk what equipment he was using, but I have a few compilation tapes that have a few songs where he is just tearing it up. I think old Wolf let him just cut loose on a few songs. Fabulous!
Saw Hubert in Nottingham UK, (other artists all white men, but very good, could even have been Brits) can't remember the year (2000 something) but WOW! Brill! never thought I'd see and hear THAT! I'd just noticed some little PR clip in some newspaper and then had to track down dates and venues, got my ticket some 6 or more weeks before the gig, in a pub (quite a large one, High Pavement) I am blessed, next to original Graceland gig at Royal Albert Hall, best gig I've ever witnessed.
Led Zep and Jimmy Page were so influenced, he and Plant claimed authorship from Willie Dixon who wrote songs that Wolf and others sang. AND they knew they were doing that. Yep, that's real honorable and I never liked that band for "screwing" the writers and artists again. Bad enough the original label owners did it, but to have it happen again with them knowing it was horrible. At least Willie Dixon got some back royalites from Page stealing his compositions. Even the song Bron-Y-Air Stomp or Moby Dick wasn't theirs. Parts of Stairway was lifted from a Spirit song... no matter what the legal outcome was.
@@DucksDeLucks If you compare the snare hits at the end when he keeps to just traditional grip it changes the groove subtly. I agree that showmanship is involved, but it does have a musical effect too.
He's not alternating between matched and traditional grip. He's doing the "broomduster" or "street sweeper" that originated in Chicago. Hit with the front of the stick then hit with the back in an alternating pattern. Gives a syncopation to an otherwise straightforward rhythm. You can double up on it and get a bunch of ghost notes and snare brushes that you normally don't get in the two standard grips.
Wow..and is that Hubert Sumlin on lead? Can you imagine this European audience--familiar with Mozart and Wagner...hearing and seeing this? And the message of the song itself?
Howlin Wolf the master of the funky blues with such a passionate delivery. His riffs are unique and amazing.
I was living in St. Louis in 2009 and would often check the local music calendar out for interesting gigs coming to town. I was shocked when Hubert's name showed up for a show at a tiny little blues dive near the river. I watched him all night in that little place, right there in front of him as he played. He appeared old and tired, but he had the kindest looking eyes as he sat there in his seat and played for over two hours. I knew I was witnessing something special and cherish having seen this legend play.
WOW!!! What I would've paid for that!
you must be from outer space 🪐
you saw him 2009???
in st. louis???
wow!!!!
he left this planet 1976
I experienced something similar with Mr.Sumlin here in Ct. I don't really remember what year it was but it was at this little shithole dive bar called the Nightshift Cafe in the armpit of this State,maybe Derby or Naugatuck.Remember naugahyde? it was named after Naugatuck where they made that shit.Like everything in the Valley, a cheap imitation of something real.I digress, Hubert was sadly old and had seen some better days but just like the night you saw him in St.Louis once he got up on stage and started playing all that world weariness and sadness faded away and he put on an awesome show with the house band that I found out later on had a couple of truly great members,a cat by the name of Rocky Lawrence playing guitbox and a bass player BoBo Applewhite if I'm not mistaken.Sometimes you just experience serendipity and walk into something so incredible.Come to think of it I saw Sleepy LaBeef at the same place and Matt"Guitar" Murphy also at the same dive bar.
@@mario7frankielee He is talking about Hubert Sumlin not Howlin Wolf I would read thoroughly before you make dumb comments, man!
@@williamhiggins842
ups 🙈
shame on me
Really can't get enough of Hubert Sumlin's play!
Played without a pick
Oh, thanks. I was wondering who playing lead.
Excellent !!!!
The Wolf always goes into a "blues trance" and sweats his soul out.
I’m mesmerised by the drummer Clifton James !!!!!! Never seen anyone do this, he had a unique style of his own …..
I totally agree!!!
He once pulled a gun on HW because he was going to fine him for a missing suit button
Oh wow, I've never noticed that before.
That's Clifton James
@@brianandcindy1 Sorry, you are correct … It is
His real name was Chester Arthur Burnett and he died in 1976 at the age of 65. May God forever keep him.
Thank you
The Wolf isn’t being kept by God friend; he paid a price for his voice ;)
Don't joke about that. Wolf was a force of nature his damn self. All the credit goes to him and his spectacular band.
@@purplestuff The Wolf said it himself. A ghost came out of the cemetery at night, while he was singing, and tuned his guitar. That's how he got his voice, apparently.
I'm crying because just looking at this man is like looking at an image of God.
that's kinda dramatic mate...but yeah he is bloody good
Incredible !!
That VOICE, guitar, harp, not to mention an out of this world stage presence !!!
#1 🎸🎤🎼🎵🎶
Howlin’ Wolf was something else man
These artists were so talented and so unappreciated. So glad I grew up with this music and my father never banned me from watching and loving it.
Any fool who gives this a thumbs down, has no idea what they are doing! The Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett) may have been the most influential musician ever!!
agreed
Welterusten voor straks Slaap lekker allemaal en gezond weer op ❤🇳🇱👋Tijdstip 22:50 UUR AVOND 🙏
RIP Howlin' Wolf (June 10, 1910 - January 10, 1976), aged 65
You will be remembered as a legend.
THANK YOU SIR FOR BEING YOURSELF. NOBODY IS LAUGHING AT YOU. GOD BLESS. 🙏🇺🇸✌️👍🏻
Hubert Sumlin was a hell of a guitar player. He was ranked number 43 on Rolling Stones 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
Tennessee Isaac yep. That he is.
Jimi dug him...
Who was number one?
@@keithbaucum7156 Jimi
@@nanchanger Rory Gallagher was not even on the list so it's all bullshit. If I'm not mistaken Gary Moore wasn't either on the list.All subjective anyways
What an extraordinary human being Howlin' Wolf was in every way. He was one of a kind. All these years later, he's greater than ever.
Joe Palooka The most intense blues musician ever!
And that voice is unmatched. 🔊
He may be the most influential musician ever, most folks do not understand the impact this man had and still has on music.
Also a great person. He managed his own music, paid his fellow band members a far better wage than average and paid for their health insurance, and such. He was a good man with a big heart.
A giant of a man in more ways than one
He is the only blues singer that gives me goose bumps, and there are some great ones. He continues to influence musicians like the Kills.
What an awful comparison.
anybody knows in which year that gig tooks place?
The legendary Hubert Sumlin on lead guitar.
I watched this video countless times and I am knocked out by it every time.
NEVER gets old.
He’s a MF’ing force of nature. A Titan among men and no one loved playing guitar that Hubert. Just beautiful. F’ing glorious! 🙌🏻
love how the wolf dwarved every guitar he played,was a huge man w huge stage presence .would lived to see this in a bar or small club.. Hubert ..killer slinger...
Although for some reason Hubert looks taller in this
My mother(Rest her soul) LOVED THE BIG BAD WOLF!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!
Damn. This is so good. It's sad how many people don't know about Howlin Wolf. They have no idea what they're missing.
Yes, it truly is a shame that more people didn’t know about Howlin’ Wolf. But it didn’t just happen that way. It was by design.
@@DHigable it was racism
He was the real deal
@ladylyrichere9373 I wasn't born then so it wasn't racism in my case. I'm learning about him now.
The Wolf man.
Blues power.
The voice gets me to the bone.
So much energy in three chords...
Mr. Hubert Sumlin doing what he did best, gettin down with his bad self! Great post!
where it began for many of our better known guitar heroes...page, clapton, beck......
chas1133 exactly
Killin' floor
@@orlaej "the lemon song" 1:40 here . almost verbatim quote
marktarmannpiano yep “lemon song” note for note.. they knew they should’ve given at least credit in the past.
Real talk.
When the Rolling Stones were invited to appear on Shindig, they said they would if Howlin' Wolf was their special guest. The Stones opened with Little Red Rooster, written by Willie Dixon, and first performed by The Wolf. It was the Stones first #1 song in Britain and to this day is the ONLY time a Blues song topped the British pop charts.
Their first UK number one was It's All Over Now. It is indeed the only time a blues song has been a number 1.
This drummer, wow!!! Amazing
Yeah. He flips his stick. So he's switching between traditional and matched grip in every bar. I've never seen that before.
Hubert sumlin one of the best and truest innovators of single note blues lead guitar
That's some of the most creative guitar playing I've ever heard. Now that's how it is done 👏🏽
So that's where jimmy Page picked up that riff for the fast break in Lemon Song.
and Grateful Dead turn on your love light
Stole*
He heard learnd it good and Incorporated it
Siegall Schwall got a lot from this. Never knew.
I think every band/musician "borrows" a thing or 2 from what inspires them.
the drummer here is the greatest!
Hubert Sumlin riffed it smoothly
I can hear Jimmy Page's direct inspiration for "The Lemon Song" here...
This is a great clip!
To the 6 people that gave this superb tune a thumbs down deserved to be laughed at😁
They must have Van Gogh's ear for music.
@@jeffreyedwards609 Totally excellent reply!!!
There's 45 of them now! Normally I would say its not nice to laugh at people but LMFAO!!!
they probably thought this was copied from jimmy page's solo in the lemon song lol....
Probably disgruntled music executives. Wolf was smart with his green! His wife too!
This is my favorite music. I love all forms of music. But if you made me choose one? Only play one style for the rest of my life? Hands down it would be the blues.
The Real Thing This ia where it all started from !!!! This is magic !!!!
You young ones , this is musical talent !!!!!
We love you forever, Wolf. Blessed be to God. We love you!🙏💜
" I shoulda quit you long time ago...."🎵
And went o to Mexico~
@@charmingmorrissey then i wouldn't have to be workin' down here on the killin' floor
Mister Burnett certainly bared it all, putting every thing in him into his blues, his voice a plea, cry, a boldness to his spirit . . .
There you have it - Blues to the very core.
Hubert was mind boggling!!!
One of the greats here kiddos. All hail the wolf!
Great bluesman that gives me goosebumps !
LEGEND. KING OF THE BLUES. 👑
REST IN ETERNAL LOVE WOLF. ❤🌹
Outstanding in every way.
G Damn. This is good stuff. Drummer: Amazing. Guitarist: Perfect. Howlin Wolf: Best blues artist of all time
Drummer is so good 🏆
That drummer has some mad skills!!!
Jesus!
Amazing!!
howlin wolf was something else.......he won me over
.....easy..legend.....!
That voice. God damn.
Seriously excellent.
Great bio on Wolf and all the connections with everyone you have ever listened too...
this is vintage americana!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!howlin' wolf has influenced so many musicians!!!!! the blues is were its at!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Luv the Wolf and Hubert is the man!
WHEW...!!!! That man can Sing and Play...!!!! Lord have mercy!!! Could listen to him ALL DAY LONG...!!! Now, that's Music from the Soul!!!
Wolf has that voice that just undeniably reverberates in your soul and the back of your throat
The whole band was brilliant.
vintage pickin, an absolute gem.
сколько емоций , он буквально живет в музыке
that guitar looks small because he was a giant
in every way
One of a kind, no doubt about it.
Lol!!!
Sì Signore!
I bet he never had much trouble getting paid at the end of the noght by club owners. 300 lb chap there!
@@cameronragsdale1402 stood around 6'3 to 6'6 too
I love Howlin Wolf because he's the perfect raw blues singer and a great guitar player. And in my opinion I believe that he started the guitar distortion sound way before other guitar players and rock bands did.
link ray did
@@antonyhequet1379 wrong listen to Howlin Wolf guitar playing sound. There's a little bit of fuzz distortion. Without Howlin Wolf there would be no rock music AND no Link Wrey neither.
Well, the Wolf was a hell of a singer, but never has been a great guitar player...The distorsion sound of his first Sun singles comes from Willie Johnson or Pat Hare.
@@jeanmichelborello pretty good harp too
Yes,,he surely could play , but tecnically at a much lower level than Little Walter or Sonny Boy...
The very great Howlin' Wolf, my 5th cousin was a very classy man, he was a wordsmith, a storyteller rocking bluesman of the 1st rate rocking along with my 2nd cousin the very great Hubert Summlin, those 2 men made this world a far better place
james bradshaw ,how cool, I love learning about all the history of these greats. Thanks for posting
@@deanhultberg41, thank you Dean, this music you learn about and never forget
Wolf. You taught those British and American kids the whole gig and they messed it all up! Hey hey hey!
Played with this drummer 1984 Denver Colorado in the the Willie Dixon DVD 📀 I am the blues
There was never and will never be a voice as distinctive as The Wolf's. You instantly know that's him. Plus, dig that band - that's the result of hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of hours spent honing their craft in the juke joints all over this country. Wonder if The Wolf used a pitch corrector? bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Old school rules!
Straordinaria... benedizione 2024
Go Cat Go!
Sumlin, cared more about the music than the fame he deserved. Shame on every guitarist after him in the rock science for not propping him up while he was alive.
One time I saw him was at Monterey opposite raitt, who was on the main stage and mr. s was in the secondary stage, anyone that new anything about music was watching him, I still shame her in my head for not inviting him to play with her.
I love Big his eyes get when he sings
Classic wolf
An excellent sound/video upload! Thank you for posting!!!
That guitar Hubert Sumlin is playing is one of those cool Italian guitars with a million switches! I love it!
What amazing musicians! Never heard a drum pattern like that for blues and the guitarist also has a very distinctive phrasing. Any modern band playing this would probably just play it in straight 4/4.
Damn it man.. killer
Brilliant stuff!
Amazing guitar By Howlin and Hubert Sumlin , drummer and bass Willie Dixon ect bes
I love how you can feel there soul music
Theres a time...for EVERYTHING
Wow what a voice...epitomizes soul, in soul /blues music !
Hubert has a period in his career where he was absolutely on fire!
Idk what equipment he was using, but I have a few compilation tapes that have a few songs where he is just tearing it up.
I think old Wolf let him just cut loose on a few songs.
Fabulous!
He definitely wanted to feature Hubert
This is real awesome i do love it for ever,
Masterpiece
Classic Wolf
rushing killing floor. good.
Saw Hubert in Nottingham UK, (other artists all white men, but very good, could even have been Brits) can't remember the year (2000 something) but WOW! Brill! never thought I'd see and hear THAT! I'd just noticed some little PR clip in some newspaper and then had to track down dates and venues, got my ticket some 6 or more weeks before the gig, in a pub (quite a large one, High Pavement) I am blessed, next to original Graceland gig at Royal Albert Hall, best gig I've ever witnessed.
WOW! To be there...
Big big Hero
Mr. Blues at Chess records
Amazingggggg wolf just doing him!!! 🙏🏻❤️
whenever i listen to these old blues legends i just realize how much they influenced so many of the greats
especially jimmy page
Influenced? That's one view
😂
@@miketurnbull9531 Jimmy said he was influenced by Howlin and other Blues men!
@@TheMusicmaester Led Zep loved these guy so much they recorded Wolf's and Sunny Boy's music and then claim authorship.
Led Zep and Jimmy Page were so influenced, he and Plant claimed authorship from Willie Dixon who wrote songs that Wolf and others sang. AND they knew they were doing that. Yep, that's real honorable and I never liked that band for "screwing" the writers and artists again. Bad enough the original label owners did it, but to have it happen again with them knowing it was horrible. At least Willie Dixon got some back royalites from Page stealing his compositions. Even the song Bron-Y-Air Stomp or Moby Dick wasn't theirs. Parts of Stairway was lifted from a Spirit song... no matter what the legal outcome was.
See and hear the great Hubert Sumlin shining whith his legendary mother of pearl Bartolini guitar!
Thanks alot for sharing such a goodie...just love it :-)))))))))))))))
The left foot starts twitching 0.27 behind the wolf’s head, You just know how good this is
Just great 😊
Best blues jazz of all time 🎩
Infuckincredible!
Always in his blues trance...another world.
Magnificent!!!
The drummer looks like he's alternating between traditional grip and matched grip with his left hand.
It's a gimmick. I like it.
@@DucksDeLucks If you compare the snare hits at the end when he keeps to just traditional grip it changes the groove subtly. I agree that showmanship is involved, but it does have a musical effect too.
@@zivkovicableI'll take your word for it. My groove was pretty awful with either grip, unfortunately!
He's not alternating between matched and traditional grip. He's doing the "broomduster" or "street sweeper" that originated in Chicago. Hit with the front of the stick then hit with the back in an alternating pattern. Gives a syncopation to an otherwise straightforward rhythm. You can double up on it and get a bunch of ghost notes and snare brushes that you normally don't get in the two standard grips.
its awesome whatever it is. the dudes got some skills
Wow..and is that Hubert Sumlin on lead? Can you imagine this European audience--familiar with Mozart and Wagner...hearing and seeing this? And the message of the song itself?