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Blues Legend Hubert Sumlin, Guitarist for Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters, Dies at 80

Posted 12/05/2011 at 1:37pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Legendary blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin died of heart failure at a hospital in Wayne, New Jersey, last night, December 4. He was 80. As bluesman Howlin' Wolf's guitarist in the 1950s, Sumlin influenced several generations of blues and rock guitarists, including Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmy Page. What made Sumlin's resume even more impressive was that he also was Muddy Waters' for a brief period in the mid-'50s before rejoining Howlin' Wolf's band.

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Long Live the King: B.B. King Thrills on a "Victory Lap" Tour

Posted 10/26/2011 at 2:43pm | by Alan Paul

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I took my 13-year-old son Jacob to see B.B. King at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, New Jersey, last week. Who knows how much longer B.B. will continue his endless tour. He’s 86 and may actually want to retire some day.

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Poll: Who is the Real “King” of the Blues?

Posted 08/04/2011 at 9:57am | by Damian Fanelli

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Exactly why legendary blues guitarists Albert King, B.B. King and Freddie King never got together to make a blues-themed Christmas album called We Three Kings is one of the great mysteries of the universe. I figure it would've been an obvious move.

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100 Greatest Guitar Solos: No. 33 "The Thrill is Gone" (B.B. King)

Posted 10/28/2008 at 2:07pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Eric Clapton: Fit for Kings

Posted 04/18/2008 at 2:21pm | by Brad Tolinski

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At the dawn of the millennium, Eric Clapton and B.B. King pooled their legendary blues talents on Riding wih the King, an epic album 30 years in the making. They got together to talk about it for Guitar World.

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101 Amazing Licks - Lick 52

Posted 05/24/2007 at 2:33pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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B.B. King can do more with three notes than most people could do with 300, as evidenced by today's lick.

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