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Hubert Sumlin

Blues
Blues

Hubert Sumlin is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of David Johansen, Jimmie Vaughan, Charlie Musselwhite, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. Those roots explain a lot about how Hubert Sumlin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Michael Burks, Magic Sam, Son Seals, Little Walter and Earl Hooker, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Chris Dreja, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band and Big Head Todd and the Monsters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Hubert Sumlin, reaching back through David Johansen and forward to Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Hubert SumlinDavid JohansenJimmie VaughanCharlie MusselwhiteHowlin' WolfMuddy WatersKenny Wayne ShepherdChris DrejaStevie Ray Vaughan a…Kenny Wayne Shepherd…Big Head Todd and th…Jimmy PageStevie Ray VaughanMad SeasonMichael BurksMagic SamSon SealsLittle WalterEarl HookerCharlie MusselwhiteKoko TaylorLucky Peterson

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Hubert Sumlin connections

Hubert Sumlin grew out of David Johansen, Jimmie Vaughan, Charlie Musselwhite and Howlin' Wolf, shares an orbit with Michael Burks, Magic Sam, Son Seals and Little Walter, went on to shape Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Chris Dreja, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble and Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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