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Hubert Sumlin 

Sumlin left home at seventeen to tour clubs and taverns throughout the South with his childhood friend James Cotton. The Jimmy Cotton band played 1950-1953 and recorded for the Sun label in Memphis. In 1954, Sumlin joined the Howlin' Wolf band and moved to Chicago. It was Howlin' Wolf who mentored the young Sumlin, prodding and encouraging him to find his own style and develop as a performer. "I was a very fortunate man to have somebody like Wolf on my side," says Sumlin. "I played with the guy for 25 years, man! You learn a lot. He wouldn't go no place unless I went with him. He pushed me as far as he could push me, and I could still enjoy doing the thing I love -- playing guitar. Guitar is my thing."

Sumlin's warped style of blues, which has been called "wicked" and "bent", went on to influence everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Frank Zappa. The raw tone in his guitar bites

Hubert Sumlin's return to the recording studio is very special because it includes a reunion with his old friend James Cotton. Heart & Soul is a tribute to the many influences and inspirations that make Hubert Sumlin one of the premier blues artists of his time

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