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My little Hubert is living the life of a real angel. I&rsquo;m overwhelmed with grief and so I really need to pull myself together. I&rsquo;d really appreciate it if you would kindly respect our privacy during this most difficult time.<br /><br /></p> <p>I love you Hubert. You are eternally etched in my heart. And my life is not only richer and blessed for who you&rsquo;ve been to me, but the world over. And I will never be the same because of you. May you be forever in God&rsquo;s beautiful grace.<br /><br /></p> <p>I&rsquo;ll spend the rest of my days loving and cherishing all you are and were to me.<br /><br /></p> <p>Toni Ann</p> <p class="style1"><br /> <strong>Congratulations Hubert!</strong></p> <p class="style1">Winner of The Blues Music Award for Best Tradition Artist of the Year!<br /><br /></p> <p class="style1"><br /> <strong>Hubert Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame on May 7!</strong></p> <p class="style1">Congratulations to all the inductees and a sincere thanks to the Blues Foundation!<br /><br /> <a href="/documents/blues-hall-of-fame-press-release.pdf" title="2008 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees Press Release">Click here for the official press release</a></p> <p class="style1"><br> <strong>Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 now available on DVD!</strong></p> <p class="style1">Click here to own your copy today! <br> <br> <a href="http://www.rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=970378" target="_blank">Order Your DVD!!</a></p> <p class="style1"><a href="http://www.rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=970378" target="_blank"><img src="crossroads_bill.gif" width="234" height="30" border="0"></a></p> <p class="style1"><strong>Hubert at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival!</strong></p> <p class="style1">In case you missed the event of the Summer, click here: <a href="http://music.msn.com/crossroads" target="_blank">http://music.msn.com/crossroads</a> to see Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival, featuring Hubert, BB King, Robert Cray and Jimmie Vaughan. </p> <p class="style1"><strong>All Apologies</strong></p> <p class="style1">Please forgive the problems with Hubert's site over this past weekend, as the server at our web hosting provider crashed. Our only concern was to have it up and running as quickly as possible, using our backups, which in turn left the site with some outdated information for a few days. We apologize for the inconvenience.</p> <p class="style1"><strong>Hubert to be inducted on the Rock Walk of Fame June 16th</strong></p> <p class="style1">The ceremony will take place at the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles, along with Keb' Mo and George Thorogood and The Destroyers. Visit <a href="http://www.rockwalk.com" target="_blank">www.rockwalk.com</a> for more information.</a></p> <p class="style1"><strong>Hubert Takes Home His Third Blues Music Award!</strong></p> <p class="style1">Congratulations to all the winners of 2007! Click here for the complete list: <a href="http://blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=459" target="_blank">View List</a></p> <p class="style1"><strong>Hubert on The Tonight Show </strong></p> <p>Itchin' for a taste of what's in store on the Kenny Wayne Shepherd tour? Here's your second chance to see the boys as they appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last February 14th.<br> <br> <span class="style15">&gt;&gt;</span>Windows Media: <a href="http://streamos.wmg.com/wmedia/wea/a/b/c/vid/wbr/017153_02142007_01_300.wvx" target="_blank">Click Here</a> <br> <span class="style15">&gt;&gt;</span>Quicktime: <a href="http://streamos.wmg.com/qtime/wea/a/b/c/vid/wbr/017153_02142007_01_300.mov" target="_blank">Click Here<br> </a><br> *Courtesy of NBC Studios</p> <p>Be sure to check out Hubert's tour dates to find out when we'll be rockin' your town! </p> <p class="style1"><strong>Hubert's Guitar Center's Interview</strong></p> <p class="style1">Click here to view Hubert's recent video interview for the Guitar Center's national King of the Blues Contest: <a href="http://www.gckingoftheblues.com/" target="_blank">http://www.gckingoftheblues.com/</a></p> <p class="style7">Hubert's Instructional Video is now available on DVD! </p> <p class="style1"> Learn from the Blues guitar master, himself! This lesson will provide you with some of the secrets of his techniques he's been holding onto for years, with a little help from his friends, David Johansen, Levon Helm, Jimmy Vivino and Mike Merritt. For the beginners to the advanced or just for pure entertainment, you can pick your copy up by clicking here: <a href="http://www.homespuntapes.com/prodpg/prodpg.asp?prodID=653&prodType=" target="_blank">Link</a></p> <p class="style7">Ten Days Out </p> <p class="style1"> Due out this Fall, is <span class="style8">Kenny Wayne Shepherd's &quot;Ten Days Out&quot;</span> Blues documentary, featuring Hubert, among other fellow Blues luminaries. Go ahead and treat yourself to a first glimpse by clicking here: <a href="http://www.tendaysout.net/ " target="_blank">Link</a></p> <p class="style7">Gibson Guitar's E-magazine</p> <p class="style1">Hubert is featured on the cover of Gibson Guitar's e-magazine, Backstage Pass, as they chronicle his life with the Wolf. <br> This link will take you there: <a href="http://www.gibson.com/backstage" target="_blank">www.gibson.com/backstage</a></p> <p class="style1"><strong>New Pictures are added<br> </strong><strong>to the Gallery!</strong><br> <br> Hubert's latest additions are of <a href="gallery_pages/bonnieraitt.html">Bonnie Raitt</a> backstage before he sat in with her during Grammy week at LA's House of Blues. Also included is a great backstage pic of Hubert with <a href="gallery_pages/costello_helm_vivino.html">Elvis Costello, Jimmy Vivino and Levon Helm</a> prior to showtime at NYC's BB King's Blues Club. Elvis graced the evening as he sang &quot;Hidden Charms&quot; with the Howlin' For Hubert band.</p> <p class="style1"><strong>NEW!</strong><br> Send a Hubert Sumlin E-Card to all your friends and tell them all About Them Shoes!<br> <a href="http://www.flashenhanced.com/hubertsumlin/" target="_blank">Click here to launch</a></p> <p class="style1"><strong>The Honors Keep Rollin' In!</strong></p> <p class="style1"><strong>Hubert is nominated for </strong><strong>FOUR 2006 Blues Music Awards!</strong></p> <p class="style1"><a href="NomineesPR2006.doc"><span class="style1">Click here for the official press release from The Blues Foundation</span></a><br> </p> <p class="style1"><strong>Congratulations Hubert on the Grammy Nomination for About Them Shoes!</strong><br> <br> Thanks to all those who participated in the making of About Them Shoes. To all the musicians, Rob Fraboni, Tone Cool and Artemis Records, Bob Baldori and all the Hubert fans the world over...We couldn't have done this without you! Your support is second to none! Tune in on February 8th for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards! For the complete list of all nominees, <a href="http://grammy.com/awards/grammy/48Awards.aspx" target="_blank">click here</a></p> <p class="style1"><br> <img src="images/news/book_cover.gif" width="99" height="150" hspace="10" align="right">Finally! Someone has decided to get Hubert's life story&nbsp;down on paper. Coming out in April 2005 on Backbeat Books is Hubert's first biography, &quot;Incurable Blues,&quot; written by Will Romano.<br> <a href="http://www.backbeatbooks.com" target="_blank">www.backbeatbooks.com</a> </p> <p class="style1">We're so very proud to finally announce&nbsp;Hubert Sumlin's&nbsp;long awaited release of <strong>&quot;About Them Shoes&quot;</strong> featuring an all star lineup of Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Levon Helm, James Cotton, David Johansen, Bob Margolin, Blondie Chaplin, George Receli, Nathaniel Peterson, Dave Maxwell, Mudcat Ward, Paul Oscher and Paul Nowinski. The highly anticipated&nbsp;CD will be released on Tone Cool/Artemis Records on January 25, 2005, in stores everywhere!</p> <p class="style1"><a href="announcement.doc" target="_blank">Click here for the official press release</a></p> <p class="style1">Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival DVD<br> OVER 4 HOURS OF THE GREATEST GUITAR PLAYERS ON EARTH COMING TO DVD ON NOVEMBER 9<br><br>This two disc-set chronicles the festival which took place in Dallas, TX and brought together dozens of the world's top rock, blues, country, jazz, and folk guitarists including&nbsp;Hubert Sumlin. <a href="http://crossroads.fanconnect.net/tracklink.asp?guid=FAC6A798E14D49728F2308EE267D79C7" target="_blank">Check out the Crossroads Media Player for clips and snapshots from the festival.</a>&nbsp; Feel free to send the media player to your friends!</p> <p class="style1">An Open Letter from Hubert and Toni:<br> &nbsp;<br> Dear Friends and Fans:<br> &nbsp;<br> We're so very grateful for all your prayers and well wishes. They obviously worked. It was actually written in Hubert's doctors report that it was a miracle he survived. He's better than ever now and looking ever so radiant. We hope you'll come out to see us play sometime, so we can thank you all personally for the generous love and support you've given&nbsp;Hubert&nbsp;throughout the years....We truly appreciate it.<br> &nbsp;<br> One Love,<br> <em>Hubert Sumlin and Toni Ann Mamary</em></p> <p class="style1">New&nbsp;pictures have been added. <a href="gallery_pages/gallery.html">Click on Hubert's Gallery</a> to view.</p> <p class="style1">Hubert Sumlin and David Johansen's performance will be featured in the major motion picture, &nbsp;<B>&quot;Lightning In A Bottle,&quot;</B> a film produced by Antoine Fuqua (<I>Training Day</I>) and executive produced by Martin Scorsese. This is the film of the Year Of The Blues concert that took place in February 2003 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. &nbsp;It is being prepared for release later this year. For more information and updates, please visit: <a href="http://www.lightninginabottlemovie.com" target="_blank">www.lightninginabottlemovie.com</a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Hubert makes Rolling Stone Magazines' The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list!</strong> <br><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/features/coverstory/featuregen.asp?pid=1917%0D%0D" target="_blank">Click here to view the list that launched a 1000 arguments</a></font></p> <p><a href="http://theband.hiof.no/albums/hubert_plays_muddy.html" target="_blank"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Click here for the latest review, Hubert Sumlin: About Them Shoes</strong></font></a></p> </td> <td width="224" bgcolor="#9999CC"> <p><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Tour Dates</strong></font></p> <!-- <p class="style5"><strong>New Dates Coming Soon!</strong></p> --> <p class="style5"><strong>February 24</strong><br /> Hubert Sumlin Memorial Concert<br /> NYC&rsquo;s Apollo Theater<br /> Details Coming Soon</br /> </p> <!-- <p class="style5"><strong>July 27</strong><br /> Eric Clapton Crossroads 2010 special two hour screening<br /> 475 movie theaters nationwide<br /> Tickets are available at <a href="http://www.fathomevents.com/" title="Purchase Tickets">Fathom Events</a> or visit the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crossroads-Guitar-Festival-2010/124787314219061?ref=ts">Facebook Page</a> <p class="style5"><strong>August 14</strong><br /> Heritage Music Festival<br /> Festival Grounds<br /> Wheeling, WV<br /> </p> --> </td> </tr> </table> </div></td> <td width="24"><img name="contents_pages_r2_c5" src="images/pages_contents/contents_pages_r2_c5.gif" width="24" height="320" border="0" alt=""></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img name="contents_pages_r3_c1" src="images/pages_contents/contents_pages_r3_c1.gif" width="650" height="24" border="0" alt=""></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>