Stevie Vaughan and Hubert Sumlin - Antone’s Club, Austin, TX, 1987
A huge Shout-Out remembrance, the great Chicago Blueman Hubert Sumlin born on October 16, 1931 would have celebrated his 92th Birthday. Hubert’s sizzling guitar playing energized many of the classic Chicago blues records of Howlin’ Wolf in the 1950s and ‘60s. His reputation in blues and rock circles propelled him to a celebrated career on his own after Wolf’s death in 1976. In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine christened him one of “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.” The poster is from a concert with Stevie Vaughan at the Antone’s Club in Austin, Texas in 1987. Antone’s opened on 15th July 1975, founded by Clifford Antone. It was considered to be one of the best night clubs in America and one that would showcase legends like Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Jimmy Reed and dozens more.
It also became a clubhouse for just-beginning Austin bands like the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Triple Threat Revue. Antone’s changed everything in Austin, and pointed a way forward in spreading the blues.
In 1981 a more welcoming location was found, a former pizza parlor on at 2915 Guadalupe was established as the new venue. It remained here until 1997 and Stevie played there as recently as 1987, when he guested with Hubert Sumlin.
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