Clapton and Richards Howl for Hubert

Hubert Sumlin, legendary blues player and long-timeguitarist with Howlin' Wolf, was remembered at a Memorial concert at the NewYork Apollo on Friday, February 24^th. Eric Clapton and KeithRichards joined together on stage to perform a cover of 'Going Down Slow', as well asrevisiting 'Spoonful' and 'Little Red Rooster' which Cream and The RollingStones covered in the Sixties.

'Warm, humorous and always encouraging, (Hubert Sumlin) wasa gentleman of the first order.' - Keith Richards

The legendary blues player served as an inspiration forgenerations of musicians including Buddy Guy, Billy Gibbons, Warren Haynes,Jimmie Vaughan, Derek Trucks, and Elvis Costello, who also paid tribute at theconcert. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were huge admirers of Sumlin andinsisted on paying for his funeral in December (2011). Proceeds from Friday'sconcert will go to the Jazz Foundation to help blues and jazz musicians in needand continue Sumlin's musical legacy.