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Sean Chambers
Doors @ 5:30 pm Show @ 6:30 pm
Chambers had the unique opportunity to play with one of the true legends of electric blues guitar, heck any kind of guitar for that matter, Hubert Sumlin.
Hubert was playing on the bill at Bluestock in Memphis in 1998, so Steve Einzig (Sumlins manager at the time and also owner of Vestige Records, the label that Chambers recorded for then) called and asked if me and my band wanted to back up him up, because Hubert didnt have a band at that time. That was a no-brainer. That was about three months or so before the gig, so my band and I started wood-shedding the Hubert stuff the Wolf hits and some of Huberts material, enough for about a 60-minute set.
That wood-shedding paid off when Sumlin was so pleased with the job that Chambers and his group did at the Bluestock gig that he asked them to stay with him and hit the road hard.
He said, Man, I want you guys to be my group. So it was Hubert Sumlin with the Sean Chambers Band; that was good for both of us. Usually my band would open and then take a 30-minute break and come out and back him up for his set. We went all over the country and to Japan, England and Ireland a lot of cool places all over the world. Steve really played a big part in getting Hubert back on the map and playing again, because he wasnt really playing a whole lot then.
Considering the fact that Sumlin had to put up with all the trials and tribulations of touring around the country in a station wagon with Howlin Wolf, it would make perfect sense if Sumlin was a bit standoffish or hard to get next to. However, Chambers says nothing could be further from the truth.
I dont think Ive ever met a nicer or more humble guy than Hubert. He was just a really great guy and a great person. When I first met him, I remember I was a nervous wreck. He was staying at the Peabody (in Memphis for the Bluestock show) and I had a set-list made out and all the stuff written down the keys of the songs I wanted to make sure I had my act together. So I knocked on his door and he told me to come in. Hubert just had this way of instantly making you at ease, Chambers said. I said, Im a little nervous, but I do have a set-list. Would you like to look at it? He goes, Pardner, man, Im not worried about it at all. All I want you to do is to let your hair down and have some fun. I dont care if you make a mistake; lets just have a good time. So by the time we went on stage, I was totally relaxed and calm. He just had a way and demeanor about him that was just so cool. He wasnt worried about what songs we were doing, or who was going to start them out, he just wanted to get on stage and have fun. He was the ultimate storyteller. Every night hed tell us stories about him and Wolf, or him and Hendrix or Muddy Waters he was just a special guy.
A special guy who never once forget the reason why he was up on the bandstand. Hubert always said, You know, were lucky to be doing what were doing. Lets do this as long as we can. Lets keep this thing alive. You know why? Because one day were not going to be able to." Chambers said. He was really convinced that this was a gift and that he had to share it with people. Hed say, People work all week long and theyre tired and they spend $10 or $20 to come see a show and we have to make sure we always give them a good show and have fun and try to show them a good time. You always have to give the crowd their moneys worth, even if theres only 12 of them out there. He also taught me how to be humble and how to keep it real thats how people say it nowadays.
He may not have known it as a pre-teen, but a good number of the bands some even on the heavier side of things that he was listening to at the time all had Hubert Sumlin to thank in some way, shape or form. - Excerpt from Blues Blast Magazine Nov. 2014 - Terry Mullins
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"General Admission Tickets are $15 + ticket fee/taxes.
Reserved Seating: There are 24 half round booths available that seat 4 people on tiers 2-4. YOU MUST buy the minimum Reserved Table of 4 tickets + ticket fee/taxes.
Tables are assigned in the order reservations are made.
General Admission seating is limited and unless you have a reserved booth, you are on a first come, first serve basis for General Admission Seating. After that, STANDING ROOM ONLY!!
There will be no seating on the dance floor
Advance tickets available at http://badbeanproductions.brownpapertickets.com/
Food Trucks will be parked out front and you'll be able to bring your food inside the Crown and your favorite beverages will be available inside.
Day of Show $20 CASH ONLY!
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UbicaciónThe Crown Uptown Theater (Ver)
3207 E. Douglas
Wichita, KS 67218
United States
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| Apropiado para niños: No |
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| No fumar: Sí |
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