Hubert Sumlin. a blues guitarist admired by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger during a decades long career that included stints backing Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf will be laid to rest at the expense of the two Rolling Stones members, according to a post attributed to the blues man's partner, Toni Ann.  Sumlin died of heart failure Thursday (12/4).  Noise 11 reports that the message read, 'I just wanted to share with you, Hubert's loving fans, that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have insisted on picking up the full expenses for Hubert's funeral. God bless the Rolling Stones.'  Richards called the late guitarist '...an uncle, and a teacher' to him.
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