When Libby Met Hubert

Last Thursday, Libby Johnson hosted a wonderful event at her studio, The Shed. It combined a screening of the interesting new music documenary "Before the Music Dies" with blues great Hubert Sumlin's 75th birthday and a two-song Johnson performance. The film featured many Shore Fire friends, including super-critic Alan Light, Nick Purdy and Josh Jackson of Paste Magazine, Edna Gunderson of the USA Today, Toure, Tom Moon. Shore Fire clients Elvis Costello and Questlove (of The Roots) make poignant comments on the state of music and the industry. Definitely worth a viewing, especially for Erykah Badu's hysterical -- and spot on -- comments. Filmmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen were in attendance after a stormy landing at JFK.

Libby debuted a new song and played "Annabella" and Hubert said of her, "She is going to go to the moon. The girl can really sing." For his part, Hubert turned 75 years young and turned in an incedible set also featuring GE Smith, including an incredible rendition of "Killing Floor." I got to chat with Hubert a bit, as did Libby. Above is Hubert signing Libby's cool guitar, which she decorated herself. Also sighted were XM's Bill Wax, artist Lipbone Redding, Ben Umanov and Dan Wise of Wrong Records, Jesse Brenner of Modiba Productions and Hubert's manager Toni Ann Mamary.



Many more, Hubert!