Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
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1211613 | Play | Mean Old World | 00:00 Tools | |
1211614 | Play | Texas Cadillac | 00:00 Tools | |
1211623 | Play | Little Red Rooster | 00:00 Tools | |
1211616 | Play | Lonely Days | 00:00 Tools | |
1211617 | Play | Can't See for Lookin' | 00:00 Tools | |
1211618 | Play | Smokin' Joe's Cafe | 00:00 Tools | |
1211615 | Play | Walk With You | 00:00 Tools | |
1211627 | Play | Mellow Down Easy | 00:00 Tools | |
1211634 | Play | Everbody's Talkin' | 00:00 Tools | |
1211619 | Play | Hands On It | 00:00 Tools | |
1211638 | Play | Seems Like a Million Years | 00:00 Tools | |
1211621 | Play | TV Light | 00:00 Tools | |
1211705 | Play | If It's the Last Thing I Do | 00:00 Tools | |
1211620 | Play | Damn Traffic | 00:00 Tools | |
1211625 | Play | Corn Palace | 00:00 Tools | |
1211628 | Play | Show You What They Say | 00:00 Tools | |
1211642 | Play | Comin' Home Today | 00:00 Tools | |
1211630 | Play | Must Have Missed a Turn Somewhere | 00:00 Tools | |
1211659 | Play | Come By Here | 00:00 Tools | |
1211651 | Play | No Time | 00:00 Tools | |
1211640 | Play | Still a Fool | 00:00 Tools | |
1211655 | Play | Where Can You Be | 00:00 Tools | |
1211629 | Play | Got My Mind Back | 00:00 Tools | |
1211622 | Play | Right Place, Wrong Time | 00:00 Tools | |
1211649 | Play | You're My Brand | 00:00 Tools | |
1211670 | Play | Player Got Played | 00:00 Tools | |
1211661 | Play | Square Bizness | 00:00 Tools | |
1211624 | Play | Little Wheel | 00:00 Tools | |
1211639 | Play | Walk On | 00:00 Tools | |
1211654 | Play | Natural born lover | 00:00 Tools | |
1211633 | Play | I Ain't Superstitious | 00:00 Tools | |
1211695 | Play | I Wonder Why | 00:00 Tools | |
1211707 | Play | Let Me Take Your Picture | 00:00 Tools | |
1211679 | Play | Cryin' By Myself | 00:00 Tools | |
1211660 | Play | Steppin' Out | 00:00 Tools | |
1211658 | Play | Got You by the Tail | 00:00 Tools | |
1211666 | Play | Way Down There | 00:00 Tools | |
1211680 | Play | Don't touch her | 00:00 Tools | |
1211632 | Play | Back Door Man | 00:00 Tools | |
1211668 | Play | One Night Affair | 00:00 Tools | |
1211712 | Play | I'm Here For You | 00:00 Tools | |
1211704 | Play | Just for a Little While | 00:00 Tools | |
1211663 | Play | Changes Made | 00:00 Tools | |
1211650 | Play | In One Hand (And Out The Other) | 00:00 Tools | |
86828174 | Play | If You Know What I'm Sayin' | 00:00 Tools | |
1211671 | Play | All the Love There Is | 00:00 Tools | |
1211643 | Play | Buzz Me Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
1211727 | Play | Double Or Nothing | 00:00 Tools | |
1211656 | Play | You Haven't Hurt Me | 00:00 Tools | |
1211678 | Play | She's It | 00:00 Tools | |
1211636 | Play | Cross Cut Saw | 00:00 Tools | |
1211631 | Play | 4 O'clock Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
1211689 | Play | I'm On My Way | 00:00 Tools | |
1211687 | Play | Cryin' for the Moon | 00:00 Tools | |
1211672 | Play | Good Understanding | 00:00 Tools | |
1211637 | Play | T-Bone Shuffle | 00:00 Tools | |
1211686 | Play | Love to Live the Life | 00:00 Tools | |
1211724 | Play | Chain Smokin' | 00:00 Tools | |
1211667 | Play | Soft Touch | 00:00 Tools | |
1211665 | Play | Step On It | 00:00 Tools | |
1211646 | Play | Hideaway | 00:00 Tools | |
1211681 | Play | One More Song | 00:00 Tools | |
1211662 | Play | Overdues | 00:00 Tools | |
1211664 | Play | I'm in an Awful Mood | 00:00 Tools | |
1211682 | Play | You're So Hard To Understand | 00:00 Tools | |
1211730 | Play | We Had to Wait | 00:00 Tools | |
1211702 | Play | Can't Quit My Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
1211641 | Play | Same Thang | 00:00 Tools | |
1211669 | Play | That's What I'll Do For You | 00:00 Tools | |
1211626 | Play | Healthy Mama | 00:00 Tools | |
1211647 | Play | C.C. Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
1211684 | Play | Big Legs | 00:00 Tools | |
1211692 | Play | That's All I Want | 00:00 Tools | |
1211653 | Play | Goin' to New York | 00:00 Tools | |
1211694 | Play | Little Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
1211644 | Play | I Saw It Coming | 00:00 Tools | |
1211731 | Play | The Life You Save (Could Be Mine) | 00:00 Tools | |
1211696 | Play | Tell Me Why | 00:00 Tools | |
1211652 | Play | Make It Right | 00:00 Tools | |
47460571 | Play | Still Like a Fool | 00:00 Tools | |
1211648 | Play | Coleman Avenue | 00:00 Tools | |
1211657 | Play | Standing In My Door | 00:00 Tools | |
1211706 | Play | The Blues Is Still With Us | 00:00 Tools | |
1211722 | Play | Better Be Getting It On | 00:00 Tools | |
47460572 | Play | Burnin' To The Ground | 00:00 Tools | |
47460575 | Play | Out On A Limb | 00:00 Tools | |
1211690 | Play | Got To Get Paid | 00:00 Tools | |
47460573 | Play | My Dog's Still Walkin' | 00:00 Tools | |
1211691 | Play | Stop Drinking | 00:00 Tools | |
1211683 | Play | I Need More | 00:00 Tools | |
1211725 | Play | Cryin' Shame | 00:00 Tools | |
1211645 | Play | She Can Smell Another Woman | 00:00 Tools | |
47460574 | Play | Show You What You See | 00:00 Tools | |
1211726 | Play | Runnin' Blind | 00:00 Tools | |
47460577 | Play | Don't Lose My Number | 00:00 Tools | |
47460576 | Play | Big Legs (Previously Unreleased) | 00:00 Tools | |
1211723 | Play | The Pleasure Was All Mine | 00:00 Tools | |
47460578 | Play | Bumpy Ride | 00:00 Tools | |
1211635 | Play | Take Your Best Shot | 00:00 Tools | |
1211698 | Play | T. Bone Shuffle | 00:00 Tools | |
47460580 | Play | Cold Folks Boogie | 00:00 Tools | |
47460591 | Play | Midlife Crisis,Midnight Flight | 00:00 Tools | |
47460583 | Play | Must Be Karma | 00:00 Tools | |
47460579 | Play | My Heart's In Texas | 00:00 Tools | |
47460581 | Play | That Ring Don't Mean A Thing | 00:00 Tools | |
47460590 | Play | In An Awful Mood | 00:00 Tools | |
47460582 | Play | Freezer Burn | 00:00 Tools | |
47460584 | Play | Boogie On Down | 00:00 Tools | |
47460594 | Play | Smokin' Joes Cafe | 00:00 Tools | |
1211720 | Play | Everybody's Talkin' | 00:00 Tools | |
1211715 | Play | Bite Me | 00:00 Tools | |
1211711 | Play | Payday in America | 00:00 Tools | |
86828175 | Play | Ready to Learn | 00:00 Tools | |
47460585 | Play | Flame Thrower | 00:00 Tools | |
1211734 | Play | All About That Thang | 00:00 Tools | |
1211708 | Play | Troubled Dreams | 00:00 Tools | |
47460589 | Play | Love to Live the Life [From "Chain Smokin' Texas Style"] | 00:00 Tools | |
47460586 | Play | That's Alright | 00:00 Tools | |
47460587 | Play | Where I Want To Be | 00:00 Tools | |
47460588 | Play | If You Know What I'm Saying | 00:00 Tools | |
47460595 | Play | Roll of the Dice | 00:00 Tools | |
1211675 | Play | I Know That's Right | 00:00 Tools | |
1211713 | Play | That's No Way | 00:00 Tools | |
47460597 | Play | Goin To New York | 00:00 Tools | |
86828176 | Play | Must Have Missed A Turn | 00:00 Tools | |
47460592 | Play | Armadillo Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
47460593 | Play | She's Too Busy | 00:00 Tools | |
1211718 | Play | Rollercoaster Love | 00:00 Tools | |
47460596 | Play | I'm In An Awful Mood (Previously Unreleased) | 00:00 Tools | |
47460602 | Play | Sleeping With One Eye Open | 00:00 Tools | |
47460598 | Play | Have Blues, Will Travel | 00:00 Tools | |
1211700 | Play | Midlife Crisis, Midnight Flight | 00:00 Tools | |
47460609 | Play | My Guitar | 00:00 Tools | |
86828177 | Play | Don't Go Left on Me | 00:00 Tools | |
47460599 | Play | 04. Show You What They Say | 00:00 Tools | |
1211732 | Play | Crazy World | 00:00 Tools | |
47460600 | Play | 02. Still A Fool | 00:00 Tools | |
47460601 | Play | 06. Mean Old World | 00:00 Tools | |
47460612 | Play | Worst Heartache | 00:00 Tools | |
47460603 | Play | Flamethrower | 00:00 Tools | |
47460604 | Play | Let's Stop Pretending | 00:00 Tools | |
1211716 | Play | Spanish Trace | 00:00 Tools | |
47460605 | Play | 03. Seems Like A Million Years | 00:00 Tools | |
47460606 | Play | My Space Or Yours? | 00:00 Tools | |
47460607 | Play | So Blind | 00:00 Tools | |
1211709 | Play | Tired Of Cryin' Over You | 00:00 Tools | |
86828178 | Play | Lay It On Me, Leona | 00:00 Tools | |
86828179 | Play | Can't See for Lookin` | 00:00 Tools | |
88926047 | Play | Texas Cadillac (feat. Bnois King) | 00:00 Tools | |
88926048 | Play | TV Light (feat. Bnois King) | 00:00 Tools | |
47460610 | Play | Never Enough | 00:00 Tools | |
1211693 | Play | If You Know What I'm Sayin | 00:00 Tools | |
47460611 | Play | In One Hand ( And Out The Other) | 00:00 Tools | |
47460613 | Play | Stop Messin' With My Mind | 00:00 Tools | |
47460614 | Play | 01. Mellow Down Easy | 00:00 Tools | |
86828180 | Play | Right Place Wrong Time | 00:00 Tools | |
47460615 | Play | 11. Must Have Missed A Turn Somewhere | 00:00 Tools | |
1211673 | Play | Invitation Only | 00:00 Tools | |
47460616 | Play | 05. TV Light | 00:00 Tools |
There's no question why they gave Joe Kubek the nickname "Smokin'." He's one of the hottest electric guitar players on the blues scene today. Kubek has the technique and the chops to burn up any stage and has been doing so since the 1970's when he began frequenting the Dallas bar scene, playing with Stevie Ray Vaughan and people like the three Kings, B. B., Albert and Freddie. He settled into playing rhythm guitar behind Freddie King for a while, until King's death in December 1976. Kubek didn't hit his stride, however, until he teamed up with jazz guitarist and singer Bnois King (no relation to Freddie) of Monroe, Louisiana, in 1989. This union began during a regular Monday-night gig in Dallas when Kubek invited King to sit in and found that King's softer, jazz-based guitar and vocals perfectly complemented Kubek's headier rock-inspired guitar work. The combination just clicked, resulting in a tasteful blending of differing styles with satisfying, fiery results. The two formed a band and have been playing, touring, and recording together ever since. "We've pretty much been on the road since the first album came out -- we go home for a minute and get back out on the road again," Kubek says. "We've been traveling steady for a little over fifteen years now... but I count my blessings. A lot of people can't do this. It's rough sometimes but it's a neat thing to be able to do." Joe and Bnois are a study in opposites. The two come from differing musical backgrounds - Kubek was raised on sweaty Texas blues while King has a love for jazz and R&B. Kubek explodes on stage with a blazing blues/rock style born from the guitar traditions of Texas. King finesses fat chords with a hollow body Gibson and belts out blues with his whisper-to-growl voice, his sound rooted in the jazz tradition of Louisiana. Together, they form a musically intuitive partnership, complementing each other in a dynamic musical tour de force. Blues Revue has stated, "King's jazzy guitar work is the perfect foil to Kubek's more incendiary style. They are simply the best guitar tandem on the scene today." Guitar One magazine observed, "King's jazzman style and soulful vocals have proved the perfect complement to Kubek's full-bore guitar attack and fat, natural tone." Over the years the band has compiled a prolific discography, finding time in their busy touring schedule to record seven albums for Bullseye Blues before signing with Blind Pig in 2002. As Joe remarked, "Blind Pig gave Bnois and me a great deal of creative freedom to make the recording we wanted to make. The label also gave me the opportunity to produce the sessions. That's something I wanted to do for a while. We had a great time." The resulting album was "Roadhouse Research," released in February of 2003. Billboard praised the CD, saying, "Kubek demonstrates, yet again that he remains one of the most distinctive electric guitarists currently plugged-in. His fiery, agile lead guitar is complemented by King's adroit rhythm guitar and vocals." Downbeat offered this compliment, "What these road-tested Texans have learned about using guitar-driven blues-rock to please roadhouse revelers carries over into the studio." Blues Revue added their own kudos by commenting, "Roadhouse Research lives up to the high standards Kubek and King set on previous outings. Kubek's big-as-Texas lead guitar and King's jazz-laced rhythm guitar and hearty vocals are still a great combination." Their second Blind Pig CD, "Show Me The Money," demonstrated even more all-around artistic growth by these veterans. But Kubek's flame-throwing guitar work tempered by the finesse of King's accompaniment and smooth vocals remain the bedrock of a powerful, irresistible combination. Or, as the Minneapolis Star-Tribune put it, "a rare blend of hot guitars and cool savvy, that does, indeed, smoke." At each gig from Alaska to Alabama, the crowd is appreciative of what it hears, much in the same way Kubek thinks his onetime boss, Freddie King, probably would be. "I think he'd dig what we're doing. I really think he would. I was 19 when I played with him, and it was right before he died. He was usually a pretty quiet guy until he hit the stage -- never said much to us. But one time, he told me, `As long as you feel your music the people's gonna feel it too.' That one's really stuck with me. And you know, I bet it will forever." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.