The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band

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Texas Cadillac 00:00 Tools
Little Red Rooster 00:00 Tools
Lonely Days 00:00 Tools
Can't See for Lookin' 00:00 Tools
Smokin' Joe's Cafe 00:00 Tools
Walk With You 00:00 Tools
Mellow Down Easy 00:00 Tools
Everbody's Talkin' 00:00 Tools
Hands On It 00:00 Tools
Seems Like a Million Years 00:00 Tools
TV Light 00:00 Tools
If It's the Last Thing I Do 00:00 Tools
Damn Traffic 00:00 Tools
Corn Palace 00:00 Tools
Show You What They Say 00:00 Tools
Comin' Home Today 00:00 Tools
Must Have Missed a Turn Somewhere 00:00 Tools
Come By Here 00:00 Tools
No Time 00:00 Tools
Still a Fool 00:00 Tools
Where Can You Be 00:00 Tools
Got My Mind Back 00:00 Tools
Right Place, Wrong Time 00:00 Tools
You're My Brand 00:00 Tools
Player Got Played 00:00 Tools
Square Bizness 00:00 Tools
Little Wheel 00:00 Tools
Walk On 00:00 Tools
Natural born lover 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Superstitious 00:00 Tools
I Wonder Why 00:00 Tools
Let Me Take Your Picture 00:00 Tools
Cryin' By Myself 00:00 Tools
Steppin' Out 00:00 Tools
Got You by the Tail 00:00 Tools
Way Down There 00:00 Tools
Don't touch her 00:00 Tools
Back Door Man 00:00 Tools
One Night Affair 00:00 Tools
I'm Here For You 00:00 Tools
Just for a Little While 00:00 Tools
Changes Made 00:00 Tools
In One Hand (And Out The Other) 00:00 Tools
If You Know What I'm Sayin' 00:00 Tools
All the Love There Is 00:00 Tools
Buzz Me Baby 00:00 Tools
Double Or Nothing 00:00 Tools
You Haven't Hurt Me 00:00 Tools
She's It 00:00 Tools
Cross Cut Saw 00:00 Tools
4 O'clock Blues 00:00 Tools
I'm On My Way 00:00 Tools
Cryin' for the Moon 00:00 Tools
Good Understanding 00:00 Tools
T-Bone Shuffle 00:00 Tools
Love to Live the Life 00:00 Tools
Chain Smokin' 00:00 Tools
Soft Touch 00:00 Tools
Step On It 00:00 Tools
Hideaway 00:00 Tools
One More Song 00:00 Tools
Overdues 00:00 Tools
I'm in an Awful Mood 00:00 Tools
You're So Hard To Understand 00:00 Tools
We Had to Wait 00:00 Tools
Can't Quit My Baby 00:00 Tools
Same Thang 00:00 Tools
That's What I'll Do For You 00:00 Tools
Healthy Mama 00:00 Tools
C.C. Baby 00:00 Tools
Big Legs 00:00 Tools
That's All I Want 00:00 Tools
Goin' to New York 00:00 Tools
Little Girl 00:00 Tools
I Saw It Coming 00:00 Tools
The Life You Save (Could Be Mine) 00:00 Tools
Tell Me Why 00:00 Tools
Make It Right 00:00 Tools
Still Like a Fool 00:00 Tools
Coleman Avenue 00:00 Tools
Standing In My Door 00:00 Tools
The Blues Is Still With Us 00:00 Tools
Better Be Getting It On 00:00 Tools
Burnin' To The Ground 00:00 Tools
Out On A Limb 00:00 Tools
Got To Get Paid 00:00 Tools
My Dog's Still Walkin' 00:00 Tools
Stop Drinking 00:00 Tools
I Need More 00:00 Tools
Cryin' Shame 00:00 Tools
She Can Smell Another Woman 00:00 Tools
Show You What You See 00:00 Tools
Runnin' Blind 00:00 Tools
Don't Lose My Number 00:00 Tools
Big Legs (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
The Pleasure Was All Mine 00:00 Tools
Bumpy Ride 00:00 Tools
Take Your Best Shot 00:00 Tools
T. Bone Shuffle 00:00 Tools
Cold Folks Boogie 00:00 Tools
Midlife Crisis,Midnight Flight 00:00 Tools
Must Be Karma 00:00 Tools
My Heart's In Texas 00:00 Tools
That Ring Don't Mean A Thing 00:00 Tools
In An Awful Mood 00:00 Tools
Freezer Burn 00:00 Tools
Boogie On Down 00:00 Tools
Smokin' Joes Cafe 00:00 Tools
Everybody's Talkin' 00:00 Tools
Bite Me 00:00 Tools
Payday in America 00:00 Tools
Ready to Learn 00:00 Tools
Flame Thrower 00:00 Tools
All About That Thang 00:00 Tools
Troubled Dreams 00:00 Tools
Love to Live the Life [From "Chain Smokin' Texas Style"] 00:00 Tools
That's Alright 00:00 Tools
Where I Want To Be 00:00 Tools
If You Know What I'm Saying 00:00 Tools
Roll of the Dice 00:00 Tools
I Know That's Right 00:00 Tools
That's No Way 00:00 Tools
Goin To New York 00:00 Tools
Must Have Missed A Turn 00:00 Tools
Armadillo Blues 00:00 Tools
She's Too Busy 00:00 Tools
Rollercoaster Love 00:00 Tools
I'm In An Awful Mood (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Sleeping With One Eye Open 00:00 Tools
Have Blues, Will Travel 00:00 Tools
Midlife Crisis, Midnight Flight 00:00 Tools
My Guitar 00:00 Tools
Don't Go Left on Me 00:00 Tools
04. Show You What They Say 00:00 Tools
Crazy World 00:00 Tools
02. Still A Fool 00:00 Tools
06. Mean Old World 00:00 Tools
Worst Heartache 00:00 Tools
Flamethrower 00:00 Tools
Let's Stop Pretending 00:00 Tools
Spanish Trace 00:00 Tools
03. Seems Like A Million Years 00:00 Tools
My Space Or Yours? 00:00 Tools
So Blind 00:00 Tools
Tired Of Cryin' Over You 00:00 Tools
Lay It On Me, Leona 00:00 Tools
Can't See for Lookin` 00:00 Tools
Texas Cadillac (feat. Bnois King) 00:00 Tools
TV Light (feat. Bnois King) 00:00 Tools
Never Enough 00:00 Tools
If You Know What I'm Sayin 00:00 Tools
In One Hand ( And Out The Other) 00:00 Tools
Stop Messin' With My Mind 00:00 Tools
01. Mellow Down Easy 00:00 Tools
Right Place Wrong Time 00:00 Tools
11. Must Have Missed A Turn Somewhere 00:00 Tools
Invitation Only 00:00 Tools
05. TV Light 00:00 Tools
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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.