Smokin` Joe Kubek - Served Up Texas Style: Best Of The Smokin` Joe Kubek Band

Artist:

Kubek, Smokin` Joe

UPC:

011661964228

Description:

Smokin` Joe Kubek/The Smokin` Joe Kubek Band: Smokin` Joe Kubek (guitars, 12-string guitar, slide guitar); Bnois King (vocals, guitars); Little Milton (guitars); Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff (harmonica, tenor saxophone); Jim Spake (saxophone); Sax Gordon (tenor saxophone); Tino Barker, Les Izmore (baritone saxophone); Scott Thompson, Gary Slechta (trumpet); Ron Levy (piano, organ, Hammond b-3 organ); Jerry Hancock (electric bass, percussion); Bobby Chitwood, Gregg Wright, Paul Jenkins (electric bass); Jas Stephens (drums, percussion); Phil Campbell , Ralph Power, Mark Hays, Jimmy "Blue Shoes" Pendleton, Keith Stern (drums); Rusty McFarland (cowbells); Jackie Johnson, Susan Marshall (background vocals).
Texas-based blues guitarist "Smokin`" Joe Kubek cut his musical teeth performing in bands with the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Freddie King. His fluid, lyrical guitar playing, which shows the influence of both these musicians as well as that of Jimi Hendrix, propels his hard-rocking band through this collection of straight-ahead, down-home blues on cuts like the snaky "TV Light" and the incendiary "Texas Cadillac." His partnership with the Louisiana singer Bnois King (no relation to either Freddie or B.B.) is a mutually beneficial meeting of complementary musical talents--King`s smooth, assured vocals are a perfect foil for Kubek`s smartly constructed solos--while instrumental tracks like "Corn Palace" give this fretboard wizard ample room to stretch out.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Can`t See For Lookin`
2. TV Light
3. Damn Traffic
4. Natural Born Lover
5. Player Got Played
6. Texas Cadillac
7. Walk With You
8. Got My Mind Back
9. Walk On
10. If You Know What I`m Sayin`
11. Corn Palace
12. Hands on It
13. One Night Affair
14. Big Legs - (previously unreleased)
15. I`m in an Awful Mood - (previously unreleased)

Album Information

Release Date:

10/04/2005

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Regional Collections

Label:

Rounder Select

Catalog Number:

619 642

Original Release Year:

2005

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Little Milton

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