Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King
NewMusicforOldFolks says …
This is the kind of band you hope to find when you walk into a beat-up bar you're not familiar with because it looks like it might be a fun place, if you can avoid gettin into a fight. You remember the bar in that Patrick Swayze movie Roadhouse? If The Jeff Healy Band weren't already booked in there every night, they might give Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King a shot. In fact, their album Roadhouse Research is where my collection started. Kubek shreds on the guitar and King sings and plays rhythm. It's a great time, but duck when the beer bottles start flying. UPDATE: Joe Kubek died of a heart attack in October of 2015.
Artist's info
Website: smokinjoekubek.com
Record company: Blind Pig
Genre: Blues
If you like this, look into: Nick Moss, Coco Montoya, Tinsley Ellis
Bio (From AllMusic.com)
Another Texas axeman from the old school, Smokin' Joe Kubek issued his band's debut disc in 1991 on Bullseye Blues, Steppin' Out Texas Style. Kubek was already playing his smokin' guitar on the Lone Star State chitlin circuit at age 14, supporting such musicians as Freddie King. Soon, he formed his own band and began playing a number of bars across Dallas. In the '80s, he met guitarist/vocalist Bnois King, a native of Monroe, Louisiana, and the duo formed the first edition of the Smokin' Joe Kubek Band. the Smokin' Joe Kubek Band began playing the rest of the Southwest in the late '80s. In 1991, they signed to Bullseye Blues, releasing their debut, Steppin' Out Texas Style, the same year. (more)
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FAT MAN'S SHINE PARLOR (2015): Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King, one of the most talented guitar tandems in any genre, have signed a recording agreement with Blind Pig Records. The pact marks a reunion between the veteran music duo and the label, which issued the group's CD entitled Roadhouse Research in 2003 and released Show Me The Money the following year. In 2006, Blind Pig released a live full length concert DVD and a CD titled My Heart's In Texas that was recorded in Fort Worth on New Year's Eve. The reunion produced Fatman's Shine Parlor in February 2015.
OTHERS
Steppin' Out Texas Style (1991)
Chain Smokin' Texas Style (1992)
Texas Cadillac (1993)
Cryin' For The Moon (1995)
Keep Comin' Back (1996)
The Axe Man (1996)
Got My Mind Back (1996)
Take Your Best Shot (1998)
Bite Me! (2000)
Roadhouse Research (2003)
Show Me The Money (2004)
My Heart's In Texas (2006)
Blood Brothers (2008)
Have Blues Will Travel (2010)
Let That Right Hand Go... (2-12)
Close To The Bone (2012)
Road Dog's Life (2013)
