The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band Chain Smokin' Texas Style (1992)

The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band & Bnois King - Steppin' Out Texas Style (1991)

The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band & Bnois King - Steppin' Out Texas Style (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 253 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 100 Mb | Covers included | 00:41:03
Modern Electric Texas Blues | Label: Bullseye Blues/Rounder | # CD BB 9510

Smokin' Joe Kubek's debut album is a delight. Kubek leads his band through a set of smoking hot Texas and Memphis blues, delivered with passion – they can play this music with precision, but they choose to be looser and more fun than most traditionalists. Kubek's a skillful guitarist and B'Nois King, his vocalist and rhythm guitarist, can play nearly as well and their duels are the high watermark of an already wonderful album.
The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band featuring Bnois King - Best Of... Served Up Texas Style (2005) {Rounder}

The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band featuring Bnois King - Best Of… Served Up Texas Style (2005) {Blues Time/Bullseye Blues & Boogaloo/Rounder}
EAC Rip | FLAC with log | scans | 459 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 156 mb
Genre: blues rock

Best Of The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band: Served Up Texas Style is a 2005 compilation by The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band featuring Bnois King. This was released by Blues Time/Bullseye Blues & Boogaloo/Rounder.

The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band - Texas Cadillac (1994)  Music

Posted by popsakov at Jan. 28, 2020
The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band - Texas Cadillac (1994)

The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band - Texas Cadillac (1994)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 393 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 159 Mb
Full Scans | 00:49:36 | RAR 5% Recovery
Modern Electric Blues, Texas Blues | Munich Records #NETCD 9543

Smokin' Joe Kubek's third Rounder album juggles blues-rock originals with faithful, exuberant covers of Jimmy Reed, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters and Little Walter Jacobs, among others. Kubek is a good, sometimes captivating guitarist and entertaining singer, if not the greatest pure vocalist, and the band rips through the 11 cuts in a relaxed, yet passionate fashion. But it's hard for any longtime blues fan to get excited over hearing another version of "Little Red Rooster" or "Mean Old World"; it's impossible to reinvent Delta, urban, Texas or West Coast blues. The solution is probably to make the best music you can and hope you hook those willing to listen to contemporary blues rather than spurn it for the originals.
Smokin' Joe Kubek Band featuring Bnois King - Got My Mind Back (1996)

Smokin' Joe Kubek Band featuring Bnois King - Got My Mind Back (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 291 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 112 Mb | Scans included
Label: Bullseye Blues | # CD BB 9578 | Time: 00:43:16
Modern Electric Texas Blues, Blues-Rock

There is no need for guest musicians when Smokin' Joe Kubek is around, for the explosive guitarist completely fills up the ensembles with distortions worthy of acid rock. Kubek is a fairly well-rounded player who occasionally leaves space and during at least two songs ("All the Love There Is" and "She's It") on this CD creates some surprising tones on his instrument (sounding like a keyboard on the former and playing 1970s-style wah-wah notes during the latter). With B'nois King contributing smooth but emotional vocals and bassist Paul Jenkins and drummer Mark Hays supporting Kubek, this is a tight group that probably puts on a killer live show.

The Hoax - Recession Blues: A Tribute To B.B. King (2014)  Music

Posted by popsakov at April 12, 2019
The Hoax - Recession Blues: A Tribute To B.B. King (2014)

The Hoax - Recession Blues: A Tribute To B.B. King (2014)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 286 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 107 Mb
Scans Included | RAR 5% Recovery
Blues | Credible Records #CRCD BB01

Not just a great tribute, but one of the best blues releases in years. England's premier blues band, The Hoax, follow up last year's fantastic album, "Big City Blues" with this great 'tribute' to B.B. King. The twin guitars of Jesse Davey and Jon Amor are absolutely on fire throughout the entire set, singer Hugh Coltman's voice has never sounded better, and the rhythm section of Robin Davey on bass & Mark Barrett on drums are rock solid. Complemented by a smokin' horn section and keyboards for this recording, the band really gives the listener the impression that they all really love these songs, and their idol that they pay tribute to with each and every note played. Not only one of the best 'tribute' albums I have ever heard, but one of the finest blues albums I have had the pleasure of listening to in years.

Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Fat Man's Shine Parlor (2015)  Music

Posted by Designol at April 5, 2022
Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Fat Man's Shine Parlor (2015)

Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Fat Man's Shine Parlor (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 372 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 142 Mb
Label: Blind Pig | # BPCD 5163 | Time: 00:47:54 | Scans included
Modern Electric Texas Blues, Blues-Rock

It is so cool to find an album that was cut by professional musicians that sound like they are having a blast and doing what they were born to do, and a perfect example of this is Smokin’ Joe Kubek and Bnois King’s Fat Man’s Shine Parlor, a killer disc from their recent return to the venerable Blind Pig Records label!

Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Roadhouse Research (2003)  Music

Posted by Designol at April 21, 2023
Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Roadhouse Research (2003)

Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Roadhouse Research (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 347 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 136 Mb | Scans included
Modern Electric Texas Blues, Blues Rock | Label: Blind Pig | # BPCD 5080 | 00:47:16

If the 10 years these Texas guitarists have spent as a team exploring the world bar by bar has been "research," what they've learned is how to please a crowd. The formula's simple: no-frills songs about women and working for a livin', set to meat-and-potatoes arrangements that leave plenty of room for their guitars to roam. Kubek's six-string snarls the loudest, hitting Albert Collins-style sustains and grinding out beefy chords. King skirts around the fringes with his sweet-toned, jazz-informed fills or works at groove-level, anchoring things with his basic, chopping, R&B-style chording. King's vocals are really his trump card. They're smooth and slinky when he's romancing in "Make It Right" or gravelly as Kubek's fluid guitar when he's a driven man in numbers like "Runnin' Blind." The album ends with the kind of guitar grand finale that sets a crowd on fire just after last call. The tune, "Standing in My Door," lets both six-stringers sting.

Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Road Dog's Life (2013)  Music

Posted by Designol at March 13, 2022
Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Road Dog's Life (2013)

Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Road Dog's Life (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 344 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 138 Mb | Scans included | 00:48:21
Modern Electric Texas Blues, Blues-Rock | Label: Delta Groove Music | # DGPCD162

Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King first hooked up in 1987, and their musical association has lasted nearly 20 years. Their albums are dependable affairs that stick close to good old barroom Texas blues, and if they seldom deviate from that, well, that's fine, because they do it as well as anyone this side of Stevie Ray Vaughan. Road Dog's Life is the pair's second album for Delta Groove Music, who they signed with in 2012, and it follows the unplugged Close to the Bone, marking a return to plain old electric Texas blues. That's what you get here, plain and simple, with ten originals and an impressive pair of covers, the Rolling Stones' "Play with Fire" and the Beatles' "Don't Bother Me," both among the albums highlights. The sound, recorded by Prince's long-time engineer David Z, is warm, full, and makes intelligent use of stereo separation to give everything a broad, powerful kick. There's nothing new here – Kubek and King aren't trying to expand Texas blues as much as they simply revel in it – which is a good thing, since they do it so well.

Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Show Me the Money (2004) [Re-Up]  Music

Posted by Designol at March 26, 2021
Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Show Me the Money (2004) [Re-Up]

Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Show Me the Money (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 319 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 119 Mb | Scans included
Modern Electric Texas Blues, Blues Rock | Label: Blind Pig | # BPCD 5090 | 00:42:13

Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King's albums are dependable affairs that stick close to good old barroom Texas blues. The lyrics won't win any Pulitzer Prizes, and while Kubek is an amazing guitar player with a huge tone, he isn't exactly reinventing the instrument, and likewise King, although he is a distinctive and pleasant vocalist, isn't going to be mistaken for Marvin Gaye anytime soon. Not much has changed on their second release on the Blind Pig label, and Show Me the Money delivers another dose of straight-ahead roadhouse blues. If there are any concessions here, it is that all the songs pull in at a radio-friendly length, and at least one, the infectious "My Heart's in Texas," would fit effortlessly on "new country" play lists. The first two tracks, "I Saw It Coming" and "Burnin' to the Ground," pretty much lead the charge here, and King's easy, subtle singing pairs nicely with Kubek's gutbucket guitar tone, but there are no real surprises waiting in the grass, and certainly nothing that will shake the roots of the music industry – just solid blues-rock. Somebody's gotta do it, and Kubek and King do it so well.
Smokin' Joe Kubek featuring Bnois King - Take Your Best Shot (1998)

Smokin' Joe Kubek featuring Bnois King - Take Your Best Shot (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 321 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 119 Mb | Scans included
Label: Bullseye Blues & Jazz | # CD BB 9600 | Time: 00:44:45
Modern Electric Texas Blues, Blues-Rock

Smokin' Joe Kubek is a powerful and often quite intense guitarist who creates a wide variety of unusual sounds and makes expert use of distortion on the rockish side of the blues. He has long teamed up with the passionate yet laid-back vocalist Bnois King (who also plays rhythm guitar) and the combination works well; the two musicians often sound as if they are the same person. Most of the selections on this CD (their sixth for Bullseye in seven years) are played by their basic two-guitar quartet with extra percussion and two background vocalists added to a pair of songs apiece, along with guest appearances by Jimmy Thackery and Little Milton. Fans of Stevie Ray Vaughan and blues guitarists who are touched by Jimi Hendrix will want this enjoyable set.