Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King

The Blood Brothers of Incendiary Texas Blues

 

Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King recently achieved a #1 ranking on the iTunes music download Web site. Their latest album, "Have Blues Will Travel" was released on May 24 and the following day shot to the top of the charts as the most downloaded Blues Album, beating blues greats like The Blues Brothers, Howlin Wolf, Etta James, John Lee Hooker, and BB King.

Smokin' Joe Kubek is one of those people who was born to play the guitar. Kubek has the technique and the chops to burn up any stage and has been doing so for the past 27 years. A guitar prodigy at the age of 14 the Texas born guitar slinger frequented the Dallas bar scene during the 1970's and early 80's playing with Stevie Ray Vaughan and people like the three Kings, B. B., Albert and Freddie. He was even ready to go on tour with Freddie King before his death.

  

Kubek didn't hit his stride, however, until he teamed up with jazz guitarist Bnois King 10 years ago. Kubek, with his staggering arsenal of instruments, effects and technique, delivers a frenzied, flame-throwing guitar display that is tempered by the remarkable accompaniment of Bnois King's jazz influenced guitar. Kubek, coming from the blazing Texas blues/rock background, found in Bnois King's smooth jazz guitar stylings a finesse and fat chord sound that was a perfect complement to his technique. The combination just clicked with a seamless mesh of styles.




'Powerful, hard-nosed, authentic roadhouse blues…Punchy Texas shuffles, fierce boogies, tough slow blues and mighty fine roots rock'
-Living Blues

'Kubek is one of the fiercest electric guitarists currently plugged-in. Hard-hitting original Texas blues-rock'
-Billboard