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Blues
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| Descriptive "tags": |
blues • modern electric texas blues • blues rock • modern electric blues • electric texas blues
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| Decades Active: |
1990s
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2000s
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Biography
30 November 1956, Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA. Having grown up in Irving, Texas, Kubek was playing in Dallas clubs at the age of 14. Three years later, he took a deeper interest in blues, prompted by Eric Clapton and Peter Green, and formed his first band. Shortly afterwards, he played rhythm guitar behind Freddie King until King’s death in December 1976. After a short spell with Robert Whitfield’s Last Combo, he joined Al Braggs’ band and also recorded with Charlie Robinson, Big Ray Anderson and Ernie Johnson, and on Little Joe Blue’s album, It’s My Turn Now. In 1989, Kubek teamed up with singer/guitarist Bnois King, from Monroe, Louisiana, whose soul-tinged vocals and jazz-orientated style contrasted well with Kubek’s more strident finger and slide techniques. The Axe Man is an album of cover versions recorded before their debut for the Bullseye Blues label, Steppin’ Out Texas Style. Subsequent releases have consolidated the...
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