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"King's vocals are like aged whiskey, smooth and mellow, with a warm glow that spreads throughout your body when you partake." – Blues Revue Magazine

"…the intricate interplay between their differing guitar styles is truly impressive…" – Living Blues Magazine

"Kubek and King bring a full course meal to the dinner table. With this dynamic duo from Dallas you get great songwriting, two distinctive approaches to the guitar and a singer in Bnois King with a voice and vocal style that delivers the message like very few in the modern blues world." – Blues Junction

Delta Groove Music is extremely pleased to welcome the dynamic duo of Smokin’ Joe Kubek and Bnois King to the Delta Groove family. With over two decades of experience together on stages and in studios around the world, and over a dozen major CD releases, Kubek and King bring the essence of Texas blues to Delta Groove. Their debut release on Delta Groove is the all-acoustic “Close To The Bone”, and features such special guests as fellow Delta Groove artists Big Pete, Shawn Pittman, Kirk Fletcher, Randy Chortkoff, Bob Corritore, Hollywood Blue Flames keyboard man Fred Kaplan, former Red Devils guitarist Paul Size, and others.
 

Smokin' Blues Guitar

Instructional DVD

Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King
HAVE BLUES WILL TRAVEL (2010)

Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King take another giant step forward. Kubek and King wrote or co-wrote all twelve songs, and, along with their road-tested rhythm section, they ignite a blues fire with enough heat to fuel an all-night party. The chemistry between Kubek's blistering fretwork and King's savvy vocals and unpredictable, multifaceted guitar work creates a roadhouse blend of muscular blues-rock, hip-shaking shuffles and slow-burning blues that is simply impossible to resist. Each song is infused with deep, from-the-heart musicianship, carefully crafted, true-to-life lyrics and delivered with the occasional wry smile. King calls Have Blues, Will Travel the best record the band has ever made.

ALLIGATOR RECORDS

Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King

Blood Brothers

Alligator Records (2008)

The most potent one-two punch in blues makes their Alligator debut. Tough, no-holds-barred Lone Star State blues from a couple of masters at the top of their game, with Smokin’ Joe’s huge biting tone and Bnois’ suave, passionate singing leading the way. "Potent, undiluted 100-proof Texas Blues honed to a razor's edge" –GuitarOne

ALLIGATOR RECORDS

 Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King

My Heart's In Texas

Blind Pig Records   (2006)

This blazing New Year's Eve performance at the legendary J&J Blues Bar in Forth Worth, Texas is amazingly this veteran duo's first live recording in their 15 year career. Holiday cheer and roadhouse ambiance make for a uniquely satisfying taste of Joe and Bnois' trademark Texas blues. The companion DVD (BPDVD 6007) has a slightly different program than the CD.

"A rough, raw and above all, soulful example of Lone Star roadhouse blues-rock." - Blues Revue

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Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King

Show Me The Money

Blind Pig Records (2004)

Show Me the Money is a worthy successor to Joe and Bnois' acclaimed Blind Pig debut, Roadhouse Research. Kubek's flame-throwing guitar work tempered by the finesse of King's accompaniment and smooth vocals remain the bedrock of a powerful, irresistible combination. Or, as the Minneapolis Star-Tribune put it, "a rare blend of hot guitars and cool savvy, that does, indeed, smoke."

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Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King

Roadhouse Reserch

Blind Pig Records (2003)

Joe Kubek and Bnois King have been tearing it up on the blues circuit since they first got together in 1989. Blues Revue noted that "King´s jazzy guitar work is the perfect foil to Kubek´s more incendiary style; they are simply the best guitar tandem on the scene today." Roadhouse Research brilliantly contrasts Joe's blazing blues/rock guitar with Bnois' jazz-inflected playing and soulful vocals.

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Smokin' Joe Kubek  & Bnois King
Served Up Texas Style: The Best of  Rounder Records Released 10/04/2005

Served Up Texas Style offers 15 choice cuts of highly energized Texas guitar blues by the Smokin' Joe Kubek Band featuring Bnois King - a blues fan's dream selection all on one platter. Included are two unreleased tracks from the sessions that produced their best-selling Texas Cadillac album, and a special guest appearance by blues legend Little Milton. Spanning ten years and seven albums, this is the one and only quintessential Smokin' Joe Kubek Band collection.

Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King
Bite Me!

Rounder Records  01/01/2000

Guitarist Smokin' Joe Kubek and vocalist / guitarist Bnois King are the ultimate post-modern Texas blues duo. Fronting one of the toughest bands on the circuit today, Joe and Bnois have created a scorching electric sound that matches Joe's exhilarating guitar chops and ideas with Bnois' emotionally direct vocals. The 11 original songs on Bite Me! reflect a mature assimilation of influences of such Texas blues forebears as T-Bone Walker, Freddie King and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Produced by Jim Gaines.

Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King
Take Your Best Shot

Rounder Records 01/01/1998

"In the wake of the epochal Stevie Ray Vaughan, overamplified `white guy' Stratocaster blues has become one of the most overworked subgenres in pop music. But the contrast between Kubek's hot-wired axe and Bnois King's understated street-cool vocals puts this combo in a category of its own." --Dan Emerson, Request The Texas blues tradition, as carved by such ax-wielders as Freddie King, T-Bone Walker and Lightnin' Hopkins, is a spectacularly rich one. But the Smokin' Joe Kubek Band has staked their claim in a country of pioneers with all the confidence, swagger and bluster of their heroes, hewing out their own diamond-hard hunk of the Texas rock. Take Your Best Shot is the band's sixth record for Bullseye. Smokin' Joe and Bnois King say it's their best!

The Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King
Got My Mind Back

Rounder Records 01/01/1996

"They don't call him 'Smokin' ' for nothin'. Smokin' Joe Kubek slings a mighty hot guitar. Put that together with the hurt-so-good vocals of Bnois King and you have just the right recipe for the blues -- Texas style." --Chris Flisher, CD Review The Texas blues tradition -- as carved by such ax-wielders as Freddie King, Al "TNT" Braggs, Ernie Johnson and Little Joe Blue -- is a spectacularly rich one. But the Smokin' Joe Kubek Band has staked their claim in a country of pioneers with all the confidence, swagger and bluster of their heroes, hewing out their own diamond-hard hunk of the Texas rock. Got My Mind Back is the band's fifth record for Bullseye Blues. Smokin' Joe and Bnois King say it's their best.

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The Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King
Cryin' For The Moon

Rounder Records 01/01/1995

On their fourth Bullseye Blues release, Smokin' Joe and the band let loose on a collection of mostly-originals that establishes them as a band rooted in Texas guitar-slinger tradition, but headed for parts unknown. This blues record sounds like no other!

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The Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King
Texas Cadillac

Rounder Records Released  01/01/1994

What you hear on Smokin' Joe Kubek's third Bullseye Blues album is what you get live: Smokin' Joe and Bnois King bouncing guitar riffs back and forth -- Bnois preaching the blues and a rock-solid, road-tested rhythm section that knows its way around a shuffle. . . . With each successive album, and the extensive national touring that has resulted, Joe, Bnois and the band have sharpened their attack and tightened their material. . . . It creates a sound so big, it could only come from Texas! --from liner notes by Jake Guralnick

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The Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King
Chain Smokin' Texas Style

Rounder Records Released  01/01/1992

Smokin' Joe Kubek, Bnois King and company keep on delivering the goods on their second Bullseye Blues album -- their own brand of Texas blues that starts hot and stays hot. Kubek grew up in the same region of Dallas as the Vaughan Brothers, and played in every nook and cranny of the Texas blues scene, serving his apprenticeship in the bands of Freddie King and Al "TNT" Braggs.

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The Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King
Steppin' Out Texas Style

Rounder Records (1991)

                   
The debut recording of a blues band that's been in all the right places -- hailing from Texas, discovered in Memphis, recorded in New Orleans. Smokin' Joe learned his trade from Freddy King, Albert King, John Lee Hooker and Little Joe Blue. Bnois King can just about match Joe lick for lick, and his vocals are the genuine article, right out of Otis Rush.

This is Smokin' Joe's first album.                  

THE AXE MAN

It contains 12 cover tracks. This CD is a very rare import.   If you ever find a copy, buy it. It is out of print.     Produced by Russel Whitacker & Marc Benno
Co-Production by Marcel M. Vos & Parsifal