I’m a news hound. It drags me down sometimes, especially of late with events in the economy, war and politics. I can use something to pick me up, and something that rarely fails is some low-down Texas blues.
Smokin’ Joe Kubek and Bnois King have been labeled a traveling club act by some, but their last two albums have put that notion away once and for all. Blood Brothers
Blood Brothers opens with three songs in their upbeat, Texas blues style. Solos by Smokin’ Joe stand out with his powerful rock-based guitar, and Bnois takes the lead guitar on a couple of occasions with his jazzier style. I’m not 100% sure what the “dog” is about in My Dog’s Still Walkin’, but Smokin’ Joe and Bnois are moving along very well here. Stop Drinking is a long, slow tempo cover of the classic by Texas legend Lightnin’ Hopkins, with a switch: Whiskey would be better for you than wine. The album continues with their contrasting styles melding to a creation much richer than the sum of its parts.
I didn’t know what to expect after Blood Brothers, but Have Blues, Will Travel is no letdown, and may be their best yet. The title song starts things jamming with hard guitar and hard luck, with Smokin’ Joe playing a quick beat rhythm and Bnois singing about things unraveling after cheating on his wife. My Space or Yours? is a humorous, technophobic song that probably sums up their feelings about technology. Their website looks like it was created in 1995.
Wishful Thinking hits me very personally. It’s a very smooth and slow tempo song and I’d really like to get a copy of the lyrics. For the whole album for that matter, but Smokin’ Joe and Bnois won’t post their lyrics online. I’ve requested this from Smokin’ Joe, but he doesn’t seem receptive to the idea.
I think you’re I think you’re pretty close. Didn’t hear a lot of minor stuff in there. But it could be, and prbaboly is a straight major blues scale, which is the same as pentatonics, only on the A and D string you use all three notes in the pattern instead of skipping half step like you would for pentatonics.
No matter what style of music you are plyanig I guess the main thing is to play it with feeling and passion. Go back and and listen to some of the early blues like Robert Johnson , Muddy Waters , Howlin’ Wolf and guys like that. Then check out some Clapton , SRV , Robert Cray, then some Kenny Wayne Shepard , Johnny Lang , Indiginous (probably not spelled right , lol) Gary Moore, Keb Mo etc ..etc .You will find that each of these artists cook up the blues in their own way but at the same time the 12 bar blues is their main ingredient and they aren’t just going through the motions they are feeling the music. Just because a guy can play the blues scale and bend a few notes doesn’t make him a blues player , the passion has to be there!
Write more, thats all I have to say. Literally, it seems as though you relied on the video to make your point. You definitely know what youre talking about, why throw away your intelligence on just posting videos to your blog when you could be giving us something informative to read?