Cub Koda & The Houserockers - It's The Blues

Size: 150,3 MB
Time: 64:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1991
Styles: Electric blues
Art: Full

1. Riding In The Moonlight (3:56)
2. Somebody Changed The Lock (4:33)
3. Mama Talk To Your Daughter (2:24)
4. Nine Below Zero (4:20)
5. Rockin' This Joint Tonight (3:05)
6. Feelin' Good (4:25)
7. Tough Times (3:00)
8. Just Like I Treat You (3:39)
9. The Dirty Duck Blues (5:48)
10. Bright Lights, Big City (1:33)
11. Signals Of Love (4:35)
12. Howlin' For My Darlin (2:30)
13. Louise (5:47)
14. Riding In The Moonlight (4:13)
15. Anna Lee (6:00)
16. Sylvester & Old Gus (4:56)

The addition of bass and special guests Left Hand Frank and Lefty Dizz only distract from the chemistry between Cub and the Houserockers (even more obvious on their belated live follow-up), but this is a strong session, with the ex-stadium boogie boy sounding totally at home with these blues veterans. His vocal duet with Brewer Phillips on J.B. Lenoir's "Talk to Your Daughter" is a joy, and thankfully not every note is perfectly in place - or in the case of Brewer's guitar, in tune. Added treats: Koda's big-toned harp on "Rockin' This Joint Tonight" and humorous dialog with Frank on "Dirty Duck Blues." /Dan Forte, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Cub Koda - Cub Digs Bo

Size: 77,8 MB
Time: 33:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1991
Styles: R&B
Art: Front, sleeve, tray

1. Bo Diddley (3:14)
2. I'm A Man (3:13)
3. Gunslinger (2:04)
4. Nursery Rhyme (2:13)
5. Diddley Daddy (2:32)
6. Mumblin' Guitar (1:57)
7. Yakky Doodle (2:55)
8. Diddy Wah Diddy (2:43)
9. You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover (2:56)
10. Background To A Music (3:43)
11. Hey! Bo Diddley (2:01)
12. Roadrunner (Live) (3:59)

Koda's tribute album to Bo Diddley, including powerhouse renditions of "Mumblin' Guitar," "Roadrunner," and "Background to a Music." /Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic

Multi-talented musician and songwriter Cub Koda (born October 1948, died July 1, 2000), a native of Manchester, Michigan, founded seminal 1970s rock band Brownsville Station and wrote many hit songs, including "Smokin' in the Boys' Room." While continuing to record and tour all his life, he also had a long career as a music writer. He co-wrote and edited the "All Music Guide to the Blues" and "Blues for Dummies" and put together the CD of blues classics accompanying the latter title, personally selecting the exact version of each song that appeared on it. Koda died of complications of diabetes in 2000.

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Cub Koda - 2 albums: Live At B.L.U.E.S. 1982 / Welcome To My Job: The Cub Koda Collection 1963-93

Album: Cub Koda & The Houserockers - Live At B.L.U.E.S. 1982
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:48
Size: 109.4 MB
Styles: Electric blues, Retro rock
Year: 1991/2015
Art: Front

[4:04] 1. Highway 49
[3:29] 2. You Can't Sit Down
[2:40] 3. I Have A Little Girl
[3:29] 4. Hound Dog's Crawl
[3:49] 5. Take Five
[2:36] 6. Comin' Round The Mountain
[2:45] 7. Courtin' In A Cadillac
[3:17] 8. Flying Saucer Boogie
[8:58] 9. Chicago Daily Blues
[4:04] 10. The Hillbilly Blues
[3:43] 11. The Time Has Come
[3:17] 12. Kitchen Sink Boogie
[1:30] 13. Eddie's Boogie

What's wrong with this picture? The sawed-off bespectacled singer/guitarist from Brownsville Station fronting the late Hound Dog Taylor's ex-rhythm section, the Houserockers -- blasphemy, you say? Get a life. Koda smokes like he's: 1) out to dispel any doubts about his legitimacy, and 2) having the time of his life. Opening with Howlin' Wolf's "Highway 49" (a rather tall order), the Cubmaster grabs the Chicago crowd by its collective neck and shakes it into submission. His guitar trade-offs with Brewer Phillips (no bass in this band) are a delight, and by "You Can't Sit Down" drummer Ted Harvey is blowing his police whistle -- signalling that things be rockin'! Eddie Clearwater sits in on one tune, and Koda tips his hat to the guitarist with a stellar rendition of Eddie's "Hillbilly Blues." This is worthy of wider release, not to mention an encore. ~Dan Forte

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Album: Welcome To My Job: The Cub Koda Collection 1963-93
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:46
Size: 164.3 MB
Styles: Electric blues, Retro rock
Year: 1993
Art: Front

[4:35] 1. Love Is A Damn Good Feelin
[4:38] 2. Let's Get Funky
[3:20] 3. Cadillac Walk
[3:16] 4. Jail Bait
[2:28] 5. Welcome To My Job
[4:07] 6. Highway
[2:47] 7. Courtin' In A Cadillac
[4:20] 8. Feelin' Good
[2:24] 9. Two Handed Love Affair
[1:39] 10. Tight Jeans
[2:38] 11. Ace Of Spades
[4:09] 12. Bacon Fat
[2:32] 13. Scratchin' And Whammin'
[2:19] 14. Maybellene
[2:24] 15. Guitar Boogie
[1:56] 16. Mumblin' Guitar
[3:44] 17. Background To A Music
[2:43] 18. King Of The Surf
[2:41] 19. Go! Go! Go!
[3:07] 20. Ramblin' On My Mind
[3:01] 21. Olds 88 Blues
[3:43] 22. If Only In My Dreams
[3:05] 23. Looks That Way To Me

This funky, finely tuned compilation of CUB KODA's solo years is a salacious grab-bag of fun-lovin', roots rockin' originals covering seemingly every conceivable musical style short of rap, disco and opera. These heat-sinkers are intermingled with cool-arse covers of CUB's pioneering idols BO DIDDLEY, JUNIOR PARKER and LINK WRAY, plus the meatiest version of MOON MARTIN's CADILLAC WALK ever committed to wax. For you completists, there's a smattering of rare pre-BROWNSVILLE STATION solo stabs including a surf ditty, a ROY ORBISON obscurity, and a starkly executed ROBERT JOHNSON warhorse...even then, CUB KODA was both dues payin' AND amazingly versatile. Whether he was wailin' away on slide guitar, blowin' the bejusus outta his harp, or gruntin' a HOWLIN' WOLF-inspired line, KODA expertly carried on the well-tread tradition of "guts, grit, and an axe to grind" followed by fellow Detroit Rock City denizons MITCH RYDER, MC5 and ALICE COOPER. Welcome to his job...his music...his life. ~dave chavers

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