It's Time For Smokestack Lightnin'!

Smokestack Lightnin’s Top Ten Blues CDs

#10 Smokin’ Joe Kubek Band/Natural Born Lover/Served Up Texas Style/Bullseye

#9 Lou Pride/Midnight Call/Keep On Believing/Severn

#8 Ruby Wilson/All Good/Show You A Good Time/Unkut

#7 Johnny Adams/The Danger Zone/The Great Johnny Adams Blues Album/Rounder

#6 Maria Muldaur/Empty Bed Blues/Sweet Lovin’ Ol’ Soul/Stony Plain

#5 Billy Boy Arnold/Low Down Blues/Consolidated Mojo/Electro Fi

#4 Bobby Rush/Hot Air/Night Fishin’/Deep Rush

#3 Mannish Boys/Walkin’ & Walkin’/Live & In Demand/Delta Groove

#2 BB King & Glenn Frey/Drivin’ Wheel/BB King & Friends-80/Geffen

#1 Buddy Guy & John Mayer/I’ve Got Dreams To Remember/Bring ‘Em In/Silvertone

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The Very Best Of 2005 (So Far)

Sean Costello/I’m A Ram/Sean Costello/Tone Cool

Tommy Castro/Just Like Me/Soul Shaker/Blind Pig

Joe Bonamassa/Reconsider Baby/Had To Cry Today/Premier Artist

Hubert Sumlin & Eric Clapton/I’m Ready/About Them Shoes/Tone Cool

Wayne Baker Brooks/Nu Kinda Blues/Mystery/Blues Island

Johnny Dyer/Oh, Yeah/Rolling Fork Revisited/Mountain Top

Alvin Youngblood Hart/My World Is Round/Motivational Speaker/Tone Cool

Blues Guitar Women

Carolyn Wonderland/Judgement Day Blues/Blues Guitar Women/RUF

Sue Foley/Doggie Treats/same

Eve Monsees/Lonely Lonely Nights/same

Jessie Mae Hemphill/Streamline Train/same

Maria Muldaur & Bonnie Raitt/Its A Blessing/same

Best Of The New Blues

Renee Austin/Mouth Of The Delta/Right About Love/Blind Pig

The Bel Airs/Just You And I/Got Love/Hightone

Michele Lundeen/Free At Last/Song Inside Me/Milestone

Chicago Blues Reunion/Drinkin’ Wine/The Chicago Blues Reunion/Out The Box

Cathy Jean/Ripe Garden/Little Sick Twist/self

Carlos Guitarlos/Got No Time/Hell Can Wait/Nomad

John Juke Logan/I Do Alright/The Truth Will Rock You/Macombo

Featured Artist: Pine Top Perkins

Pine Top Perkins/Down In Mississippi/On Top/North 95

Pine Top Perkins/After Hours/Live Top/North 95

Pine Top Perkins/Little Girl/On Top/North 95

New Blues Favorites

Johnny Nicholas/I’ll Be Around/Livin’ With The Blues 2005/Topcat

Rich Del Grosso/Big Fat mama Jam/Get Your Nose Outta My Business/self

Angela Strehli/Hello My Lover/Blue Highway/MC

Mississippi Heat/Dirty Pool/Glad You’re Mine/Crosscut

Live Blues Marathon

Ana Popovic/Won’t Let You Down/Ana!~ Live In Amsterdam/Ruf

Chris Beard/Never Felt No Blues/Live Wire/Northern Blues

Tutu Jones/Milkman Game/Tutu Jones Live/Doc Blues

Tinsley Ellis/The Axe/Highway Man/Alligator

Easy Goin’ Blues

Eric Bibb/Like Aretha Loves To Sing/A Ship Called Love/Telarc

Keith B. Brown/Callin’ Me/Delta Soul/Raisin

Mary Flower/Raise The Devil/Bywater Dance/Yellow Dog

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Kubek And King Record Live CD!

On New Year's Eve, the dynamic musical duo of Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King scorched J & J Blues Bar in Fort Worth, Texas in a performance that was taped by Blind Pig Records for release on CD as well as DVD.

Backed by Paul Jenkins on bass and Ralph Tower on drums, Kubek and King, whom Blues Revue has dubbed "simply the best guitar tandem on the scene today," tore through two sets of their road-tested fan favorites, drawing heavily from material on their two recent Blind Pig releases, Show Me The Money and Roadhouse Research, in addition to playing three new songs written especially for the occasion.

Though Kubek and King, who have been playing together since 1989, have a prolific discography, they had never recorded a live album. J & J's was chosen as the venue because it offered an authentic Texas roadhouse atmosphere. Well-known Dallas Blues disc jockey Don O of KNON-FM served as the MC for the evening.

Kubek said afterward, "This was way overdue. We've been wanting to do a live recording for a long time. We had the time of our lives."

Producer Paul Christensen of Omega Productions oversaw the project, with Craige Bandy of Tricam Video Productions serving as Director of the video. Tim Kennard of Forrest Production Services was in charge of audio recording.

The release date for the CD and DVD, tentatively entitled My Heart's In Texas, will be announced later by Blind Pig.

Contact: Debra Regur pigpress@blindpigrecords.com 415.550.6484