27.09.2011.

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CUBY & THE BLIZZARDS - Travelling With The Blues (1997)

Harry Muskee, frontman of the best known and oldest blues band of the Netherlands Cuby & the Blizzards died yesterday of cancer in his home. Rest in peace, Harry!

Cuby & The Blizzards (mostly referred to as C+B or Cuby + Blizzards) was the most important bluesgroup of the Netherlands in the sixties. They were popular throughout Europe. Cuby worked with John Mayal, Alexis Corner and Eddy Boyd, to name only a few. Cuby had a big following and made several records. Early '70's the band broke up. Cuby went his own way as blues&funksinger Harry Muskee. Although unknown to the English-speaking market, Cuby & the Blizzards have been one of Holland's top blues bands since the mid-'60s. Some of their early singles had a beat/punk orientation, particularly "Stumble & Fall" and "Your Body Not Your Soul," both of which would be reissued on various Dutch beat compilations a few decades later. They quickly settled into a straighter blues groove, however. Their claims to fame in the larger rock/pop world are that they briefly backed Van Morrison in the gap between his departure from Them and the beginning of his solo career, although details of the association remain murky; also, at one point lead guitarist Eelco Gelling was asked to join John Mayall's Bluebreakers, although he declined.

TRACKS: 01. Another Day Another Road 02. Just For Fun 03. Too Blind To See 04. Distant Smile 05. Appleknockers Flophouse 06. For Real 07. Somebody Will Know Someday 08. No News Is Good News 09. Brother Booze 10. Five Long Years 11. Travelling With The Blues 12. Zoo 13. Hobo Blues