Cuby + Blizzards - Groeten Uit Schiedam: Live In Zaal 'Arcade' 1970

Album: Groeten Uit Schiedam: Live In Zaal 'Arcade' 1970
Size: 180,9 MB
Time: 78:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Blues, blues-rock
Art: Front, back

1. Step In My Shoes (4:09)
2. Shake 'Em On Down (4:55)
3. Downhearted (9:35)
4. Jelly Roll (4:57)
5. Big Boss Man (5:04)
6. Got My Mojo Working (3:37)
7. Help Me (6:37)
8. Birks' Work (5:36)
9. Sweet Little Angel (12:07)
10. Night Train (4:55)
11. Parchment Farm (4:46)
12. Too Blind To See (5:20)
13. Sugar Mama (3:24)
14. Midnight Mover (3:19)

Cuby + Blizzards – also known as Cuby & the Blizzards were a Dutch blues group, founded in 1964 by vocalist Harry Muskee, and guitarist Eelco Gelling. During the 1960s, the band's mixture of sound, drawing upon a variety of genres which included blues and rock and roll, gave them a pioneering sound which was completely different from any other Dutch band in the same time period, using the name Peter & the Blizzards. The spelling of the name varies, with 'Cuby' also written as 'QB' and the ampersand (&) also written as 'and' or '+' and the 'and' sometimes left out. The spelling 'Cuby + Blizzards' was used on the first albums.

The band's first single, a blues-based track bearing similarities to The Pretty Things output, was "Stumble and Fall" in 1965. From the start, they were a big hit in the Netherlands. In 1967 they toured with Van Morrison (after he had left Them), recorded an album, "Praise the Blues" with U.S. blues musician Eddie Boyd and scored a hit with "Window of my Eyes". That year, John Mayall stayed at their farm and the next year they regularly played with the "king of British blues" Alexis Korner, who is featured on their album Live in Düsseldorf (1968).

The line-up of the band changed regularly, but founders Harry Muskee and Eelco Gelling remained at the core of the band until 1976. Herman Brood was the pianist from early 1967 until mid-1968 (which kickstarted his career) and again in 1976. Also in 1976, Gelling left to join Golden Earring. Muskee then decided to drop the name C+B and to form the Harry Muskee Band. This band recorded one album before Muskee decided to leave the music business. In 1980 he formed the Muskee Gang with a line-up of Herman Deinum (bass guitar) and Hans la Faille (drums), who had both joined C+B in 1969, together with saxophonist Rudy van Dijk, Paul Smeenk (guitar) and Jeff Reynolds (trumpet).

In 1996 Cuby + Blizzards re-formed without Eelco Gelling, who was replaced by Erwin Java on guitar. In 2004 they went on a theatre tour to honor John Lee Hooker. C+B came to an end when Harry Muskee died of cancer on 26 September 2011.

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Cuby + Blizzards - Forgotten Tapes

Album: Forgotten Tapes
Size: 101,9 MB
Time: 43:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1979/2000/2013
Styles: Blues/Rock mix
Art: Full

1. L.S.D. (Got A Million Dollars) (3:29)
2. Richard Cory (2:43)
3. Feeling Like A Suitcase (2:37)
4. Because Of Illness (1:58)
5. Woman (3:05)
6. On The Road (6:02)
7. Stepping In My Shoes (1:55)
8. You Don't Know (3:42)
9. Session (3:40)
10. That's Allright (12:16)
11. Your Body, Not Your Soul (2:17)

Cuby + Blizzards – also known as Cuby & the Blizzards were a Dutch blues group, founded in 1964 by vocalist Harry Muskee, and guitarist Eelco Gelling. During the 1960s, the band's mixture of sound, drawing upon a variety of genres which included blues and rock and roll, gave them a pioneering sound which was completely different from any other Dutch band in the same time period, using the name Peter & the Blizzards. The spelling of the name varies, with 'Cuby' also written as 'QB' and the ampersand (&) also written as 'and' or '+' and the 'and' sometimes left out. The spelling 'Cuby + Blizzards' was used on the first albums.

The band's first single, a blues-based track bearing similarities to The Pretty Things output, was "Stumble and Fall" in 1965. From the start, they were a big hit in the Netherlands. In 1967 they toured with Van Morrison (after he had left Them), recorded an album, "Praise the Blues" with U.S. blues musician Eddie Boyd and scored a hit with "Window of my Eyes". That year, John Mayall stayed at their farm and the next year they regularly played with the "king of British blues" Alexis Korner, who is featured on their album Live in Düsseldorf (1968).

The line-up of the band changed regularly, but founders Harry Muskee and Eelco Gelling remained at the core of the band until 1976. Herman Brood was the pianist from early 1967 until mid-1968 (which kickstarted his career) and again in 1976. Also in 1976, Gelling left to join Golden Earring. Muskee then decided to drop the name C+B and to form the Harry Muskee Band. This band recorded one album before Muskee decided to leave the music business. In 1980 he formed the Muskee Gang with a line-up of Herman Deinum (bass guitar) and Hans la Faille (drums), who had both joined C+B in 1969, together with saxophonist Rudy van Dijk, Paul Smeenk (guitar) and Jeff Reynolds (trumpet).

In 1996 Cuby + Blizzards re-formed without Eelco Gelling, who was replaced by Erwin Java on guitar. In 2004 they went on a theatre tour to honor John Lee Hooker. C+B came to an end when Harry Muskee died of cancer on 26 September 2011.

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Cuby + Blizzards - Ballads

Album: Ballads
Size: 152,4 MB
Time: 65:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Blues/Rock mix
Art: Full

1. Window Of My Eyes (3:27)
2. Seasons Come And Seasons Go (5:08)
3. Everytime (3:09)
4. Thursday Night (3:23)
5. Somebody Will Know Someday (6:53)
6. Sometimes (3:39)
7. The Sky Is Crying (5:52)
8. Time Passed Me By (7:21)
9. You Don't Know (3:43)
10. So Many Roads (3:42)
11. Crying Tears (4:02)
12. No Shoes (4:32)
13. Go Down Sunshine (7:03)
14. The Big Bell (3:50)

Cuby + Blizzards – also known as Cuby & the Blizzards were a Dutch blues group, founded in 1964 by vocalist Harry Muskee, and guitarist Eelco Gelling. During the 1960s, the band's mixture of sound, drawing upon a variety of genres which included blues and rock and roll, gave them a pioneering sound which was completely different from any other Dutch band in the same time period, using the name Peter & the Blizzards. The spelling of the name varies, with 'Cuby' also written as 'QB' and the ampersand (&) also written as 'and' or '+' and the 'and' sometimes left out. The spelling 'Cuby + Blizzards' was used on the first albums.

The band's first single, a blues-based track bearing similarities to The Pretty Things output, was "Stumble and Fall" in 1965. From the start, they were a big hit in the Netherlands. In 1967 they toured with Van Morrison (after he had left Them), recorded an album, "Praise the Blues" with U.S. blues musician Eddie Boyd and scored a hit with "Window of my Eyes". That year, John Mayall stayed at their farm and the next year they regularly played with the "king of British blues" Alexis Korner, who is featured on their album Live in Düsseldorf (1968).

The line-up of the band changed regularly, but founders Harry Muskee and Eelco Gelling remained at the core of the band until 1976. Herman Brood was the pianist from early 1967 until mid-1968 (which kickstarted his career) and again in 1976. Also in 1976, Gelling left to join Golden Earring. Muskee then decided to drop the name C+B and to form the Harry Muskee Band. This band recorded one album before Muskee decided to leave the music business. In 1980 he formed the Muskee Gang with a line-up of Herman Deinum (bass guitar) and Hans la Faille (drums), who had both joined C+B in 1969, together with saxophonist Rudy van Dijk, Paul Smeenk (guitar) and Jeff Reynolds (trumpet).

In 1996 Cuby + Blizzards re-formed without Eelco Gelling, who was replaced by Erwin Java on guitar. In 2004 they went on a theatre tour to honor John Lee Hooker. C+B came to an end when Harry Muskee died of cancer on 26 September 2011.

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Cuby + Blizzards - Afscheidsconcert

Album: Afscheidsconcert
Size: 114,7 MB
Time: 49:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1974
Styles: Electric blues
Art: LP front & back

1. Rock Me, Baby (5:03)
2. I'm In Love (8:49)
3. Checkin' Up My Baby (5:44)
4. Night Train (5:55)
5. Hobo Blues (7:29)
6. Distant Smile (4:48)
7. Somebody Will Know Someday (7:04)
8. Johnny B. Goode (4:40)

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. /Biography by Richie Unterberger, AllMusic

Personnel: Harry Muskee (vocals, harmonica); Eelco Gelling (guitar); Hans Kinds (guitar); Willy Middel (bass); Hans Waterman (drums); Herman Brood (piano).

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Cuby + Blizzards - Collected (3 CD)

Album: Collected
Size: 182,4+174,1+182,6 MB
Time: 79:04+75:33+79:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Blues, blues-rock, rock
Art: Full

CD 1:
1. Stumble & Fall (1:57)
2. Your Body Not Your Soul (2:19)
3. Back Home (A Man) (4:36)
4. Feeling Like A Suit-Case (2:38)
5. Nostalgic Toilet (3:37)
6. Desolation Blues (3:00)
7. Hobo Blues (6:18)
8. Just For Fun (2:50)
9. The Sunshine Of Your Shadow (2:47)
10. Another Day Another Road (1:52)
11. Somebody Will Know Someday (6:54)
12. Another Land (4:37)
13. Window Of My Eyes (3:28)
14. Checkin Up My Baby (3:14)
15. The Sky Is Crying (5:52)
16. Appleknockers Flophouse (2:30)
17. Go Down Sunshine (7:03)
18. Night Train (4:43)
19. Thursday Night (3:24)
20. Too Blind To See (5:14)

CD 2:
1. Birk's Works (3:55)
2. Simple Man (7:03)
3. Seasons Come And Seasons Go (5:09)
4. Backstreet (3:49)
5. Gave You My Word (4:44)
6. Sometimes (3:40)
7. Distant Smile (3:05)
8. Perfection (4:53)
9. Pigeon Girl (2:20)
10. Perfect Song (3:38)
11. (There Ain't No Real) Perfection (2:08)
12. Maybe We'll Need Another War (4:38)
13. Bad News (6:16)
14. Geronimo Weeps (5:27)
15. City Soldier (5:15)
16. The Legend (4:53)
17. Can You Tell Me What Love is (4:32)

CD 3:
1. I've Always Been Lonely (6:41)
2. So Many Roads (5:11)
3. Tough On Me, Tough On You (3:46)
4. Brother Booze (4:35)
5. Broken Wings (4:04)
6. Bluesman (4:17)
7. At The End Of The Bar (4:42)
8. Sky Songs On The Spot (4:55)
9. No News (5:15)
10. TV-Blues (3:59)
11. The Big Sleep (4:27)
12. Dancing Bear (5:28)
13. Faceless Voices (6:59)
14. Nobody In Town (4:52)
15. Low Country Blues (3:07)
16. Mama Won't You Buy Me A Dream (3:27)
17. My Old Jimmy (3:20)

Cuby + Blizzards – also known as Cuby & the Blizzards were a Dutch blues group, founded in 1964 by vocalist Harry Muskee, and guitarist Eelco Gelling. During the 1960s, the band's mixture of sound, drawing upon a variety of genres which included blues and rock and roll, gave them a pioneering sound which was completely different from any other Dutch band in the same time period, using the name Peter & the Blizzards. The spelling of the name varies, with 'Cuby' also written as 'QB' and the ampersand (&) also written as 'and' or '+' and the 'and' sometimes left out. The spelling 'Cuby + Blizzards' was used on the first albums.

The band's first single, a blues-based track bearing similarities to The Pretty Things output, was "Stumble and Fall" in 1965. From the start, they were a big hit in the Netherlands. In 1967 they toured with Van Morrison (after he had left Them), recorded an album, "Praise the Blues" with U.S. blues musician Eddie Boyd and scored a hit with "Window of my Eyes". That year, John Mayall stayed at their farm and the next year they regularly played with the "king of British blues" Alexis Korner, who is featured on their album Live in Düsseldorf (1968).

The line-up of the band changed regularly, but founders Harry Muskee and Eelco Gelling remained at the core of the band until 1976. Herman Brood was the pianist from early 1967 until mid-1968 (which kickstarted his career) and again in 1976. Also in 1976, Gelling left to join Golden Earring. Muskee then decided to drop the name C+B and to form the Harry Muskee Band. This band recorded one album before Muskee decided to leave the music business. In 1980 he formed the Muskee Gang with a line-up of Herman Deinum (bass guitar) and Hans la Faille (drums), who had both joined C+B in 1969, together with saxophonist Rudy van Dijk, Paul Smeenk (guitar) and Jeff Reynolds (trumpet).

In 1996 Cuby + Blizzards re-formed without Eelco Gelling, who was replaced by Erwin Java on guitar. In 2004 they went on a theatre tour to honor John Lee Hooker. C+B came to an end when Harry Muskee died of cancer on 26 September 2011.

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Cuby & Blizzards - Old Times-Good Times

Album: Old Times-Good Times
Size: 78,7 MB
Time: 34:07
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1977
Styles: Electric blues
Art: LP front & back

1. Someone Inside Of Me (6:23)
2. Stepping In My Shoes (3:52)
3. Country Boy (5:34)
4. It's My Own Fault (6:24)
5. Downhearted Woman (2:58)
6. Here I'm Standing (8:53)

Cuby + Blizzards – also known as Cuby & the Blizzards were a Dutch blues group, founded in 1964 by vocalist Harry Muskee, and guitarist Eelco Gelling. During the 1960s, the band's mixture of sound, drawing upon a variety of genres which included blues and rock and roll, gave them a pioneering sound which was completely different from any other Dutch band in the same time period, using the name Peter & the Blizzards. The spelling of the name varies, with 'Cuby' also written as 'QB' and the ampersand (&) also written as 'and' or '+' and the 'and' sometimes left out. The spelling 'Cuby + Blizzards' was used on the first albums.

The band's first single, a blues-based track bearing similarities to The Pretty Things output, was "Stumble and Fall" in 1965. From the start, they were a big hit in the Netherlands. In 1967 they toured with Van Morrison (after he had left Them), recorded an album, "Praise the Blues" with U.S. blues musician Eddie Boyd and scored a hit with "Window of my Eyes". That year, John Mayall stayed at their farm and the next year they regularly played with the "king of British blues" Alexis Korner, who is featured on their album Live in Düsseldorf (1968).

The line-up of the band changed regularly, but founders Harry Muskee and Eelco Gelling remained at the core of the band until 1976. Herman Brood was the pianist from early 1967 until mid-1968 (which kickstarted his career) and again in 1976. Also in 1976, Gelling left to join Golden Earring. Muskee then decided to drop the name C+B and to form the Harry Muskee Band. This band recorded one album before Muskee decided to leave the music business. In 1980 he formed the Muskee Gang with a line-up of Herman Deinum (bass guitar) and Hans la Faille (drums), who had both joined C+B in 1969, together with saxophonist Rudy van Dijk, Paul Smeenk (guitar) and Jeff Reynolds (trumpet).

In 1996 Cuby + Blizzards re-formed without Eelco Gelling, who was replaced by Erwin Java on guitar. In 2004 they went on a theatre tour to honor John Lee Hooker. C+B came to an end when Harry Muskee died of cancer on 26 September 2011.

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Cuby & Blizzards - Travelling With The Blues

Album: Travelling With The Blues
Size: 141,5 MB
Time: 61:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Electric blues, blues-rock
Art: Full

1. Another Day, Another Road (2:58)
2. Just For Fun (3:25)
3. Too Blind To See (6:06)
4. Distant Smile (3:47)
5. Appleknockers Flophouse (2:13)
6. For Real (2:59)
7. Somebody Will Know Someday (5:54)
8. No News Is Good News (4:16)
9. Brother Booze (5:53)
10. Five Long Years (6:59)
11. Travelling With The Blues (3:03)
12. The Zoo (3:52)
13. Hobo Blues (9:43)

Cuby & the Blizzards was the most important blues group of the Netherlands in the sixties. They were also popular throughout Europe, and Cuby worked with John Mayall, Alexis Corner and Eddy Boyd, to name only a few. Cuby had a big following and made several records. In the early 70's the band broke up and Cuby went his own way, and so did blues & funk singer Harry Muskee. In the 90's Cuby & the Blizzards reunited. The famous & excellent guitarplayer Eelco Gelling however stayed at home and was replaced by Erwin Java.

The CD "Travelling With The Blues" is a live record wich contains songs from the early Cuby days as well as newer songs Muskee recorded in the 70's & 80's. The six piece band is here in fine shape and is being accompanied by a good horn section. The ongoing mission of Cuby to bring the blues to the Dutch audience is well succeeded with this record.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Cuby + Blizzards - Grolloo Blues (Live)

Size: 272 MB
Time: 1:58:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Low Country Blues (Live) (3:13)
02. I Feel So Bad (Live) (4:27)
03. Distant Smile (Live) (5:08)
04. The Sky Is Crying (Live) (4:20)
05. Brother Booze (Live) (5:12)
06. Mean Black Snake (Live) (2:18)
07. Nobody In Town (Live) (4:34)
08. Somebody Will Know Someday (Live) (6:35)
09. Stranger (Live) (3:52)
10. Window Of My Eyes (Live) (3:12)
11. Deadlines (Live) (5:32)
12. Blues Is A Bad Habit (Live) (3:14)

CD 2:
01. Too Blind To See (Live) (9:53)
02. One Bourbon, One Scotch And One Beer (Live) (4:25)
03. More Than I Could Ask For (Live) (3:08)
04. I'm In Love (Live) (9:03)
05. The Devil Made Religion (Live) (2:49)
06. If You Were An Alien (Live) (5:58)
07. Dancing Bear (Live) (5:06)
08. Rambling On My Mind (Live) (7:29)
09. Just For Fun (Live) (4:08)
10. Just Can't Quit You (Live) (3:26)
11. Five Long Years (Live) (5:18)
12. Once In A Lifetime (Live) (5:39)

Ten years after of the passing of Dutch blues singer Harry Muskee on september 26th 2011, the Cuby + Blizzards Foundation presents the very last encore of the legendary blues band. Internationally Cuby is best known for The Window Of My Eyes, which, apart from being a national chart hit in Netherlands, was also featured in the soundtrack of the George Clooney film "The American". Sound engineer Ed Roose delved into his archives and came up with a memorable live album. One more time Grolloo Blues with Harry 'Cuby' Muskee, whom we miss but who shall never be forgotten. National blues lovers cherish his body of work, which is now complete.

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Cuby & The Blizzards - Window Of My Eyes (Live) EP

Size: 132 MB
Time: 23:11
File: FLAC
Released: 2021
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. The Sky Is Crying (4:20)
02. Somebody Will Know Someday (6:35)
03. Window Of My Eyes (3:12)
04. I'm In Love (9:03)

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. ~Richie Unterberger

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Cuby & Blizzards - Boom Boom Bang: In The Spirit Of John Lee Hooker

Year: 2003/2016
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:14
Size: 116,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Front

1. Boom Boom (3:16)
2. Sugar Mama (3:22)
3. Liquor Blues (4:28)
4. Black Snake (2:30)
5. Faceless Voices (6:59)
6. Dead Drunk (3:41)
7. One Bourbon And One Scotch And One Beer (4:08)
8. I Can't Quit You Baby (2:55)
9. Wreckless Life (5:55)
10. Last Minute Flight (8:47)
11. Warning From The Ice (4:08)

Cuby + Blizzards – also known as Cuby & the Blizzards were a Dutch blues group, founded in 1964 by vocalist Harry Muskee, and guitarist Eelco Gelling. During the 1960s, the band's mixture of sound, drawing upon a variety of genres which included blues and rock and roll, gave them a pioneering sound which was completely different from any other Dutch band in the same time period, using the name Peter & the Blizzards. The spelling of the name varies, with 'Cuby' also written as 'QB' and the ampersand (&) also written as 'and' or '+' and the 'and' sometimes left out. The spelling 'Cuby + Blizzards' was used on the first albums.

The band's first single, a blues-based track bearing similarities to The Pretty Things output, was "Stumble and Fall" in 1965. From the start, they were a big hit in the Netherlands. In 1967 they toured with Van Morrison (after he had left Them), recorded an album, "Praise the Blues" with U.S. blues musician Eddie Boyd and scored a hit with "Window of my Eyes". That year, John Mayall stayed at their farm and the next year they regularly played with the "king of British blues" Alexis Korner, who is featured on their album Live in Düsseldorf (1968).

The line-up of the band changed regularly, but founders Harry Muskee and Eelco Gelling remained at the core of the band until 1976. Herman Brood was the pianist from early 1967 until mid-1968 (which kickstarted his career) and again in 1976. Also in 1976, Gelling left to join Golden Earring. Muskee then decided to drop the name C+B and to form the Harry Muskee Band. This band recorded one album before Muskee decided to leave the music business. In 1980 he formed the Muskee Gang with a line-up of Herman Deinum (bass guitar) and Hans la Faille (drums), who had both joined C+B in 1969, together with saxophonist Rudy van Dijk, Paul Smeenk (guitar) and Jeff Reynolds (trumpet).

In 1996 Cuby + Blizzards re-formed without Eelco Gelling, who was replaced by Erwin Java on guitar. In 2004 they went on a theatre tour to honor John Lee Hooker. C+B came to an end when Harry Muskee died of cancer on 26 September 2011.

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Cuby & Blizzards - Trippin' Thru' A Midnight Blues

Year: 1968
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:48
Size: 74,0 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Front, back

1. Checkin' On My Baby (3:12)
2. Down The Road (3:21)
3. Window Of My Eyes (3:28)
4. Trippin' Thru' A Midnight Blues (2:33)
5. Big Blue-Eyed Girl (3:17)
6. Going Home (2:27)
7. The Sky Is Crying (5:50)
8. Feelin' Low Down (3:37)
9. Feel So Bad (3:58)

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. /Biography by Richie Unterberger, AllMusic

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Cuby & The Blizzards - King Of The World

Year: 1970/2016
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:58
Size: 76,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Front

1. King Of The World (4:39)
2. Feel So Bad (3:58)
3. Big Bell (3:49)
4. Big Blue-Eyed Girl (3:17)
5. Goin' Home (2:28)
6. The Sky Is Crying (5:50)
7. Another Day, Another Road (1:50)
8. Trippin' Thru A Midnight Blues (2:33)
9. No Shoes (4:31)

Cuby + Blizzards – also known as Cuby & the Blizzards were a Dutch blues group, founded in 1964 by vocalist Harry Muskee, and guitarist Eelco Gelling. During the 1960s, the band's mixture of sound, drawing upon a variety of genres which included blues and rock and roll, gave them a pioneering sound which was completely different from any other Dutch band in the same time period, using the name Peter & the Blizzards. The spelling of the name varies, with 'Cuby' also written as 'QB' and the ampersand (&) also written as 'and' or '+' and the 'and' sometimes left out. The spelling 'Cuby + Blizzards' was used on the first albums.

The band's first single, a blues-based track bearing similarities to The Pretty Things output, was "Stumble and Fall" in 1965. From the start, they were a big hit in the Netherlands. In 1967 they toured with Van Morrison (after he had left Them), recorded an album, "Praise the Blues" with U.S. blues musician Eddie Boyd and scored a hit with "Window of my Eyes". That year, John Mayall stayed at their farm and the next year they regularly played with the "king of British blues" Alexis Korner, who is featured on their album Live in Düsseldorf (1968).

The line-up of the band changed regularly, but founders Harry Muskee and Eelco Gelling remained at the core of the band until 1976. Herman Brood was the pianist from early 1967 until mid-1968 (which kickstarted his career) and again in 1976. Also in 1976, Gelling left to join Golden Earring. Muskee then decided to drop the name C+B and to form the Harry Muskee Band. This band recorded one album before Muskee decided to leave the music business. In 1980 he formed the Muskee Gang with a line-up of Herman Deinum (bass guitar) and Hans la Faille (drums), who had both joined C+B in 1969, together with saxophonist Rudy van Dijk, Paul Smeenk (guitar) and Jeff Reynolds (trumpet).

In 1996 Cuby + Blizzards re-formed without Eelco Gelling, who was replaced by Erwin Java on guitar. In 2004 they went on a theatre tour to honor John Lee Hooker. C+B came to an end when Harry Muskee died of cancer on 26 September 2011.

Note: This compilation contains songs from the "Groeten Uit Grollo" and "Trippin' Thru A Midnight Blues" albums. Four tracks - "King Of The World", "No Shoes", "Big Blue-Eyed Girl" and "Goin' Home" - were dubbed with horns and remixed at the New York Mercury-studios.

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Cuby + Blizzards - 2 albums: Cats Lost / Dancing Bear

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. ~bio by Richie Unterberger

Album: Cats Lost
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:54
Size: 82.2 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[2:59] 1. Blues Is A Bad Habit
[3:20] 2. Deadlines
[3:59] 3. I'm In Your Corner
[3:05] 4. Low Country Blues
[3:04] 5. Baghdad Blues
[2:55] 6. Peabody Hotel Room #13
[2:35] 7. Devil Made Religion
[3:28] 8. Mama Won't You Buy Me A Dream
[3:39] 9. Stranger
[3:22] 10. My Old Jimmy
[3:24] 11. More Than I Could Ask For

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Album: Dancing Bear
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:58
Size: 109.8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[5:24] 1. Dancing Bear
[4:49] 2. Don't Wanna Be Black In Mississippi
[3:58] 3. I Don't Care
[6:58] 4. Faceless Voices
[4:33] 5. Where Rats Don't Go
[3:56] 6. T.V. Blues
[9:53] 7. If You Were An Alien
[3:58] 8. Designer Baby
[4:25] 9. The Big Sleep

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Cuby & Blizzards - Too Blind To See

Year: 1970/2010
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:16
Size: 79,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues, blues-rock
Scans: Full

1. Thursday Night (3:23)
2. Night Train (4:42)
3. Evil Woman (6:02)
4. Wee Wee Baby (3:38)
5. Too Blind To See (5:14)
6. Birks' Works (3:54)
7. Time Passed Me By (7:19)

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. /Bio by Richie Unterberger, AllMusic

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Cuby & The Blizzards - Kid Blue

Released: 1976
Size: 76.5 MB
Time: 33:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Rock, Blues
Art: Front, Back

1. Kid Blue [5:47]
2. Goin To The City [3:40]
3. E.S.P. [4:03]
4. Perfect Song [3:41]
5. Maybe We Need [4:39]
6. Lonely Pain [4:17]
7. Never Get Out Off These Blues Alive [4:53]
8. (There Ain't No Real) Perfection [2:13]

Cuby + Blizzards – also known as Cuby & the Blizzards were a Dutch blues group, founded in 1964 by vocalist Harry Muskee, and guitarist Eelco Gelling. During the 1960s, the band's mixture of sound, drawing upon a variety of genres which included blues and rock and roll, gave them a pioneering sound which was completely different from any other Dutch band in the same time period, using the name Peter & the Blizzards. The spelling of the name varies, with 'Cuby' also written as 'QB' and the ampersand (&) also written as 'and' or '+' and the 'and' sometimes left out. The spelling 'Cuby + Blizzards' was used on the first albums.

Early line-up
Harry "Cuby" Muskee, vocals
Eelco Gelling, guitar
Hans Kinds, guitar (replaced by Herman Brood, piano)
Willy Middel, bass (replaced by Jaap van Eijk)
Dick Beekman, drums (replaced by Hans Waterman)

Late sixties line-up
Harry Muskee, vocals
Eelco Gelling, guitar
Herman Deinum, bass guitar
Hans la Faille, drums
Helmig van der Vegt, piano

1983 – line-up
Harry Muskee, vocals
Rudy Van Dijk, tenor sax
Paul Smeenk, guitar
Herman Deinum, bass
Hans Lafaille, drums
Jeff Reynolds, trumpet

Reunion line-up 1996-2011
Harry Muskee, vocals
Erwin Java, guitar
Herman Deinum, bass guitar
Hans la Faille, drums
Helmig van der Vegt, piano

Kid Blue

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Cuby & Blizzards - 2 albums: Appleknockers Flophouse/Groeten Uit Grollo

Cuby + Blizzards (also known as Cuby & the Blizzards) are a Dutch blues group that started in 1964. Right from the start they were a big hit in the Netherlands. This band is completely different from another Dutch band in the same time period, Peter & the Blizzards. In 1967 they toured with Van Morrison (in lieu of his band Them), played with Eddie Boyd, scored a hit with "Window of my Eyes" and received an Edison award. (This song was played over the ending credits for the 2010 film The American.) That year, John Mayall stayed at their farm and the next year they regularly played with the 'king of British blues' Alexis Korner.

The line-up of the band changed regularly, but founders Harry Muskee (vocals) and Eelco Gelling (guitar) remained at the core of the band, despite regular unsuccessful attempts to form other bands. Herman Brood was the pianist shortly in 1967 (which kick-started his career) and again in 1976. The spelling of the name varies, with 'Cuby' also written as 'QB' and the ampersand (&) also written as 'and' or '+' and the 'and' sometimes left out. The spelling 'Cuby + Blizzards' was used on the first albums.

Album: Appleknockers Flophouse
Year: 1969
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:14
Size: 105,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues, rock
Scans: Full

1. Appleknockers Flophouse (2:30)
2. Unknown Boy (6:46)
3. Help Me (5:35)
4. Go Down Sunshine (7:03)
5. Disappointed Blues (3:22)
6. Midnight Mover (2:37)
7. Black Snake (4:20)
8. Checkin' Up On My Baby (Bonus Track) (3:13)
9. 116 A Queensway (Bonus Track) (4:09)
10. Because Of Illness (Bonus Track) (1:59)
11. Wee Wee Baby (Bonus Track) (3:35)

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Album: Groeten Uit Grollo
Year: 1967
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:05
Size: 75,1 MB
Styles: Electric blues, rock
Scans: Full

1. Another Day, Another Road (1:53)
2. The Big Bell (3:52)
3. Somebody Will Know You Someday (6:55)
4. So Many Roads (3:43)
5. King Of The World (4:49)
6. Baby Please Don't Go (1:40)
7. No Shoes (4:33)
8. Another Land (4:36)

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VA - The Best Of Dutch Blues Vol. 1 & 2

Size: 136,5+140,0 MB
Time: 58:59+60:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1995
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

Vol. 1:
01 Livin' Blues - Wang Dang Doodle/L.B. Boogie (4:00)
02 Rob Hoeke - Margio (2:58)
03 Oscar Benton - Bensonhurst Blues (3:53)
04 Bintangs - Ridin' On The L & N (2:38)
05 Cuby & The Blizzards - Something Inside Me (6:26)
06 Herman Brood - Showbizz Blues (4:37)
07 Kaz Lux & John Schuursma - Sinner's Prayer (3:10)
08 Flavium - Honey Bee (3:11)
09 Artie Kraaijeveld - Sweet Louisa (4:10)
10 Shakey Sam - Little Red Rooster (4:13)
11 John The Revelator - The Journey (4:14)
12 Eelco Gelling & The Blues Connection - Distant Smile (4:43)
13 Sketch - Further Up On The Road (5:52)
14 Blue Horizon - Shoulder To Cry (4:49)

Vol. 2:
01 Livin' Blues - Hoochie Coochie Man/Mojo Workin' (10:11)
02 Rob Hoeke - Fool Side (4:18)
03 Oscar Benton - I Feel So Good (4:20)
04 Bintangs - Travelin' In The Usa (2:55)
05 Cuby & The Blizzards - Downhearted Woman (3:01)
06 Herman Brood - Heartbreak Hotel (2:02)
07 Kaz Lux & John Schuursma - Hey Joe (3:53)
08 Flavium - Back Door Man (2:57)
09 B.J. Hegen - One Way Call (2:45)
10 Shakey Sam - Big Car Blues (3:32)
11 John The Revelator - Just A Little Bit (2:16)
12 Eelco Gelling & The Blues Connection - Feel So Bad (4:59)
13 Sketch - Have You Ever Loved A Woman (7:52)
14 Blue Horizon - Black Night Is Fallin' (5:23)

The Best Of Dutch Blues Vol. 1
The Best Of Dutch Blues Vol. 2

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Cuby & Blizzards - 2 albums: Live/Praise The Blues (with Eddy Boyd)

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.

Album: Live: Recorded In Concert At The Rheinhalle Düsseldorf
Year: 1968
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:54
Size: 93,7 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Sugar Mama (6:29)
2. Sweet Little Angel (9:37)
3. No Way Out (w. Alexis Korner) (5:41)
4. Don't Love You Twice (w. Alexis Korner) (6:28)
5. Five Long Years (7:24)
6. Dust My Blues (5:11)

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Album: Praise The Blues (with Eddy Boyd)
Year: 1967
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:28
Size: 86,3 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Nothin' But Trouble (3:05)
2. No Place Like Home (3:14)
3. Understanding (2:29)
4. Twenty-Four Hours Of Fear (3:33)
5. The Hammond Sings The Blues (2:44)
6. The Big Boat (3:49)
7. Mr. Highway Man (3:52)
8. I'm In Your Corner (3:49)
9. Swinging Boogie (2:56)
10. Early Grave (3:23)
11. Little Red Rooster (4:29)

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