News Flash/Random Thoughts

NEWS FLASH: Well it is official The Smokin Joe Kubek band is now signed with Alligator Records. After a few successful years with Blind Pig Records Joe negotiated a new deal with Legendary record dude Bruce Igilar, founder of Alligator. We have a time slot booked in Dallas in September to record our first album with them. The album is set to come out around the first of the year.


NEWS FLASH 2: SJK Band is going to Italy in July. We will be doing 8 festival dates in 10 or so days. These guys have performed all over the world in the past including Italy many times. I have not. I am really looking forward to this and have been asking the guys a million questions. I am sure they are tired of it. My wife, Ruby, and my daughter, Dalen are going to meet us over there and come to a few shows. They will be sightseeing most of the time and then dropping in on us when they can. I am thrilled to have this opportunity



In the photo above apears my good friend Rick S. In the photo he is reading the newspaper my family and I publish. Rick is the one that encouraged me to start going to the blues jams a while back that led to me working with SJK. We are in a band together in San Diego called Road Dogs. Rick is also a consultant and has been helping me with my construction company. Thanks Rick! The second photo is of my drum cases at 2:00AM. I just liked the way they looked. Art?

Random Thoughts: I have been getting a cool response from friends and family to this blog. I am gratified by that. I have never done anything like this blog and am actually finding it fun. My initial thought was that i would type in each night i was on the road about the days events. That has not happened and that's OK. I have found i am not always in the mood when i return to the hotel. I thought i would do it in the van sometimes and i have but it is really hard to type in a moving van. At the end of last trip i was very sick and when i got home i did not feel like posting. Now i am up to date and it feels good. I will do my best and not let this blog become a thing that i must do every time. I need to keep it fun.

Tonight we play at JM Randals in Williamsburg VA. This is the second time i have played here. We are all loaded in and we play at 10:00 tonight. I will be cleaning up soon and heading out. I really like this life on the road. There are so many new stimulating things. I also love to be at home and i miss my wife every second i am gone. My parents had to put their cat down today and it was hard for me not to be there for them. Ruby took care of everything for us. She is the greatest. Bnois and i have had many great talks out here and one we had a few times was about missing the road at home and missing home on the road.......
More will be revealed.
Dave K Drums