The End

I wanted to let my friends know that my time drumming with Smokin Joe Kubek Band has come to an end.

A year and a half ago i was given this opportunity through a few miraculous events. I dropped what i was doing and hit the road. My time was well spent. I am a much better drummer/person.

We found a great drummer to take my place. Her name is Ms Morgan and she lives in Dallas. wwwmyspace.com/txdrummergirl I wish her and the band all the best.

I will miss the road and all the great music. i will miss the band and all the great fans. It was the greatest year and a half in my life. I hope i get the chance to make music with them again some day. Thanks to all the fans that made me feel welcome along the way. Fell free to keep in touch.

I am excited about spending more time at home with my beloved Ruby. I am diligently working at my construction company as we struggle in the harsh economy. I am working hard with my local band "Road Dogs". we have 9 gigs booked in the coming months and i am working on keeping us hopping.

35 states, 6 countrys and 150 gigs or so......

I learned a ton in my time with SJK. Most importantly I truly learned a lot about myself.

Thanks to everyone that helped me live a dream. This was a privilege that i was so freely given.

Peace.

Dave K

www.davekdrums.com

The Upstage, Port Townsend, WA May ?, 2008

Jazzbones, Tacoma WA, May?, 2008

Before the gig we visited the Wormoth Guitar factory just outside of Tacoma. www.warmoth.com/ It is a very cool family owned business with some amazing guitars for sale.

Jenna and Antoinette. Thanks for coming (2 nights in a row) and hanging with us after the show.


This is a great club in a "young" area of Tacoma with lots of nightlife. Last time we played here Joe had was not with us and we did it as a trio...Interesting but fun. It felt great to be there with him and we tore it up. Even the Sushi Chef was dancing. Stage and sound was great. This was the second to last gig after 7 weeks on the road and 14,000 miles of traveling. Not sure how i felt at the time. Probably sad it was almost over and thrilled that i would be home soon in my beloved Ruby's arms.

Highway 99 Club Seatle WA

This club is right on the water in the downtown area. The only bummer was a large flight of stairs down to it. We get pretty tired on the road and carrying our gear up and down stairs is a huge BUMMER. Right next to the club is Pikes Place Market, the birthplace of Starbuck's coffee of which we are huge fans. We got loaded in early and went back to the hotel to relax a while. I had taken a long walk for exercise that morning so i was especially sore. We showed up and launched around 9:00 i think. Parking a van and trailer in a downtown area is no walk in the park either. Our show went well. There were SJK fans that can from as far as 2 hours away. I met Antoinette (celebrated her birthday with us) who said she would come the next gig in Tacoma...and did. Thank so much. We came 2000 but that another story. The show was fun except for some sound system struggles. People were dancing right away and dug what we did. We are book back there on August, 24th 2008. We took the elevator on the way out since we could park on the street at 2:30 AM.....

Fun gig and i believe the food was good but i can't remember what we had.