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Band/Record: Cuby & The Blizzards - Sometimes

Label/Matrix: NL 1977 Philips 6440 311 with 1Y // 2Y 

Condition Record/Sleeve: Mint- (Near Mint) / EX (record immaculate, DREAM audio. Cover clean and unwritten, some wear around the edges and spine)

Extra Info: Blues MONSTER !! Rare Holland only LP on Philips !! Their fantastic last studio album ... WOW MINTY ... Dream audio ... very hard to get album .. 

Cuby and the Blizzards (mostly referred to as C+B or Cuby + Blizzards) from Grollo in the province of Drente are one of the longest lasting Dutch bands and the most successful blues band the country has ever sprouted.

The band started out in 1962 as The Rocking Strings with Eelco Gelling (g), Nico Schröder (b), Hans Kinds (g) and drummer Wim Kinds. The next year Wim Kinds was replaced by drummer Dick Beekman. In 1964, they changed their name to Cuby and the Blizzards after adding vocalist Harry "Cuby" Muskee (v, h) who had played upright bass in the Old Fashioned Jazz Group. Bassist Willy Middel came in on bass later that year. In 1965, they released their first single for CNR, “Stumble And Fall”, in a raucous R&B style reminiscent of the early Rolling Stones. They were then picked up by Phonogram Records and recorded a couple of R&B/freakbeat singles, some of which reached the lower regions of the charts. Hans Waterman (ex-René Five) had by then joined them on drums when Dick Beekman had left for The Ro-d-ys.

Their breakthrough came when they released their first album, “Desolation”, late 1966, which contained a lot of blues numbers such as Eddie Boyd’s “Five Long Years” and John Lee Hooker’s “Hobo Blues”. Pianist Henk Hilbrandie of the Old Fashioned Jazz Group joined the band for this LP, but shortly afterwards Herman Brood (ex-Moans) became the permanent piano player, replacing rhythm guitarist Hans Kinds, who’d been drafted into the army. However, after two months, Kinds was medically discharged from the army and rejoined the band, who were now a six-piece. After just a few gigs, it became clear that playing as a sextet wasn't going to work out, but nobody had the nerve to tell Kinds he had to leave. According to the legend, Eelco Gelling told Hans Kinds one night in a bar that if he wouldn't buy the next round (for the whole band) right there and then he'd be ousted. Gelling did this knowing Kinds was a miser and never bought rounds at bars. So Kinds snuck out the door and out of C+B. Later he returned as a road manager, but quit when he discovered that the band was always late for concerts.

In March 1967, the Blizzards backed Van Morrison on a tour of The Netherlands (with C+B opening the show). Morrison would leave for the USA after this tour and asked Eelco Gelling to join him, but the latter declined. Rumours abound that John Mayall considered Gelling as a replacement for Peter Green in The Bluesbreakers.

The line-up of Muskee, Gelling, Brood, Middel and Waterman released the brilliant blues album, “Groeten uit Grollo”(Greetings From Grollo) later that year. The band also recorded an album with blues singer Eddie Boyd, “Praise The Blues”.

When Herman Brood was arrested in a drug bust late 1967, the band fell apart. Eelco Gelling, unhappy with Muskee’s autocratic leadership, started rehearsing with Hans Waterman, Jaap van Eik (b, ex-Blues Dimension) and Full House singer Sjoerd van der Duim. Harry Muskee tried to continue with Middel, Brood (who was in prison at the time) and the reinstated Dick Beekman. When it was announced that “Desolation” had earned C+B an Edison award (the Dutch “Grammy”), the record company coaxed Muskee and Gelling back together. The line-up was completed by Beekman, van Eik and Herman Brood. Willy Middel left the music business and Hans Waterman later emerged in Solution.

Late 1968, Beekman (to join Livin’Blues) and van Eik (to return back to Blues Dimension) were fired for erratic behaviour and replaced by Hans Lafaille (d) and Herman Deinum (b), both from Blues Dimension. The band called themselves Cuby’s Blues Band for a while (although never on records). A few months later, Herman Brood (who was incarcerated again, this time for shoplifting) was replaced by yet another Blues Dimension member, Helmig van der Vegt. This line-up remained stable until 1972. By then the band had changed to a more blues-rock oriented sound with jazzy influences. In 1971, they had been temporarily augmented by a horn section of Ruud van Dijk (s) and Bas Munniksma (f, s). Hans and Herman joined Rob Hoeke’s band in 1972 and Helmig left the rock scene to accompany entertainers. The next year Harry Muskee, Eelco Gelling, Hans Kinds, Willy Middel, Hans Waterman and Herman Brood did a farewell gig, followed in January 1974 by another one, this time televized and recorded for an album release (“Afscheidsconcert”).

Harry and Eelco remained musically active in the 70s with a new project, Red White & Blue. In 1975, when it turned out that Red White & Blue wasn't quite working out, it was decided to reform C+B, albeit with a new line-up: Harry & Eelco and from Red White & Blue: Lou Leeuw (b, ex-Rocking Tigers), Frank Nuyens (g, ex-Q’65) and drummer Mels Bol (ex-Fontessa). Early 1976, Piet de Leeuwe (o, p, ex-Child Of Nature and Toermalijn) completed the group, but he was soon replaced by old timer Herman Brood (ex-Vitesse) who played on the album “Kid Blue”. During the course of that year, Harry and Eelco parted ways: Eelco went on to tour with Golden Earring. Herman Brood then joined manager “Coach” Jansen to start a solo career that would bring him fame with his Wild Romance, bringing to an end the second era of C+B.

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