The Cubster came up awhile back; I saw this today: > Cub Koda > > Cub Koda appears to be mending well and recovering from heart problems that >sidelined the singer/writer/performer last August. > > "Don," Cub reported January 12, "It's liner note time again. Just finished up notes >to a Willie Dixon tribute cd for Telarc and today I whacked out > a set for Music Club's 'This Is Rockabilly,' a mid-price 15-track collection of >classic Sun sides that I got to do the notes plus compile, sneaking in > a few of my faves like Jack Earls' 'Slow Down' and Ray Harris' 'Come On Little Mama' >in between the obvious hits by Carl (Perkins), Jerry Lee > (Lewis), etc." > > "Next up in the hopper are two volumes of first time stereo rockers for Varese >Sarabande's 'Discoveries Magazine Presents' series," Cub > continued. "Healthwise, I'm feeling great." > > Who is Cub Koda, you ask? How dare you! Oh, okay, Cub's a Michigan rock legend. You >young whipper-snappers will probably know him as > composer of "Smokin' In The Boys Room," which was a million-seller for Motley Crue >in the '80s (that's Gold Record territory, folks). > > Of course, "Smokin' In The Boys Room" was originally a million-seller for Cub's >legendary '70s band, Brownsville Station, in 1973 (19 weeks in > Billboard's Hot 100, peaking at # 3). The band hit the Hot 100 seven times between >1972-77, including the > novelty hits "Red Back Spider" and "The Martian Boogie." The band hit the Top 50 >with "I'm The Leader Of The Gang" and "Kings Of The > Party." > > Cub is a successful writer, including a regular column in Discoveries magazine. He's >had a number of points, played backup for such artists as > Chuck Berry and will reunite in April with members of The Points, his >post-Brownsville Station band of 1979-80. > > "The show is Saturday, April 17, 1999, at Big Shots in Fremont, Ohio," Cub reports. >"Since this is a reschedule of the show that was canceled > when I went in the hospital last August, as of right now, NOBODY'S asked for a >refund and the show is sold out! amazing!" > > Cub Koda and The Points recorded a studio album, a couple of singles and a pink >vinyl EP. The only CD of the band, "Cub Koda & The Points," > was released on the French Fan Club label in 1991 (now out-of-print). > > NEWSFLASH: Cub's second book, Blues For Dummies, has been released by IDG Books. The >book is co-authored with Lonny Brooks and > Wayne Baker Brooks. > > The album "A Tribute To Howlin' Wolf" on Telarc has been nominated for a Grammy >Award in the Traditional Blues category. Cub performs the > song "Riding In The Moonlight" on this album. > > Trivia: "America's greatest houserocker!" So says author Stephen King ("The >Shining," etc.) of Cub Koda. >