JOE SUBLETT - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Grammy Award winning saxophonist Joe Sublett started his musical career as a part of the Austin blues scene in the 70'S working with Paul Ray and the Cobras alongside guitarists Stevie Ray Vaughan and Denny Freeman.
During this period, Joe also worked regularly at Antones Blues Club, backing many blues artists including Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Otis Rush, David 'Fathead' Newman, Junior Wells, Memphis Slim, Matt Murphy, Hubert Sumlin, Lazy Lester, Pinetop Perkins and Hank Ballard among others, as well as touring the U.S. with The Cobras. In 1986, Joe moved to Los Angeles where he has remained an in demand recording and touring musician.
Since moving to L.A., Joe has recorded with The Rolling Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Chris Cornell, Bono, The Band, Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt, Little Feat, Delaney Bramlett,Richard Thompson, Macy Gray, Los Lonely Boys, Keb Mo, B.B. King, The Black Crowes, Dr. John, T-Bone Burnett, Bette Midler, Etta James, Jimmy Smith, Tracy Chapman, Tift Merritt, Dionne Warwick, The Crickets, Memphis Slim, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Jimmy Vaughan, Lou Ann Barton, Jimmy Buffett, John Mayall, Solomon Burke, Otis Rush, Ian McLagen, Johnny Rivers, Maria Muldaur, Percy Sledge, Anna Popovic and many more.
Joe won a Grammy and a W.C. Handy Award in 2000 for his work with Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band and continues to record and tour with The Phantom Blues Band who released 'Out of the Shadows' in 2006 and 'Footprints' in 2007 on Delta Groove Records.
He has written horn arrangements for recording sessions, composed music for films and has toured and performed with Taj Mahal, Little Feat, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Band, Otis Rush, Bonnie Raitt, B.B.King, Delbert McClinton, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Hank Ballard, Johnny Rivers and The Blues Brothers to name a few.
Joe has just finished a solo CD for a 2008 release. Joe, along with trumpet player Darrell Leonard, is co-leader of the Texacali Horns. Their compositions and arrangements are featured on their debut CD, 'Darrell Leonard/ Joe Sublett-Texacali Horns' which was released on New Light Entertainment

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Member Since: 4/15/2006
Band Website: WWW. TEXACALIHORNS.COM
Band Members: Joe works most often in the studio with trumpet player and co-leader of the Texacali Horns, Darrell Leonard and with producers John Porter, T-Bone Burnett and Don Was.
He tours with The Phantom Blues Band (Mike Finnigan, Johnny Lee Schell, Larry Fulcher, Darrell Leonard, Tony Braunagel and Joe Sublett), The Blues Brothers and Jim Belushi And The Sacred Hearts.

Influences: King Curtis, Clifford Scott, Junior Walker, Lee Allen, Herb Hardesty, Tom Waits, David 'Fathead' Newman, Grover Washington, Jr., Stanley Turrentine, Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Roland Kirk, Lester Young, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Sidney Bechet, The Crusaders, Taj Mahal, The Beatles, Elvis, The Band, Plas Johnson, Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, Delaney Bramlett, Bobby Keyes, Jim Horn, Edgar Winter and White Trash, Joe Cocker and The Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Ray Bradbury, James Ellroy, Sam Shepard, Levon Helm, Howlin' Wolf, Clifford Soloman, Bill Doggett, Walter Mosely, Little Feat, James Lee Burke, Larry McMurtry, Joe R. Lansdale, Ennio Morricone, B.B. King, Wiilie Nelson, Little Feat, Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Keith Richards, The Boogie Kings, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Monk and Billie Holiday and last but certainly not least, my wife, Claude Leinani Sublett and Maggie and Ruby.
Sounds Like: If King Curtis, Junior Walker and Lee Allen had a three headed baby who was highly influenced by the gutteral vocal stylings of Tom Waits...
Record Label: NEW LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT (UNIVERSAL)
Type of Label: Major