History
Cuby + Blizzards – also known as Cuby & the Blizzards were a Dutch blues group, founded in 1964 by vocalist Harry Muskee, and guitarist Eelco Gelling. During the 1960s, the band's mixture of sound, drawing upon a variety of genres which included blues and rock and roll, gave them a pioneering sound which was completely different from any other Dutch band in the same time period, using the name Peter & the Blizzards. The spelling of the name varies, with 'Cuby' also written as 'QB' and the ampersand (&) also written as 'and' or '+' and the 'and' sometimes left out. The spelling 'Cuby + Blizzards' was used on the first albums.
The band's first single, a blues-based track bearing similarities to The Pretty Things output, was "Stumble and Fall" in 1965. From the start, they were a big hit in the Netherlands. In 1967 they toured with Van Morrison (after he had left Them), recorded an album, ' Praise the Blues ' with U.S. blues musician Eddie Boyd and scored a hit with "Window of my Eyes". That year, John Mayall stayed at their farm and the next year they regularly played with the 'king of British blues' Alexis Korner, who is featured on their album Live in Düsseldorf (1968).
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Members
![John Lagrand John Lagrand](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Jaap van Eik Jaap van Eik](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Hans Waterman Hans Waterman](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Dick Beekman Dick Beekman](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Eelco Gelling Eelco Gelling](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Harry Muskee Harry Muskee](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Herman Brood Herman Brood](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Erwin Raymond Java Erwin Raymond Java](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Herman Deinum Herman Deinum](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Helmig van der Vegt Helmig van der Vegt](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Hans Kinds Hans Kinds](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Willy Middel Willy Middel](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Arend Huisman Arend Huisman](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Martin Stienstra Martin Stienstra](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Hans la Faille Hans la Faille](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Lourens Leeuw Lourens Leeuw](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Henk Hilbrandie Henk Hilbrandie](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Wouter Schueler Wouter Schueler](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Frank Nuyens Frank Nuyens](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Jenne Meinema Jenne Meinema](https://uk.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)