Cuby + Blizzards – also known as Cuby & the Blizzards are 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. Cuby + Blizzards originated from the Drenthe village of Grolloo with members Harry Muskee (whose dog was called Cuby), Eelco Gelling, Nico Schröder and Hans Kinds. The band’s first single, a blues-based track bearing similarities to The Pretty Things output, was “Stumble and Fall” in 1965.[1] They had their first top 40 hit with “Back Home” in the Netherlands 1966. 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 top 10 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). See for more.
Window of my eyes
Simple Man
Appleknockers Flophouse
No way out
Sugar Mama
Let’s Boogie All Night met Herman Brood
Feel So Bad
All your loving
Herman Brood, Harry Muskee 1985