Bob Kuban & The In-Men "The Pretzel" "& "Hard To Handle"

Bob Kuban & The In Men "The Pretzel"

Kuban was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 19, 1940. He graduated from the St. Louis Institute of Music. In the early 1960s, Kuban was a music teacher and band director at Bishop DuBourg High School, a Catholic secondary school in St. Louis. In 1964, he formed the group Bob Kuban and The In-Men. Kuban was both its drummer and the bandleader. The group was an eight-piece band with horns.Kuban was heavily influenced by Ike & Tina Turner, whom he would watch perform at Club Imperial in St. Louis before his band became regulars. He said, "I just loved the band so much... I mimicked a lot of the stuff that they did. We had the horn section in my band. When Ike and Tina Turner left, we were able to play there.

Bob Kuban & The In Men Hard To Handle ↵ 星 Video

Originally Posted 9-11-15

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