Profile - Joel Rubinson

Outlier Profile - Joel Rubinson






	Joel, one of the founding members of The Outliers, is inarguably, the front-man for the band. He is well deserving of the title "Chief Cook and Bottle Washer", as besides contributing lead and harmony vocals, lead and rhythm guitar and blues harp to The Outlier sound, he is also the driving force behind the business side of the band. Joel is a veteran musician having been in bluegrass and country bands since the late 70's, winning the Southstreet Seaport Bluegrass Festival one year. Joel lives on Long Island and earns his living as a guru for a market research trade industry organization - the ARF.

	Name
	Joel Rubinson

	Blues Name
	Harp Dawg Jefferson

	Primary Instrument
	Blues Harp

	Other instruments you can play
	Guitar, spoons, the radio

	Other instruments you've ever played, but would be afraid to pick up today
	Guitar, spoons, mandolin

	Your gear
	Dean guitar, Fender Blues Jr. amp, Huang harmonicas

	Top 5 Most Important Musical Influences:
	#1 Pre-drafted Elvis
	#2 Dave Barrett (harmonica instruction material)
	#3 Karl Irons
	#4 Jo-Ann Osipow
	#5 Diane Berg

	Age began playing music
	25

	Most thrilling personal musical experience
	Playing at IMAC in Huntington at the Elvis night

	Favorite musical artist
	Elvis -- starting to see a pattern??

	Musical genre you identify with the most
	Would still be "country"

	Your all-time favorite album (your 'desert island disc')
	Brown Album from The Band

	Favorite guitar player
	Doc Watson

	Favorite bass player
	David Meer

	Favorite singer
	Elvis, but living, it would be Lyle Lovett or Toby Keith

	Favorite harp player
	Paul Butterfield, but living it's Rod Piazza

	Favorite drummer
	The guy who used to play with Willie Steel

	Favorite tune performed by The Outliers
	Brown Shoes

Favorite Elvis song
Mystery Train

Favorite Beatle
Lady Bug

Favorite actor
James Cagney

Favorite actress
Can't single one out

Favorite movie
The Producers

Favorite book
Bonfire of The Vanities

Favorite author
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Favorite magazine
none, really

Favorite web site
MLB.com

Favorite newspaper
NY Times

Favorite place to do Outliers gigs
Madison Square Garden -- wouldn't that be great?

Favorite food
Pizza

Shoe Size
11

Your day job
Market Research Guru

Your least favorite word
"Nonplussed" -- is that happy, sad, confusing, understanding, the opposite of plussed, what?

Will a little dab really do ya?
Depends on where the dab goes!

Favorite baseball player
The Mick, living would be Bernie Williams

Favorite all-time TV show
Twilight Zone

Favorite all-time TV show theme song
Beverly Hillbillies

Favorite drink
Bass Ale

Favorite accent
oomlat

"Less Filling" or "Tastes Great"?
Less Filling

Your worst vice
Can't bring myself to eat healthy

Favorite decade
The next one--can't wait to see what comes next!!

Do gentlemen really prefer blondes?
Not this gentleman

Favorite capital punishment device
Send me to da 'lectric chair!

Favorite quote
"I feel much better since I gave up all hope!"

Favorite comedian
Billy Crystal

Favorite radio program
War of the worlds hoax by Orson Wells

Mantle or Mays?
The ball was still going up when it hit the tip of the upper façade in Yankee stadium -- need I say more?

Favorite travel destination
Love Alaska!

What the hell does "NPD" stand for anyway?
Tod Johnson owns the whole thing and you can't have any!

The 1st thing you'd buy if you won $10 million
A great venue where The Outliers would always have a gig

Ben & Jerry or Haagen Dazs
Chunky Monkey is my favorite flavor

Tom & Jerry or Wile E. Coyote & Roadrunner
Definitely WEC and RR

Ben & Jerry or Tom & Jerry
Chunky Monkey is my favorite flavor

The Beatles or The Stones
I'll take Rock and Roll over Pop anyday

Cats or Dogs?
The potential to be grateful to a cat is greater when it actually doesn't turn on you and scratch the shit out of you!

Do you think UFO's really exist?
Sure, what do you think Martians would call our landers?

Favorite geo-political figure
Whoever gets my vote in the next election

Favorite sports team
Probably the Mets, since they lose every year just like I pray for!

Stock picks
I gave up long ago

1st concert you ever saw
First rock concert was Jethro Tull

If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?
On stage in the middle of a harp break

Domino's or Pizza Hut?
Neither-I live in NY and go to Chicago a lot-go local

Dylan "electric" or Dylan "acoustic"
Lay, Lady, Lay, Knocking on Heaven's door--whatever that was

Favorite pet
Someone else's dog

Who currently isn't, but in your opinion, should be, on a postage stamp?
Jesse Ventura-wasn't his governorship refreshing? You couldn't make that up!

Coke or Pepsi?
Are they both ARF members?

Who was the real genius - Becker or Fagan?
No opinion

Carpet or wood floors?
Wood is more beautiful

Favorite dead rock star
Elvis

Favorite analgesic
Aspirin

Crackling fire or sandy beach?
Fire--I'm a pyro

Favorite member of ABBA
George Jones

Who do you think was really behind Kennedy's assasination?
Marilyn Monroe -- turnabout is fair play!

Favorite Woody Allen movie
Annie Hall, hands down

Favorite condiment
Any and all

Favorite bimbo who ended a politican's/evangelist's/CEO's career
Too many to choose from

Most humbling experience
Listening to anyone good play the guitar

If you could play a different instrument in the band it would be
Sax--other than guitar, that is the most versatile instrument

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