EP, "Shake Yo Cakes." Because of financial difficulties, the band broke up in late 1980 before releasing a second album. By 1980, Koda was performing with Hound Dog Taylor's backing band, the Houserockers, with guitarist Brewer Phillips and drummer Ted Harvey. They performed and recorded together for 15 years. The group's first album was It's the Blues, released in 1981. Their second album, The Joint Was Rockin' , was released in 1996. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Koda continued his busy schedule of touring, recording, and writing. The compilation album Smokin' in the Boy's Room: The Best of Brownsville Station, was released by Rhino Records in 1993, and Welcome to My Job, a retrospective of his non-Brownsville recordings, was released by Blue Wave Records in the same year. The following year the album Abba Dabba Dabba: A Bananza of Hits was released by Schoolkids Records. He recorded a solo album, Box Lunch, released by J-Bird Records in 1997, and recordings he made with the Del-Tinos were released by Norton Records in 1998. He also re-formed Cub Koda and the Points and released Noise Monkeys (one of his last works) in 2000. Death On June 30, 2000, while promoting his new album, he became ill. Although he had been recovering from kidney disease, which required dialysis, Koda died the next day in Chelsea, Michigan, at the age of 51. He is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Waterloo, Michigan. His headstone features a Fender amp, with a microphone and harmonica resting on top of it. "I Will Always Love You, If Only in my Dreams" is inscribed on the tablet. A song by Koda, "You're the Only Girl (Delores)", was included on the tribute album Daddy Rockin' Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & the Diablos, released by The Wind Records in August 2010 and distributed by Norton Records. The song was included on Koda's 1994 album Abba Dabba Dabba, which had only limited release. A notable and plaintive song was "Random Drug Test", which featured the refrain "Pee in the cup." Cub Koda was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2016. References External links Cub Koda at Find a Grave Cub Koda discography at Discogs Del-Tinos discography at Discogs Brownsville Station discography at Discogs King Uszniewicz discography at Discogs 1948 births 2000 deaths AllMusic American rock guitarists American male guitarists American rock singers American