![Kevin Cubbins [left] hanging with Stax legend Steve Cropper in New York City.](https://altnuxt-wp-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/sites/4/kevin-cubbins-left-hanging-with-stax-legend-steve-cropper-in-new-york-cit/u/original/3309154/1354552148-kc_cropper.jpg "Kevin Cubbins [left] hanging with Stax legend Steve Cropper in New York City.")
Kevin Cubbins’ name appears frequently in Flyer music articles. He’s not the face of any band, and he doesn’t have a new album coming out; but he works behind the scenes of Memphis music like few others.
His main job, for nine years, is recording engineer for Beale Street Caravan, Sid Selvidge’s NPR-syndicated blues radio show — now in its 16th season. BSC was just recognized by ASCAP with the Deems Taylor Award for broadcast excellence.
Cubbins logs hours editing and mixing the radio show, drawing on experience gained at Ardent Studios and Young Avenue Sound.
“When you’re recording B.B., Buddy Guy, guys like Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin — coming from the music-nerd angle — it’s THOSE guys. Working the studios around Memphis, you find yourself in situations where you are recording Big Jack Johnson, Pinetop Perkins, and you ask yourself, how did I get here? You’re recording the source.”