Rock musician Bob Kuban, 84, died on Jan. 20. He was best known for his 1966 hit “The Cheater,” recorded with Bob Kuban and the In-Men. The bandleader and drummer formed his group in 1964; though “The Cheater” was their only big hit, the band (with various members) continued performing till the early 2000s. Kuban told interviewer Gary James, “Well, I followed Ike Turner, and it was even before Tina Turner. He had three sax players actually. I loved the sound of horns. I said, ‘I'm going to try something different. I'm going to try the saxophone, trombone and trumpet,’ which kind of created a unique sound back then. No rock groups were using that at all, at that point. I've heard that some well-known groups remember hearing us playing the rock stuff with horns back in the early '60s, so that sort of influenced them. So, I hope we had some influences. I know it sure helped out horn players throughout the country.”
