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Darrell Leonard and Joe Sublett are the Grammy and W.C. Handy Award winning
Texacali Horns
Joe Sublett and Darrell Leonard have played on hundreds of records from Stevie Ray Vaughan to Bono to B.B.King to the Rolling Stones and all points between as well as composing music for films and theatre.
Texacali Horns Discography

Jake Andrews "Time to Burn" (1999)
Jim Belushi & The Sacred Hearts "36-22-36" (1998)
Jim Belushi & The Sacred Hearts "According to Jim Soundtrack" (2005)
Belushi & Aykroyd "Have Love Will Travel" (2003)
The Black Crowes "Only a Fool" [US CD Single] (1999)
Stephen Bruton "Nothing But the Truth" (1999)
Jimmy Buffett "Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads" (1992)
Solomon Burke "Make Do With What You Got" (2005)
T Bone Burnett"The Soul of a Man"(Martin Scorsese's series"The Blues ")(2003)
T Bone Burnett "Twenty Twenty The Essential T Bone Burnett" (2006)
John Campbell "One Believer "(1991)
Chicago Blues Reunion "Buried Alive In The Blues "(2005)
Jon Cleary "Moonburn" (1999)
Bruce Cockburn "Dart to the Heart" (1994)
Clay Crosse "Time to Believe" (1995)
Catie Curtis "Catie Curtis" (1997)
The Delgado Brothers "Let's Get Back" (1999)
Jimmie Dale Gilmore "Braver Newer World" (1996)
Marty Grebb "Smooth Sailin' "(1999)
Buddy Guy "Feels Like Rain" (1993)
Jools Holland "Best Of" (1998)
King Ernest "King of Hearts" (1997)
B.B. King "Deuces Wild" (1997)
B.B. King "Makin' Love Is Good for You" (2000)
Darrell Leonard/Joe Sublett "Texacali Horns" (2003)
Little Feat "Ain't Had Enough Fun" (1995)
Little Feat "Live From Neon Park" (1996)
Little Feat "Under the Radar "(1998)
Little Feat "Under the Radar" [Japan] (1998)
Little Feat " Hotcakes and Outtakes: 30 Years of" (2000)
Los Lonely Boys "Sacred"(2006)
Taj Mahal "Dancing the Blues" (1993)
Taj Mahal "Phantom Blues" (1996)
Taj Mahal "Senor Blues" (1997)
Taj Mahal " Blue Light Boogie" (1998)
Taj Mahal "Best of the Private Years" (2000)
Taj Mahal "Shoutin' In Key" (2001)
Taj Mahal "In Progress & In Motion 1965-1998"(1998)
Taj Mahal "Live at the W.C. Handy Awards Vol.1"(2003)
Taj Mahal "Blues With A Feeling"(2004)
Taj Mahal "The Essential Taj Mahal" (2005)
Amanda Marshall "Tuesdays Child" (1999)
John Mayall "Wake Up Call" (1993)
John Mayall "Padlock on the Blues"(1998)
John Mayall"The Best of John Mayall..." (1998)
Ian McLagan & the Bump Band "Rise & Shine!" (2004)
Mescal Sheiks "The World Is Not My Home " (2006)
Tift Merrit "Tamborine" (2004)
Bette Midler "Bette" (2000)
Coco Montoya" Gotta Mind to Travel "(1995)
Coco Montoya "Can't Look Back" (2002)
Keb Mo' "Suitcase" (2006)
Maria Muldaur "Meet Me at Midnite" (1994)
Maria Muldaur "Southland of the Heart" (1998)
Maria Muldaur "Maria Muldaur's Music for Lovers" (2000)
Carla Olson "Reap The Whirlwind" (1994)
The Phantom Blues Band "Limited Edition" (2003)
Lucky Peterson "Double Dealin'" (2001)
Bonnie Raitt "Fundamental" (1998)
Bonnie Raitt "Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol" (2003)
The Regulators "Regulators" (1991)
Johnny Rivers "Last Train to Memphis" (1998)
Johnny Rivers "Reinvention Highway" (2004)
The Rolling Stones "Bridges to Babylon" (1997)
The Rolling Stones "Forty Licks" (Japanese release) (2004)
Otis Rush "Ain't Enough Comin' In" (1994)
Percy Sledge "Blue Night" (1994)
Percy Sledge "Shining Through the Rain" (2005)
Jimmy Smith "Dot Com Blues" (2001)
Soul Mission "Soul Mission" (1993)
Stevie Ray Vaughan "In Step" (1989)
Stevie Ray Vaughan "Greatest Hits" (1999)
Bruce Willis "If It Don't Kill You, It Just. Makes You Stronger" (1989)


Film Soundtracks

"Scrapple", "One Night Stand", "Indecent Proposal", "The Mighty", "Sliding Doors", "A Smile Like Yours", "Trial and Error", " Someone Like You", "Major League", "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" "Be Cool"

About Darrell & Joe Sublett

The Texacali Horns were formed in 1989 when Joes’ pal Stevie Ray Vaughan called him to put together a horn section for a recording session. Joe called Darrell. The result was the "In Step" CD, which won a 1989 Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues. With that encouraging start, Joe and Darrell began a seventeen year run, recording and touring with the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Taj Mahal, Little Feat, Jimmy Smith, The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Bette Midler, Buddy Guy, The Band, Percy Sledge, and scores of other artists in addition to working on Film and TV projects.

Joe Sublett began his musical career in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he developed his Texas Tenor style playing in local blues bands. In 1976, Joe moved to Austin, quickly hooking up with Paul Ray and The Cobras, a legendary R&B band that featured a twenty one year old Stevie Ray Vaughan. As part of the burgeoning Austin Blues scene, Joe worked with The Cobras, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Delbert McClinton, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Lou Ann Barton, Joe Ely and the Antone's House band. In 1986, Joe moved to Los Angeles where he has continued to work as a session and touring sax player as well as writing horn arrangements and music for films.

Darrell Leonard came to Los Angeles from Ft. Worth, Texas in 1969 and was soon recording and touring with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends and Dr. John. He has played on and arranged Grammy winning records by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Keb Mo, and Taj Mahal. As a composer, Darrell's work includes collaborations with T-Bone Burnett on the music for the production of Bertolt Brechts "Mother Courage and Her Children"at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago and original music and arrangements for the film "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" and "Cold Mountain". His score for Academy Award winner Eric Simonson's play "Carter's Way" captured the sound of Kansas City during the 1930's.

The Texacali Horns spent years traveling with Taj Mahal and performed at most of the major Jazz and Blues festivals in Europe and North America. They are Grammy winners in 1997and 2000 for their work on Taj Mahal recordings "Senor Blues" and "Shoutin' in Key". Throughout all this, Darrell and Joe retained their distinctive sound and style as can be demonstrated on their new CD "Texacali Horns". "Texacali Horns".