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David Lawrence Hlubek () (born on August 28, 1951) is the lead guitarist and founding member of the Southern rock band Molly Hatchet. ==Biography== Dave Hlubek was born a "Bacon boy" in Jacksonville, Florida.〔Brown, Pete & Newquist, H.P. (1997) ''Legends of Rock Guitar'', Hal Leonard Corporation, ISBN 978-0-7935-4042-6, p. 136〕 At the age of 5 or 6, Hlubek and his family moved to the naval base in Oahu, Hawaii, where he attended Waikiki Elementary School. From there, Hlubek's father was transferred and the family moved to Sunnyvale, California, then to Mountain View, and finally settling in San Jose. There he attended the same Junior High School as Wayne Newton. It was the South Bay that Dave called home during the next few years, before moving back to Jacksonville, Florida around 1965. There he attended and graduated from Forrest High School. Hlubek, along with Steve Holland, founded the band Molly Hatchet.〔Larkin, Colin (1999) ''The Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock'', Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0257-7, p. 299〕 Vocalist Danny Joe Brown joined in 1974, Duane Roland, Banner Thomas, and Bruce Crump in 1975. Hlubek was the original vocalist when they started, as well as becoming the band's most prolific songwriter—writing or co-writing the majority of the group's songs, including their most famous, "Flirtin' with Disaster". When at last they got their recording contract with Epic Records they got some help and advice from Lynyrd Skynyrd vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, who was originally supposed to produce their first album, but was unable to, because of his death in a plane crash in 1977. While most people tagged Molly Hatchet as "Southern Rock," Hlubek admits it was only because of the location. He considered Molly Hatchet, along with Blackfoot, to actually be metal bands from the South. In fact, he has also said that, although hard to talk about, it was the demise of Lynyrd Skynyrd—who were on top of the world at that time—that opened the door for Molly Hatchet. In 1986, Hlubek left the band, to be replaced by lead guitarist Bobby Ingram.〔 In 1986, Hlubek—by his own admission being "unbearable" due to rock star excess and substance abuse—left the band. "I had a horrendous, horrendous cocaine problem".〔(Interview with Dave Hlubek KAOS2000 Magazine )〕 Hlubek was replaced by lead guitarist Bobby Ingram. That same year, Hlubek found himself at rock bottom and unemployed. His close friend Mazz moved Hlubek out of Jacksonville to Port St. Lucie, Florida, and offered him moral support and many years of employment. Acting as Hlubek's personal manager, Mazz negotiated recording sessions, gigs, and tape programs and created bands featuring Hlubek including Hlubek & Friends, Southern Jam Band and the Southern Rock Legends, which included former members of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blackfoot. With his life back together, Hlubek also worked with other bands including the Dixie Allstars, renamed Southern Rock Allstars which he co-founded with Blackfoot drummer Jakson Spires. Hlubek also had a short stint with Skinny Molly with former Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Mike Estes and Pontus J. Back bass. In January 2005, Ingram invited Hlubek to rejoin Molly Hatchet, where he remains today and in doing so became the only current member who was a part of the original band. Former Molly Hatchet touring musician (2000) and founder-guitarist for Soul Window Dony J Tusso was in attendance at "The Pineapple Festival" in Jensen Beach, Florida, which was one of the first live shows that Hlubek played with Hatchet since rejoining. Hlubek is the only remaining original member of the band. In addition to writing the early hits Molly Hatchet is known for, such as "Flirtin' with Disaster", "Gator Country", Whiskey Man" and "Fall of the Peacemakers" among others, Hlubek is credited with motion picture soundtracks, including the feature films such as ''Monster'' starring Charlize Theron, ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', ''Suspect Zero'' and ''Delta Farce''. His music also appears on television commercials, on Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Wrestling TV show, and on the soundtracks of the video games ''Rock Band'', ''NASCAR 98'' and others. As recent as January 2011, ''Flirtin With Disaster'' was the opening music on the pilot Super Natural. According to ''TC PALM''〔(Article in The TC PALM )〕 on September 30, 2010, Dave Hlubek was “traveling down the road” with his “pedal to the floor.” Hlubek was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail shortly after 7 am for driving under the influence. His blood-alcohol content results were 0.13 and 0.14, both above the state’s legal limit of 0.08. Hlubek posted bail and was released. The evidence was dropped according to WPTV:〔(Article in WPTV )〕 In an order filed May 9, County Judge Philip J. Yacucci ruled the deputy didn't have sufficient cause to pull over Hlubek and threw out all the evidence obtained in the traffic stop, including blood-alcohol content results. Dave Hlubek has seven gold and platinum selling album awards with sales totaling approximately 24 million in album sales. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dave Hlubek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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