''The Fabulous Thunderbirds'' is the 1979 debut studio album by the
Texas
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-based
blues rock
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band
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
The Fabulous Thunderbirds are an American blues band formed in 1974.
Career
After performing for several years in the Austin, Texas blues scene, the band won a recording contract with Takoma/Chrysalis Records and later signed with Epic Records ...
.
[ The album is often erroneously referred to as ''"Girls Go Wild"'' due to the prominence of the words on the cover. The album was reissued via ]Benchmark Recordings
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The initial catalog included the first four albums by The Fabulous Thunderbirds, which were originally released in the late 19 ...
in 2000.
Reception
The ''Cleveland Scene
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'' wrote that the album "generated an excitement among many blues fans on a par with that brought on by the first couple of Paul Butterfield albums more than a decade before."
Track listing
# "Wait on Time" (Kim Wilson
Kim Wilson (born January 6, 1951) is an American blues singer and harmonica player. He is best known as the lead vocalist and frontman for the Fabulous Thunderbirds on two hit songs of the 1980s, "Tuff Enuff" (which was the group's only Top 40 ...
) – 3:03
# "Scratch My Back" ( James Moore AKA Slim Harpo) – 3:52
# "Rich Woman
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Background
The song was first recorde ...
" (Dorothy LaBostrie
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Early life and songwriting career
She was born in Rayland, ...
, McKinley "Li'l" Millet) – 3:28
# "Full-Time Lover" (Frankie Lee
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, Frank Scott) – 4:43
# "Pocket Rocket" – 3:27
# "She's Tuff" ( Jerry "Boogie" McCain) – 2:59
# "Marked Deck" ( Jimmy Mullins, Johnny Vincent
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) – 2:41
# "Walkin' to My Baby" – 2:25 (Wilson)
# "Rock with Me" – 2:38 (Wilson)
# "C-Boy's Blues" (Wilson, Jimmie Vaughan
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Several notable blues guitarists have had a significant ...
, Keith Ferguson, Mike Buck) – 2:58
# "Let Me In" – 2:35 (Wilson)
Bonus tracks on some editions
# "Look Whatcha Done" (Samuel Maghett) – 2:17
# "Please Don't Lie to Me" (Wilson) – 2:08
# "Things I Forgot to Do" (Wilson, Guitar Slim
Eddie Jones (December 10, 1926 – February 7, 1959), better known as Guitar Slim, was an American guitarist in the 1940s and 1950s, best known for the million-selling song "The Things That I Used to Do", for Specialty Records. It is listed in th ...
) – 3:00
Personnel
Musicians
*Kim Wilson – vocals
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, harmonica
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*Jimmie Vaughan – guitar
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*Keith Ferguson – bass
*Mike Buck – drums
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Technical
* Denny Bruce
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While living in Los Angeles in 1965 Denny was hired by Frank Zappa as a second drummer with The Mothers of Invention. After 6 months he cont ...
– producer
* Bob Sullivan – engineer
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References
External links
Official Site
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1979 debut albums
The Fabulous Thunderbirds albums
Chrysalis Records albums
Albums produced by Denny Bruce