''Powerful Stuff'' is a 1989 studio album by Texas based

blues rock Blues rock is a fusion music genre that combines elements of blues and rock music. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock (electric guitar, electric bass guitar, and drums, sometimes w ...

band

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. It was recorded in

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and produced by

Terry Manning Terry Manning is an American photographer, composer, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, audio engineer, and visual artist. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he has worked with Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Bryan Adams, ...

. It was the last studio album to feature

Jimmie Vaughan Jimmie Vaughan (born March 20, 1951) is an American blues rock guitarist and singer based in Austin, Texas. He is the older brother of the late Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. Several notable blues guitarists have had a significant ...

before leaving for a solo career. The track "Powerful Stuff" achieved mainstream success and was featured in

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' 1988 hit film ''

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''. It was the first single released from the ''Cocktail'' soundtrack album, which reached number one on the Billboard Charts and sold over 19 million copies worldwide.

Track listing

# "Rock This Place" (

Jerry Lynn Williams Jerry Lynn Williams (1948–2005) was an American rock music singer and composer. He wrote such hits as " Forever Man", " See What Love Can Do", " Something's Happening", "Running on Faith" and " Pretending" for Eric Clapton. He contributed tw ...

) - 4:22 # "Knock Yourself Out" ( David Porter, Garry Goin, Ronald Hill, Kim Wilson) - 4:32 # "Mistake Number 1" (David Porter, T. Thomas) - 4:53 # "One Night Stand" (Jerry Lynn Williams) - 4:59 # "Emergency" (Kim Wilson) - 3:35 # "Powerful Stuff" (

Michael Henderson Michael Earl Henderson (July 7, 1951 – July 19, 2022) was an American bass guitarist and vocalist. He was known for his work with Miles Davis in the early 1970s and on early fusion albums such as '' Jack Johnson'', '' Live-Evil'', and '' Agh ...

, R.S. Field, Wally Wilson) - 4:38 # "Close Together" (Jerry Lynn Williams) - 5:18 # "Now Loosen Up Baby" (

Isaac Hayes Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, actor, songwriter, and composer. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwri ...

, David Porter) - 3:35 # "She's Hot" (Kim Wilson) - 3:22 # " Rainin' in My Heart" ( James Moore, Jerry West) - 3:41

Personnel

;The Fabulous Thunderbirds *Kim Wilson - vocals, harmonica *Jimmie Vaughan - guitar *Preston Hubbard - electric and acoustic bass *Fran Christina - drums with: *Jimi Jamison,

, William C. Brown III - additional backing vocals

Notes

External links

Official Site
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