''Tuff Enuff'' is a 1986 studio album by

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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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, which pointed the band in a more mainstream direction. The single "Tuff Enuff" was featured in the films ''

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'', as was the follow-up single "Wrap It Up". It has also been played a number of times on the sitcom '' Married... with Children''. "Tuff Enuff" remains the band's only Top 40 hit, peaking at No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Track listing

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Tuff Enuff ''Tuff Enuff'' is a 1986 studio album by Texas-based blues rock band The Fabulous Thunderbirds, which pointed the band in a more mainstream direction. The single "Tuff Enuff" was featured in the films ''Gung Ho'' and '' Tough Guys'', as was the ...

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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 ...

) - 3:22 # "Tell Me" (

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, Sidney Simien) - 2:43 # "Look at That, Look at That" (Wilson, Fran Christina, Preston Hubbard, Jimmie Vaughan) - 3:25 # "Two Time My Lovin'" (Wilson) - 3:41 # "Amnesia" (Wilson) - 3:45 # "Wrap It Up" (

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) - 2:42 # "True Love" (Wilson) - 3:08 # "Why Get Up" (

Bill Carter Bill Carter (born 1966) is a writer and director. He directed the documentary film '' Miss Sarajevo'', which consists of amateur video material he shot during his stay in the besieged city of Sarajevo. He is the author of ''Fools Rush In'', his ...

, Ruth Ellen Ellsworth) - 3:48 # "I Don't Care" (Wilson) - 2:49 # "Down at Antones" (instrumental) (Wilson, Christina, Hubbard, Vaughan) - 3:03

Personnel

;The Fabulous Thunderbirds *Kim Wilson - vocals, harmonica *

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 ...

- guitar, steel guitar, bass, vocals *Preston Hubbard - electric and acoustic bass, vocals *Fran Christina - drums, vocals with: *Al Copley - keyboards *

Chuck Leavell Charles Alfred Leavell (born April 28, 1952) is an American musician. A member of the Allman Brothers Band throughout their commercial zenith in the 1970s, he subsequently became a founding member of the band Sea Level. He has served as the pri ...

- keyboards on "Look at That, Look at That" *

Geraint Watkins Geraint Meurig Vaughan Watkins (born 5 February 1951) is a Welsh singer, songwriter, rock and roll pianist and accordionist. He has backed many notable artists, including Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Paul McCartney, Ro ...

- piano, accordion on "Amnesia" *

Cesar Rosas Cesar J. Rosas (born September 26, 1954, in Hermosillo, Mexico) is a Mexican singer, songwriter and guitarist for Los Lobos. Rosas also participates in the Latin supergroup Los Super Seven. Perhaps the most recognizable member of Los Lobos, Ros ...

David Hidalgo David Kent Hidalgo (born October 6, 1954, in Los Angeles.) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the band Los Lobos. Hidalgo frequently plays musical instruments such as accordion, violin, 6-string banjo, cello, requin ...

- vocals on "Two Time My Lovin'" Album Design-Spencer Drate, Judith Salavetz; Front cover artwork-Dan Youngblood

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* {{Authority control 1986 albums The Fabulous Thunderbirds albums Albums produced by Dave Edmunds CBS Records albums