The Fabulous Thunderbirds

The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Formed: 1974 in Austin, TX
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Genre: Rock
Styles: Blues-Rock, Electric Texas Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop/Rock, Modern Electric Blues
Group Members: Lou Ann Barton, Duke Robillard, Gene Taylor, Kim Wilson, Kid Bangham, Jimi Bott, Mike Buck, Bill Campbell, Fran Christina, Keith Ferguson, ...View All
Biography: With their fusion of blues, rock & roll, and R&B, the Fabulous Thunderbirds helped popularize roadhouse Texas blues with a mass audience in the '80s and, in the process, they helped kick-start a blues revival during the mid-'80s. During their heyday in the early '80s, they were the most popular attraction ...Read full biography
What's the Word
Released: 1980
Label: Takoma
Critics' Rating:
Second album, equally powerful. Some of their best, including the off-kilter "Los Fabulosos Thunderbirds" and "Running Shoes." The 2000 CD reissue on Benchmark adds three bonus tracks, one of them the ...Read full review
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Released: 1979
Label: Takoma
Critics' Rating:
Their debut album, with the original lineup of Wilson, Vaughn, Buck, and Ferguson stompin' through a roadhouse set of covers and genre-worthy originals. One of the few white blues albums that works. ~ ...Read full review
More The Fabulous Thunderbirds albums: Main Albums (14), Compilations (11), Singles & EPs (1), DVD/Video (3)
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