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The Fabulous Thunderbirds are a blues-rock band, formed in 1974. Their original line up included guitarist Jimmie Vaughan, the older brother of the influential electrical blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. After performing for several years in the Austin, Texas blues scene, they earned a recording contract with Chrysalis Records and later signed to Arista. The first two albums released in 1979 and 1980 (with Keith Ferguson on bass and Mike Buck on drums), did not initially sell well, but are now regarded as successful white blues recordings. Their blues style mixed Texas blues with the harmonica-laced swamp blues sounds of Slim Harpo and Lazy Lester — both of whom the T-Birds covered. Their third album, Butt-Rockin’, released in 1981, took the band closer to old rhythm and blues and added piano and brass section played by additional musicians.

The band broke into the mainstream in 1986 with Tuff Enuff. The single of the same name was featured in the Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster film Tough Guys, as was the follow-up single, “Wrap It Up”. The band’s music was also played in John Cusack’s 1987 movie Hot Pursuit. The Fabulous Thunderbirds’ next album, Hot Number, fell off the charts quickly and alienated many of the bands’ long-time fans due to its slick pop-oriented sound. The band then began a long series of line-up changes and obscure, yet improved, albums throughout the 1990s. Drummer Mike Buck left the band in 1980 and guitarist Jimmie Vaughan left in 1990.

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6	Wait on Time	52
7	How Do You Spell Love?	48
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11	Twist of the Knife full track	32
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bigedlynn wrote:
last month

Hey guys! Still lovin it all these years later!

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FruitfulTree wrote:
August 2009

Twist of the Knife.....'a man takes an ounce of dignity and a pound of pride and gives it it all up for you .....but you always insist on another twist of the knife"...... they are fabulous

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Fflor wrote:
May 2009

Fabuloso! * )

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odinsacolyte wrote:
May 2009

Texas. Home of kickass music and the times and places and people that make it. Does nobody wonder why? It is our SOUL. We going to have to take over the world one day just to save it from the weenies that rule it now. Don't worry y'all. Freedom is a'comin.

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hirogura wrote:
March 2009

Indeed. They lost their devil-may-care coolness when Keith left. RIP Keith.

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MikeSedated wrote:
January 2009

The stuff with Keith Ferguson on bass is absolutely THE BOMB

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AislingSA wrote:
January 2009

They played a great show at Pittsburgh's First Night '09. It was the first time I'd heard them and that's one of the best New Year's Eves I've had, due in huge part to this great band.

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JohnHagstrom wrote:
November 2008

Oh my god, Painted On... Very Good Album! 4½ Stars.

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peppesanzi wrote:
October 2008

Hi, I am a fan of the fabulous thunderbirds in Italy and I am also a guitar player in a blues band I found you in the list of the band friends I am looking for thr lyrics of HARD KNOCK from the album PAINTED ON, if have it may I ask you to copy and paste here for me? I'd really appreciate it Thanks, Peppe

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peppesanzi wrote:
October 2008

Is there anyone who can write the lyrics of this song also copy and paste and send to me? peppesanzi@libero.it Thanks

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MathiasPage wrote:
July 2008

Nice..

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MrLeetSauce wrote:
December 2006

Couldn't help but notice this band didn't have a description...So there you have it :)

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