The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Rock
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About The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Hometown
Austin, TX, United States
Formed
1974
Genre
Rock
The Fabulous Thunderbirds play an energized fusion of blues, rock & roll, and R&B that sounds like it came straight out of a Texas roadhouse. During their heyday in the early '80s, the band was one of the most popular attractions on the blues bar circuit, cutting lively, no-frills albums like 1979's The Fabulous Thunderbirds and 1980's What's the Word. This eventually led to a breakthrough to a pop audience with their 1986 album Tuff Enuff. The mass success didn't last too long, and founding member Jimmie Vaughan left in 1990, but under the leadership of harmonica ace and vocalist Kim Wilson, the Fabulous Thunderbirds remained one of the most popular blues acts in America in the '90s and onward, occasionally making their way back to the studio to cut albums like 2016's Strong Like That and 2024's Struck Down.
Members of The Fabulous Thunderbirds include, or have included, Danny Kortchmar, Doyle Bramhall II, Jimmie Vaughan, Kim Wilson, Duke Robillard, Kirk Fletcher, Bill Campbell, Lou Ann Barton, Jay Moeller, Kid Ramos, Mike Keller, Johnny Moeller, Keith Ferguson, Gene Taylor, Jimi Bott, Kid Bangham, Nick Curran, and Fran Christina.
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