The Fabulous Thunderbirds began in 1974, when Jimmie Vaughan and Kim Wilson started the band that changed the landscape of modern Texas blues. This four CD box set assembles the complete studio recordings during Vaughan\u2019s 11 years with the band, housed in a 12-inch hardback, vinyl-sized media book that comes with a 40-page book and band patch.<\/p>\n
The Doc Pomus Recordings, from 1978, open with \u201cDirty Work Is Going On\u201d, where the rich saxophones, Vaughan\u2019s spirited guitar and Wilson\u2019s powerful pipes make for a timeless blues-soul climate. \u201cShe\u2019s Tuff\u201d lands further into this section, and benefits from Mike Buck\u2019s frisky drums and Vaughan\u2019s rhythmic guitar for an infectious energy.<\/p>\n
The tracks from their debut album arrive next, where \u201cFull-Time Lover\u201d meshes Vaughan\u2019s intricate guitar with the expressive vocals and much grit and emotion.<\/p>\n
Disc two consists of their sophomore album, What\u2019s The Word<\/i>, as Fran Christina\u2019s scrappy drumming and the quick melodies invite singing along, and \u201cLearn To Treat Me Right\u201d allows for Wilson\u2019s flowing harmonica and Keith Ferguson\u2019s bouncy bass to shine. Also on this disc is album number three, Butt Rockin’<\/i>.\u201dGive Me All Your Lovin\u2019\u201d is especially memorable on this portion, thanks to Al Copley\u2019s animated piano that won\u2019t go unnoticed.<\/p>\n
On disc three, we’re treated to the T-Bird Rhythm<\/i> and Tuff Enuff<\/i> LPs. The former brings plenty of style into the playful rhythm section of \u201cNeighbor Tend To Your Business, while the latter employs Geraint Watkins\u2019 accordion to the dance floor-ready anthem \u201cAmnesia.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hot Number<\/i> and Powerful Stuff<\/i> exit the box set. \u201cIt Comes To Me Naturally\u201d is early in the disc and showcases Chuck Leavell’s colorful keys, quick guitars and backing vocals that are infectious, and much later on, \u201cEmergency\u201d bops and shakes with plenty of warm and memorable blues rock.<\/p>\n
We all realize that The Fabulous Thunderbirds will always be known for their lone Top 40 hit, \u201cTuff Enuff.\u201d But there\u2019s so much more to this band, and the 13 rare tracks from the Doc Pomus sessions that never were formally released are alone worth the investment here. Vaughan would leave the band in 1989 for a solo career, and these eight albums he played on are further proof of their blues rock status as legends. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[11067],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-47370","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-fabulous-thunderbirds","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=47370"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=47370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}