FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS

 

Albums recorded by The Fabulous Thunderbirds, including release dates
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No

TITLE

RELEASED

1

The Fabulous Thunderbirds [aka Girls Go Wild]

10/79

2

What's The Word

05/80

3

Butt Rockin'

03/81

4

T-Bird Rhythm

10/82

5

Tuff Enuff

06/86

6

Hot Number

08/87

7

Powerful Stuff

04/89

8

Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk

12/91

9

Wrap It Up [compilation]

--/93

10

Roll Of The Dice

09/95

11

Different Tacos [compilation of rarities & outtakes]

--/96

12

High Water

10/97

13

Live

10/01

14

Extended Versions [live]

07/02

15

Painted On

06/05

16

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

--/09

17

On The Verge

03/13

18

Strong Like That

08/16


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1) THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS (aka GIRLS GO WILD)

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Wait On Time
Scratch My Back
Rich Woman
Full-Time Lover
Pocket Rocket

She's Tuff
Marked Deck
Walkin' To My Baby
Rock With Me
C-Boy's Blues
Let Me In






Mike Buck
Keith Ferguson
Jimmie Vaughan
Kim Wilson

Producer:

Drums
Bass
Guitar
Vocals, Harmonica

Denny Bruce

2) WHAT'S THE WORD

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Runnin' Shoes
You Ain't Nothin' But Fine
Low-Down Woman
Extra Jimmies
Sugar Coated Love
Last Call For Alcohol

The Crawl
Jumpin' Bad
Learn To Treat Me Right
I'm A Good Man (If You Give Me A Chance)
Dirty Work
That's Enough Of That Stuff
Los Fabulosos Thunderbirds






Mike Buck
Fran Christina

Keith Ferguson
El Mero Guero
Jimmie Vaughan
Kim Wilson

Producer:

Drums (Tracks 1,3,5,7,11)
Drums (Tracks 2,4,6,8-10,12),
Percussion (Track 13)
Bass
Vocals (Track 13)
Guitar
Vocals, Harmonica, Drums (Track 13)

Denny Bruce

3) BUTT ROCKIN'

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I Believe I'm In Love
One's Too Many
Give Me All Your Lovin'
Roll, Roll, Roll
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
I Hear You Knockin'

Tip On In
I'm Sorry
Mathilda
Tell Me Why
In Orbit






Fran Christina
Al Copley
Keith Ferguson
Anson Funderburgh
Doug James
Greg Piccolo
Jimmie Vaughan
Kim Wilson

Producer:

Drums
Piano
Bass
Guitar (Track 7)
Baritone Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Guitar
Vocals, Harmonica

Denny Bruce

4) T-BIRD RHYTHM

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Can't Tear It Up Enuff
How Do You Spell Love?
You're Humbuggin' Me
My Babe
Neighbor Tend To Your Business
Monkey

Diddy Wah Diddy
Lover's Crime
Poor Boy
Tell Me
Gotta Have Some/Just Got Some






Fran Christina
Keith Ferguson
Jimmie Vaughan
Kim Wilson

Producer:

Drums, Backing Vocals
Bass
Guitar
Vocals, Harmonica

Nick Lowe

5) TUFF ENUFF

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9.
10.

Tuff Enuff
Tell Me
Look At That, Look At That
Two Time My Lovin'
Amnesia

Wrap It Up
True Love
Why Get Up
I Don't Care
Down At Antone's




3-album box set


Fran Christina
Al Copley
David Hidalgo
Preston Hubbard
Chuck Leavell
Cesar Rosas
Jimmie Vaughan
Geraint Watkins
Kim Wilson

Producer:

Drums, Vocals
Keyboards
Vocals (Track 4)
Bass, Vocals
Piano (Track 3)
Vocals (Track 4)
Guitar, Steel Guitar, Six String Bass, Vocals
Piano & Accordion (Track 5)
Vocals, Harmonica

Dave Edmunds

6) HOT NUMBER

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10.

Stand Back
Hot Number
Wasted Tears
It Comes To Me Naturally
Love In Common

How Do You Spell Love?
Streets Of Gold
Sofa Circuit
Don't Bother Trying To Steal Her Love
It Takes A Big Man To Cry




3-album box set


Fran Christina
Dave Edmunds
Jack Hale
Jim Horn
Preston Hubbard
Wayne Jackson
Chuck Leavell
Andrew Love
Jimmie Vaughan
Kim Wilson

Producer:

Drums, Vocals
Guitar, Vocals
Trombone
Baritone Saxophone
Bass, Vocals
Trumpet
Keyboards
Tenor Saxophone
Guitar, Six String Bass, Vocals
Vocals, Harmonica

Dave Edmunds

7) POWERFUL STUFF

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9.
10.

Rock This Place
Knock Yourself Out
Mistake Number 1
One Night Stand
Emergency

Powerful Stuff
Close Together
Now Loosen Up Baby
She's Hot
Rainin' In My Heart




2-album box set


William Brown
Fran Christina
Preston Hubbard
Jimi Jamison
Terry Manning
Jimmie Vaughan
Kim Wilson

Producer:

Backing Vocals
Drums
Bass
Backing Vocals
Keyboards, Horn, Backing Vocals
Guitar
Vocals, Harmonica

Terry Manning

8) WALK THAT WALK, TALK THAT TALK

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6.

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10.
11.

Twist Of The Knife
Ain't That A Lot Of Love
Work Together
Born To Love You
Need Somebody To Love
Feelin' Good

Roller Coaster
Sweet Thang
Can't Stop Rockin'
When I Get Home
Paralyzed




2-album box set


Kid Bangham
Fran Christina
Crispin Cioe
Austin DeLone
Bob Funk
Gospel Hummingbirds
Arno Hecht
Preston Hubbard
Wayne Jackson
Steve Jordan
Hollywood Paul Litteral
Andrew Love
Willie Mitchell
Duke Robillard
Kim Wilson

Producer:

Guitar
Drums, Percussion
Saxophone (Track 7)
Keyboards
Trombone (Track 7)
Backing Vocals (Track 3)
Tenor Saxophone (Track 7)
Bass
Trumpet (Track 5)
Guitar, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Trumpet (Track 7)
Tenor Saxophone (Track 5)
Trumpet (Track 5)
Guitar, Vocals
Vocals, Harmonica

Steve Jordan

9) WRAP IT UP

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10.

Wrap It Up
It Takes A Big Man To Cry
Stagger Lee
How Loosen Up Baby
Feelin' Good
Tuff Enuff
Knock Yourself Out
Twist It Off
It Comes To Me Naturally
Born To Love You








Producer:



10) ROLL OF THE DICE

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3.
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10.
11.
12.

Roll Of The Dice
Too Many Irons In The Fire
How Do I Get You Back?
Here Comes The Night
Takin' It Too Easy
I Don't Wanna Be The One
Mean Love
I Can't Win
Memory From Hell
Lookin' Forward To Lookin' Back
Do As I Say
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah




3-album box set


Harvey Brooks
Fran Christina
Babi Floyd
David Grissom
Steve Jordan

Danny Kortchmar
Leon Pendarvis
David "Kid" Ramos
Gene Taylor
Kim Wilson

Producer:

Bass
Drums
Backing Vocals (Tracks 2,6,9,10,12)
Guitar (Tracks 1,3,4,6,9,10)
Bass, Percussion & Drums
(all Tracks 2,7,8,12)
Guitar
Organ (Track 10)
Guitar (Tracks 1,3,5,10)
Keyboards
Vocals, Harmonica

Steve Jordan, Danny Kortchmar

11) DIFFERENT TACOS

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22.

Can't Tear It Up Enuff
You're Humbuggin' Me
My Babe
Feelin' Good
Found A New Love
Introduction Of Band by C-Boy Bottom Line...
Bad Boy
Scratch My Back
She's Tuff
Full-Time Lover
Introduction Of Guest Musicians by Kim...
Made In The Shade
The Crawl
I Hear You Knockin'
Mathilda
Someday
Wait On Time [live]
I Got Eyes
Things I Forgot To Do
Look Whatcha Done
Please Don't Lie To Me
Pocket Rocket [live]






Mike Buck
Fran Christina
Al Copley
Keith Ferguson
Doug James
Johnny Nicholas
Greg Piccolo
Jimmie Vaughan
Kim Wilson

Producer:

Drums
Drums
Piano
Bass
Baritone Saxophone
Piano, Backing Vocals
Tenor Saxophone
Guitar
Vocals, Harmonica, Speech

Denny Bruce

 

Tracks 4,17: "Field recording" from UK tour with Rockpile Jan-Feb 1980
Tracks 6-15: recorded live at The Bottom Line, Austin, Texas, USA
Track 22: "Field recording" at the University of Exeter, Devon, England on 28 January 1980

12) HIGH WATER

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Too Much Of Everything
Do Right By Me
Tortured
High Water
Hurt On Me
Hand To Mouth
Promises You Can't Keep
I Can't Have You
Too Hot To Handle
Save It For Someone Who Cares
It's About Time
That's All I Need To Know






Steve Jordan

Danny Kortchmar

Kim Wilson

Producer:

Organ, Bass, Guitar, Drums,
Backing Vocals
Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Programming,
Backing Vocals
Vocals, Harmonica, Guitar

Steve Jordan, Danny Kortchmar,
Kim Wilson

13) LIVE

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14.

Introduction by Dave Adelson
Wait On Time
My Babe
The Things I Used To Do
The Hustle Is On
I Can Tell
Look Watcha' Done
Wrap It Up
Early Every Morning
She's Tough
I Believe I'm In Love
Tuff Enuff
People Will Be People
Where Were You






Willy Campbell
Stephen Hodges
Valerie Pinkston
Steve Marsh
David "Kid" Ramos
Andrew Scheps
Mindy Stein
Gene Taylor
Lee Thornberg
Jeff "Big Dad" Turmes
Kim Wilson

Producer:

Bass
Drums
Backing Vocals
Saxophone
Guitar
Programming
Backing Vocals
Keyboards
Trumpet
Saxophone
Vocals, Harmonica

Ed Cherney

 

Recorded live in Los Angeles, California, USA on 16 February 2000

14) EXTENDED VERSIONS

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10.

Tuff Enuff
She's Tough
Look Watcha' Done
The Hustle Is On
Wrap It Up
My Babe
I Can Tell
The Things I Used To Do
Wait On Time
Early Every Morning








Producer:



15) PAINTED ON

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12.

Hard Knock
Got To Get Out
Two-Time Fool
Love Speaks Louder Than Words
Painted On
Feeling My Way Around
Rock Candy
Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line
Postman
Wild Cherry
You Torture Me
When I Am Gone






Jimi Bott
Nick Curran
Kirk Fletcher
Terry Landry
Rachel Nagy
Lon Price
Brian Swartz
Gene Taylor
Ronnie James Weber
Kim Wilson

Producer:

Drums
Guitar, Vocals
Guitar
Baritone Saxophone
Vocals
Tenor Saxophone
Trumpet
Piano
Bass
Vocals, Harmonica

Steve Berlin, Kim Wilson

16) THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS

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11.

Satisfied
I'll Be Around
Take Me As I Am
Do You Know Who I Am
Payback Time
Love The Way You Love
Got To Bring It With You
Baby I Love You
Runnin' From The Blues
Hold Me
Cat Squirrel




Producer:



 

Only available from the band's website and at gigs.

17) ON THE VERGE

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10.

I Want To Believe
Lovin' Time
Too Much Water
Hold Me
Runnin' From The Blues
Do You Know Who I Am?
Got To Bring It With You
That's The Way We Roll
Diamonds Won't Kiss You Back
Lonely Highway






Kevin Anker
Victor Barranco
Randy Bermudes
Daryl Duff
Caleb Green
Mike Keller
Paige Martin
Mark Merella
Jason Moeller
Johnny Moeller
Morgan Price
Christal Rheams
Kenny Rittenhouse
Lesile Whitaker
Kim Wilson

Producer:

Keyboards
Trombone
Bass
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Guitar
Backing Vocals
Percussion
Drums
Guitar
Saxophone
Backing Vocals
Trumpet
Trumpet
Vocals, Harmonica

18) STRONG LIKE THAT

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10.

(I Know) I'm Losing You
Don't Burn Me
You're Gonna Miss Me
Drowning On Dry Land
Smooth
Somebody's Getting It
Meet Me On The Corner
Where's Your Love Been?
I've Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)
Strong Like That






Kevin Anker
Roosevelt Collier
Joe Donegan
Anson Funderburgh
Steve Gomes
Caleb Green
Bill Holmes
Sara Mia
Johnny Moeller
Antonio Orta
Christal Rheams
Kenny Rittenhouse
Robb Stupka
Wes Watkins
Kim Wilson

Producer:

Keyboards
Steel Guitar (Track 1)
Trumpet
Guitar (Track 2)
Bass
Backing Vocals (Tracks 2,6,8,9)
Trombone
Backing Vocals (Track 1)
Guitar
Tenor Saxophone, Flute
Backing Vocals (Tracks 2,6,8,9)
Trumpet
Drums
Drums (Track 1)
Vocals, Harmonica

Kevin Anker, David Earl, Steve Gomes,
Kim Wilson