Wild Horse Pass Resort & Casino in Chandler, AZ — Image by kenne
This past weekend we went to the Wild Horse Pass Resort & Casino to see the Texas blues-rock band, the Fabulous Thunderbirds. This group, which has featured the Vaughn brothers, Stevie Ray and Jimmy Lee in its early days, is lead by one of the best harp players you will find anywhere, Kim Wilson. It was a great evening of rocking blues, which included an impressive display of harp playing by Kim Wilson.
Over the years many great musicians have been in the group. Probably the Vaughn brothers were the best known, but one that my friend, Diunna Greenleaf and I talked about during her recent tour in the Tucson area was Nick Curran — having just pasted away. A very talented guitar player out of Austin, Diunna had considered Nick to be her lead guitar player some years ago, but she concluded that he was too flamboyant to be a part of her band. (See the related article below.)
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I saw the Fabulous Thunderbirds in CT some 20 or so years ago and they were Fabulous! Seeing them with Stevie Ray and Eric Vaughn would have been Fabulous, too, alas, Stevie Ray died some 6 or 7 years before. I bought a tape at the Thunderbirds concert but wore it out in 3 or 4 years. Stevie Ray Vaughn is my all-time favorite R&B hero and I play his music frequently. I think that Kim Wilson is also Fabulous and thank you for posting this cd.
This was our first time to see the Fabulous T-birds after years of following them — we were not disappointed and no question, Kim is the best harp player out there. Thanks for your comment.
Sounds great! My kind of music!
. . . you have good taste!