Overview: Founded in 1974 by Harmonica player/vocalist Kim Wilson and guitarist Jimmie Vaughan (brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan), The Fabulous Thunderbirds were originally just a blues band, before their sound evolved to include Cajun, Soul and Rock influences.

This rare 2006 concert from Houston captures Kim and the boys in all their glory as they rip through a smoking’ live set including their biggest hits!

Blu-ray Verdict: Contemporary blues acts often strike a precarious balance between “authenticity” and “relevance,” and but it is very obvious that Kim Wilson seems comfortable with maintaining this equilibrium. For as much as they bring forth this live recording as much more than a so-called museum piece, it is also a very dutifully crafted modern recording, and one that sounds just bloody incredible throughout.

1. Slow Down
2. Postman
3. Rock With Me
4. Got To Get Out
5. Painted On
6. Two Time Fool
7. Wait On Time
8. Wrap It Up
9. Pretty Baby
10. Tuff Enuff
11. Marked Deck

Thus I am happy to reveal that within all of these enthusiastically cultivated live tracks, all old-school T-Birds fans do not need to worry about a loss of form, as they are on fire from start to finish.

With the collection of musicians assembled for this live show staying true to the spirit and the essence of the blues, and to the core of what these songs meant even back then, they open with the boogie woogie of Slow Down and the languishing blues of Postman, and then we get the swampy, harmonica-driven sounds that drive Rock With Me, the foot tapping rocker Got To Get Out, and their beloved, low slung blues of Painted On.

Up next is the rambunctious Two Time Fool and the mid-tempo blues slugger Wait On Time, and they are in turn followed by the all-embracing Wrap It Up, the licktastic guitar great Pretty Baby, the collection rounding out on their hit that just never gets old, the rhythmic rocker Tuff Enuff, closing on the blues beauty Marked Deck.

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