Girls Go Wild
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Girls Go Wild is the debut studio album by Texas
based Blues Rock band The Fabulous Thunderbirds
released in 1979. The album initially sold poorly, but is now regarded as a successful white blues recording. It was re-released by Benchmark Recordings
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Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
based Blues Rock band The Fabulous Thunderbirds
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
The Fabulous Thunderbirds are an American, Grammy-nominated Blues rock band, formed in 1974.-Career:After performing for several years in the Austin, Texas blues scene, the band won a recording contract with Takoma/Chrysalis Records, and later on signed with Epic Records.Their first two albums,...
released in 1979. The album initially sold poorly, but is now regarded as a successful white blues recording. It was re-released by Benchmark Recordings
Benchmark Recordings
Benchmark Recordings is a record label that was founded in 2002 by music industry veterans Bill Coben and Denny Bruce.The initial catalog included the first four albums by The Fabulous Thunderbirds, which were originally released in the late 1970s and early 1980s on the Takoma Records label and...
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Track listing
All tracks composed by Kim Wilson; except where indicated- "Wait on Time"
- "Scratch My Back" (James Moore)
- "Rich Woman" (Dorothy LaBostrie, McKinley Millet)
- "Full-Time Lover" (Frank Scott)
- "Pocket Rocket"
- "She's Tuff" (Jerry "Boogie" McCainJerry McCainJerry McCain, often billed as Jerry "Boogie" McCain , is an American electric blues musician, best known as a harmonica player. One of five children of a poor family, many of his siblings became involved in music as well, most notably his brother, Walter, who played drums on some early recordings...
) - "Marked Deck" (Johnny Vincent)
- "Walkin' to My Baby"
- "Rock with Me"
- "C-Boy's Blues" (Wilson, Mike Buck, Keith Ferguson, Jimmie Vaughan)
- "Let Me In"
Bonus tracks on some editions
- "Look Whatcha Done" (Samuel Maghett)
- "Please Don't Lie to Me"
- "Things I Forgot to Do" (Wilson, Guitar SlimGuitar SlimEddie Jones , better known as Guitar Slim, was a New Orleans blues guitarist, from the 1940s and 1950s, best known for the million-selling song, produced by Johnny Vincent at Specialty Records, "The Things That I Used to Do"...
)
Personnel
- Kim WilsonKim WilsonKim Wilson is an American blues singer and harmonica player. He is best known as the lead vocalist and frontman for The Fabulous Thunderbirds on two hit songs of the 1980s; "Tuff Enuff", and "Wrap It Up."-Career:...
– vocals, harmonica - Jimmie VaughanJimmie VaughanJames Lawrence "Jimmie" Vaughan is an American blues rock guitarist and singer from Dallas, Texas, United States. He is the older brother of the late Stevie Ray Vaughan....
– guitar - Keith FergusonKeith Ferguson (musician)Keith Ferguson was a bass guitarist, best remembered as a member of the blues rock band, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, based in Austin, Texas...
– bass - Mike BuckMike BuckMike Buck is an Austin, Texas based drummer who became influential by playing in a variety of bands in the roots music scene.-Career:...
– drums