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What's the Word is the second studio album by Texas
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 1980. The album, like its predecessor initially sold poorly, but is now regarded as a successful white blues recording. The 2000 CD reissue on Benchmark Records contains three bonus tracks, two of which were recorded live at Club Koda, Austin, Texas.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kim Wilson; except where indicated
  1. "Runnin' Shoes" (Traditional)
  2. "You Ain't Nothin' But Fine" (Floyd Soileau
    Floyd Soileau
    James Floyd Soileau is an American record producer.Soileau was born November 2, 1938, in Faubourg, a small community between Ville Platte and Washington, Louisiana. He grew up speaking Cajun French and did not speak English until attending school at the age of 6 years...

    , Sidney Semien)
  3. "Low-Down Woman"
  4. "Extra Jimmies" (Keith Ferguson, Jimmie Vaughan)
  5. "Sugar Coated Love" (J.D. Miller)
  6. "Last Call for Alcohol" (Wilson, Jimmie Vaughan)
  7. "The Crawl"
  8. "Jumpin' Bad" (Wilson, Jimmie Vaughan)
  9. "Learn to Treat Me Right"
  10. "I'm a Good Man (If You Give Me a Chance)"
  11. "Dirty Work"
  12. "That's Enough of That Stuff"
  13. "Los Fabulosos Thunderbirds" (Wilson, Keith Ferguson, Jimmie Vaughan)

Bonus tracks on some editions

  1. "Band Introduction by C-Boy"
  2. "Bad Boy" (Live) (Eddie Taylor
    Eddie Taylor
    Eddie Taylor was an American electric blues guitarist and singer.-Biography:Born Edward Taylor in Benoit, Mississippi, United States, as a boy Taylor taught himself to play the guitar. He spent his early years playing at venues around Leland, Mississippi, where he taught his friend Jimmy Reed to...

    )
  3. "Scratch My Back" (Live) (James Moore)

Personnel

  • Kim Wilson
    Kim Wilson
    Kim 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 Vaughan
    Jimmie Vaughan
    James 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 Ferguson
    Keith 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
  • Fran Christina - drums, percussion
  • Mike Buck
    Mike Buck
    Mike Buck is an Austin, Texas based drummer who became influential by playing in a variety of bands in the roots music scene.-Career:...

    - drums
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