Those first 4 T-bird albums are phenomenal

@@previngThe Keith Ferguson era of the FTB was by far the best !

Thé G.O.A.T.

Never one note more than needed, never one note less than required. ALWAYS perfect, ALWAYS in the grove, ALWAYS in the pocket.

Agreed. Like the Chris Spedding of blues.

And has always stayed true to the blues whilst ploughing his own furrow. Killer stuff.

The original bassist Keith Ferguson isn’t here and he was legendary.

Keith was an amazing player..I heard him in an old dance hall with them years ago..he was the one laying it down@@vayabroder729

@@vayabroder729 El Mero Guero yes! But not to forget the coolest drummer of them all Mike Buck!

@@thedoffen2000 funny how for Mexicans el mero guero means “the blonde guy”

@@thedoffen2000 Funny that for Mexicans el mero guero means “the blond guy”.

love his rhythm n lead guitar playing. He doesn't over do it which makes it more of a song in my own opinion.

Awesome.

What year was this show? I saw them at the Venue in May of '81.... This seems like it was later than '81 though - I don't remember this guy playing bass...

These aren't the original members. Mike Buck and Keith Ferguson were the original rhythm section.

You can Jimmie was still trying to figure it out but eventually got it to become a hit

Dingwalls is a brilliant venue, up close and personal. The atmosphere with these guys playing must have been bloody awesome. The 'Ain't Nothing But The Blues' bar is the same, tiny but what a place, what an atmosphere.

I was at Dingwalls too for that show! Johnny Winter the 1st night, Dave Edmunds on the 2nd night, the Thunderbirds on the 3rd night. Best 3 nights in a row of music ever!

Grosos sin duda!

The band has gone through 14 different line ups. And notice that there is very little rapport between Wilson and his bandmates on stage. That's always a sign of friction. If you can't get along with your bandmates, that's a recipe for failure. You don't have to be friends, but you do have to be able to work together towards a command goal.

Thos Robert I don't think you know what you are talking about. They have all played shows and sat in with each other since then. He trades these guys out to keep fresh, and then plays a shitload of side gigs with them aside from the TBirds.

He does know what he's talking about. He doesn't trade out guys to keep it "fresh". I've worked a lot of gigs with them as support, and most bands in later stages of their career, have some friction. But the TBirds, have a lot more than most. Well known within the industry. Yes, later on, they sit in with each other, etc, but that's usually a one-off. Theres a reason their level of popularity stopped at the level I did. Too much inner strife

Did not go far in the music business? One of the top blues harp players in the world.True to himself.

@@bradstivers Thos is right, they did have a lot of friction within the band during their peak years 1985-1991. Jimmie left and never came back or ever played with Kim again, what's that tell you? They didn't get along. It's a shame what happened to that band, they were amazing in the 80's, no blues band was better. Now 30 years on and two of them are dead (both of their original bass players Keith Ferugson and Preston Hubbard) and Fran Cristina is retired from music. Jimmie is just a boring shell of his 80's self, and Kim is the only one keeping the T-birds flag flying, albeit very low.

Sorry but that's Preston Hubbard on bass,he was previously in Roomful Of Blues before joining the T-Birds. He replaced Keith Ferguson.

Jimmie was every bit the blues player his brother was just different. Stevie absolutely idolized him. No Jimmie - no Stevie.