Keith was the best bass player I have ever heard live..I`ve played classical guitar for over 50 years...have never heard anyone play the bass like him.

this is so excellent, its like a Keith Ferguson showcase!! All I can hear is that bass!!

SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU LAUGHING WITH KEITH. Don;'t think I have ever seen a smile on Keith's face in all these years. Miss your voice and your harp so much. Thank you for the glorious music, Mr. Wilson.

The. best. band. ever. If you saw them, say yeah! Jimmie Vaughan is the best guitarist ever. Less-is-more. Never showboated, ever. Haven'y seen/heard anyone to match them, ever. So thrilled you are posting them here. Thank you. TEAR IT UP!

I attended LSU in Baton Rouge 1972-1979 and sew the T-Birds several times at a club called "Chief's".I spent the summer of 1977 living in Austin and saw them many times there at Antone's and elsewhere. Back to LSU in the fall of 1977 and saw them any time they came to town. Left LSU in 1979 for Houston and saw them there at Rockefeller's. This 1982 show appears to be from a club called Trinity's in Baton Rouge (possibly a successor to the Kingfish club.)

This is the greatest blues bass lesson I've ever had. A proper schooling. You can transcribe everything he did on all those albums but this is another thing again. What a player.

Saw them in Melbourne in 1988…. They had this hypnotic vibe where through understatement they pushed the crowd to screaming point… something about the way they swing… that combined with Jimmie’s absolute mastery of playing on the edge… this was the definitive lineup… don’t know why Jimmie left and never came back but there has never been a fitting replacement… love these guys Bassist RIP

This is a rare treat by a great band and wow, Jimmie was effortlessly cool. His clothes, his demeanour, everything.

Kim Wilson,great singer and harmonica player.

Keith is KING!

The T-Birds and SRV and double Trouble brought the Bluse back to the fore front of popular music.met Jimmie V about 3 years ago. What a nice guy. GREAT player like SRV.

Was lucky enough to see them on a similarly small stage in London in 1980. Just before an NME piece came out that made them huge in England. Transformative night in my life. Really good human beings, too.

This wild!!! I've never seen Jimmie play lap steel guitar before!

Bless you for posting this - I saw JV play this on steel but NEVER thought I'd see it again! Plus the one-of-a-kind Keith Ferguson having a blast, this is beyond awesome.

The meaniest, grittiest, dirtiests bass player who ever took a bass had to play the Blues! The Fabulous Thunderbirds were something else!

Priceless footage - the best R n B Band bar none

t bird rhythm came out & t birds played little club in Chicago called off broadway...about 10 or 15 of my crowd was there & the t birds were kicking ass......towards the end of show I jumped up there with kim wilson during "the crawl" & sang a couple drunkn words before me & kim stumbled & fell to the ground....laughed our ass off...fuckn greatest time of my life...it was recorded for an xrt unconcert......the best...Donnie z

Love love love this. Keith Fest!

Absolutely fantastic! Saw the Tbirds play Futzgeralds in Chicago/Berwyn in 1983, one of the best shows I've ever witnessed. Jimmie Vaughan at the peak of his powers...

This is awesome!!! Thank you for uploading it. Hopefully nobody will request it to be taken down. This is the best period, best lineup of The T-Birds. Like Ceasar Rosas said, " When The Thunderbirds lost Keith Ferguson, they lost their thunder!" Thanks again Kid from Jersey Bill.

That groove from Keith on “ones too many” is absolutely ridiculous

Man, this is some awesome footage! Such a killer band

Jimmie so young. Just as brilliant as ever. Was lucky enough to see him then.

How in the HECK can this band have five thumbs down? When I first saw this band I was knocked out. Powerful kicks you right in the NARDS

This audio has to be a Blue Bass player's dream-with Jimmie so far down in the mix this is the closest to a Definitive Blues Bass primer as you will ever find by without a doubt the King of fretted Blues Bassmen. For Guitar Players this serves as a Hell of a makeshift Jamtrax also!!

Best blues band ever. The f’n T Birds!!

my band the natives opened this and other shows with them ......it was cool!

Thanks SO MUCH for posting this!!! Absolutely KILLER!

I love them so much and met them in New Orleans years ago , they are so gifted and their music is so good !!!!!!!!!!!!

13:31 - absolute masterclass, courtesy of the koolest bassist to walk the earth.

KEITH!!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!

T-Bird Rhythm days...

really a pity the audio is not balanced ... but at least it is possible to hear all the details played by the unbelievable keith. BTW, the best all-time blues band in their best line-up.

i've always admired jimmie

the first instrumental with lap steel is one of the most devastating piece of music of the blues history...

Legendary band!!!

This is awesome,thanks so much for putting this on,one of my favourite bands,takes me back!!

Set list: Instrumental Scratch my back My Baby She´s Tuff Diddy Wah Diddy Roll roll roll I´m leaving One´s too many Rich woman Rock with me Cant tear it up enuff You´re humbuggin me Jumpin´ Bad Tip on In Low down woman Lucille (Jimmie on steel guitar) Ballad (Jimmie on steel) The Monkey (Jimmie on steel) Give me all your loving This should go on forever Date bait How do you spell love Gotta have some/just got some

Awesome thank you thank you and thank you for posting!

This is the T-Birds at there hight. Fran & Keith, my god what a groove. Keith Ferguson, the baddest Blues bassist ever. Tone to the Texas Bone.

Kieith was COOOOOLLL!🎸🎵😆

they were great at that time -can't be beat-

The Kings of Kool 😎

Awesome!!! Thanx a lot for uploading! Kalle

great upload,, thanks,, boss

This made my day, thank you!

Ok thanks! awesome recording what a surprise watch them play live Date Bait, Diddy Wah Diddy or Gotta Have Some...! Jimmie was something else on steel!!

Takes me back to my Austin days!

Great to see the Keith love. I feel they were a better band with Keith, may he RIP. Cracked me up as he dragged from his smoke when he got the chance.

thanks!

Wow, just stumbled onto this..And the lap steel...so Texas BBQ style.

Hey Prof-I did a show with Wilson in '04 that was four-piece. The tour had Gene Taylor on piano and Billy Flynn on guitar, but they did not make this particular show, so it was just Wilson, Troy Gonyea on guitar, Richard Innes on drums and me on bass. Did a buncha early T-Birds, et cetera, and it was a stone blast!

Keith and Fran. Come on..

Awesome concert

@thomasb2802 He's playing through a Fender Dual Showman head it's sitting in a chair next to him. It's probably plugged into the cabinet that's laying down behind him with 2-15s. The cabinet was probably backline at the club.

Wow, I think this is the coolest I've ever seen Jimmie look!! wow and Kim even has hair here too! haha;-)

Agreed. I'd just like to see Kim go out on tour as a 4 piece sometime (preferably backed by just guitar, bass and drums; 2 guitars and drums would be my 2ND choice).

Wow. Wow. This is it. I wish the perfect, perfect guitar were more forward in the mix (or lack thereof), but I'll take it.

Keith was a BAD DUDE!

Right on musico...Preston Hubbard was damn good, but Keith was it!

About 6 months after I first saw them at Rockefeller's in Houston. It was yes so cool, oh yes, uh-huh. And thanks Amy R. for pulling me into the Texas blues scene.

Fabulous!.....Delicious!

priceless !

No problem. Enjoy!

saw them every time the came to memphis

I saw them at the Keystone Palo Alto right after Butt Rockin came out, so I guess they played clubs more than you think! :O)

So curious, The best musician ever.

28:58 - So cool Keith!

Yeah man,I certainly agree with the comment CR made about the Tbirds losing KF,(I think this was when he joined the Tail Gators) Anyway,I saw the New Orleans show they did on this tour ,and like this vid it was KILLER!

@JavierTijuana That's the way the recording was on the dvd I uploaded it from. I can hear his guitar better through my TV's sounds system

Wow Keith you Play Music??? Keith Ferguson: Yup I was playing Music is was a long time

❤The good old days of Soap Creek Saloon

I'm Itchin' and I Don't Know Where to Scratch!

With all dues respect to Pinky (and plenty is due!) this is KEITH FUCKING FERGUSON!!! the king of lowdown Fender bass!

@29:00. Classic Keith.

@landofoaks2010 - Do you know of another video of the Tbirds playing in a club? So rare as in caught on tape. Not rare as in they didn't play clubs.

Kim was using a solid state amp at the time-you can see it on the chair next to him-more clearly here- theselvegeyard

Gone were the days of Mike Buck

Coolenuff. Have played w/Troy myself.

Great show! It's a pity Jimmy's guitar is way too quiet - I almost can't hear what he is playing.

If you want to learn to play the bass ...this is the standard ;-)

Fran had just been hired away from his new setup in Scotia - must have been quite a few shows of these 2 together before PInky came in from the Roomful (winter of 84?)

Great stuff. Anyone know if the name of the club where this was recorded was Chief's Southside? If so, I was at this show.

Who shot this video? Do you know? I'm making a T-Birds doc.

The hippest band EVER!

Was the bass players mom doing sound that night?

It looks like KF is playin his #171 fender p-bass, anyone who can figure out what the rest of his gear is?

Is there some way to get more quality sound from that recording?? Is barely heard Jimmie´s guitar!! Thanks for uploading anyway!

Was this at Chiefs on Highland Road.....? The Bayou ...?

23:35

keith freekin fergunson..

What happened to these guys?

Mettono allegria

..0:00 Down At Antone's ..2:47 Scratch my back ..8:11 Pretty Baby 12:48 My Babe 16:41 She's Tuff 20:39 Diddy Wah Diddy 23:28 Roll Roll Roll I´m Leaving One´s Too Many Rich Woman Rock With Me Cant Tear It Up Enuff You´re Humbuggin Me Jumpin´ Bad Tip On In Low Down Woman Lucille (Jimmie on steel guitar) Ballad (Jimmie on steel) The Monkey (Jimmie on steel) 1:21:24 Give Me All Your Loving 1:26:55 This Should Go On Forever Date Bait How Do You Spell love Gotta have some/just got some

A lot of this is off t bird rhythm

That was back when bar bands got paid $100 or more per man, were given a place to sleep, and could make a living playing several nights a week. None of that is possible anymore. The reason bands don't sound as good.

wow...who knew Andy Kaufman could blow blues harp like that!!??

Though I must say Preston Hubbard on bass was just as cool.

Where's Jimmy ? Down the street ? LOUSY RECORDING-not worth viewing.