Kim Wilson
(born 1951) is a U.S. blues singer and harmonica player. He is best known singing lead vocals with the The Fabulous Thunderbirds on two hit songs of the 1980s; "Tuff Enuff" and "Wrap It Up".
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Career
Wilson was born in
Detroit,
Michigan in 1951,
[1] but he grew up in
Goleta,
California. He started with the
blues in the late 1960s and was tutored by people like
George "Harmonica" Smith,
Luther Tucker and Peewee Crayton, and was influenced by
swamp blues harmonica players like
Slim Harpo and
Lazy Lester. Before he moved to
Austin,
Texas in 1974, he was the leader of a band in
Minneapolis,
Minnesota. In Austin he formed The Fabulous Thunderbirds with
guitarist Jimmie Vaughan.
Wilson continues to perform up to 300
dates per year at blues
festivals and clubs in
America,
Canada, and
Europe, both as leader of The Fabulous Thunderbirds and with the Kim Wilson Blues Revue.
His powerful style of blues harp playing has been described as "loaded with the textures of a full-blown horn section."
[2]
Discography
Solo
- Tigerman
(1993)
- That's Life
(1994)
- My Blues
(1997)
- Smokin' Joint
(2001)
- Looking for Trouble
(2003)
Guest
- Kid Ramos - Kid Ramos
- James Cotton - & Friends
- Bonnie Raitt - Road Tested
- 1995
- JW-Jones - Bogart's Bounce
(guest) / ''My Kind of Evil (producer/guest)
- Barrelhouse Chuck - Got My Eyes On You
- 2007
References
- Fabulousthunderbirds.com - biographical details
- Concert Review: Kim Wilson's Blues Revue - Concerts & Live Music Shows