Kim Wilson

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".

Career

Wilson was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1951, [ [http://www.fabulousthunderbirds.com/about.html?sub=kim Fabulousthunderbirds.com - biographical details] ] 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." [ [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117467357.html?categoryid=34&cs=1 Concert Review: Kim Wilson's Blues Revue - Concerts & Live Music Shows ] ]

Discography

olo

*"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

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-98mGt960vk&feature=related| Example of Kim Wilson's harp-work, accompanied by Gene Taylor]
* [http://www.fabulousthunderbirds.com/about.html?sub=kim| Wilson's biography on the Fabulous Thunderbirds Site]