The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Butt Rockin'
#534
By Rob Slater
September 3 1981
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Butt Rockin’
Genre: Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll. Take those old records off the shelf, dust ‘em off an’ play all them songs yerself...
Allen’s Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Rob’s Rating: Solid 3.75. B+ all the way. They didn’t really want to work hard enough for the A! ;-)
Okay, I only ever heard their singles. Knew that Stevie R.V.’s older brother Jimmie Vaughn was in the band. Thought he was the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter. Nope, Kim Wilson sings most and plays the harp (harmonica).
But this album is Butt Rockin’. It’s also
Toe tappin’
Finger snappin’
Booty shakin’
Fifties fakin’
Cover takin’
Love makin’
Heartbreakin’
Guitar slingin’
Drumstick flingin’
Harp playin’
Loss of datin’
Blues appropriatin’
Master… Oh, never mind…
1. "I Believe I'm in Love" - Awesome.
2. "One's Too Many (And a Hundred Ain't Enough)" - Okay.
3. "Give Me All Your Lovin’” - Awesome.
Cover Section. Tracks 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 are ALL Requisite 80s Covers.
4. "Roll, Roll, Roll" - Great Requisite 80’s Cover.
5. "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" - Nice tune. Tex Mex blues. Fits the style.
6. "I Hear You Knockin'" - Good.
7. "Tip on In" - First one that really does nothing for me.
8. "I'm Sorry" [NOT A COVER] Decent tune.
9. "Mathilda" - Last cover. Awesome horn section. Totally 50's throwback, but it works so well... got my hips shakin’, 50s fakin’...
10. "Tell Me Why" - You can tell where the Texas Tornadoes and Los Lonely Boys got their sound. Course, Texas Tornadoes members had been makin’ songs like these for years.
11. "In Orbit" - Okay, it's got a nice beat, a lot of harmonica, but it doesn't have the deep groove that I hear in the other songs. Should have stopped at 10 songs with "Tell Me Why" and maybe added “I Got Eyes” as a 6th bonus 80s cover.
This records rocks and rolls, skitters and strolls, backseats and bowls (as in the lanes in those happ’nen’ shoes, singin’ the blues… Yeah. It’s like they’re one of the greatest cover bands EVER! If I was their A&R man, I’d have added one more Cover and taken away an original. Fun to listen to quite a few times, but it won’t change your life.
https://open.spotify.com/album/6RSHcScSrS0TfYjTt34YBO?si=ulKIf11xRcSGgzR-Y05hig
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