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"...The Fabulous ThunderbirdsGirls Go Wild! (Benchmark)The Fabulous ThunderbirdsWhat's the Word? (Benchmark)The..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...1984-94, I played bass for the platinum-selling, multi-Grammy award-nominated Fabulous Thunderbirds. Besides recording five albums as a T-Bird, I..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Ruth Ellsworth Carter, Austin Songwriter Who Wrote Hits for Stevie Ray Vaughan, Has Died

The "soup chef" co-composed with her husband Bill Carter

"...helped compose hits for Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Fabulous Thunderbirds with her husband Bill Carter, died on Jan...."

Jan. 5, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The Scene Is Gone But Not Forgotten

The Evolution of Austin's White Blues

"...The newly formed Fabulous Thunderbirds began playing there regularly. A holdover band from..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Music Feature

Beautiful Loser

Keith Ferguson: No Apologies, No Regrets

"...49, was the founding bass player of both the Fabulous Thunderbirds and the Tail Gators, and played with a..."

May 9, 1997 Music Feature by Josh Alan Friedman

Blue Monday

Antone's Blue Mondays continues, 25 years later.

"...Ann Barton and Preston Hubbard, former bassist with the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Duarte's smile brightens by a few hundred watts..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Beacon Blues

Since 1970 at the One Knite, Jimmie Vaughan's worn the smile of a blues savior

"...on it. Of course, it would be called the Fabulous Thunderbirds...."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

All-American

Jimmie Vaughan at 50

"...as the previous five years, when he left the Fabulous Thunderbirds, got sober, and his brother Stevie was killed..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Rebirth of Doyle Bramhall II

For his first solo LP in 15 years, Eric Clapton’s top lieutenant may have put out the blues album of 2016

"...his journeyman's path as a rhythm stringer for the Fabulous Thunderbirds at the age of 18. Soon thereafter, in..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...Fabulous Thunderbirds (5/28/82)..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

To C-Boy, With Love

Continental Club maverick Steve Wertheimer pays tribute to his mentor – with a nightclub

"...around a heart-shaped mirror. There reside photographs of the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughan, playing a small stage..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Margaret Moser Tribute: Lou Ann Barton

The blues belter on what it's like to have your career chronicled by the best

"...I met Margaret when I started working with the [Fabulous] Thunderbirds. She was 20, so I was 20, ’cause..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Buried Alive in the Blues

The night Austin's Godfather of the blues granted Ed Ward a favor he'll never forget

"...somewhat frequent visitors and the house band was the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Actually, when I moved to Austin in October,..."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Ed Ward

The Cult of Nick Curran Remembers His Guitar Genius

From rhythm & blues to rockabilly and punk, the late Austin shredder lived to subvert genres

"...come to Austin," surmises Kim Wilson, who led a Fabulous Thunderbirds lineup energized by Curran's rocket-fuel guitar in the..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Page Two: Leaving It Up to Her

On Margaret Moser: Happy together, then, now, and forever

"...he wrote a very sweet cover story on the Fabulous Thunderbirds). One afternoon hanging out at some point Margaret..."

June 30, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Jimmie Vaughan

"...VaughanPlays More Blues, Ballads & Favorites (Shout! Factory) The Fabulous ThunderbirdsThe Best of the Fabulous Thunderbirds: Early Birds Special..."

July 22, 2011 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Page Two: Somebody To Love

It's the last chance to make your case in 2010-11 Austin Chronicle Music Poll

"...1986-87: The Fabulous Thunderbirds..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Column by Louis Black

TCB

Remembering Clifford Antone, who gave Austin a home of the blues

"...Chenier, Barbara Lynn, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Lazy Lester, the Fabulous Boogie Kings, and Warren Storm were always welcome...."

May 26, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Texas Platters

"...THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS FEATURING KIM WILSON..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Music Review

Texas Platters

"...THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS..."

May 23, 1997 Music Review

Telecaster Sovereign Sue Foley Lands Back in Austin

The Ice Queen is on fire

"...and the end of Jimmie Vaughan's reign in the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Foley quickly proved her mettle with 1992 debut..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Margaret Moser Tribute: Paddy Moloney

"You felt you were in safe hands with Margaret"

"...Austin and worked with Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, brought us to Texas in the late Seventies...."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Playback: David Yow Meets the Jazzus Lizard

David Yow fronts the Jazzus Lizard, Cherubs knock off 22 years of rust, Preston Hubbard dies, and Blind Lemon Jefferson gets kicked off Texas license plates

"...defecting to Texas to replace Keith Ferguson in the Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1984. The "Guero Loco," known as "Pinky"..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Roost Crows at Midnight

Steamboat greeter / booker David Cotton realizes the dream of his own club, the Roost

"..."Every week somebody was going national. If the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Girls Go Wild doesn't happen, Austin, Texas, doesn't..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Music Feature by Nina Hernandez

Keith Ferguson Texas Blues Bass

Legendary Austin bassist gets his due – from Germany!

"...he left behind an overdriven, low-end attack in the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Tailgators, and an indelible impression on electric..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Phil Anselmo's Housecore Horror

Phil Anselmo returns with Housecore Horror, Marc and Elijah Ford jam family style, and Keith Ferguson gets his inked in new book

"...lefty known for his overdriven low-end attack in the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Tailgators, is exhaustingly sourced. Included are stories..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Pawn Shop Rock

In hock? We've got just the ticket!

"..."Like the bass player from the Fabulous Thunderbirds."..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows

Austin Music Awards Director Margaret Moser goes out with a bang

"...Begin with the Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1984, and remember who you're talking about...."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Unknown Soldier

Bill Carter steps out from under the shadow of Captain Jack Sparrow

"...Stevie Ray Vaughan and "Why Get Up" for the Fabulous Thunderbirds with his wife Ruth Ellsworth, should be knocked..."

May 3, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

In the Nick of Time

Nick Curran honored with fundraiser at Antone's

"...Ronnie Dawson, Kim Lenz & the Jaguars, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds gave the East Coast-born guitarist that definitive Texas..."

May 2, 2011 Music Post by Margaret Moser

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