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The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Invitation Only [VHS]

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I had the pleasure to see the The Thunderbirds while visiting some friends in Austin in the early eighties. On a biz trip to Providence, RI I saw in an add in the paper that they would be playing a RI beach club that weekend. I extended my stay and it was well worth it. This is a different lineup, but Kim Wilson is is as good as it gets. The video was rather clean in a widescreen format and the Dolby 5.1 and DTS soundtracks were excellent. I do wish whoever it is that is directing/editing would keep the cameras off the crowd and on the performers. No kudos for director of the year. It is totally unneccessary and uncalled for - just the performers and the music please...

This DVD has a full concert performance that's very good. It's a small venue with a real family feel. Like they invited friends to see the taping of the DVD. The singer is original, but I think all the other guys are new. They are all excellent players and fit the style of the Fabulous Thunderbirds perfectly. They have a horn section, backup singers, and a great piano player. The guitarist, Kid Ramos, is a good player and what's also cool about this DVD is that he gives lessons on two songs in the Bonus features with 5 camera angels. If you have a bit of experience, it'll be pretty easy to pick up these songs. Very cool feature for guitarists. I wish more DVD's had this.

Excellent!!! This is an outstanding concert dvd by the Fabulous Thunderbirds. It was appartently filmed sometime around 2002, in a relatively small venue. The audience is really into this one. A lot of them dance, during the concert. You get an 11 piece band, and a song set of 14 songs.

The line-up is as follows:

The Fabuluous Thunderbirds:
Lead Singer - Kim Wilson (a man, not a woman)
Lead Guitar - Kid Ramos
Bass - Willie Campbell
Keyboards - Gene Taylor
Drums - Steve Hodges

Back-up musicians:
Vocals - Mindy Stein & Valerie Pinkston
Organ - Dave Matthews (Not the one from the Dave Matthews Band)
Horns - Jeff Turmes & Steve Marsh
Trumpet - Lee Thornberg

The songs are as follows:
1. Intro
2. Wait on Time
3. My Babe
4. The Things I Used to Do
5. The Hustle is On
6. I Can Tell
7. Look Whatcha Done
8. Wrap it Up
9. Early Every Morning
10.She's Tough
11.I Beleive I'm in Love
12.People Will Be People
13.Tuff Enough
14.Where Were You

Plus, you get bonus materials, which includes interviews with the band members, guitar lessons, behind the scenes video, and other material. This is a great concert dvd, and I highly recommend it. Thanks!!!!

This concert looks like it was shot in a grade school auditorium but don't let that influence your opinion of the show. It's fantastic! Kim Wilson is in top form and the rest of the band is also terrific. I was so disapponted when I got the dvd and saw no orginal members in the group but Kim on the packaging, but it took all of about 30 seconds before I cracked a wide smile and realized these dudes are good and I was in for a good time. Nobody does blues/rockabilly better than the 'Birds