Girls Go Wild Explained

Girls Go Wild
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Cover:	Girls go wild.jpg
Recorded:	May 1979
Studio:	Sumet-Bernet Sound Studios, Dallas, Texas
Label:	Takoma Records Chrysalis^[1]
Producer:	Denny Bruce^[2]
Next Title:	What's the Word
Next Year:	1980

Girls Go Wild is the alternate (and incorrect) title of the 1979 debut studio album by the Texas-based blues rock band The Fabulous Thunderbirds.^[3] The album was an eponymous release (the record label and the jacket spine have only the band's name), but due to the prominence of the words "Girls Go Wild" on the cover it has often been referred to by that name. The album was reissued via Benchmark Recordings in 2000.

Reception

The Cleveland Scene wrote that the album "generated an excitement among many blues fans on a par with that brought on by the first couple of Paul Butterfield albums more than a decade before."^[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kim Wilson except where indicated:

1. "Wait on Time" – 3:03
2. "Scratch My Back" (James Moore AKA Slim Harpo) – 3:52
3. "Rich Woman" (Dorothy LaBostrie, McKinley "Li'l" Millet) – 3:28
4. "Full-Time Lover" (Frankie Lee, Frank Scott) – 4:43
5. "Pocket Rocket" – 3:27
6. "She's Tuff" (Jerry "Boogie" McCain) – 2:59
7. "Marked Deck" (Jimmy Mullins, Johnny Vincent) – 2:41
8. "Walkin' to My Baby" – 2:25
9. "Rock with Me" – 2:38
10. "C-Boy's Blues" (Wilson, Jimmie Vaughan, Keith Ferguson, Mike Buck) – 2:58
11. "Let Me In" – 2:35

Bonus tracks on some editions

1. "Look Whatcha Done" (Samuel Maghett) – 2:17
2. "Please Don't Lie to Me" – 2:08
3. "Things I Forgot to Do" (Kim Wilson, Guitar Slim) – 3:00

Personnel

Musicians

• Kim Wilson – vocals, harmonica
• Jimmie Vaughan – guitar
• Keith Ferguson – bass
• Mike Buck – drums

Technical

• Denny Bruce – producer
• Bob Sullivan – engineer

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica. PETER. KRAMPERT. March 23, 2016. Mel Bay Publications. Google Books.
2. Web site: Declarations of Independents. Billboard. October 7, 2000. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
3. Web site: The Fabulous Thunderbirds | Biography & History. AllMusic.
4. Web site: The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Duane. Verh. Cleveland Scene.