Kim Wilson is a U.S. blues singer and harmonica player. He is best known as the lead vocalist and frontman for the The Fabulous Thunderbirds on two hit songs of the 1980s; "Tuff Enuff" and "Wrap It Up".
Wilson was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1951, and grew up in Goleta, California. He started with the blues in the late 1960s and was tutored by Los Angeles bluesmen like George "Harmonica" Smith, Luther Tucker and Pee Wee 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.
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Stations that played Kim Wilson in the last 30 days
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Radio Art Acoustic Blues
United States · Folk - 4×
181.FM - True Blues
United States · Rock - 4×
- 0 N - Blues on Radio
Germany · Rock - 4×
- 0 N - Blues on Radio
Germany · Rock - 4×
LifeGate Radio Blues
Italy · Blues - 2×
BMFR - Blues Music Fan Radio
United States · Rock - 1×
Pinguin Blues
Netherlands · Rock - 1×
UnderGRAND radio
Serbia · Rock - 1×
Радио Старого Полковника
Russia · Pop - 1×
Homemade Radio
United Kingdom · Pop - 1×
CHOP FM 102.7 Pickering College, Newmarket
Canada · Rock - 1×
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