The Fabulous Thunderbirds: An interview with Kim Wilson

Of all the acts headlining the Blues Tent this year, there won’t be many who’ve ever had a Top Ten single on the pop charts. The Fabulous Thunderbirds managed it with 1986’s “Tuff Enuff,” still a rare achievement with a blues band. That was one high point of a run that’s now lasted 50-plus years, always with singer and harmonica man Kim Wilson at the forefront.

For many fans that ’80s...