October 1, 2025 - Northport, NY - M.C. Records is proud to announce the release of Slow Burn fromlegendary harmonica player and singer of the Fabulous Thunderbirds Kim Wilson. Slow Burn is the follow-up to his 2020 Grammy-nominated release, The Bigtone Sessions . Joining Kim on much of the record arethree amazing blues musicians who recently passed, Richard Innes on the drums, Barrelhouse Chuck on thepiano, and Larry Taylor from Canned Heat on bass. Slow Burn is his fourth full-length recording he hasreleased with M.C. Records. Scroll down for upcoming T-Bird and solo dates.

Slow Burn is from two separate sessions, one in 2014 and the other in 2020. None of these songs has everbeen released before. This may be Kim's deepest blues record ever. He covers legends like B.B. King,Howlin' Wolf, Robert Nighthawk, and Sonny Boy Williamson II. Four songs on the release are Kim Wilsonoriginals. Slow Burn features Kim's deep and passionate vocals as well as his renowned harmonicavirtuosity.

The tracks on this album are very special because several of the songs include some of the lastperformances in the studio by three great blues giants, Richard Innes, Larry Taylor, andBarrelhouse Chuck. Basically, everything was recorded the same way they did it in the old days;however, I think the sound quality of this CD is fantastic and stands up to anything modern.Some great blues for you fans, and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it.

Kim Wilson has been the voice and soul of the Texas band The Fabulous Thunderbirds. He's also anaccomplished solo recording artist, and in the minds of many people, the greatest harmonica playerperforming today. He has recorded sessions with legendary Rock musicians Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton,Mark Knopfler, and Paul Simon, to name a few. In 1970, he decided to drop out of college to play the bluesfull-time, learning the ropes from such San Francisco Bay Area blues musicians as Charlie Musselwhite,John Lee Hooker, and George Harmonica Smith. Kim had the chance to work with so many of his musical influences and heroes over the years, including Muddy Waters, Jimmie Rogers, Big Walter Horton, EddieTaylor, Pee Wee Crayton, and Lowell Fulson. In the mid-1970s, he moved to Austin, where he co-foundedThe Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1974.