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The Nightcaps were an American rock and roll band formed in Dallas, Texas, in 1958 and were active, in varying lineups, until 2009.They became one of the most popular bands in Dallas and scored regional hits in the early 1960s with "Wine, Wine, Wine" and "Thunderbird", which was later recorded by ZZ Top.
An E. & J. Gallo Winery early brand was Cream of California for wine and brandy. In 1957, E & J Gallo launched the fortified cheap white wine Thunderbird. In 1962, E & J Gallo launched the one gallon finger-ringed jug of cheap wine, Red Mountain, later Carlo Rossi Red Mountain, named after a winery above Oakdale that closed during Prohibition ...
From this article I learn that Thunderbird is "an inexpensive fortified wine brand of E. & J. Gallo Winery in the United States. The wine is sold at between 13 and 18% ABV and first became popular in the 1950s". The rest of it is a lengthy but pointless selection of song lyrics, which must have been easy to write but doesn't tell me why these ...
The album's opening song, "Thunderbird", despite having ZZ Top writing credit, was originally written and performed by The Nightcaps, a band formed in the 1950s when its members were teenagers. [5] The Nightcaps performed the song and distributed it on their album Wine, Wine, Wine but never applied for copyright. [5]
The refrain "What's the word? Johannesburg!" represents a musical crescendo within the song, during which Scott-Heron engages in a call and response with band members. [2] The refrain parodies a jingle for Thunderbird wine, a cheap wine sold by Gallo: "What's the word? Thunderbird!".
Bob and Marie Gallo were married for 63 years, until her death in 2021.They had eight children, one of whom died at 16. Members of the third generation play key roles in the still family-owned winery.
Thunderbird (The American Classic), a flavored, fortified wine of 13–18% ABV. Ernest Gallo ordered the development of the wine upon discovering that inexpensive white port wine was popular in the inner city and skid row neighborhoods, where shopkeepers would display lemon juice bottles and Kool-Aid packets next to the wine, which patrons ...
The album itself is dedicated to Shaver, stating "may he live forever." The song "Hank" was originally recorded by Eleven Hundred Springs and released on their 2004 album, Bandwagon under the title, "Hank Williams Wouldn't Make It Now In Nashville, Tennessee". The last track features Randy Crouch singing lead vocals on the song, "Hope You Make It."