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First released in 1983, this album catches the Austin blues boom in its early days, when the music was marked by an infectious sense of discovery. The Fabulous Thunderbirds’ “Winter Wonderland” shows just how much can be done with even the most innocuous material, with harpman Kim Wilson and guitarist Jimmie Vaughan both rising to the occasion. If Angela Strehli’s shouting, shimmying “Boogie Woogie Santa Claus” is a celebration by itself, the revelation of the set is Sarah Brown, best known for her bass playing, singing her original “My Christmas Tree Is Hung with Tears.”