STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE
''THE COMPLETE EPIC RECORDINGS COLLECTION''
OCTOBER 27 2014
DISC FIVE - LIVE AT THE EL MOCAMBO (1983)
DISC ONE - IN THE BEGINNING (40:02)
1 In The Beginning (Freddie King, Sonny Thompson) 05:56
2 Slide Thing (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:18
3 They Call Me Guitar Hurricane (Eddie Jones) 03:06
4 All Your Love I Miss Loving (Otis Rush) 06:23
5 Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place In Town) (Robert Geddins) 07:40
6 Love Struck Baby (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:56
7 Tell Me (Chester Burnett) 02:48
8 Shake For Me (Willie Dixon) 04:04
9 Live Another Day (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:47
DISC TWO - LIVE AT MONTREUX DISC ONE (42:09)
1 Hide Away (Freddie King, Sonny Thompson) 03:18
2 Rude Mood (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:54
3 Pride And Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:00
4 Texas Flood (Larry Davis, Joseph Wade Scott) 10:27
5 Love Struck (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:53
6 Dirty Pool (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 08:16
7 Give Me Back My Wig (Theodore Taylor) 03:30
8 Collins Shuffle (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:48
DISC THREE - LIVE AT MONTREUX DISC TWO (76:10)
1 Scuttle Buttin'(Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:13
2 Say What (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:44
3 Ain't Gone And Give Up On Love (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 06:24
4 Pride And Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 05:09
5 Mary Had A Little Lamb (Buddy Guy) 04:27
6 Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place In Town) (Robert Geddins) 13:18
7 Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Jimi Hendrix) 10:50
8 Texas Flood (Larry Davis, Joseph Wade Scott) 07:37
9 Life Without You (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 09:03
10 Gone Home (Eddie Harris) 03:53
11 Couldn't Stand The Weather (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 07:26
DISC FOUR - TEXAS FLOOD (38:21)
1 Love Struck Baby (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:20
2 Pride And Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:37
3 Texas Flood (Larry Davis, Joseph Wade Scott) 05:19
4 Tell Me (Chester Burnett) 02:46
5 Testify (O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley) 03:19
6 Rude Mood (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:37
7 Mary Had A Little Lamb (Buddy Guy) 02:45
8 Dirty Pool (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:58
9 I'm Cryin' (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:41
10 Lenny (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:54
DISC FIVE - LIVE AT THE EL MOCAMBO (76:27)
1 Testify (O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley) 03:27
2 So Excited (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:08
3 Voodoo Child (SLight Return) (Jimi Hendrix) 06:44
4 Pride And Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:27
5 Tell Me (Chester Burnett) 03:04
6 Mary Had A Little Lamb (Buddy Guy) 03:15
7 Texas Flood (Larry Davis, Joseph Wade Scott) 09:49
8 Love Struck Baby (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:46
9 You'll Be Mine (Willie Dixon) 04:12
10 Hug You, Squeeze You (John Lee Hooker) 03:49
11 Little Wing; Third Stone From The Sun (Jimi Hendrix) 14:21
12 Lenny (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 08:54
13 Wham (Lonnie Mack) 03:31
14 Rude Mood (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:55
DISC SIX - COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER (37:50)
1 Scuttle Buttin' (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 01:49
2 Couldn't Stand The Weather (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:39
3 The Things (That) I Used To Do (Eddie Jones) 04:52
4 Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Jimi Hendrix) 07:57
5 Cold Shot (W.C.Clark, Michael Kindred) 03:57
6 Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place In Town) (Robert Geddins) 09:10
7 Honey Bee (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:40
8 Stang's Swang (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:43
DISC SEVEN - LIVE AT THE CARNEGIE HALL (61:31)
1 Intro: Ken Dashow/John Hammond 02:09
2 Scuttle Buttin' (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:43
3 Testify (O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley) 05:20
4 Love Struck Baby (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:05
5 Honey Bee (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:05
6 Cold Shot (W.C.Clark, Michael Kindred) 04:43
7 Letter To My Girlfriend (Eddie Jones) 03:08
8 Dirty Pool (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 06:40
9 Pride And Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:48
10 The Things That I Used To Do (Eddie Jones) 05:26
11 C.O.D. (Leo Gooden) 05:32
12 Iced Over (Gwen Collins) 05:11
13 Lenny (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 07:14
14 Rude Mood (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:21
DISC EIGHT - SOUL TO SOUL (39:47)
1 Say What (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 05:22
2 Lookin' Out The Window (Doyle Bramhall) 02:47
3 Look At Little Sister (Hank Ballard) 03:07
4 Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 06:05
5 Gone Home (Eddie Harris) 03:03
6 Change It (Doyle Bramhall) 03:54
7 You'll Be Mine (Willie Dixon) 03:42
8 Empty Arms (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:01
9 Come On (Part III) (Earl King) 04:28
10 Life Without You (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:14
DISC NINE - LIVE ALIVE (79:23)
1 Say What! (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:50
2 Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 06:24
3 Pride And Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 05:04
4 Mary Had A Little Lamb (Buddy Guy) 04:13
5 Superstition (Stevie Wonder) 04:42
6 I'm Leaving You (Commit A Crime) (Chester Burnett) 05:34
7 Cold Shot (W.C.Clark, Michael Kindred) 05:40
8 Willie The Wimp (Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth) 04:36
9 Look At Little Sister (Hank Ballard) 04:14
10 Texas Flood (Larry Davis, Joseph Wade Scott) 06:29
11 Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Jimi Hendrix) 09:33
12 Love Struck Baby (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:46
13 Change It (Doyle Bramhall) 05:03
14 Life Without You (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 09:07
DISC TEN - IN STEP (40:35)
1 The House Is Rockin' (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:21
2 Crossfire (Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth, Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon, Reese Wynans) 04:07
3 Tightrope (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:36
4 Let Me Love You Baby (Willie Dixon) 02:41
5 Leave My Girl Alone (Buddy Guy) 04:13
6 Travis Walk (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:17
7 Wall Of Denial (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 05:33
8 Scratch-N-Sniff (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:40
9 Love Me Darlin' (Chester Burnett) 03:16
10 Riviera Paradise (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 08:47
DISC ONE ELEVEN - ARCHIVES DISC ONE (47:53)
1 Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place In Town) (Robert Geddins) 07:35
2 Empty Arms (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:26
3 Come On (Part III) (Earl King) 04:31
4 Look At Little Sister (Hank Ballard) 02:44
5 The Sky Is Crying (Elmore James, Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis) 04:07
6 Hide Away (Freddie King, Sonny Thompson) 04:02
7 Give Me Back My Wig (?) 04:04
8 Boot Hill (?) 02:20
9 Wham (Lonnie Mack) 02:23
10 Close To You (Willie Dixon) 03:08
11 Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix) 06:44
12 Stang's Swang (Alternate Take) (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:43
DISC TWELVE - ARCHIVES DISC TWO (45:30)
1 May I Have A Talk With You (Chester Burnett) 05:47
2 Boilermaker (Jimmie Vaughan, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 05:09
3 The Sky Is Crying (Elmore James, Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis) 04:34
4 Shake And Bake (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:49
5 So Excited (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:28
6 Slip Slidin' Slim 01:40
7 Chitlins Con Carne (Kenny Burrell) 03:55
8 Little Wing;Third Stone From The Sun (Jimi Hendrix) 13:28
9 Boot Hill (?) 02:12
10 Life By The Drop (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:23
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
With his astonishingly accomplished guitar playing, Stevie Ray Vaughan ignited the blues revival of the '80s. Vaughan drew equally from bluesmen like Albert King, Otis Rush, and Muddy Waters and rock & roll players like Jimi Hendrix and Lonnie Mack, as well as the stray jazz guitarist like Kenny Burrell, developing a uniquely eclectic and fiery style that sounded like no other guitarist, regardless of genre. Vaughan bridged the gap between blues and rock like no other artist had since the late '60s. For the next seven years, Stevie Ray was the leading light in American blues, consistently selling out concerts while his albums regularly went gold. His tragic death in 1990 only emphasized his influence in blues and American rock & roll.
Born and raised in Dallas, Vaughan began playing guitar as a child, inspired by older brother Jimmie. When he was in junior high school, he began playing in a number of garage bands, which occasionally landed gigs in local nightclubs. By the time he was 17, he had dropped out of high school to concentrate on playing music. Vaughan's first real band was the Cobras, who played clubs and bars in Austin during the mid-'70s. Following that group's demise, he formed Triple Threat in 1975. Triple Threat also featured bassist Jackie Newhouse, drummer Chris Layton, and vocalist Lou Ann Barton. After a few years of playing Texas bars and clubs, Barton left the band in 1978. The group decided to continue performing under the name Double Trouble, which was inspired by the Otis Rush song of the same name; Vaughan became the band's lead singer.
For the next few years, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble played the Austin area, becoming one of the most popular bands in Texas. In 1982, the band played the Montreux Festival and their performance caught the attention of David Bowie and Jackson Browne. After Double Trouble's performance, Bowie asked Vaughan to play on his forthcoming album, while Browne offered the group free recording time at his Los Angeles studio, Downtown; both offers were accepted. Stevie Ray laid down the lead guitar tracks for what became Bowie's Let's Dance album in late 1982. Shortly afterward, John Hammond, Sr. landed Vaughan and Double Trouble a record contract with Epic, and the band recorded its debut album in less than a week at Downtown.
Vaughan's debut album, Texas Flood, was released in the summer of 1983, a few months after Bowie's Let's Dance appeared. On its own, Let's Dance earned Vaughan quite a bit of attention, but Texas Flood was a blockbuster blues success; receiving positive reviews in both blues and rock publications, reaching number 38 on the charts, and crossing over to album rock radio stations. Bowie offered Vaughan the lead guitarist role for his 1983 stadium tour, but he turned him down, preferring to play with Double Trouble. Vaughan and Double Trouble set off on a successful tour and quickly recorded their second album, Couldn't Stand the Weather, which was released in May of 1984. The album was more successful than its predecessor, reaching number 31 on the charts; by the end of 1985, the album went gold. Double Trouble added keyboardist Reese Wynans in 1985, before they recorded their third album, Soul to Soul. The record was released in August 1985 and was also quite successful, reaching number 34 on the charts.
Although his professional career was soaring, Vaughan was sinking deep into alcoholism and drug addiction. Despite his declining health, Vaughan continued to push himself, releasing the double live album Live Alive in October of 1986 and launching an extensive American tour in early 1987. Following the tour, Vaughan checked into a rehabilitation clinic. The guitarist's time in rehab was kept fairly quiet, and for the next year Stevie Ray and Double Trouble were fairly inactive. Vaughan performed a number of concerts in 1988, including a headlining gig at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and wrote his fourth album. The resulting record, In Step, appeared in June of 1989 and became his most successful album, peaking at number 33 on the charts, earning a Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Recording, and going gold just over six months after its release.
In the spring of 1990, Stevie Ray recorded an album with his brother Jimmie, which was scheduled for release in the fall of the year. In the late summer of 1990, Vaughan and Double Trouble set out on an American headlining tour. On August 26, 1990, their East Troy, WI, gig concluded with an encore jam featuring guitarists Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, and Robert Cray. After the concert, Stevie Ray boarded a helicopter bound for Chicago. Minutes after its 12:30 a.m. takeoff, the helicopter crashed, killing Vaughan and the other four passengers. He was only 35 years old.
Family Style, Stevie Ray's duet album with Jimmie, appeared in October and entered the charts at number seven. Family Style began a series of posthumous releases that were as popular as the albums Vaughan released during his lifetime. The Sky Is Crying, a collection of studio outtakes compiled by Jimmie, was released in October of 1991; it entered the charts at number ten and went platinum three months after its release. In the Beginning, a recording of a Double Trouble concert in 1980, was released in the fall of 1992 and the compilation Greatest Hits was released in 1995. In 1999, Vaughan's original albums were remastered and reissued, with The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 also appearing that year. 2000 saw the release of the four-disc box SRV, which concentrated heavily on outtakes, live performances, and rarities.
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''THE COMPLETE EPIC RECORDINGS COLLECTION''
OCTOBER 27 2014
DISC FIVE - LIVE AT THE EL MOCAMBO (1983)
DISC ONE - IN THE BEGINNING (40:02)
1 In The Beginning (Freddie King, Sonny Thompson) 05:56
2 Slide Thing (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:18
3 They Call Me Guitar Hurricane (Eddie Jones) 03:06
4 All Your Love I Miss Loving (Otis Rush) 06:23
5 Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place In Town) (Robert Geddins) 07:40
6 Love Struck Baby (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:56
7 Tell Me (Chester Burnett) 02:48
8 Shake For Me (Willie Dixon) 04:04
9 Live Another Day (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:47
DISC TWO - LIVE AT MONTREUX DISC ONE (42:09)
1 Hide Away (Freddie King, Sonny Thompson) 03:18
2 Rude Mood (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:54
3 Pride And Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:00
4 Texas Flood (Larry Davis, Joseph Wade Scott) 10:27
5 Love Struck (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:53
6 Dirty Pool (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 08:16
7 Give Me Back My Wig (Theodore Taylor) 03:30
8 Collins Shuffle (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:48
DISC THREE - LIVE AT MONTREUX DISC TWO (76:10)
1 Scuttle Buttin'(Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:13
2 Say What (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:44
3 Ain't Gone And Give Up On Love (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 06:24
4 Pride And Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 05:09
5 Mary Had A Little Lamb (Buddy Guy) 04:27
6 Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place In Town) (Robert Geddins) 13:18
7 Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Jimi Hendrix) 10:50
8 Texas Flood (Larry Davis, Joseph Wade Scott) 07:37
9 Life Without You (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 09:03
10 Gone Home (Eddie Harris) 03:53
11 Couldn't Stand The Weather (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 07:26
DISC FOUR - TEXAS FLOOD (38:21)
1 Love Struck Baby (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:20
2 Pride And Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:37
3 Texas Flood (Larry Davis, Joseph Wade Scott) 05:19
4 Tell Me (Chester Burnett) 02:46
5 Testify (O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley) 03:19
6 Rude Mood (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:37
7 Mary Had A Little Lamb (Buddy Guy) 02:45
8 Dirty Pool (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:58
9 I'm Cryin' (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:41
10 Lenny (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:54
DISC FIVE - LIVE AT THE EL MOCAMBO (76:27)
1 Testify (O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley) 03:27
2 So Excited (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:08
3 Voodoo Child (SLight Return) (Jimi Hendrix) 06:44
4 Pride And Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:27
5 Tell Me (Chester Burnett) 03:04
6 Mary Had A Little Lamb (Buddy Guy) 03:15
7 Texas Flood (Larry Davis, Joseph Wade Scott) 09:49
8 Love Struck Baby (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:46
9 You'll Be Mine (Willie Dixon) 04:12
10 Hug You, Squeeze You (John Lee Hooker) 03:49
11 Little Wing; Third Stone From The Sun (Jimi Hendrix) 14:21
12 Lenny (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 08:54
13 Wham (Lonnie Mack) 03:31
14 Rude Mood (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:55
DISC SIX - COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER (37:50)
1 Scuttle Buttin' (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 01:49
2 Couldn't Stand The Weather (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:39
3 The Things (That) I Used To Do (Eddie Jones) 04:52
4 Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Jimi Hendrix) 07:57
5 Cold Shot (W.C.Clark, Michael Kindred) 03:57
6 Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place In Town) (Robert Geddins) 09:10
7 Honey Bee (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:40
8 Stang's Swang (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:43
DISC SEVEN - LIVE AT THE CARNEGIE HALL (61:31)
1 Intro: Ken Dashow/John Hammond 02:09
2 Scuttle Buttin' (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:43
3 Testify (O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley) 05:20
4 Love Struck Baby (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:05
5 Honey Bee (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:05
6 Cold Shot (W.C.Clark, Michael Kindred) 04:43
7 Letter To My Girlfriend (Eddie Jones) 03:08
8 Dirty Pool (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 06:40
9 Pride And Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:48
10 The Things That I Used To Do (Eddie Jones) 05:26
11 C.O.D. (Leo Gooden) 05:32
12 Iced Over (Gwen Collins) 05:11
13 Lenny (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 07:14
14 Rude Mood (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:21
DISC EIGHT - SOUL TO SOUL (39:47)
1 Say What (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 05:22
2 Lookin' Out The Window (Doyle Bramhall) 02:47
3 Look At Little Sister (Hank Ballard) 03:07
4 Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 06:05
5 Gone Home (Eddie Harris) 03:03
6 Change It (Doyle Bramhall) 03:54
7 You'll Be Mine (Willie Dixon) 03:42
8 Empty Arms (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:01
9 Come On (Part III) (Earl King) 04:28
10 Life Without You (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:14
DISC NINE - LIVE ALIVE (79:23)
1 Say What! (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:50
2 Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 06:24
3 Pride And Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 05:04
4 Mary Had A Little Lamb (Buddy Guy) 04:13
5 Superstition (Stevie Wonder) 04:42
6 I'm Leaving You (Commit A Crime) (Chester Burnett) 05:34
7 Cold Shot (W.C.Clark, Michael Kindred) 05:40
8 Willie The Wimp (Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth) 04:36
9 Look At Little Sister (Hank Ballard) 04:14
10 Texas Flood (Larry Davis, Joseph Wade Scott) 06:29
11 Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Jimi Hendrix) 09:33
12 Love Struck Baby (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:46
13 Change It (Doyle Bramhall) 05:03
14 Life Without You (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 09:07
DISC TEN - IN STEP (40:35)
1 The House Is Rockin' (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:21
2 Crossfire (Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth, Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon, Reese Wynans) 04:07
3 Tightrope (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 04:36
4 Let Me Love You Baby (Willie Dixon) 02:41
5 Leave My Girl Alone (Buddy Guy) 04:13
6 Travis Walk (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:17
7 Wall Of Denial (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 05:33
8 Scratch-N-Sniff (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:40
9 Love Me Darlin' (Chester Burnett) 03:16
10 Riviera Paradise (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 08:47
DISC ONE ELEVEN - ARCHIVES DISC ONE (47:53)
1 Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place In Town) (Robert Geddins) 07:35
2 Empty Arms (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:26
3 Come On (Part III) (Earl King) 04:31
4 Look At Little Sister (Hank Ballard) 02:44
5 The Sky Is Crying (Elmore James, Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis) 04:07
6 Hide Away (Freddie King, Sonny Thompson) 04:02
7 Give Me Back My Wig (?) 04:04
8 Boot Hill (?) 02:20
9 Wham (Lonnie Mack) 02:23
10 Close To You (Willie Dixon) 03:08
11 Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix) 06:44
12 Stang's Swang (Alternate Take) (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:43
DISC TWELVE - ARCHIVES DISC TWO (45:30)
1 May I Have A Talk With You (Chester Burnett) 05:47
2 Boilermaker (Jimmie Vaughan, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 05:09
3 The Sky Is Crying (Elmore James, Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis) 04:34
4 Shake And Bake (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:49
5 So Excited (Stevie Ray Vaughan) 03:28
6 Slip Slidin' Slim 01:40
7 Chitlins Con Carne (Kenny Burrell) 03:55
8 Little Wing;Third Stone From The Sun (Jimi Hendrix) 13:28
9 Boot Hill (?) 02:12
10 Life By The Drop (Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan) 02:23
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
With his astonishingly accomplished guitar playing, Stevie Ray Vaughan ignited the blues revival of the '80s. Vaughan drew equally from bluesmen like Albert King, Otis Rush, and Muddy Waters and rock & roll players like Jimi Hendrix and Lonnie Mack, as well as the stray jazz guitarist like Kenny Burrell, developing a uniquely eclectic and fiery style that sounded like no other guitarist, regardless of genre. Vaughan bridged the gap between blues and rock like no other artist had since the late '60s. For the next seven years, Stevie Ray was the leading light in American blues, consistently selling out concerts while his albums regularly went gold. His tragic death in 1990 only emphasized his influence in blues and American rock & roll.
Born and raised in Dallas, Vaughan began playing guitar as a child, inspired by older brother Jimmie. When he was in junior high school, he began playing in a number of garage bands, which occasionally landed gigs in local nightclubs. By the time he was 17, he had dropped out of high school to concentrate on playing music. Vaughan's first real band was the Cobras, who played clubs and bars in Austin during the mid-'70s. Following that group's demise, he formed Triple Threat in 1975. Triple Threat also featured bassist Jackie Newhouse, drummer Chris Layton, and vocalist Lou Ann Barton. After a few years of playing Texas bars and clubs, Barton left the band in 1978. The group decided to continue performing under the name Double Trouble, which was inspired by the Otis Rush song of the same name; Vaughan became the band's lead singer.
For the next few years, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble played the Austin area, becoming one of the most popular bands in Texas. In 1982, the band played the Montreux Festival and their performance caught the attention of David Bowie and Jackson Browne. After Double Trouble's performance, Bowie asked Vaughan to play on his forthcoming album, while Browne offered the group free recording time at his Los Angeles studio, Downtown; both offers were accepted. Stevie Ray laid down the lead guitar tracks for what became Bowie's Let's Dance album in late 1982. Shortly afterward, John Hammond, Sr. landed Vaughan and Double Trouble a record contract with Epic, and the band recorded its debut album in less than a week at Downtown.
Vaughan's debut album, Texas Flood, was released in the summer of 1983, a few months after Bowie's Let's Dance appeared. On its own, Let's Dance earned Vaughan quite a bit of attention, but Texas Flood was a blockbuster blues success; receiving positive reviews in both blues and rock publications, reaching number 38 on the charts, and crossing over to album rock radio stations. Bowie offered Vaughan the lead guitarist role for his 1983 stadium tour, but he turned him down, preferring to play with Double Trouble. Vaughan and Double Trouble set off on a successful tour and quickly recorded their second album, Couldn't Stand the Weather, which was released in May of 1984. The album was more successful than its predecessor, reaching number 31 on the charts; by the end of 1985, the album went gold. Double Trouble added keyboardist Reese Wynans in 1985, before they recorded their third album, Soul to Soul. The record was released in August 1985 and was also quite successful, reaching number 34 on the charts.
Although his professional career was soaring, Vaughan was sinking deep into alcoholism and drug addiction. Despite his declining health, Vaughan continued to push himself, releasing the double live album Live Alive in October of 1986 and launching an extensive American tour in early 1987. Following the tour, Vaughan checked into a rehabilitation clinic. The guitarist's time in rehab was kept fairly quiet, and for the next year Stevie Ray and Double Trouble were fairly inactive. Vaughan performed a number of concerts in 1988, including a headlining gig at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and wrote his fourth album. The resulting record, In Step, appeared in June of 1989 and became his most successful album, peaking at number 33 on the charts, earning a Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Recording, and going gold just over six months after its release.
In the spring of 1990, Stevie Ray recorded an album with his brother Jimmie, which was scheduled for release in the fall of the year. In the late summer of 1990, Vaughan and Double Trouble set out on an American headlining tour. On August 26, 1990, their East Troy, WI, gig concluded with an encore jam featuring guitarists Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, and Robert Cray. After the concert, Stevie Ray boarded a helicopter bound for Chicago. Minutes after its 12:30 a.m. takeoff, the helicopter crashed, killing Vaughan and the other four passengers. He was only 35 years old.
Family Style, Stevie Ray's duet album with Jimmie, appeared in October and entered the charts at number seven. Family Style began a series of posthumous releases that were as popular as the albums Vaughan released during his lifetime. The Sky Is Crying, a collection of studio outtakes compiled by Jimmie, was released in October of 1991; it entered the charts at number ten and went platinum three months after its release. In the Beginning, a recording of a Double Trouble concert in 1980, was released in the fall of 1992 and the compilation Greatest Hits was released in 1995. In 1999, Vaughan's original albums were remastered and reissued, with The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 also appearing that year. 2000 saw the release of the four-disc box SRV, which concentrated heavily on outtakes, live performances, and rarities.
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