I've got to confess that I am writing about yet another of my favorite guitarists of all time. That's Stevie Ray Vaughan, who, with his band Double Trouble, made the blues popular during the early to mid 1980s when a lot of music was being synthesized, still believing in the power of the guitar to play music. The band started out as a trio with Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar, Tommy Shannon on bass, and Chris Layton on drums, eventually, adding a fourth member, talented keyboardist, Reese Wynans on Hammond B3. Wynan's started his career as a member of a band called The Second Coming (which he was in along with Dickey Betts, before the Allman Brothers were formed). Just an interesting little factoid.
But, with SRV and Double Trouble, the B3 added more to the sound of the band in it's later incarnation before Stevie's unfortunate death in a helicopter crash in East Troy, Wisconsin, on August 27th, 1990. So, Vaughan really had only about an eight year period of real success, winning Grammy Awards for a lot of his work. His brother Jimmie Vaughan still performs today and has had a successful career, having started out in the blues band, the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
As most guitar enthusiasts know, Vaughan usually played Fender Stratocasters but was inclined to play a Gibson Flying V or ES335 as well. He primarily used Dumble and Fender blackface amplifiers live and on recordings, cranked up to massive volumes, but with a very clean tone.
Disc 1
1. Shake For Me (John Hammond Jr. cover) (Willie Dixon)
2. Rude Mood>Hideaway (Stevie Ray Vaughan:, Freddie King)
3. Love Struck Baby (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
4. Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
5. Texas Flood (Larry Davis & Joseph Wade Scott)
6. Mary Had A Little Lamb (Buddy Guy)
7. Lenny (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
8. Scuttle Buttin' (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
9. Couldn't Stand The Weather (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
10. The Things (That) I Used To Do (Eddie Jones)
11. Cold Shot (Michael Kindred & W.C. Clark)
12. Tin Pan Alley (a.k.a. Roughest Place in Town) (Robert Geddins)
13. Give Me Back My Wig (T.R. Taylor)
14. Empty Arms (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
15. The Sky Is Crying (live) (Elmore James, Morris Levy, & Clarence Lewis) *live
16. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Jimi Hendrix) *live
Disc 2
1. Say What! (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
2. Look at Little Sister (Hank Ballard)
3. Change It (Doyle Bramhall)
4. Come On (Pt. 3) (a.k.a. "Let The Good Times Roll") (Earl King)
5. Life Without You (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
6. Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix)
7. Willie The Wimp (Ruth Ellsworth-Carter, B. Carter)
8. Superstition (Stevie Wonder) *live
9. Leave My Girl Alone (Buddy Guy) *live
10. The House Is Rockin' (Stevie Ray Vaughan & Doyle Bramhall)
11. Crossfire (B. Carter, Chris Layton, Ruth Ellsworth-Carter, Reese Wynans, & Tommy Shannon)
12. Tightrope (Stevie Ray Vaughan & Doyle Bramhall)
13. Wall of Denial (Stevie Ray Vaughan & Doyle Bramhall)
14. Riviera Paradise (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
15. Telephone Song (The Vaughan Brothers) (Stevie Ray Vaughan & Doyle Bramhall)
16. Long Way From Home (Stevie Ray Vaughan & Doyle Bramhall)
17. Life By The Drop (Doyle Bramhall & Barbara Logan)
There was a limited edition third disc on one of the sets. But, the one in my collection is the two disc version. Wish I'd gone and bought some of the original albums. Might still do that. Check out Stevie Ray Vaughan if you haven't already. He bridges the gap in a way between the old traditions and the newer generation of blues guitar players. Here is the Wikipedia article as it tells of the third disc and what songs are actually on that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Essential_Stevie_Ray_Vaughan_and_Double_Trouble
SRV will always be one of the greatest guitarists of our time and of all time.
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