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Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Texas Flood: 30th Anniversary Legacy Edition
Original Released: 1983
This Edition Released : 29 January 2013
Label: Sony Legacy
Format: Mp3@320
A live sensation on the Austin,
Texas club circuit since the late 1970s, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double
Trouble--Stevie Ray (guitar, vocals), Tommy Shannon (bass) and Chris
"Whipper" Layton (drums)--turned in a particularly memorable show at the
Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 1982, catching the ears of
David Bowie (who enlisted Stevie Ray for his Let's Dance album) and
Jackson Browne (who offered the band free use of his Los Angeles
recording studio). Accepting the offer, Stevie Ray and Double Trouble
recorded several tracks over a whirlwind three days (with day one mainly
devoted to setting up equipment) with the resultant tracks grabbing the
attention of legendary record producer John Hammond, who'd discovered
and signed Bob Dylan, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Leonard Cohen, Bruce
Springsteen, Benny Goodman, Aretha Franklin and many others. Hammond
brought Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble to Epic Records, which
released the remastered tracks as Texas Flood in 1983.
An immediate and surprising success, Texas Flood peaked at #38 on the
Billboard 200 while "Pride and Joy" shot up to #20 on the Mainstream
Rock Tracks chart. The album's title track was nominated for a Best
Traditional Blues Performance Grammy while "Rude Mood" grabbed a Grammy
nom for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. The album has sold more than
2 million copies since its original release.
Originally released on Epic Records on June 13, 1983, Texas Flood, an
unapologetic apotheosis of electric blues supercharged for a post-disco
post-punk pop world, introduced audiences to a soul-filled sound that
existed outside both the mainstream and underground tastes of its era.
The album opened the gates of a fiery blues resurgence with Stevie Ray
Vaughan signature compositions like "Pride and Joy" and "Love Struck
Baby" flowing naturally alongside covers of deep blues and R&B
standards by Howlin' Wolf, the Isley Brothers, Buddy Guy and Larry
Davis.
"The story of Texas Flood—more than any other
recording by the guitarist—is the story of Stevie Ray. The album stands
closest to his personal roots, roots that grew from a loamy mix of deep
Southern blues, Texas R&B, and white-boy rock 'n' roll. It echoes
his earliest triumphs as a guitarist, and serves as the triumphant
finish-line to a ten-year run of hustling and scuffling that began in
1973, when the Dallas-born, 18-year old left home for the Austin music
scene."
Disc 1: Texas Flood
01. Love Struck Baby (2:23)
02. Pride And Joy (3:40)
03. Texas Flood (5:21)
04. Tell Me (2:48 )
05. Testify (3:22)
06. Rude Mood (4:40)
07. Mary Had A Little Lamb (2:47)
08. Dirty Pool (5:02)
09. I'm Cryin' (3:47)
10. Lenny (5:02)
11. Tin Pan Alley (7:37) (Bonus Track )
Disc 2: Live At Ripley's, Oct. 20, 1983 for a WMMR broadcast
( Previously unreleased )
01. Testify (4:14)
02. So Excited ( 4:17)
03. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (7:44)
04. Pride And Joy (4:57)
05. Texas Flood (10:00)
06. Love Struck Baby (3:09)
07. Mary Had A Little Lamb (2:59)
08. Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town) ( 8:14)
09. Little Wing/Third Stone From The Sun (12:28 )
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