Release Date: 01 October, 2002
Audio CD
Tracks
- Shake for Me (live)
- Rude Mood (live)
- Love Struck Baby
- Pride and Joy
- Texas Flood
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Lenny
- Scuttle Buttin'
- Couldn't Stand the Weather
- The Things That I Used to Do
- Cold Shot
- Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town)
- Give Me Back My Wig
- Empty Arms
- The Sky Is Crying (live)
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) (live)
- Say What!
- Look at Little Sister
- Change It
- Come On (Pt. III)
- Life Without You
- Little Wing
- Willie the Wimp (live)
- Superstition (live)
- Leave My Girl Alone - (live)
- The House Is Rockin'
- Crossfire
- Tightrope
- Wall of Denial
- Riviera Paradise
- Telephone Song - The Vaughan Brothers
- Long Way From Home - The Vaughan Brothers
- Life By the Drop
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Rating 4.5
What a great CD even after his deathHello everyone. I must tell you that this is the one and only CD of Stevie Ray Vaughn that I have. Before then I just listened to samples of his music on here. Anyway this CD, I think, brings the soul of Stevie's music. In "Life By the Drop", you can feel his energy that he puts into the song. Likewise, you can hear live songs like "Superstition" or "Voodoo Chile". You must get this CD. Vaughan is a guitar blues legend--find out why!I was unfamiliar with Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble when I purchased this album. Being a guitarist, I'd of course heard of him; but I didn't know what to expect. Obviously, I wasn't disappointed with what I heard!
Vaughan has a way with the blues. That's putting it simply. Whether picking out Hendrix on "Little Wing" or singing of his baby on his own "Pride and Joy," Vaughan is incredible. With minimal production and raw attitude, he transforms gives the blues a rock edge: one that's enjoyable and awe-inspiring. All of these tunes are great examples of what a merger between rock and blues sounds like; maybe we'll throw in a little country, too, just for the heck of it. What you get is this: a cool, rollickin sound like none other.
"The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble" is a must-have for blues/rock fans. In it, you'll find great musicianship, skillful songwriting, and soul. You'll also find some of Vaughan's musical influences; as he quips at the end of one of the live tracks, "It's fun playing Hendrix in Carnegie Hall." It's fun listening to it, too.I wish I could play like Stevie.These 2 CD's are the greatest SRV collection out there. The best songs on these CD's are: Tin Pan Alley, Texas Flood, Pride and Joy, Scuttlebuttin', Riviera Paradise, The House is Rockin' and Love Struck Baby. This is a must for any SRV fan. |
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