Texas flood
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| Studio album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble | ||||
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1983 |
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| Label (s) | Epic | |||
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Original version: 10 |
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Original Version: 38:52 |
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Stevie Ray Vaughan |
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Texas Flood is Stevie Ray Vaughan's debut album from 1983. The then 29-year-old Vaughan became one of the most famous and celebrated blues and rock guitarists practically overnight. The album was recorded in Jackson Browne's private studio in just three days .
Track list
- Love Struck Baby - 2:19
- Pride and Joy - 3:39
- Texas Flood - 5:21
- Tell Me - 2:48
- Testify - 3:20 *
- Rude Mood - 4:36
- Mary Had a Little Lamb - 2:46
- Dirty Pool - 4:58
- I'm cryin ' - 3:41
- Lenny - 5:00
Bonus title
The following bonus tracks have been added to some of the later CD releases:
- SRV Speaks (Vaughan) - 0:37
- Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town) ( Robert Geddins ) - 7:42
- Testify (live) - 3:54
- Mary Had a Little Lamb (live) (B. Guy) - 3:31
- Wham (live) ( Lonnie Mack ) - 4:20
Reissue 2013
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Stevie Ray Vaughan's debut album, another reissue was published on January 25, 2013. In addition to the original album (including the bonus track "Tin Pan Alley"), a second CD with the previously unreleased live set from 1983 was delivered from Ripley's Music Hall in Philadelphia under the name "Legacy Edition" Debut album with Voodo Chile , Little Wing and Third Stone From The Sun also contains three Jimi Hendrix interpretations. Another highlight of this "birthday edition" are the extensive liner notes by the renowned writer, producer, tour manager and publicist Ashley Kahn .
Track List (Bonus Live CD)
- Testify - 4:14
- So Excited - 4:17
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - 7:44
- Pride And Joy - 4:57
- Texas Flood - 10:00
- Love Struck Baby - 3:08
- Mary Had A Little Lamb - 2:59
- Tin Pan Alley (Aka Roughest Place In Town) - 8:14 am
- Little Wing / Third Stone From The Sun - 12:28
prehistory
In the early 1970s, Stevie Ray Vaughan and his brother Jimmie Vaughan , who by then had already achieved fame as the guitarist of the Fabulous Thunderbirds , moved from Dallas to Austin within the state of Texas , where they hoped for greater chances of success.
In 1982 Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band Double Trouble got the chance to play at the famous Montreux Jazz Festival , as the first band without a record deal. Although they reaped from the audience for their loud Texas blues boos, David Bowie , who was also present, was enthusiastic about Vaughan's talent and hired him for his next album Let's Dance . Jackson Browne , who had also seen the Montreux show, offered the band to use their private studio for three days free of charge.
success
The ten recorded songs were sent to the music producer John Hammond , who had already promoted musicians like Bob Dylan , Aretha Franklin and George Benson . He organized a contract with Epic Records for the band . The recordings were reshuffled and released as an album. On June 3, 1983, Texas Flood reached number 38 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold more than 500,000 copies.
The album has been available as download content for the video game Rock Band 2 since March 2008 except for the titles Tin Pan Alley and Wham .
The most important songs
Pride and Joy is probably Stevie Ray Vaughan's most famous original composition. It is a typical Texas blues shuffle in E flat major, played with Stevie Ray Vaughan's tuning of his guitar by a semitone lower (E-A-A-D-B-E).
Texas Flood , written around 1955 by Larry Davis, also ascribed to arranger and trumpeter Joe Scott, was made famous by Stevie Ray Vaughan and remained an integral part of his live appearances until his death. It is in 12/8 time and sounds in G major (due to the guitar tuning being a semitone lower).
Lenny is the last track on the original recording. Vaughan's wife, Lenora, bought him a repainted 1965 Fender Stratocaster with a rosewood fingerboard in 1980 , which Vaughan liked so much that he named it “Lenny” after his wife's name. According to Lenora, he wrote the song Lenny that same night . He recorded this, as did the piece Riviera Paradise from his album In Step , on which the guitar “Lenny” was recorded (whose neck he had meanwhile exchanged for one with a maple fingerboard). The guitar manufacturer Fender made a limited number of copies of "Lenny" in 2007. The original guitar sold for $ 629,500 in 2004.
Individual evidence
- ^ Promotion agency Schmitt & Rauch, Darmstadt
- ↑ dolphinstreet.com : Texas Blues Shuffle
- ^ [Morthland, John (1992). The Best of Duke-Peacock Blues. MCA Records. p. 11. MCAD-10667]
- ↑ musicnotes.com : Texas Flood
- ↑ therockdose.com : Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Lenny" Guitar ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
