Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Nato il 3 Ottobre 1954 a Dallas, Texas, USA e morto il 27 Agosto 1990 a East Troy, Wisconsin, USA.
- Chitarrista Blues si avvicina alla musica e alla chitarra grazie al fratello più grande Jimmy (Futuro chitarrista dei Fabulous Thunderbids) e all'ascolto della collezione di dischi (Albert King, Otis Rush, Lonnie Mack...) che Jimmy possedeva. Muove i primi passi come chitarrista insieme al fratello in bands scolastiche prima di trasferirsi a Austin nel 1972, il primo gruppo di cui ha fatto parte fu quello dei Nightcrawlers per passare poi con Paul Ray & the Cobras con i quali nel 1974 registra L'album "Texas Clover". Nel 1977 forma i Triple Threat Revue insieme alla cantante Lou Ann Burton, dopo i primi successi nei locali dell'area di Austin il gruppo cambia nome in Double Trouble ( il nome viene preso dal titolo di un brano di Otis Rush); nel 1979 la Burton decide di lasciare per intraprendere la carriera solista, dal quel momento i Double Trouble diventano un trio con Stevie Ray oltre che chitarrista anche voce solista mentre la batteria viene affidata al Chris Layton e il basso a Tommy Shannon ( ex Johnny Winter). Il produttore Jerry Wexler si accorge di Vaughan su indicazione di Mick Jagger, e lo porta al Festival Jazz di Montreux nel 1982 , l'esibizione ha tale risonanza che David Bowie decide di ingaggiare Stevie Ray per la registrazione del suo disco "Let's Dance" e per il tour mondiale conseguente all'album; ma a metà tour Vaughan abbandona Bowie perché non appagato nel suonare un genere di musica a lui poco congeniale. Grazie al produttore John Hammond Sr. finalmente nel 1983 incide il suo primo album "Texas Flood", Vaughan ha 28 anni ed è in piena maturità artistica i suoi assolli di chitarra sono travolgenti, dimostra una padronanza tecnica dello strumento eccezionale e la voce grintosa si adatta al rauco feeling per il Blues. Nel 1984 il secondo album "Couldn't Stand The Weather" vende più del primo e entra in classifica nei primi trenta diventando disco d'oro; in questo disco l'influenza di Hendrix è determinante e la versione di "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" non è la solita imitazione di Jimi ma è un vero capolavoro.
- "Soul To Soul" del 1985 vede l'inserimento nel gruppo del tastierista Reese Wynans considerato come il quarto Double Trouble. In questo periodo all'apice della bravura e della fama partecipa ad album di altri artisti come Johnny Copeland (Texas Twister), James Brown (Gravity), A.C.Reed, Marcia Ball ( Soulfull Dress) e con uno dei suoi idoli Lonnie Mack (Strike Like Lightning). L'esibizione di Montreux Incisa sull'album "Blues Explosion" gli fa vincere un GRAMMY. Purtroppo gli abusi di alcol e droghe fanno crollare la creatività artistica di Stevie ma le sue esibizioni dal vivo sono sempre eccezionali e durante una di queste viene colto dal collasso, il ricovero in ospedale e il successivo periodo di disintossicazione, in un centro della Georgia, lo tengono lontano dalle scene. Il ritorno in studio nel 1989 coincide con l'uscita di "In Step" con il quale vince il suo secondo GRAMMY grazie anche al record di vendite superando il milione di copie. Nel 1990 Stevie collabora con suo fratello al disco di Dylan "Under The Red Sky" poi insieme incidono il deludente "Family Style". Il 27 Agosto sempre del 1990 dopo aver partecipato ad un concerto con Eric Clapton, Robert Cray e Buddy Guy, sale su un elicottero che lo dovrebbe portare a Chicago ma subito dopo il decollo il veivolo si schianta contro una collina causa la fitta nebbia che imperversava sulla zona. Lo stile inconfondibile di Stevie Ray Vaughan ha segnato in forma indelebile la musica Rock Blues degli anni ottanta riconducendo molti all'ascolto del Blues che in quel periodo non godeva certo di molti estimatori tra i giovani che si accostavano per la prima volta alla musica. Anche Vaughan come altri grandi chitarristi (Roy Buchanan, Mike Bloonfield, Danny Gatton, Duane Allman e Jimi Hendrix) è stato vittima della maledizione che però lo ha fatto entrare di diritto nella leggenda.
La Discografia- TEXAS FLOOD
(1983 Epic USA): LOVE STRUCK BABY / PRIDE AND JOY / TEXAS
FLOOD / TELL ME / TESTIFY / RUDE MOOD
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB / DIRTY POOL / I'M CRYIN' / LENNY - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1982 Atlantic
USA):
BLUES EXPLOSION (LIVE AT MONTREUX 1982) - COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER (1984 Epic USA):
- SCUTTLE BUTTIN' / COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER / THE
THINGS(THAT)I USED TO DO
VOODOO CHILE(Slight Return) / COLD SHOT / TIN PAN ALLEY / HONEY BEE / STANG'S SWANG - SOUL TO SOUL (1985
Epic USA): SAY WHAT! / LOOKIN' OUT THE WINDOW
LOOK AT LITTLE SISTER / AIN'T GONE 'N' GIVE UP ON LOVE / GONE HOME / CHANGE IT
YOU'LL BE MINE / EMPTY ARMS / COME ON (Part III) / LIFE WITHOUT YOU - LIVE ALIVE (1986 Epic USA):
AIN'T GONE'N' GIVE UP ON LOVE / CHANGE IT / COLD SHOT
I'M LEAVING YOU(COMMIT A CRIME) / LIFE WITHOUT YOU / LOOK A LITTLE SISTER
LOVE STRUCK BABY / MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB / PRIDE AND JOY / SAY WHAT
SUPERSTITION / TEXAS FLOOD / VOODOO CHILE / WILLIE THE WIMP - IN STEP (1989
Epic USA): THE HOUSE IS ROCKIN' / CROSSFIRE / TIGHTROPE
LET ME LOVE YOU BABY / LEAVE MY GIRL ALONE / TRAVIS WALK / WALL OF DENIAL
SCRATCH-N-SNIFF / LOVE ME DARLIN' / RIVIERA PARADISE - FAMILY STYLE (1990 Epic USA)
With JIMMY VAUGHAN: WHITE BOOTS
HILLBILLIES FROM OUTERSPACE / BA BOOM / MAMA SAID / TICK TOCK / GOOD TEXAN
BROTHERS / D-FM / LONG WAY FROM HOME / TELEPHONE SONG / HARD TO BE - SOMEWHERE OVER THE
RAINBOW (BOOTLEG 1990): SHUFFLE /
TESTIFY / VOODOO CHILE Slight Return / HONEY BEE / COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER /
COLD SHOT / TEAXS FLOOD / PRIDE AND JOY / RUDE MOOD / - IN ITALY (BOOTLEG
1991): COULDN'T STAND YHE WEATHER / LITTLE SISTER
LOOKING AT YOUR WINDOW / MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB / PRIDE AND JOY / SAY WHAT'S
SUPERSTITION / WILLIE THE WIMP / TEXAS FLOOD - ONE OF THE
LAST (BOOTLEG 1991): RIVIERA PARADISE /
COLD SHOT / CROSSFIRE
HOUSE IS A ROCKIN' / LEAVE MY LITTLE GIRL ALONE / LET ME LOVE YOU / LITTLE SISTER
SUPERSTITION / TEXAS FLOOD / TIGHTROPE / VOODOO CHILE / WALL OF THE DENIAL
UP
FROM THE SKY (BOOTLEG
199?): RUDE MOOD / PRIDE AND JOY / TESTIFY / VOODOO CHILE /
AIN'T GONE 'n' GIVE UP ON LOVE / PRIDE AND JOY / LIFE WITHOUT YOU / LOVE STRUCK
BABY
SAY WHAT / CHANGE IT / SLIP SLIDIN' SLIM / COME ON (Part III) / HANGNAILS AND
BOOGERS
TRIPLE TROUBLE (BOOTLEG
199?): TEXAS FLOOD/STORMY MONDAY
BLUES/INSTRUMENTAL JAM 1/
INSTRUMENTAL JAM 2/PRIDE AND JOY/ASK ME NO QUESTIONS/OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN/
IT'S CALLED THE BLUES/MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB/LEAVE
MY LITTLE GIRL ALONE
- THE SKY IS CRYING (1991 Epic
USA): BOOT HILL / CHITLINS CON CARNE
CLOSE TO YOU / EMPTY ARMS / LIFE BY THE DROP / LITTLE WING
MAY I HAVE A TALK WITH YOU / SO EXCITED / THE SKY IS CRYING / WHAM - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1991 Alligator
USA)
20th ANNIVERSARY ALLIGATOR With A.C.REED: THESE BLUES IS KILLING ME - TWO
(VAUGHAN)HEARTS... (BOOTLEG 1993) With THE FABULOUS
THUNDERBIDRS:
CHANGE IT / COME ON / HOW DO YOU SPELL LOVE / I BELIEVE I'M IN LOVE
LOOK AT LITTLE SISTER / LOOK AT THAT / LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW
LOVE STRUCK BABY / MY BABE / ONE'S TOO MANY / POWERFUL STUFF
PRETTY BABY / PRIDE AND JOY / RUNNIN' SHOES / SHE'S TUFF / TEAR IT UP
TUFF ENUFF / WHY GET UP - IN THE BEGINNING (1992 Epic
USA): IN THE OPEN / ALL YOUR LOVE I MISS LOVING
LIVE ANOTHER DAY / LOVE STRUCK BABY / SHAKE FOR ME / SLIDE THING
TELL ME / THEY CALL ME GUITAR HURRICANE / TIN PAN ALLEY - FEATHERS
(BOOTLEG 1993): EMPTY ARMS / WHAM! / HUG YOU, SQUEEZE YOU /
LENNY
SO EXCITED / TIN PAN ALLEY / CHANGE IT / COME ON / LIVE ANOTHR DAY
LIFE WITHOUT YOU / SCUTTLE BUTTIN' / SAY WHAT! / LOOKIN' OUT THE WINDOW
SCUTTLE BUTTIN'(Solo Version) / DIRTY POOL - THE FIRST THUNDER
(BOOTLEG 1993): RUDE MOOD / DIRTY POOL / I'M CRYIN'
YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME BABY / PRIDE AND JOY / LOVE STRUCK BABY
NATURAL BORN LOVER / TINA NINA NU / SCRATCH MY BACK / I'LL CHANGE
SHAKE A HAND, SHAKE A HAND / OH BABY / SUGAR COATED LOVE
LOVE IN VAIN / YOU CAN HAVE MY HUSBAND BUT PLEASE DON'T MESS WITH MY MAN
MY BABY'S GONE - GREATEST HITS (1995):
TAXMAN / TEXAS FLOOD / THE HOUSE IS ROCKIN' / PRIDE AND JOY
TIGHTROPE / LITTLE WING / CROSSFIRE / CHANGE IT / COLD SHOT
COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1996 Alligator USA):
- 25TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION With LONNIE MACK: IF YOU HAVE TO KNOW
- LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL (1997):
SCUTTLE BUTTIN' / TESTIFYIN' / LOVE STRUCK BABY
HONEY BEE / COLD SHOT / LETTER TO MY GIRLFRIEND / DIRTY POOL
PRIDE AND JOY / THE THINGS THAT I USED TO DO / C.O.D. / ICED OVER
LENNY / RUDE MOOD
THE HOUSE IS ROCKIN'
(BOOTLEG 1997): THE HOUSE IS ROCKIN' / TIGHTROPE /
LOOK AT LITTLE SISTER / TEXAS FLOOD / LEAVE MY GIRL ALONE / WALL OF DENIAL /
SUPERSTITION / COLD SHOT / LIFE WITHOUT YOU / CROSSFIRE / VOODOO CHILE
IN STEP (Remastered 1999): THE
HOUSE IS ROCKIN' / CROSSFIRE / TIGHTROPE
LET ME LOVE YOU BABY / LEAVE MY GIRL ALONE / TRAVIS WALK / WALL OF DENIAL
SCRATCH-N-SNIFF / LOVE ME DARLIN' / RIVIERA PARADISE
(Bonus Track):THE HOUSE IS ROCKIN'(Live) / LET ME LOVE YOU BABY (Live)
TEXAS FLOOD (Live) / LIFE WITHOUT YOU (Live)
- TEXAS FLOOD (Remastered 1999):
LOVE STRUCK BABY / PRIDE AND JOY
TEXAS FLOOD / TELL ME / TESTIFY / RUDE MOOD / MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
DIRTY POOL / I'M CRYIN' / LENNY
(Bonus Track):TIN PAN ALLEY (aka Roughest Place In Town)
TESTIFY (Live) / MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB (Live) / WHAM! (Live) - COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER
(Remastered 1999): SCUTTLE BUTTIN'
COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER / THE THINGS(THAT)I USED TO DO
VOODOO CHILE(Slight Return) / COLD SHOT
TIN PAN ALLEY (aka Roughest Place In Town) / HONEY BEE / STANG'S SWANG
(Bonus Track):HIDE AWAY / LOOK AT LITTLE SISTER / GIVE ME BACK MY WIG
COME ON (Part III) - SOUL TO SOUL (Remastered 1999):
SAY WHAT ! / LOOKIN' OUT THE WINDOW
LOOK AT LITTLE SISTER / AIN'T GONE 'N' GIVE UP ON LOVE / GONE HOME
CHANGE IT / YOU'LL BE MINE / EMPTY ARMS / COME ON (Part III) / LIFE WITHOUT YOU
(Bonus Track):LITTLE WING / THIRD STONE FROM THE SUN / SLIP SLIDIN' SLIM - IN SESSION (1999)
With ALBERT KING: CALL IT STORMY MONDAY / PRIDE AND JOY
ASK ME NO QUESTIONS / BLUES AT SUNRISE / OVERALL JUNCTION / MATCH BOX BLUES
DON'T LIE TO ME - BLUES AT SUNRISE (2000):
AIN'T GONE'N'GIVE UP ON LOVE / LEAVE MY GIRL ALONE
TIN PAN ALLEY (aka Roughest Place In Town) featuring JOHNNY COPELAND(Live) - CHITLINS CON CARNE / THE THINGS (THAT) I USED TO DO / THE SKY IS CRYING /
- TEXAS FLOOD (Live) / MAY I HAVE A TALK WITH YOU / DIRTY POOL / BLUES AT SUNRISE (Live)
- featuring ALBERT KING
- SRV
- (Box 3 CD + DVD) (2000):
Disc 1:
THUNDERBIRD - Paul Ray & The Cobras Featuring
Stevie Ray Vaughan
- I'M CRYIN' - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME BABY - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- THEY CALL ME GUITAR HURRICANE (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- ALL YOUR LOVE MISS LOVING YOU (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- COME ON (Part III - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- LETTER TO MY GIRLFRIEND - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- LENNY Stevie Ray Vaughan Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- DON'T LOSE YOUR COOL (Live - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- CROSSCUT SAW (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- MANIC DEPRESSION (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- TEXAS FLOOD (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- COLLIN'S SHUFFLE (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- PRIDE AND JOY - Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- LOVE STRUCK BABY (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- HUG YOU, SQEEZE YOU (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- DON'T STOP BY THE CREEK, SON - Johnny Copeland With Stevie Ray Vaughan
- ASK ME NO QUESTIONS - Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan
Disc 2: - SCUTTLE BUTTIN' - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- EMPTY ARMS - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- LITTLE WING / THIRD STONE FROM THE SUN (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- IF YOU HAVE TO KNOW - Lonnie Mack With Stevie Ray Vaughan
- THESE BLUES IS KILLING ME - A.C.Reed With Stevie Ray Vaughan
- BOILERMAKER - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- CHANGE IT - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- SHAKE 'N BAKE - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- I'M LEAVIN' YOU (Commit A Crime) (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- RUDE MOOD / PIPELINE (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Jimmie Vaughan
- THE SKY IS CRYING (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- VOODOO CHILE (Slight Return) (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan
& Double Trouble
Disc 3: - LOOKIN' OUT THE WINDOW (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- LOOK AT LITTLE SISTER (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- WILLIE THE WIMP (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- THE HOUSE IS ROCKIN' - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- CROSSFIRE (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- WALL OF DENIAL - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- DIRTY POOL - Stevie Ray Vaughan
- GOIN' DOWN (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Jeff Beck
- RUDE MOOD (Live Umplugged) - Stevie Ray Vaughan
- PRIDE AND JOY (Live Umplugged) - Stevie Ray Vaughan
- TESTIFY (Live Umplugged) - Stevie Ray Vaughan
- LONG WAY FROM HOME - The Vaughan Brothers
- TIGHTROPE (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- COLD SHOT (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- THE THINGS (THAT) I USED TO DO (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- LET ME LOVE YOU BABY (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- LEAVE MY GIRL ALONE (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan &
Double Trouble
DVD: - MAY I HAVE A TALK WITH YOU (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- LOOK AT LITTLE SISTER (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- VOODOO CHILE (Slight Return) (Live) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- LIVE AT MONTREUX 1982 & 1985 (2001):
Disc One 1982 - HIDE AWAY / RUDE MOOD /
PRIDE AND JOY / TEXAS FLOOD / LOVE STRUCK BABY / DIRTY POOL / GIVE ME BACK MY WIG /
COLLINS SHUFFLE / Disc Two 1985 - SCUTTLE BUTTIN' / SAY WHAT ! /
AIN'T GONE N' GIVE UP ON LOVE / PRIDE AND JOY / MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB /
TIN PAN ALLEY (With Johnny Copeland) / VOODOO CHILE (Slight Return) / TEXAS FLOOD /
LIFE WITHOUT YOU / GONE HOME / COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER
APPARIZIONI SU ALBUM DI ALTRI ARTISTI:
A New Hi - Cast Of Thousands, 1971
Texas Twister - Johnny Copeland, 1983
Soulful Dress - Marcia Ball, 1983
Let's Dance- David Bowie, 1983
Twilight Time - Bennie Wallace, 1985
Strike Like Lightning - Lonnie Mack, 1985
Living For A Song - Roy Head, 1985
Heartbeat - Don Johnson, 1986
Gravity - James Brown, 1986
Famous Blue Raincoat - Jennifer Warnes, 1986
Emerald City - Teena Marie, 1986
I'm In The Wrong Business - A.C.Reed, 1987
Characters - Stevie Wonder, 1987
Loaded Dice - Bill Careter, 1988
Distant Drums - Brian Slawson, 1988
Under The Red Sky - Bob Dylan, 1990
Bird Nest On The Ground - Doyle Bramhall, 1994