The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
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The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble is a compilation album
of material by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble released in 2002 (see 2002 in music
). The album was released by Epic Records
and includes songs from 1980 to 1990 including several live tracks on two discs. In 2008, the album was re-released as part of the Limited Edition 3.0 series, with a third bonus disc containing six additional songs culled from studio albums.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
of material by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble released in 2002 (see 2002 in music
2002 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.-Events:*February 3 – U2 perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI...
). The album was released by Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
and includes songs from 1980 to 1990 including several live tracks on two discs. In 2008, the album was re-released as part of the Limited Edition 3.0 series, with a third bonus disc containing six additional songs culled from studio albums.
Disc One
- "Shake for Me" (live) (Willie DixonWillie DixonWilliam James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...
) – 3:51 (released on In the BeginningIn the Beginning (Stevie Ray Vaughan album)In the Beginning is an electric blues album performed live by Stevie Vaughan and Double Trouble . While the album was released about two years after Vaughan's death in 1990, the actual performance took place on April 1, 1980 at Steamboat 1874 in Austin, Texas, and was broadcast live on KLBJ-FM radio...
) - "Rude MoodRude Mood"Rude Mood" is the sixth track on Stevie Ray Vaughan's debut album Texas Flood. It is a blues shuffle instrumental in 4/4 and played at an extremely quick 264 beats per minute...
/Hide AwayHide Away"Hide Away" or "Hideaway" is a blues guitar instrumental that has become "a standard for countless blues and rock musicians performing today". First recorded in 1960 by Freddie King, the song became an R&B and pop chart hit...
" (live) (Vaughan, Freddie KingFreddie KingFreddie King , thought to have been born as Frederick Christian, originally recording as Freddy King, and nicknamed "the Texas Cannonball", was an influential African-American blues guitarist and singer. He is often mentioned as one of "the Three Kings" of electric blues guitar, along with Albert...
, Sonny ThompsonSonny ThompsonSonny Thompson was an American R&B bandleader and pianist, popular in the 1940s and 1950s.Born Alfonso Thompson in Centreville, Mississippi, he began recording in 1946, and in 1948 achieved two #1 R&B chart hits on the Miracle label – "Long Gone " and "Late Freight", both featuring saxophonist...
) – 4:58 (released on Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985) - "Love Struck BabyLove Struck Baby"Love Struck Baby" is a blues rock song performed by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Vaughan wrote the song about the night that he moved in with his then-wife, Lenny. The track was produced by Vaughan for the band's debut album Texas Flood, recorded in Los Angeles...
" (Vaughan) – 2:22 (released on Texas FloodTexas FloodTexas Flood was released on June 13, 1983, with two singles released from the album—"Pride and Joy" and "Love Struck Baby". "Pride and Joy" peaked at #20 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Texas Flood" was nominated for Best Traditional Blues Performance and "Rude Mood" was nominated for Best...
) - "Pride and Joy" (Vaughan) – 3:40 (released on Texas Flood)
- "Texas FloodTexas Flood (song)"Texas Flood" is a blues song recorded by Larry Davis in 1958. It is considered a blues standard and has been recorded by several artists, including Stevie Ray Vaughan, who made it part of his repertoire.-Original song:"Texas Flood" is a slow-tempo twelve-bar blues notated in 12/8 time in the key...
" (Larry Davis, Joseph Wade Scott) – 5:21 (released on Texas Flood) - "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (Buddy GuyBuddy GuyGeorge "Buddy" Guy is an American blues and jazz guitarist and singer. He is a critically acclaimed artist who has established himself as a pioneer of the Chicago blues sound, and has served as an influence to some of the most notable musicians of his generation...
) – 2:47 (released on Texas Flood) - "LennyLenny (Stevie Ray Vaughan song)"Lenny" is the tenth track on the first Stevie Ray Vaughan album Texas Flood. The song is in 4/4 time and is played very slowly and freely, as it was often played at live shows. The song itself was written and named for his wife at the time, Lenora. Vaughan also named one of his guitars "Lenny"...
" (Vaughan) – 4:57 (released on Texas Flood) - "Scuttle Buttin’" (Vaughan) – 1:51 (released on Couldn't Stand the WeatherCouldn't Stand the WeatherCouldn't Stand the Weather is the second studio album by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. It was released on May 15, 1984 by Epic Records as the follow-up to the band's critically and commercially successful 1983 album Texas Flood. Recording sessions took place in...
) - "Couldn't Stand the Weather" (Vaughan) – 4:41 (released on Couldn't Stand the Weather)
- "The Things (That) I Used To DoThe Things That I Used to Do"The Things That I Used to Do" is a blues song written by Guitar Slim and his 1953 recording of it in New Orleans, was arranged and produced by a young Ray Charles. It was released on Specialty Records in 1954 to become a bestseller...
" (Eddie JonesGuitar SlimEddie Jones , better known as Guitar Slim, was a New Orleans blues guitarist, from the 1940s and 1950s, best known for the million-selling song, produced by Johnny Vincent at Specialty Records, "The Things That I Used to Do"...
) – 4:54 (released on Couldn't Stand the Weather) - "Cold Shot" (Michael Kindred, W.C. Clark) – 4:01 (released on Couldn't Stand the Weather)
- "Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town)" (Robert GeddinsBob GeddinsRobert L. "Bob" Geddins was an American San Francisco Bay Area blues and rhythm and blues musician and record producer....
) – 9:12 (released on Couldn't Stand the Weather) - "Give Me Back My Wig" (T.R. TaylorHound Dog TaylorTheodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer.-Career:Taylor was born in Natchez, Mississippi in 1915 . He originally played piano, but began playing guitar when he was 20...
) – 4:07 (released on Couldn't Stand the Weather) - "Empty Arms" (Vaughan) – 3:29 (released on The Sky Is CryingThe Sky Is Crying (album)The Sky Is Crying is an electric blues album containing studio performances spanning most of the career of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble...
) - "The Sky Is CryingThe Sky Is Crying (song)"The Sky Is Crying" is a song that has become a blues standard. The song was written and recorded by Elmore James in 1959. Called "one of his most durable compositions", "The Sky Is Crying" became a R&B record chart hit and has been interpreted and recorded by numerous artists.-Original song:"The...
" (Live) (Elmore JamesElmore JamesElmore James was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and band leader. He was known as "the King of the Slide Guitar" and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.-Biography:James was born Elmore Brooks in the old Richland community in...
, Morris LevyMorris LevyMorris Levy was an American music industry executive, best known as the founder and owner of Roulette Records...
, Clarence Lewis) – 7:20 (live from Carnegie HallCarnegie HallCarnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
) - "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"Voodoo Child " is the closing track on Electric Ladyland, the third and final album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The song is known for its wah-wah-heavy guitar work. It is #101 on Rolling Stone's list of 500 greatest songs of all time....
" (Live) (Jimi HendrixJimi HendrixJames Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
) – 11:53 (live from Carnegie HallCarnegie HallCarnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
)
Disc Two
- "Say What!Say What!"Say What!" is a song written by American/Texan guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. It is the first track on his third studio album, Soul to Soul, and is noted for its extremely technical nature and heavy use of the wah-wah pedal....
" (Vaughan) – 5:23 (released on Soul to SoulSoul to Soul (album)Soul to Soul is the third studio album by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble released on September 30, 1985 by Epic Records. Recording sessions took place between March and May 1985 at the Dallas Sound Lab in Dallas, Texas. Vaughan wrote four of Soul to Souls ten tracks;...
) - "Look at Little Sister" (Hank BallardHank BallardHank Ballard , born John Henry Kendricks, was a rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of Hank Ballard and The Midnighters and one of the first proto-rock 'n' roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s...
) – 3:08 (released on Soul to Soul) - "Change It" (Doyle Bramhall) – 3:57 (released on Soul to Soul)
- "Come On (Part III)" (Earl KingEarl KingThis article is about the musical artist. For the Earl King convicted of murdering a ship's officer, see Earl King, Ernest Ramsay, and Frank Conner...
) – 4:30 (released on Soul to Soul) - "Life without You" (Vaughan) – 4:18 (released on Soul to Soul)
- "Little WingLittle Wing"Little Wing" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix. It was first recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience on their 1967 album Axis: Bold as Love...
" (Hendrix) – 6:48 (released on The Sky Is Crying) - "Willie the Wimp" (live) (Ruth Ellsworth-Carter, B. Carter) – 4:35 (released on Live AliveLive AliveFor the anime episode see Haruhi Suzumiya.Live Alive is an electric blues album compiled from four live performances by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. The performances were recorded on July 16, 1985 at the Montreux Jazz Festival; July 17-18, 1986 at the Austin Opera House; and July 19,...
) - "SuperstitionSuperstition (song)"Superstition" is a popular song written, produced, arranged, and performed by Stevie Wonder for Motown Records in 1972, when Wonder was 22 years old. It was the lead single for Wonder's Talking Book album, and released in many countries. It reached number one in the USA, and number one on the soul...
" (live) (Stevie WonderStevie WonderStevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
) – 4:41 (released on Live Alive) - "Leave My Girl Alone" (live) (Guy) – 4:47 (studio version released on In StepIn StepIn Step is the fourth studio album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble released in 1989. The title In Step can be seen as referring to Vaughan's new-found sobriety, following the years of drug and alcohol use that eventually led Vaughan into rehabilitation. It was also Vaughan's final album...
) - "The House Is Rockin’" (Vaughan, Bramhall) – 2:24 (released on In Step)
- "CrossfireCrossfire (song)"Crossfire" is the second track of Stevie Ray Vaughan's last album of his career, In Step. The song was written by Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton, Reese Wynans, Bill Carter, and Ruth Ellsworth. The song is played in 4/4 time and starts with drums and a bassline. The song was played often during the...
" (Carter, Chris Layton, Ellsworth-Carter, Reese Wynans, Tommy ShannonTommy ShannonTommy Shannon is an American bass guitarist best known as a member of the blues-rock group Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble and as an early bass player in Johnny Winter's band.-Biography:...
) – 4:10 (released on In Step) - "Tightrope" (Vaughan, Bramhall) – 4:39 (released on In Step)
- "Wall of Denial" (Vaughan, Bramhall) – 5:36 (released on In Step)
- "Riviera Paradise" (Vaughan) – 8:50 (released on In Step)
- "Telephone Song" (Vaughan, Bramhall) – 3:28 (released on Family StyleFamily StyleFamily Style is a blues-rock album by the Vaughan Brothers, released on September 25, 1990. The album features the brethren guitarists and vocalists, Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, in their only studio collaboration. In his early years, Stevie Ray Vaughan often remarked that he would like to do an...
) - "Long Way from Home" (Vaughan, Bramhall) – 3:15 (released on Family Style)
- "Life by the Drop" (Bramhall, Barbara Logan) – 2:27 (released on The Sky Is Crying)
Disc Three ["Limited Edition 3.0" release only]
- "Dirty Pool" (Vaughan) – 5:00 (released on Texas Flood)
- "I'm Cryin" (Vaughan) – 3:43 (released on Texas Flood)
- "Honey Bee" (Vaughan) – 2:42 (released on Couldn't Stand the Weather)
- "Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love" (Vaughan) – 6:07 (released on Soul to Soul)
- "You'll Be Mine" (Dixon) – 3:45 (released on Soul to Soul)
- "Scratch-N-Sniff" (Vaughan, Bramhall) – 2:42 (released on In Step)
Production for compilation
- Bob Irwin – producer
- Vic Anesini – mastering
- Steve Berkowitz – A&R
- John Jackson – project director
- Josh Cheuse – art direction and design
- Stephanie Chernikowski – cover photography, liner photos
- Alan Messer – liner photos
- Don Hunstein – liner photos
- David Gahr – photography
- Robert Matheu – photography
- James Minchin III – photography