Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Texas Flood
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Free Music Notes for Texas Flood
Free Music Review: Should come with a parental advisory sticker.
Hit: 5 Stars
Why? Is this album full of profanity? No. Is it filled with hateful and violent lyrics? No. Does it contain lewd sexual references? No again. Is it satanic or paganistic? Nope. If you play TEXAS FLOOD in the presence of children, will they try to get you to buy a guitar for them? Don't blame me. You've been warned.Yep, this album truly is a feast for the ears. All this album contains is a guitar player/singer, a bassist, and a drummer. Which is certainly more than enough when you consider that its SRV and the incredible Double Trouble. The songs range from honky-tonk blues ("Pride and Joy") to Chuck Berry style rock and roll ("Love Struck Baby") to a soft instrumental ("Lenny").
When SRV put this album out, he ceased merely being a great guitar player or even a guitar hero. He became a guitar deity much like Hendrix or Clapton. It doesn't just take years, it takes decades to acquire the level of proficiency that SRV displayed on this album. Every note that came out, either from his guitar or his voice, was put there for a reason. Nothing was wasted. It is especially impressive hearing the solo on the title track. SRV bends the strings in such a bizarre manner that it sounds like the tape was recording at the wrong speed. It somehow makes you of it being as both beautiful and technically impossible.
But sadly, SRV is no longer with us. However, he left us a bunch of great material behind for others to seek inspiration in. Hopefully, these future musicians will show SRV the same respect that he showed his own heroes.
Free Music Review: QUINTESSENTIAL STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN ! (the debut that rocked the blues world)
Hit: 5 Stars
Stevie Ray Vaughan's debut, Texas Flood (1983), was so extraordinary, it took everybody in the blues world by surprise when it was released, and it was also nominated for two Grammy Awards. Now, of course, it's no secret how unbelievably and dramatically great Stevie was when playing the guitar and singing the blues. Pride And Joy is the rocking blues that is SRV's most famous song, and it's a pure joy to listen to.
Well you've heard about love givin' sight to the blind
My baby's lovin' cause the sun to shine
She's my sweet little thing, she's my pride and joy
Texas Flood is an insanely good electric guitar blues, and Dirty Pool is a minor-key blues lament of love gone bad.
They say that life...Life is a game of give and take
I'm telling you one thing right now little baby
I won't be the one to pay for your mistake
Love Struck Baby is a Stevie Ray Vaughan penned classic, and there's a funky cool version of Mary Had A Little Lamb. The uptempo Rude Mood (nominated for a Grammy Award) and the slow, Hendrix-influenced Lenny are instrumental gems. Texas Flood is a solid album of spirited blues music from one of the greatest and most expressive guitarists of our time.
Free Music Review: stevie ray hit the spot!
Hit: 5 Stars
i got into guitar with bands like iron maiden and metallica and with them my love of guitar solos was born. however i liked more than just pure speed and technique, i needed emotion in my solos (that doesn't mean that speed has no emotion it's just different). however i didn't know the perfect band or artist to find it in. guns n roses was surprisingly bluesy to me but i knew there had to be more. i found many others like clapton, page, beck, blackmore, and even some of the delta blues. but those others sometimes lacked the raw energy that i had always given to my blues playing. then my dad recommended stevie ray vaughan and though the name was familiar i hesitated. but with texas flood i found the answer. stevie's wild form of the blues has all the moves i need to base my solos off of. i was blown away with his amazing talent and technique. he was no british blues copy nor a delta blues copy. he was texas style and i have all his cds and this one is still the best. i listen to a lot of guitarists from the late 80's shredd, jazz, and instrumental, to straight up blues. if you're looking to get a stevie ray cd or a great blues cd then look no further. i know i rambled on so i'll just say now buy it you will not regret it.Free Music Review: A Double Dose of the Blues
Hit: 5 Stars
Unfortunately I was not turned onto Stevie Ray unit just after his death. I had never heard of him, and actually started out with "In Step". This is the one artist who in my humble opinion has never put out a bad CD ... Never have I heard both a vicious soleful guitar linked with such a powerful voice. God must have needed to expand his band to take Stevie Ray so early, espeically after he had worked so hard to clean himself up. Stevie always gave credit to those who came before him, and you can hear in both his guitar playing and his singing how much fun he is having doing what he loved the most. I have read several accounts comparing Stevie Ray to others, but have never found his match. "Love Struck Baby", Pride and Joy", "Texas Flood" and "Tell Me" just leap out of my speakers. Whether honoring the likes of Buddy Guy, Albert & BB King or Jimi Hendrix, Stevie puts a spin on them that really clicks with me. If you want to hear music played the way it was meant to be played and heard, this is the artist to buy into. Of my over 30 years of music listening, Stevie is my #1 favorite artist of all time. This and his other CD's are well worth the money, and I dare you to not be tempted to play them over and over again.Free Music Review: Stevie Ray Vaughan = Awesome. Argue not.
Hit: 5 Stars
Okay, Texas Flood and Pride and Joy are, plain and simple, two of the greatest blues songs ever. His solo on Texas Flood shows just what a guy with enough talent could do with the simple Blues format, as does Pride and Joy. Two amazing songs...
...of course, the rest is mostly also great: Testify, Love Struck Baby, Rude Mood (one of the fastest songs ever, for the record) and Lenny are my favorites other than the first two songs, but there isn't a bad step on this album. Hell of a way to start your career! If this and Couldn't Stand the Weather aren't in your record collection, you must be insane! Seriously!
Oh, the bonus tracks are amazing, including an early version of Roughest Place in Town that positively OWNS, plus a few nice live songs (he plays Testify, Mary Had a Little Lamb and Wham!, the last of which shoulda been on the original album). Generally I don't like bonus tracks, but this is the exception.
Run off and buy this one. For some insane reason, I've been seeing alot of SRV in the bargain bins lately, but at least you'll find it cheap. Still, I'd probably pay more than full price for this one!