Friday Night Blues Album Rock - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood

[cayugafalls]

For those that don't have time for the full album, the live version of the title track, Texas Flood, is posted first...it is amazing.

Texas Flood is the debut studio album by the American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, released on June 13, 1983 by Epic Records. The album was named after a cover featured on the album, "Texas Flood", which was first recorded by blues singer Larry Davis in 1958. Produced by the band and recording engineer Richard Mullen, Texas Flood was recorded in the space of three days at Jackson Browne's personal recording studio in Los Angeles. Vaughan wrote six of the album's ten tracks.

Two singles, "Love Struck Baby" and "Pride and Joy", were released from the album. A music video was made for "Love Struck Baby" and received regular rotation on MTV in 1983. Texas Flood was reissued in 1999 with five bonus tracks including an interview segment, studio outtake, and three live tracks recorded on September 23, 1983 at The Palace in Hollywood, California. The album was reissued again in 2013, with two CDs in celebration of the album's 30th anniversary. Disc 1 is the original album with one bonus track, "Tin Pan Alley". Disc 2 is a previously unreleased concert recorded at Ripley's Music Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 20, 1983.

Texas Flood received positive reviews, with critics praising the deep blues sound, and Vaughan’s songwriting, while some criticized the album for straying too far from mainstream rock. A retrospective review by AllMusic awarded it five out of five stars.

Wikipedia

Texas Flood Bonus LIVE Video (this is the most incredible live performance on YouTube)

Full Album

[patphil]

1. One of the best guitarists of all time.

I love his work. Texas Flood is a masterpiece.
Here's another one of my favorites; Stevie's rendition of Hendrix's "Little Wing"

[cayugafalls]

2. Hendrix had to approve...SRV nailed it.

Little Wing is another of those songs that simply are true guitar masterpieces of rock.

[pecosbob]

3. The man had hands strong enough to crush rock

His Tin Pan Alley...

[cayugafalls]

4. There is no bad live video of SRV...

Including Tin Pan Alley. Starting my day with the blues makes me anything but blue.

[Prairie_Seagull]

5. A true master. Thanks for posting. N/T