Stevie Ray Vaughan & Friends
"Solos, Sessions ANd Encore"
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August 18 - 24, 2024
Year of Release: 2007
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"The Sky Is Crying" (Live)
SRV & Albert King
B.B. King
Paul Butterfield
"Soulful Dress"
SRV & Marcia Ball
"Don't Stop By
The Creek Son"
SRV & Johnny Copeland
"Miami Strut"
SRV & A.C. Reed
"Na-Na-Ne-Na-Nay"
SRV & Bill Carter
"Goin' Down" (Live)
SRV & Jeff Beck
"Oreo Cookie Blues" (Live)
SRV & Lonnie Mack
"On The Run" (Live)"
SRV & Katie Webster
"Albert's Shuffle" (Live)
SRV & Albert Collins
"Change It" (Live)
SRV & Jimmie Vaughan
"You Can Have
My Husband"
SRV & Lou Ann Barton
"Texas Flood" (Live)"SRV & Bonnie Raitt
"Pipeline"
SRV & Dick Dale
"Let's Dance"
SRV & David Bowie
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It's hard to believe that the anniversary date of when we lost Stevie Ray Vaughan on August 27, 1990 (34 years),
from a helicopter crash, shortly after he performed at Alpine Valley with Eric Clapton's touring entourage. We can only
imagine what he would have accomplished since. He had just sobered up, and had a new album In Step, and things
were definitely looking up for him at the time. After his death, many recordings were put together. Studio tracks and
live tracks. This week, we look at one of those albums, Solos, Sessions And Encores, released in 2007. It was #1
on Billboard's Blues Album chart in 2007, for 7 weeks. Of the 14 tracks, 7 were live, and 7 were studio.
Leading off this great set of music is "The Sky Is Crying," with help from Albert King, B.B. King and Paul
Butterfield. A great song, recorded by many, SRV does it quite beautifully with help from his friends, Albert, B.B. and Paul.
Marcia Ball provides vocals with SRV's help on "Soulful Dress." It's a great jumping blues tune. It's compared to
Bonnie Raitt (but wait, she's coming up later...) And, this song has a comparison to "High Heel Sneakers" (which I
remembered by Jerry Lee Lewis). "Don't Stop By The Creek Son" as Johnny Copeland provides the vocals, and it's
another jumping blues tune. Copeland' voice has the grit of a blues singer, just like Buddy Guy. The instrumental
Miami Strut" with A.C. Reed is more soulful, yet it has the Blues style. "Na-Na-Ne-Na-Nay" with Bill Carter
has an early ZZ Top Rock and Blues Top feel. "Goin' Down" with Jeff Beck - two great guitar legends. This live
track is more of a great Rock track, than the Blues. (Beck had recorded this song with his Jeff Beck Group, and Freddie
King had originally recorded it.) It's kind of sad to hear at the end - "Thank you. Take care of yourself, we'll see you
next time." Ooh, the slow blues is great to hear on "Oreo Cookie Blues," with Lonnie Mack.
The slow blues continues with "On The Run" with Katie Webster. The fast-paced 3-chord boogie has Albert Collins
helping out on "Albert's Shuffle." Stevie Ray's brother Jimmie Vaughan helps out on "Change It," and it's
mentioned that Jimmie was a member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds at the time. I'm sure it was an honor for both brothers
to play together, and they did released an album together, Family Style. Little did we know their recording
together would be limited, sadly. The bouncy 3-chord boogie is another great tune, with Lou Ann Barton - "You Can
Have My Husband.""Texas Flood" was one of SRV's greatest songs, and he gets help from another great Blues legend,
Bonnie Raitt. One of the greatest Rock instrumentals is "Pipeline" (most famous by The Chantays, and The Ventures).
Two great guitarists put their touches on this great instrumental -- SRV, and Dick Dale. "Let's Dance" with David
Bowie, is the original version from Bowie's album of the same name. SRV was unknown at the time when he helped on Bowie's
album, and the rest they say, is History.
Although we lost SRV, many of the talented artists on this album have also passed. I'm sure up in the Blues Heaven Hall
all of these artists with SRV are rocking up there: Albert King, B.B. King, Paul Butterfield, Johnny Copeland, A.C. Reed,
Jeff Beck, Lonnie Mack, Katie Webster, Albert Collins, Dick Dale, and David Bowie. Stevie Ray Vaughan has always been
a great talented guitarist. It's sad that he died tragically, and as mentioned, we always wonder what more he could have
done: More albums, both studio and live, and collaborating with the newest Blues artists, such as Joe Bonamassa, Kenny
Wayne Shepherd and more. But he left behind a great legacy of music for those who rememebered him, and for current and
future Blues artists to discover him. Long live Stevie Ray Vaughan. We're glad to have known you. He was inducted
posthumously in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2015, along with his band, Double Trouble.
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