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In the Beginning

Artist: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Genre: Blues
Label: Sony
Release: Oct 1992
# of Discs: 1
Rating: 4.5 (37 votes)
UPC: 0074645316826
ASIN: B0000028V0
Personal Details
Date Added: 14 Jan 2007
Price: $11.98
Tracks
In The Open
Slide Thing
They Call Me Guitar Hurricane
All Your Love I Miss Loving
Tin Pan Alley
Love Struck Baby
Tell Me
Shake For Me
Live Another Day
Summary
This visceral live recording from April 1, 1980, was broadcast on radio from the Steamboat 1874 club in Stevie Ray Vaughan's adopted hometown, Austin, Texas. It circulated among collectors, and his manager used some of the tape as a demo before Vaughan was signed to Epic Records by John Hammond. Young Stevie Ray's performance bristles with uncorked energy. Vaughan is caught improvising on raw slide guitar, growling through Otis Rush's "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)," and pushing his fretboard speed and vocal limits on Guitar Slim's "They Call Me Guitar Hurricane." Also offered are unpolished versions of tunes that became fan favorites: "Tin Pan Alley," "Love Struck Baby," and "Tell Me." "--Ted Drozdowski"