Stephen ("Stevie") Ray Vaughan, born in Dallas, Texas (October 3, 1954 – Au… Read Full Bio ↴Stephen ("Stevie") Ray Vaughan, born in Dallas, Texas (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American blues guitar legend, and is known as one of the most influential blues musicians in history.
Stevie Ray had been in numerous bands before joining blues rock combo Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble in the late 1970's.
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's debut album was released in 1983. The critically acclaimed Texas Flood (1983) featured the top-20 hit Pride and Joy and sold well in both blues and rock circles.
Stevie Ray Vaughan died August 27th, 1990 when his helicopter crashed into the Alpine Valley ski hill. He was on his way back from playing a guest appearance at an Eric Clapton concert at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin.
Adult life and career
Vaughan's first recording band was called Paul Ray and the Cobras. They played at clubs and bars in Austin during the mid-1970s, and released one single.[2] Vaughan later recorded two other singles under the band name The Cobras.[3] Stevie left the Cobras, leaving Denny Freeman still in his role of original lead guitarist, and formed Triple Threat in late 1975, which included bassist Jackie Newhouse, drummer Chris Layton, vocalist Lou Ann Barton, and sax player Johnny Reno. Barton left the band in 1978 to pursue a solo career, followed by Reno in 1979. The three remaining members started performing under the name Double Trouble, inspired by an Otis Rush song of the same name. Vaughan became the band's lead singer.
Tommy Shannon, the bass player on Johnny Winter's early albums, replaced Newhouse in 1981. A popular Austin act, Vaughan soon attracted the attention of musicians David Bowie and Jackson Browne. Both Browne and Bowie first caught Vaughan at the 1982 Montreux Jazz Festival, where some members of the audience booed the band because they disliked Double Trouble's hard blues sound; the crowd response was quite different when they were subsequently invited to headline "Blues Night" at the festival in 1985.
In November, 1982, Vaughan recorded in Jackson Browne's studio in downtown Los Angeles. The recordings were brought to the attention of A&R man John Hammond and became Double Trouble's critically acclaimed first album, Texas Flood (1983), produced by Hammond; it featured the Top 20 hit "Pride and Joy" and sold 500,000 copies, earning the band a gold record. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award, and its song "Rude Mood" was nominated for "Best Rock Instrumental". Vaughan won three categories in Guitar Player's readers poll: "Best New Talent", "Best Blues Album", and "Best Electric Blues Guitarist". He became the second guitarist to win three Guitar Player awards in one year (the first is Jeff Beck). Vaughan won the "Best Electric Blues Guitarist" award every year until 1991.
Also in 1983 Bowie featured Vaughan on his 1983 album Let's Dance.[4] Vaughan was asked to go on tour with Bowie, but declined so he could continue to play with Double Trouble. Reportedly, Vaughan, who was still driving a delivery truck to support himself, was furious when he saw Bowie pantomiming over Vaughan's guitar solo in the video for "Let's Dance".
The band's next album, Couldn't Stand the Weather, was recorded in January 1984. During mid-1984 Vaughan and Double Trouble made numerous TV appearances, performing on Rockpalast, MuchMusic, and Solid Gold.
During the Grammy Awards of 1984, Vaughan and George Thorogood presented Chuck Berry with a lifetime achievement award. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" from Couldn't Stand The Weather was nominated for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance".
The band played Carnegie Hall in New York City on October 4, 1984. The show featured one Double Trouble set, and a second with guests Dr. John on keyboards, George Rains on drums, Jimmie Vaughan on guitar, Roomful of Blues Horns, and singer Angela Strehli. The group rehearsed in September 1984 at the Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth, Texas.
In November, Vaughan won two W.C. Handy National Blues Awards: "Entertainer of the Year" and "Blues Instrumentalist of the Year". It was the first time a white person won either award. During this time, he also began recording with one of his earliest idols, blues-rock guitar pioneer Lonnie Mack, to produce the album Strike Like Lightning on the Alligator label.
In late January 1985, the band went on a six-night Japanese tour with various interviews and performances. In March, the band started to produce their third album Soul to Soul. Reese Wynans, a former keyboardist with Captain Beyond and Delbert McClinton's band, was added to the band not long after. The album's production lasted for two months. On April 10 Vaughan played "The Star Spangled Banner" for opening day of the National League baseball season at the Houston Astrodome (supposedly he didn't get a good audience response from that crowd; he did, at least, get to meet former New York Yankee great Mickey Mantle afterwards). Soul to Soul was released on September 30, 1985; Vaughan received his fifth Grammy nomination: "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" for one of its songs, "Say What!".
In the following months of 1986, Vaughan and Double Trouble went on tour in New Zealand. It was around this time that he met Janna Lapidus, a touring model in New Zealand.
In mid-1986, the band was considering ideas of a new album, particularly a live album. Shows were set up at the Austin Opera House and at the Dallas Starfest. Audiences saw Vaughan struggle through these shows, as some of the original recordings were filled with technical difficulties.
On August 27, 1986, the Vaughan brothers' father, Big Jim, passed away of heart failure. A funeral was arranged two days later. The boys rushed home to comfort their mother, yet had little time to mourn. After the funeral was finished, a jet rushed Vaughan to Montreal, Quebec, where he played the "Labatt Blues Fest" (in Quebec, so named for their flagship beer "Labatt Blue"), known elsewhere as the "Miller Beer Festival" in Jarry Park.
The recordings in both Dallas and Austin, as well as the Montreux Jazz Festival, were edited and later released on Live Alive in November 1986.
Studio Albums:
Texas Flood (1983)
Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984)
Soul to Soul (1985)
In Step (1989)
Family Style (with Brother Jimmie Vaughan as "The Vaughan Brothers", 1990)
The Sky Is Crying (posthumous release) (1991)
Official live audio releases:
In the Beginning (Live, recorded 1980)
In Session (Live, with Albert King, recorded 1983)
Live at Carnegie Hall (Live, recorded 1984)
Live Alive (Live, recorded 1986)
Live At Montreux 1982 & 1985' (Live, recorded 1982 & 1985)
Wolfgang's Vault releases: http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/stevie-ray-vaughan
Compilations:
Greatest Hits (1995)
The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (1995)
The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 2 (1999)
Blues at Sunrise (2000)
SRV (box set, with early recordings, rarities, hits, and live material) (2000)
Stevie Ray had been in numerous bands before joining blues rock combo Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble in the late 1970's.
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's debut album was released in 1983. The critically acclaimed Texas Flood (1983) featured the top-20 hit Pride and Joy and sold well in both blues and rock circles.
Stevie Ray Vaughan died August 27th, 1990 when his helicopter crashed into the Alpine Valley ski hill. He was on his way back from playing a guest appearance at an Eric Clapton concert at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin.
Adult life and career
Vaughan's first recording band was called Paul Ray and the Cobras. They played at clubs and bars in Austin during the mid-1970s, and released one single.[2] Vaughan later recorded two other singles under the band name The Cobras.[3] Stevie left the Cobras, leaving Denny Freeman still in his role of original lead guitarist, and formed Triple Threat in late 1975, which included bassist Jackie Newhouse, drummer Chris Layton, vocalist Lou Ann Barton, and sax player Johnny Reno. Barton left the band in 1978 to pursue a solo career, followed by Reno in 1979. The three remaining members started performing under the name Double Trouble, inspired by an Otis Rush song of the same name. Vaughan became the band's lead singer.
Tommy Shannon, the bass player on Johnny Winter's early albums, replaced Newhouse in 1981. A popular Austin act, Vaughan soon attracted the attention of musicians David Bowie and Jackson Browne. Both Browne and Bowie first caught Vaughan at the 1982 Montreux Jazz Festival, where some members of the audience booed the band because they disliked Double Trouble's hard blues sound; the crowd response was quite different when they were subsequently invited to headline "Blues Night" at the festival in 1985.
In November, 1982, Vaughan recorded in Jackson Browne's studio in downtown Los Angeles. The recordings were brought to the attention of A&R man John Hammond and became Double Trouble's critically acclaimed first album, Texas Flood (1983), produced by Hammond; it featured the Top 20 hit "Pride and Joy" and sold 500,000 copies, earning the band a gold record. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award, and its song "Rude Mood" was nominated for "Best Rock Instrumental". Vaughan won three categories in Guitar Player's readers poll: "Best New Talent", "Best Blues Album", and "Best Electric Blues Guitarist". He became the second guitarist to win three Guitar Player awards in one year (the first is Jeff Beck). Vaughan won the "Best Electric Blues Guitarist" award every year until 1991.
Also in 1983 Bowie featured Vaughan on his 1983 album Let's Dance.[4] Vaughan was asked to go on tour with Bowie, but declined so he could continue to play with Double Trouble. Reportedly, Vaughan, who was still driving a delivery truck to support himself, was furious when he saw Bowie pantomiming over Vaughan's guitar solo in the video for "Let's Dance".
The band's next album, Couldn't Stand the Weather, was recorded in January 1984. During mid-1984 Vaughan and Double Trouble made numerous TV appearances, performing on Rockpalast, MuchMusic, and Solid Gold.
During the Grammy Awards of 1984, Vaughan and George Thorogood presented Chuck Berry with a lifetime achievement award. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" from Couldn't Stand The Weather was nominated for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance".
The band played Carnegie Hall in New York City on October 4, 1984. The show featured one Double Trouble set, and a second with guests Dr. John on keyboards, George Rains on drums, Jimmie Vaughan on guitar, Roomful of Blues Horns, and singer Angela Strehli. The group rehearsed in September 1984 at the Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth, Texas.
In November, Vaughan won two W.C. Handy National Blues Awards: "Entertainer of the Year" and "Blues Instrumentalist of the Year". It was the first time a white person won either award. During this time, he also began recording with one of his earliest idols, blues-rock guitar pioneer Lonnie Mack, to produce the album Strike Like Lightning on the Alligator label.
In late January 1985, the band went on a six-night Japanese tour with various interviews and performances. In March, the band started to produce their third album Soul to Soul. Reese Wynans, a former keyboardist with Captain Beyond and Delbert McClinton's band, was added to the band not long after. The album's production lasted for two months. On April 10 Vaughan played "The Star Spangled Banner" for opening day of the National League baseball season at the Houston Astrodome (supposedly he didn't get a good audience response from that crowd; he did, at least, get to meet former New York Yankee great Mickey Mantle afterwards). Soul to Soul was released on September 30, 1985; Vaughan received his fifth Grammy nomination: "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" for one of its songs, "Say What!".
In the following months of 1986, Vaughan and Double Trouble went on tour in New Zealand. It was around this time that he met Janna Lapidus, a touring model in New Zealand.
In mid-1986, the band was considering ideas of a new album, particularly a live album. Shows were set up at the Austin Opera House and at the Dallas Starfest. Audiences saw Vaughan struggle through these shows, as some of the original recordings were filled with technical difficulties.
On August 27, 1986, the Vaughan brothers' father, Big Jim, passed away of heart failure. A funeral was arranged two days later. The boys rushed home to comfort their mother, yet had little time to mourn. After the funeral was finished, a jet rushed Vaughan to Montreal, Quebec, where he played the "Labatt Blues Fest" (in Quebec, so named for their flagship beer "Labatt Blue"), known elsewhere as the "Miller Beer Festival" in Jarry Park.
The recordings in both Dallas and Austin, as well as the Montreux Jazz Festival, were edited and later released on Live Alive in November 1986.
Studio Albums:
Texas Flood (1983)
Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984)
Soul to Soul (1985)
In Step (1989)
Family Style (with Brother Jimmie Vaughan as "The Vaughan Brothers", 1990)
The Sky Is Crying (posthumous release) (1991)
Official live audio releases:
In the Beginning (Live, recorded 1980)
In Session (Live, with Albert King, recorded 1983)
Live at Carnegie Hall (Live, recorded 1984)
Live Alive (Live, recorded 1986)
Live At Montreux 1982 & 1985' (Live, recorded 1982 & 1985)
Wolfgang's Vault releases: http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/stevie-ray-vaughan
Compilations:
Greatest Hits (1995)
The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (1995)
The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 2 (1999)
Blues at Sunrise (2000)
SRV (box set, with early recordings, rarities, hits, and live material) (2000)
Call It Stormy Monday
Stevie Ray Vaughan Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Call It Stormy Monday' by these artists:
Albert Collins They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
Albert Collins B.B. King They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
Albert Collins; B.B. King They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
Albert King They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday is as just…
Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan They call it stormy Monday But Tuesday's just as bad They ca…
Albert King feat. Stevie Ray Vaughan They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan They call it stormy Monday, But Tuesday's just as bad The…
B. B. King & Albert Collins They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
B. B. King/Albert Collins They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
B.B. King & Stevie Ray Vaughan They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
B.B. King Albert Collins They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
B.B. King Feat. Albert Collins They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
B.B. King w Albert Collins They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
BB King & Albert Collins They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
Marlena Shaw They call it stormy Monday but Tuesday's just as bad They…
Nancy Wilson They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
Stevie Ray Vaughan / Albert King They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
T-Bone Walker They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
T-Bone Walker And His Guitar They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
T‐Bone Walker They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
Walker T-Bone They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad They…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Stevie Ray Vaughan:
Ain I ain't gone 'n' give up on love, love won't…
All Your Love Day by day, night after night Blinded by the neon lights Hur…
All Your Love I Miss Loving Wo the love I miss lovin'. All the kiss I miss…
Blues at Sunrise When the sunrise in the east, lover It set deeply in…
Boot Hill Look up on the wall baby....hand me down my shootin'…
C.O.D Come to me baby, come to me C.O.D. Come to me…
C.O.D. Come to me baby, come to me C.O.D. Come to me…
Change It You can't change it Can't rearrange it If time is all that…
Close to You I wanna be close to you baby, as I can…
Cold Shot Once was a sweet thang baby, held out love in…
Come On People talkin' but they just don't know What's in my heart…
Come On Part III People talkin' but they just don't know What's in my heart…
Come on Pt. III People talkin' but they just don't know What's in my heart…
Couldn Comin' through this business of life ? needed to Ain't so …
Couldn't Stand The Weather Runnin' through this business of life Raisin' sand if I'm ne…
Crosscut Saw I'm a crosscut saw Baby, drag me across your log I'm a…
Crossfire Day by day, night after night Blinded by the neon lights Hur…
Dirty Pool True love is gone, I's been played for a fool True…
Don Don't stop by the creek, son, that's what my Daddy…
Empty Arms You're gonna miss me little darlin' the day that I'm…
Give Me Back My Wig Give me back my wig, honey let your head go…
GOIN Well I'm going down Down, down, down, down, down I'm going…
Gone I ain't gone 'n' give up on love, love won't…
Guitar Hurricane Well they call me hurricane an' I've come to play…
Hard to Be It's hard to be It's hard for me to keep arm's…
Honey Bee Like a queen bee's honey you as sweet as can…
Hug God knows I love you baby, tell the world I…
I Well now sittin' here so lonely, feelin' oh so blue My…
I'll Change You can't change it Can't re-arrange it If time is all that…
I'm Cryin' Well now sittin' here so lonely, feelin' oh so blue My…
I'm Leaving You I'm leavin' you woman....before i commit some crime I'm leav…
If You Have to Know Got my head on my shoulders, my feet on the…
Leave My Girl Alone You better leave, you better leave my little girl alone You…
Let Oo wee baby I declare you sure look fine Oo wee…
Let Me Love You Baby Oowee baby, I declare you sure look fine Oowee baby, I…
Let's Dance Ah, ah, ah, ah Let's dance Let's dance Let's dance Put…
Letter To My Girlfriend I wants to know what your doin' tonight Wish i could…
Life by the Drop Hello there, my old friend Not so long ago it was…
Life Without You Well hello baby, tell me how have you been We all…
Little Sister Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey mama look at little sis Out…
Little Wing Well she's walking through the clouds With a circus mind tha…
Live Another Day Well now sittin' here so lonely....feelin' oh so blue My ba…
Live Without You Oo oo now baby... tell me how have you been We…
Long Way From Home Look over here....look over there Look all around me everywh…
Look at Little Sister Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey mama look at little sis Out…
Lookin Well I'm lookin' out the window, I'm lookin' at you Yeah…
Looking At Your Window Well I'm lookin' out the window, I'm lookin' at you Yeah…
Love Me Darlin' Well now tell me darlin', may I have a talk…
Love Struck Baby Well I'm a love struck baby I must confess Life without…
Lovestruck Well i′m a love struck baby i must confess Life without…
Manic Depression Manic depression is touching my soul I know what I want,…
Mary Had A Little Lamb Mary had a little lamb His fleece was white as snow,…
May I have a little talk with you Well now now darlin' may a have a little talk…
Natural Born Lover I've done got over, yes I've done got over at…
Pride & Joy Well you've heard about love givin' sight to the blind My…
Say What Soul to soul, soul to soul, soul to soul, soul…
Scratch my back Give me back my wig, honey let your head go…
Scratch n They were two lonely folks doin' the do's and don'ts And…
Scratch n' Sniff They were two lonely folks doin' the do's and don'ts And…
Scuttle Buttin' [Instrumental]…
Shake for Me Well it sho look good but it... don't mean a…
Sky Is Crying The sky is crying, Can you see the tears roll down…
So Excited As far as I know, the only time Stevie sang…
SRV Speaks Let′s talk a bit about texas R&B and blues Maybe to…
Superstition Very superstitious, writing on the wall Very superstitious,…
Sweet Home Chicago Come on, baby don't you want to go Come on, baby…
Taxman Let me tell you how it will be There's one for…
Telephone Song Woke up this morning I was all alone saw your…
Tell Me Well now tell me, what in the world can be…
Texas Flood Well there's floodin' down in Texas All of the telephone lin…
The House is a Rocking Well, the house is a-rockin' Don't bother knockin' Yeah th…
The House Is Rockin Well the house is a rockin' don't bother knockin' Yeah the…
The House Is Rocking Well - the house is a rockin' don't bother knockin' yeah…
The Sky is Cryin The sky is crying, Can you see the tears roll down…
The Things I Used to Do The things that I used to do, Lord, I won't…
The Things (That) I Used to Do The things that I used to do... Lord, I won't do…
The Things I Used to Do The things that I used to do... lord, I won't…
The Things That I Used To Do The things that I used to do.... Lord, I won't…
They Call Me Guitar Hurricane Well they call me hurricane an' I've come to play…
They Call Me The Guitar Hurricane Well they call me hurricane an' I've come to play…
Thing I Used To Do The things that I used to do Lord, I won't…
Things That I Used to Do The things that I used to do, Lord, I won't…
Tick Tock "One night while sleeping in my bed I had a…
Tightrope Caught up in a whirlwind, can't catch my breath Knee deep…
Tin Pan Aley Went down to tin pan Alley, see what was going…
Voodoo Child Well I'm standin' next to a mountain, chop it down…
Wall of Denial A wall of denial, is fallin' down Whoa it's fallin' so…
Willie the Wimp Willie the wimp was buried today They laid him to rest…
Willie The Wimp - Willie the Wimp was buried today They laid him to rest…
YOU You so sweet, you so fine How I wish, you were…
You're Gonna Miss Me Baby You're gonna miss me, little baby The day that I'm gone You'…
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