Stephen ("Stevie") Ray Vaughan, born in Dallas, Texas (October 3, 1954 โ Au… Read Full Bio ↴Stephen ("Stevie") Ray Vaughan, born in Dallas, Texas (October 3, 1954 โ 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)
Hug
Stevie Ray Vaughan Lyrics
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God knows I love you baby, tell the world I do
God knows I love you baby, tell the world I do
I'll do anything just to be loved by you
Got so much trouble, I don't know what to do
Got so much trouble, I don't know what to do
Yeah, I'll do anything just to make love to you
I want to hug you, kiss you, squeeze you till my arms fall off
I want to hug you, kiss you, squeeze you till my arms fall off
God knows about that - baby, baby I love you so
Got so much trouble, I don't know what to do
Got so much trouble, I don't know what to do
Yeah, I'll do anything just to make love to you
I want to hug you, kiss you, squeeze you till my arms fall off
I want to hug you, kiss you, squeeze you till my arms fall off
You'll know about that - baby, baby that I love you so
God knows I love you baby, tell the world I do
I'll do anything just to be loved by you
Got so much trouble, I don't know what to do
Got so much trouble, I don't know what to do
Yeah, I'll do anything just to make love to you
I want to hug you, kiss you, squeeze you till my arms fall off
God knows about that - baby, baby I love you so
Got so much trouble, I don't know what to do
Got so much trouble, I don't know what to do
Yeah, I'll do anything just to make love to you
I want to hug you, kiss you, squeeze you till my arms fall off
I want to hug you, kiss you, squeeze you till my arms fall off
You'll know about that - baby, baby that I love you so
The lyrics to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's song "Hug You Squeeze You" communicates the singer's intense desire to be loved by someone. The repetitive lines "God knows I love you, baby, tell the world I do" highlight the singer's deep love and desire to share it with the world. As the song progresses, it becomes clear that the singer is willing to do anything to obtain their love interest's affection.
Throughout the song, the singer expresses their physical longing for their love interest, stating that they want to "hug ya, kiss ya, squeeze ya till my arms fall off." The desire to be physically close to their love interest gives the impression that the singer wants to solidify the connection between the two.
Overall, "Hug You Squeeze You" is a love song that emphasizes the singer's intense love and desire for their love interest. The lyrics communicate a passion that the singer is willing to do anything for, including physical closeness and a public declaration of love.
Line by Line Meaning
God knows I love you, baby, tell the world I do
I deeply love you and would like to publicly declare my love for you.
God knows I love you, darlin', tell the world I do
My love for you is true and I want everyone to know.
I'll do anythang, just to be loved by you
I am willing to do anything to earn your love and affection.
Got so much trouble, I, don't know what to do
I am struggling with difficulties that I don't know how to handle.
Yeah, I'll do anythang, just to make love to you
I am willing to go to great lengths to be intimate with you.
I want to hug ya, kiss ya, squeeze ya till my arms fall off
I have an overwhelming desire to embrace, kiss, and hold you tightly for a long time.
I wants to hug ya, kiss ya, squeeze ya till my arms fall off
I really want to hold you close and show my affection physically.
God knows about that, baby, baby, that I love you so
My love for you is genuine and known even by a higher power.
You'll know about that, baby, baby that I love you so
You can feel how much I love you and it is apparent in my actions towards you.
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Faiรงal Nagat
God knows I love you, baby....Tell the world I do
God knows I love you, darlin'....Tell the world I do
I'l do anythang, just to be loved by you
Got so much trouble, I....don't know what to do
Got so much trouble, I....don't know what to do
Yeah, I'll do anythang, just to make love to you
I want to hug ya, kiss ya, squeeze ya till my arms fall off
I wants to hug ya, kiss ya, squeeze ya till my arms fall off
God knows about that, baby...baby, that I love you so
Got so much trouble, I....don't know what to do
Got so much trouble, I....don't know what to do
Yeah, I'll do anythang just to make love to you
I want to hug ya, kiss ya, squeeze ya till my arms fall off
I wants to hug ya, kiss ya, squeeze ya till my arms fall off
You'll know about that, baby...baby that I
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I was fortunate to be the recording engineer on this gig. Parked in a Dodge cube van in front of the El Mo. Used two Sound Workshop 1280b mixers feeding an Ampex MM1200 16 track 2" tape machine. It was insanely hot in the club that night. Stevie had received a bad shock at a gig on the previous night, and didn't want it to happen again, so we went down to Jacob's Hardware on Queen St W and bought some black rubber pipe insulators and wrapped them around the mic stand. That's why the stand looks large and dark. The El Mocambo has been closed for over a decade, but a local millionaire, Michael Wekerle bought the building a couple of years ago and has financed a major renovation. It's reopening when the COVID curfew ends, though we are already shooting some performances there next week with no audience for CBC-TV's Canada Day show.
Caio Jorge
You did a fine job. It sounds great!
Jason Richards
Respect to you bro..... you made a legend even better. This is his best live performance. Little Wing and Texas Flood at this show was legendary. Thank you again. ๐
john wood Ancient Celt
awesome story brother ... the days weeks months and years Stevie got me through construction job sites back in the day with his music blasting out was like a religion to me . i played a little guitar myself back in the day and was devastated when the news came over the radio that day ........the only other time Ive stood still and thought WTF is when the twin towers came down ..such events are burned into ones memory for life RIP stevie hobo blues man
Colleen Engelmann
Are you in Toronto? Just down the road , across the Great Lake Ontario...and on a clear day...Whatever became of The Gasworks?! We loved that place, circa 1988 <3
Michael Stewart
Holy shit
Larsson
The best about SRV is it doesnt matter if its a live recording or a record, it always sounds the same. Never heard of an artist that does that. He hits the notes with precision every time, its magic!!
Benny Fata
Agreed
Sometimes the live versions even better imho
FadeSkywards
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Peggy Conner
@ Okram Pej Great comment about STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN it's so true BEST damn blues GUITARIST EVER
Loved your comment, 3 years ago.๐ค ๐ฅ