A
definitive career-encompassing 12 disc library, The Complete Epic Recordings
Collection brings together, for the first time, the entirety of Stevie Ray
Vaughan and Double Trouble's official studio and live album canon including the
inaugural commercial release of A Legend In The Making, a highly collectible
(formerly) promotional only recording of SRV & DT's incendiary performance
at Toronto's El Mocambo club in 1983.
In
addition, The Complete Epic Recordings Collection features two discs compiling
rare and hard-to-find archival tracks.
On April
26, 2014, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble among the artists to be inducted
into the newly created Austin City Limits Hall of Fame, launched in celebration
of the 40th anniversary of the PBS televised concert series. The Austin City Limits Hall of Fame induction
ceremony will air on PBS in October 2014.
Stephen
Ray Vaughan was born in Dallas, Texas on October 3, 1954, the same year the
Fender Stratocaster went into production.
Stevie Ray picked up his first six-string at the age of 7, dropped out
of high school in 1971 and moved to Austin in '72, going on to become one of
the most influential and electrifying blues guitarists ever. After honing his chops in a variety of bands
throughout the '70s, Stevie Ray formed his own group, SRV & Double Trouble,
in 1978. Hellbent and intent on
revitalizing the blues for contemporary audiences, Stevie Ray served as the
power trio's charismatic frontman and evangelical electric guitarist, driven
and underscored by drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon.
Stevie
Ray and Double Trouble's reputation as a transcendent live experience gained
considerable traction following a watershed performance at the Montreux
International Jazz Festival in 1982 (included in The Complete Epic Recordings
Collection). Recommended to the label by
A&R giant John Hammond, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble recorded the
band's studio debut, Texas Flood, for Epic Records in 1983. Going on to achieve RIAA double platinum
status, Texas Flood opened the gates for a flow of gold, platinum and
multiplatinum albums for Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, an unprecedented
achievement for any blues act.
Stevie
Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash on August 27, 1990, following an
awe-inspiring performance with Double Trouble and Eric Clapton at the Alpine
Valley Resort in Wisconsin. Though his
mainstream career lasted a mere seven years, Stevie Ray Vaughan's enduring
contribution to the blues can be heard in the work of younger players including
John Mayer, Derek Trucks and Mike McCready of Pearl Jam.
Stevie
Ray Vaughan was the recipient of numerous musical awards, during his lifetime
and posthumously. In 1983, readers of
Guitar Player voted him as Best New Talent and Best Electric Blues Guitar
Player. In 1984, the Blues Foundation named him Entertainer of the Year and
Blues Instrumentalist of the Year, and in 1987 Performance Magazine honored him
with Rhythm and Blues Act of the Year. Earning six Grammy Awards and ten Austin
Music Awards, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2000 and the
Musicians Hall of Fame in 2014. Rolling Stone ranked Vaughan as the twelfth
greatest guitarist of all time.
Stevie
Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: The Complete Epic Recordings Collection
Disc 1:
In The Beginning (KLBJ-FM radio broadcast produced by Wayne Bell
Recorded
April 1, 1980; Austin, Texas)
In The
Open
Slide
Thing
They
Call Me Guitar Hurricane
All Your
Love I Miss Loving
Tin Pan
Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town)
Love
Struck Baby
Tell Me
Shake
For Me
Live
Another Day
Stevie
Ray Vaughan--guitar, vocals; Jackie Newhouse--bass; Chris Layton--drums
Originally
released as Epic 53168, 1992 / Peak
chart position: #58
Disc 2:
Live At Montreux 1982 (July 17, 1982; Montreux International Jazz Festival)
Hide
Away
Rude
Mood
Pride
And Joy
Texas
Flood
Love
Struck Baby
Dirty
Pool
Give Me
Back My Wig
Collins
Shuffle
Originally
released as Epic/Legacy 86151, 2001 / Peak
chart position: #178
Disc 3:
Live At Montreux 1985 (July 15, 1985; Montreux International Jazz Festival)
Scuttle
Buttin'
Say
What!
Ain't
Gone 'N' Give Up On Love
Pride
And Joy
Mary Had
A Little Lamb
Tin Pan
Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town)
Voodoo
Child (Slight Return)
Texas
Flood
Life
Without You
Gone
Home
Couldn't
Stand The Weather
Stevie
Ray Vaughan--guitar, vocals; Tommy Shannon--bass; Chris Layton--drums; Reese
Wynans--organ; Johnny Copeland --vocals, guitar (Track 6) / Originally
released as Epic/Legacy 86151, 2001 / Peak
chart position: #178
Disc 4:
Texas Flood
Love
Struck Baby
Pride
And Joy
Texas
Flood
Tell Me
Testify
Rude
Mood
Mary Had
A Little Lamb
Dirty
Pool
I'm
Cryin'
Lenny
Stevie
Ray Vaughan--guitar, vocals; Tommy Shannon--bass; Chris "Whipper"
Layton--drums
Produced
by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Richard Mullen and Double Trouble / Executive
Producer: John Hammond / Originally
released as Epic 38734, 1983 / Peak
chart position: #38
Disc 5:
A Legend In The Making—Live At The El Mocambo (recorded Toronto, Canada, July
20, 1983, originally released for radio broadcast only)
Testify
So
Excited
Voodoo
Child (Slight Return)
Pride
And Joy
Tell Me
Mary Had
A Little Lamb
Texas
Flood
Love
Struck Baby
You'll
Be Mine
Hug You,
Squeeze You
Little
Wing/Third Stone From The Sun
Lenny
Wham!
Rude
Mood
Stevie
Ray Vaughan--guitar, vocals; Tommy Shannon--bass; Chris Layton--drums
Disc 6:
Couldn't Stand The Weather (1984)
Scuttle
Buttin'
Couldn't
Stand The Weather
The
Things (That) I Used To Do
Voodoo
Child (Slight Return)
Cold
Shot
Tin Pan
Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town)
Honey
Bee
Stang's
Swang
Stevie
Ray Vaughan--guitar, vocals; Tommy Shannon--bass; Chris "Whipper"
Layton--drums; Jimmie Vaughan--guitar (Tracks 2, 3); Fran Christina--drums
Track 8); Stan Harrison--tenor saxophone (Track 8) / Produced
by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon, Richard Mullen, and Jim
Capfer / Executive
Producer: John Hammond / Originally
released as Epic 39304, 1984 / Peak
chart position: #31
Disc 7:
Live At Carnegie Hall (Recorded October 4, 1984; New York City)
Intro--Ken
Dashow/John Hammond
Scuttle
Buttin'
Testify
Love
Struck Baby
Honey
Bee
Cold
Shot
Letter
To My Girlfriend
Dirty
Pool
Pride
And Joy
The
Things That I Used To Do
C.O.D.
Iced
Over
Lenny
Rude
Mood
Stevie
Ray Vaughan--guitar, vocals; Tommy Shannon--bass; Chris Layton--drums; Jimmie
Vaughan--guitar; Dr. John--keyboards; George Rains--drums; The Roomful Of Blues
Horn Section: Bob Enos--trumpet; Porky Cohen--trombone; Rich Lataille--alto
saxophone; Greg Piccolo--tenor saxophone; Doug James--baritone saxophone; and
Angela Strehli--vocals (Track 11) / Produced
by Stevie Ray Vaughan / Originally
released as Epic 68163, 1997
Peak
chart position: #40
Disc 8:
Soul To Soul (1985)
Say
What!
Lookin'
Out The Window
Look At
Little Sister
Ain't
Gone 'N' Give Up On Love
Gone
Home
Change
It
You'll
Be Mine
Empty
Arms
Come On
(Part III)
Life
Without You
Stevie
Ray Vaughan--guitar, vocals; Tommy Shannon--bass; Chris "Whipper"
Layton--drums; Reese Wynans--keyboards; Joe Sublett--saxophone / Produced
by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble and Richard Mullen / Executive
Producer: John Hammond / Originally
released as Epic 40036, 1985 / Peak
chart position: #34
Disc 9:
Live Alive (Recorded July 16, 1985, Montreux International Jazz Festival; July
17-18, 1986, Austin, Texas; July 19, 1986, Dallas, Texas)
Say
What!
Ain't
Gone 'N' Give Up On Love
Pride
And Joy
Mary Had
A Little Lamb
Superstition
I'm
Leaving You (Commit A Crime)
Cold
Shot
Willie
The Wimp
Look At
Little Sister
Texas
Flood
Voodoo
Child (Slight Return)
Love
Struck Baby
Change
It
Life
Without You
Stevie
Ray Vaughan--guitar, vocals; Tommy Shannon--bass; Chris "Whipper"
Layton--drums; Reese Wynans--keyboards; Jimmie Vaughan--guitar or six string
bass (Tracks 8, 9, 12, 13) /
Produced
by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble / Originally
released as Epic 40511, 1986 / Peak
chart position: #52
Disc 10:
In Step (1989)
The
House Is Rockin'
Crossfire
Tightrope
Let Me
Love You Baby
Leave My
Girl Alone
Travis
Walk
Wall Of
Denial
Scratch-N-Sniff
Love Me
Darlin'
Riviera
Paradise
Stevie
Ray Vaughan--guitar, vocals; Tommy Shannon--bass; Chris Layton--drums; Reese
Wynans--keyboards; Joe Sublett, Darrell Leonard--horns (Tracks 2, 9) / Produced
by Jim Gaines & Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble / Recorded
in Memphis, Tennessee and Los Angeles, California / Originally
released as Epic 45024, 1989 / Peak
chart position: #33
Disc 11:
Archives/Disc One
Tin Pan
Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town)
Empty
Arms
Come On
(Part III)
Look At
Little Sister
The Sky
Is Crying
Hide
Away
Give Me
Back My Wig
Boot
Hill
Wham!
Close To
You
Little
Wing
Stang's
Swang
Disc 12:
Archives/Disc Two
May I
Have A Talk With You
Boilermaker
The Sky
Is Crying
Shake
And Bake
So
Excited
Slip
Slidin' Slim
Chitlins
Con Carne
Little
Wing/Third Stone From The Sun
Boot
Hill
Life By
The Drop
Archives/Disc
One, Track 1 produced by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Richard Mullen and Double Trouble;
Executive Producer: John Hammond / Archives/Disc
One, Tracks 2-12 produced by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon,
Richard Mullen, and Jim Capfer; Executive Producer: John Hammond / Archives/Disc
Two, Tracks 1-8 produced by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble and Richard
Mullen; Executive Producer: John Hammond
Archives/Disc
Two, Track 9 produced by Jim Gaines & Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble / Archives/Disc
Two, Track 10 produced by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jim Gaines
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