Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood VINYL LP PPAN38734
It's hard to overestimate the impact Stevie Ray Vaughan's debut, "Texas Flood", had upon its release in 1983. At that point, blues was no longer hip, the way it was in the '60s. "Texas Flood" changed all that, climbing into the Top 40 and spending over half a year on the charts, which was practically unheard of for a blues recording. Vaughan became a genuine star and, in doing so, sparked a revitalization of the blues.
The album is paced like a club show, kicking off with Vaughan's two best self-penned songs, "Love Struck Baby" and "Pride and Joy", then settling into a pair of covers, the slow-burning title track and an exciting reading of Howlin' Wolf's "Tell Me", before building to the climax of "Dirty Pool" and "I'm Crying". Vaughan caps the entire thing with "Lenny", a lyrical, jazzy tribute to his wife. It becomes clear that Vaughan's true achievement was finding something personal and emotional by fusing different elements of his idols. Sometimes the borrowing was overt, and other times subtle, but it all blended together into a style that recalled the past while seizing the excitement and essence of the present.
Tracklist
A1 Love Struck Baby
A2 Pride And Joy
A3 Texas Flood
A4 Tell Me
A5 Testify
B1 Rude Mood
B2 Mary Had A Little Lamb
B3 Dirty Pool
B4 I'm Cryin'
B5 Lenny
C1 SRV Speaks
C2 Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place In Texas)
D1 Testify (Live)
D2 Mary Had A Little Lamb (Live)
D3 Wham! (Live)
