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Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Troble - Live At Montreux 1982 & 1985 (2004)

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Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Troble - Live At Montreux 1982 & 1985 (2004)

Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Troble - Live At Montreux 1982 & 1985 (2004)
2DVD-5 | NTSC | VOB | Screen 4:3 | 42 + 93 min | All Regions | 3.9 + 4.4 GB | Scans
English | Color | PCM Stereo | 5.1 Surround | RAR 3%
Genre: Blues-Rock

By the summer of 1982 Stevie Ray Vaughn was already a veteran of the Southern blues circuit. Desperately searching for his big break he was asked to play "Blues Night" at the annual Montreaux Jazz Festival in Montreaux Switzerland. Playing like his life depended on it Stevie put on a fiery performance - full of future SRV classics like "Pride and Joy" and "Love Struck Baby." The audience could have cared less. Every song Stevie played was greeted by an increasing wave of boos and hisses and he left the stage bewildered and heart-broken.

As fate would have it the would be the most important single show Stevie ever played. In attendance at the festival were two figures who would prove instrumental in Stevie's subsequent rise to stardom: David Bowie and Jackson Browne. They immediately recognized Stevie's raw talent and limitless passion. Asia result Jackson Browne offered Stevie the opportunity to record (free of charge) at his own studio the tapes would be Texas Flood - Stevie's first studio album for Epic Records. In addition Stevie was asked to play on Bowie's hugely successful Let's Dance album and tour.
Three years later when Stevie was invited back to headline "Blues Night" at the festival the crowd now familiar with Stevie's songs and albums treated him like the conquering hero. And Stevie again played like his life depended on it because as we all came to recognize and respect that was the only was he knew how.

If you have even a passing interest in Stevie Ray Vaughan's peerless mastery of urban blues guitar, you must own Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985. Spaced almost exactly three years apart, these concerts (60 and 93 minutes, respectively) represent the Texan blues god at his fiery best, with Double Trouble (drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon) laying the solid foundation upon which SRV built a Fender-driven sound as fierce as it was perfectly refined. The '82 show was truly "success in disguise," because despite booing from a festival audience lulled by a day of acoustic blues, and the stunned dejection that SRV felt after persevering through a uncompromising set, this was the turning point in SRV's career, leading to post-show encounters with Jackson Browne and David Bowie, who proved instrumental in bringing Stevie's music to an appreciative global audience.
When Stevie, Chris, and Tommy returned to Switzerland three years later, with organist Reese Wynans adding rich new dimension to the Double Trouble sound, the Montreux crowd was primed for a rip-snorting set, and SRV's jubilant response is a joyous thing to witness. One of SRV's favorite bluesmen, Johnny Copeland, appears for a three-song triumph in a set that's uniformly superior and ecstatically energized. Basic three-camera coverage is all you need, although guitar students–for whom this DVD is a godsend–will surely wish for more emphasis on SRV's picking and fretwork. Recording quality is superb in the Montreux tradition, with 5.1-channel remixes that surpass the original masters. A splendid 23-minute documentary features retrospective interviews with Layton, Shannon, Browne, and John Mayer, and the accompanying booklet includes a heartfelt reminiscence from Bowie. Stevie Ray may be gone, but Live at Montreux ensures that his gold-standard legacy will endure.
–Jeff Shannon. Amazon.com
Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Troble - Live At Montreux 1982 & 1985 (2004)


Tracklist:

Disc 1: July 17, 1982
01. Hide Away (F. King-S.Thompson)
02. Rude Mood (S.R. Vaughan)
03. Pride and Joy (S.R. Vaughan)
04. Texas Flood (L.C.Davis-J.W.Scott)
05. Love Struck Baby (S.R. Vaughan)
06. Dirty Pool (S.R. Vaughan)
07. Give Me Back My Wig (R.Taylor)
08. Collins Shuffle (previously unreleased) (S.R. Vaughan)

Disc 2: July 15, 1985
01. Scuttle Buttin' (S.R. Vaughan)
02. Say What! (previously unreleased) (S.R. Vaughan)
03. Ain't Gone 'N' Give up on Love (S.R. Vaughan)
04. Pride and Joy (S.R. Vaughan)
05. Mary Had a Little Lamb (B.Guy)
06. Cold Shor (with Johnny Copeland) (previously unreleased bonus track) (M.Kindred)
07. Tin Pan Alley (with Johnny Copeland) (R.Geddins)
08. Look At Little Sister (with Johnny Copeland) (previously unreleased bonus track) (H.Ballard)
09. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (J.Hendrix)
10. Texas Flood (L.C.Davis-J.W.Scott)
11. Life Without You (S.R. Vaughan)
12. Gone Home (E.Harris)
13. Couldn't Stand the Weather (S.R. Vaughan)

+ Success in Disguise, Documentary (22 min.)
+ Discography

Perssonel:

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Guitar, Vocals
Tommy Shannon - Bass
Chris Layton - Drums
Reese Wynans - Organ (1985)
Johnny Copeland - Special guest vocals, Guitar (1985)

DVD Box Set Produced by Michael B. Borofsky & John Jackson.


And also:
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Do... From Austin, Texas (1995)
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Boogie With Stevie 1987 (2007)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Pride and Joy 2007

Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Troble - Live At Montreux 1982 & 1985 (2004)