Saturday, March 1, 2008

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - "Live at Carnegie Hall"

Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my biggest guitar influences. I bought this album back in 1997, when it was released posthumously. This was one of his later concerts and it occurred on his birthday. The first half of the concert is just him and has band Double Trouble, and the second half he brings in several guests, including his brother Jimmie Lee and guest vocalist Angela Stirling, who has a fantastic voice for blues. In the ensuing years I've learned to play several of the songs on guitar, although I don't know that I'll ever be able to play Rude Mood at the speed he plays it. You can listen to clips of this album at Amazon.

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