CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN & DOUBLE TROUBLE "texas flood" cd,1983.

Stevie's debut set came at a time,when commercially speaking, Blues Rock was at an all-time low on the charts...even Slow-Hand-Eric struggled to keep his audience around this period!
now, im not a big fan of the blues but i think this is a very good album....lots of great blues riffs on here, and Stevie's vocals are true to the genre,
several covers on here, track 3(larry davis), track 4(howlin' wolf),track 5(isley brothers) and track 7(buddy guy), the rest are self composed tracks,a couple of blues instrumentals on board here also...both of which i do like.
its a shame Stevie had to die in a helicopter crash just seven years after his debut as he sure had one hell of a career ahead of him, and if any of the superb live youtube links are anything to go by, he put on one one heck of a performance live in concert!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: lenny
best track: pride and joy

tracks:

1. love struck baby ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tde8nLvrE7U live
2. pride and joy ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU0MF8pwktg live
3. texas flood ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-_ii2D9eNA live
4. tell me **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdVg8TRXuvY live
5. testify **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slMOiccITC4 live
6. rude mood **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCHVpDwMS2k live
7. mary had a little lamb **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxvJic0LENY live
8. dirty pool **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDaGIw08YUo live
9. im cryin' **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKv-p1slJ28 audio
10.lenny **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0i031-zF7w live

3s=3
2s=7
1s=0

rating: 2.3
allmusic score 5/5

Music Head Wrote:from my library (vinyl)



Not sure why I picked this one up. I must have wanted to hear what a flute being played inside a pyramid sounded
like. That should have taken a few minutes at most. This is a double album. But I got through it one more time. The
only instruments on this album are a flute and a piccolo. Wait, is the voice an instrument? There is no singing but
plenty of Om like chants. Maybe that's what you do when you're inside a tomb. Tracks were recorded in different
chambers of the pyramid making this chamber music. Paul Horn is a jazz flautist (I've never understtod that spelling
either) with recordings going back to 1957. This is his 23rd album. Never heard of him before or after. He has
worked with such greats as Duke Ellington, Tony Bennet and Nat King Cole. I guess the industry knows him. I did get
this out of a cut out bin so it must have been a good deal. You can get an even better one. You can pick this album
up for free at 28 Buck Trail, Lancaster Kentucky, USA.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - all

Best Track - none

here's a sample of one of the great vocal performances
I double dog dare ya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rkKCZeFWag

Grade - 1.0
allmusic - 1.6

Jerome Wrote:Listen MH - I am the sort of nutball that would buy something like this. What on earth made you decide to pick this one???????