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Stephen Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Although his mainstream career spanned only seven years, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians in the history of blues music, and one of the greatest guitarists of all time. He was the younger brother of guitarist Jimmie Vaughan. Born and raised in Dallas, Vaughan began playing guitar at age seven, initially inspired by his elder brother, Jimmie Vaughan. In 1972, he dropped out of high school and moved to Austin, where he began to gain a following after playing gigs on the local club circuit. Vaughan joined forces with Tommy Shannon on bass and Chris Layton on drums as Double Trouble in 1978 and established it as part of the Austin music scene; it soon became one of the most popular acts in Texas. He performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1982, where David Bowie saw him play. Bowie contacted him for a studio gig that resulted in Vaughan playing blues guitar on the album Let's Dance (1983), before being discovered by John Hammond who interested major label Epic Records in signing Vaughan and his band to a record deal. Within months, they achieved mainstream success for the critically acclaimed debut album Texas Flood. With a series of successful network television appearances and extensive concert tours, Vaughan became the leading figure in the blues revival of the 1980s. Playing his guitar behind his back or plucking the strings with his teeth as Jimi Hendrix did, he earned fame in Europe, which later resulted in breakthroughs for guitar players like Robert Cray, Jeff Healey, Robben Ford, and Walter Trout, amongst others. During the majority of his life, Vaughan struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction. He also struggled with the personal and professional pressures of fame and his marriage to Lenora "Lenny" Bailey. He successfully completed rehabilitation and began touring again with Double Trouble in November 1986. His fourth and final studio album In Step reached number 33 in the United States in 1989; it was one of Vaughan's most critically and commercially successful releases and included his only number-one hit, "Crossfire". He became one of the world's most highly demanded blues performers, and he headlined Madison Square Garden in 1989 and the Beale Street Music Festival in 1990. On August 27, 1990, Vaughan and four others were killed in a helicopter crash in East Troy, Wisconsin, after performing with Double Trouble at Alpine Valley Music Theatre. An investigation concluded that the cause of the accident was pilot error and Vaughan's family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Omniflight Helicopters which was settled out of court. Vaughan's music continued to achieve commercial success with several posthumous releases and has sold over 15 million albums in the United States alone. In 2003, David Fricke of Rolling Stone ranked him the seventh greatest guitarist of all time. Vaughan was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015, along with Double Trouble bandmates Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon, and Reese Wynans.
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Live Texas 1987 [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Ain't Gone 'n' Give Up on Love | 13:03 |
Look at Little Sister | 5:43 |
Mary Had a Little Lamb | 9:02 |
Superstition | 5:19 |
Willie the Wimp | 6:35 |
Dirty Pool | 7:37 |
Cold Shot | 6:38 |
Couldn't Stand the Weather | 7:54 |
Life Without You | 10:56 |
Love Struck Baby | 4:57 |
The Real... Blues: The Ultimate Collection [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Cold Shot [Album Version] | 4:01 |
A Celebration of Blues & Soul [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Frosty | |
Texas Flood |
The Complete Epic Recordings Collection [2014]
Original Album Classics [2013]
Original Album Classics [Five-Disc] [2013]
Pure... Rock [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Mary Had a Little Lamb | 2:46 |
Pure... America [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | 5:21 |
Pure... Hard Rock [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | 7:59 |
Texas Flood/Couldn't Stand the Weather [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | |
Tell Me | |
Mary Had a Little Lamb | |
Tin Pan Alley [*] | |
The Things (That) I Used to Do | |
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | |
Cold Shot | |
Tin Pan Alley | |
Look at Little Sister [*] |
The Old Grey Whistle Test: Blues [2011]
Song | Duration |
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The Things (That) I Used to Do | 4:54 |
Double Play: Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble [2010]
Playlist: The Very Best of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble [2010]
Playlist: The Very Best of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | 8:00 |
Cold Shot | 4:02 |
Change It | 3:59 |
Boot Hill | 2:15 |
Crossfire | 4:11 |
Playlist: The Very Best of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble [Enhanced] [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | 5:22 |
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | 8:00 |
Cold Shot | 4:02 |
Tin Pan Alley [aka Roughest Place in Town] | 9:12 |
Change It | 3:59 |
Look at Little Sister | 3:09 |
Boot Hill | 2:15 |
Crossfire | 4:11 |
The Collection: Couldn't Stand the Weather/Texas Flood/Soul to Soul [2009]
Texas Flood/In the Beginning [2008]
Discover Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Cold Shot | 4:01 |
Crossfire | 4:10 |
Mary Had A Little Lamb | 2:46 |
Change It | 3:57 |
Blues Gold [Hip O] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Flood Down in Texas | 10:24 |
The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Mary Had a Little Lamb | 2:47 |
Texas Flood | 5:21 |
Cold Shot | 4:00 |
The Things (That) I Used to Do | 4:54 |
Tin Pan Alley (aka the Roughest Place in Town) | 9:11 |
Change It | 3:57 |
Come on, Pt. 3 | 4:30 |
Crossfire | 4:10 |
The Sky Is Crying [Live] | 7:18 |
A Brief History Of The Blues: Rollin' & Tumblin' [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Cold Shot | 4:01 |
A Flood Down in Texas [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | 10:48 |
Blues Corner, Vol. 2 [2005]
Song | Duration |
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The Things (That) I Used to Do | 4:52 |
Sing a Song With Six Strings [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Mary Had a Little Lamb | 2:48 |
Harley Davidson Roadhouse Blues [2003]
Song | Duration |
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The Sky Is Crying | 4:36 |
Super Rock Festival [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | 6:27 |
Superstar Rock Festival [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | 6:27 |
The Story of Tone Cool, Vol. 1 [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Say One Thing | 4:07 |
Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble [LP] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | 5:21 |
The Things (That) I Used to Do | 4:54 |
Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town) | 9:12 |
Look at Little Sister | 3:08 |
Life by the Drop | 2:27 |
Rockin' Country [Sony Box Set] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Change It | 3:57 |
The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble [2002]
The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Love Struck Baby | |
Pride and Joy | |
Couldn't Stand the Weather | |
Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town) | |
The House Is Rockin' | |
Tightrope | |
Long Way from Home |
The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble [3.0] [2002]
Dancin' with Thunder: The Official Music of the PBR [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Crossfire | 4:09 |
Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | 7:37 |
Mary Had a Little Lamb | 4:27 |
Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town) | 13:18 |
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | 10:50 |
Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 [2 CD & 2 DVD] [2001]
Real Cinema [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Mary Had a Little Lamb | 4:14 |
30 Years of Montreux Jazz Festival [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | 10:22 |
Blues at Sunrise [2000]
SRV [2000]
Collections [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Look At Little Sister | 3:09 |
Texas Flood | 5:22 |
Boot Hill | 2:15 |
Change It | 3:57 |
Texas Flood/Couldn't Stand the Weather/Soul to Soul [1998] [1999]
Texas Flood/Couldn't Stand the Weather/Soul to Soul [2005] [1999]
The Collection [1999]
The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Look at Little Sister | 3:09 |
Willie the Wimp [Live] | 4:37 |
Shake for Me [Live] | 4:07 |
Leave My Girl Alone [Live] | 4:48 |
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | 8:00 |
Life by the Drop | 2:27 |
Live at Carnegie Hall [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Cold Shot | 4:45 |
C.O.D. | 5:32 |
Mojo Workin': Blues for the Next Generation [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Texas Flood | 5:20 |
Taste of Texas: Songs 'bout Texas by Texans [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Texas Flood | 5:21 |
From Dusk Till Dawn [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mary Had a Little Lamb | 4:15 |
Willie the Wimp (And His Cadillac Coffin) | 4:34 |
Greatest Hits [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Taxman [#] | 3:34 |
Texas Flood | 5:21 |
Crossfire | 4:09 |
Change It | 3:58 |
Cold Shot | 4:00 |
Greatest Hits [UK] [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Taxman | |
Texas Flood | |
Crossfire | |
Change It | |
Cold Shot | |
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | |
Sky Is Crying |
Heaven's Prisoners [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Things (That) I Used To Do | 4:52 |
Live from Austin, Texas [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Texas Flood | |
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | |
Voodoo Chile | |
Cold Shot | |
Crossfire | |
Leave My Girl Alone |
The Story of the Blues [Sony] [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Texas Flood [*] | 5:21 |
Hello Y'a All... [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Look at Little Sister | 5:20 |
Let Me Love You Baby | 3:48 |
Texas Flood | 7:17 |
Cold Shot | 6:43 |
Crossfire | 4:09 |
Three Decades of Blues [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Cold Shot | 4:00 |
In the Beginning [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
They Call Me Guitar Hurricane | 3:06 |
All Your Love (I Miss Loving) | 6:23 |
Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town) | 7:40 |
Tell Me | 2:48 |
Shake for Me | 4:04 |
In the Beginning [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
All Your Love I Miss Loving | |
Tin Pan Alley |
Rockline [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Sky Is Crying | 4:35 |
Live at the El Mocambo [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | |
Tell Me | |
Mary Had a Little Lamb | |
Texas Flood |
Rock Guitar Greats [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Crossfire |
The Sky Is Crying [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Boot Hill | 2:16 |
May I Have a Talk With You | 5:51 |
The Sky Is Crying | 4:38 |
Close to You | 3:14 |
Life by the Drop | 2:29 |
In Step [1989]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Crossfire | 4:10 |
Let Me Love You Baby | 2:43 |
Leave My Girl Alone | 4:16 |
Love Me Darlin' | 3:21 |
Let Me Love You Baby [Live][#][*] | 3:46 |
In Step [10 Tracks] [1989]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Crossfire | 4:11 |
Let Me Love You Baby | 2:44 |
Leave My Girl Alone | 4:16 |
Love Me Darlin' | 3:22 |
In Step [LP] [1989]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The House Is Rockin' | |
Crossfire | |
Scratch-N-Sniff | |
Tightrope | |
Let Me Love You Baby | |
Leave My Girl Alone |
Live Alive [1986]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mary Had a Little Lamb | 4:15 |
I'm Leaving You (Commit a Crime) | 5:35 |
Cold Shot | 5:40 |
Willie the Wimp | 4:39 |
Look at Little Sister | 4:15 |
Texas Flood | 6:30 |
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | 9:37 |
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) | 9:37 |
Change It | 5:04 |
Soul to Soul [1985]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Look at Little Sister | 3:08 |
Soul to Soul [1985]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Lookin' Out the Window | 2:48 |
Change It | 3:57 |
You'll Be Mine | 3:42 |
Come On, Pt. 3 | 4:31 |
Couldn't Stand the Weather [1984]
Couldn't Stand the Weather [1984]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) | 8:01 |
Look At Little Sister [#][*] | 2:46 |
Give Me Back My Wig [#][*] | 4:07 |
Come On (Pt. Iii) [#][*] | 4:33 |
Couldn't Stand the Weather [Legacy Edition] [1984]
Couldnt Stand the Weather [1984]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Things (That) I Used To Do | 4:55 |
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) | 8:01 |
Cold Shot | 4:01 |
Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place In Town) | 9:11 |
Live! At Loreley Festival [1984]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) | |
Cold Shot | |
Tin Pan Alley | |
Texas Flood |
Force of Nature II [1983]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mary Had a Little Lamb | 3:09 |
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) [Version] | 10:27 |
Texas Flood | 9:55 |
Tell Me | 3:15 |
I'm Leaving You (Commit a Crime) | 7:23 |
Texas Flood [1983]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Texas Flood | 5:21 |
Tell Me | 2:49 |
Mary Had a Little Lamb | 2:47 |
Dirty Pool [Album Version] [Version] |
Texas Flood [1983]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town) [#][*] | 7:42 |
Mary Had a Little Lamb [Live][#][*] | 3:31 |
Texas Flood [1983]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tin Pan Alley (Aka Roughest Place in Town) | |
Mary Had a Little Lamb [Live] |
Texas Flood [Legacy Edition] [1983]
Blues: Super Hits
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tin Pan Alley |
Rock 'N Roll All Nite
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Crossfire | 4:10 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) |
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