From: pnh@fcsparc6.ncifcrf.gov (Paul N Hengen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: Stevie Ray Vaughan (Summary)
Summary: All the mail I got on this...
Date: 21 Aug 92 20:26:59 GMT
Followup-To: Stevie Ray Vaugh(a)n
Organization: Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center


Earlier I wrote:

Hello. Can anyone tell me your favorite Stevie Ray Vaugh(a)n
album/cd? and why you like it? I'll post a summary to this group.
Reply by e-mail please (pnh@ncifcrf.gov). Thanks. -Paul.

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Here are all the resposes I got on this:

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BTW, that should be Vaughan, with an "a"...:-)

Anyway, it's quite impossible for me to name my favorite
SRV album since they are all so good.  Just put me down as
a die-hard SRV fanatic.  I love it all! :-)  Can't wait
for the live CD that is rumoured for release this Sept.

peace,

-yuf
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Hi Paul,

my favourite SRV album is "Live Alive", for no particular reason.
Maybe it's because I like live albums.

--
Bernd "booster bendi" Grether
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My favorite SRV is a toss up between Texas Flood (older stuff)
and In Step (newer stuff), with The Sky is Crying (released after
his death) as a close second (third?), just on the strength of
Little Wing and Life By The Drop, although most of the other stuff
on it is interesting as well.

Whatever.

John.
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My vote is for the original album, "Texas Flood". Raw, searing power
from a true guitar genius. Although I like his other albums, I think
they only occasionally showed the Texas Blues power this one did.
One of my fav. CDs ever!

Dave Walkey
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Stevie Ray's show in Pittsbrugh in 1984 was the first concert I ever
attended - and what a show it was!  I've been a fan ever since (and
before, really; I liked David Bowie's "Let's Dance" album, but didn't
realize that it was SRV on guitar).

My favorite album would have to be his last album with Double Trouble,
"In Step".  The first thing I thought when I heard this album was, "My
God, what a great band!"  There are some groove songs on there, real
danceable stuff - I mean, the guitar solos are quite good, but are
integrated into the sound of the band.  His earlier album's could
sometimes sound like the standard guitar hero stuff, but not this one -
I thought this was, paradoxically, an expression of new confidence,
that he didn't have to be out in front to be heard.  Then the lyrics
started kicking in, and I felt like I was hearing a whole new side of
this artist.  Direct, emotional, caring - I feel that this album is his
best lyrically because it was his first album that really included all
of him.  The lyrics conveyed that he no longer wanted to be seen in the
sterotypical roles of "guitar slinger" or "wailing bluesman", but as a
man who had seen a lot and wanted to warn others away from his path
towards another, more satisfying path.  His new confidence in himself
both musically and lyrically makes this album my favorite.  Damn, I'm
gonna listen to that album again tonight!

Harvey
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I'll bite.  It's a tough call for me, as I have all of them, but I'd have to
pick the first one, Texas Flood, for its energy and feeling.  Second is
the latest one, The Sky Is Crying, for the moodier songs Little Wing and
Chitlins Con Carne (as well as sentimental reasons, I suppose).

 -- Mike
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Paul,

Thanks for collecting info about Stevie - I look forward to your
feedback posting.

I have to jump on the "Sky Is Crying" bandwagon.  I can listen to the
song "Little Wing" over and over again (something I almost never do with
music).  The continuously changing textures of the piece are phenomenal!
"Life By The Drop" is a poignant song and probably my favorite SRV
vocal. The other songs highlight different moods to create a
beautifully produced album (J Vaughn paid a great tribute through
his producing efforts and liner notes).

I love SRV in general.  I also have "Texas Flood" (second fav),
"Couldn't Stand the Weather" and a live double album (spacing the
name:()  He did a couple of great performances on "Austin City Limits."

I'm sure your notes will help me pick my next couple CDs!  Thanks again!

----

john
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Whitout hesitation  : In Step.
The most "ended" of his record.
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I love everything by Stevie Ray, but my favorite is still his 
first release, "Texas Flood".   

   Mike Mongeau
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Hi Paul,

Every album put out by SRV was good. I especially liked his last
release (The Sky is Crying) because it's more "bluesy" than
some of his others. "In Step" is another of my favorites by SRV,
but you'll be hooked as a fan no matter which one you choose.
I'd personally rank him as the second best guitarist I have ever heard.

Regards, 

Bobby Prisco
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My absolute favorite song is "Couldn't Stand the Weather", but my
favorite CD is definitely "Family Style".  Part of my reasoning might
be because it was his last (not counting "The Sky is Cryin") and it
makes me think about how terrible his death was both to him and to the
teenagers he could have saved from the clutches of New Kids on the Block.
I think it does lack some of his earlier "unpolished" blues feeling, but
if I was stuck on a deserted island, this is the one I'd want.

dave hile
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"The Sky Is Crying"

Just my $.02 worth...

  Grover McCoury
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I cannot answer this question, since I am too emotionally attached to
SRV to say that any disk is not my favorite.  The exception might
be LIVE ALIVE, which is just a little muddy sounding.  The rest
of them are entirely equivalent.  That is because Stevie Ray Vaughn
never played a bad note, always covered or wrote very cool songs, 
and approached his insrument with a lot of soul.  So they are
all about the same, superb.  If you wanted to buy just one, I
would say get IN STEP, for no good reason I can articulate.

then again maybe SKY IS CRYING, or even SOUL to SOUL.  Hmmm TEXAS FLOOD
is a classic, but so is COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER
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Paul,
   I have two favorite SRV albums. I think that Texas Flood and 
In Step are his best. I don't really have a concrete reason as 
to why I think this, they both seem to just have the right "feel".
There are plenty of great songs on the other albums, but these
two just seem complete. I really like "Riviera Paradise" and
"Lenny". It is a shame that he couldn't have done more songs
in that vein. I only saw SRV once in Dallas at the Miller biggest
party in history perform two songs, but he introduced me to
the blues and for that I am ever grateful. He was to appear in
my hometown in Lubbock, TX in Sept. 1990 and was excited to 
get tickets. Sadly, Ihave two unused tickets. We lost a great
man August 27,1990, but his music will live forever.
Thanks for the survey. Feel free to contact me via Email if
you would like.

Jeff Seale
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