Audio CD review:
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather

Band: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Title: Couldn't Stand the Weather Rating: Release Date: 1994-09-06 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Scuttle Buttin' - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vaughan, Stevie Ray 2: Couldn't Stand the Weather - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vaughan, Stevie Ray 3: The Things (That) I Used to Do - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jones, E. 4: Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hendrix, Jimi 5: Cold Shot - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Clark, W.C. 6: Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town) - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Geddins, R. 7: Honey Bee - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vaughan, Stevie Ray 8: Stang's Swang - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vaughan, Stevie Ray 9: SRV Speaks - Stevie Ray Vaughan, 10: Hide Away - Stevie Ray Vaughan, King, Freddie 11: Look at Little Sister - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ballard, H. 12: Give Me Back My Wig - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Taylor, T.R. 13: Come On, Pt. 3 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, King, E.

could've been better The album feels rushed in production and SRV wasn't given enough time. This is not even close to SRV's best studio work. However, this is still a very adequate follow-up to "Texas Flood". The title track is amazing. SRV's take on Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile" isn't much of a listen, SRV almost replicates it down to the tone. On the flip side, SRV's original compositions in the album aren't that great. Ok, so "Scuttle Buttin'" and the title track are amazing, but it dies off at the end with "Honey Bee" and "Stang's Swang". In my opinion, this album doesn't come close to touching "Texas Flood" or "In Step". SRV on SACD The remaster was good, this is better. This review is for the SACD version of an established classic album. Must have an SACD player to play this disc as Sony has so far only released single layer SACD discs while all the other lables releasing SACD material are dual layer and therefore backwards compatible. They will play in a regular cd player. But why would you want to. This SACD has a wider and much deeper sound stage. Snare and kick drum attacks here are very sharp and articulated. Midrange guitar notes punch you right in the stomach while Stevie's voice has incredible presence compared to the regular cd version. The slower, bluesy tracks including Stang's Twang really make you sit up and take note of the detailed sound this SACD offers. As Hound Dog Taylor and SRV said, "Give me back my wig and let your head go bald". It sure starts with a hiss and a roar... It kicks in with Scuttle Buttin', a cheeky, breakneck instrumental that will leave the guitarists amongst you wondering how on earth he did that, and continues to surprise and impress as it bounces merrily along its way. If you don't know what the hoop-la about Stevie Ray Vaughan was all about, you will after you listen to this. Outstanding highlights are the thermonuclear take on Hendrix's Voodoo Chile (and there are NO tricks - keen viewers are invited to check out Stevie doing this live on the jaw dropping "El Mocambo" DVD), the pulsing railroad boogie of the title track and the swaggering blues stomp of Thangs That I Used To Do. I have a fervent respect for those who, stooped in the idiom of the blues, solve all their problems by sending their women "back to mama" and playing their guitar as loud as they can, which Stevie Ray does with interest on all of his albums, but none more so than this. So that's a plus, too. To my mind the second side fades a little bit on the first. While certainly propped up by the smouldering slow blues of Tin Pan Alley, the other tracks are more dispensible: Cold Shot and Honey Bee don't really develop the trademark sound the band set out in Texas Flood, and Stan's Swang might be clever, fiddly jazz, but it still sounds like elevator music to me. Nevertheless, the first side is worth the price of admission alone, and the second is by no means discreditable. Great CD. But I have heard the other versions, I think it's one of Stevie's best albums. I haven't heard this SACD thing. I has a classic Jimi Hendrix song on it(voodoo chile(slight return)), a great orignal song (couldn't stand the weather), and several other tracks, that are all great, Stang's Swang is a awsome track, It's a jazz track (if you are from the bay area you might have heard it on mornings on 2). I think every Stevie fan should get this, if they dont have it already. His best studio album, but so what? Thirty years from now, people are going to wonder what the fuss was. Sadly, SRV was never able to capture the excitement of his live shows on his studio albums and as others have pointed out, he couldn't write (the SRV tribute album aside, no one will be covering his tunes in the future). SRV was not the best bluesman. He wasn't even the best white bluesman. He will be missed but the hyperbole in other reviews here is disturbing. If you are looking for an introduction to SRV, get a live album instead (the newly released set with Albert King -a real blues legend - is a good start). You can see a complete list of all Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble discography, or go back to the Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble tabs