Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Live Alive (1986)
"allmusic" information:
Reviewby Steve Huey
Live Alive is a magnificent double-length showcase for Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar playing, featuring a number of extended jams on a selection of most of the best material from Vaughan's first three albums, plus covers of "Willie the Wimp," "I'm Leaving You (Commit a Crime)," and Stevie Wonder's "Superstition." The album may not be exceptionally tight or concise, but then again, that's not the...
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Live Alive (1986)
"allmusic" information:
Reviewby Steve Huey
Live Alive is a magnificent double-length showcase for Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar playing, featuring a number of extended jams on a selection of most of the best material from Vaughan's first three albums, plus covers of "Willie the Wimp," "I'm Leaving You (Commit a Crime)," and Stevie Wonder's "Superstition." The album may not be exceptionally tight or concise, but then again, that's not the point. The renditions here sound less polished than the studio versions, with Vaughan's guitar tone bitingly down and dirty and his playing spontaneous and passionate.
Wikipedia information:
Live Alive is an electric blues album compiled from four live performances by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. The performances were recorded on July 16, 1985 at the Montreux Jazz Festival; July 17-18, 1986 at the Austin Opera House; and July 19, 1986 at Dallas Starfest. Much of the album was overdubbed in the studio.
The 1985 Montreux performance was much better received than the 1982 visit, during which some of the crowd booed Vaughan's hard blues sound. The song selection for Live Alive displays many of SRV's biggest influences: Jimi Hendrix ("Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"), Stevie Wonder ("Superstition"), Howlin' Wolf ("Commit a Crime"), and Buddy Guy ("Mary Had a Little Lamb").
Track List:
All songs were written by Stevie Ray Vaughan, except where noted.
1. "Say What!" – 4:51
2. "Ain't Gone 'n' Give Up on Love" – 6:24
3. "Pride and Joy" – 5:04
4. "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (Buddy Guy) – 4:15
5. "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder) – 4:43
6. "I'm Leaving You (Commit a Crime)" (Chester Burnett) – 5:35
7. "Cold Shot" (W. C. Clark, Michael Kindred)" – 5:40
8. "Willie the Wimp" (Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth) – 4:38
9. "Look at Little Sister" (Hank Ballard) – 4:13
10. "Texas Flood" (Joseph Wade Scott, Larry C. Davis) – 6:30
11. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (Jimi Hendrix) – 9:37
12. "Love Struck Baby" – 3:46
13. "Change It" (Doyle Bramhall) – 5:04
14. "Life Without You" - 9.30 (appeared only on vinyl copies)
Personnel:
* Stevie Ray Vaughan—Guitar and Vocals
* Tommy Shannon—Bass
* Chris "Whipper" Layton—Drums
* Reese Wynans—Keyboards
* Stevie Ray Vaughan's older brother, Jimmie Vaughan (guitar, bass), appeared as a special guest on July 17, 1986 and is featured on "Willie the Wimp," "Love Struck Baby," "Look at Little Sister" and "Change It." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
