Texas Flood

album di Stevie Ray Vaughan del 1983

Texas Flood è il primo album di Stevie Ray Vaughan, pubblicato da Epic Records nel 1983. È l'album che fa scoprire al mondo lo straordinario talento del chitarrista texano, praticamente un "fulmine a ciel sereno" in un periodo in cui spopolavano il pop e la new wave anni 80, è considerato il miglior disco della sua pur breve carriera, praticamente il disco che riporta in alto il blues dopo anni di anonimato.

Texas Flood
album in studio
ArtistaStevie Ray Vaughan
Pubblicazione13 giugno 1983
Durata38 min : 52 s
Dischi1
Tracce10
GenereBlues rock
Electric blues
Blues
EtichettaEpic Records
Stevie Ray Vaughan - cronologia
Album precedente

Tracce

  1. Love Struck Baby - 2:19 - (S.R. Vaughan)
  2. Pride and Joy - 3:39 - (S.R. Vaughan)
  3. Texas Flood - 5:21 - (Larry Davis, Jim W. Scott)
  4. Tell Me - 2:48 - (Chester Burnett)
  5. Testify - 3:20 *
  6. Rude Mood - 4:36 - (S.R. Vaughan)
  7. Mary Had a Little Lamb - 2:46 - (Buddy Guy)
  8. Dirty Pool - 4:58 - (Doyle Bramhall, S.R. Vaughan)
  9. I'm Cryin' - 3:41 - (S.R. Vaughan)
  10. Lenny - 5:00 - (S.R. Vaughan)

Tracce bonus

Bonus tracks (apparse nelle versioni successive)

  1. SRV Speaks (S.R. Vaughan) - 0:37
  2. Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town) (Robert Geddins) - 7:42
  3. Testify (live) - 3:54 *
  4. Mary Had a Little Lamb (live) (B. Guy) - 3:31
  5. Wham (live) (Lonnie Mack) - 4:20

* Some album editions and guitar tablature books wrongly credit "Testify" to G. Clinton and D. Taylor, but it is actually an Isley Brothers cover. The original recording was released in 1964 and features Jimi Hendrix on guitar. There is an unrelated Parliament song of the same name (sometimes called "I Wanna Testify") written by G. Clinton and D. Taylor.

Formazione

  • Chris Layton - Drums
  • Tommy Shannon - Bass
  • Danny Kadar - Mixing
  • Ken Robertson - Mastering
  • Vic Anesini - Mastering
  • John Hammond, Sr. - Producer, Executive Producer
  • Lincoln Clapp - Engineer, Mixing, Mix Down
  • Double Trouble - Producer
  • James Geddes - Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Assistant
  • Mike Harris - Production Assistant
  • Richard Mullen - Producer, Engineer
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan - Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Performer
  • Don Wershba - Mixing, Mixing Assistant, Assistant
  • Harry Spiridakis - Mixing, Mixing Assistant, Assistant
  • Andy Schwartz - Editorial Director
  • John Berg - Artwork, Art Direction
  • Allen Weinberg - Artwork, Art Direction
  • Josh Cheuse - Artwork
  • Don Hunstein - Photography
  • Darcy Proper - Dialogue Editor
  • Timothy White - Producer
  • Tony Martell - Executive Producer
  • Bob Irwin - Reissue Producer
  • Matthew Kelly - Research Assistant
  • Al Quaglieri - Research Assistant
  • Michael Ventura - Liner Notes