- Crossfire (Stevie Ray Vaughan song)
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"Crossfire" is the second track of Stevie Ray Vaughan's last album of his career, In Step. The song was written by Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton, Reese Wynans, Bill Carter, and Ruth Ellsworth. The song is played in 4/4 time and starts with drums and a bassline. The song was played often during the last stretch of Vaughan's career. The main riff was written by Tommy Shannon.
The song reached #1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks list (July 29, 1989) and stayed there for 3 weeks.
Stevie Ray Vaughan Studio albums Live albums Live Alive • In the Beginning • Live at Carnegie Hall • Live At Montreux 1982 and 1985 • Live in TokyoSoundtracks Box sets SRVCompilations October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990 • The Sky Is Crying • The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 2 • Blues at Sunrise • The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble • Martin Scorcese Present The Blues – Stevie Ray Vaughan • The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 1 • Solos, Sessions and Encores •Filmography Video releases Pride and Joy • Live at the El Mocambo • A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan • Live from Austin, Texas • Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985Live performances Texas Flood Tour • Couldn't Stand the Weather Tour • Japan Tour 1985 • Soul to Soul Tour • European Tour 1986 • Live Alive Tour • In Step Tour • Stevie Ray Vaughan live performancesFamily Jimmie Lee Vaughan (father) • Martha Vaughan (mother) • Jimmie Vaughan (brother) • Lenora Vaughan (ex-wife) • Janna Lapidus (fiancée)Lists Related PeopleAngela Strehli • Byron Barr • César Díaz • Charley Wirz • Clifford Antone • Cutter Brandenburg • David Bowie • Eric Clapton • Jackson Browne • Jeff Beck • John H. Hammond • Lonnie Mack • Lou Ann Barton • Reese Wynans • Tommy Shannon • W. C. ClarkPlacesAntone's • Charley's Guitar Shop • Justin F. Kimball High School • Oak Cliff • Ray Hennig's Heart of Texas Music • Texas HattersArticlesDouble Trouble • Helicopter accident • Jimmie Vaughan • Number One • Stevie Ray Vaughan StratocasterStevie Ray Vaughan singles 1983 "Love Struck Baby" / "Rude Mood" · "Pride and Joy"
"Without You" / "Criminal World" (w/ David Bowie) · "Modern Love" (w/ David Bowie) · "Let's Dance" / "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" (w/ David Bowie) · "China Girl" / "Shake It" (w/ David Bowie)1984 "Couldn't Stand the Weather"1985 "Look at Little Sister" / "Change It" · "Lookin' Out the Window"
"Living in America" (w/ James Brown) · "How Do You Stop" (w/ James Brown)1986 "Willie the Wimp" · "Superstition"
"Heartache Away" / "Love Roulette" (w/ Don Johnson) · "First We Take Manhattan" / "Famous Blue Raincoat" (w/ Jennifer Warnes)1987 1989 "The House Is Rockin'" · "Crossfire" · "Wall of Denial" · "Tightrope"1990 "Tick Tock" / "Brothers" (w/ Jimmie Vaughan) · "Telephone Song" (w/ Jimmie Vaughan) · "Good Texan" (w/ Jimmie Vaughan)Categories:- 1989 singles
- Stevie Ray Vaughan songs
- Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks number-one singles
- 1980s rock song stubs
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