- Double Trouble (band)
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Double Trouble was the backing rhythm section for Texas blues rock guitarist and lead vocalist Stevie Ray Vaughan. Originally consisting of drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon, Reese Wynans would later join the outfit on keyboards.
History
In 1978, Vaughan and singer Lou Ann Barton were both in a band called "Triple Threat", when they left to form their own band with bassist Jackie Newhouse, saxophonist Johnny Reno, and drummer Chris Layton. The group's name comes from the Otis Rush song "Double Trouble", but originally referred as much to the double strengths of Vaughan's guitar and Barton's powerful singing. Barton toured with the band in 1978 and 1979. During this period, Vaughan would often announce the five member's names, following with "And we're 'Double Trouble'", but when Reno and then Barton left the band, the unit was most often referred to as "Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble", with the two-piece rhythm section becoming the 'Double Trouble' (though there are recordings of Vaughan using the "we're Double Trouble" intro when the line up was himself, Layton & Newhouse).[1]
Newhouse was replaced by Tommy Shannon in 1980, and he and Vaughan played together until Vaughan's death in 1990. Shannon had previously been a bass player with Johnny Winter, particularly during the earlier part of Winter's career, in the 1960s.[2]
Layton and Shannon then helped form two "semi-supergroups" in Austin, Arc Angels and Storyville in the 1990s, and worked with W. C. Clark, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Doyle Bramhall before releasing an album under their own name, entitled Been a Long Time, on Tone-Cool Records in 2001. This album featured appearances from Doyle Bramhall, Lou Ann Barton, Reese Wynans, Jonny Lang, Willie Nelson, Dr. John, and Jimmie Vaughan. The album hit #1 on the U.S. Blues charts and peaked at #126 on the Billboard 200.[3]
Double Trouble later worked as the rhythm section for Jimmy D. Lane, and they play on his most recent CD It's Time (2004). They play on two albums by Brazilian blues guitarist Nuno Mindelis, and also toured with Joe Bonamassa.
Discography
- With Stevie Ray Vaughan
- see: Stevie Ray Vaughan discography
- After Vaughan's Death
- Been a Long Time (2001)
References
- ^ Double Trouble at Allmusic
- ^ Shannon's career was significantly interrupted in the 1970s, due to drug and alcohol abuse; see Tommy Shannon.
- ^ Billboard, Allmusic
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 1990 "Tick Tock" / "Brothers" (w/ Jimmie Vaughan) · "Telephone Song" (w/ Jimmie Vaughan) · "Good Texan" (w/ Jimmie Vaughan)Categories:- Rock music groups from Texas
- American blues musical groups
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- United States musical group stubs
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