Texas Flood

Infobox Album | Name = Texas Flood
Type = Album
Artist = Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble


Released = June 13, 1983
Recorded = October–November, 1982
Genre = Electric blues, blues-rock
Length = 38:52
Label = Epic
Producer = Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Richard Mullen,
John Hammond, Sr.,
Timothy White
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&&sql=10:yj9ss31ba3rg~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/stevierayvaughan/albums/album/169201/review/6067821/texas_flood link] |Last album =
This album = "Texas Flood"
(1983)
Next album = "Couldn't Stand the Weather"
(1984)

"Texas Flood" is an electric blues album by blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band Double Trouble, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). More popular than any blues album in nearly twenty years, "Texas Flood" was a surprise success for Vaughan, who had labored in obscurity for years. The album was recorded in only three days, at Jackson Browne's personal recording studio, in 1982 since the band had been playing many live sets beforehand.

On the North American Billboard Music Charts, "Texas Flood" peaked at #64 and #38 on the Billboard 200 and Pop Albums charts, respectively. The single "Pride and Joy" peaked at #20 on the Mainstream Rock chart. The album was Grammy nominated in 1983 for "Best Blues Recording" along with "Rude Mood", which was nominated for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance."

This album will soon be released as downloadable content for the video games Rock Band and Rock Band 2.

Track listing

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

Bonus Tracks

Bonus tracks (these appear on some later reissues)

#

"SRV Speaks" (S.R. Vaughan) - 0:37
# "Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town)" (Robert Geddins) - 7:42
# "Testify" (live) - 3:54 *
# "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (live) (B. Guy) - 3:31
# "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.

Personnel

* 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

External links

* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1445259825700629552&q=texas+flood&pl=true Music video] for Stevie Ray Vaughan's performance of "Texas Flood" at the El Mocambo, 1983