It’s an up-close and personal view of Stevie and band in support of the “Texas Flood” album that just blows my mind every time I watch it. ![]() Needless to say, it had a profound impact. I received it as Christmas present as an impressionable teenager. The SRV recording that I’ve played the most is undoubtedly “Live at the El Mocambo,” the DVD of Stevie Ray and Double Trouble’s performance at the titular Toronto venue in 1983 that was retrospectively released on video in 1992. But the more I considered the question, the more I realized my favorite Stevie Ray Vaughan album wasn’t actually an album at all. ![]() “Texas Flood” or “Couldn’t Stand the Weather” were the obvious answers, with an honorable mention for “In Step” (“Tightrope” is an absolute jam). The clerk and I had started up a conversation about various blues greats and I mentioned that I’d been on a bit of an SRV trip recently. In the days before mask wearing and social distancing, I was noodling on a tasty Les Paul Standard at my local guitar store when I got asked this question. “What’s your favorite Stevie Ray Vaughan album?”
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