Blues at Sunrise

Stevie Ray Vaughan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 4, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00004SCH1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,882 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #54 in Music > Blues > Regional Blues > Texas Blues
  • #74 in Music > Rock > Rock Guitarists > Guitar Gods

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

113 of 122 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great SRV a must have for all fans, April 5, 2000

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Bruce J. Wallwin (Peoria, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues at Sunrise (Audio CD)

The first impression when deciding whether to by this CD or not is "I have all of these tracks already, why should I support Sony/Epic in making more money on previously released material". Once you get by that and you realize that you want all the SRV material available simply for the fact of supporting SRV & DT it makes buying it my easier. Then when you listen to it especially the track Tin Pan Alley with Johnny Copeland and the alternate take of The Sky Is Crying from the album of the same name. You realize the 15-20 bucks you spent was well worth it. Stevie is just a damn good guitar player and just as awsome of a singer. This often gets overshadowed by his playing but on these slow blues tunes you can just hear the emotion coming from his voice. Go get it and add it to your collection.

46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stevie Ray - Bigger than Life, July 19, 2000

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Mike McL. (Vernon, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues at Sunrise (Audio CD)

Some live albums make it, some don't...and then there are the very few that really stand out. Blues at Sunrise "stands out" with the best. I was a SRV fan from the first time I heard Stevie's explosively raw blues guitar work on the title track to "Texas Flood," and Blues at Sunrise is a collection of SRV's best slow blues guitar work. The first cut, "Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love," a SRV composition, sets the tone for this virtuoso journey through time to some dimly lit, smoke-filled, 2 a.m. whiskey bar in Austin, Tx., and, unlike some albums, this one builds on tension and talent right to the end. Here is a testimony to SRV's head on approach to the blues: he attacks some cuts relentlessly (Leave My Girl Alone) while exhibiting a seasoned subtle touch on others (Tin Pan Alley). Every cut is a bona fide winner. The title track, featuring legendary blues man Albert King, will blow you away - it brings back memories of venues such as the Capital Theater and the Fillmores, where live jamming was refined to an artform that never lost its edge. This album is a must for anyone who likes good, slow, live blues! An all around "five star" album.

43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For New Fans & Completists Only, April 12, 2000

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political idiot (california) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues at Sunrise (Audio CD)

Hard core SRV fans already own the few rare tracks on this disc, so you don't need it unless you are like me and need to own every release. For new fans this is an excellent first buy that highlights SRV at his best --slow burn blues. This is a fine compilation of one of the greatest guitar player/vocalists in modern blues. I am happy that Sony/Epic and Jimmie are finally releasing cuts only formerly available on boots, but I knocked off a star for the studio material duplication (the studio material has now been re-released four times in the last year alone in one form or another). More rare material could have been included.