SOUL TO SOUL [Original recording remastered]

Stevie Ray Vaughan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Format: Original recording remastered
• ASIN: B000002649
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,115 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ****1/2, June 9, 2005

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Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soul to Soul (Audio CD)

Stevie Ray Vaughan only lived long enough to release four studio albums and one live CD - everything else has come out after his tragic death in a 1990 helicopter accident.
Here on Amazon, every one of those four original albums are accompanied by at least one review stating that THIS is Vaughan's greatest record. And probably by one saying that it is his worst as well.

Oh well. This is Stevie's third album, originally released in October 1985, and for "Soul To Soul", Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble abandoned their original trio format and included keyboardist Reese Wynans and (occationally) saxist Joe Sublett.

The music hasn't changed too much, though. It's still a superb blend of blues and rock, and even though Vaughan's guitar is perhaps a little less prominent on some songs, his playing is still masterful.
The material is very strong, with only one or two lesser tunes - like the forgettable opener "Say What!". "Soul To Soul" is highlighted by the slow blues ballad "Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love", the swinging "Empty Arms" in 2/4 time, and the terrific rockers "Change It", "Lookin' Out The Window" and "Look At Little Sister" (excellent piano playing on that last one, and a nice saxophone solo as well).

Stevie also covers Howlin' Wolf's "You'll Be Mine", and considering that no-one in the world has yet been able to match the vocal power and ferocious attitude of the Wolf, and probably never will, he does a good job with it.

The three bonus tracks consist of a short interview snippet and two songs. Well, three songs, actually, since Vaughan plays a medley of "Third Stone From The Sun" and Hendrix' "Little Wing".
They're perhaps not quite as interesting as some of the bonus cuts on the other three remastered Stevie Ray Vaughan-albums, but they're not bad by any means, and Vaughan's playing is great as always.

"Soul To Soul" has a very strong track list, and it is highly recommended to any and all lovers of blues-rock and contemporary blues music. It is not Stevie Ray's best album, that would be "Texas Flood", but it is head and shoulders above almost everything else out there.
Modern electric blues rarely gets any better. In fact, it rarely gets this good.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A bigger sound with a new member., September 25, 2003

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"krandma" (S.L.C., UT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soul to Soul (Audio CD)

With the addition of Reese Wynans on the keyboards the band get a fuller sound & new inspiration. As Reese adds some great keyboard playing to the music it lets Stevie concentrate on his singing a bit more, with very soulful results. Opening with Say What!, an instrumental on which Stevie plays with two wah pedals, the album goes through every song with a renewed passion for the music. Included on this one are songs like Change it & Come on (part III), but all the tracks on the album are great.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guitar playing, December 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Soul to Soul (Audio CD)

Soul To Soul features what is probably Stevie Ray's most impressive guitar playing. Say What! is one of my favorite SRV songs, an awesome wah-wah guitar piece. It also has Ain't Gonna Give Up On Love, a SRV original tune which is a fabulous old-fashioned blues song with excellent blues guitar. Great album and a must-have for blues guitar lovers.