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Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Stevie Ray Vaughan without a doubt is one of the greatest blues guitarist, and song writers that ever lived. I have been a long time Stevie Ray Vaughan fan when the tribute CD came out I was anxious to here people like jimmie vaughan, bonnie rait, bb. king, eric clapton, robert cray, and dr.john. I bought this not too long ago since I have never got around to it. I have been so caught up with newer releases like the Stevie Ray Vaughan Box Set that I forget to buy some of that other stuff. Anyways I thought in all this CD was another great thing that happened to the blues power of steive ray vaughan.

The guitarist's on here are truely great all of them have a different style thats what I really liked about this CD no one copied stevie note for note or tried to be just like him because every guitarist is different from another. The first track on this CD is Bonnie Raitt: Pride And Joy. Her version was way different from Stevie's but it was good to here a new flavor with some slide guitar. The second track is Jimmie Vaughan: Texas Flood. I also loved his texas guitar slinging playing it sounded like he was picking with his hands it was really cool. One of my favorites though is the next song performed by B.B King titled Telephone Song here is the coolest blues jam. The next one is titled Long Way Home by Buddy Guy. My favorite song on this album was Eric Clapton's version of Ain't Gone 'N Give Up On Your Love. Then their was Robert Cray's Love Struck Baby, Dr. John Cold Shot, All of the guitarist for Six String Down, All of the guitarist for Tick Tock, and all of the guitairist for the SRV Shuffle. Dont get me wrong this is one of the best tribute CD's that was ever put together their is great blues guitar playing on here any true fan, or guitarist would want. Highly Recomended!!

I loved the tribute to stevie ray vaughan I mean who would'nt! Their are so many influential blues guitarist on this album including Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, BB.King, Robert Cray, Jimmie Vaughan, Bonnie Raitt, and more....Their are also many special guests including Dr. John, and Art Neville. As well as the great guitarist, and special guests their is also the orginal member's of Stevie Ray Vaughan and double trouble including Chris Layton, and Tommy Shannon. This live show was done in the Austin City Limits show. I think everybody does great rendition's of Stevie Ray Vaughan's songs including Jimmie Vaughan's: Texas Flood, B.B.King's: Telephone Song, and the powerful rendition of Eric Clapton's: Ain't Gone'N Give Up On Your Love. A really good trio with everybody is Tick Tock, and the Srv Shuffle very cool. This is truely a must have for any guitarist this one is truely" for you!!!!Highly Recomened!

If your looking for a polished studio album featuring any of these performers then go elsewhere. But if you are looking for a heartfelt tribute to SRV from each performer then this is for you. This tribute features performances from everyone that was with Stevie on his faithful night. Each performer gives his/her take on their favorite SRV classics. You can tell that emotion is pouring through every song.

I recently repurchased this cd & listened to it from start to finish. Funny, but I don't remember it sounding this good when I first owned it. It still amazes me that all this talent could be assembled in one place - it speaks volumes about their love and admiration for Stevie. This is a great primer for someone interested in blues music, but unfamiliar with some of the artists on this disc. Each has a very distinctive style and sound. I'm not a huge fan of Jimmie Vaughan, but I have to admit "Six Strings Down" (about the tragic accident that killed Stevie) touched me more than any other song. All the artists sound in top form - none of them are just going through the motions. Truly a great tribute to a great artist!

Before August 27, 1990 I had never really had to cope with death. Although this was not a family member or friend it was still someone I had grown up with, and on. Stevie Ray Vaughan has a special place in my life. His music stays with me until this day.

The amount of friends he had and how they came together was amazing. This was by far the best tribute album as far as talent. There are amazing players on here. It's worth the buy even if you aren't a fan of his, but the blues itself.

Artists include: Bonnie Raitt, Jimmie Lee Vaughan, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, and Dr. John.

The last three tracks are great and they feature all the players on the album playing in unison. This is a delight for fans of the particular artists to hear such a unique live JAM session. All in all this is a fitting, emotional tribute to a man whose guitar magic still lives on inside my soul.

There is a vhs version just in case you'd rather get that. Anyway you can only say that it's great. The SRV shuffle is an improv jam that happened right after tick tock. That brought out the best in Buddy guy and Bonnie raitt. This album had a completely smooth Dr.John take on Cold Shot one of Stevies coolest songs. And Double trouble is here along with some of Jimmie Vaughan's guys. It's enough to make you smile or cry or both. Every Time I listen to it I just sit and think about why I didn't buy it sooner, Eric and B.B. and Robert- how could you go wrong? Texas flood was truly done in Jimmie's style and every song was really done in the style of whoever played it. Nobody- especially his best friends- would be misguided enough to try and do a song like stevie-instead they did great as themselves, which was what Jim wanted and was probably the biggest tribute of all if you think about it. Lovestruck is slowed down a bit but still has great kick and though it's true B.B. could have reahearsed more- His bellowing and unique softtalking lucille was more than enough to make up for it. Buddy guy is always a bright point and you can tell that he and the crowd have an instant connection. He did change Long way... into a slow rambling blues song and you know it fit with completely natural sound. Everybody was excellent and Clapton was the perfect man for ain't gonna... The album is about 1 hr long and the only bad thing about it is that once you here it straight through once or twice you wish it were alot longer. I felt like I could listen to them just jam for an hour. The guitars were no SRV but they were great as I think would be obvious. Dr. John may have had the third best spot of the night by introducing the Keyboard take of Steve's guitar. Easily Eric and Jimmie fought for the best act seeing as how Eric probably got stevie's best original slow blues song and Jimmie elegantly shot through Stevies biggest Blues staple. But all in all you can just here the Joy and frienship coming through the whole concert and Stevie would have wanted it that way. This album will not be regretted at all. Trust me.

Vaughan's old band, led by his brother Jimmie, and a group of big-name blues-rock stars, play tribute to the late-great blues man. Guests are B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Dr. John and Art Neville.

In between the songs are tributes by those guests, and some short excerpts of Vaughan's performances from various concerts. Those excerpts are great, and really show off Stevie Ray's extraordinary talent.

Speaking of talent, all the guests are entertaining and fun to hear. Buddy Guy is fun to watch, too. Does anybody have more fun playing blues on his guitar than Guy? Nobody, frankly, does a super song but they are all good and, for just $10, this is a good deal.. The best number is at the end when the group jam and takes turns with solos. The finale, "SRV Shuffle," to me, was the best song on the DVD. It's so good I get tears in my eyes every time I watch and hear that last number.

This is one of the best of ACL and that's saying a whole lot. This 1995 tribute to Austin-based Stevie Ray Vaughn featured an all-star cast, including Stevie's brother, Jimmy, Eric Clapton, BB King, Bonnie Raitt, and more.

"Pride and Joy" by Bonnie Raitt is probably my favorite of the bunch, but there's not a bad song in the collection.

For such a short life, Stevie Ray Vaughn made an outstanding contribution to blues and guitar and he will be sorely missed. In my opinion, this is one of the best tributes I have ever seen or heard.

This CD has the best blues musicians in the world paying tribute to SRV.
Bonnie Raitt opens with a killer slide version of Pride and Joy,
Jimmy Vaughn does a great version of Texas Flood second only to the version by Stevie.
BB King does Telephone Song. Buddy Guy almost steals the show with Long Way From Home.
Eric Clapton does a solid version on Aint Gonna Give Up On Love.
Robert Cray does a strong version of Love Struck Baby
This is a fitting tribute of musicians who are honoring SRV along with SRV's former band members.
This is a must for any SRV fan, or any blues fan............

The most enjoyable aspect of this tribute to SRV is seeing how his songs may one day become blues standards, particularly "Pride and Joy" or the Chuck Berryish "Love Struck Baby", and hopefully will. I would have appreciated more solo performances, as they would have been more illuminating of that night's players, and less of the huge jams, particularly in light of the fact that each player has such a distinctive style that, when they're all mashed together, the jam loses cohesiveness. Maybe what would have been better is choosing artists to duet, say B.B. King with Eric Clapton or, say, Bonnie Raitt with Jimmie Vaughan. Despite its shortcomings it's a fairly hot record, with excellent performances from its performers, specially Buddy Guy's "Long Way from Home" and Robert Cray's "Love Struck Baby". A note: This is not a record for the beginning SRV fan, not a good introduction, but rather an album for those fans of the artists that play here.