Search - Stevie Ray Vaughan :: Couldn't Stand the Weather (Sl)

The second wind following Vaughan's torrential debut, Texas Flood, Weather is no less severe a storm. Vaughan classics such as "Cold Shot," "Scuttle Buttin'," and "Honey Bee" are flanked by reverent, impassioned takes on Jimmy Reed's "Tin Pan Alley" and Guitar Slim's slinky "The Things That I Used to Do. An ambitious, heavily improvised reading of Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" finds the late Dallas native coaxing soaring, spitfire dialogues between his Texas-cured voice and blues-abused Stratocaster. Vaughan has inspired a whole school of guitar players. A class roster of "next Stevie Rays" includes Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ian Moore, and Corey Stevens. Couldn't Stand the Weather constitutes a good chunk of the text, and it remains an exciting read, whether you're a guitar student or you just enjoy a classic thriller. --James Rotondi