Stevie Ray Vaughan was an American blues rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and the frontman for the band Double Trouble. He is often regarded as one of the greatest guitarists and blues musicians of all time. During his career, he released four studio albums, one live album, and several singles.
At the time of his death on August 27, 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan left behind a large collection of recordings. Over the years, his record companies have continued to issue his music in various formats. Since Jimmie Vaughan, his brother, took control of his intellectual property rights after his death, over 12 Vaughan albums have appeared in the main U.S. albums chart. Several of these have also placed in charts in more than six countries around the world.For additional chart sources, see the "Other charts" subsection below. After his death, Vaughan's record company Sony Music Entertainment continued to issue his albums. These posthumous releases comprise studio outtakes/alternate takes, jams, and live recordings.
Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications US[ Stevie Ray Vaughan Chart History | Billboard.com] AUSPeaks in Australia from 1988 onwards: All except noted: Greatest Hits: Texas Flood Released: 1983 Label: Epic / Legacy Format: 38 46US: 2× Platinum CAN: PlatinumCouldn't Stand the WeatherReleased: 1984 Label: Epic Format: 31 20 US: 2× Platinum AUS: Gold CAN: PlatinumSoul to Soul Released: 1985 Label: Epic / Legacy Format: 34 27 CAN: Gold US: PlatinumIn Step Released: June 1989 Label: Epic / Legacy Format: 33 36 CAN: Gold US: 2× Platinum Family Stylewith Jimmie Vaughan as the Vaughan Brothers Released: September 1990 Label: Epic Format: CD, CS, LP 7 17US: Platinum CAN: PlatinumThe Sky Is CryingReleased: November 5, 1991 Label: Epic Format: CD, CS, LP, Mini CD 10 33US: 2× Platinum CAN: Platinum
Live albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications US AUSLive AliveReleased: November 15, 1986 Recorded: 1985–1986 Label: Epic Format: 52 49 US: Platinum CAN: PlatinumIn the BeginningReleased: October 6, 1992 Recorded: April 1, 1980 Label: Epic Format: 58 — US: GoldLive at Carnegie HallReleased: July 29, 1997 Recorded: October 4, 1984 Label: Epic Format: 40 — US: GoldIn SessionAlbert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan Released: August 17, 1999 Recorded: December 6, 1983 Label: Epic (7501) Formats: CD, LP, SACD 52 —Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985Released: November 20, 2001 Recorded: July 17, 1982 and July 15, 1985 Label: Epic Format: 2-disc CD 178 —Live in TokyoReleased: July 11, 2006 Recorded: January 24, 1985 Label: Masterplan Format: CD — —The Fire Meets the Furywith Jeff Beck Released: March 19, 2012 Recorded: 1989 Label: Smokin' Records Format: CD — —
Compilations and box sets
Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications US AUSGreatest HitsReleased: October 31, 1995 Label: Epic (66217) Format: CD 39 62 US: 2× PlatinumThe Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 2Released: March 23, 1999 Label: Epic/Legacy (65873) Format: CD 53 — US: GoldBlues at SunriseReleased: April 4, 2000 Label: Epic/Legacy (63842) Format: CD80 —SRVReleased: November 21, 2000 Label: Epic/Legacy (65714) Format: Box set 3CD + 1DVD 148 — US: GoldThe Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double TroubleReleased: October 1, 2002 Label: Epic/Legacy (86423) Format: 2CD 165 — US: GoldMartin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Stevie Ray VaughanReleased: September 9, 2003 Label: Epic (512576-2) Format: CD 99 —The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 1Released: December 26, 2006 Label: Legacy (82876-81511-2) Format: CD — —Solos, Sessions & EncoresReleased: November 6, 2007 Label: Epic/Legacy (82876-87231-2) Format: CD — —The Best of Stevie Ray VaughanReleased: November 19, 2007 Label: Sony BMG Music Entertainment Format: CD — —
Extended plays Title EP details Track listingTick TockReleased: September 1990 Labels: Epic (6563523) (Austria) Format: CD maxi single"Tick Tock" "Brothers" "Couldn't Stand the Weather"The Sky Is CryingReleased: October 1991 Labels: Epic (6576752) (Austria) Format: CD maxi single"The Sky Is Crying" "May I Have a Talk with You" "Hard to Be"Little WingReleased: October 1991 Labels: Epic (6579352) (Austria) Format: CD maxi single"Little Wing" "Wham" (live) "Life by the Drop"Little WingReleased: 1992 Labels: Epic (XPCD 187) (UK, Canada) Format: CD Notes: Promo sampler included with Live at the El Mocambo VHS"Little Wing" "Tick Tock"
Singles Year SingleChart positions AlbumUS RockUK 1977"Other Days"/"Texas Clover" (w/ Paul Ray & the Cobras) - -N/A 1979"My Song"/"Rough Edges" (w/ W. C. Clark and Paul Ray & the Cobras) - -N/A 1983"Love Struck Baby"/"Rude Mood" - -Texas Flood 1983"Love Struck Baby"/"Lenny (instrumental)" - -Texas Flood 1983"Pride And Joy"/"Rude Mood" 20 -Texas Flood 1984"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" 26 -Couldn't Stand The Weather 1984"Cold Shot" 29 -Couldn't Stand The Weather 1984"Couldn't Stand The Weather" - -Couldn't Stand The Weather 1985"Look At Little Sister"/"Say What!" 17 -Soul To Soul 1985"Change It"/"Lookin' Out The Window" 17 -Soul To Soul 1986"Willie The Wimp"/"Superstition" 19/11 -Live Alive 1986"Heartache Away"/"Love Roulette" (w/ Don Johnson) - -Heartbeat 1987"Pipeline" (w/ Dick Dale)/"Love Struck Baby" - -Back To The Beach Soundtrack 1989"The House Is Rockin'"/"Tightrope" 18/14 -In Step 1989"Crossfire" 1 -In Step 1989"Wall Of Denial" 46 -In Step 1989"Tightrope" 14 -In Step 1990"Tick Tock/Brothers" (w/ Jimmie Vaughan as the Vaughan Brothers) 7 -Family Style 1990"Telephone Song" (w/ Jimmie Vaughan as the Vaughan Brothers) 3 -Family Style 1990"Good Texan"/"Baboom/Mama Said" (w/ Jimmie Vaughan as the Vaughan Brothers) 18 -Family Style 1991"The Sky Is Crying"/"Chitlins Con Carne" 2 -The Sky Is Crying 1991"Empty Arms"/"Wham" 3 -The Sky Is Crying 1991"Little Wing" 26 -The Sky Is Crying 1992"Shake For Me" 19 -In The Beginning 1995"Taxman"/"The House Is Rockin'" 32 -Greatest Hits
Video albums Album YearChart positions Certifications US 200 U.S. CANPride and Joy 1991 - Platinum -Live at the El Mocambo 1991 - 2× Platinum -Live from Austin, Texas 1995 - 2× Platinum -Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 2004 - Platinum -Live in Tokyo 2006 - - -
Music videos YearTitleDirectorProducer(s)1983"Love Struck Baby"Joe ButtsDale Ward1984"Cold Shot"D.J. WebsterJulie Kaufman-Webster"Couldn't Stand The Weather"Charlie RiceJulie Kaufman-Webster1985"Change It"Josh AransonBob Jason, Gail Kramer1986"Superstition"Fisher & PreachmanJon Douglas West1989"The House Is Rockin'"D.J. WebsterSteven Brandman"Crossfire"D.J. WebsterNina M. Dluhy1992"Little Wing"Phil Tucket
With other artists (1979) W. C. Clark, Rough Edges (1983) David Bowie, Let's Dance (1983) Johnny Copeland, Texas Twister – "Don't Stop By the Creek, Son" and "When the Rain Starts Fallin'" (1984) Marcia Ball, Soulful Dress – "Soulful Dress" (1985) Lonnie Mack, Strike Like Lightning – "Hound Dog Man," "Satisfy Susie," "Double Whammy," "If You Have to Know," and "Oreo Cookie Blues" (1985) Roy Head, Living For A Song (1985) Bennie Wallace, Twilight Time – "All Night Dance" and "Trouble In Mind" (1986) Gung Ho, original soundtrack (1986) James Brown, Gravity – "Living in America" (1986) Don Johnson, Heartbeat – "Heartache Away" and "Love Roulette" (1986) Teena Marie, Emerald City – "You So Heavy" (1987) Stevie Wonder, Characters – "Come Let Me Make Your Love Come Down" (1987) Jennifer Warnes, Famous Blue Raincoat – "First We Take Manhattan" (1987) A.C. Reed, I'm In The Wrong Business – "I Can't Go on This Way," "These Blues Is Killing Me," and "Miami Strut" (1988) Brian Slawson, Distant Drums – "Bumble Bee Blues" (1988) Bill Carter, Loaded Dice – "Loaded Dice," "Na Na Ne Na Nay," and "Chain of Fools" (1989) Zucchero, Zucchero – "Mama" (Madre Dolcissima) (1990) Bob Dylan, Under the Red Sky – "10,000 Men," "God Knows," and "Cat's in the Well" (1994) Doyle Bramhall, Bird Nest on the Ground – "Too Sorry" (1994) The Unplugged Collection, Volume One ("Pride And Joy") (1996) Jerry Lynn Williams, The Peacemaker – "Just How You Play the Game" (2006) Marc Benno and the Nightcrawlers, Crawlin (Blue Skunk Music)
Bootleg recordings Stevie Ray Vaughan's bootleg recordings are performances by Vaughan that have attained some level of public circulation without being available as a legal release. The term most often refers to audio recordings, but also includes video performances. Bootleg recordings arise from a multitude of sources, including broadcast performances, recordings of live shows, test discs, privately distributed copies of demos, and copied studio session tapes. From the earliest bootlegs in the early 1970s, performances for television, concerts, and studio outtakes have been extensive sources for Stevie Ray Vaughan bootlegs.
Several websites have been devoted to comprehensively documenting Stevie Ray Vaughan bootlegs; the following is a list for some of the most common or notable bootlegged recordings by Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Early bootlegs Cast of Thousands, 1971. A young Stephen Tobolowsky asked Vaughan to join his band named Cast of Thousands.Gregory, p. 48 They recorded two songs, which were included on a compilation album of five Oak Cliff bands, called A New Hi for Tempo II Studios.Kitts, p. 2 "Red, White, and Blue" was included on Rough Edges, which is a bootleg album consisting of studio and live material.
Live concerts (1983-1990) El Mocambo, July 11, 1983. Live at the El Mocambo, an official release by Sony in 1991, contained a performance at the El Mocambo in Toronto, professionally filmed and recorded for Canadian television. You'll Be Mine, Little Wing, and Rude Mood were not included on the DVD, though two of the three are available on bootlegged videos. On CD, "Texas Flood" was released on the album Blues at Sunrise, and "Hug You, Squeeze You" was released on the SRV box set, prior to the 2014 release of the complete show as part of "The Complete Epic Recordings Collection". Dallas Moonlight, The Duke and the Hawk 1983 Recorded live at the Sound Stage, Las Colinas, Dallas, Texas, 27th April 1983, a double album, 28 tracks (Beech Marten Records – BM 045/2) with David Bowie release in 1991 Ripley Music Hall, 1983. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble performed at Ripley Music Hall in Philadelphia on October 20, 1983. The show was broadcast over radio for the King Biscuit Flower Hour, resulting in bootleg recordings of high quality. The entire recording is available on Wolfgang's Vault. Austin Opera House, 1984. A concert at the Austin Opera House on April 15, 1984, was recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour. The show featured Vaughan's brother, Jimmie Vaughan, on guitar for "Cold Shot," "The Things That I Used to Do," and "Couldn't Stand the Weather." The recording is available on Wolfgang's Vault. A decent quality audience video of the show is also available. Spectrum, 1984. The band performed two shows on August 17, 1984, at the Spectrum in Montreal. Both were broadcast over radio for the King Biscuit Flower Hour, resulting in bootleg recordings of high quality. The recordings are available on Wolfgang's Vault. Rockpalast, 1984. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's concert at the Loreley Freilichtbühne on August 25, 1984, was filmed for a German television show, Rockpalast. The program and its audio recording have been bootlegged in various formats. In 2008, the concert became available on ConcertTV, a video on-demand channel that broadcasts live music performances. Alabamahalle, 1984. The band's concert at Alabama-Halle in Munich on August 27, 1984, was filmed for a German television show, Live aus dem Alabama. The video has been available to bootleggers, though the film only captures seven songs from the original broadcast.