Hey, this is Patreon mixtaper David Lee Smith
here, and you are listening to My Weekly Mixtape
with your host, Brian Colburn. It's badass. Welcome
to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that takes the
classic mixtape approach to building a modern
playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn. Today,
I'm excited to welcome to the program our first
Patreon mixtaper as a guest, and that would be
the legendary David Lee Smith, who some of you
might be familiar with as he was a guest several
times over on Playlist Wars. David, thank you
so much for joining me here on my weekly mixtape.
And thank you, Brian, for having me on your show
to talk music with you again. It's been over
a year since we did that Playlist Wars thing.
You doing all right, man? I'm doing great and
I hope you're doing the same. I appreciate you
joining me here. And David, I'm going to start
the show the way I start every episode and ask
you the question, what does the word mixtape
mean to you? You know, the word mixtape can really
go a lot of ways because, you know, when people
make a mixtape, it can be just a collection of
just any songs you like or songs of a particular
genre or a particular topic or songs that you
want to try to. put together for a special someone
or songs that mean a lot to particular people,
like, like songs that mean a lot to me or that
mean a lot to you, or, you know, it can be, that
can really go a lot of ways in my humble opinion,
because, uh, to be honest with you, um, I've
never really made a lot of mixed. I mean, I'm
not from the whole, uh, cassette generate, well,
maybe VHS cassette tapes, but I'm not from the
music cassette generation. Cause I'm from the,
I'm, I'm a millennial here and, uh, I'm one of
the members of the younger generation here. And,
uh, I honestly didn't have a lot of music friends
throughout school or I guess music nerds. I guess
the closest music nerds I had were my posse of
friends that we had, I guess more or less our
Guitar Hero posse because I'm a huge fan of Guitar
Hero and I give it credit for helping me embrace.
rock and roll particularly, but I didn't have
a lot of music friends. So I didn't really make
a lot of mixtapes, but in this current age of
streaming and putting together, being able to
do that, to put playlists or mixtapes and all
that stuff together. So the word mixtape can
really go a lot of ways in my opinion. Awesome.
Well, I for one am extremely excited because
tonight I know we are talking about someone who
is near and dear to your heart. because we had
an entire Playlist Wars episode dedicated to
just one of the albums in his discography, and
that would be the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughan.
And we talked about In Step. That's right. That's
actually a spoiler alert. That is actually my
favorite album of all time. That's why I requested
to do that particular episode. And I don't mean
to brag, but this particular legendary person
that's speaking right now, I'm... Not legendary
at all, but I happen to have won that little
poll. My first time out, I won. But what really
matters, it was nice to be on your show. It really
was a pleasure. Likewise, dude. And I think that
that win was what gave you the legendary status.
At least in Playlist Wars lore, it did. Being
that In Step is your favorite album, tonight
you've had to... Use your love of that album
as well as the rest of Stevie Ray Vaughan's catalog
to put together a bank of songs to bring to the
table tonight that we will hopefully build the
ultimate Stevie Ray Vaughan playlist. So, David,
how tough was it for you to pare down your list
of songs to bring to the table this evening?
four studio albums and a posthumous release that
we'll get to here when we talk about the song.
So we're talking maybe 40, 50 songs, I want to
say. So our selections are somewhat limited,
not really, but somewhat. But I mean, obviously
we have more than enough to fill in the 20 songs,
what we've got here. But other than that, I mean,
you know, since I'm such a diehard fan of SRV
and Double Trouble, I could have went with any
song and, you know, I've been like, you know,
I wouldn't have a problem with it, but obviously
you want to go into more like the songs that
describe his career the best or just huge highlights
or sort of like a best of kind of thing or our
own greatest hits kind of mixtape in a way. But
somewhat tough, somewhat not so tough. Take it
or leave it. That makes a lot of sense. And outside
of the four albums like you talked about and
the posthumous release of The Sky is Crying,
He also had the family style album that he did
with his brother, Jimmy. And he is a musical
chameleon because throughout the 80s, his guitar
work was featured on songs like David Bowie's
Let's Dance, James Brown's Living in America,
and Stevie Wonder's Come Let Me Make Your Love
Come Down, amongst many others. So while we'll
likely be focusing on the blues aspect of his
playing. He was a hot guitarist of the 80s decade,
and a lot of musicians wanted him to play on
their releases because of his unique approach
to his instrument. You're not wrong. I think
I'm not alone whenever I was shocked. I can't
remember if it was my mom or my dad. I want to
say it was my mom saying, hey, you know who's
playing the guitar on Let's Dance by David Bowie?
And I was like, she's like, that's Stevie Ray.
And I was like, hmm. I know I'm not alone in
that because I'm sure a lot of people were like,
you know, whenever they first heard that, I'm
sure they were like, who is this guy? Because
he's the guy that led the charge of the blues
revival in the 1980s. I completely agree. When
you have people like Albert King bringing him
on his albums and live shows for the In Session
album that took place in the 80s, you're getting
a nod from one of the greatest blues players
ever. And to me, that. in session was very much
a passing of the torch from one generation to
the next in modern blues rock music. And I feel
like that is what Stevie Ray Vaughan embodied
in the 80s and is going to be kind of the core
of the music we're talking about tonight. Oh,
no doubt. I mean, he led that charge and that's
what made him made him so special. Well, let's
get down to business tonight. As I mentioned
earlier, David and I will be curating the ultimate
Stevie Ray Vaughan playlist, and we're going
to use the old cassette deck approach, meaning
our mixtape will be broken up into two sides,
side A and side B. David, as my special guest,
will begin side A with his first song choice,
and then I'll add a song that I feel best follows
up that choice. We'll then flip -flop choosing
songs until we've mapped out 10 songs for side
A. Then we'll give our mixtape a proverbial flip
and we'll map outside, be only this time I'll
kick the side off with David choosing second.
Our overall goal for this episode is to craft
the best Stevie Ray Vaughan mixtape possible
through only 20 songs. At the end of the show,
you can take our conversation to the next level
by visiting the episode page at myweeklymixtape
.com to give our final mixtape a listen. via
the embedded playlist. And finally, if you like
what you're hearing on the show, please consider
becoming a Patreon mixtaper at patreon .com forward
slash myweeklymixtape. Now, before we hit the
record button on this mixtape, some of the fellow
mixtapers chimed in with songs they feel would
best kick things off. And with that, I want to
share some of those. So, David, you and I have
some food for thought going into this. Go ahead.
Patreon mixtaper Kevin Seeker chimed in with
the house is rocking off of In Step. And Cactus
Pete, which I simply have to read his chime in
verbatim here. Crossfire. Tightrope. Tightrope.
Crossfur. Finkel and Einhorn. Einhorn and Finkel.
Ugh. Crossfire. Just a bit more energy, but I
love them both. I love that kind of a chime in.
Right. Elsewhere on the socials, folks who follow
me at My Weekly Mixtape on Facebook, Instagram,
Twitter, TikTok, and Spoutable also chimed in.
And I want to give a quick shout out to a few
of those. Kelly Bogus chimed in with Love Struck
Baby. Chael chimed in with Hard To Be from that
Vaughn Brothers album we talked about. CP7NY
chimed in with Life Without You. Both Bruno Ravioli
and Nick Bambich chimed in with The House Is
Rockin'. Tim O'Sullivan chimed in with Couldn't
Stand the Weather. John Farrell chimed in with
Tightrope. Zach Deuce chimed in with his live
cover of Stevie Wonder's Superstition. And Movie
Psycho chimed in with Any. They're all great.
Which is a sentiment that I safely could say
neither one of us here would argue with. Nope.
He's not wrong. So with so many great songs to
choose from, David, I'm going to officially press
the record button on this mixtape and turn the
mic over to you. David, what song are you choosing
to kick off our ultimate Stevie Ray Vaughan mixtape
with and why? OK, I had to really think about
how I'm going to start this off here. But I'm
going to start with the lead off track from In
Step, like we did on the playlist for In Step.
I'm going to kick things off with The House is
Rockin'. It's one of his well -known songs, and
it's a great song. I mean, we talked about this
when we talked about In Step with the Playlist
Wars. God, it's already been over a year since
we did that. Man, time flies. His guitar tone
is awesome. I love Reese Winans on the piano
and not to mention Chris Slayton on drums and
Tommy Shannon on the bass are no slouches either.
And they had a really special chemistry with
each other and it shows. And it's a great song.
It's a great kickoff to that album. Steve Ray
Vaughan's voice is excellent. And the reason
why I had to choose this over another song, another
song, excuse me, but it's because that. Excuse
me if you're not a particular fan of this particular
team I'm about to talk about here. But I'm a
fan of the Dallas Stars, and we just recently
had a decent run in the Stanley Cup this year.
Unfortunately, it did not go out the way we wanted.
But still, I give them credit for having such
a good run in the Stanley Cup. And the reason
why I picked Dallas is Rockin' is because the
Dallas Stars play this song whenever they win
a home game. And I was hoping that I would love
to hear... then play this song at full blast
whenever the Dallas stars win the Stanley cup.
But there's always a next time, whenever that's
going to happen, whenever we have another chance
of that happening. So I have to give the stars
credit for getting that far in the Stanley cup
playoffs. So that's why I had to start off with
the houses rocking. So it was a bit of a tough
choice, but that's why I had to start off with
that. Even though I'm a Rangers fan and still
a little sad about their demise much earlier
in the Stanley Cup playoffs, the house is a rock
and though is what we're talking about here,
not hockey. So I'm going to focus on that one.
Could not have picked a better song to kick things
off with. This is one that. is a crowd pleaser.
It's one of his anthems. It's a song that has
endured generations of love. It is a stadium
anthem. Like you mentioned, it's been used in
movies. I remember major league to use this song
and it's been used in television shows. This
is probably Stevie Ray Vaughan's most accessible
song. Whereas the majority of people who are.
maybe not thinking they're familiar with his
music, hear this song and go, oh, that's him.
OK, I know that one because the song is everywhere.
And it's a perfect introduction to the kind of
music we're going to be talking about tonight.
This is probably one of his heavier blues rock
songs, along with a few others we're going to
talk about tonight, because, you know, I like
to bring the heavy. But following up, the house
is rocking. To me, there is only one song that
could fit in that number two slot because the
groove is literally the perfect second song of
the night vibe. And I am going to go with the
second song on In Step, Crossfire. This song
is probably my favorite Stevie Ray Vaughan rock
song. The groove they catch. It's just that get
your head bobbing. You could have opened up Side
A with anything. You could have started slow
and bluesy. And then, boom, you pick up the step
for Crossfire. You could start with something
fast, like you did with The House is Rockin'.
But, boom, you go into Crossfire. It's just that
nice segue out of whatever you bring to the table.
And I will say, as much as I love cover songs,
the version that Reese Winan does on his solo
album. Is absolutely incredible. I love that
version as well. Not as good as the one on in
step. But a mighty good version. And a little
bit more open for soloing. Because you know Reese
kind of opened up. And did his thing a little
longer in that. Which I loved hearing. But regardless.
Track two. Crossfire from in step. That's the
song that I was debating on whether I would start
off this playlist with either the house is rocking
or crossfire. And I'm glad you did that because
I know we kind of talked about this on playlist
wars. You were debating whether if crossfire
was a better album opening track, because I think
it meant a little bit more to you than the house
is rocking because that's what killed our. Bingo.
I still blame you for that, Brian. Sorry. No,
no, no, no. It's all right. I take the blame
for that too, because I screwed up a bingo when
we did that battle of ZZ Top. So I'm partial
to blame for that too. But yeah, I'm glad you
mentioned Crossfire. Like you, yeah, the Reece
Winans version we talked about as well. I love
that version. It's a really, really great version
with Kenny Wayne Shepard and Rhys Williams, like
I said, is a monster keyboard player. I read
an interview with Chris Layton saying that they
were, I think it was Sony Music, the company,
were trying to cut the solo out. So it'll be
a try to get the song Crossfire on contemporary
music charts. So I'm glad they won the argument
because getting rid of those solos just. That
would have been a crime in of itself right there.
And I'm glad they won the argument because, hey,
it went to number one on the mainstream chart.
So I'm glad that happened. Could not agree more.
So now are we going to follow it up with a third
in -step song? No. Another thing I wanted to
point out, I forgot to do at the top of the episode,
is that I want to at least try to pick two songs
from every album, four studio albums, maybe eight.
extra cut but we'll do that as we go along here
but no we're not going to follow up with another
in step song i think i'm going to go with the
title track off of their second album couldn't
stand the weather as their third song here it's
my third favorite stevie ray vaughn song the
cool opening with jimmy vaughn playing those
little chords and stevie's mini solos and man
what a groove does it go into and i love the
uh like i said we talked about his vocals before
it's excellent and his solos my goodness one
of my favorites srv solos i mean just it's always
been a favorite of mine of his catalog and i
grew up with that song too and the video we didn't
really point out the videos here but the house
is rocking is you know playing in a house and
it's partying so you know it's fun crossfire
is um it's not a funny video but it's um It's
cool to watch him do his thing along with the
horns and all that. But Couldn't Stand the Weather,
I think, was pretty silly because the band are
getting water sprayed all over them. And some
of the people were getting blown away by it.
And no, it's just complete cool all the way around.
And I've always loved Couldn't Stand the Weather,
the title track to their second album. So that's
going to be the third song for this little mixtape
here. Well, I have that on my bucket list. So
you scooped me on the track, but I will tell
you this next to each song. I like to put a word
that kind of gives me an idea for when I'm looking
for kind of how to bounce off of what you've
chosen. And I had one word written next to couldn't
stand the weather. And that word is groove. You
nailed it. This song has such. An undeniable
groove. Even the start and stops in the riff
itself, where the whole band just stops and picks
it back up on the offbeat. It really grooves.
And it's a style of blues playing that was different
than your typical blues rock that you would hear
in the 70s. This had a, dare I say, a danceable
aspect to it, which was not. a part of blues
music per se. And this groove is something that
really goes throughout a lot of the songs in
his catalog. So I'm so glad you brought that
up. And I am going to follow that groove up with
a cover song because I love my covers. And this
cover is a song that was originally recorded
by writer unknown. It is literally written that
way. on the base of The Sky is Crying from 1991.
But I'm going to assume that the vibe that Stevie
Ray Vaughan was going for on this song was that
of the amazing Johnny Winters version. And this
is the opening track on The Sky is Crying, Boot
Hill. This song is a blazing blues rocker that
really showcases How incredible Double Trouble
and Stevie Ray are as a unit. Because this song,
again, has this undeniable blues groove. But
it is heavy. The tone that Stevie Ray is pulling
off in this song is unbelievable. And it's such
a fantastic way to open up an album. Especially
because this was kind of marketed as his last...
hurrah so to speak obviously there were deluxe
editions and box sets that came but at the time
this was kind of put out there as his final musical
statement and i bought it the day it came out
and it has always resonated with me kind of at
the same level of instep because instep was his
final official album and this was kind of the
one right after so it's almost like the end of
the set and the encore, these two albums together
for me. So that is what I am going with. Following
up. Couldn't stand the weather with boot Hill
from the sky is crying. That's a great choice,
man. And I, yeah, you're, you're not wrong about
the chemistry of Stevie Ray and double trouble,
or I guess, I guess triple trouble since they
added Reese Winans, but they kept it with double
trouble, but. I hate feeling like I'm leaving
out Reese Winans because even though they brought
in Reese Winans with the Soul to Soul album,
that's when he made his debut with the band.
But yeah, it's definitely a heavy blues. But
then again, it's very like whenever you hear
that guitar tone, it's completely. distinctive
and whenever you hear that guitar tone you know
that's SRV and then he does things like a playing
style and you'd say yep that's him but like any
other great guitar player they're very distinctive
to point out it's like whenever you hear stuff
you'd say like oh that's Eddie Van Halen oh that's
Stevie Ray Vaughan oh that's this person but
yeah it's definitely heavy groove so very good
choice as a matter of fact I uh re -listened
to Couldn't Stand the Weather uh last month because
it was recently the anniversary of that album
and i listened to the deluxe edition that had
that because some of the uh tracks that were
on uh this guy's crying and some other like archive
albums were on like expanded editions of certain
albums and boot hell was on there i don't know
if it was a different take done in a different
year because sometimes some of these songs were
done in different album sessions so i think there's
like a couple versions of boot hill and a couple
of other uh songs that we might point out here
but yeah definitely a great choice for sure How
do I want to follow that? Oh, boy. I think we'll
go to Texas Flood. We got to bring in what's
one of his most recognizable songs. I think we'll
go with Pride and Joy because obviously Pride
and Joy is one of his staples. Like everybody.
Well, I don't think I want to say everybody,
but I want to say most. rock fans or at least
most music fans are aware of pride and joy i
mean because it has that playing style that that's
a part of his style and uh i'm kind of taken
off of what aaron from ridiculous rock record
review said because he talked about texas flood
before and he said if you hear that that's stevie
ray for sure and he does do that a couple of
his songs but pride and joy is no exception i
mean what can be said it's a great a great riff
great solo one of his most recognizable songs
it's a radio staple i mean what can be said about
that it's just uh when we talked about groove
and yeah i mean because a lot of texas blues
especially texas blues rock they're very groovy
bands like zz top obviously fits in with that
description as well because they're like masters
of the boogie rock music and You know, listening
to them and ZZ Top made me really appreciate
Boogie Rock. You know, just awesome guitar music
that makes you strut your hips or whatever you
want to do. You know, kind of headbang a little
bit. But no doubt about it, Pride and Joy makes
you do that a little bit. So it's a classic.
You nailed it on the last word. It's an absolute
classic. It's that walking style, that chugging
guitar that demands your attention. Because it
was, again, unlike the other... bluesy rock songs
that were on the radio at the time. If you think
about the bluesy rock of, let's say, Keep Your
Hands to Yourself by the Georgia Satellites,
that was a little bit more pop -leaning and pop
-friendly where this one's leaning into the blues
aspect of things and kind of staying away from
the pop side, even though lyrically and vocally
it's a song that's easy to sing along with. Musically,
It leaned more towards of what George Thorogood
was doing than more of the poppier aspect of,
let's say, like I mentioned, Keep Your Hands
to Yourself. But I love that song, and I'm glad
that that's included tonight. I had two versions
of the song in my list. I had Texas Flood's 1983
version as well as the in -session version with
Albert King. because that version was a little
bit more extended and you got one of the greats
of blues guitar playing on it as well. So that
added this extra layer of legendary to the song.
And I love that aspect about it. But following
it up, that's actually tough. And I want to pick
up the energy a little bit because Pride and
Joy is a great song, but it's a little bit more
mid -tempo. And I want to crank up with a little
bit more energy. So I'm going to jump up a couple
of years and I'm going to go to 1985's Soul to
Soul. And I am going to go with the cover of
Hank Ballard's Look at Little Sister, which was
a single from the album. And this song just slays.
This song is heavy. This song demands you stop
what you're doing and you listen to. the awesomeness
that's coming out of your stereo system. And
it was this bombastic statement of a song that
really, truly stood out to me on an otherwise
fantastic soul -to -soul album. This one was
the one song on the album that I had to go back
and listen to immediately upon finishing the
album for the first time because it was the song
that jumped out at me at the most and arguably
the reason why they chose it for a single. So
following you up with pride and joy, I'm going
to soul to soul and look at little sister. Ooh,
brilliant choice there, man. I mean, especially
with the addition of Reese Winans, like we talked
about, this is his first appearance with double
trouble, a soul to soul album and look a little
sister. And wow. I mean, especially with the
addition of Joseph blood on, on the saxophone.
Cause Oh, that's sacks. It was sexy. say i was
about to say that sex sexy dad jokes here as
well yeah he finally i was i was hoping you would
bring in one of those stupid dad jokes i can't
go wrong with them but yeah i mean the addition
of joseph bled on sax who joseph bled was actually
a chris layton's roommate because there is a
uh a little podcast that i listened to that talked
about the uh um like her research into Stevie
Ray Vaughan and double trouble. And she had interviewed
Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton and Chris Layton
talked about his time with Joseph blood and they
knew each other, but Joseph blood also was on
the. horns for Crossfire. But yeah, Look at Little
Sister is obviously one of the best known songs
from Soul to Soul. It's another song I grew up
with. And there's a I don't know if you've seen
this, but there is this little video of Muppets
playing Look at Little Sister. I don't know if
you've seen that. Of course, it's the Muppets,
man. Oh, man, they did an impressive job. Hats
off to Zoot and the rest of the electric man
for tackling such a challenging tune. Oh, no
doubt about that. I mean, man. And also, Look
A Little Sister is obviously known for, if you
guys are familiar with the Austin City 11s in
1989, this is a song where Stevie Ray broke the
guitar string. But you know what? Guitar string,
no problem. He plays things how he feels. He
doesn't try to play it exactly off the album.
He just plays whatever his soul tells him to.
And there are many ways for it to sound good.
And it still sounded great despite the broken
string. And he switched the guitars without even
missing a beat. And that's just legendary in
and of itself right there with that guitar switch.
Definitely check that out. But other than that,
it's a great performance of the song. It's a
great song too. How am I going to follow this?
I think I'll go with a cover myself. I'm going
to go from one of the archives, but it's on The
Sky is Crying, too. One of my favorite cover
songs of all time, I think. Stevie Ray Vaughan
and Double Trouble cover Jimi Hendrix so well.
And obviously, there are two songs that they
recorded that were originally done by Hendrix.
But I think I'll go and start off with that's
on The Sky is Crying here. And that is their
version of Little Wing. Yes. What can be said
about that version, man? I mean, obviously Hendrix
sang on his original version from Axis Bold as
Love, which is a fantastic album. But I think
he would have, I mean, he was a great singer
and both him and Hendrix knew how to sell their
lyrics, even though they didn't have the greatest
of voices. But they knew how to sell their lyrics
and really communicate with what they're talking
about here. It's unfortunate that he didn't sing
on Little Wing. I'm very curious what he would
sound like. But then again, I'm also happy that
he kind of took it further than what Hendrix
did on Axis Bold as Love, because unfortunately,
the Hendrix version is only a little over two
minutes, which is a shame because I would love
to. I think anybody who's anybody who is a big
Hendrix fan like myself would have loved to have
seen how far they would have stretched it out,
especially on Bold as Love, since it was so short.
But I'm happy that it's been stretched out to
over six and a half minutes here. It's completely
instrumental, but what can be said? He played
Hendrix so well, and he did his own stamp on
it without stepping on the master's toes, but
just breathtaking. Absolutely breathtaking. Tackling
Jimi Hendrix in any aspect is a challenge of
gargantuan proportions here. You are tackling
one of the best guitarists ever. In the history
of guitar playing and to be able to do it with
the authority that Stevie Ray Vaughan pulled
off in Little Wing and to make the guitar become
the voice of the song versus the lyrics that
are on the original. So you're taking a song
that is well known lyrically and just stripping
that from the song and trying to pull off the
song similar to what Jimi Hendrix himself did.
When he covered Born Under a Bad Sign, which
ended up on his blues compilation that came out
in the 90s. You're taking a song with lyrics
that you know. When Cream did Born Under a Bad
Sign, there are lyrics to this song. But Jimi
Hendrix took it and made it eight minutes of
just his guitar doing the talking. And I love
the fact that Stevie Ray did that with this version
of Little Wing because the guitar told all that
needed to be said. So coming out of that is a
tough challenge, but I think I've got the perfect
song to do it. And that is a song that was originally
recorded by Robert Giddens. And it's the slow
burn of Tin Pan Alley, a .k .a. Roughest Place
in Town from Couldn't Stand the Weather. Nine
minutes and ten seconds. Of tension. That you
could feel. Throughout the song. It's slow. It's
chill. But there's something about this song.
That is just commanding your attention. I know
there's some people that aren't into long songs.
But this one. The tension continues to build.
And the playing. Through the subtleness. Of the
way he's delivering the guitar lines. Adds to
this song. And it's just so well done. And it's
such a great fit coming out of Little Wing because
it kind of brings the vibe down a little bit
coming out of Little Wing. But at the same time
is really expanding upon the overall skill set
that Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble have
because it is very easy to make nine minutes
boring. And that never happens in this version.
When the song's over, you feel like it could
have went on much longer. So following up Little
Wing, I'm going with Tin Pan Alley, a .k .a.
Roughest Place in Town. Yeah, over nine minutes,
never boring. Excellent, excellent, pure blues
right there. And when I talked about Couldn't
Stand the Weather on R4, I did research, obviously.
And their manager at the time, who was John Hammond,
I believe that he stated that that was actually
a... a one take solo and he told stevie that
he couldn't do a better job than that so it's
always fascinating to hear like a one take story
from any musician it's always fascinating to
hear that but yeah absolutely brilliant and there's
also a very good version of him playing that
with another well -known blues legend who goes
by the name of johnny copeland it's also on the
uh live in Montreux because Stevie and Double
Trouble played at the Montreux Jazz Festival
twice. They're both on live albums. Well, they're
both on the same little live album set, but they're
two CDs. The first performance was done in 1982.
That was when they got their big break where
they met Jackson Brown and David Bowie. and they
also played it again in 1985 and they played
that with johnny copeland they also did play
a couple more songs with johnny copeland which
i think are really cool but unfortunately they
were cut off which is a bit of a shame but nonetheless
that song is just absolutely brilliant just pure
blues all the way through not boring even for
a second oh okay i think i'll go with my pick
from soul to soul i think i'll go with One of
the more well -known songs from that album, I'm
going to go with Change It. That's another childhood
favorite of mine right there because it was,
I don't know if it was a single or not, but it
did have a video where it had Stevie walking
into a barn and somewhere out in the desert somewhere
and just pure cool from him. And it's an excellent
song. I remember growing up with the song a lot
and it never gets old for me. Still kind of has
a bit of a mid tempo kind of groove, even though
we're still kind of picking things up a little
bit after the cool down of Tin Pan Alley. But
I still still it's a well known song in the canon
of Double Trouble. And it's another very, very
good groove, especially his vocals like we talked
about earlier. And I hate to feel like I'm kind
of burning on Soul to Soul here a little bit,
but even though it's my least favorite album
of their catalog, but I still love Soul to Soul,
no question. But that was when Stevie was at
his lowest point in his life because he was dealing
with his addiction and his personal life was
just not so good. There's this VH1 Legends documentary
about Stevie when they talked about how Soul
to Soul kind of lacked the fire and bite of the
first two albums, Texas Flood and Couldn't Stand
the Weather. Even though it's still, I kind of
see that because it did take a long time for
them to record the album. But still, I think
it's a really, really good album, no doubt about
it. But I just wanted to pick, I think, one of
the better songs off of that album, which was
Change It. So it means a lot to me for sure.
Well, I'm glad you did that because that is another
one of the songs I had on my list from soul to
soul. So that makes my life just a little bit
easier. Great song. I think you said everything
that needs to be said about it. It was a low
point in Stevie Ray Vaughan's life and it kind
of came out in the music. Whereas songs that
were more sad and heart wrenching from that album,
like Ain't Gone Give Up On Love, that really.
Speaks volumes on that album because of what
he was going through at the time. But the more
upbeat fare on that album didn't pay off like
it did on other albums, except I think Change
It. Again, that's a little more mid tempo. But
Change It is one of the songs that did pay off
from this album. And obviously, low point aside,
what he's going to come back from that with moving
forward is obviously or. Probably his best album
ever, which was 89's In Step by the time they
got to it. So love the pick. And now we get to
close out this amazing side. And one part of
Stevie Ray Vaughan's music that we have not talked
about tonight so far is the way that Stevie Ray
Vaughan can handle jazz music. Stevie Ray Vaughan
is the person that introduced me to jazz music.
And there's something about when Stevie Ray Vaughan
plays jazz that it just takes the room over.
And he speaks to you through his guitar in a
way that not many guitarists have ever done.
And because one of Stevie Ray Vaughan's jazz
influences is Kenny Burrell, I hear elements
of Kenny Burrell in this song. And this song
closes. a Stevie Ray Vaughan record, which I
think is amazing. So the song that I am going
to choose to close out Side A is the beautiful
jazz stylings of Lenny from Texas Flood, a song
named after his guitar. Oh, just. Pure beauty
from start to finish. Yeah. Not only the jazz
influence, like Kenny Burrell, like you said,
he also did that with a staying swing from couldn't
stand the weather, but that's pure jazz swing.
Yes. Which is a very, very cool tune in of itself.
But yeah, Lenny, you can hear like a bit of Hendrix
in there as well. You can hear many influences
in Lenny. Like obviously he's not just a blues
player. He's a well -versed in the rock. He's
well -versed in the jazz. Like you said, like
Kenny Burrell. Which I'm yet to dive into. I
mean, I still have a lot more to dive into. But
yeah, I have that in my head for sure. If you're
going to dive into Kenny Burrell, Midnight Blue.
It has Chitlin's Concarne on it, which Stevie
Ray Vaughan covered on The Sky is Crying. And
to me, that is the perfect introduction to his
music. And I think if you're a fan of the style
like Lenny and Chitlin's Concarne, that's a perfect
place to start. Gotcha. Cause I, I'm, I'm obviously
familiar with his version of Chitlin's con carne
as well. Cause, um, so yeah, he's definitely
in my head for sure. I just haven't gotten around
to him yet, but it will happen. It will happen.
But yeah, another fun fact is that, um, his first
wife. Legendarily, he called his first wife his
first guitar, but his actual first wife was a
woman who went by the name of Lenny Bailey. Unfortunately,
the marriage didn't end very well because they
were fighting and all that because of his Stevie
success. Lenny felt that she was being pushed
to the sidelines and it was a very, very bitter
ending to their marriage. And if you want to
know more, you can just watch that VH1 Legend
documentary, which is a very good documentary.
But yeah, absolutely. Lenny is a very beautiful
song and one of the beautiful ballads that he
did. And I love his ballads, especially if they
were just instrumental ballads. But we'll get
to that at some point. No doubt about that. I
have a feeling we will. And that mixtapers concludes
side A of our ultimate Stevie Ray Vaughan playlist,
which consists of The House is Rockin' from In
Step, Crossfire from In Step. Couldn't Stand
the Weather from the album of the same name,
Boot Hill from The Sky is Crying, Pride and Joy
from Texas Flood, Look at Little Sister from
Soul to Soul, Little Wing from The Sky is Crying,
Tin Pan Alley, aka Roughest Place in Town from
Couldn't Stand the Weather, Change It from Soul
to Soul, and Lenny from Texas. You can always
head to myweeklymixtape .com to hear all the
songs we've discussed in this mix through the
playlist embedded on the episode page. So, David,
while I'm flipping the tape over and getting
ready for side B, what are your thoughts on side
A thus far? Do you think we're hitting the right
notes so far? I was hoping you were going to
ask, are we in step with our picks? But without
a doubt, we are on point like a number two pencil,
man. And that number two pencil, I think, is
very, very sharp and fine right now so far. All
right. Well, I'm going to put that pencil to
paper right now with my first pick for side B.
And that one, if it wasn't sharp enough, this
will be the final push that it needs because
Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar is never sharper.
Then the opening of Couldn't Stand the Weather
and the instrumental lightning fury of Scuttlebutton.
One of my favorite heavy blues rock jams. This
song is under two minutes. This song is literally
lightning in a bottle musically. It is. Full
speed ahead. Now that I have your attention,
let's get this show on the road. And if I'm kicking
off any side of a Stevie Ray Vaughan mixtape
or playlist, this is a song that kicks it off
for me. However, I love the house is rocking
for Side A. So I feel like this complements that
exact same vibe that you're opened up Side A
with only this time in instrumental fashion.
So track one, Scuttlebutton from Couldn't Stand
the Weather. Man, if you want to know how to
kick off a ball game, Scuttlebutton from Couldn't
Stand the Weather does the job well. And we already
kind of gave you a little whiff of Stevie Ray's
instrumental prowess. And not to mention, we
talked about Little Wing. That's a pure instrumental
version of the song. But his instrumental prowess,
like I said, is just outstanding. And it makes
you like Scuttlebutton is just pure fast pace.
Just mind blowing. I mean. That's how you kick
off a follow -up album to Texas flood. And it's
just a, yeah, that's how you kick off a ball
game right there. Just wow. Amazing. Wow. How
am I going to follow skull button? Well, I've
already picked the title track. I couldn't stand
the weather because that does follow up scuttle
button, but what can I do here? I think I'll
go to Texas flood. with the title track Texas
Flood originally done by Larry Davis and as if
we weren't complimenting Stevie's guitar enough
his guitar obviously is the star in the song
and uh I just have nothing to say I mean I just
want to leave it with nothing to say I mean because
what can be said about his fantastic guitar playing
I mean in a lot of these songs but man he's like
a lot of other bluesmen and they do a lot of
great cover songs and they did them justice.
And actually there is a version of Texas flood
with Larry Davis as guest vocalist on YouTube.
And I think it's, I think it's really cool, especially
when he was able to collaborate with older blues
artists like Albert King and, you know, a lot
of other people from that old era, but just the
fantastic soloing his vocals obviously are well
done once again, just man. Wow. That's all I
got to say about that. Well, I think you nailed
it. What else can be said about Texas flood?
It truly introduced the next generation of blues
rock to the world in 1983, because that song
is your slow blues rock staple. And that is a
core part of every blue show. And if you can't
capture the audience's attention with a slow
blues groove, You're not going to make it in
blues music. And Texas Flood showed that not
only does he get your attention with the song,
he commands it through the entire song with some
of the best playing on that entire album. I absolutely
love the pick. And I am going to follow that
up with my first deep cut of the night. This
cut is not on a Stevie Ray Vaughan album. Instead,
it's on a movie soundtrack. And that movie is
1987's Back to the Beach. Most people remember
that movie as the one that Pee Wee Herman sang
Surfing Bird in. And you are absolutely correct.
I had that Surfing Bird on 45. As well as when
I finally got the full length soundtrack. And
when I got the full length soundtrack, I discovered
a Stevie Ray Vaughan song that blew my mind.
Because I wasn't the biggest fan of surf rock,
but I knew that Dick Dale was surf rock. And
on the Back to the Beach soundtrack, Dick Dale
and Stevie Ray Vaughan throw down on a cover
of the Shantae's Pipeline. And it shows a side
of Stevie Ray Vaughan that you don't hear anywhere
else on his catalog. So not only is he the blues
guitar maestro that you know from songs like
Texas Flood, player like you hear in Lenny off
Texas flood as well, or the rocking player like
scuttle button or the house is rocking. He could
play surf rock with the best in the business.
And that is what this song says. This shows just
how much of a musical chameleon he is. So I am
following up Texas flood with pipeline from the
back to the beach soundtrack. Wow. I mean, like
we talked about earlier, he had a lot of music
influences in his playing and he could really,
like you said, he was a true chameleon with his
instrument. However, people should really check
out the version that he did with his brother,
Jimmy, when they were playing that double neck
guitar, Stevie's playing the top half of the
guitar, I believe. And Jimmy's playing as wrapping
his arms around Stevie and he's playing the bottom
half if I remember correctly, but yeah, very,
very good pick for sure. Ooh, man. Covers galore
here. I think I may as well go ahead and just
get this out of the way. I'm going to go with
the other song that they cover Jimi Hendrix with,
and I'm just going to go ahead and pick their
cover of Voodoo Child's Slight Return from Couldn't
Stand the Weather. I'll be honest with you, this
is my favorite song of all time. Not only is
it my favorite Jimi Hendrix song, but it feels
kind of sacrilege for me to... prefer this version
over the hendrix original but don't get me wrong
it's like 50 .1 stevie ray vaughn version for
me and 49 .9 jimmy hendrix version because like
i said that's my favorite hendrix tune but stevie
ray vaughn is my all -time favorite musician
and i uh personally take this version just barely
by an inch over the hendrix original i mean like
when we talked about little wing he covered hendrix
and he's I want to say Stevie Ray Vaughan and
double trouble are my favorite band to cover
Jimi Hendrix. And they did it so well without
stepping on Hendrix's toes and eight minutes,
especially the live performances that he does
is just absolutely electrifying. I could ramble
on about this song if I wanted to, but just amazing
straight front to back. I'll add a third version
that competes for my. crown of the voodoo child
so to speak and that is kenny wayne shepherd's
studio version b -side from the blue on black
cd single that came out in the 90s you can't
find it on streaming but you can find it on youtube
and kenny wayne shepherd makes a great case for
why all three songs should be sitting at 33 .33333
infinite To see which one is the best. Because
to me they're all brilliant. All three versions.
And I cannot choose between them. Kenny Wayne
Shepard does it. He carries the Voodoo Child
cyber return torch very well. And especially
with Chris Layton in his bed. He carries that
torch so well today. But following up Voodoo
Child is a tough one. Because that's got a really
defiant ending to the song. So I think what I'm
going to do is flip the script musically a little
bit. And I want to bring into the conversation
tonight because we haven't talked about it yet.
1990s family style. While it's not a Stevie Ray
Vaughan and Double Trouble album, it's definitely
an album that belongs in this conversation. Obviously,
his brother still carries the torch for him to
this day. But you go back to that album, there's
a ton of incredible music on it. And the one
that I'm going to pull is where the brothers
talk to each other through their guitars. on
an instrumental original with the same vibe again
musical chameleon of booker t and the mg's green
onions but this was their song their original
and it came from that mindset and it's hillbillies
from outer space just a fun groovy soulful tune
where they talk to each other through the guitars
and i absolutely love it And it kind of brings
the brothers together for a song as part of this
mixtape we're making tonight. So I'm following
you up with Hillbillies from Outer Space from
Family Style. Man, that album, I think, is very
underrated. And like I said, I'm very happy that
they did that album together. And Hillbillies
from Outer Space is a very interesting choice
because that's when Jimmy Vaughn kind of does
his little more or less organ licks on the guitar,
especially since he does like. He uses what's
called a Leslie rotating speaker effect. He's
one of those guys that loves to use the Leslie
every now and then. But yeah, it's a very interesting
tune. And it was a good way for him to go out,
especially if you were to watch the video for
the song TikTok. It's just so... I could only
imagine what Jimmy was going through when he
was making that video. And sure, Stevie sings
on that song, but... There's and there's no Stevie
on that video because that obviously that was
done right after he passed. So I can't comment
about how what Jimmy was going through at the
time, but no doubt about it. It was just very
bittersweet that we lost such a bright light
in this world, such a bright light that Stevie
was. But we'll get to the bright light bit here
pretty soon here. But nonetheless, to follow
that, I think I'll go. Hmm. Man, so many good
ones. But I particularly love this version. This
is another song that I grew up with a lot. And
that is their cover of Stevie Wonder's Superstition.
Yes. Yes. Yes, sir. Yeah, baby. Any blues artist
worth their salt has to. A lot of blues artists
do a lot of cover songs of older tunes. And man,
does Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, they
nail yet another cover. And one of my favorite
SRV covers, obviously the version of Superstition,
which was actually from the Live Alive live album.
But it was actually done, I believe it was done
at Stevie Wonder's studio, if I remember correctly.
I could be wrong about that. But if I remember
correctly, I think it was done at his studio.
The video man. Oh, my goodness. I loved his sense
of humor, too, especially in some of his videos
and how the black cat was getting in Stevie's
path, especially when he when he woke Stevie
up from his nap at the very beginning of the
video and him throwing the boot and all that.
And all the signs of bad luck just occur throughout
the video. It's just all my it's just nonstop.
It's cool and hilarious at the same time. But
the song itself is yet another groove. yet another
groove and yet another fantastic solo from stevie
it's just man these guys really they really did
faithful covers and they really had genuine love
of these songs and you could tell they had genuine
love especially for stevie's case they did these
a lot of covers so well and stevie wonders superstition
is obviously no exception it's another childhood
favorite of mine just just amazing easily the
best stevie Wonder cover ever, in my humble opinion,
even more so than higher ground by the Red Hot
Chili Peppers, which I also love. But Stevie
Superstition, which other bands have done superstition
in the past, never like this. This version is
funky and bluesy simultaneously. It honors the
original, but brings it to a new place. It's
everything I love and adore about cover songs,
all wrapped into one perfect. Live Alive album,
which is a fantastic live offering. And the first
one we've talked about tonight. So I'm really
stoked to see that in there. And coming out of
it, I want to stay with the funky a little bit.
And I think I'm going to do that by bringing
in Tightrope from 1989's In Step. Because I think
coming out of Superstition, you want to go with
one that's a certified classic of Stevie's originals.
And this is certainly one of them. It's another
one of the best songs on In Step, my favorite
album of his. And I couldn't talk about this
album enough tonight, so I wanted to make sure
to bring it up again. And that would be Tightrope
following up Superstition to keep that kind of
funky groove going right now. And I'm very glad
you did, because like when we talked about the
Playlist Wars episode of In Step, Tightrope is
yet another song that I grew up with, and it
holds a special place for me. In Step is mainly
about Stevie's addiction stories and how he battled
his battles with addiction at that time and how
he was able to overcome them. That's obviously
what Tightrope is about. Some of the lines obviously
are on the nose, like we talked about before.
And the In Step album was what really inspired
me to make sure to not go down the alcoholic
path, because if I remember correctly, I hate
to kind of veer off a little bit because I. I've
only done like very tiny sips of wine when I
was a kid, but that was just a very, very tiny
sips. But other than that, I never drank any
alcohol to my knowledge. Anyway, I never done
any smoking or any of that stuff. So I'm very
happy that Stevie Ray changed my life. So that
way I'll never be able to, uh, I'll never go
down that path that he did. And it almost killed
him as a result. So I'm happy he was able to
live and make in step and, uh, very make an inspiring
album like instead of, but yeah, I love the funky
groove of tightrope his vocals again. and the
solo obviously but what can be said about his
solos because they're just so so tasty so soulful
just able to wring the emotion and soul out of
that fender stratocaster that he had just obviously
what can be said about tightrope as well it's
another well -known tune of his obviously hmm
well we're already coming towards the end here
And I want to kind of get a bit softer here.
I mean, I know I would love to keep the momentum
going, but I think we can kind of transition
every now and then. Cause since we're, like I
said, we're getting close to the end here. I
think I'll go with soul to souls life without
you. Cause it's a very, very beautiful song.
And I know it's a very, very complete tone shift
from tight rope. And there's a very somewhat
energetic song, but now we're going into not
so energetic, but. Like I said, we're getting
towards the end here. And I want to kind of end
on a very, very beautiful note as we kind of
get towards the end here. Life Without You is
obviously no exception. Like when we talked about
Lenny, very beautiful ballads that he did. However,
this is the only ballad, to my knowledge, unless
you talk about Ain't Gonna Give Up On Love from
Soul to Soul as well, is a ballad that he sang
on. It's a song that he wrote as a tribute to
a friend of his that passed away, if I remember
correctly. I don't know. I forgot that person's
name, but I think that was a tribute to his friend.
So just beautiful. The way he sings it just softly.
And one of the lines from that song is on Stevie
Ray Vaughan's Gravestone. Thank you for all the
love that you passed our way near the end of
the song. And it was cool to actually go up to
his gravestone back a couple years ago with my
parents. Because when we went to this restaurant
called Ojeda's, that's somewhere in Dallas, if
I remember correctly. It's a Mexican food restaurant.
You know, Texas loves our Mexican food, and I'm
no exception to that. But after we ate at that
Ojeda's restaurant, we went to Laurel and Memorial
Park, which is where the Vaughn family is buried.
We went up to Stevie Ray Vaughn's gravestone.
It was just such a moment for me. And that's
as close to Stevie as you're ever going to get
in this context. Like I said, it's such a shame
that he passed before I was born. I think anybody
who's anybody would have loved to have the pleasure
to have watched him. I know a lot of people have
watched him live, but man, it's just such a beautiful
song as we kind of wind things down here. Life
without you. Love the pick. I think you, you
sum the song up brilliantly. It is really the
only true ballad because like Tin Pan Alley,
AKA roughest place in town, which I use this
track eight on side. A is a slow song. But make
no mistake, Tin Pan Alley and Life Without You
are two completely different types of slow songs.
Life Without You is truly a ballad where Tin
Pan Alley is a slow burn blues song. And there's
a big difference in vibe there. So I think what
you're saying with Life About You completely
rings true. And there are only two songs left
here. And I have my last pick of the night. And
then you close things out. Now, I am going to
gamble for a minute here. You and I, breaking
the fourth wall here of the show a little bit,
talked prior to this episode and talked about
what our favorite Stevie Ray Vaughan song is.
So I am going to gamble that you are going to
pick that as your last song. And I am not going
to take that moment away. By putting that song
in the nine spot. Which to me is the wrong spot
to put this song in. So I hope I'm both right
with my gamble here. And maybe a little bit of
predicting the future. But I am going to go with
for track nine. An album we've talked about tonight
but haven't represented. And that is the In Session
album with Albert King. Albert King was 60 years
old when this album was recorded. Stevie Ray
Vaughan was... More than half his age, he was
29 years old. And these two threw down for a
concert that was two generations of blues. And
what I feel is Albert King passing the torch.
And the opening song on that CD is a cover of
Aaron T. Bone Walker's Call It Stormy Monday
or Stormy Monday. A lot of people know the Allman
Brothers version of this song. It is a blues.
staple a classic and albert king and stevie ray
vaughn take it to the utmost heights for nine
amazing minutes and this is where a legend of
blues one of the kings of blues literally and
figuratively because you think of blues you think
of albert king you think of bb king and albert
king Passed the torch to Stevie Ray Vaughan on
the In Session album. And I feel this was a massive
moment in blues music. And I wanted to represent
what might have been a highlight for Stevie Ray
playing with one of his idols on stage in what
was just one of his most amazing concerts. And
I know he's got a lot of great live albums out
there, but man, when you've got Albert King throwing
down with you, it's just other level. So closing
out my portion of the evening, coming out of
life without you with Call It Stormy Monday from
In Session. Yeah, you're not wrong about that.
Call It Stormy Monday is an absolute blues standard.
For a young Stevie Ray Vaughan, when they were
trying to revive the blues scene in Austin at
a club called Antone's, and when the owner Clifford
Antone was wanting to bring the old blues legends
to come and play at that club, Albert King was
no exception. And when Albert King played there
one night, Stevie had the guts to sit in with
Albert. And this is pretty known in Stevie Ray
Vaughan lore. Jimmy Vaughan recalled that story
when Stevie sat in with Albert. And it was very,
very gutsy for a young Texan kid named Stevie
Ray to talk to a blues legend in Albert King.
that I could only imagine what kind of a moment
that was for Stevie to sit in with one of the
people that he emulates the most. That was Albert
King. And then Stevie basically was under Albert
King's wing when they did that In Session album.
And it was like that they knew each other for
a long time, even though they were generations
apart. Man, just to experience two of the greatest
in blues music right there, generations apart.
Hmm. Well, you said you're going to predict the
future. I hope you got your crystal ball out.
I can't see you, but I hope you got your crystal
ball, imaginary crystal ball in front of you.
Like kind of wave your hands a little bit. I'm
waving them because if you don't pick the right
song, I'm going to cry. Well, I'm just going
to close out with another song. I'm just kidding.
I'm breaking the future. That's breaking the
future right there. For the record, we did agree
on a song that we were definitely going to close
out this mixtape. So we're compromising ourselves
right here. I make the rules as we go along.
We're kind of compromising ourselves here, folks.
But we obviously agreed that we were going to
close out this mixtape with the absolute final
song that they did from In Step. And that is
the beautiful Riviera Paradise. That obviously
had to be the closer. for not only in step but
for this mixtape what can be said about riviera
paradise it's a fantastic over eight minutes
long it i want to say it's kind of like lenny
like when we talked about earlier it's obviously
more of an emotional feel rather than timpan
alley which is like a pure slow blues timpan
alley is not really going for an emotional mood
however riviera paradise is without a doubt emotional
it makes me cry and the version that they did
that Reese Winans did with Kenny Wayne Shepard
is obviously a very beautiful tribute to him
I don't know why I like when we talked about
that Playlist Wars episode that the Reese Winans
version with Kenny Wayne Shepard on guitar I
don't know it just makes me feel like I cry a
bit more whenever I listen to that version because
obviously they're paying tribute to Stevie and
it's so well done but Obviously, I cry at the
originals sometimes, occasionally too, but just
never gets old. And it's so fascinating that
that was done in one take that the producer,
Jim Gaines, who worked with Ronnie Montrose and
Carlos Santana, he produced the album. And there
is a story that the tape was about to run out.
So he was trying to signal to Stevie that that
was happening. So when they ended Riviera Paradise
with the... water current fading out and if you
were to listen to the version that they did on
1989's performance of austin city limits just
oh my you know i'm just gonna leave it there
because i've got nothing to say just apps that's
another song that's absolutely breathtaking and
what a way to go out to uh as of like a last
hurrah for his his band and for the loss of such
a bright light in this world that we definitely
need more people of. Just such a humble and modest
soul like Stevie Ray Vaughan. Just beautiful
way to go out. One hundred percent agree. I mean,
look, you and I gushed over this song on the
Playlist Wars episode at length. And that was
when we decided to do this episode. I messaged
you and said, you realize that no matter what,
if we don't end with Riviera Paradise, we're
doing this episode wrong. So I was hoping that
you stuck with that discussion that we had, because
if not, I would have cried because this really
is the perfect way to sum up his. Entire legacy
of music. And then I tried to tip my hat to it
because Lenny off a Texas flood was from his
first album, closing it beautifully and Riviera
paradise closes out his last album before the
sky is crying. Post -humous release, of course,
but his last album living with Stevie Ray Vaughan
and double trouble. I felt like that. It's a
nice fitting to have each side. And with one
of those bookends from his. first and last album.
And then Lenny and Riviera Paradise mean the
world to me. My wife and I had that playing as
dinner music during our wedding, because to me,
you don't get a more beautiful vibe song than
those two. And Riviera Paradise is amazing as
Lenny is, but double the length and just so much
more going on when he's doing this stuff at the
top of the guitar and making it musical. It's
just unbelievable because that's kind of taking
his rock persona and weaving it into this beautiful
jazz tune. And I'll be honest, it was Riviera
Paradise that got me into jazz music because
Riviera Paradise made me appreciate his cover
of Chitlin's Concarni from The Sky is Crying,
which made me look into Kenny Burrell, which
made me start going deeper and deeper into the
bop jazz scene. So Stevie Ray Vaughan opened
an entire genre of music to me through this song.
The first time I heard it, I was driving in my
car coming back from college and I literally
had to pull the car over and sit on the side
of the road and just finish the song. I was completely
taken by this track and I ran out and grabbed
in step on CD the very next day. And it is. Been
a part of my life ever since the first time I
heard it. It rocketed up to the top of my favorite
songs of all time list. Probably my favorite
instrumental of all time and easily my favorite
Stevie Ray Vaughan song of all time. So hat tip
to you, sir. A perfect way to close this Stevie
Ray Vaughan side B mixtape, which started with
Scuttlebutton from Couldn't Stand the Weather.
Texas Flood from the album of the same name,
Pipeline with the amazing Dick Dale from the
Back to the Beach soundtrack, Voodoo Child's
Slight Return from Couldn't Stand the Weather,
Hillbillies from Outer Space from Family Style,
Superstition from Live Alive, Tightrope from
In Step, Life Without You from Soul to Soul,
Call It Stormy Monday from In Session, and Riviera
Paradise from In Step. You can always head to
myweeklymixtape .com to hear all the songs we've
discussed in this mix through the playlist embedded
on the episode page. David Lee Smith, first,
I want to thank you for being the first Patreon
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the bottom of my heart, Thank you for that. And
also, thank you for being a guest on the show.
I had a blast talking Stevie Ray Vaughan with
you, and I look forward to having you back on
very, very soon. Shucks, man. You're making me
blush, man. No, obviously, I cannot thank you
enough for guys like you doing a music podcast
like this and having. allowing outside guests
because it's always a pleasure to be able to
talk on podcasts like yours to talk about passionate
stuff and things that I'm very passionate about.
And music is obviously one of them. And I appreciate
you for doing this and as well as Playlist Wars
with Gomez. And so I give Gomez credit as well.
So it's been a pleasure. Likewise, man, likewise.
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