Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live Alive [2LP]

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live Alive [2LP]Limited double 180 gm audiophile vinyl LP pressing in gatefold sleeve. Live Alive [1986] is an essential blues album compiled from four live performances by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. The performances were recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Austin Opera House and at Dallas Starkest, along with some studio overdubs. The song selection for Live Alive displays many of Stevie Ray Vaughan's biggest influences: Jimi Hendrix ('Voodoo

In addition to explicit mentions of artists like KRS-One and Half Pint

featuring powerful tracks like "Whole Lotta Love

imagining a wall between himself and the fans

incorporating elements of garage rock and worldbeat

Private Dancer became one of the best-selling albums of the 1980s

Along with sculpting more expansive arrangements

There are jazzy moments ("Jimmy's Got a Little Bit of Bitch in Him")

"God Damn I Hate The Blues and "Dead In The Saddle

He was also one of the original founders of Farm Aid in 1985

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts’ first acoustic album

As they enter their 38th year together

traveling from funky gospel to Gypsy folk to a hoedown shouter