LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JUNE 13, 2019…THIRTY SIX YEARS AGO STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE RELEASED THE DEBUT ALBUM ‘TEXAS FLOOD’
STEVIE AND THE BOYS HAD BEEN A LIVE SENSATION AROUND TEXAS AND PUT IN AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AT THE MONTREUX FILM FESTIVAL IN 1982 WHERE THEY CAUGHT THE EARS OF DAVID BOWIE AND JACKSON BROWNE. BROWNE OFFERED THE GROUP FREE USE OF HIS RECORDING STUDIO IN LOS ANGELES, WHERE STEVIE RAY AND DOUBLE TROUBLE RECORDED THIS ALBUM IN 3 DAYS ( KEEP IN MIND THE FIRST DAY WAS SPENT SETTING UP EQUIPMENT) SO IN ESSENCE THE ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN ONLY 2 DAYS, WITH NO OVERDUBS !
THE ALBUM HAS SOLD OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SINCE ITS ORIGINAL RELEASE.
HERE’S A LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM 1983 0F STEVIE RAY PERFORMING A GREAT TRACK FROM TEXAS FLOOD
