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This career-spanning box of three CDs and a DVD celebrates a legacy that looms larger than that of any blues-rocking guitarist since Jimi Hendrix. Despite fears that a series of posthumous releases had depleted the Stevie Ray Vaughan vaults, previously unreleased gems dominate the selection. Highlights extend from Vaughan's swaggering apprenticeship with Paul Ray and the Cobras to slash-and-burn concert performances from the final month of his life. There are obligatory dips into the songbooks of Hendrix and Buddy Guy, appearances on MTV Unplugged and Austin City Limits, and instrumental interplay with brother Jimmie Vaughan and tourmate Jeff Beck. Though his guitar never loses its flamethrower intensity, the set documents his progression from the showoff licks of the young "Stevie Rave On" into a fully rounded artistry of soulful depth. --Don McLeese
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Reviews:
Awesome,....Pure Stevie Ray
I first saw Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1984 at the Ampitheater in Shreveport, Louisiana. It seemed that day that he never stopped playing...just moved seamlessly from song to song. I was entranced by his playing..and still am. To this day I love listening to his live stuff much more than any of his studio albums. He is really the only artist that I really feel that way about, but I guess (know) that's what the blues (and Stevie Ray's guitar playing) is all about. It was about his feeding off the energy of the audience...of the people there in front of him...he LOVED it. "When you're playing and all of the sudden you realize your toes are...just...tightened up and you get a chill all the way up your back because of what you just gave somebody and what they gave back to you. That's probably the biggest thrill. Or, you're playing someplace and you just hit a note and people start screaming...that's it. You just gave them a thrill, or you soothed them. That's what the blues does to me." ---SRV .......Enough said.
BETTER THEN IMAGIONED
I COULD NOT BE MORE SATISFIED EVEN IF I HAD TO PAY MORE. GREAT PRICE, GREAT VALUE, GREAT MUSIC.
Great Raw Blues
These 3 cds have a lot of nice live recordings. The quality is good. This could be a 'greatest hits' album.
Amazing price
I think this was a great deal!!!! We are going to Stevie Vaughan & Eric Clapton concert next month, and this was a great way to remember, the good old songs!!!
Drop the hammer
Is this box set perfect? No. Is there material missing? Sure! Is this box set worth every penny? I think so. As a serious SRV collector I've always been interested more in SRV as a performer and less about his studio work. The blues were always meant to be played live. Blues songs are vignettes to emotions and experiences. As a previous reviewer noted, most of the un released material is live, which for me, is truly worth every penny. The same reviewer noted that SRV seldom played the songs differently. As a person who saw him several times spanning his entire career with Double trouble, I could NOT disagree more. yes, the song lyrics didn't vary. The pace of songs varied almost every show. Take the song Love Struck Baby or Rude Mood. If you listen, i mean really listen, count the notes.... with SRV, it was always about the notes.
