Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

Stevie Ray Vaughan是20世紀最偉大的吉他手之一，他以自己獨特的演奏方法，點燃了80年代Blues音樂的火焰。Vaughan的音樂曾受Atbert King、 Otis Rush 、Muddy Waters的影響，而Rock&Roll樂手Jimi Hendrix、 lonnie Mark也為他的音樂增添了一些靈感，同時，他也從Jazz吉他手KennyBurrel那吸收了其風格特點，從而發展出Vaughan與眾不同的火暴風格，這是與其他吉他手截然不同的的另類風格。 Double Trouble的藝人檔案 by Steve Huey Best-known as the late Stevie Ray Vaughan's rock-solid rhythm section, Double Trouble actually began life as a band of equals in 1978, the year vocalist Lou Ann Barton left a blues group called Triple Threat in which Vaughan was the guitarist. Accompanied by bassist Jackie Newhouse and drummer Chris "Whipper" Layton, Vaughan took over vocal duties and the band renamed itself Double Trouble after an Otis Rush song. Bassist Tommy Shannon, who learned the blues serving an apprenticeship with Johnny Winter, joined the outfit in 1980, and he and Layton would accompany Vaughan throughout the guitarist's meteoric career, from his 1983 debut album Texas Flood to his tragic death in 1990. Shannon and Layton regrouped as part of a blues-rock supergroup called the Arc Angels, who released a self-titled album in 1992; subsequently, the duo became an in-demand session team, backing artists like W.C. Clark, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Doyle Bramhall, among others. Shannon and Layton also recorded with the Austin-based blues collective Storyville during the '90s. For their first album as Double Trouble, the duo recruited a bevy of guest stars to handle vocals and guitar, including Bramhall, Lou Ann Barton, longtime Vaughan keyboardist Reese Wynans, Jonny Lang, Willie Nelson, Dr. John, and Jimmie Vaughan. The result, Been a Long Time, was released in early 2001 on the Tone-Cool label.