![]() Older and less well-known blues guitarists like Robert Cray, Robben Ford and Walter Trout were suddenly enjoying success and acclaim, and even John Lee Hooker found his popularity revived in 1989 with The Healer.īefore the decade was over, blues fans had their own magazines devoted to the music, along with bars and clubs across the country. The album unleashed a flood of its own as young electric guitar players got turned on to this “new” sound and began playing blues. ![]() Texas Flood would eventually go double Platinum in the U.S., but sales figures aren’t the real story. “And it has the best guitar tone Stevie ever got on record.” “The performance is pure, honest and right there,” Double Trouble bassist Tommy Shannon told Alan Paul and Andy Aledort, authors of the 2019 book Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's debut album, Texas Flood, was released in 1983. ![]()
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