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February 9, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1630
Stevie Ray Vaughan, In Step (1989) This was the first Stevie Ray Vaughan album I owned. I loved it – instantly. I’d heard a couple of other songs. I lived in Hastings though – so this was what they had in the shop when I went in with my lawn-mowing money to buy a tape [...]Archive
December 26, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1702
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Soul To Soul (1985) When I was getting in to Stevie Ray Vaughan this was the last of his original albums that I got hold of – but not for any reason beyond it being the last one that I found in a shop at the time. I became [...]Archive
November 16, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1758
The Vaughan Brothers, Family Style (1990) I came to this as a Stevie Ray Vaughan fan and left a Jimmie Vaughan fan. At the time that was the crucial thing for me with this album – it was an indicator that Jimmie Vaughan had so much to offer outside of his rhythm guitar work on [...]Archive
November 15, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1760
Albert King, Born Under A Bad Sign (1967) I first knew about Albert King from seeing him perform with B.B King and hearing him guest with the likes of Gary Moore and Stevie Ray Vaughan. The influence on SRV was obvious. The album I hunted out straight away was this – a double-dose of magic [...]Archive
October 27, 2011 by Simon Sweetman