![]() Vaughan steps up the briskness of his fretwork accordingly – and dazzlingly. The Howlin’ Wolf number Tell Me is given a marching pace. Texas Flood, a Larry Davis cover, emphasises more than any other cut how Vaughan’s distinctive axework is rooted in the old traditions of the blues but simultaneously informed by the space age in its flashiness and razor edge. The brawny twelve-bar Pride and Joy uncannily sounds like it is by one of Vaughan’s Delta heroes but, like half the material here, derives from his own fair hand. Toe-tapping opener Love Struck Baby sets the template for the mixture of sprightly blues and mellifluous fretwork that is to follow. Back in 1983, the album amazed many by propelling the blues back into the upper reaches of the charts. This is a 30th anniversary "legacy edition" reissue of the debut album of Dallas-born Stevie Ray Vaughan, who died tragically young in a helicopter accident in 1990.
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