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This second album, Couldn't Stand the Weather is one of the great Texan guitarist's most representative (and best), winning out on variety in terms of its chosen material, track lengths and general feel. The Double Trouble rhythm team had been with Vaughan since 1978, this longest-running version featuring bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer C
This second album, Couldn't Stand the Weather is one of the great Texan guitarist's most representative (and best), winning out on variety in terms of its chosen material, track lengths and general feel. The Double Trouble rhythm team had been with Vaughan since 1978, this longest-running version featuring bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton, keeping it tight behind Stevie Ray's dynamo fronting. Vaughan tears straight into "Scuttle Buttin", a terse instrumental showcase, guitar spitting clusters of hot buckshot. Then he cuts back for the title track, suddenly toying with the spaces between each groove. Vaughan's funky chopping summons the memory of Hendrix, his chief influence, but not as much as the majestic version of "Voodoo Chile" which follows immediately: the next best thing you're going to get apart from Jimi himself. Vaughan wisely chooses to cover Guitar Slim's classic "The Things (That) I Used To Do", with brother Jimmie guesting on second guitar. Then, "Roughest Place In Town" reveals that slinky sensitivity is Stevie Ray's province too, vocals breathily sighing as he picks out, high-stringed pointillist miniatures. --Martin Longley
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