Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Shake For Me
2. Rude Mood / Hide Away
3. Pride and Joy
4. Love Struck Baby
5. Texas Flood
6. Mary Had a Little Lamb
7. Lenny
8. Scuttle Buttin'
9. Couldn't Stand the Weather
10. Things That I Used to Do, The
11. Cold Shot
12. Tin Pan Alley - (aka The Roughest Place In Town)
13. Give Me Back My Wig
14. Empty Arms
15. Sky Is Crying, The
16. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
DISC 2:
1. Say What!
2. Look at Little Sister
3. Change It
4. Come on (Pt. III)
5. Life Without You
6. Little Wing
7. Willie the Wimp
8. Superstition
9. Leave My Girl Alone
10. House Is Rockin', The
11. Crossfire
12. Tightrope
13. Wall of Denial
14. Riviera Paradise
15. Telephone Song - (with The Vaughan Brothers)
16. Long Way From Home - (with The Vaughan Brothers)
17. Life by the Drop
| Details | | Producer: | Bob Irwin (Compilation) | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Stevie Ray Vaughan (vocals, guitar); Reese Wynans (keyboards); Tommy Shannon (bass); Chris Layton (drums).
Recorded between 1980 & 1990. Includes liner notes by Andy Aledort.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Like a comet streaking across the sky, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan's time here was snuffed out far too quickly. Although other posthumous compilations have honored his legacy, including a pair of GREATEST HITS collections and a number of live releases, THE ESSENTIAL serves as a lighter alternative to the heftiness of the SRV box set. Vauhan was blessed with a distinct tone and a versatility on guitar that often found him going from bending strings just short of breaking to lightly playing with the delicacy of a baby's touch, often within the same song. This two-CD set does a fine job of representing the late legend's broad range.
Always generous in crediting his myriad of influences, (Double Trouble's name was taken from an Otis Rush song), SRV ended up covering artists ranging from Buddy Guy ("Mary Had A Little Lamb"), Earl King ("Come On [Part III]"), and Hank Ballard ("Look At Little Sister") to Jimi Hendrix ("Little Wing") and close friend Doyle Bramhall ("Change It"). Live, Vaughan's might was equally impressive, and he still astounds with a segment of his breakthrough 1982 Montreux performance ("Rude Mood/Hide Away") along with in-concert versions of "Superstition" and "Voodoo Child [Slight Return]".
Editorial Reviews
...This set is a concise and filler-free distillation of Vaughan's most enduring work and it lives up to its title...
Dirty Linen (06/01/2003)
4 stars out of 5 - ...There is no better one-stop way to crusie Vaughan's unfinished road than THE ESSENTIAL...
Rolling Stone (11/14/2002)
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