Texas Flood by Alan Paul

Author:Alan Paul
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

On December 4, 1983, at the Kabuki Theater in San Francisco, Stevie received three awards from Guitar Player magazine: Best New Talent, Best New Electric Blues Guitar Player, and Best Guitar Album. He flew from there to Hamilton, Ontario, to record the In Session TV show with Albert King. Stevie and Albert had continued their relationship since their first meeting. At least once, King was told that Stevie Ray Vaughan was in the house and would be sitting in, only to proclaim, “No he’s not!” When Vaughan showed up and King saw him, King lit up, asking, “Why didn’t you tell me it was Little Stevie?”

THORNTON: We never really rehearsed for the taping, but the night before, we met with the producer and discussed what we were going to do. Then we all went to the hotel to chill. Me and Tommy and Mike [Llorens, the brothers who played drums and keyboards] were drinking and playing cards, and there was a knock on the door. Stevie came in with a Texas Flood cassette and said, “Here, guys—we’ll play a couple of these songs.” We were good and buzzed up by then, pretty well blasted, so we put that tape on the bed and never did listen to it.

The next day, we just got up and started jamming. We listened to each other and played along. Stevie was very easy to play with. He was a good, experienced musician who knew when to play and when not to play. We were just listening to one another and complimenting each other. When you’re zoned in like that, it’s easy. We all were very happy for every opportunity to play with Stevie, definitely including Albert.

SHANNON: Stevie always said that 50 percent of learning how to play is learning how to really listen. He had a certain kind of awareness to music that is hard for a lot of people to get in touch with. He really listened.

O’BRIEN: A short time after the taping, I asked Albert about it, and he said, “Oh, man, that was great! Stevie played so good, but, you know … I had to step on him!”

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