Stevie Ray Vaughan - Cold Shot (Dr. John)

This is a live performance by Texan blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan playing his version of the song "Cold Shot". The performance is from the "Live From Austin, Texas" DVD which features two performances from the TV show Austin City Limits, one from 1983 and one from 1989. This clip is from the 1989 performance. It's a great performance and the band is really hitting the groove on this one.
The song "Cold Shot" was written by W. C. Clark and Michael Kindred and released by SRV on his 1984 album "Couldn't Stand the Weather".
The song was also performed at the SRV memorial concert. In that concert it was performed by piano legend Dr. John. (Embeded below)

I really love what Dr. John does with this tune. He sort of plays it his own way, in a different key, but he still sort of manages to compose a lot of Stevie's guitar parts to piano which sounds amazing to me. Also the ending of this performance is amazing.
It's a great song, and SRV sure made this tune his own, a great groove, gotta love that.

Enjoy ; )

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Tin Pan Alley (Sunnyland Slim)

The first video is a live performance by blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan playing the classic blues song "Tin Pan Alley" live at the Rockplast festival in Loreley Germany in 1984.
The song was written by Texan blues and rhythm and blues musician and record producer Bob Geddins. He owned many independent small record labels over the course of his life. And is probably most famous for having many of his songs mistakenly attributed to other artists.
Stevie Ray Vaughan's version appeared on his 1984 record "Couldn't Stand the Weather". He has been playing a version of this song since the very early stages of his career, but this was the first studio recorded version done by Vaughan and Double Trouble. In fact there's an early live version of this on Vaughan's 1992 released album of a radio broadcast from 1980 "In the Beginning".
The other version of this I've embeded beneath is a version by Delta Blues pianist and singer Sunnyland Slim. He started his career in the Mississippi Delta, but moved to Chicago later in his career. He was born in 1907 and died in 1995. He had a very powerful voice and was rumoured to break microphones with it, and toured through Europe in the 60's riding the waves of artists such as Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters on the European blues boost of the 1960's.

It's a very good song, and both live versions are very good. I really love Stevie's. It's so energetic, fast paced and laid back at the same time, just seems effortless on his part. An amazing performance, he really brings his own flair to this song, and I love it.

Enjoy both versions ; )