Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble – Couldn’t Stand The Weather (1984/2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/176,4kHz]

Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble – Couldn’t Stand The Weather (1984/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/176,4 kHz | Time – 38:11 minutes | 1,65 GB | Genre: Rock
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“Couldn’t Stand The Weather” is the remarkable sophomore album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Incorporating the same winning formula of musicianship and songwriting, “Couldn’t Stand The Weather” cemented Vaughan’s place as one of music’s greatest. It is their first to earn Gold certification and their first platinum-seller. It includes breathtaking renditions of Clark’s “Cold Shot” and Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child”. A staple on the Billboard charts, this definitive masterpiece received praise from Entertainment Weekly, Q, Down Beat and many others.

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s second album, Couldn’t Stand the Weather, pretty much did everything a second album should do: it confirmed that the acclaimed debut was no fluke, while matching, if not bettering, the sales of its predecessor, thereby cementing Vaughan’s status as a giant of modern blues. So why does it feel like a letdown? Perhaps because it simply offers more of the same, all the while relying heavily on covers. Of the eight songs, half are covers, while two of his four originals are instrumentals – not necessarily a bad thing, but it gives the impression that Vaughan threw the album together in a rush, even if he didn’t. Nevertheless, Couldn’t Stand the Weather feels a bit like a holding pattern, since there’s no elaboration on Double Trouble’s core sound and no great strides forward, whether it’s in Vaughan’s songwriting or musicianship. Still, as holding patterns go, it’s a pretty enjoyable one, since Vaughan and Double Trouble play spiritedly throughout the record. With its swaggering, stuttering riff, the title track ranks as one of Vaughan’s classics, and thanks to a nuanced vocal, he makes W.C. Clark’s “Cold Shot” his own. The instrumentals – the breakneck Lonnie Mack-styled “Scuttle Buttin'” and “Stang’s Swang,” another effective demonstration of Vaughan’s jazz inclinations – work well, even if the original shuffle “Honey Bee” fails to make much of an impression and the cover of “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)” is too reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix’s original. So, there aren’t many weaknesses on the record, aside from the suspicion that Vaughan didn’t really push himself as hard as he could have, and the feeling that if he had, he would have come up with something a bit stronger.

Tracklist:
01. Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble – Scuttle Buttin’ (01:51)
02. Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble – Couldn’t Stand The Weather (04:41)
03. Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble – The Things (That) I Used To Do (04:55)
04. Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble – Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (07:59)
05. Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble – Cold Shot (04:01)
06. Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble – Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town) (09:12)
07. Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble – Honey Bee (02:43)
08. Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble – Stang’s Swang (02:45)

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