The perfect combination of raw power, unmeasurable control, mutual respect and honed skill and a lifetime’s worth of playing live clubs around Texas came together after some assistance from John Hammond and Jackson Brown (who lent Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble his studio) to launch Texas Flood – their first album.

Single handedly SRV and Double Trouble became the 1980’s ambassador’s of the blues – putting an edgy, rock-based influence on the blues great that came before from Albert, Freddie and BB King to Buddy Guy, Lighting Hopkins, Hubert Sumlin and countless others. Stevie Ray took over where the English blues greats such as Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page had left off in the 60’s and 70’s but adding a Texas flare to his blues that was as infectious as it was dangerous.

This album captured the best of SRV and Double Trouble combining years of live “rehearsals” while keeping the freshness of never playing a song the same way twice.

Congratulations to Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon (Double Trouble at that time), as well as the late great SRV who is forever in our hearts, minds, and imaginations.

SRV And Double Trouble’s ‘Texas Flood’ Inducted Into GRAMMY Hall Of Fame