Full live concert of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble at the Montreux Jazz Festival, captured on 15 July 1985 at the Casino de Montreux. Three years after a stormy first appearance in 1982, the Texan guitarist returns to Switzerland at the height of his rise, carried by the success of Texas Flood, Couldn’t Stand the Weather and Soul to Soul. Before the Montreux crowd, Vaughan delivers an incandescent set that distills his genius: a scorching blues phrasing inherited from Albert King and Jimi Hendrix, rock energy and Texas swing. The concert runs through his classics — « Pride and Joy », « Cold Shot », « Texas Flood » — and a devastating cover of « Voodoo Child (Slight Return) », with guest bluesman Johnny Copeland. Backed by Double Trouble (Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton, Reese Wynans), he gives one of the most celebrated captures of his career, now an absolute reference of live blues-rock. This historic full concert, filmed five years before his tragic death in 1990, remains an essential document for every electric-guitar lover. Filmed live concert, Texas blues at its peak.
Setlist
- Scuttle Buttin'
- Say What!
- Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up on Love
- Pride and Joy
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Cold Shot
- Tin Pan Alley
- Look at Little Sister
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- Texas Flood
- Life Without You
- Gone Home
- Couldn't Stand the Weather
Personnel & credits
- Stevie Ray Vaughan — guitar, vocals
- Tommy Shannon — bass
- Chris Layton — drums
- Reese Wynans — keyboards
- Johnny Copeland — guitar, vocals (guest)
