[share_ebook] 703: How I Lost More Than a Quarter Ton And Gained a Life

The posthumous archiving work completed so far on behalf of Stevie Ray Vaughan has done right by both fans and novices. Pride and Joy may be for purists, only expanding as it does on a previous VHS release. But the best moments will satisfy the aficionado and may in fact pique the curiosity of the dilettante.
This collection of videos from the 1980s will no doubt provoke more than a little laughter and amusement. But it will reveal how Vaughan and his band managed to make an impression on the culture in the early days of MTV without serious compromise. For one thing, they never appeared without their musical instruments, and the musicians posited themselves as a band even in the kitschiest scenarios such as the one for "Cold Shot. That said, it's hardly necessary to watch the lip-synched likes of "Crossfire more than once to be reminded why David Bowie wanted to hire the guitarist for his "Let's Dance" band (and also why Vaughan decided not to succumb to the temptation of the cult of personality)…
SRV fans and serious collectors alike will surely want Pride and Joy to stand alongside their expanded CDs, box sets and newly-archived titles released since the tragic death of the accomplished guitarist and influential rock musician/blues man in 1990. And finally the DVD medium itself might just be enough to entice those heretofore ignorant of the Texan to pursue a further interest in one of the true blues greats of our time.

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