Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble - Soul To Soul (1985) {2018, Japanese Limited Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 434 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 191 Mb
Full Scans | 00:57:21 | RAR 5% Recovery
Blues Rock, Texas Blues, Electric Blues | Epic #SICP 5876
By adding two members to Double Trouble – keyboardist Reese Wynans and saxophonist Joe Sublett – Stevie Ray Vaughan indicated he wanted to add soul and R&B inflections to his basic blues sound, and Soul to Soul does exactly that. It's still a modern blues album, yet it has a wider sonic palette, finding Vaughan fusing a variety of blues, rock, and R&B styles. Most of this is done through covers – notably Hank Ballard's "Look at Little Sister," the exquisitely jazzy "Gone Home," and Doyle Bramhall's impassioned soul-blues "Change It" – but Vaughan's songwriting occasionally follows suit, as well. Even if only the tortured blues wailer "Ain't Gone 'n' Give Up on Love" entered his acknowledged canon, he throws in some delightful soul-funk touches on "Say What!," the instrumental wah-wah workout that kicks off the album, and the Curtis Mayfield-inspired closer, "Life Without You," captures Vaughan at his best as a composer and performer.