Stevie Ray Baughan

Recorded at Red Roacks on June 17, 1985 this soundboard has, in my opinion, the best Little Wing I have ever heard. Stevie was still in his using days here and the pain that flows out of him through his fingers is simply staggering. It also makes for one of the most incendiary performances of his career. Essential Listening

Having played the dives and clubs of his native Texas since the early 1970s, it was his appearance, with backing band Double Trouble, at the 1982 Montreux Jazz Festival's blues night that changed his fortunes. In addition to playing a blistering set, Vaughan met David Bowie in Montreux, who invited the blues-man to feature on his next album Let's Dance - due out in early 1983. Vaughan performed some astonishing guitar on the record, which went on to be Bowie's best seller, but SRV pulled out of the album's promotional Serious Moonlight tour weeks before it was due to begin.