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From Jimmie Vaughan’s epilogue to Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan:

“The guitar was Stevie’s instrument of liberation, his magic sword. I can’t even fathom Stevie without a guitar. It meant everything to him. It took Stevie around the world. It introduced him to his heroes. It allowed him to express himself so he could speak, so he could have an identity. So he could find out who he was. When Stevie played, his guitar talked and told his story. If you listen, you can hear it. You can hear him speaking through his guitar. I know I can.”

Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan is out TODAY! Tuesday 8/13. Order now! https://bit.ly/TexasFloodSRV

All photos in the book. Music by Andy Aledort from his album Put A Sock In It.

From 1977-79, Stevie Ray Vaughan teamed with singer Lou Ann Barton, in the Triple Threat Revue and Double Trouble.

“Lou Ann was terrific, a great singer in her prime and a huge presence,” drummer Rodney Craig says in Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Early Double Trouble promo photo courtesy Joe Priesnitz > Lou Ann, Stevie, Chris “Whipper” Layton, Jackie Newhouse.

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And check this out: Jackie will be the bass player for the Texas Flood Book Release Musical Celebration at C-Boy’s Heart & Soul on 8/17.

Family Style was the first joint project by Stevie Ray Vaughan and big brother Jimmie Vaughan. Material was still being written in the studio.

Recalls drummer Larry Aberman, “Jimmie took out his acoustic guitar and said, ‘I’ve got this song I’ve been working on but it’s not quite done. I’d like to know what you guys think.’ He starts playing the hook: “Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, people/ Time’s slipping away” and goes, ‘What do you think?’ We were all like, ‘It’s a f**king smash!'”

Photo by Mark Proct, one of 170 images featured in Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan.

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