Double Trouble is an American blues rock band from Austin, Texas, which served as the backing band for guitarist/singer Stevie Ray Vaughan. The group was active throughout the 1980s and contributed to reviving the blues, inspiring many later blues and rock musicians. Formed in Austin, Texas in 1978, the group went through several early line-up changes before settling on a power trio consisting of Vaughan, Chris Layton (drums), Tommy Shannon (bass). They became a four-piece by 1985 after adding Reese Wynans (keyboards). While with Vaughan the band was billed Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Rooted in blues and rock music, the group worked in many genres ranging from ballads to soul, often incorporating jazz and other elements.
Initially a five-piece lineup with Vaughan, Lou Ann Barton (vocals), Fredde Walden (drums), Jackie Newhouse (bass) and Johnny Reno (saxophone), they built their reputation playing clubs around Texas over a four-year period. Molded into a trio (Vaughan, Layton, Shannon), their musical potential was encouraged by producer John H. Hammond, who got the band a recording contract with Epic Records. They gained popularity after their debut album, Texas Flood, became a critical and commercial success in 1983. By the mid-1980s, they had become an international act, touring extensively around the world until August 1990, when Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash after departing East Troy, Wisconsin.
Texas Flood - 1983
"Love Struck Baby" (Stevie Ray Vaughan) – 2:24
"Pride and Joy" (Vaughan) - 3:40
"Texas Flood" (Larry Davis, Joseph Wade Scott) – 5:21
"Tell Me" (Howlin' Wolf) – 2:49
"Testify" (The Isley Brothers) – 3:25
"Rude Mood" (Vaughan) – 4:40
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" (Buddy Guy) – 2:47
"Dirty Pool" (Doyle Bramhall, Vaughan) – 5:02
"I'm Cryin'" (Vaughan) – 3:42
"Lenny" (Vaughan) – 4:58
Bonus tracks
"SRV Speaks" - 0:37
"Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town)" (Robert Geddins) - 7:42
"Testify" (live) - 3:54
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" (live) (Guy) - 3:31
"Wham!" (live) (Lonnie Mack) - 4:20
Couldn't Stand The Weather - 1984
"Scuttle Buttin'" – 1:52
"Couldn't Stand the Weather" – 4:40
"The Things That I Used to Do" (Jones) – 4:55
"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (Hendrix) – 8:01
"Cold Shot" (Clark, Kindred) – 4:01
"Tin Pan Alley" (Geddins) – 9:11
"Honey Bee" – 2:42
"Stang's Swang" – 2:46
Bonus tracks
"SRV Speaks" – 1:08
"Hide Away" (Freddie King, Sonny Thompson) – 4:04
"Look at Little Sister" (Hank Ballard) – 2:46
"Give Me Back My Wig" (T. R. Taylor) – 4:07
"Come On (Pt. III)" (Earl King) – 4:33
Soul To Soul - 1985
"Say What!" – 5:23
"Lookin' Out the Window" (Doyle Bramhall) – 2:48
"Look at Little Sister" (Hank Ballard) – 3:08
"Ain't Gone 'n' Give Up on Love" – 6:07
"Gone Home" (Eddie Harris) – 3:07
"Change It" (Bramhall) – 3:57
"You'll Be Mine" (Willie Dixon) – 3:46
"Empty Arms" – 3:03
"Come On (Part III)" (Earl King) – 4:31
"Life Without You" – 4:18
In Step - 1989
"The House Is Rockin'" (Doyle Bramhall, Vaughan) – 2:24
"Crossfire" (Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth, Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon, Reese Wynans) – 4:10
"Tightrope" (Bramhall, Vaughan) – 4:40
"Let Me Love You Baby" (Willie Dixon) – 2:43
"Leave My Girl Alone" (Buddy Guy) – 4:15
"Travis Walk" – 2:19
"Wall of Denial" (Bramhall, Vaughan) – 5:36
"Scratch-N-Sniff" (Bramhall, Vaughan) – 2:43
"Love Me Darlin'" (Chester Burnett) – 3:21
"Riviera Paradise" – 9:00
The Sky Is Crying - 1991
"Boot Hill" (Writer Unknown) – 2:15
"The Sky Is Crying" (Elmore James, Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis) – 4:36
"Empty Arms" (Stevie Ray Vaughan) – 3:29
"Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix) – 6:49
"Wham" (Lonnie Mack) – 2:25
"May I Have a Talk with You" (Howlin' Wolf) – 5:49
"Close to You" (Willie Dixon) – 3:10
"Chitlins con Carne" (Kenny Burrell) – 3:57
"So Excited" (Vaughan) – 3:30
"Life by the Drop" (Doyle Bramhall, Barbara Logan) – 2:28
