Radio was playing in the background. Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. "Pride and Joy" is a song by Texas singer/guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and his backup band Double Trouble. [2] Vaughan also "extracts extra sound from the guitar by choosing finger shapes that allow the maximum number of strings to ring at a time (often the top E-string [E♭])".

The only effect he used was an Ibanez Tube Screamer. Vaughan wrote six of the ten tracks on Texas Flood. & DOUBLE TROUBLE – Texas Flood", Recording Industry Association of America, "100 Greatest Guitar Solos: 13) "Texas Flood" (Stevie Ray Vaughan)", The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Texas_Flood&oldid=986771485, Albums produced by John Hammond (producer), Short description is different from Wikidata, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Certification Table Entry usages for Canada, Pages using certification Table Entry with shipments figures, Certification Table Entry usages for France, Pages using certification Table Entry with sales figures, Certification Table Entry usages for New Zealand, Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom, Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming figures, Certification Table Entry usages for United States, Pages using certification Table Entry with sales footnote, Pages using certification Table Entry with shipments footnote, Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming footnote, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town)", "Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Live)" - 7:44, "Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town)" (Live) - 8:14, "Little Wing/Third Stone from the Sun" (Live) - 12:28, Research assistance by George Deahl, Al Quaglieri, Matthew Kelly, and Jon Naatjes, This page was last edited on 2 November 2020, at 22:29. SKU: MN0115975 Update 06/17: This article has been amended to reflect that “The Eyes of Texas” is UT’s alma mater and an unofficial fight song. "[5] Vaughan used two Fender Vibroverbs and a 150-watt Dumbleland Special owned by Browne.

On August 22, 1983, the band performed a sold-out concert at The Palace in Hollywood. The first tones of 'Here comes the flood' grabbed me.

In 1999, Texas Flood was… Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. "Pride and Joy" peaked at #20 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Vaughan wrote six of the album's ten tracks. [3] The recordings were released as Texas Flood in June 1983. "Texas Flood" is a blues song recorded by Larry Davis in 1958. He offered the band three days of free use in his Los Angeles recording studio. [20] In a less enthusiastic review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau felt that the album lacked "momentum and song form", which he averred to be the essence of rock and roll. Since the first day of production largely involved setting up equipment, Texas Flood was recorded in two days,[5] with no overdubs. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Just one mic on everything. It went platinum in Canada and double-platinum in the United States, selling over 2,000,000 units. Vaughan and Double Trouble toured North America and Europe in June–December 1983 to support Texas Flood. For the weather event in Texas and Oklahoma, see, 1983 studio album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Original 1983–1989 releases are marked in, 2015 Texas–Oklahoma flood and tornado outbreak, "Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Texas Flood - Album Of The Week Club review", "Ultratop.be – Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble – {{{album}}}", "Charts.nz – Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble – {{{album}}}", "Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble Chart History (, "Canadian album certifications – Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble – Texas Flood", "French album certifications – Stevie Ray Vaughan – Texas Flood", Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, "British album certifications – VAUGHAN, S.R. Texas Flood Lyrics: Well it's floodin' down in Texas / All of the telephone lines are down / Well it's floodin' down in Texas / All of the telephone lines are down / And I've been tryin' to call my Texas Flood is the debut studio album by the American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, released on June 13, 1983 by Epic Records. [9] The tour continued on through Europe and the band appeared at the Reading Festival in England. 53 likes. Vaughan wrote the song about the night that he moved in with his then-wife, Lenny. Texas Flood was released on June 13, 1983, with two singles released from the album—"Pride and Joy" and "Love Struck Baby". Texas Flood received positive reviews, with critics praising the deep blues sound, and Vaughan’s songwriting, while some criticized the album for straying too far from mainstream rock.