Stevie Ray Vaughan-In Step (1989)

After many years hooked on drugs, and multiple musical projects, tours and collaborations during the 70s and 80s, Stevie Ray Vaughan began to have some success when he founded his band Double Trouble in the early 80s.
With an enviable, original technique and great talent with the six strings playing with unbridled passion, Stevie Ray Vaughan was one of the last greats of modern blues, with a solo career that lasted barely ten years and which he recorded a series of albums considered the best of modern blues rock.
With his first album "Texas Flood" he achieved a great reputation and was nominated for the Grammy, being even today one of the most popular albums of the electric blues.
"In Step" was his last album released in 1989, where Vaughan produced an energetic blues rock, fusing Chicago blues with the energy and mystique of one of his idols, Jimi Hendrix.
From the initial and contagious "Crossfire", passing through rock roll "The House is Rockin´ ", the blues ballad "Leave My Girl Alone", the experimental "Riviera Paradise" or the instrumental "Travis Walk", Vaughan leaves us a an essential job that unfortunately was the closure to his excellent career, since a year later he died in a painful helicopter accident in Wisconsin while he was going to a concert in Chicago.

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble-Soul To Soul (1985)

With his second album, Stevie Ray Vaughan confirmed that the success of his debut was no fluke, showcasing his guitar prowess and genius as one of the greats of modern blues. With his third release, "Soul to Soul", now fully established, he took a risk by infusing his classic blues style with touches of funk, jazz, soul, and rhythm and blues. By then, Stevie had expanded his band, Double Trouble, with keyboardist Reese Wynans and saxophonist Joe Sublett, who joined regulars Chris Layton on drums and bassist Tommy Shannon. Tracks like the soulful "Change It", the jazzy "Gone Home", and the funky "Say What" clearly demonstrate this subtle shift, yet they remain firmly rooted in the essence of the blues. On the other hand, roots blues is present in Hank Ballard's versions of "Look a Little Sister", Earl King's "Come On (Part III)", and Willie Dixon's "You'll Be Mine". With "Soul to Soul", Stevie Ray Vaughan achieved his fifth consecutive platinum record, in addition to reaching the top of the Billboard Blues charts in the United States.