Retro Chicken

Stevie Ray Vaughan first hit the scene playing a few solos on David Bowie’s Let’s Dance album (the guitar stuff at the end of “China Girl” is Stevie Ray). Stevie Ray didn’t tour with Bowie that year, but by that point it didn’t matter – his first album was out and he was about to become a guitar superstar.

At the time Stevie Ray was lumped in with the Hendrix wanna-be’s (completely unfair) and that was what dominated much of his early media hype – bummer, but no one makes those comparisons anymore and most people recognize Stevie Ray as a guitar master in his own right.

Dig “Couldn’t Stand the Weather” – it was the first Stevie Ray song I heard and always my favorite.

This entry was posted on Monday, November 5th, 2007 at 11:23 pm and is filed under Blue Chicken.