Texas Flood

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Texas Flood

Studio album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Released	June 13, 1983
Recorded	October–November, 1982
Genre	Electric blues
Length	38:52
Label	Epic Records
Producer(s)	Stevie Ray Vaughan, Richard Mullen, John Hammond, Sr., Timothy White
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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble chronology
	Texas Flood (1983)	Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984)

Texas Flood is an electric blues album by blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band Double Trouble, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). More popular than any blues album in nearly twenty years, Texas Flood was a surprise success for Vaughan, who had labored in obscurity for years. The album was recorded in only three days, at Jackson Browne's personal recording studio, in 1982 since the band had been playing many live sets beforehand.

On the North American Billboard Music Charts, Texas Flood peaked at #64 and #38 on the Billboard 200 and Pop Albums charts, respectively. The single "Pride and Joy" peaked at #20 on the Mainstream Rock chart. The album was Grammy nominated in 1983 for "Best Blues Recording" along with "Rude Mood", which was nominated for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance".

[edit] Track listing

"Love Struck Baby" (S.R. Vaughan) – 2:19
"Pride and Joy" (S.R. Vaughan) – 3:39
"Texas Flood" (L.C. Davis, J.W. Scott) – 5:21
"Tell Me" (C. Burnett) – 2:48
"Testify" – 3:20 *
"Rude Mood" (S.R. Vaughan) – 4:36
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" (B. Guy) – 2:46
"Dirty Pool" (D. Bramhall, S.R. Vaughan) – 4:58
"I'm Cryin'" (S.R. Vaughan) – 3:41
"Lenny" (S.R. Vaughan) – 5:00
"SRV Speaks" (S.R. Vaughan) - 0:37¹
"Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town)" (Robert Geddins) - 7:42¹
"Testify" (live) - 3:54¹ *
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" (live) (B. Guy) - 3:31¹
"Wham" (live) (Lonnie Mack) - 4:20¹

¹ These tracks were added to later releases of the album.

* Some album editions and guitar tablature books wrongly credit "Testify" to G. Clinton and D. Taylor, but it is really an Isley Brothers cover. The original recording was released in 1964 and features Jimi Hendrix on guitar. There is an unrelated Parliament song of the same name (sometimes called "I Wanna Testify") written by G. Clinton and D. Taylor.