Live Alive

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Live Alive
Live album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Released	July 1986
Recorded	1985-6
Genre	Electric blues
Length	70:26
Label	Epic
Producer	Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble chronology
Soul to Soul (1985) Live Alive (1986) In Step (1989)

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Live Alive is an electric blues album compiled from four live performances by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. The performances were recorded on July 16, 1985 at the Montreux Jazz Festival; July 17–18, 1986 at the Austin Opera House; and July 19, 1986 at Dallas Starfest. Much of the album was overdubbed in the studio^[2]

The 1985 Montreux performance was much better received than the 1982 visit, when some of the crowd booed Vaughan's hard blues sound. The song selection for Live Alive displays many of SRV's biggest influences: Jimi Hendrix ("Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"), Stevie Wonder ("Superstition"), Howlin' Wolf ("Commit a Crime"), and Buddy Guy ("Mary Had a Little Lamb").

Track listing

All songs were written by Stevie Ray Vaughan, except where noted.

1. "Say What!" – 4:51
2. "Ain't Gone 'n' Give Up on Love" – 6:24
3. "Pride and Joy" – 5:04
4. "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (Buddy Guy) – 4:15
5. "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder) – 4:43
6. "I'm Leaving You (Commit a Crime)" (Chester Burnett) – 5:35
7. "Cold Shot" (W. C. Clark, Michael Kindred)" – 5:40
8. "Willie the Wimp" (Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth) – 4:38
9. "Look at Little Sister" (Hank Ballard) – 4:13
10. "Texas Flood" (Joseph Wade Scott, Larry C. Davis) – 6:30
11. "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" (Jimi Hendrix) – 9:37
12. "Love Struck Baby" – 3:46
13. "Change It" (Doyle Bramhall) – 5:04
14. "Life Without You" - 9:30 (appeared only on vinyl and cassette copies)

Personnel

Double Trouble

• Stevie Ray Vaughan—Guitar and Vocals
• Tommy Shannon—Bass
• Chris "Whipper" Layton—Drums
• Reese Wynans—Keyboards

Additional personnel

• Stevie Ray Vaughan's older brother, Jimmie Vaughan (guitar, bass), appeared as a special guest on July 17, 1986 and is featured on "Willie the Wimp," "Love Struck Baby," "Look at Little Sister" and "Change It."

References

v t e Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Stevie Ray Vaughan Chris Layton Tommy Shannon Reese Wynans Lou Ann Barton Johnny Reno Fredde Walden W. C. Clark Mike Kindred Jackie Newhouse Jack Moore Studio albums Texas Flood Couldn't Stand the Weather Soul to Soul In Step Family Style (Vaughan Brothers) The Sky Is Crying Live albums Live Alive In the Beginning Live at Carnegie Hall Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 Live in Tokyo Compilations The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 2 Blues at Sunrise The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Films Pride and Joy Live at the El Mocambo Live from Austin, Texas Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 Concert tours Texas Flood Tour Couldn't Stand the Weather Tour Japan Tour 1985 Soul to Soul Tour European Tour 1986 Live Alive Tour In Step Tour Related articles Discography Songs Stevie Ray Vaughan's musical instruments Death of Stevie Ray Vaughan Jimmie Vaughan (brother) Let's Dance "Six Strings Down" John H. Hammond Category:Stevie Ray Vaughan