{"id":27858,"date":"2024-07-27T05:30:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T09:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=27858"},"modified":"2024-07-29T08:08:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T12:08:50","slug":"five-notable-stevie-ray-vaughan-guest-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/27\/five-notable-stevie-ray-vaughan-guest-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Notable Stevie Ray Vaughan Guest Spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blues guitar hero Stevie Ray Vaughan made his major-label debut with <em>Texas Flood<\/em>, released in 1983. Though as a solo artist he would only release five studio albums before his untimely death, Vaughan\u2019s body of work is quite substantial (not to mention influential). Along with his recordings under his own name SRV made an acclaimed album with older brother Jimmie (1990\u2019s<em> Family Style<\/em>) and lent his distinctive skills to the recordings of many other artists.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s that latter category that\u2019s the focus of this Take Five. While Vaughan\u2019s most high-profile guest turn was his work with David Bowie (on the <em>Cat People<\/em> soundtrack and the blockbuster <em>Let\u2019s Dance<\/em> album), he appeared on many other notable recordings by other acts. May 15 marked the 40th anniversary of his second album, 1984\u2019s <em>Couldn\u2019t Stand the Weather<\/em>, often hailed as his finest work; in celebration of that milestone, here are five guest spots featuring guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cRough Edges\u201d by W.C. Clark (1979)<\/strong><br \/>\nKnown as the \u201cGodfather of Austin Blues,\u201d guitarist W.C. Clark was a beloved figure in the Texas blues community. In the 1960s Clark played around town with some of the most lauded musicians of the era, including Albert Collins and Little Johnny Taylor. When he felt that the r&amp;b scene in Austin had played itself out, he left to join Joe Tex\u2019s touring band. But after jamming with Jimmie Vaughan, he changed his mind and returned home, forming an acclaimed blues revue. Along the way, he cut a one-off single \u2013 now extremely rare \u2013 featuring a musician credited as \u201cStevie Vaughan\u201d on guitar. It was one of SRV\u2019s earliest recording sessions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4zswgCkswVc?si=ZZLUQQHaekdYxZsy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLiving in America\u201d from James Brown\u2019s <em>Gravity<\/em> (1985)<\/strong><br \/>\nSoul Brother Number One, James Brown was enjoying a late-career renaissance in the mid 1980s. His biggest successes had come decades earlier, but his 1985 single catapulted him back to the top of the charts. \u201cLiving in America\u201d combined \u201880s style production with the timeless funk of Brown\u2019s best work. And amid the solid beats and beefy Uptown Horns, the distinctive lead guitar work of Steve Ray Vaughan is featured on this irresistible (and Grammy-winning) dance track. The single was Brown\u2019s first Top 10 track in more than a decade. (The tune was also featured prominently on the <em>Rocky IV<\/em> soundtrack.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6_Lu-__2TdY?si=LShckfyOmCWXv9AH\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLove Roulette\u201d from Don Johnson\u2019s <em>Heartbeat<\/em> (1986)<\/strong><br \/>\nDon Johnson is best known as an actor in television and film; his most recognizable character is detective Sonny Crockett from the popular <em>Miami Vice<\/em> series. Today it\u2019s often forgotten that the Golden Globe-winning actor had a thriving \u2013 if brief \u2013 recording career in the second half of the \u201880s. Johnson would only release two albums, but he managed to chart respectably in ten countries. His debut, <em>Heartbeat<\/em> featured a number of high-profile guests, including Willie Nelson, Ron Wood (Rolling Stones), Dweezil Zappa and Dicky Betts (Allman Brothers Band). The album cut \u201cLove Roulette\u201d featured guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h9y_xNfolS4?si=mJPe2sv5rNFHACyQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cCome Let Me Make Your Love Come Down\u201d from Stevie Wonder\u2019s <em>Characters<\/em> (1987)<\/strong><br \/>\nStevie Wonder is justifiably acclaimed for many accomplishments. But one overlooked feature of his work is Wonder\u2019s ability to play every single instrument, a quality he shares with artists like Paul McCartney, Prince, Todd Rundgren and a comparatively small coterie of other greats. But on his 1987 album <em>Characters<\/em>, he invited another Stevie to play. In fact, SRV was one of <em>two<\/em> guest guitarists on the track, included as a bonus cut on the album\u2019s CD release. The other was Riley King, better known as the legendary B.B. King.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jL7z5q_GxX4?si=qw3hTen4xy5rNtNK\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cCat\u2019s in the Well\u201d from Bob Dylan\u2019s <em>Under the Red Sky<\/em> (1990)<\/strong><br \/>\nBy the 1990s, Bob Dylan had nothing left to prove. One of the greatest songwriters of his generation, Dylan was free to make whatever kind of albums he wished, with little concern about such trivialities as sales figures. For Dylan\u2019s first release in the \u201890s \u2013 his 27th studio album \u2013 he enlisted the production skills of Was (Not Was) duo Don and David Was, and brought on a who\u2019s-who roster of well-known guests. Along with Elton John, David Crosby, George Harrison, Slash and others, Stevie Ray Vaughn would feature on the record. SRV plays on three tracks \u2013 all on Side Two of the release \u2013 including this album-closing blues-meets-zydeco tune.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wR1nNXPO6nQ?si=8NJrHLb9BLthQFOZ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blues guitar hero Stevie Ray Vaughan made his major-label debut with Texas Flood, released in 1983. 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