Bluestone's Track of the Day: Pride and Joy

Stevie Ray Vaughan was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1954.  He began playing guitar at an early age and dropped out of high school to move to Austin, Texas with his first band, Blackbird.  He was heavily influenced by Albert King, Otis Rush, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix, but he said, "Lonnie Mack really taught me to play guitar from the heart."  Vaughan died in a helicopter accident in 1990.

Pride and Joy was released as a single in 1983 and is on his double platinum album Texas Flood.  It's a Friday, so I wanted to post an upbeat tune.  SRV plays a fast paced, heavily electrified style in this track, as in most of his hits.  Pride and Joy has a distinct rhythm section, with a good baseline and fast SRV style lead.  He plays a great turn around, as well (following "She's my sweet little baby, I'm her little lover boy").  Basically, this blues makes you jump up, it's an all around great song.

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