First of all Stevie Ray Vaughan was not a Hendrix rip off. Anyone who knows the blues - as Bonnie doesn't - knows that SRV AND Jimi were from the Albert King School of guitar. If you want to really hear what Stevie is about check out the cd "In Session" with him and Albert King. If it weren't for the difference in tones between SRV's Strat and Albert's Gibson you wouldn't know who is who! Stevie definately pays homage to King on every song. However, that doesn't mean that Stevie was a rip off. I haven't heard one truly original new, contemporary, blues guitarist - except Robert Cray - in my 15 years of professional playing. We ALL copy from our influences.
The most important point of Stevie's playing is his soul. I was lucky enough to see him 6 times during his brief career and I can tell you that there was nobody in the business that played harder than he did. It doesn't come across well on cd but if you watch him on dvd you will see that he plays (and sings) with every ounce of heart and soul that he can muster - I think he even steals some from the audience!
This cd - despite what anti-music lover Bonnie says - will be considered one of the best debut albums ever - along with Led Zeppelin's first and Jimi's "Are You Experienced"

This bonnie character obviously has no knowledge of what great guitar sounds like. This album is fantastic. Every song is at least good if not great. From Love Struck Baby to the previously unreleased version of Wham. Pride and Joy, Texas Flood, and Lenny are my favorites on this one. I don't know what bonnie was talking about here because SRV has more talent in his fingernail than any of the clowns she mentioned. If you don't like SRV bonnie thats fine, but that doesn't mean he wasn't a hell of a guitar player.

Lets face it this guy is awful. I agree with the other reviewer all he plays is blues that is Hendrix rip-off. Then Vaughan the joker tries to play jazz on his other records. First I laugh, then I cry. I laugh at how pathetic this coke head is in this context in a vain and sad attempt to be Wes or Kenny Burrell.
Then I cry because so many ignorant beer sluggers think this is great guitar. My advice, check out Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker, Larry Carlton or Wes Montgomery for players with soul and SKILL!!!!!
Leave this overrated bum with his caveman skill level and Micheal Bolton-esque voice behind.

Texas Flood is an album any blues fan will surely love. SRV was an amazing guitarist with great techniques and a smooth tone that defined modern blues. On Texas Flood SRV and his equally skilled backing band Double Trouble deliver a bunch of hard-hitting songs with a feeling of immediacy that most great debut albums have. Even if you're not a hardcore blues fan, you should still be able to appreciate album highlights like the catchy shuffle "Pride and Joy", fast-moving instrumental "Testify", and the jazzy, beautiful "Lenny". Although it's arguable whether Stevie ever surpassed his heros (Personally I don't think he ever quite matched Hendrix), you can't deny the talent, passion and overall power heard on Texas Flood.

Hear this from an accomplished guitar player: when you grow up a little and stop listening to guitar music that sounds like a MIDI file with little emotion, with limited human feeling and dynamic, then you will yearn for a master. I know, I was once like you. I listened to Vito Bratta (and countless other shredder types) and although he was a Van Halen clone wannabe--right down to using the steinberg and everything--I admit he had some talent. The remake of Radar Love was fantastic save for the abysmal signing that sounded like a 12 year-old girl with a spider dropped down her dress. Why isn't Vito famous? Because he brought nothing to the table. He was one of a thousand clones who offered nothing new, swimming in a sea of clones that forgot how to play the guitar with feeling and focused on pure technique. At least if you had compared Vaughan to guitar players that have truly mastered the art of 'technique' I would have given you points. You could have mentioned Paul Gilbert, Yngwie Malmsteen, Satriani and yes even that Vai guy (personally Paul Gilbert is the best 'technique' guy on the planet.

But what we are referring to here is pure heart and soul; feeling. Vaughan could play with 2 broken strings having just downed 3 bottles of Nyquil and there would be more heart and soul and skill than anything Vito ever thought of releasing. Do you recall a song off of one of White Lion's last albums, a song called 'Blue Monday'? Who the hell do you think that song was written for? Stevie Ray Vaughan, right after his death. That one song had more feeling than anything Vito had ever done before because it was dedicated to a man that he knew was his superior. If you told Vito you thought he was better than Stevie Ray Vaughan, he'd laugh at you. He'd also be a little disgusted. I know I am.

Cobaine as a guitarist?! You have got to be kidding me! Is that what it has all been reduced to, some out of touch child that thinks Cobaine had some influence on guitar players save for drunken fits played on an out-of-tune block of wood with a jagged pick? As a guitar player I have discovered that once you learn to play scales learning blistering solos is easy, the faster it is, the easier it is to play. With songs played by true talent, it is much harder. You have to learn the notes, THEN you have to learn all of the inflections, the feeling. I could play 'Wait' in my sleep after 1 day of trying. I've been trying to get the inflections of 'Little Wing' and 'Lenny' for weeks.

Here's some advice: Never, NEVER post about topics you know nothing about.

This is one of the greatest albums of all time, and I just hate to think that someone interested in picking it up would hesitate because someone who knew nothing of true talent posted such venomous bile without qualification. If you don't believe that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of the rare talents of our guitar history then you have a great deal to learn about true guitar playing. Look up B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Hendrix, etc.

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