Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Stevie Ray Vaughan

1	Slide Thing Live 3:04
2	All Your Love I Miss Loving Live 6:13
3	Pride and Joy 3:39
4	Dirty Pool 5:01
5	Texas Flood 5:21
6	Hug You, Squeeze You Live 3:49
7	The Things (That) I Used to Do 4:54
8	Honey Bee 2:42
9	Give Me Back My Wig 4:07
10	The Sky Is Crying Live 7:20
11	Look at Little Sister 3:08
12	Empty Arms 3:04
13	Come on, Pt. 3 4:31
14	Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up on Love Live 6:36
15	Mary Had a Little Lamb Live / previously unreleased 6:11
16	Leave My Girl Alone 4:16

Barnes & Noble

The musician who most thoroughly exemplifies the saying that the blues had a baby called rock ‘n’ roll is Stevie Ray Vaughan. The guitarist-singer-songwriter adored influential players like Albert King, John Lee Hooker, and Otis Rush, but he paid them tribute without copying their styles or mimicking their stage personas. This risky approach to traditional music, and the singular sound that resulted, brought Vaughan fame beyond his or the music world’s wildest dreams. His tragic death in the early '90s ended a career that seemed to have no limits, but a large volume of recordings keeps Vaughan’s presence alive. SRV Plays the Blues showcases many of his best-loved material. Some of it comes from studio recordings and others are drawn from his live concerts. One previous unreleased recording, a 1987 live version of “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” features two Vaughan guitar solos that illustrate the energy he poured into his performances. Roberta Penn

All Music Guide

While 2002's Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble is the place to go for the complete picture, Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Stevie Ray Vaughan works well as a nice single-disc introduction to the work of the influential blues guitarist. Perhaps a few more hits could have been included to make this more attractive to the curious buyer, but with a previously unreleased live version of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and a track listing that dodges much of the 1995 Greatest Hits collection, this does offer an alternative for longtime fans. Matt Collar