Essays


Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

Cover Song Information - Alphabetized by Song

The items that are bolded I am still looking for. Whenever possible I have listed commercially available CDs.

Cover Song Title Original Artist Original Artist CD (Track) SRV & DT CD (Track) Taped
All Your Love Otis Rush Texas Freeze Compilation
(Japanese CD)
(16)
In the Beginning (4) Yes
Black Mare Trot
See Footnote 1
Lightning Hopkins Texas Freeze Compilation
(Japanese CD)
(17)
Texas Flood (6) Yes
Boot Hill Sly Williams Texas Freeze Compilation
(Japanese CD)
(14)
The Sky is Crying (1) Yes
Change It Doyle Bramhall Bird's Nest on the Ground (2) Soul to Soul (6) Yes
Chicken Pickin'
See Footnote 2
Lonnie Mack Memphis Wham! (14) Couldn't Stand the Weather (1) ****NO****
Chitlins Con Carne Kenny Burrell Best of Kenny Burrell (5) The Sky is Crying (8) Yes
Close to You Muddy Waters
See Footnote 3
Chess Box (D2:T18) The Sky is Crying (7) Yes
C.O.D. Albert King The Very Best of Albert King (3) Live at Carnegie Hall (11) ****NO****
Cold Shot W.C. Clark Heart of Gold (4) Couldn't Stand the Weather (5) Yes
Collins Shuffle Albert Collins PostWar Blues Combos (Rhino) (7) In the Open ****NO****
Come On (Let the Good Times Roll) Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland (7) Soul to Soul (9) Yes
Come On (Part I & II) Earl King Texas Freeze Compilation
(Japanese CD)
(11)
Soul to Soul (9)
See Footnote 4
Yes
Crosscut Saw Albert King King of Blues Guitar (5) Force of Nature (D2:T3) Yes
Dirty Pool Nightcrawlers Nightcrawlers Studio Demos, April 1973 (3) Texas Flood (8) Yes
Don't Lose Your Cool Albert Collins Collins Mix (The Best Of) Force of Nature (D1:T9) ****NO****
Don't Lose Your Cool Albert Collins Collins Mix (The Best Of) Live at Carnegie Hall (12)
See Footnote 5
****NO****
Double Trouble Otis Rush Living The Blues - Blues Greats (2:3)
See Footnote 6
**NO**
Drivin' South Jimi Hendrix Radio One (6) Force of Nature II (D1:T9) ****NO****
Give me back my wig Hound Dog Taylor Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers (11) Couldn't Stand the Weather (12) ****NO****
Give me back my wig Hound Dog Taylor Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers (11) First Concert in Europe ****NO****
Going Down
See Footnote 7
Freddie King Hide Away, Best of (20) Guitar Boogie ****NO****
Going Down Freddie King Hide Away, Best of (20) Madison Square Garden, NYC, NY (w/Jeff Beck) No
Heartfixer also called
Heart Fixing Business
Albert King As Years Gone By Force of Nature II (D1:T7) No
Hide Away Freddie King Hide Away, Best Of (5) Couldn't Stand the Weather (Remastered) (10) ****NO****
Hide Away Freddie King Hide Away, Best Of (5) Force of Nature (D2:T6) Yes
Howlin' For My Darlin' Howlin' Wolf Chess Box Blossom's Downstairs, Ft Worth, TX No
Howlin' For My Darlin' Howlin' Wolf Rockin' the Blues Blossom's Downstairs, Ft Worth, TX ****NO****
I'm Leaving You (Commit a Crime) Howlin' Wolf Moanin' at Midnight (20) Live Alive (6) Yes
I Tried Pretty Baby or called Love in Vain Larry Davis Unknown Holiday in Connecticut (1:10) No
I Tried Pretty Baby or called Love in Vain Larry Davis Unknown Live at Stubb's Bar-B-Que (1:15) No
I Want to Hug You John Lee Hooker Mr. Lucky (1) G-Ray (9) ****NO****
In the Open Freddie King Hide Away, Best of (13) In the Beginning (1) Yes
Leave My Girl Alone Buddy Guy Chess Box (D2:T10) In Step (5) Yes
Let Me Love You Baby Buddy Guy Chess Box (D1:T5) In Step (4) Yes
Let Me Love You Baby Buddy Guy Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (9) In Step (4) ****NO****
Letter to my Girlfriend Guitar Slim Sufferin' Mind (4) Live at Carnegie Hall (7) Yes
Little Wing Jimi Hendrix Axis: Bold as Love (6) The Sky is Crying (4) *****NO*****
Little Wing Jimi Hendrix Stages (D2:T8) The Sky is Crying (4) Yes
Look at Little Sister Hank Ballard & the Midnighters Sexy Ways: The Best of Hank (14) Soul to Soul (3) Yes
Lookin' Out the Window Doyle Bramhall Unknown Soul to Soul (2) No
Love Me Darlin' Howlin' Wolf Change My Way (2) In Step (9) Yes
Manic Depression Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced? (2) Force of Nature (D2:T13) ****NO****
Going to School
See Footnote 8
Buddy Guy Chess Box (D2:T17) Texas Flood (7) Yes
May I have a Talk with you B.B. King B. B. King in London (10) The Sky is Crying (6) ****NO****
May I have a Talk with you Howlin' Wolf Chess Box The Sky is Crying (6) No
Shake for Me Howlin' Wolf Moanin' at Midnight (1) In the Beginning (8) Yes
Superstition Stevie Wonder Talking Book (6) Live Alive (5) ****NO****
Taxman Beatles LP Revolver Greatest Hits (1) ****NO****
Tell Me Howlin' Wolf Moanin' at Midnight (12) Texas Flood (4) Yes
Testify Isley Brothers
(w/ Jimi Hendrix on Guitar)
Isley Brothers Story,
Vol. 1,
"Rockin' Soul" (12)
Texas Flood (5) ****NO****
Testify Isley Brothers
(w/ extendend solo Hendrix on guitar)
Hendrix Lifelines Box Set (D1:T2) Texas Flood (5) No
Texas Flood Larry Davis Blues Masters, Vol. 6 (Rhino) (3) Texas Flood (3) Yes
The Sky is Crying Albert King Best of Albert King (4) The Sky is Crying (2) Yes
The Sky is Crying Elmore James Living the Blues - Blues Masters (3:5) The Sky is Crying (2) Yes
The Things (That) I used to do Buddy Guy
See Footnote 9a
Texas Freeze (18) Couldn't Stand the Weather (3) ****NO****
The Things (That) I used to do Guitar Slim Sufferin' Mind (1) Couldn't Stand the Weather (3) Yes
The Things (That) I used to do Muddy Waters
See Footnote 9b
Chess Box (D3:T9) Couldn't Stand the Weather (3) Yes
They Call Me Guitar Hurricane
See Footnoe 10
Guitar Slim Sufferin' Mind (11) In the Beginning (3) Yes
Third Stone from the Sun Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced? (9) G-Ray (10) ****NO****
Third Stone from the Sun Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced? (9) Stilleto Rain (9) ****NO****
Thunderbird Nightcaps Wine, Wine, Wine Live at Stubb's Bar-B-Que (D1:T3) ****NO****
Thunderbird Nightcaps Wine, Wine, Wine Force of Nature (D1:T10) ****NO****
Tin Pan Alley Little Milton Tin Pan Alley (8) Couldn't Stand the Weather (6) Yes
Tin Pan Alley Jimmy Wilson Texas Freeze Compilation
(Japanese CD)
(9)
Couldn't Stand the Weather (6) Yes
Too Tired Johnny Watson Texas Freeze Compilation
(Japanese CD)
(1)
Antone's, Austin, TX No
Too Tired Johnny Watson The Gangster is Back (1) Antone's, Austin, TX No
Voodoo Chile Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland (4) SW Missouri State (9) ****NO****
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland (16) Couldn't Stand the Weather (4) Yes
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) Jimi Hendrix Stages (D4:T11) Couldn't Stand the Weather (4) Yes
Wham Lonnie Mack Texas Freeze Compilation
(Japanese CD)
(8)
The Sky is Crying (5) ****NO****
Willie the Wimp Bill Carter Stomping Grounds
(German CD) (8)
Live Alive (8) ****NO****
Woke Up This Morning
See Footnote 11
B.B. King Singin' the Blues/The Blues (7) Stubbs Barbecue '78 (D1:T13) ****NO****
Woke Up This Morning
See Footnote 11
B.B. King Live at the Regal (8) Stubbs Barbecue '78 (D1:T13) Yes
You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
See Footnote 12
B.B. King Legends Of Guitar-Electric Blues, Vol. 1 (Rhino) (3) Force of Nature ****NO****
You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
See Footnote 12
B.B. King Live at the Regal (9) Live at Stubb's Bar-B-Que (D1:T4) Yes
You'll be Mine Howlin' Wolf Moanin' at Midnight (3) Soul to Soul (7) Yes



Footnotes:

1. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's version is called "Rude Mood". Back to list
2. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's version is called "Scuttle Buttin'". Back to list
3. Written by Willie Dixon. Back to list
4. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's version is called "Come On (Part III)". Back to list
5. According to Tommy Shannon, "Iced Over" is really an "improvised" version of "Don't Lose Your Cool". Back to list
6. This song inspired the name band name Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. It was not recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Back to list
7. On the CD Guitar Boogie the song is labeled "Tore Down". Back to list
8. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's version is called "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Back to list
9a. Written by Guitar Slim. Back to list
9b. Written by Guitar Slim. Back to list
10. Guitar Slim's version is called "Guitar Slim" Back to list
11. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's version is called "My Baby's Gone". Back to list
12. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's version is called "Lost Your Good Thing Now". Back to list