Video: Stevie Ray Vaughan ‘Texas Flood’ Live In 1989 – Speakeasy
In 1989, Stevie Ray Vaughan was part of an all-star blues lineup that played a concert for the inauguration of George H.W. Bush. The Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy today premiered video of SRV playing “Texas Flood” with Double Trouble, and his brother, Jimmie Vaughan — part of 25 minutes of Vaughan songs.
The concert also featured performances by Bo Diddley, Dr. John, Sam Moore, Billy Preston, Albert Collins, Percy Sledge, Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor, Carla Thomas, Eddie Floyd, William Bell, Joe Louis Walker, Ronnie Wood and Jimmie Vaughan.
The entire two-hour concert will be released May 6 through Shout Factory as “A Celebration of Blues and Soul: The 1989 Presidential Inaugural Concert.”
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