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'Couldn't Stand the Weather' Blues guitarist c r By Richard Jarvis Smoke-filled bars, sticky tables with overflowing ashtray centerpieces surrounded by longneck Lone Star and Olympia bottles. Blues rooms. Modern day saloons where the guitarslinger is the baddest man in the house and a fast draw is replaced by fast guitar licks. Stevie Ray Vaughn is a child of the best blues rooms, those in Texas where blues is still played down and dirty with sweat flowing as freely as the draft beer hehinrl the har "Couldn't Stand the Weather" is Stevie Ray Vaughn's second album with his band Double Trouble consisting of bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris "Whipper" Layton. Last year's "Texas Flood" album won Vaughn the title of New Guitar Player of the Year in Guitar Player magazine's poll. "Couldn't Stand the Weather" features more of Vaughn's insp i red blues playing.Both Vaughn's vocalsand playing have a unique quality that makes him recognizable immediately. He brings a freSh approach to an old genre. # Focus On Amari^a'c If ! Future Help Prevent Birth D ^ SuDDort the (fry March of Dim< \ly HMRIH DEFECTS FOUNDATIONm _i ? - ? === ? Don't Look No === It's Attacking You Saturday Nigl The All-You-Can-Eat Pas III guaranteed to make ei ~~~ bonkers tor past. featuring lasagna, fettucinl, : ?spaghetti, garlic bread, and all' M I I salad bar Atllv <SLS "ftl III Don*t fight it... Noodle M ~ A only at 7*7 ftlaia Avmm at Wlrm V flgiI HHUffiTTTTTgm yr-raii jwngguB+ini 1 wi i wi f t i . ' ... I reates fresh, impre Vaughn wears his influences proudly, displaying them in brilliant, quick flashes without sounding like he's copying someone. The tastiest example of this is his version of Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)." His playing is smooth, fluid and masterful as he pays his respects to the master that obviously taught him so much. The playing is filled with the tension, swoops, dives and screaming vibrato of Hendrix. Vaughn, unlike Robin Trower and Frank Marino, captures the firey essence of Hendrix and still gives it the soul of his wan withering Texas blues. On "Honey Bee" Vaughn turns to another Texas guitarslinger for guidance. The screaming, twanging treble-rich leads are straight from Johnny Winter's stylebook, yet Vaughn gives them a uniquely his own. "Tin Pan Alley" opens with slow, mornful, bluesy playing reminiscent of Billy o:li ? ttni i w-%1 m i? i. - _ n _* i vjiooons on diuc jean Diues. r,acn note hows smooiniy on liquid sound, no one note ending or beginning. OOOOOOOQi VlMiyy ? TRYOU o ail efects ? S Baked Bo ? o i . only ^ i served with v H ! margarine (toon [ w "=? M" m LlmU 1 per cus I Expires Julv 14 O ? OOOOOOOO Welcoi d rjrjl " |f*? y i \* { AT 11 AM & CI SUNDA' ^ "/ . w! in r Town in (its! " - ?- ?l ta Buffet III J c ren you III " a! === xk** ? kinds of ~~~ yott-ean-eat (aula? IZI $ < ' tats ELU111H | [ffi Hgggig \fS 1 tlmmi i now : icciup nnmnnQitinn >wa W V WVBlBJfWVIlilVil "Cold Shot" and the Elmore James tune "The Things I Used to Do" are like "Pride and Joy" from "Texas Flood" with rockin' bass lines and solid blues guitar that could remind people that blues can be danceable. The album starts with the fast-paced instrumental "Scuttle Buttin" showcasing Vaughn's playing immediately. The next two songs feature some extra guitar work by Vaughn's brother Jimmie from The Fabulous Thunderbirds. "Couldn't Stand the Weather" and "The Things I Used to Do" are fired up by the two brothers trading licks and playing off each others talents. Vauchn has often said limtnie was his #?nrli#?st in fluence and the similarities in style are heard in this side-byside comparison. "Couldn't Stand the Weather" is not as fresh and vital as "Texas Flood" but is still worth checking out. Vaughn and Double Trouble should be especially interesting to ZZ Top fans. Vaughn is another reminder that it doesn't take synthesizers and effects racks to make music that is both fresh and impressive. OOOOOOOOQOOOOOO o ? ~ I 1425 SUMTER o /If?) [tYX (CORNER SUMTER 0 * HAMPTON) Jr ^ Now convenient to ^ 11II BiSCUitS USC Campus/ O rRUjr SALAD BAR ? d BO-TATERS! ? J Q i-TfltPl* Good at i > JL ttlCl 1425 Sumter street i O 22S2L, I 9 ?i U i,0.'oul' Famous Chicken n Biscuits ? O k iy?4. I ! O ooooooooooooooooo VM Tfl_ ^ ' y PIMENTO CHEESE M RES OPEN ? TO YOUR FAVORITE M LOSE AT 10 PM ^ rrs^DELJCIOl?S^^ P >c, SUPER CHILI DOG 1 SERVED Wiva LB. ALL BEEF FRANK, 5 V MUSTARD. ONIONS & OUR SECRET \ j C RECIPE CHILI. 1 $109 : Coupon Expires July 10, 1984 WWW999W9W9V9 siT?-^ k. j(mr ?? >% > % ?% ?? ? f durtn SLAW IJUli : 'SERVED W/MUSTARD. SANDY'S SECRET RECIPE m CHILI. ONIONS & TOPPED OFF WITH OUR DELICIOUS MADE DAILY CREAMY COLE SLAW. J *V | Coupon Expires July 10,1984 '> CHOCOLATENUT if. f SUNDAE S LOTS OF VANILLA ICE CREAM, REAL MILK CHOCOLATE, WALNUTS & TOPPED OFF J W/WHIPPED CREAM A CHERRY. * $^29 | Coupon Exoires Julv 10. 1984 % +++**+*?^1 J J) I LOCATIONS W OTHERS TO COME!