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Stax reissues Stevie/ Albert ‘Session’
Stevie Ray Vaughan idolized many vintage blues guitarists, but no one influenced his early style like Albert King. So when SRV joined King for a December 1983 live taping of the Canadian TV concert series “In Session,” the sparks flew, with love and respect.
On June 30, Stax Records will reissue “In Session,” which sold about 300,000 copies on its original release. With the exception of “Pride and Joy,” Stevie’s only vocal on the session, the material was from King’s repertoire, which the 29-year-old Vaughan knew inside and out.
In the liner notes, Austin writer Dan Forte writes, “Hearing Stevie pay homage, the pride in Albert’s eyes was impossible to hide and the gamesmanship of the situation clearly brought out some of his best playing. But in this congenial battle of the titans, no holds were barred, no weapons disqualified.”
“In Session” is the duo’s only known recording together.
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By Tom
June 18, 2009 9:14 AM | Link to this
WOW I found this cd by accident a number of years ago, I’ve probably played it a couple thousand times! It NEVER gets old if you are a SRV or AK fan.Smokin guitar and just by listening you can tell that Albert and Stevie are having the time of thier lives. On a scale of 1 - 10 i would give it 100! This is a must have for Blues Fans, you will not be dissapointed. I wish there was a DVD so that i could see the energy of that day, although you can sense it just by listneing! Tom