STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN & DOUBLE TROUBLE – COULDN’T STAND THE WEATHER LP – Nr MINT

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – Couldn’t Stand The Weather
(Epic Records  1984  25940)

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Couldn’t Stand the Weather is the second studio album by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. It was released on May 15, 1984 by Epic Records as the follow-up to the band’s critically and commercially successful 1983 album Texas Flood. Recording sessions took place in January 1984 at the Power Station in New York City.

Stevie Ray Vaughan wrote half of Couldn’t Stand the Weather’s eight tracks. The album went to #31 on the Billboard 200 chart and the music video for “Couldn’t Stand the Weather” received regular rotation on MTV.

Track listing

All songs were written by Stevie Ray Vaughan, except where noted.

1. “Scuttle Buttin'” – 1:52
2. “Couldn’t Stand the Weather” – 4:40
3. “The Things (That) I Used to Do” (Eddie Jones) – 4:55
4. “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” (Jimi Hendrix) – 8:01
5. “Cold Shot” (Michael Kindred, W. C. Clark) – 4:01
6. “Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town)” (Robert Geddins) – 9:11
7. “Honey Bee” – 2:42
8. “Stang’s Swang” – 2:46

Personnel

Double Trouble

• Stevie Ray Vaughan – guitar, vocals
• Tommy Shannon – bass
• Chris Layton – drums

Additional personnel

• Jimmie Vaughan – rhythm guitar on “Couldn’t Stand the Weather” and “The Things That I Used to Do”
• Fran Christina – drums on “Stang’s Swang”
• Stan Harrison – tenor saxophone on “Stang’s Swang”

Production

• Producers – Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Richard Mullen, Jim Capfer
• Executive producer – John H. Hammond
• Engineer – Richard Mullen
• Assistant engineer – Rob Eaton
• Cover art – Holland MacDonald
• Photography – Benno Friedman