Stevie Ray Vaughan - In The Beginning

In the Beginning is an electric blues album performed live by Stevie (Ray) Vaughan and Double Trouble (the stage name at that time did not include Vaughan's middle name). While the album was released about two years after Vaughan's death in 1990, the actual performance took place on April 1, 1980 at Steamboat 1874 in Austin, Texas, and was broadcast live on KLBJ-FM radio. A 25-year-old Vaughan, still more than three years away from the release of his first studio album, performs with his "Double Trouble" bandmates: Chris Layton, drummer, and Jackie Newhouse, bassist. (Newhouse was replaced by bassist Tommy Shannon in January 1981, who would remain part of Double Trouble until Stevie's death.)

Track listing

1. In The Open (Sonny Thompson/Freddie King) – 5:57
2. Slide Thing (Stevie Ray Vaughan) – 3:18
3. They Call Me Guitar Hurricane (Eddie Jones (Guitar Slim) – 3:06
4. All Your Love I Miss Loving (Otis Rush) – 6:23
5. Tin Pan Alley (Robert Geddins) – 7:40
6. Love Struck Baby (Stevie Ray Vaughan) – 2:56
7. Tell Me (Chester Burnett (Howlin' Wolf)) – 2:48
8. Shake For Me (Willie Dixon) – 4:04
9. Live Another Day (Stevie Ray Vaughan) – 3:49