Best Stevie Ray Vaughan Covers
The best songs the legend, Stevie Ray Vaughan had covered in his career.
Really...who else? Would love to hear a remix of this: Elmore's vocals and SRV's guitar solo.
@BrianScott - saw you added this ( by SRV) to a list of mine. I had no idea he covered it, but having just listened to it, it's actually a pretty good version. Still think Muddy has the edge though...
Most people don't realize it, but Texas Flood was actually a cover. It was Larry's first single.
The nursery rhyme itself has existed for ages, but Buddy Guy's blues adaptation of it became the basis of SRV'S version.
Originally an uptempo R&B number, Stevie turned it into an instrumental. Fun fact: the original version had a young Jimi Hendrix playing guitar. This may be the reason why SRV heard it in the first place.
Note: this is technically a cover of a cover; the original version was done by Earl King. Stevie's version sounds more like the Hendrix version than the original; that's the reason why I added it.