Personnel includes: Jimmie Vaughan (vocals, guitar, tambourine); Lou Ann Barton (vocals); Tyrone Vaughan (guitar); Herman Green (flute); James Cotton (harmonica); Greg Piccolo (tenor saxophone); Bill Willis (Hammond B-3 organ);
Tommy Shannon, Roscoe Beck (bass); Billy Horton (upright bass); George Rains (drums, bongos); Jose Galeano (congas, percussion); Greg Sain, James Edward Sain, Rayvon Foster, Charlie Whittington (background vocals).
Engineers include: John Hampton, Jared Tuten, Andy Taub.
Recorded at Ardent, Memphis, Tennessee; Brooklyn Bridge, Wire, Austin, Texas;
Blue World Music Studios, Dripping Springs, Texas.
DO YOU GET THE BLUES won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.
Personnel include: Jimmie Vaughan (vocals, guitars); Lou Ann Barton (vocals); Bill Willis (Hammond b-3 organ); Billy Horton (double bass); Tommy Shannon (electric bass); George Rains (drums); Jose Galeano (percussion).
In the decade following his departure from The Fabulous Thunderbirds and the death of his younger brother Stevie Ray, Jimmie Vaughan quietly carved out a critically acclaimed solo career steeped in a fusion of soul and blues. Despite parting ways with Nile Rodgers, (who produced Vaughan's first two records), the laid-back Texan goes down the same creative path in assuming the production helm for DO YOU GET THE BLUES?
Recorded at Memphis' famed Ardent Studios, Vaughan's third album reunites him with legendary Federal Records house musician Bill Willis, whose juicy organ playing brings to mind the late Bill Doggett on the instrumental opener "Dirty Girl," funky shuffle "Robbin' Me Blind," and gospel-flavored "Out Of The Shadows". Throughout, Vaughan's often underrated and understated style of guitar playing continues to impress whether it's the chunky riffs lightly sprinkled throughout the yearning "Without You" or the crackling twang bubbling throughout the late night "Slow Dance Blues." Longtime friend and fellow Texan Lou Ann Barton also puts in a cameo, wrapping herself in a lusty duet with her fellow Austinite on Johnny "Guitar" Watson's "In The Middle Of The Night" before making like Carla Thomas to Vaughan's Otis Redding on the righteous "Power Of Love."
Down Beat (3/02, p.64) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Arresting solos with an emotional straightforwardness....Vaughn's now singing better than ever....and as a songwriter, the Texan gets good grades, too..."
Category: Blues
Release Date: 09/11/01
Originally Released: 2001
Mono / Stereo: Stereo
Discs: 1
Availability: Y
Studio / Live: Studio
Area: USA
Is Import: N
Distributor: Koch (Distributor USA)