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(More customer reviews)This was filmed in December, 1983 for an Ontario, Canada, TV station program. It's finally been released on DVD. The visual & sound quality is great. I'm not sure of the total running time, but it is a fairly, lengthly, session, concentrating on a young 29 year old Stevie Ray, with his Fender Stratocaster, Electric Guitar (Old #1 also called "Lenny") & a mature 60 year old, experienced, professional blues guitarist & singer, Albert King, with his Gibson "Flying V", electric guitar (named "Lucy"). Stevie Ray does switch guitars a couple of times during the session. Stevie had a reputation about being rough on his guitars, kinda like Jerry Lee Lewis was with pianos. Stevie Ray is a right handed guitarist, Albert is a left handed guitarist. This is a great close up, and personal jam session, with the backing band, barely in sight. The main focus is on Stevie Ray & Albert King. Stevie was a young Texas Blues guitarist & singer. Albert was an original, Mississippi Delta Blues guitarist & singer. This session is like a tutorial session, where the older & wiser Albert, jams with Stevie, and gives him advice. The 2 blues guitarists are relaxed and "laid back", and Stevie shows great respect for his "tutor". Also, Albert shows great respect for Stevie Ray. There is no live audience. The music is fantastic!!!
The musicians are as follows:
Albert King - Electric guitar, vocals
Stevie Ray Vaughan -Elecric guitar, vocals on "Texas Flood"/"Pride & Joy"
Tony LLoren - piano, organ
Gus Thorton - electric Bass
Michael Lloren - drums
The set list is as follows:
Introduction
"Born Under a Bad Sign" (An Albert King Classic) this is one of the best performances of the song, I've seen on a dvd. This includes vocals by Albert.
"Texas Flood" (a Stevie Ray Classic), this is mostly jam music, with some vocals from Stevie Ray, its great electric blues guitar play.
"Call it Stormy Monday" (an Albert Classic) includes Albert on vocals
"Old Times" - this is a conversation between Albert and Stevie, recalling how Stevie Ray met Albert King back in 1973 in Austin, Texas, at Austin's Coliseum Club. Stevie was just 18 years old, and he was fasinated by Albert. Also, 2 years later Stevie Ray got to sit in on a session with Albert at Antone's in Austin.
"Match Box Blues" - (An Albert Classic) with great electric guitar blues, including vocals by Albert.
"Pep Talk" - Albert King gives Stevie Ray some advice & encouragement.
"Don't Lie to Me" (Another Albert Classic) with great electric guitar blues & Albert on vocals.
"Who is Stevie" - Another conversation between Albert as "tutor", and Stevie Ray as "student".
"Pride and Joy" (A Stevie Ray Classic) more great electric, blues guitar play, with Stevie Ray on vocals.
" I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" - (Another Albert Classic), with more great electric, blues guitar play & Albert on vocals.
"Outro" - Credits, etc.
This is certainly a great dvd to have for any blues, &/or blues rock lover. It was sad, that Stevie died in a helecopter crash in 1990, and then Albert died 2 years later in 1992. However, this dvd speaks volumes about the two legendary blues musicians.
Also, with the dvd, you get some excellent liner notes giving the details of this event and some history on both blues artists. I highly recommend this for any blues, or blues rock fan. Thanks!!!
P.S. Even though Stevie Ray's Old #1 guitar was also called "Lenny", it was not his "official", "Lenny" guitar. The "official", "Lenny", also a Fender Stratocaster, had been re-worked, with a new brown body, with a white plastic shield, and a solid maple neck, which is light colored wood on all sides of the neck. SRV usually only played this guitar, when he would perform the song "Lenny". If you'd like to see the "original Lenny", then Stevie plays it in the dvd "Live at the el Mocambo", when he performs the song "Lenny".
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Albert King / Stevie Ray Vaughan: In Session (2010)On December 6, 1983, legendary blues guitarist Albert King joined his disciple Stevie Ray Vaughan on a Canadian sound stage for the live music television series In Session.Magic happened. The highly sought after video footage from that one-time renowned summit becomes available for the first time ever with the release of Stax Records' DVD In Session. The DVD contains three classic performances unavailable on the previously issued audio disc: "Born Under a Bad Sign," the landmark title track from Albert King's biggest Stax release written by William Bell and Booker T. Jones; Stevie Ray's "Texas Flood," the Larry Davis-penned title track of Vaughan's immortal debut album; and "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town," made famous by Louis Jordan and later, Ray Charles. "It was evident from the first choruses," writes liner notes author/musicologist Samuel Charters, "that they were playing for each other. And that was the best audience either of them could ever have. The music never lost its intensity, its quality of something very important being handed back and forth and there was time for Stevie and Albert to see where their ideas took them."Accolades have showered upon this momentous encounter. "As a document of what was probably one of the greatest nights in the musical life of SRV, this belongs in the collection of every true fan," said the Austin American-Statesman. Sonic Boomers added, "Both men are gone now, but rare recordings like In Session remind us of a time when blues giants still walked the earth side by side." Elmore magazine called it "an indispensible part of any blues fan's collection." And BluesWax noted, "thank goodness, this disc lives on and on." Now this previously unavilable visual document featuring two giants of American blues can be enjoyed by audiences the world over.Sadly, King and Vaughan would not share a stage together ever again. Vaughan, 31 years King's junior, died in a helicopter crash in the fog on the way back from a concert in 1990. King outlived him by two years, dying of a heart attack in 1992. They didn't meet often, and their careers took different paths. But we can all be grateful for that one long day in a television studio when sparks flew and this timeless performance was forever captured.01. Introduction02. Texas Flood03. Call It Stormy MondayAct II04. Matchbox Blues05. Pep Talk06. Don't Lie To Me 07. Who Is Stevie?08. Pride and JoyThe Finale09. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town10. Outro
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