Live Alive

Live Alive is the first live album compiled from four live performances by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. The performances were recorded on July 15, 1985 at the Montreux Jazz Festival; July 17–18, 1986 at the Austin Opera House; and July 19, 1986 at Dallas Starfest. Much of the album was overdubbed in the studio.[2]

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Live Alive
Live album by
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
ReleasedNovember 15, 1986
RecordedJuly 16, 1985 at Montreux Jazz Festival
July 17–18, 1986 at Austin Opera House
July 19, 1986 at Dallas Starfest
GenreElectric blues, R&B, funk
Length70:26
LabelEpic
ProducerStevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble chronology
Soul to Soul
(1985)		 Live Alive
(1986)		 In Step
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The 1985 Montreux performance was much better received than the 1982 visit, when some of the crowd booed Vaughan's hard blues sound. The song selection for Live Alive displays many of SRV's biggest influences: Jimi Hendrix ("Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"), Howlin' Wolf ("Commit a Crime"), and Buddy Guy ("Mary Had a Little Lamb"). The song "Don't Stop By The Creek, Son" (Johnny Copeland) was performed at the 1985 Montreux show but was omitted from the CD release.

The album received mixed reviews. The album was praised for Vaughan's live playing, his ability to improvise and his ability to make covers sound like his own, but was criticized for Vaughan's uneven playing (mainly caused by his drug abuse), and the lack of the typical Vaughan sound.

"I'm Leaving You (Commit a Crime)" is incorrectly credited on the album to C. Burnett, better known as Howlin' Wolf. Although Howlin' Wolf was the first to record the song on the album The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions, it was written by James Oden, although Bill Janovitz says otherwise on www.allmusic.com.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Stevie Ray Vaughan, except where noted.

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Say What!" 4:51
2."Ain't Gone 'n' Give Up on Love" 6:24
3."Pride and Joy" 5:04
4."Mary Had a Little Lamb"Buddy Guy4:15
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Superstition"Stevie Wonder4:43
6."I'm Leaving You (Commit a Crime)"Chester Burnett5:35
7."Cold Shot"W. C. Clark, Michael Kindred5:40
8."Willie the Wimp"Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth4:38
Side C
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Look at Little Sister"Hank Ballard2:44
10."Texas Flood"Joseph Wade Scott, Larry C. Davis4:13
11."Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"Jimi Hendrix9:37
Side D
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Love Struck Baby" 3:46
13."Change It"Doyle Bramhall5:04
14."Life Without You" (Appeared only on vinyl and cassette copies) 9:30

Charts
Chart (1986/87) Peak

position

Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 49
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] 20
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] 48
US Billboard 200[7] 52

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[8] Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[9] Platinum 1,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Personnel

References
  1. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble / Stevie Ray Vaughan Live Alive Accessed March 22, 2019
  2. Quote from Tommy ShannonThe Guitar Magazine Vol 6 No 2, January 1996
  3. "Commit a Crime - Howlin' Wolf | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 328. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. "Dutchcharts.nl – Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – {{{album}}}" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  6. "Charts.nz – Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – {{{album}}}". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  7. "Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  8. "Canadian album certifications – Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble – Live Alive". Music Canada. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  9. "American album certifications – S.R. Vaughan & Double Trouble – Live Alive". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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