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    Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Audiobook11 hours

    Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan

    Written by Alan Paul and Andy Aledort

    Narrated by Alan Paul, Andy Aledort, Chris Layton and

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    About this audiobook

    “An oral history is only as good as its sources, and ‘Texas Flood’ is thorough and far-reaching, with Vaughan's bandmates, crew and family taking center stage.” — New York Times Book Review

    This program is read by a full cast and features exclusive bonus material, including a never-before-heard conversation between Stevie Ray Vaughan and his brother, Jimmie Vaughan.

    The first definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, and foreword and afterword by Double Trouble’s Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon.

    Just a few years after he almost died from a severe addiction to cocaine and alcohol, a clean and sober Stevie Ray Vaughan was riding high. His last album was his most critically lauded and commercially successful. He had fulfilled a lifelong dream by collaborating with his first and greatest musical hero, his brother Jimmie. His tumultuous marriage was over and he was in a new and healthy romantic relationship. Vaughan seemed poised for a new, limitless chapter of his life and career.

    Instead, it all came to a shocking and sudden end on August 27, 1990, when he was killed in a helicopter crash following a dynamic performance with Eric Clapton. Just 35 years old, he left behind a powerful musical legacy and an endless stream of What Ifs. In the ensuing 29 years, Vaughan’s legend and acclaim have only grown and he is now an undisputed international musical icon. Despite the cinematic scope of Vaughan’s life and death, there has never been a truly proper accounting of his story. Until now.

    Texas Flood provides the unadulterated truth about Stevie Ray Vaughan from those who knew him best: his brother Jimmie, his Double Trouble bandmates Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton and Reese Wynans, and many other close friends, family members, girlfriends, fellow musicians, managers and crew members.

    This program is read by Alan Paul, Andy Aledort, Chris Layton, Leslie Ligon, Greg Littlefield, Denny Freeman, Leon Nixon, Joe Priesnitz, Tommy Shannon, and Reese Wynans.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateAug 13, 2019
    ISBN9781250226211
    Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Author

    Alan Paul

    ALAN PAUL is the author of the New York Times bestseller One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band, the definitive book on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band, and Texas Flood: the Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan. The latter has been optioned and is being developed for both documentary and feature films. His first book, Big in China, is about his experiences raising an American family, forming a band, and becoming an unlikely rock star in Beijing. He also founded Friends of the Brothers, the premier celebration of the music of the Allman Brothers Band, featuring members of the Dickey Betts, Jaimoe and Gregg Allman bands. He is a regular guest on radio shows and a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Guitar World, and other publications. He lives in New Jersey.

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    • 5/5
      A very detailed account of the life of the amazing Stevie Ray Vaughan. Loved that the book was mostly read by the real friends and associates of SRV.
    • 5/5
      Excellent! This is a very good book that has a lot of backstage information. I had no idea of all the drama going on.

      What a loss of talent.
    • 5/5
      Great audiobook, already knew he was an awesome musician but I had no idea he was that sweet beautiful person too. Rock on for ever Stevie !!!