by Alan Paul
DUMBLE 150-WATT STEEL STRING SINGER WITH MATCHING 4×12 BOTTOM
Fitted with 6550 power tubes and four 100-watt EVs. For the recording of Texas Flood, Stevie used a single Dumble that was owned by Jackson Browne. Shortly thereafter, Stevie acquired a Dumble of his own.
MARSHALL MAJOR 200-WATT HEAD WITH 4×12 DUMBLE BOTTOM
Fitted with 6550 power tubes and four 100-watt EVs.
FENDER LATE ’60S VIBRATONE
This amp is essentially an equivalent of a Leslie 16 and features a spinning baffle inside that creates a vibrato effect. This cabinet can be heard clearly on songs like “Cold Shot” and “The Things (That) I Used to Do.” This speaker cabinet was driven by one of the Vibroverbs.
PEDALS
IBANEZ TUBE SCREAMER
Stevie started with the original TS808 but, according to guitar tech René Martinez, he used just about every type of Tube Screamer at one point or another, including the TS9 and TS10 Classic.
VOX WAH
Stevie preferred original ’60s Vox wahs.
VINTAGE DALLAS-ARBITER FUZZ FACE
Later modded by César Diaz.
TYCOBRAHE OCTAVIA
ROGER MAYER OCTAVIA
UNIVIBE UNIVOX FM-NO 49.5
Used briefly.
CUSTOM-MADE SPLITTER BOX
Featured one input and six outputs to send his guitar signal to six different amplifiers simultaneously.
MXR LOOP SELECTOR
Stevie used this pedal when playing live in order to take his Tube Screamer in and out of his signal chain.
ROLAND DIMENSION D
Used in the studio during Texas Flood and other releases for a subtle chorus-type effect, this can be heard clearly on “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” “Texas Flood,” and “Pride and Joy.” “One effect that Stevie liked to use when we mixed Texas Flood was this really obscure Roland delay/chorus that gave a little bit of a growl sound,” says engineer/producer Richard Mullen. “It was a stereo device that created phasing effects, which you can hear on the solo to ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ and the end solo on ‘Pride and Joy.’ During the mixdown, Stevie sat at the board and brought that effect in and out as the song progressed. He used the same effect on Couldn’t Stand the Weather, too.”
FENDER MEDIUM PICKS
Stevie preferred using the back, or “fat” end of the pick.
EARTH III MUSIC NOTE STRAPS
Made by the Music Note Strap Co., started in the late ’70s by Richard Oliveri in Staten Island, New York.
STRINGS
GHS Nickel Rockers gauged .013, .015, .019, .028, .038, .058—tuned down one half step (low to high: Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb), akin to Jimi Hendrix. In his last few years, he switched to .011, .015, .019, .028, .038, .054.
INDEX
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Aberman, Larry
Adams, Bryan
Aerosmith
Afterman, Peter
“Ain’t Gone ‘n’ Give Up on Love”
alcohol
father and
Lapidus about
rehab and sobriety
Aledort, Andy
Alligator Records
Allman, Duane
Allman, Gregg
Allman Brothers Band
Alomar, Carlos
Alpine Valley
Alter, Rick
A&M
American Indian headdress
Ammons, Gene
amplifiers
Another Page (Cross)
Antone, Clifford
Antone, Susan
Antone’s
death of Stevie Ray and
Grissom at
Guy at
O’Brien at
Rush, Otis at
Arc Angels
Ardent Studios
Arnold, James
Arrowhead Music Management
asbestos
Asleep at the Wheel
Asylum Choir
Atlantic Records
Auditorium Shores
Austin City Limits
Austin Music Awards
Austin Opera House
Aykroyd, Dan
Ayotte, Cidney Cook
the B-52s
“Baboom/Mama Said”
Bailey, Lenora “Lenny”
divorce from
drugs and
“Baker Street”
Ballard, Hank
Band of Gypsys (Hendrix)
Barris, George
Barton, Lou Ann
bass guitar
the Beatles
Beck, Jeff
Benno, Marc
Benson, George
Benson, Ray
Bentley, Bill
Berry, Al
Berry, Chuck
Bethel, Lindi
Betts, Dickey
birth
Bishop, Elvin
Blackbird
Bland, Bobby “Blue”
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Bloom, Victor
Blue Lagoon Saloon
the Blues Brothers
“Bold as Love”
Bolin, Tommy
Bono
Book of Urantia
Booker T. and the MG’s
Born In the U.S.A. (Springsteen)
Bottom Line
Bowie, David
Bowland, Bruce
Bramhall, Doyle
Soul to Soul and
Bramhall, Doyle, II
Soul to Soul and
at Stevie Ray’s funeral
Brandenburg, Cutter
drugs and
quitting band
the Brooklyn Underground
Brooks, Bobby
brother. See Vaughan, Jimmie
“Brothers”
Brown, James
Brown, Jeffrey
Browne, Jackson
Browne, Nigel
Bruce, Denny
Buck, Mike
Burlison, Paul
Burrell, Kenny
“Bwady” nickname
the Byrds
Campbell, Bill
Campbell, Phil
Capricorn Records
Caravan of Dreams
Carnegie Hall
Carr, Frances
Carter, Bill
Cascio, Linda
Cash, Johnny
Cast of Thousands
“Castles Made of Sand” (Hendrix)
CBS Records Convention
“Champagne and Reefer” (Waters)
“Change It”
the Chantones
Charles, Ray
Chase, Jack
Cheap Trick
the Chessmen
Chicago (band)
Chicago Blues Festival
“Chicken Pickin’”
childhood
“China Girl” (Bowie)
“Chitlins Con Carne”
Christian, Charlie
Christina, Fran
Chrysalis Records
Clapp, Lincoln
Clapton, Eric
about alcohol
Double Trouble opening for
jamming with
on Let’s Dance
Clark, W. C.
the Clash
Classic Management. See also Millikin, Chesley
Clearmountain, Bob
Clement, Jack
Clemons, Clarence
“Close to You”
clothes
Cobras
cocaine
Austin City Limits and
Hammond and
Lapidus about
Wood and
Cocker, Joe
Cockrell Hill Jubilee
“Cold, Cold Feeling” (Walker, T.)
“Cold Shot”
Coleman, Ornette
Colla, Johnny
Collins, Albert
Collins, Larry
Colombia Records
Colonna, Roddy
color light therapy
“Come On (Part III)”
Comer, Charles
Continental Club
Cook, Jerrell
Cook, Joe
Copeland, Johnny
Corcoran, Michael
Couldn’t Stand the Weather
release and tour for
“Couldn’t Stand the Weather”
Craig, J. Marshall
Craig, Rodney
Cray, Robert
Cream
“Crossfire”
“Crossroads” (Cream)
Dallas Sound Lab
Danceteria
Davis, Kim
Davis, Larry
death
debt, of Double Trouble
“D/FW”
“Dirty Pool”
divorce
Dixon, Willie
the Doors
Double Trouble. See also Texas Flood; specific individuals, songs, and albums
debt of
with The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Fire Meets Fury tour
Hendrix and
management of
at Montreux Jazz Festival
on Power and Passion tour
promo flyer for
promo poster for
from Triple Threat Revue
“Double Whammy”
Dr. John
drugs
Austin City Limits and
Bailey and
Brandenburg and
Hammond and
Lapidus about
rehab and sobriety
Shannon and
Wynans about
drums
Duckworth, Tim
duende
Dyer, John
Dylan, Bob
Eagles
Earl, Ronnie
Electric Ladyland (Hendrix)
Elwell, James
“Empty Arms”
Epic Records. See also Texas Flood
The Fabulous Thunderbirds on
“Every Day I Have the Blues”
the Fabulous Thunderbirds
on Austin City Limits
Double Trouble with
Jimmie Vaughan leaving
Soul to Soul and
Texas Flood and
Tuff Enuff by
Family Style
father. See Vaughan, Jimmie “Big Jim”
Ferguson, Keith
’59. See Number One
fingers
Fire Meets Fury tour
Frame, David
Freeman, Denny
“Frosty” (Collins, A.)
Geller, Gregg
Gibbons, Billy
Giles, Mindy
Girls Go Wild (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
“Give Me Back My Wig”
Glaub, Bob
“Gone Home”
Gracey, Joe
Grateful Dead
“Green Onions” (Booker T. and the MG’s)
Greenwood, Mary Beth
Greezy Wheels
Grissom, David
“Guitar Boogie” (Berry, C.)
Guitar Slim
guitar strings
Guitar World (magazine)
guitars
bass
first
of Hendrix
Number One
slide
Gunne, Jo Jo
Guy, Buddy
Hall, Jerry
Ham, Bill
Hammond, John
Hard Rock Cafe
“Hard to Be”
hat
Hatchett, Charlie
Hathaway, Donny
Haynes, Warren
“The Heart of Rock & Roll” (Huey Lewis and the News)
Hendrix, Jimi. See also specific songs and albums
the Chessmen and
Double Trouble and
guitar of
“Say What” and
Henley, Don
Hennig, Ray
“Hideaway”
Hill, Dusty
“Hillbillies from Outer Space”
Hodges, Alex
Holiday, Billie
“Honey Bee”
Hooker, John Lee
Hopkins, Lightnin’
“Hopkins Sky Hop”
“House Is Rockin’”
Howlin’ Wolf
Hubbard, Preston
Hubbard, Ray Wylie
Hunter, Ian
I Ching
ICM. See International Creative Management
Iglauer, Bruce
“I’m Crying”
“I’m Going Down”
In Step
In The Beginning
International Creative Management (ICM)
Jagger, Mick
“Jeff’s Boogie” (Beck)
Johnson, Edi
Johnson, Eric
Johnson, Robert
Joplin, Janis
Jordan, Steve
Juneteenth Blues Festival
Kindred, Mike
King, Albert
about alcohol
on Let’s Dance
loan to
King, B. B.
King, Earl
King, Freddie
King, Jackie
Krackerjack
Krupa, Gene
Kunkel, Russ
La Paz
L.A. Woman (The Doors)
Lapidus, Janna
Lawyers in Love (Browne, J.)
Layton, Chris “Whipper,” xiii. See also Double Trouble
at Carnegie Hall
Millikin and
“Leave My Little Girl Alone”
Led Zeppelin
Leeds, Harvey
“Lenny”
“Let Me Love You Baby”
Let’s Dance (Bowie)
Lewis, Huey
Liberation
Lickona, Terry
“Life by the Drop”
“Life Without You”
Little Milton
“Little Red Rooster”
Little Richard
Little Walter
“Little Wing”
Live Alive
Logan, Barbara
Long, Andrew
“Long Way from Home”
“Look at Little Sister”
“Lookin’ Out the Window”
“Love Me Darlin’”
“Love Struck Baby”
Luckett, Richard
Mack, Lonnie
Madison Square Garden
Madonna
Majewski, Carlyne
“Manic Depression”
marijuana
Martell, Tony
Martinez, René
“Mary Had a Little Lamb”
“May This Be Love”
McClinton, Delbert
McEnroe, John
methamphetamine (speed)
middle name
Miller, Steve
Millikin, Chesley
Bowie and
firing/quitting of
Hammond and
O’Brien and
Soul to Soul and
Montgomery, Wes
Montreux Jazz Festival
return to
Moody Blues
mother. See Vaughan, Martha
MTV
Mullen, Richard
“My Song”
Napier, Alex
national anthem
Nelson, Willie
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Newhouse, Jackie
nicknames
the Nightcaps
the Nightcrawlers
Nobs, Claude
Number One (guitar)
O’Brien, Derek
old ’59. See Number One
One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band (Paul)
Opperman, Donnie
Parks, Clayton “C-Boy”
/> pedals
Perry, Joe
Phares, Scott
picks
Plicque, Christian
the Police
Pomus, Doc
Power and the Passion tour
Power Station
“Pride and Joy”
Priesnitz, Joe
Prince
Proct, Mark
“Purple Haze” (Hendrix)
“Rainy Day, Dream Away” (Hendrix)
Raitt, Bonnie
Ray, Paul
Reames, Mike
“Red House”
Redding, Otis
Reed, Jimmy
rehab
Reinhardt, Django
Reno, Johnny
Richards, Keith
Rickert, Skip
Riverside Sound
“Riviera Paradise”
Rock Arts
Rodgers, Nile
Rogers, Jimmy
Rojas, Carmine
the Rolling Stones
The Ron Chapman Show
Roomful of Blues
“Rough Edges”
“Rude Mood”
Rush, Otis
San Francisco Blues Festival
Saturday Night Live
“Say What!”
“Scratch-N-Sniff”
“Scuttle Buttin’”
Seals, Son
Serious Moonlight tour (Bowie)
Sexton, Will
Shaffer, Paul
“Shake Your Hips”
Shannon, Tommy. See also Double Trouble
at Carnegie Hall
drugs and
Millikin and
rehab for
Skip Willy’s
“The Sky is Crying”
Slick, Earl
slide guitar
sobriety
“Somebody’s Baby”
Soul to Soul
release and tour for
“Soul to Soul”
Sound Castle
“Spanish Castle Magic”
speed. See methamphetamine
spirituality
Springsteen, Bruce
Staehaley, Al
Staehaley, John
“Stang’s Swang”
Steamboat
Steele, Mike
Storm
Strange Pleasure (Vaughan, J.)
Stratton, Jimmy
Strehli, Angela
Strike Like Lightning (Mack)
strings
Sublett, Joe
Sumlin, Hubert
“Superstition”
“Sweet Home Chicago”
the Swinging Pendulums
Takoma Records
Taylor, Eddie
“T-Bone Shuffle” (Walker, T.)
“Telephone Song”
“Tell Me”
Tennis Rock Expo
“Testify”
Texas (band)
Texas Boogie Band
Texas Flood
Bowie and
Browne, J., and
on Epic Records
release and tour for
