Vendelcrow Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 I was browsing through some old Guitar World magazines today, and found a review in the November 1982 issue on the debut album from Stevie Ray Vaughan "Texas Flood". The review was made by one Bruce Malamut who wrote: Wish we could confirm such hyperbole regarding ex-Bowie axist, Houston's own Stevie Ray Vaughan's first solo outing. Brother to Fab Tbirds Jimmy Vaughan, discovered and produced by John Hammond-via-Mick and Charlie, SRV's tremeloe'd Texarkana blooze trio descended upon an unsuspecting public with all the advance hype of the next Johnny Winter. On the basis of Texas Flood, regrettably, we don't see it in the cards. What we do see is yet another perfectly executed Texarkana trio's non-stop set of boring twelwe-bar blooze, and with all respect to Messrs. Bowie/Hammond/Jagger, that the world can easily do without. I can't help thinking about that guy at Decca who turned down the Beatles with the words "guitar based bands are out". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsl602000 Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 yeah, Bruce Iglauer (Alligator records) still regrets not signing Stevie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 i just don't know what to think about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 I'll bet that guy felt like an idiot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Malamut's an idiot (like most Rock critics) -here's some more fun stuff On The Babys first album in '79 (John Waite's first band) "...100-1 within 15 months these guys'll have Kiss running back to Nassau County in fear'n'loathing and will have stomped Queen into chicken souffle." On KC (ca. '74) "While Henry Cow play blissfully in eternal ignorance of the rapidly approaching apocalypse, King Crimson are busy planning its orchestration." On David Gates/Bread "sparkling lyricism, lush melodicism, immaculate production dynamism, [and] foolproof vocal harmonies. . . . It's pop, but transcendent pop." On Genesis, '74 "Banks steers the band through lyrical-complementary orchestral-like passages; likewise, Hackett's expressionist guitar further highlights Genesis' proficient lyric vision." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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