Fame the next gig for blues guitarist out of Oak Cliff By Joe Rhodes USTIN — The albums covered a 00d part of the linoleum Noor a Pile of rhythm and. blues tat ‘Sreiched from the stereo with dlownout ‘retes to the rented black and white tele- vision. There was hours pia 08 top of the sove and'a March night taraing cold ontsde ‘Stevie Ray Vaughan, 28 years old and about tobe famous, was siting on a hard ‘wood char, bending with the music, smil- Ingle child ia icecream heaven “took out” he sald, his hands on an smaginary keyboard “Here it comes” ‘Groove Holmes was coming through the Dusted speakers, playing jaz organ Live {rom Harlem while Vaughan played along, fingers dancing through the ai. He had ‘ben dong this, off and on. for much ofthe afternoon and most of the previous night, Switching albums back and forth: Ray 7 Al Green sing108 in the bives guitar. ‘And ys, ob es, Simi Hendrix all over the piace, ‘THEY ARE THE people Vaugban sees in his dreams, the sounds thet leed im wherever he goes. Before 1983 is over, be will have performed tn front of more peo- le, tans of thousands ata tie, than some Dt hisigols did ina ietime. ‘Vanghan has Just finished playing tead guitar on David Bowie's new album, Ler’ Dance, and in Mey will be leaving with Bowie as lead guitarist fora month world tour that will Include concerts at London's Wenbley Stadium in June, the mammoth US Festival in Southern California on Me- ‘mori Dey anda stop in Dallas sometime in Iitesummer. He and his Austin-based Band, Double ‘rouble, have signed a multralbum deal ‘with Epic Recards and the legendary John ‘Hammond, who first brought attention t9 (Count Bese, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springs: toon, and will serve ae executive prodacer forallof Vanghan's recorded work. 1 aed “private party” in New York for Mick Jagger and Ron Wood ofthe Rolling Stones, ‘and become the fist act without a reeard dealt appear et the prestigious Montreux Suze Pectal in Switzerland “IMAY BE BIG around here,” bis older brother, Jimmy, lead guitars forthe Pabu- lous Thunderbirds, once told im, "but youre going toplayon the moon.” ‘Stddeny, i Seems, everyting is break {ng right for Vaughan, who grew up in Oak Cif abd started playing clubs around Dal Jas when he was L3. Playing gultar is the only fe he’s ever known, and it bas not ‘eon easy He looks fragile sometimes, thin sd ple from years without much daylight Please see OAK CLIFF on Page 6C.Oak Cliff guitarist travels rhythm, blues path to fame Continued from Page 1C. ‘the price he's paid for tying tolive the bloes 'e dropped out of TW. Browne igh Sehoot ia Dallas before his senior year, no longer tying {ool himself int thinking be could ‘ta avake in classes that started st 7ASam. When he had been playing sgutaratafterhourselabe until MY FIRST CLUB gig was at a place called Arthur's on Commerce Street, downtown. We worked sev feral nights there and then after Ihours at place called The Fog. We ‘bad.an I plece band, worked eight daysin arow and made S6for the week. “Thea we stared playing the Funky Monkey. Played that ‘rom 10 to 6 with 1ominvte breaks, ‘one minute bresk test on” ‘There werenY many plces for a white, bluestased rock band 10 ‘work around Dallas, and the clubs {hat did book that Kind of muse ‘could be dirty and mean “There was one place we payed, you ast dda go there fyou were Diack I'you were black and tied to get in they'd ack for reserva: ‘on. If your name just happened 19 ‘Deon this fake list they bad they sk for $100 cover. And if You ‘handed them $100, you'd damn sure {get rolled before You got very far {nto the club trthere was trouble ‘iw the owner and his goons walk Into the place with tommy guns, abd they werea'ttidaing “if there were three bands play. Ing wed have 2our breaks, oT {go over to Hall Street to this club ‘hat you didnt go into if You were Concert information ‘Apet 7 Vaughan and is nd Doutie Trosbe, wl pa term wah the Outaws at By Bob's "Texan Tickets ae oe trom 5 0 8pm. $5 ater 8 For ‘Ape 2 Vaughn and Ooo “rouble pat a2 pm a8 part tie 3 200 Word o- ‘ion at the Dale Convention Center Fre admin. "Ap 2 Vaughan and Fea pero a gout hadnars at the Agora Baro. Buz Hen ‘orcan ope the show. Tks 1205675 show starsat 9pm white, But they fed me in the Jtchen. Ta goover there and hang Ot sitin whenever could He left home when he was 17 moving to Austin, where there were more places to pay, in 1972 For months he lived at the club Where be played sleeping on the ‘oat table or on the floor by the eater if got too cold, By summer ‘there was enough paying work 12 {et by, even if tana selling Coke Dottes to make the rent. “It dnt sem bard” be saps. "Teimade more Sense than anything T@ eve tried 1 do, washing dishes or racking Bottles It was fun, and I knew that some day would do something for ‘VAUGHAN. FORMED Double ‘Trouble in 1078 and bas been rd ing. the Texas club circuit ever since, drawing wordofsmouth ‘crowds that fil the area infront of ‘the stage, not to dance but o stare, ‘pea mouthed at Vaughan'shands We is incredibly fast, able to tackle screaming, mifleshot pes Sages with amazing ease. Un stage he seems dangerously onthe edge, as if the guitar controls him tn- Sead of the oer way around. His fostils flare ashe moves through Dues pessges, his eyelids slam ‘ut ashe goes onto faster things, rocking beck on his heels withthe sound of is music growing slowly ‘nal it threatens toswallow him. “ve been playing guitar so long that sometimes I dont even really haveto think {like to think when | ply, but the most fan is wheD you Son't have to, when it fost seares ‘you-cause sion easy.” “The bend, with drummer Chris Layton and’ bes player Tommy Shannon, who sed t0 play with ‘Johnny Winter, got is frst dose of ‘national attention last pring when Vaughan’ manager, Chesley Mill ‘in, sent a videotape of the group 1wliick Jagger, a longtime fiend. dagger flew the band to New ‘York fora private party atthe Daa- cevteria, a Manbetan New Wave club. Before the party, there had been some alk of Vaughan signing. with Rolling Stopes records, and possibly opening some of the dates for the Stoner 1982 Buropean tour. Word ofthe party got onto Rolling ‘Stone, Village Voice and most ofthe ‘asic press. It wasnt long before ‘Vaughan’s name was popping up in allthe right places. “WE WERE ONLY supposed to play for 3§ minutes or 5" e sal, "pot it ended up being clase to 70 hours. Every time we'd stop Jagger would say tokep playing. bei buy ‘te dleeping pace ite had to, “There were all kinds of people, everybody from Johnny Winter 0, ‘whats that” blond:headed go, ‘Andy Warhol? “Dept seeing tis guy jumping ‘up and down, acting like he was playing along With all those bright Lights you could hardly see, and 1 ‘onght it was somebody | knew ‘rom Texas Come to find oat twas lgger that Ta been playing tothe ‘whole tie, and didn't even know After sting the band in Austin, Jerry Werler of Atlantic Records, another frend of Millikin’ coo: inced the promoters of the Mon ‘retx Festival to book Double Tro0- be, even though tt didn't have a ‘cording contract ‘David Bowie saw the band in Montreux last Joly, and asked to meet with Vanghan becksage ‘They ended up talking for hours atowt old blues records and the ‘way Vaugbea played guitar. Bowie took a phous number and sid he ‘might be caling ‘DV NOVEMBER, he did. By then Veughan was in California with Double Trouble, recarding his fst sbum at the studios of Jackson Browne, who'd alo seen them ata Montreux jam seston and offered the use of his equipment Expect: {ng the deal with Jon Hammond ‘and. Bple to. go. through, they ‘eoorded 10 songs in two days. Un- wocks, Vaughan ws in @ New York ‘Studio with Bowie alongside. Re- Dearsals for the tour Degan last ‘week athe Soundstage in Lat Colt: ‘hss and will coat 10 days before formers move onto Europe to pre. pare forthe opening show in Brus- Sets Belgium, on May 16 ‘This is what be bas always vranted, a chance to play his music the way he wants tt heard. He has turned down other record offers tnd projects because he didn't ‘want fo change his yl, “THE RECORD 's more what 1 wanted than I would have ever (reamed. possible” be said. “There's not much anyone can ar ewith “The thing with Bowie, 1 Just played like I play. tn some ways it frat one of the easiest tings T¥e ‘ever done.” E “After years of waiting, thas al come at Once. Stevie Ray Vaughan, 2m years old and about to be fe ‘mous, doesn'tknow what io expect, ddocen't know if there will sail be time for livingroom afternoons with blues onthe stereo, memories (OC barroom crowd stil fresh in ‘bis mind He can only hope there willbe, “Right ow it's Uke walking around in the dark and trying 10 figure out what’ around the cor- ter,” he sid, changing records ‘again, “Tes a temendows thing to play tn front of alt of people, 1° fan ego boost. Buti jastas good 10 Dear afew people clap. I they both, smean ii fes the same” Joe Rhodes sa Dallas area free- lance writer specaicing in popular music,Vaughan says fine print made him quit Bowie By Joe Rhodes TTEVIE RAY Vaughan has been read | ing alot of newspaper stories about Dimsef ately full of explanations bout why he sno longer lead gultarist 08 David Bowie's world tour ‘Some ofthe stares sa Bowle fired bis, some say he quit in an argumen: over | money and some say he quit because he | ‘wanted bigger billing. t bothers Vaugbsn {o read all those things because, he 373 oneof them strve. "What bothers hin more than anything is ‘that through all the confusiog and contr. ‘ergy he hasnt heard from Bove. “Things just got contused between bus: ness people” Vaughan stl, ecked why he ANALYSIS left the tour in midMay, two days before the band was to leave for ts first concert ates in Europe. “Things that were offered ‘weren' there and I coulda’ et to David {alk to bim about tnd he was te one that Had offered them. “1 STILL HAVENT gotten to tak to him and that’s a drag, cause it seems like after, hat a east weeould wale But Tean' get through tohin™ So, instead of toring the world with Da! vid Bowe, Vaughan Is back in Austin with his band, Double Trouble, getting ready for {he release of his first albom and biting the road gala starting Friday with & show at the Agora, his fst performance since Teaving the Bowie roar ‘The albom, Texas Flod, produced by Jobs Hammond Sr and distributed by CBS Records, ie due for release June 1k ‘Vaughan snd Double Trouble (bass player ‘Tommy Shannon abd drummer Chris Liy- tn) ave filmed «video for one ofthe a: ‘bam cuts, Lvesruck Baby. ‘Vaughan's manoger, Chesley Mbiikin said there are plans fora national tour 16 Support the album and that Double Troubie ‘hasbeen invited to return t Switzrland’s Montes azz Feral this summer. I 933 at ast year’s festival that Bowe ist heara Vaughan. A few months later, Bowie in ‘ited Vanghan to play lead guitar on bis ‘ew album, Let's Donce, 5 well asthe tour ‘that would fellow ‘After a month of rehearsals i Dallas sd New York, Vayghan backed oUt of the four atthe last late, saying he couldn't sign the contract offered by Bowie's man ‘agement. He was immediately replaced by lease soe CONTRACTUAL on Page C Stevie Ray Vaughan ... “Things just got confused between business People.”Vaughan quit Bowie because of fine print | Bal Sick, a guts on prerius Bowie tars. ‘vo day intr Voophan was bec Tess, Bowiebihow guagon wit hia. ‘THE PROBLEM, according to Vaughan, was, ‘that the Bowie contract would have conflicted “They otter a contract 1 coulda’ legally sig" be si "Twas told tat they owned my inmge wile Twas on the tour, witch etn { "‘Fsas rod aun whos pcg es oe my witoo geting writes ‘mission from them first.” ba Millikin, scting withthe advice of the CBS Aogal department, says he tied to get the con: _ act revise, but that Bowie's management re- fused. Millikin doesn’ know who made the dec ‘sion to fet Vaughan go, bat he doesn’ think it ‘was Bowie “David was always very sympathetic to te. ‘vieand his upcoming record deal” Mika sald “Bruce Duntar (Bowie's manager) assured us ‘hit be would have David cal Stevie. The cll ‘ever came. The question is whether David wat ‘ever told what was going on” ‘the Bottom Line that weak. Reviews of those performances were, 0 say the least, enthusiastic. The New York Post said that by the time Vaoghan had finished “the Stage had ben rendered to cinders by some of ‘the mest explosively original gultarmanship trace the New Yorkstagein qltesometine” “1 JUST THINK be (Vanghan} got to cocky with his good reviews,” Joe Dera, a spokesman {or Bowie's management company, sal in tle: hone interview from ‘New York. Dera sid Bowie personally decided to replace Vangban rather than change is contract. “He (Vaughan) had the contract weeks be- fore the tour sarod” Dera sid. "He thooght he ‘deserved more money than the ther goysin the ‘nd and be started making additonal demands st the lst minute and David called his blu. t ‘vee David's decision” ‘Vaughan doen't deny asking for more ‘money, but says that was not the deiding factor {nis loeving the tour: “The money wasnt f.” he sald. “T had de- ‘ided 1 Blow off the money. They had told me ‘hat if Tneoded more money I should as fr it ‘hat it wouldnt be any problem. SoU asked for ‘Mulkin says the contract would have called ‘wutch Vanghan and Double Trouble perform at ¢ Vanghan to mak barely $300 show. "Twas {the kind of money you'd offer abackup musician ‘ho needed some work” he sald “It it came down tojast money, Steve wat losing his ear by taking on the Bowie project. Dut if was a good move for his carer and financial sacrifice be waswilingtomabe” 1TH END, Mihi sald, Vaughan simpy ‘nad > place is comtnent fo te slam ead Is slo carer abcd of is relationship with “Regardless ofthe glitter of paying with Da- ‘id Bowie, Stevie has a long forare ahesd of him" “1 don't want to talk Dad about anyone,”A little night music Stevie Ray and friends do Tango at album party © By Nancy Bishop ‘So Wrterof Te ews HAT IF STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN had ‘an album release party and every- bodycame? sppened Thursday night st Tango. Ted Nu- gent st front row center Samay Hagar was ri ‘Bored to be somewhere in the 8 ‘with members of the Kinks and teas ficult to distinguish the wel: the lesser knowns in hs crowd of about 100 — Stevie Ray Vaughan... . guitar magic on-stage at Tango. POP MUSIC tice what Tango can hold comfortably. ‘The oorasio was the grad celebration ofthe Bone 6 Felese of Texas Flood, the first album by ‘Vaughanand hisband, Double Trosble. "The fomous rock 'nrllrs, who were in town fr Saturday's Texeas Jam and other promotion, ‘di not try to upstage Vaghan and his group by ‘pining them onstage Of cours, there wes spece- Jgtion about an. mprompru jan by some of the notables, batt didn come of “This is Stevies and Double Trouble’s night ‘sald CBS Records Promotion Manager Carle Strobel, who was with # party of 200 invited ess ‘Bven a surjrise appearance by someone like ‘gon gullarist Ted Nugentcouldn'thavemadethe The Dallas Morning News Cries 300Dallas’ Stevie Ray, friends Tango over album release {Continued from age ic, show more exating The tio bas layed well before, But never as spectacularly"as i idl Thursday mig ‘The adrenalin mast hove been fishing troagh "the musicians eins a5 they performed with rare ‘fpesse and sll. Whst cabanced te experience was sving one of ‘ative sons, who stared ssa year-old playing fra few Ducks ja local elite, progresing 1 this ‘4S VAUGHAN played guitar be dnd his neck, beind bis back and een got dowa oa'the fhe banner spread above tbe stage mispelled VVanghaa's lt ‘name but that hap pens frequently Vaughan, with bass player ‘Toumy Shannon and drvmmer (Carts Layton, received ome pres Sit excusgenent or ter oot aba ‘stevie Ray Vaughan per- ‘The executive producer was forms at Tango. John Hammond, who is credited with. discovering Bille Holiday,” from the cameras and hangerson, ‘Aneta Pranklin, Count Base, Bob’ He talked modestly about his up- | Dylan and Bruce Springsten. Jack: coming United States tour to pro- sowBrownectfered Double Trouble -ipote the album. and & Baropean hseradioforrecordingthe LP.” tour that will include dates with Vaughan was scheduled to play Charlie Watts band lead guitar with David Bovie on Yeughan’s porens, Jimmie and towidrcaran eno wendese ys Vint’ reas. mnie sod Cir tar Aba omen open. ara ean cane ck SeecVeohan ad‘ Boe essen " satan dope coer te HS SUV, Rows eng?” Zrount of money Vaughan would his father asked when he got his a me Yngas Foal Se renner ee eee ee fur encores, Vaughan was asked to Willta wide grin, “is new gibum is rece Vnean ie eee need aa ‘fned alter he played on Bowiess thats" Ber ae 20 hee "asd iG Viaghn cman, “Tm Sse naty weiocin ie armel reeetcet ore eaves pay repel aeuieacorteent Ae acing abt aon and ai emia tear te iad tone then as Dis td niet Ponce beet Bovis gap in Shecc ined at wes oomatenugratiton cines'ek tina ye a asad fin He hasiosod lca” : ad Pe THE ELDER Vaan sit ne Fasrx mu stow, sunny cats otra’ osteo Ganed against a wall backstage and his musician sons. He goes to see his Satowesaratanetndt ucts thatte tigha ote ‘Siew a sed betes Pou Taare fo ot Sorcaiistaureus rein eee pees tapas Ber eters mo many of bis ements ig, iho has bown 8 Beran wm the CES enONag®? ping agent or Os Reg ad ee Gharle Danie walked over 0 talk Be corse he, addidihat ‘ne’ 80a Vangha's rasp im the int fet as pressured. oaroday’ Fife DESIRES, 2 ES head hen apd. ands asso. cael do be Trouble wate init ‘aaural™ falas ke the Rolling Siones tn'steeie™~ gah cle’ arcind.cand e's sted twohour: performance at a ~(gladto see the pubic engaize vate party utNew York C1 hinu-The ward i Quckly Spreading inside the « dresing «room, aroqad the county out Vaughan, ‘Gugnan stod off tote sdeeaway: ypoaids sehen‘Guitar licks and jazz scats Stevie Ray Vaughan comes back home; Betty Carter improvises superbly By Russell Smith, ‘sa Wrterof The dews "There's electric guitar, and there's electric gu ‘Stevie Ray Vaughan knows the difference. He is tmedifterence “The guy who went from Oak Clif to Austin to David Bowieandbeyend came home Thursday. A packed into ‘cheered on Vaughan and his group Double Trouble from ouside. ‘Stevie Ray didn icappoint them. Through songs such as Tin Pan Alley, Voodoo Chile (Slight Return, ‘The Things (Tha) I Used to Do, Pride and Joy and Couldn' Stand the Weather, he was mesteri2ng, his playing ast, precise, soulful and relentles, ‘While Vaughan hss never lacked for Kudos for his guitar techie, you don't hear mach abot his finging Hes gots nice voice perfec sulted to the ines iy only complaint is fast he Goesa't use it nou ‘Dressed in his usual aire of Bick hat, black mono and black pants, Vaughan loked lke some. tne out of a Sergio Leone western ~ the Charles Betty Carter's singing is for lovers of classic jazz. She is performing in the Venetian Room. Please see STEVIE RAY on Page 1. ‘Spell o The ows Pum BerryStevie Ray Vaughan | plays masterful guitar, ‘Continued from Page 1. ‘Bronson of guitar He bss, in fact, ‘ben called the best gultars eround today. Tha’ nice, but its a pretty swesome responsibility 10 be sad ‘ed with ~ 30 le’ just say that he Franks right up there. “After his senstonal_ perform: ‘ance on David Bowie's Lets Dance album and Double Troubles soos ‘with Texas Flood and Coun? Sand the Weather, Vaughan” doesn be Jong just to Oak Cuff orto Austin ‘anymore. ‘These ‘tho “knew im ‘when” wil have to get content with the fact tht Stevie Ray's gone ne Hoowide AUSTIN BLUES singer Angela Sufebltjined-Vanghan on stage for a few numbers Stebits a stone, ts) vocalist —in the ile of Boo Ble Raitt — but she was 2 ile ‘boarse Thursday. Ive got about a half a voice to night” she said, then added, refer. ‘ng to Vaighan, “he's got about one ‘ands halt” er performance was good, but not om the same level as Vanghan's, And it wae something of a tlie! ‘when she gave the spotlight bark t0 him, Duke Juptier opened the show with a tight set of party mise — from Rockin’ tm a Motel Room aad on’ Turn Your Back on Our Loveto ‘the Doogie woogie of Cu I Lose an Little Lady. “The later song is the band’s ra ‘io bit anda direct lone of 2. ops Eliminator sound. Fortunately, ost of Duke Japter’s music doe fol low that pater, Betty Carter opened st the Fa mont Hotel's Venetian Room ‘Weenesday with an intense show of ure jaz syling ‘While few would argue that Ms carter, who Bas been called “the sgreatest "sez improvisor inthe ‘world possesses «beautify clr. smoky vocal style, many people at ‘Weaeaday's show were put of By her ste ‘Whether she's singing My Favr- ite Thing or Cole Porters Most Gen- Hemen Don’ Like Love and Every ‘Time We Sey Goodbye, Ms. Carter ‘Speci Th ws Pom Berry Betty “Carter_improvises’ at the Venetian Room. ‘oes it her way. And her way enti lots of seat singing and long, drawn ‘ut interpretations that sometimes ‘ear lite resemblance ta the org ‘al song, That after al, at provisation 1s about. And no-one Soest better. MS. CARTER WAS probably at her test with the tribate to Bille Hol ‘ay, Don Weep for the Lady. Ver Set which Taste ile more than fn ‘hou, was informal, soemingy ‘unfebeatsed, ond there were job- leans withthe bas plajer, wtirshe Said had been with Ber trio for any Sx days. He was fine hen playing with his fingers but seemed Jost ‘withthe bow The real was sohnd {hat frequently fell between those tmade bya foghora andthe Duzela a Dlown-out speaker, Nevertheless, for followed of pore, ‘noncommercial jazz * MS. Carter isa ust. Just prepare fo be feshaused when shee done with you ‘She closes Tuesday a the Vee ‘ian Room. ;