''Family Style'' is the only studio album featuring guitarists and vocalists
Jimmie
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and
Stevie Ray
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Vaughan. It was released on September 25, 1990. In his early years, Stevie often remarked that he would like to do an album with his elder brother. That wish turned out to be his last studio performance, released nearly a month after his death. The liner notes end with "Thanks Mama V. for letting us play."
The album received mixed reviews. Critics praised the songwriting of both brothers, and highlighted songs such as "D/FW", "Tick Tock", and "Telephone Song", while some criticized the lack of their own personal styles, and the songs straying too far from traditional blues. The album peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.
Track listing
# "Hard to Be" (Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Doyle Bramhall
Doyle Bramhall (February 17, 1949 – November 12, 2011) was an American blues singer, guitarist and drummer with deep roots in the Austin, Texas music scene.
Career
Bramhall joined The Chessmen with Jimmie Vaughan while in high school. ...
) – 4:43
# "White Boots" (
Billy Swan, Jim Leslie, Deborah Hutchenson) – 3:50
# "D/FW" (Jimmie Vaughan) – 2:52
# "Good Texan" (J. Vaughan,
Nile Rodgers) – 4:22
# "Hillbillies from Outerspace" (J. Vaughan, S. R. Vaughan) – 3:42
# "Long Way from Home" (S. R. Vaughan,
D. Bramhall) – 3:15
# "Tick Tock" (J. Vaughan, Rodgers,
Jerry Lynn Williams) – 4:57
# "Telephone Song" (S. R. Vaughan, Bramhall) – 3:28
# "Baboom/Mama Said" (J. Vaughan, S. R. Vaughan,
Denny Freeman
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) – 4:29
# "Brothers" (J. Vaughan, S. R. Vaughan) – 5:05
Personnel
*
Jimmie Vaughan
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– guitar, lap steel guitar, vocals, organ
*
Stevie Ray Vaughan – guitar, vocals
* Al Berry – bass
* Larry Aberman – drums
*
Doyle Bramhall
Doyle Bramhall (February 17, 1949 – November 12, 2011) was an American blues singer, guitarist and drummer with deep roots in the Austin, Texas music scene.
Career
Bramhall joined The Chessmen with Jimmie Vaughan while in high school. ...
– drums
*
Nile Rodgers – guitar, producer
* Richard Hilton – organ
* Tawatha Agee – vocals
* Frank Simms – vocals
* George Simms – vocals
* Brenda White-King – vocals
* Curtis King Jr. – vocals
* Preston Hubbard – upright bass
*
Stan Harrison – tenor saxophone
Charts
References
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Stevie Ray Vaughan albums
1990 albums
Albums produced by Nile Rodgers
Epic Records albums
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album
Albums published posthumously