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May 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Reese Wynans & Friends: Sweet Release
Reese Wynans & Friends Sweet Release J&R Adventures This Sweet Release is also, no doubt, sweet relief for Reese Wynans, a sideman for some 50 years across a range of rock, blues and roots acts with – most notably – time spent at Stevie Ray Vaughan’s side as part of the Double Trouble band. He also has a story of […]Archive
September 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 376
Bob Dylan, Under The Red Sky (1990) I always had a soft spot for this – because it was one of the first original Bob Dylan albums I heard – and owned. My brother’s friend, a huge Dylan fan, had bought the CD and been given a tape free as part of the deal and […]Archive
October 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 84 – Midge Marsden
Welcome to episode 84 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Up in Auckland recently I finally got to have a sit-down chat with Midge Marsden. We’ve talked about doing this a few times, he and I have corresponded over the years – but this was the first time we’d […]Archive
July 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 73 – Janna Lapidus Leblanc
Welcome to episode 73 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with model, actor and author Janna Lapidus Leblanc. She was the former fiancée of Stevie Ray Vaughan and has recently written and released a book of photos from their time together.Archive
July 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 530
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Live Alive (1986) Just recently I’ve returned to the music of Stevie Ray Vaughan – well, it’s always there, of course – but it’s only been recently that I’ve returned to the records. In particular I’ve been playing In Step – it’s probably his all-around best album and even […]Archive
April 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Remembering Stevie Ray Vaughan: October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990
It must have been the school holidays – because I wasn’t at school, I was just sifting about. And I heard the news on the radio: there had been a helicopter crash. Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy and Robert Cray and Jimmie Vaughan were not dead. Stevie Ray Vaughan was dead. I spent the rest […]Archive
April 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Lonnie Mack
The great blues guitarist and vocalist Lonnie Mack has died. He was 74. And – there’s no other way to say it – he won’t get the column inches he might have otherwise deserved due to news of his passing being overshadowed by the death of Prince. Lonnie Mack won’t be on everyone’s radar – […]Archive
August 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Best Guitarist in The World: # 12 – Stevie Ray Vaughan
We’re less than a month away from it being 25 years since Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed. But I’m talking to you about this now because, well, I wanted to include him in this series… It’s easy – now – to see Steve Ray Vaughan as some bogan rock-as-blues/blues-as-rock guy, because of the influence, his […]Archive
May 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1126
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Texas Flood (1983) This must have been – at least – the third album I heard/knew by Stevie Ray Vaughan and, therefore, probably the first that I bought (on tape, to begin with) after he died. Oh man, I was so cut up. I was like 13. And I’d […]Archive
July 12, 2011 by Simon Sweetman