Live at Carnegie Hall (Stevie Ray Vaughan album)
1997 live album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Live at Carnegie Hall is the third live album by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, released by Epic Records in July 1997. The album consists of live selections from their sold-out October 4, 1984, benefit concert at Carnegie Hall for the T.J. Martell Foundation. Backed by a ten-piece big band for the second half of the event, Vaughan had celebrated his thirtieth birthday the night before, and called the concert his "best birthday ever, forever". The band's double-set performance, which included several blues and R&B standards, was highly successful, receiving mostly positive reviews from music critics.
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Released | July 29, 1997 | |||
Recorded | October 4, 1984 | |||
Venue | Carnegie Hall (New York City) | |||
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Length | 61:28 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tony Martell (exec.) | |||
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Initially ranked as the top blues album of 1997, Live at Carnegie Hall peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200, where it spent twelve weeks on the chart. The album was ultimately certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after selling over half a million units. Guests on the album include Vaughan's brother Jimmie Vaughan (guitar), Dr. John (keyboards), George Rains (drums) and the Roomful of Blues horn section, along with vocalist Angela Strehli. Related to the album, two outtakes from the concert were released on the SRV box set in November 2000.