Texas Flood Tour

Texas Flood Tour

Concert by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
File:SRV Beacon Theatre 1983.gif Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble at New York City's Beacon Theatre on December 28, 1983
Associated album	Texas Flood
Start date	June 16, 1983 (1983-06-16)
End date	December 31, 1983 (1983-12-31)
Legs	3
Number of shows	108
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble concert chronology

The Texas Flood Tour was a concert tour by American blues band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. It was their first tour as a full-time international act. The tour visited venues in North America and Europe to support the band's 1983 album Texas Flood. Comprising three legs and 108 shows, the Texas Flood Tour began in Dallas, Texas on June 16, 1983 and ended in Norfolk, Virginia on December 31, 1983. Vaughan and Double Trouble were known for their energetic performances and received mostly positive reviews from critics.

Background

After Texas Flood had been released on June 13, 1983 the tour began three days later at Club Tango in Dallas. The band played 38 shows which were mostly nightclubs. Their July 11 performance at the El Mocambo was recorded for what turned out to be a concert film entitled Live at the El Mocambo; a rendition of "Texas Flood" was included on the compilation album Blues at Sunrise in 2000. A sold-out performance at The Palace in Hollywood was recorded, with three songs from the concert released as bonus tracks on the re-release of Texas Flood in 1999.

The next leg went to Europe for five shows and a television appearance in Germany. They went back to North America to open 17 shows for The Moody Blues on October 17 through December 3. The Ripley Music Hall performance on October 20 was broadcast for the King Biscuit Flower Hour syndicated radio program. An Austin City Limits appearance on December 13 was also released on the video Live from Austin, Texas. The tour ended in the United States including a performance at the Wax Museum in Washington, D.C.

Concert overview

Out of all the concerts performed during the Couldn't Stand the Weather Tour, each show had a different set list, ranging from 7-21 songs performed by the band.

Main set

Each concert usually opened with "Testify," "So Excited," and "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)." The band went on to perform covers like Howlin' Wolf's "Tell Me" and "You'll Be Mine"; "Mary Had a Little Lamb," "Texas Flood," and John Lee Hooker's "Hug You, Squeeze You." "Pride and Joy," "Love Struck Baby," and "Dirty Pool" were also played at most shows. The end of the set usually featured a Jimi Hendrix medley of "Little Wing / Third Stone from the Sun."

Encores

The encores typically consisted of "Lenny," "Rude Mood," and a cover of Lonnie Mack's "Wham!"

Additional songs

Vaughan sometimes covered Guitar Slim's "The Things That I Used to Do," which was released on the band's next album Couldn't Stand the Weather, and also did an early version of "Honey Bee" in later shows. Other occasional performances included "Come On," "Hide Away," "Manic Depression," "The Sky Is Crying," and "Crosscut Saw."

Post-tour

Live releases

On July 11, 1983, the concert in Toronto was filmed for television broadcast. In 2013 Epic and Legacy produced a double disc version of Texas Flood which featured a partial recording of the Ripley Music Hall performance. In November 1991, Sony released the video Live at the El Mocambo on VHS. The video was edited footage from the show, and featured many of Vaughan's greatest hits. The VHS releases have since been out of print; however, a DVD version was released for the first time in December 1999. In 2000, the album Blues at Sunrise was released and featured "Texas Flood" from the El Mocambo show. Although in 2014 Epic and Legacy released a box set of all of SRV's official studio and live recordings and it featured the complete El Mocambo performance on CD for the first time.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Support Act(s)
North America Leg 1
June 22, 1983	Bloomington	United States	Jake's
June 23, 1983	Cleveland		Pirate's Cove	Ray Fuller & the Bluesrockers
June 28, 1983	Cincinnati		Bogart's
June 29, 1983	St. Louis		Mississippi Nights
July 1, 1983	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater (Summerfest)
July 2, 1983	Quincy		Quinsippi Island
July 3, 1983	Chicago		Cabaret Metro
July 6, 1983	Asbury Park		Asbury Park Convention Hall	Dave Edmunds
July 7, 1983	New York City		First City	Eve Moon
July 8, 1983	Philadelphia		Ripley Music Hall
July 9, 1983	Providence		Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
July 10, 1983	Boston		Paradise Theater
July 12, 1983	Poughkeepsie		The Chance
July 13, 1983	Auburn		Schines Auburn Theatre	Blackfoot
July 14, 1983	Rochester		Red Creek Inn
July 15, 1983	Buffalo		Rooftop Skyroom
July 16, 1983	Toronto	Canada	CNE Bandshell	Steppenwolf
July 18, 1983	Montreal		Spectrum
July 19, 1983	Ottawa		Barrymore's
July 20, 1983	Toronto		El Mocambo
July 22, 1983	Rome	United States	Colman's
July 23, 1983	New York City		Pier 84 (Tennis Rock Expo)	Buddy Guy Aerosmith Clarence Clemons John McEnroe
July 24, 1983	Scotia		Radio City
July 25, 1983	New Haven		Toad's Place
July 27, 1983	Washington, D.C.		The Bayou	Bob Margolin
July 28, 1983	Pittsburgh		The Decade
July 30, 1983	Detroit		Saint Andrew's Hall	SLK
July 31, 1983	Dayton		Gilly's
August 1, 1983	Louisville		Stage II	Lonnie Mack
August 3, 1983	Montreal	Canada	Olympic Stadium	The Police Talking Heads Peter Tosh
August 11, 1983	Grand Rapids	United States	Lowell Showboat Amphitheater	Gary Myrick
August 12, 1983	Chicago		Soldier Field (ChicagoFest)	Eddie Taylor
August 13, 1983				Buddy Guy Junior Wells
August 15, 1983	Colorado Springs		Rose's
August 16, 1983	Denver		Rainbow Music Hall
August 19, 1983	Sacramento		California Exposition	Sammy Hagar Y&T
	Berkeley		Keystone
August 20, 1983	San Francisco		The Stone
August 21, 1983	Palo Alto		Keystone
August 22, 1983	Los Angeles		The Palace
August 23, 1983	Huntington Beach		Golden Bear
Europe Leg 2
August 27, 1983	Reading	England	Little John's Farm Reading Festival	Black Sabbath Marillion Suzi Quatro Magnum Anvil Mama's Boys Wendy & the Rocketts Fortune Crazy Angel
September 1, 1983	Paris	France	Rock and Roll Circus
September 2, 1983
September 4, 1983	Berlin	Germany	Sektor
September 7, 1983	Paris		Fabrik
September 8, 1983	London	England	The Venue
September 9, 1983	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso	Harry Muskee Gang
North America Leg 3
September 12, 1983	Durham	United States	Sheraton Hotel (Record Bar Convention)
September 14, 1983	Norfolk		The Boathouse
September 15, 1983	Richmond		Much More
September 16, 1983	York		York Fair	The Greg Kihn Band
September 17, 1983	Benson		Scott's Lake
September 20, 1983	Blowing Rock		P.B. Scott's
September 21, 1983	Stone Mountain		Harlow's
September 22, 1983	Jacksonville		Playground South
September 23, 1983	Miami		James L. Knight Convention Center	Mitch Ryder
September 25, 1983	Cocoa Beach		Brassy's
September 26, 1983	Orlando		Point After
September 27, 1983	Sarasota		Playground South
September 28, 1983	Clearwater		Mr. T's Club 19
September 30, 1983	Gainesville		University of Florida	Artimus Pyle Band
October 1, 1983	Destin		Nightown
October 2, 1983	New Orleans		McAlister Auditorium
October 6, 1983	Houston		Houston Music Hall	Eric Johnson
October 7, 1983	Austin		Austin City Coliseum
October 8, 1983	Dallas		Bronco Bowl
October 11, 1983	Portland		Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Men at Work
October 12, 1983	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum
October 13, 1983	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
October 15, 1983	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
October 17, 1983	Hartford	United States	Hartford Civic Center	The Moody Blues
October 18, 1983	Worcester		Centrum in Worcester
October 19, 1983	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
October 20, 1983	Philadelphia		Ripley Music Hall
October 21, 1983			Spectrum	The Moody Blues
October 22, 1983	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena
October 23, 1983	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
October 25, 1983	Baltimore		Baltimore Civic Center
October 26, 1983	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
October 28, 1983	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
October 29, 1983	Ann Arbor		Crisler Arena
October 30, 1983	Rockford		Rockford MetroCentre
October 31, 1983	Saint Paul		St. Paul Civic Center
November 1, 1983	Destin		Five Seasons Center
November 2, 1983	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium
November 4, 1983	Dallas		Reunion Arena
November 6, 1983	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
November 7, 1983	Houston		The Summit
November 20, 1983	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum
November 21, 1983	Portland		Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 22, 1983	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
November 24, 1983	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
November 25, 1983	Calgary		Olympic Saddledome
November 27, 1983	Denver	United States	McNichols Sports Arena
November 28, 1983	Casper		Casper Events Center
November 30, 1983	Tempe		ASU Activity Center
December 1, 1983	San Diego		San Diego State University
December 2, 1983	Santa Barbara		UC Santa Barbara
December 3, 1983	Inglewood		The Forum	The Moody Blues
December 4, 1983	San Francisco		Kabuki Night Club	Ron Thompson & the Resistors Pamela Rose & the Wild Kingdom
December 27, 1983	Washington, D.C.		Wax Museum	Bob Margolin
December 28, 1983	New York City		Beacon Theatre
December 29, 1983	Upper Darby		Tower Theater
December 30, 1983	Baltimore		Famous Ballroom	Skip Castro Band
December 31, 1983	Norfolk		The Boathouse

References

• Hopkins, Craig. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Day by Day, Night After Night: His Final Years, 1983-1990. Backbeat Books; October 18, 2011. ISBN 978-1-61774-022-0. From Bowie to Carnegie Hall.