Texas Flood Hits Rock Band
Filed under: DLC News / Tags: stevie-ray-vaughan, 1980s, blues, full-album-pack, no-doubt, 2000s, pop-rock / 34 comments
Alright, guitar freaks: This week's package is for you. This week we're proud to release our first blues DLC, with the landmark debut by the master, Stevie Ray Vaughan. We don't mean to slight the energetic work done on this disc by Vaughan's inexhaustible rhythm section, Double Trouble. But if it's jaw-dropping solos you're after, you've come to the right place.
Texas Flood threw music for a loop when first released in 1983. This was the height of the video era, when glamour and great production were what it was all about. Blues was nowhere near the charts. By then Vaughan and Double Trouble had spent a few years building a reputation for inspired club gigs; Vaughan was also the lead guitarist on David Bowie's Let's Dance. Bowie even offered him a slot on his Serious Moonlight tour, but Vaughan had other work to do.
Texas Flood was the kind of album you just didn't make in 1983: It was raw and live-sounding, with no keyboard or backup vocal-type frills (Double Trouble would add a keyboardist later on). Not only was the album a hit but one of its tracks, "Pride & Joy," became the best-known song of Vaughan's career. And it started a blues revival on the charts; the coming years would bring commercial success by Robert Cray and Vaughan's brother Jimmie's band, the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
It's hard to pick a favorite Stevie Ray album, and the five that he made were far too few. But Texas Flood has its share of classics, starting with the intense slow blues on the title track—a song that runs five minutes in this version, usually twice that long in concert. The album revs up in the middle with "Rude Mood" and "Dirty Pool" full of blistering licks: Just pretend you're onstage at a small club in Austin, the Dixie beer is flowing and the roof starts flying off when you nail these solos.
There's also a bonus this week: Last year we made No Doubt's Singles one of our first full-album releases, but there was a hole in the track lineup as "New" wasn't yet available. Now it is, so if that's your favorite No Doubt hit the wait is over.
Get ready to rock with the best music school on the planet!




Comments
grunge 101...
speaking of texas we need a pantera on rock band setlist
Sunday, April 19, 2009
wgahnagl...
Regardless of what others have said, this album is a blast to play. The Guitar parts are phenomenal and challenging, he bass grooves are fun, and the drumming, though not complex is a lot of fun for a novice rock band drummer like myself.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
MULAMBODEMON...
Honestly I am very happy to even have the selection that RB offers, I bought GHWT and it's just sitting there. Their selection doesn't even compare!!! I think that DLC should feature one song from each decade... I think the SRV DLC is a great addition... In closing I would like to see some Queensryche, Alice In Chains, Audioslave, SLAYER!!!!!, and some Rancid!!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
ShaleDirk...
Wow. Guys. This is not a place to complain because your obscure/overly popular/favouri- te band is not on RB yet. SRV was a legend, and fully deserves his place in the RB catalogue. Harmonix has been damn good about appealing to everybody's ridiculous demands for the last couple years, and don't get enough thanks for the game(s) they've made, or their choices in music to put on the game. Quit your complaining on news releases, go do it on the forum, and instead thank these guys that they still cater to you whiny brats.
Anyway. Sweet update guys. Love Stevie's stuff, and I wasn't expecting a full album, if you guys were to ever put some of his stuff out. Good to see you're still branching out to all aspects of rock. Keep up the awesome work.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
DominsWolf...
rock lives in every decade, and who cares if a song centers around a certain instrument, its good to have songs like that to test out your skills, these are also fun to play when ur friends arent around, my personal faves to play alone is Welcome Home, Texas Flood, and Snow
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
OMEGAKZ...
i'm 20 years old, but to tell you the truth i rarely like any song of this decade or the past one (90's), i prefer the ROCK music fom the 60's to the 80's where the real rock use to exist
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
willigee...
Hi, it's one thing to put SO many oldies bands on here. But the fact that all your music is amazingly boring unless you play guitar. IMO More modern bands would be ~MUCH~ better DLC's due to the fact, umm, first off it's more balanced between instruments, secondly, majority of RB2 players are in their teens/low 20s? - Needs more Avenged Sevenfold, My Chemical Romance, Evanescence (I know I'm contradicting the whole anti-oldies thing but QUEEN yesyes^_^)
Monday, March 9, 2009
poplopgus...
SRV - thank you for some good music. Not complaining all the other music is great too!
Monday, March 9, 2009
DominsWolf...
NO COMPLAININ PEOPLE STEVIE RAY VAGHN IS AWESOME and if they add any new bands they need system of a down, rancid, and rise againts
Monday, March 9, 2009
Thrasher9294...
Hey, think about it. I like these songs IMO, but they could be a heck of a lot worse, like GHWT's DLC, which to be honest, has been a lot worse. I'm looking forward to The Offspring on Tuesday, though.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Kaliroth...
Nobody isnt complaining. Its just that.. this is bull music in our opinion. 50% of the music and dlc music in rockband is horse S*** they are wack! real pathetic music up in the game.. they need to pump it up with New MUSIC! NEW BANDS from 00
Sunday, March 8, 2009
thunderbolt1979...
This is a great addition to rock band in my opinion. The classic music is far better than the new.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Trenty32...
How about adding a hard solo's set something like Shine by Collective Soul, or perhaps some more 80's stuff like Heart, The Cult, Kim Carnes, more Journey, or the Boss, just a few suggestions. That might be more challenging
Sunday, March 8, 2009
hman112...
As for people complaining about "old" bands, Rock Band is about challenges. And these crap bands today can't play for half a ****.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
hman112...
Pink Floyd won't be on. They don't like handing out master, which ****s. But how bout kicking up Wii Store adding?
Sunday, March 8, 2009
avalanchefrost...
I agree, how about some more NIN. also how about korn, Deftones, Mudvayne,Orgy, Marilyn Manson, and for some old skool how about Pink Flyod, Doors.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
NINfan21...
Hey Harmonix you guys need to put some new Freaking NINE INCH NAILS songs
-Filter Or some Orgy
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Kaliroth...
this is bull.. where the HECK IS KORN!!! LINKIN PARK, EVANESCENCE for crying out loud!!
Chevelle, Deftones, Mudvayne, In Flames, Alexisonfire
damn! i perfer CREED over this horse S***
you oldies lover got ur chance, now they should give us our. MODERN!
atleast 90's+ 00's+
BREAKING BENJAMIN! Slipknot, Staind, Story of The Year, Trapt.. something cool
Saturday, March 7, 2009
trashed-lost-strungout...
more bodom, more lamb of god, and as i lay dying..
PLEASE
possibly the full album to LOG's Sacrament?
or the full album to COB's FOLLOW THE REAPER!!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
kavonNOR...
OMGGG WTF!!! I Agree With Azeaze....!!!
PLEASE HARMONIX!!!!!
MORE MUSE, PARAMORE, F.O.B., GREEN DAY WTF! (It's Been A YEAR HARMONIX!), MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE! (Hello WATCHMEN! = $$$), Even The Ting-Tings Would Do!
I Don't Wanna See Bashing Because It's Been Months Of This Old ****
I Bashed Ray Orbison But Dang This Is Enough!!!! Please!!!!!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
CoffinSmoker...
I am offended by that one dude that states this is crap....
Great choice on the DLC!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Azeaze...
No **** and i didnt download it. I gave my opinion on what i thought of it. So my views on music will be different than yours. I dont like 70s, or 80s music. I grew in that era and that era has come and gone. I would rather play the more modern bands. By forcing down our throats, i mean its either download the old **** or you get no new music. There are alot of bands out there that arent even being discussed, so dont come on here and talk **** about my opinion because I dont do it to other people
Friday, March 6, 2009
CamoTow...
To the one who states this is "old crap" needs to be aware that half of the talentless "modern" bands these days do nothing but covers of this "old crap" and also are inspired to become a band thanks to them.
And Rock Band is not forcing anything down your throats, you are not forced to download anything so chill.....
Friday, March 6, 2009
kingkeld...
Just wanted to say thanks for this FUN dlc. Of course the guitar is the key element in this, but is a beginner on the drums and more or less just looking for something accomplishable to play, the drums arent half bad.
Whether the music is good or bad, is up to individual taste. I am in no way a blues guy, but this IS fun music, and definitely worth checking out. I played through the set once, and went out to buy the CD.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Platysma...
Old crap? hahahahaha this "crap" is way you're untalented modern bands are still allowed to preform.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Azeaze...
Im getting tired all of the old crap you are forcing down our throats in the dlc. Can we get some modern bands plz
Thursday, March 5, 2009
dirtbiker0657...
is there a way i can download any songs so i can play them with my rockband game for playstation2 if so can u tell me how?
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Karmeleaux...
This month is looking intense for DLC. My wallet's shaking already.
Also: Lenny and Rude Mood have particularly shaken my RB library. Testify, Pride and Joy, and Texas Flood are excellent, and the rest certainly isn't a bad investment. But Rude Mood has so much energy packed in the guitar, and Lenny is just so seductive.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
whoamancool...
i'd probably download this if any of the songs were fun on drums. but they're not
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
supernatural1969...
yee haaa oh great joy how bout a 80 hair band dlc or a mteal ballad dlc one in a while huh ?
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
theblazer...
SRV is a wank. I'm sure many of you other wanks will enjoy it so have fun circle jerking off together to this musical masturbation you call "Texas Flood".
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
intropee...
Steve still RAWKS!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
shorefun61...
SRV ROCKS!!!!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
foofighter18...
fun fun fun
Tuesday, March 3, 2009