Tre anni dopo il magnifico "Live Alive" con interpretazioni al cardiopalma del repertorio dei primi tre albums, a cui vanno aggiunte le ineccepibili interpretazioni di “Willie The Wimp” e di “Superstition” (cover, quest’ultima di un successo di Stevie Wonder), il grande ritorno in studio è "In Step" (1989): quarto strabiliante album di Stevie Ray Vaughan e la Double Trouble band al completo.
Questo disco supera il milione di copie e conferisce all’artista di Dallas la consacrazione assoluta nel panorama internazionale: Stevie Ray è diventato una vera e propria «star» con un esteso consenso di pubblico (come già detto, notoriamente insolito per il blues) accanto a quello già acclamato di critica ribadito dalla vittoria di un altro Grammy come «Best Contemporary Blues Recording» per l’album in questione.
Con la solita modestia che lo contraddistingue, l’allievo diventa maestro ed impartisce una lezione moderna di blues in “Wall Of Denial”, mentre con la splendida cover di un brano di Buddy Guy dal titolo “Leave My Girl Alone” ci ricorda di essere rimasto ancora fedele agli schemi del classico blues, senza per questo rimanervi per forza e per sempre ancorato: “Crossfire” e “Tightrope” (che considero i due brani migliori dell’album) sono lì ad ammonirci. In parole semplici, pur senza rinnegare le sue radici blues, Stevie Ray vuole recintarsi uno spazio proprio indicando una possibile evoluzione verso quel Jazz-Rock altrimenti (ed impuramente, aggiungerei) definito «Fusion» (dei vari Metheny, Scofield, Di Meola per intenderci) nel quale sembra, abbastanza spudoratamente, sconfinare con il magnifico brano strumentale di chiusura di quest’ultimo lavoro in studio registrato in vita: ossia “Riviera Paradise”.
Piccola curiosità: proprio in “Riviera Paradise” Stevie Ray Vaughan utilizza una fender stratocaster che aveva chiamato “Lenny” in omaggio alla moglie da cui l’aveva ricevuta in regalo (rispetto alla versione originale, Stevie Ray aveva sostituito l’ originale manico in sottile palissandro, poco adatto alle sue grosse mani, in un acero più doppio non fender, a quanto pare, regalatogli dal grandioso chitarrista e cantante southern Billy Gibbons dei celeberrimi texani ZZ TOP). A differenza della più famosa “Number One”, “Lenny” è dotata di corde più leggere che Stevie Ray Vaughan (le cui iniziali, SRV, sono quì incise sul pickguard) suona senza plettro per ottenere, attraverso anche la combinazione con quel manico ed i pickups originali, una tonalità più vivace ed al contempo più dolce e, quindi, molto più jazz.
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01 The House Is Rockin' (02:24)
Well- The house is a rockin'
Don't bother knockin'
Yeah- The house is a rockin'
Don't bother knockin'
Yeah- The house is a rockin'
Don't bother come on in
Kick off your shoes start losin'
The blues
This old house ain't got nothin'
To lose
Seen it all for years start
Spreadin' the news
We got room on the floor
Come on baby shake sumpin' loose
Well- The house is a rockin'
Don't bother knockin'
Yeah- The house is a rockin'
Don't bother knockin'
Yeah- The house is a rockin'
Don't bother come on in
Solos: Guitar & Piano
Well- The house is a rockin'
Don't bother knockin'
Yeah- The house is a rockin'
Don't bother knockin'
Yeah- The house is a rockin'
Don't bother come on in
Walkin' up the street you can
Hear the sound
Of some bad honky tonkers
Really layin' it down
They've seen it all for years and
Got nothin' to lose
So get out on the floor
Shimmy' til ou shake sumpin' loose
Well- The house is a rockin'
Don't bother knockin'
Yeah- The house is a rockin'
Don't bother knockin'
Yeah- The house is a rockin'
Don't bother come on in
I said the house is a rockin'
Don't bother come on in
By: Thomas K. Pedersen
02 Crossfire (04:11)
Day by day night after night....blinded by the neon lights
Hurry here hustlin there....no ones got the time to spare
Moneys tight nothin free....wont somebody come and rescue me
I am stranded....caught in the crossfire
Stranded....caught in the crossfire.
Tooth for tooth eye for an eye....sell your soul just to buy buy buy
Beggin a dollar stealin a dime....come on cant you see that i
I am stranded....caught in the crossfire
I am stranded....caught in the crossfire.
I need some kind of kindness....some kind of sympathy oh no
Were stranded....caught in the crossfire
Save the strong lose the weak....never turning the other cheek
Trust nobody dont be no fool....whatever happened to the golden rule
We got stranded....caught in the crossfire
We got stranded....caught in the crossfire
We got stranded....caught in the crossfire
Stranded....caught in the crossfire
Help me
03 Tightrope (04:41)
Caught up in a whirlwind, can't catch my breath
Knee deep in hot water, broke out in a cold sweat
Can't catch a turtle in this rat race
Feels like I'm losin' time at a breakneck pace
Afraid of my own shadow in the face of grace
Heart full of darkness, spotlight on my face
There was love all around me, but I was lookin' for revenge
Thank God it never found me, would have been the end
Walkin' the tightrope, steppin' on my friends
Walkin' the tightrope, it was a shame and a sin
Walkin' the tightrope between wrong and right
Walkin' the tightrope, both day and night
Lookin' back in front of me, in the mirror's a grin
Through eyes of love I see I'm really lookin' at a friend
We've all had our problems, that's the way life is
My heart goes out to others who are there to make amends
We've been walkin' the tightrope, tryin' to make it right
Walkin' the tightrope every day and every night
Walkin' the tightrope, bring it all around
Walkin' the tightrope from the lost to found
Walkin' the tightrope stretched around the world
Walkin' the tightrope, save the boys and girls
Walkin' the tightrope, let's make it right
Walkin' the tightrope, do it do it tonight
Walkin' the tightrope
07 Wall of Denial (05:36)
A wall of denial - is fallin' down
Wo it's fallin' so hard - down to the ground
Never knew something so strong could be washed away by tears
But this wall of denial was just built on fear
We've all had our demons from the garden of white lies
Dressed them amused them pullin' wool over our eyes
Go so far as to love them to keep from letting them go
All the while they we're killin' us but we couldn't let it show
No matter what the trouble we carry round inside
We're never safe from the truth but in the truth we can survive
When this wall of denial comes tumblin' down
Down to the ground
Simple things in life bring the greatest pleasure
A smile, a kiss, a little baby's laughter
It makes no difference if we run away in fear
The little things in life hold us so near
No matter what the trouble we carry round inside
(We're) never safe from the truth but in the truth we can survive
When this wall of denial comes tumblin' down
Yeah this wall of denial must tumble down
Down to the ground
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