Among musical styles, few are as laden with convention and cliché as the blues. Every aspect, from the chord progression to the lyrics, is intentionally derivative. That's why you know blues when you hear it – you've heard it played before, probably in almost the same way.
Texas guitar god Stevie Ray Vaughan generally stuck to tried-and-true blues forms and feels, and benefited from one of the baddest rhythm sections in blues history, also known as Double Trouble.
