“The volume was painful. The loudness came from Stevie, who had a Frankenstein wall of amps”: Marked by substance abuse, new members, and studio snags – Stevie Ray Vaughan's Soul to Soul was a classic that signaled trouble to come

Stevie Ray Vaughan smiles as he plays on a brightly lit stage. He plays a white Strat, with a thick white strap with musical notes and wears a wide-brimmed white hat.

As Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble entered Dallas Sound Lab to begin recording their third album in March 1985, they were nearing the end of a remarkable two-year run.

After years of grinding on the Texas blues circuit with a series of near misses, including almost signing with the Rolling Stones’ record label, the band burst onto the national scene with Texas Flood, released by Epic Records in June 1983.