Stevie Ray Vaughan - From the biography Texas Flood The Inside Story [by Alan Paul and Andy Aledort] | DON’S TUNES

Speaking of sobriety . . . . Here Staveie Ray on seeing his songs and lyrics from a different perspectice once he got clean 

Photo by Alan Messer

Stevie Ray Vaughan: One thing I’ve noticed [after getting sober] is that songs I used to sing at people, I should have been singing at myself. At least I think that way. I hear the words more now, and different songs mean different things than I used to think they meant, too. To put it mildly, a lot of blues tunes have to do with resentments, big-time!

Take “Cold Shot.” I used to sing that at certain women that I’ve been involved with over the years. Even though I didn’t write it, I had in my head the way I related to it. Since I sobered up, I realized that I left; I was the one who gave the cold shot. And it hurts when you realize that you’ve hurt somebody, as opposed to, all this time, you’ve been telling yourself how bad they’d hurt you. A lot of times, if I stop and look at it, those words could really be telling me that I hurt myself. There are also other songs that are kinder than I thought. They make me feel better than I knew.

Source: Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan

by Alan Paul & Andy Aledort

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Cold Shot (Live From Austin, TX)

What better way to start the week!

Some Stevie Ray in his prime!