Texas guitarist
Stevie Ray Vaughan
seemed to come out of nowhere in the early '80s with a guitar style that was half
Albert King
and half
Jimi Hendrix
, and his then-refreshing approach to the blues and blues-rock has made him perhaps the most influential hard rock guitarist of the past two decades. This set collects several of the key tracks in
Vaughan
's too-short career, including classics
"Texas Flood,"
"Pride and Joy,"
and
"Crossfire,"
making it a nice, concise introduction to his impressive catalog. ~ Steve Leggett