Legendary Recording of Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan Finally Released

In 1983, two of blues’ foremost musicians, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King, met in a studio for the television series “In Session…”  It was never released and blues enthusiasts have been searching high and low for decent copies of the footage for years.  That changes now.  On November 6th, Stax Records is releasing a two-disc CD+DVD of the fabled event entitled…you guessed it…”In Session…”

Here’s the tracklisting:

DVD

Act I
1. Introduction
2. Born Under a Bad Sign
3. Texas Flood
4. Call It Stormy Monday

Act II
5. Matchbox Blues
6. Pep Talk
7. Don’t Lie To Me
8. Who Is Stevie? [Unedited version]
9. Pride and Joy

The Finale
10. I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town
11. Outro

CD

1. Call It Stormy Monday
2. Old Times
3. Pride and Joy
4. Ask Me No Questions
5. Pep Talk
6. Blues At Sunrise
7. Turn It Over Overall Junction
8. Match Box Blues
9. Who Is Stevie?
10. Don’t Lie To Me

Nathaniel Ott Homer: I am a graduate of Vassar College ('10) with a degree in art history. I love making music even though I have no idea how to play an instrument. I like things big, bold, weird and drab. I like things psychotic and wacky, yet sweet and serene and subtle and sincere.
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