Clean and sober and back in the studio after a hiatus of almost four years, Stevie Ray attacked the performances on this album like a starving man at an endless buffet table. While Vaughan's songwriting had always been workmanlike, collaborations with longtime friend Doyle Bramhall gave voice to the guitarist's long-repressed emotions, resulting in a stunning and magnificent set of blues, rock, and soul music that expanded the boundaries of each.
