★★★★★
Having spent the best part of two decades as the guitar engine driving the R&B force of nature that is The Fabulous Thunderbirds (which saw him heralded as Texas' very own Wilko Johnson), there was a subtle tweaking to the sound for Vaughan's 1994 solo debut. Strange Pleasure finds him strutting with confidence in the middle-ground between his erstwhile group's loose-limbed retro bar band sound and the more amped-up blues-rock of his younger brother Stevie Ray...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-06-20
★★★★★
It's easier to be prolific when you're not writing the songs, so Texas blues veteran Vaughan (ex-Fabulous Thunderbirds) has quickly followed up last year's acclaimed (and Grammy-nominated) Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites with this equally entertaining sequel. He has eclectic musical taste, so choices here include New Orleans-style romps, R&B;, horn-driven jump tunes and blues material...
- exclaim.ca
2011-10-17
★★★★★
It's hard to imagine a less pretentious or more affable figure in American music today than Jimmie Vaughan. It's also hard to imagine a collection of songs more refreshing than the ones the good Texan offered on last year's Blues, Ballads and Favorites. Except, of course, this one. Vaughn returns with 14 hand-selected covers. He claims that he cut the songs as though he were cutting a single -- mostly following the pattern of Side A, then Side B, then calling it a day...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-08-29
★★★★★
The Fabulous ThunderbirdsThe Best of the Fabulous Thunderbirds: Early Birds Special (Benchmark Recordings) Jimmie Vaughan's in his prime, so is Lou Ann Barton. That they stand side by side on the cover of Plays More Blues, Ballads & Favorites speaks volumes-go-to-11 about the locals' ongoing musical partnership...
- www.austinchronicle.com
2011-08-01
★★★★★
Buy it from Buy the CDJimmie VaughanPlays More Blues Ballads & FavoritesSbme/Shout Ent.2011 The second volume of cover versions from the Texan guitarist proves as entertaining as last year's collection of vintage R&B and early rock'n'roll. Founder of the Fabulous Thunderbirds (and big brother to the late Stevie Ray), Vaughan yokes his stinging, minimalist guitar to a driving band laden with growling saxes...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2011-07-18
★★★★★
Legendary Texan guitarist Jimmie Vaughan returns with this, his first solo album in nearly a decade...
- hangout.altsounds.com
2011-06-27
★★★★★
Legendary Texan guitarist Jimmie Vaughan returns with this, his first solo album in nearly a decade...
- hangout.altsounds.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
This is a very special album by one of the greats of Texas Blues. These tracks are hand-picked by the man hisself and every note just drips with talent and a very real sense of joy. To borrow a quote from Vaughan himself "... like all my albums this one is 100% totally selfish". And he plays every track for himself first and foremost...
- www.music-news.com
2010-11-02
★★★★★
Hopes were high for thissolo debut by Fabulous Thunderbirds alumnus Jimmie Vaughan,especially after Family Style, his inspired 1990 collaboration withhis late brother, Stevie Ray. Unfortunately, nothing here measures upto those heights with Strange Pleasure (Epic). Jimmie's vocals and guitar playing are strangelycolorless, like a slow Tuesday night at the local bar. C
- ew.com
2009-06-12
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