Not surprised. The guy was bending them .013" strings and shit

Album Rating: 4.5

I put 0.12s on my Fender and got carpal tunnel within a month. Had to cut them off. SRV was a madman

Surprised the neck didn't snap in half due to the tension

Album Rating: 4.0

So, what did Stevie do with this album? Oh nothing really, he just rejuvanted an entire genre of music and made the guitar popular again when the current favorite choice of instrument at the time was the synthesizer making crappy electronic beats and people like Michael Jackson were ruling the charts.



Shall we start with the opening track? "Love Struck Baby" is definitely very 1950's rock and roll sounding, but there's something about Stevie's voice and that guitar tone that gives this so much more energy and feeling than Chuck Berry ever could bring to the table.

Album Rating: 5.0

big (and hard) 5