Couldn't Stand the Weather

Couldn't Stand the Weather is the second studio album by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan andDouble Trouble. It was released on May 15, 1984, by Epic Records as the follow-up to the band's critically and commercially successful 1983 album, Texas Flood. Recording sessions took place in January 1984 at the Power Station in New York City.

Stevie Ray Vaughan wrote half the tracks on Couldn't Stand the Weather. The album went to No. 31 on the Billboard200 chart and the music video for "Couldn't Stand the Weather" received regular rotation on MTV. In 1999, a reissue of the album was released which contains an audio interview segment and studio outtakes.

In 2010, the album was reissued again as the Legacy Edition containing two CDs with a previously unreleased studio outtake and an August 17, 1984 concert at The Spectrum in Montreal, Canada.

1984 issue[edit]

All songs were written by Stevie Ray Vaughan except where noted.

1. "Scuttle Buttin'" – 1:52
2. "Couldn't Stand the Weather" – 4:40
3. "The Things That I Used to Do" (Eddie Jones) – 4:55
4. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (Jimi Hendrix) – 8:01
5. "Cold Shot" (originally credited to Michael Kindred and W. C. Clark; later incorrectly credited to only Michael Kindred) – 4:01^[14]
6. "Tin Pan Alley" (originally credited to Robert Geddins; later credited to James Reed) – 9:11
7. "Honey Bee" – 2:42
8. "Stang's Swang" – 2:46