youtu.be/X8sptbguwcQ For Lisa Ann Ollis Newsom National success In mid-March 1983, Gregg Geller, vice president of A&R at Epic Records, signed Double Trouble to the label at the recommendation of record producer John Hammond.Soon afterward, Epic financed a music video for Love Struck Baby, which was filmed at the Cherry Tavern in New York City. Vaughan recalled: We changed the name of the place in the video. Four years ago I got married in a club where we used to play all the time called the Rome Inn. When they closed it down, the owner gave me the sign, so in the video we put that up behind me on the stage. With the success of Lets Dance, Bowie requested Vaughan as the featured instrumentalist for the upcoming Serious Moonlight Tour, realizing that he was an essential aspect of the albums groundbreaking success. In late April, Vaughan began rehearsals for the tour in Las Colinas, Texas. When contract renegotiations for his performance fee failed, Vaughan abandoned the tour days before its opening date, and he was replaced by Earl Slick. Vaughan commented: I couldnt gear everything on something I didnt really care a whole lot about. It was kind of risky, but I really didnt need all the headaches. Although contributing factors were widely disputed, Vaughan soon gained major publicity for quitting the tour. On May 9, the band performed at The Bottom Line in New York City, where they opened for Bryan Adams, with Hammond, Mick Jagger, John McEnroe, Rick Nielsen, Billy Gibbons, and Johnny Winter in attendance. Brandenburg described the performance as ungodly: I think Stevie played every lick as loud and as hard and with as much intensity as Ive ever heard him.The successful performance earned Vaughan a positive review published in the New York Post, asserting that Double Trouble outperformed Adams.Fortunately, Bryan Adams, the Canadian rocker who is opening arena dates for Journey, doesnt headline too often, wrote Martin Porter, who claimed that after the bands performance, the stage had been rendered to cinders by the most explosively original showmanship to grace the New York stage in some time.
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