Vaughan Brothers - Family Style

With slick production from Nile Rodgers and employing neither guitarist's band (Double Trouble nor the Fabulous Thunderbirds), this is bluesy, but far from purist. Jimmie makes his vocal debut on "White Boots" and "Good Texan," and the brothers blur the lines between their expected guitar styles -- Stevie sometimes going for a less sustainy twang, Jimmie moving into Albert King territory. When standard blues is the order of the day (the slow instro "Brothers"), the key word is "standard" -- bordering on run-of-the-mill. Instrumentals "D/FW" and "Hillbillies from Outer Space" fare better -- offering ZZ Top crunch and Santo & Johnny steel, respectively. ~ Dan Forte, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Berry Bass Albert Berry Bass Bob Ludwig Mastering Brenda White-King Vocals, Vocals (Background) Budd Tunick Production Manager Curtis King Vocals Curtis Rance King, Jr. Vocals (Background) Dave Shiffman Assistant Engineer David Spinner Vocals (Background), Vocals Doyle Bramhall Drums George Sims Vocals (Background), Vocals Hiro Ishihara Assistant Engineer Jeff Powell Assistant Engineer Jimmie Vaughan Guitar, Guitar (Steel), Vocals (Background), Vocals, Organ John Hampton Engineer Jon Goldberger Mixing, Engineer Katherine Miller Mixing Assistant, Assistant Engineer Larry Aberman Drums Lee Crum Photography Mark Proct Project Coordinator Michael Vasquez Assistant Engineer Nile Rodgers Mixing, Guitar, Horn Arrangements, Producer Patrick Dillett Engineer Preston Hubbard Bass (Upright), Bass Richard Hilton Engineer, Organ, Piano, Programming, Keyboards Stan Harrison Sax (Tenor), Saxophone, Sax (Alto) Steve Elson Sax (Tenor), Sax (Baritone), Saxophone Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar, Vocals (Background), Vocals Tawatha Agee Vocals (Background), Vocals Tony Sellari Art Direction