One of the most chilling songs of the year appears halfwaythrough Jimmie Vaughan's new "Strange Pleasures" debut for EpicRecords.
The spacious and swampy "Six Strings Down" was co-written byVaughan and Art and Cyril Neville of the Neville Brothers.
The song is a tribute to Vaughan's younger brother Stevie Ray,who died in a 1990 helicopter crash after appearing at Alpine ValleyMusic Theatre in East Troy, Wis. Expect Vaughan and his five-pieceband to play "Six Strings Down" when they appear at 8 tonight at theHouse of Blues, 322 N. Dearborn. Robert Earl Keen opens the show.Tickets are $20 (312-923-2000).With a Delta gospel reach, Vaughan sings:Alpine Valley, in the middle of the nightSix strings down, on the heaven-bound flightGot a pick, a strap, a guitar on his backAin't gonna cut the angels no slackHeaven done called another blues stinger back home.Vaughan proceeds to call out tributes to other late bluesguitarists, such as Albert Collins, Albert and Freddy King and GuitarSlim."Strange Pleasures" reunites Vaughan with David Bowie producerNile Rodgers, who produced the Vaughan brothers' "Family Style,"released a few weeks before Stevie Ray Vaughan's death at age 35.
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