Movie Description:
By the summer of 1982, Stevie Ray Vaughan was already a veteran of the Southern blues circuit. Desperately searching for his big break, he wasasked to play "Blues Night" at the annual Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland. Playing like his life depended on it, Stevie pyt on afirey performance - full of SRVclassicslike "Pride and Joy" and "Love Struck Baby." The audience could have cared less. Every song Stevie played wasgreeted by an increasing wave of boos and hisses and he left the stage bewildered and heart broken. As fate would have it, this would bethe most important single show Stevie ever played. In attendance at the festival were two figures who would prove instrumental in Stevie`ssubsequent rise to stardom: David Bowie and Jackson Browne. They immediately recognized Sevie`s raw talent and limit-less passion. As a result, JacksonBrowne offered Stevie the opportunity torecord at his own studio - the tapes that would be Texas Flood - Stevie`s first studio album for Epic Records. Inaddition, Stevie was asked to play on Bowie`s hugely successful Let`s Dance album and tour. Three years later, when Stevie wasinvited back to headline "BluesNight" at the festival, the crowd, now familiarwith Stevie`s songs and albums treated him like the conquering hero. And Stevieagain played like his life depended on it because as we all came to recognize and respect, that was the only way he knew how.
