
Tone-Cool Records ā
2001
Chris Layton Drums, Percussion, Piano
Tommy Shannon 6-String Bass, Bass, Guitar (Acoustic)
Reese Wynans Organ, Piano
Doyle Bramhall II Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Jimmie Vaughan Guest Artist, Guitar, Vocals
Eric Johnson Guitar (Electric)
Dr. John Guest Artist, Piano, Vocals
Willie Nelson Guest Artist, Guitar
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Guest Artist, Guitar
Jonny Lang Guest Artist, Vocals
Susan Tedeschi Guest Artist, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Charlie Sexton 6-String Bass, Guest Artist, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Mando-Guitar, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals
Lou Ann Barton Vocals
Denny Freeman Guitar, Wurlitzer
Glover Gill String Arrangements
Gordon Johnson Guitar
Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff Saxophone
Karen Kohler Vocals (Background)
Leigh Mahoney Strings
Malford Milligan Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Sara Nelson Strings
Derek O'Brien Guitar
Riley Osbourne Wurlitzer
Tosca Strings
Van Wilks Guitar
Bill Willis Organ
Tracklist
1 Cry Sky 5:36
2 Turn Towards The Mirror 4:23
3 Say One Thing 4:07
4 Rock And Roll 3:06
5 Skyscraper 4:24
6 In The Middle Of The Night 3:03
7 She's All Right 5:19
8 Groundhog Day 3:56
9 In The Garden 3:40
10 (Baby, There's) No One Like You 4:52
You have to give the late guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan's rhythm section credit for perseverance. Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding, the rhythm section of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, never took it upon themselves to continue as a recording entity after their leader's passing. Of course, Double Trouble is buoyed on BEEN A LONG TIME by a host of famous friends who offer impassioned performances to occupy Vaughan's vacated frontman spot.
Bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton are as rock-solid here as they ever were backing up their erstwhile leader. They don't spend much time looking back, either. BEEN A LONG TIME isn't really a blues album--rather, it's a bluesy rock album with a decidedly contemporary edge that owes little to Vaughan's sound. Jonny Lang, Susan Tedeschi, Charlie Sexton, and many others lend their voices and guitars to BEEN A LONG TIME, but Double Trouble can take the credit for putting (and keeping) the whole thing together.