Couldn't Stand the Weather Tour

Couldn't Stand the Weather Tour
World tour by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Location	North America, Europe, Oceania
Associated album	Couldn't Stand the Weather
Start date	February 5, 1984 (1984-02-05)
End date	December 31, 1984 (1984-12-31)
Legs	10
Shows	144
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble tour chronology
Texas Flood Tour (1983) Couldn't Stand the Weather Tour (1984) Japan Tour 1985

The Couldn't Stand the Weather Tour was a worldwide concert tour by Texas blues band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Launched in support of the group's second album, Couldn't Stand the Weather, the tour's shows were performed in arenas and concert halls from February through December 1984. The Couldn't Stand the Weather Tour comprised seven legs and 144 shows. The tour took the band to Scandinavia^[1], Australia and New Zealand for the first time.^[2][3] A concert from Carnegie Hall was released on the CD Live at Carnegie Hall.

Concert overview

Out of all the concerts performed during the Couldn't Stand the Weather Tour, each show had a different set list, ranging from 8-17 songs performed by the band. The concerts began with The Fabulous Thunderbirds song "Can't Tear It Up Enuff" played through the PA system. During the song, the band members would walk on stage and begin the show.

Main set

Each concert usually opened with "Scuttle Buttin'." Following "Scuttle Buttin'," the band performed covers like The Isley Brothers' "Testify," Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)," and Guitar Slim's "The Things That I Used to Do." "Honey Bee," "Love Struck Baby," "Cold Shot," and "Couldn't Stand the Weather" were also played at most shows. The band also did blues covers of "Tin Pan Alley," "The Sky Is Crying," "Mary Had a Little Lamb," and "Texas Flood." The end of the set sometimes featured a Jimi Hendrix medley of "Little Wing / Third Stone from the Sun."

Encores

The encores typically consisted of "Lenny" and "Rude Mood," with an occasional cover of Lonnie Mack's "Wham!"

Additional songs

In later shows, "Say What!," which was later released on the Soul to Soul album, preceded "Scuttle Buttin'." There were several covers not normally played, including "Last Night," Guitar Slim's "Letter to My Girlfriend," and "Collins' Shuffle" by Albert Collins, as well as Albert King's "C.O.D." and "Lonely Teardrops" with vocalist Angela Strehli.

A total of about 48 different songs were played throughout the tour.^[4] Out of the 8 songs on Couldn't Stand the Weather, each was played in full at least once.

Post-tour

Live releases

Main article: Live at Carnegie Hall (Stevie Ray Vaughan album)

On October 4, 1984, the concert in Carnegie Hall was recorded for future audio release. In July 1997, Legacy and Epic Records released Live at Carnegie Hall on CD. The recording was edited from the show, and featured an expanded line-up of musicians.^[2] In 2000, the SRV box set was released, which included live versions of "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" and "The Sky Is Crying" from the Carnegie Hall show, both of which were also on The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble CD. In addition to the Carnegie Hall recordings, a live concert from The Spectrum in Montreal was released on the legacy edition of Couldn't Stand the Weather in 2010.^[5]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
February 5, 1984	Knoxville	United States	University of Tennessee
February 7, 1984	Blowing Rock		P. B. Scott's Music Hall
February 8, 1984	Tucker		Moon Shadow Tavern
February 9, 1984
February 10, 1984	Athens		Tate Student Center
February 11, 1984	Carbondale		Southern Illinois University
February 12, 1984	Kansas City		Uptown Theater
February 13, 1984	St. Louis		Fox Theatre
February 15, 1984	Normal		Braden Auditorium
February 16, 1984	Peoria		Second Chance
February 17, 1984	Chicago		Embassy Theatre
February 18, 1984			University of Chicago
February 25, 1984	Honolulu		Aloha Stadium
March 10, 1984	Southampton		Long Island University
March 11, 1984	Sunderland		Rusty Nail
March 13, 1984	Poughkeepsie		The Chance
March 14, 1984	Union		Kean College
March 15, 1984	Scotia		Radio City
March 16, 1984	Providence		Rhode Island College
March 17, 1984	New Haven		Twilight Zone
March 19, 1984	Honolulu		CBS Records Convention
Europe
March 21, 1984	Copenhagen	Denmark	Alexandra Rock Theater
March 22, 1984	Oslo	Norway	Club 7
March 23, 1984	Voss		Voss Jazz Festival
March 24, 1984	Bergen		Hulen
March 25, 1984	Trondheim		Skansen
March 27, 1984	Helsinki	Finland	The Culturehouse
March 28, 1984	Espoo		HUT Auditorium
March 29, 1984	Oulu		Urheilutalo
March 30, 1984	Stockholm	Sweden	The Ritz
March 31, 1984	Lund		Pub Sparta
North America
April 15, 1984	Austin	United States	Austin Opera House
April 16, 1984	Greenville		The Greenleaf
April 20, 1984	Williamsburg		The College of William & Mary
April 22, 1984	Roslyn		My Father's Place
April 24, 1984	Memphis		Memphis Blues Festival
April 25, 1984	North Brunswick		The Metro
April 27, 1984	Plattsburgh		SUNY Plattsburgh
April 28, 1984	Poughkeepsie		The Chance
April 29, 1984	New Paltz		SUNY New Paltz
May 2, 1984	Garden City		Nassau Community College
May 4, 1984	Bristol		Roger Williams University
May 5, 1984	Carlisle		Dickinson College
May 6, 1984	Oneonta		Hartwick College
May 9, 1984	Dallas		The Mistral
May 12, 1984	Oklahoma City		Zoo Amphitheater
May 13, 1984	Tulsa		Mohawk Park
May 15, 1984	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum
May 16, 1984	St. Louis		Kiel Opera House
May 17, 1984	Davenport		Palmer Auditorium
May 18, 1984	Dubuque		Five Flags Arena
May 19, 1984	Kansas City		Starlight Theatre
May 20, 1984	Wichita		Kansas Coliseum
May 23, 1984	Austin		Austin Opera House
June 15, 1984	Irvine		Irvine Meadows
June 16, 1984	Hollywood		Hollywood Palladium
June 17, 1984	Los Angeles		Kabuki Theater
June 19, 1984	The Dalles		The Civic
June 20, 1984	Seattle		Paramount Theatre
June 21, 1984	Vancouver	Canada	Commodore Ballroom
June 22, 1984	Victoria		Royal Theatre
June 24, 1984	Calgary		Max Bell Arena
June 25, 1984	Edmonton		Edmonton Convention Centre
June 26, 1984	Saskatoon		Centennial Auditorium
June 28, 1984	Regina		Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts
June 29, 1984	McCreary		Beaver Dam Lake Festival
July 3, 1984	Milwaukee	United States	Marcus Amphitheater
July 5, 1984	Rockford		Coronado Theatre
July 6, 1984	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center
July 8, 1984	Morrison		Red Rocks Amphitheatre
July 10, 1984	Amarillo		Amarillo Civic Center
July 11, 1984	Lubbock		Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
July 12, 1984	Dallas		Fair Park Band Shell
July 13, 1984	San Antonio		Majestic Theatre
July 15, 1984	Temple		Mayborn Civic Center
July 18, 1984	Houston		Houston Music Hall
July 19, 1984
July 20, 1984	Corpus Christi		Bayfront Plaza Center
July 21, 1984	Austin		Palmer Auditorium
July 27, 1984	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center
July 28, 1984	Boston		The Channel
July 29, 1984	Salem		Winter Island
July 30, 1984	New York City		The Ritz
August 1, 1984			Pier 84
August 3, 1984	Tampa		USF Sun Dome
August 4, 1984	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
August 5, 1984	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
August 6, 1984	Charlotte		Park Center
August 8, 1984	Atlanta		The Omni
August 9, 1984	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
August 10, 1984	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center
August 11, 1984	Norfolk		Norfolk Scope
August 12, 1984	Harrisburg		City Island
August 14, 1984	Toronto	Canada	Massey Hall
August 16, 1984	Ottawa		National Arts Centre
August 17, 1984	Montreal		The Spectrum
Europe
August 25, 1984	Sankt Goarshausen	Germany	Loreley Freilichtbühne
August 27, 1984	Munich		Alabamahalle
North America
September 2, 1984	Shreveport	United States	Veterans Park
September 7, 1984	Chicago		Aragon Ballroom
September 8, 1984	Royal Oak		Royal Oak Music Theatre
September 9, 1984	Trotwood		Hara Arena
September 10, 1984	Indianapolis		Clowes Memorial Hall
September 12, 1984	Hilton Head Island		Record Bar Convention
September 13, 1984	Nashville		Memorial Gym
September 14, 1984	Memphis		Orpheum Theatre
September 15, 1984	Greenville		Delta Blues Festival
September 16, 1984	Fort Worth		Will Rogers Auditorium
September 29–October 21: Fall Foliage Tour
October 26–November 9: First Tour of Australia
New Zealand
November 11, 1984	Palmerston North	New Zealand	Arena 1
November 12, 1984	Wellington		Wellington Town Hall
November 13, 1984	Christchurch		Christchurch Town Hall
November 14, 1984	Auckland		Logan Campbell Centre
North America
November 20, 1984	Santa Barbara	United States	Arlington Theater
November 21, 1984	Universal City		Universal Amphitheatre
November 22, 1984	Los Angeles		Pauley Pavilion
November 23, 1984	Fresno		Warnors Theatre
November 24, 1984	San Francisco		The Warfield
November 25, 1984
November 26, 1984	Arcata		Humboldt State University
November 27, 1984	Santa Cruz		Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
November 28, 1984	Davis		Freeborn Hall
November 29, 1984	Oroville		Butte College Gym
December 15, 1984	Dallas		Fair Park Coliseum
December 31, 1984	Houston		Astroarena

References

Footnotes

1. ^ Gregory 2003, p. 87
2. ^ ^{a b} Gregory 2003, p. 88
3. ^ Dickerson 2004, p. 64
4. ^ Willmot, Bob (2001). "SRV Gig Database". http://willmot.com/SRV/gigdbindex.html. 
5. ^ "Stevie Ray Vaughan Couldn't Stand the Weather Legacy Edition". Legacy Recordings. June 22, 2010. http://www.legacyrecordings.com/news/stevie-ray-vaughan-couldnt-stand-weather-legacy-edition. 

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See also

• Couldn't Stand the Weather
• Texas Flood Tour