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Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Live from Austin, Texas (1995)
A Must Have for the SRV Fan
This excellent video is done in two parts. The first three songs are from the 1983 performance on Austin City Limits and they are excellent. Stevie Ray rocks all out on "Pride and Joy", "Texas Flood", and the Jimi Hendrix cover of "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" (only SRV could do the latter song justice).
The songs from the 1989 show are, "The House Is Rockin", "Tightrope", "Leave My Little Girl Alone", "Cold Shot", "Crossfire", and "Riviera Paradise". "Leave My Little Girl Alone" is the blues at its very best. Stevie Ray plays the guitar with such passion. "Riviera Paradise" is a great jazz flavored instrumental. I think it's awesome. The keyboard part reminds me of something that Lyle Mays with the Pat Metheny Group would play. Really nice.
Also included at the end of the video disc is a montage video of 'Little Wing', this is the Jimi Hendrix song that SRV covered which was previously unreleased. The video is awesome as it shows rare footage with SRV and several blues greats including BB King, T-Bone Walker, Albert Collins, Hendrix, Big Bill Broonzy, Leadbelly, Eric Clapton,and more.
All in all, this is an excellent collection of SRV songs. A must have for the SRV fan.
The Notebook (2004)
The Notebook is an old-fashioned love story ...
The Notebook is an old-fashioned love story with the subject of Dementia thrown in to heighten the tear jerking experience. The movie opens with James Garner telling a story (from a notebook) to an elderly woman played by Gena Rowlands. She appears to have a memory problem. The story is about a summer romance, a tale of love between a society girl (Allison Hamilton) who meets a young mill worker (Noah Calhoun) at a carnival, June 6, 1940. They are both 17 years old. Allison's (Allie) parents don't approve of Noah, because of his social standing (meaning, he doesn't have one). Young Allie's heart is broken when her parents try their best to split them in two. After their summer romance is over, when Allie is sent off to college in New York and Noah has to enter the military and World War II in Europe, you would think that there would be no way for this uncommon romance to get back together. However, true love has no boundaries.
The performances by James Garner (old Duke) and Rachael McAdams (young Allie) are outstanding. The screenplay is based off of the Nicholas Sparks heart-warming book. I'm not normally into romantic movies, put this movie was so well put together that I had to give it 10 stars. If you miss seeing the old-fashioned Hollywood love stories, then you must see this movie.