"Pride and Joy" is the second track on Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stephen Ray "Stevie Ray" Vaughan was an American electric blues guitarist and singer. He was the younger brother of Jimmie Vaughan and frontman for Double Trouble, a band that included bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton. Born in Dallas, Vaughan moved to Austin at the age of 17 and...

's first album Texas Flood

Texas Flood

Texas Flood was released on June 13, 1983, with two singles released from the album—"Pride and Joy" and "Love Struck Baby". "Pride and Joy" peaked at #20 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Texas Flood" was nominated for Best Traditional Blues Performance and "Rude Mood" was nominated for Best...

. It is a blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 song and is one of his most famous tracks. Parts of the solos are from "I'm Cryin'". Vaughan wrote this song for his wife at that time, Lenora, but she thought it was written about a former girlfriend of his, so he wrote another song for her, "Lenny

Lenny (Stevie Ray Vaughan song)

"Lenny" is the tenth track on the first Stevie Ray Vaughan album Texas Flood. The song is in 4/4 time and is played very slowly and freely, as it was often played at live shows. The song itself was written and named for his wife at the time, Lenora. Vaughan also named one of his guitars "Lenny"...

". This song seems to be influenced by an earlier song by Vaughan, "Live Another Day", from the album In the Beginning

In the Beginning (Stevie Ray Vaughan album)

In the Beginning is an electric blues album performed live by Stevie Vaughan and Double Trouble . While the album was released about two years after Vaughan's death in 1990, the actual performance took place on April 1, 1980 at Steamboat 1874 in Austin, Texas, and was broadcast live on KLBJ-FM radio...

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Appearances

• It was used in a Nissan Altima
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   commercial in 2007.
• Cover version is featured in 2007 music video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
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• Master recording is featured in 2008 music video game Guitar Hero: On Tour.
• Master recording is downloadable content for Rock Band
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• It is featured in the soundtrack of 2008 movie Love Lies Bleeding
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• It is featured in episode "Broke Joy's Fancy Figurine" of American television comedy series My Name Is Earl
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• It is featured in episode "Mexican Currency/Pirate Spyglass/Railroad Station" of documentary television series History Detectives
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• It is featured in the soundtrack of 2000 superhero drama film Unbreakable.
• It is featured in the episode "Identity" in the television series Criminal Minds
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• Performed with Albert King
  Albert King
  Albert King was an American blues guitarist and singer, and a major influence in the world of blues guitar playing.-Career:...
  
   on PBS special Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan – In Session.