“An oral background is only as effective as its sources, and ‘Texas Flood’ is comprehensive and far-reaching, with Vaughan’s bandmates, crew and family taking center stage.” – NY Times Book Review

This program is read by a full cast and features exclusive bonus material, including a never-before-heard conversation between Stevie Ray Vaughan and his brother, Jimmie Vaughan.

The first definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, and foreword and about Texas Overflow: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan afterword by Two times Trouble’s Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon.

Just a few years after he nearly died from a severe dependence on cocaine and alcohol, a clean and sober Stevie Ray Vaughan was using high. His last recording was his most critically lauded and commercially effective. He had fulfilled a lifelong wish by collaborating with his initial and biggest musical hero, his brother Jimmie. His tumultuous relationship was over and he was in a new and healthy partnership. Vaughan appeared poised for a new, limitless section of his existence and career.

Instead, everything came to a surprising and unexpected end on August 27, 1990, when he was killed within a helicopter crash carrying out a dynamic efficiency with Eric Clapton. Just 35 years old, he left behind a powerful musical legacy and an unlimited blast of What Ifs. In the ensuing 29 years, Vaughan’s star and acclaim possess only produced and he’s today an undisputed international musical icon. Regardless of the cinematic range of Vaughan’s existence and death, there has never been a correct accounting of his tale. Until now.

Texas Flood provides the unadulterated truth about Stevie Ray Vaughan from those that knew him best: his brother Jimmie, his Two times Problems bandmates Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton and Reese Wynans, and many other close friends, family, girlfriends, fellow musicians, managers and crew members.

The program is read by Alan Paul, Andy Aledort, Chris Layton, Leslie Ligon, Greg Littlefield, Denny Freeman, Leon Nixon, Joe Priesnitz, Tommy Shannon, and Reese Wynans.