Entertainment Weekly (11/13/92, p.78) - "...this scorching set of early Stevie Ray Vaughan should further enhance the late blues guitarist's already legendary status..." - Rating: B+
Q (2/93, p.94) - 3 Stars - Good - "...this is the perfect opportunity to hear what he and his incredibly tight bass and drums set-up could achieve...a consuming downhome listen with some scorching slide and Vaughan's gritty vocal growl..."
Q (12/94, p.173) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...before Stevie had become Stevie Ray, before he had a record deal...but not before the guitarist had already refined the incendiary and individual style that would later earn him a place among the blues greats..."
Living Blues (1-2/93, pp.65-66) - "...at this stage Vaughan's own licks were still forming but he plays the hell out of those he borrowed.... captures his raw energy wonderfully..."
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Stevie Ray Vaughan (guitar); Jackie Newhouse (bass); Chris Layton (drums).
Recorded live at The Steamboat Club, Austin, Texas on April 1, 1980. Includes liner notes by Jody Denberg.