"Live at the El Mocambo" captures Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble at an important artistic moment:  "Texas Flood" had just been released to great acclaim and incredible success - especially for a blues album.  "Couldn't Stand The Weather" was clearly in the planning stages.  Stevie had been working that stratocaster into a big bad blues force back in Texas for years before "Flood" stormed the charts - SRV had been a club legend for years.  Drummer Chris Layton, and bassist Tommy Shannon climbed onto the small club stage at the El Mocambo and provide the perfect space to unleash the Force of Nature that was Stevie Ray Vaughan.