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Pride and Joy ( Stevie Ray Vaughan song ) - wikipedia Pride and Joy ( Stevie Ray Vaughan song ) For the Marvin Gaye song , see Pride and Joy ( Marvin Gaye song ) . <Th_colspan="2"> `` Pride and Joy '' <Td_colspan="2"> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble <Th_colspan="2"> from the album Texas Flood B - side `` Rude Mood '' Released June 13 , 1983 ( 1983 - 06 - 13 ) ( album ) Format 7 - inch 45 rpm record Recorded Down Town Studio , Los Angeles November 24 , 1982 Genre Electric blues , blues rock Length 3 : 41 Label Epic Songwriter ( s ) Stevie Ray Vaughan Producer ( s ) Stevie Ray Vaughan , Richard Mullen , and Double Trouble <Th_colspan="2"> Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble singles chronology <Td_colspan="2"> `` Pride and Joy '' ( 1983 ) `` Could n't Stand the Weather '' ( 1984 ) <Td_colspan="2"> `` Pride and Joy '' ( 1983 ) `` Could n't Stand the Weather '' ( 1984 ) `` Pride and Joy '' is a song by Texas singer / guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and his backup band Double Trouble . It is an original composition by Vaughan and appeared on his 1983 Epic Records debut album Texas Flood . `` Pride and Joy '' was also released as Vaughan 's first single and has become one of his best - known songs . Contents 1 Lyrics 2 Composition 3 Charts and influence 4 References Lyrics ( edit ) `` Pride and Joy '' was a feature of Vaughan live repertoire before he recorded it . According to Double Trouble drummer Chris Layton , Vaughan wrote it for a new girlfriend at the time ( a later fight with her inspired his `` I 'm Cryin ' '' ) . Well , you 've heard about love givin ' sight to the blind My baby 's lovin ' cause the sun to shine She 's my sweet little thing , she 's my pride and joy She 's my sweet little baby , I 'm her little lover boy Composition ( edit ) Called `` a classic Texas shuffle '' , it has a twelve - bar blues arrangement , notated in the key of E ( although with Vaughan 's guitar tuned one - half step lower , resulting in the pitch of E ♭ ) in time with a moderately fast tempo . The main guitar figure features a bassline along with muted chord chops to produce a percussive - like effect . Vaughan also `` extracts extra sound from the guitar by choosing finger shapes that allow the maximum number of strings to ring at a time ( often the top E-string ( E ♭ ) ) '' . Charts and influence ( edit ) Vaughan 's song was released as a single and reached number 20 in Billboard magazine 's Mainstream Rock chart . Bonnie Raitt and the Charlie Daniels Band have recorded renditions of the song . References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Kitts , Jeff ; Tolinski , Brad ( 2002 ) . Guitar World Presents the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time ! . Hal Leonard . p. 147 . ISBN 978 - 0 - 634 - 04619 - 3 . ^ Jump up to : Gregory , Hugh ( 2003 ) . Roadhouse Blues : Stevie Ray Vaughan and Texas R&B . Backbeat Books . p. 127 . ISBN 978 - 0 - 87930 - 747 - 9 . Jump up ^ Marshall , Wolf ( 2008 ) . Stuff ! Good Guitar Players Should Know : An A-Z Guide to Getting Better . Hal Leonard . p. 129 . ISBN 978 - 1423430087 . Jump up ^ `` Texas Flood -- Awards '' . Allmusic . Rovi Corp . Retrieved August 20 , 2013 . Jump up ^ Phares , Heather . `` A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan -- Album review '' . AllMusic . Rovi Corp . Retrieved January 19 , 2016 . <Th_colspan="2"> Stevie Ray Vaughan <Td_colspan="2"> Original 1983 -- 1989 releases are marked in bold . Studio albums Texas Flood Could n't Stand the Weather Soul to Soul In Step Family Style The Sky Is Crying Live albums Live Alive In the Beginning Live at Carnegie Hall In Session Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 Compilations Greatest Hits The Real Deal : Greatest Hits Volume 2 Blues at Sunrise The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Official bootlegs Live in Tokyo Singles `` Pride and Joy '' / `` Rude Mood '' `` Love Struck Baby '' `` The Sky Is Crying '' / `` Chitlins con Carne '' `` Taxman '' Songs `` All Your Love ( I Miss Loving ) '' `` Come On ( Part III ) '' `` Crossfire '' `` Hide Away '' `` Lenny '' `` Little Wing '' `` Pipeline '' `` Say What ! '' `` Superstition '' `` Testify '' `` Texas Flood '' `` The Things That I Used to Do '' `` Voodoo Child ( Slight Return ) '' Concert tours Texas Flood World Tour ( 1983 -- 84 ) Could n't Stand the Weather Tour ( 1984 - 85 ) Soul to Soul Tour ( 1985 - 86 ) Live Alive Tour ( 1986 - 88 ) In Step Tour ( 1989 - 90 ) Performance videos Pride and Joy Live at the El Mocambo Related articles Original discography Posthumous discography Double Trouble David Bowie Doyle Bramhall Tommy Shannon Chris Layton Jimmie Vaughan Reese Wynans Lou Ann Barton W.C. Clark Death of Stevie Ray Vaughan Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pride_and_Joy_(Stevie_Ray_Vaughan_song)&oldid=835172396 '' Categories : 1983 songs Stevie Ray Vaughan songs Songs written by Stevie Ray Vaughan Epic Records singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Edit links This page was last edited on 7 April 2018 , at 00 : 32 ( UTC ) . 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