Various Artists - A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan (1996)

According to some (here), tribute albums are mostly collections of roundly uninspired versions of the dead artist’s songs and these albums are either ignored and/or quickly forgotten, or spur a revival in the artist’s music that he won’t be around to enjoy or profit from them. Clearly, a brother’s initiative seems to be an exception. When SRV died in a helicopter crash in 1990 at 35 years, he was already one of the greatest blues guitarists to have been born. Jimmie, elder brother-cum-SRV’s tutor and greatest influence, co-wrote a eulogy, “Six Strings Down” for not only SRV, but also other blues guitarists like Jimi Hendrix, Albert Collins, Muddy Waters, Lightning Hopkins, T-Bone Walker and Albert King. The tribute features an ensemble cast of blues musicians – B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Art Neville, Bonnie Raitt and Dr. John, who come together and perform “Tick Tock”, a 'Nutopian' track that first featured in Family Style (Vaughan Brothers, 1990) and at the end of the album, “SRV Shuffle”, which won the Grammy in 1997 for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
Truly, an unforgettable tribute!



Related:
Raucous version of "Six Strings Down" at the Crossroads Guitar Festival, 2004.
Sample of "Tick Tock".