This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
If you’re Canadian, you probably saw (or flipped by) the musical-jam series In Session at least once. And if you’re an insomniac music freak like me, you probably sat through a million 2 a.m. reruns of various episodes — Dr. John and Johnny Winter, Burton Cummings and Don Everly, or this 1983 pairing of Texas blues guitar heroes Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan, the best of the bunch.
But even if you know this episode backwards and forwards, this companion CD is still worth a listen, mainly for extra tracks cut from the broadcast, between-song patter and production that’s a vast improvement over the mono TV mix. Naturally, Stevie — heard here at the first flush of success — steals much of the show with his enthusiastic, fiery technique. But King the old master rises to the challenge, matching him lick for lick on jams like his own Blues At Sunrise. If only all music shows were this good.
