The Fire Meets the Fury Tour
| Tour by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble | |
 Promotional poster for the tour | |
| Location | North America |
|---|---|
| Associated album | In Step |
| Start date | October 25, 1989 |
| End date | December 3, 1989 |
| Legs | 1 |
| No. of shows | 29 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble concert chronology | |
The Fire Meets the Fury Tour is a 1989 concert tour co-headlined by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck. Epic Records paired the two guitarists together for a 29-day concert tour starting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This tour was the third leg of the Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble In Step Tour.[1] In addition to being one of the highest-grossing concert tours of 1989, The Fire Meets the Fury Tour won the Pollstar magazine award for most creative tour package of the year.[2]
The bands rehearsed at Prince's Paisley Park Studios on October 23 and 24, before beginning the tour at the Northrup Auditorium on October 25, 1989. Both Vaughan and Beck were advertised as headliners and received equal billing for the tour. In order to ensure equal billing, Vaughan and Beck alternated headline spots. Vaughan's manager Alex Hodges commented: "We were very careful to have equal billing and everything done in a way that it would be hard to say anyone was taking advantage of the other."[3] Jeff Beck won a coin flip by lighting designer Andy Elias and was named the headline act for the opening show in Minneapolis.[4] During the final show on December 3 in Oakland, California, in which Jeff Beck was the opening act, Carlos Santana joined Stevie Ray Vaughan on stage while playing a borrowed Stratocaster.[5]
Touring personnel
Bands:
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble[6]
- Stevie Ray Vaughan (guitars, vocals)
- Chris Layton (drums)
- Tommy Shannon (bass)
- Reese Wynans (keyboards)
Jeff Beck with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas[7]
- Jeff Beck (guitars)
- Terry Bozzio (drums)
- Tony Hymas (keyboards)
Management/tour staff:[8]
- Paul "Skip" Rickert (tour manager)
- Mark Rutledge (production manager)
- Bill Mounsey (stage manager)
- René Martinez (guitar technician)
- John "Bondo" Bond (keyboard technician)
- Johnny "JW" Roberts (monitor engineer)
- Andy Elias (set/lighting designer)
- Gary Kudrna (sound technician)
- Randy Bryant (sound technician)
- Richard Luckett (tour merchandise manager)
- Alex Hodges/Strike Force (talent management/Stevie Ray Vaughan)
- Ernest Chapman (talent management/Jeff Beck)[9]
Videos
- Video from The Fire Meets the Fury Tour at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago (10/28/1989)[10]
- Video of 1989 MTV Interview with Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck[11]
Typical setlists
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Jeff Beck with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas[12]
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Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble[13]
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Tour dates
References
- ^ Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury): Santa Monica, CA 1989.
- ^ Year End Top 200 North American Tours 1989. Pollstar. December 18, 1989. p 176.
- ^ Hopkins 2011, p. 219
- ^ Year End Top 200 North American Tours 1989. Pollstar. December 18, 1989. p 176.
- ^ "Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan Meet and Play in 1984".
- ^ Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury). Smart Art: Santa Monica, CA 1989.
- ^ "Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Alone Together (Rolling Stone)".
- ^ Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury). Smart Art: Santa Monica, CA 1989.
- ^ "Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Alone Together (Rolling Stone)".
- ^ "October 28, 1989 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago". Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
- ^ "Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck MTV Interview". Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
- ^ "Jeff Beck Average Setlists | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ "Stevie Ray Vaughan Average Setlists of tour: The Fire Meets the Fury | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury). Smart Art: Santa Monica, CA 1989.
Sources
- Hopkins, Craig (2011). Stevie Ray Vaughan – Day by Day, Night After Night: His Final Years, 1983–1990. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1-61774-022-0.