The Fire Meets the Fury Tour

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
	; Live Alive Tour; (1986–88); ; The Fire Meets the Fury Tour; (1989); ; In Step Tour; (1989–90);

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

Jeff Beck with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas^[12]

"Savoy"
"Guitar Shop"
"Big Block"
"Sling Shot"
"Behind the Veil"
"Freeway Jam"
"Where Were You"
"Day in the House"
"Stand on It"
"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Charles Mingus cover)
"Blue Wind"
"People Get Ready" (The Impressions cover)
"Going Down" (Alabama State Troopers cover)

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble^[13]

"The House Is Rockin'"
"Tightrope"
"Look at Little Sister" (Hank Ballard cover)
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" (Buddy Guy cover)
"Let Me Love You Baby" (Buddy Guy cover)
"Texas Flood" (Larry Davis cover)
"Wall of Denial"
"Superstition" (Stevie Wonder cover)
"Couldn't Stand the Weather"
"Cold Shot"
"Riviera Paradise"
"Life Without You"
"Crossfire"
"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)

Tour dates

Date^[14]	City	Country	Venue
October 25, 1989	Minneapolis	United States	Northrop Auditorium
October 27, 1989	Milwaukee		Milwaukee Auditorium
October 28, 1989	Chicago		UIC Pavilion
October 29, 1989	St. Louis		Fox Theatre
October 31, 1989	Columbus		Battelle Hall
November 1, 1989	Montreal	Canada	Montreal Forum
November 2, 1989	Toronto	Canada	SkyDome
November 3, 1989	Detroit	United States	Cobo Hall
November 4, 1989	Pittsburgh		A. J. Palumbo Center
November 6, 1989	Landover		Capital Centre
November 7, 1989	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
November 8, 1989	Worcester		The Centrum
November 11, 1989	New York City		Madison Square Garden
November 12, 1989	Troy		Houston Field House
November 14, 1989	Cleveland		Public Auditorium
November 15, 1989	Trotwood		Hara Arena
November 16, 1989	Louisville		Louisville Gardens
November 18, 1989	Birmingham		Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
November 19, 1989	Atlanta		The Omni
November 21, 1989	Miami		Miami Arena
November 22, 1989	Tampa		USF Sun Dome
November 24, 1989	Houston		Sam Houston Coliseum
November 25, 1989	Dallas		State Fair Coliseum
November 26, 1989	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
November 27, 1989	Amarillo		Amarillo Civic Center
November 28, 1989	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
November 29, 1989	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
December 1, 1989	Los Angeles		Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
December 2, 1989	Sacramento		Arco Arena
December 3, 1989	Oakland		Oakland Coliseum Arena

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.

[1] Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury): Santa Monica, CA 1989.

[2] Year End Top 200 North American Tours 1989. Pollstar. December 18, 1989. p 176.

[3] Hopkins 2011, p. 219

[4] Year End Top 200 North American Tours 1989. Pollstar. December 18, 1989. p 176.

[5] "Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan Meet and Play in 1984".

[6] Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury). Smart Art: Santa Monica, CA 1989.

[7] "Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Alone Together (Rolling Stone)".

[8] Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury). Smart Art: Santa Monica, CA 1989.

[9] "Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Alone Together (Rolling Stone)".

[10] "October 28, 1989 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago". Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.

[11] "Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck MTV Interview". Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.

[12] "Jeff Beck Average Setlists | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2019-12-12.

[13] "Stevie Ray Vaughan Average Setlists of tour: The Fire Meets the Fury | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2019-12-12.

[14] Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "In Step Tour" Itinerary (Leg 3-The Fire Meets the Fury). Smart Art: Santa Monica, CA 1989.

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