Vaughan made his way to the 1988 New Orleans Jazz Festival and played with “swamp boogie queen” pianist Katie Webster on the song “On The Run” and traded some hot licks with Albert Collins on a fantastic instrumental jam called “Albert’s Shuffle.”

On Saturday Night Live in 1985, Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger introduced Vaughan, his brother Jimmy, and Double Trouble for a cover of Doyle Bramhall’s “Change It.” It’s Vaughan at his purest on this album, growling the lyrics and creating such a beautiful sound, a sad reminder of what we’ve lost.

The oldest track in the collection is Lou Ann Barton’s “You Can Have My Husband.” Vaughan was working in Nashville in 1978 and with Barton and W.C. Clark they were known as Triple Threat Revue. Vaughan’s sound is instantly recognizable and sounds so good it makes the listener what took so long to get the man a record deal.

The album closes out with Vaughan working with three legends. Bonnie Raitt sounds great playing slide guitar on “Texas Flood” at the 1985 Bumbershoot Festival. Vaughan duets with Dick Dale, the king of the surf guitar, on Dale’s “Pipeline” for the movie “Back to the Beach” although they recorded separately. The final track was Vaughan’s first introduction to the majority of the general public, David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance.”

Solos, Sessions & Encores provides a great mix of styles and artists Vaughan worked with over the years. Some fans will be disappointed that only half of the material is new and Vaughan isn’t the focus, especially considering the hefty $19 retail price. However, throughout his career Vaughan always honored his influences and other performers, so it is easy to believe he would have released an album just like this to help bring attention to others. For those that already own some of these tracks, waiting until the new material appears on iTunes or a similar service would be a good decision. Otherwise, you can’t go wrong adding this disc to your collection.