Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan Remembered
Sweet memories of Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Wow! Who is this cat?" I asked as I turned up the volume. "I dunno," Mike chimed in, then added, "But, he is the lead axe slinger on Bowie's latest." The year was 1983 when Stevie Ray Vaughan stepped into my life. No, I never got to meet him, but he was an important part of my Blues journey. He was a very important player in the Blues world, period. Talented? Hell yes. Flamboyant showman? No doubt. But, above all that, he had passion. A passion for his art that was so obvious with every n...

Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan: 1954 - 1990 Blues Guitar Master
Stevie Ray Vaughan first learned how to play the guitar as a kid, influenced by his older brother, guitarist Jimmie Vaughan. Stevie dropped out of school in 1972 and was playing blues guitar in bands in Austin, Texas. By 1981 he had named his band Double Trouble, and in the following year SRV caught the attention of David Bowie, who asked him to play on the hit "Let's Dance." Vaughan released his debut album, Texas Flood, in 1983 and the following year he released Couldn't Stand the Weather...

Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan was an American blues guitarist. Stevie Ray Vaughan's main guitar was a beat-up 1963 Fender Stratocaster ("the most famous battered Strat in rock history") he dubbed Number One, which he referred to as a '59. All of his other main guitars were vintage Strats or Strat-style guitars.