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appalachiablue

(41,242 posts)
Fri Apr 21, 2023, 05:17 PM Apr 2023

Look at Little Sister - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live 🎸




🎹 Stephen Ray Vaughan (Oct. 3, 1954 – Aug. 27, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble. Although his mainstream career spanned only 7 years, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians in the history of blues music, & one of the greatest guitarists of all time. He was the younger brother of guitarist Jimmie Vaughan. Born & raised in Dallas, Vaughan began playing guitar at age 7, initially inspired by his elder brother, Jimmie Vaughan. In 1972, he dropped out of high school & moved to Austin, where he began to gain a following after playing gigs on the local club circuit.

Vaughan joined forces with Tommy Shannon on bass & Chris Layton on drums as Double Trouble in 1978 & established it as part of the Austin music scene; it soon became one of the most popular acts in Texas. He performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1982, where David Bowie saw him play. Bowie contacted him for a studio gig that resulted in Vaughan playing blues guitar on the album Let's Dance (1983), before being discovered by John Hammond who interested major label Epic Records in signing Vaughan & his band to a record deal. Within months, they achieved mainstream success for the critically acclaimed debut album Texas Flood... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan

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Look at Little Sister - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live 🎸 (Original Post) appalachiablue Apr 2023 OP
The Band Are Killers! ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #1
A huge talent & an artist with incredible determination, SRV gave it his all! appalachiablue Apr 2023 #2
Saw Him The Night He Died ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #4
What an experience, lucky you, 2 legends. But then tragedy for SRV. appalachiablue Apr 2023 #5
And changing guitars mid-song! N/T Foolacious Apr 2023 #3
That's major, I never saw any musician try that. SRV was a wonder for sure & he's greatly missed. appalachiablue Apr 2023 #6

ProfessorGAC

(65,515 posts)
1. The Band Are Killers!
Fri Apr 21, 2023, 05:24 PM
Apr 2023

And, I'm not even a big fan of blues.
But, they're tight, all can play, and they play TOGETHER!
Good video.

ProfessorGAC

(65,515 posts)
4. Saw Him The Night He Died
Fri Apr 21, 2023, 06:01 PM
Apr 2023

My wife & I, and our lightman and his GF went up to Alpine Valley.
SRV opened for Clapton. He and his band also joined Clapton's guys in a 45-50 minute jam.
Show was pushing 4 hours. We left around 11:30, took and hour 45 minutes home. So, after 2 in the morning.
Got up around 8am and WGN news informed us he had died in the crash.
Quite the shock.

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