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E arlier this year, Sammy Hagar claimed that he’d written his latest single in a dream with the late Eddie Van Halen. The story met with bucketloads of skepticism by many, but it turns out Hagar isn’t ...
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble has been eligible for the Hall of Fame since 2008. Many critics and artists were surprised it took this long for the band to get in. But that's all over now.
Stevie Ray Vaughan didn’t get his Shawshank happy ending, and In Step will always be seen as the triumph before the tragedy of his death, in a helicopter crash on August 27, 1990 at the age of 35.
Getty Image In 1989, Stevie Ray Vaughan released his fourth studio album, and among the tracks was one titled “Tightrope.” The song’s lyrics detailed a man that had been to hell and back.
Untold stories about Stevie Ray Vaughan and his older brother, Jimmie, are revealed in a documentary directed by Kirby Warnock. The documentary will be shown March 23 at the Texas Theatre in Oak ...
Stevie Ray Vaughan would have turned 56 this October. Their last conversation (after that final gig with Eric Clapton and Robert Cray at Alpine Valley in East Roy, Wis.) was a trifle.
Stevie Ray Vaughan plays guitar as he performs onstage at the Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, Wisconsin, August 26, 1990. It would be his last public performance.
In 2004, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s famous guitar, “Lenny,” was listed for sale at the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival by the famous New York auction house Christie’s.
When Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash in 1990, the world lost perhaps its greatest living guitarist and an inspiration to other recovering addicts. By Steve Knopper On Aug. 27, 1990 ...
Book Review Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day By Day, Night After Night by Budd Kopman May 7, 2016 Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day By Day, Night After Night Craig Hopkins 424 Pages ISBN: 978-0-9654927-2-0 Self ...
Stevie Ray Vaughan is pictured in an undated photo. (Courtesy) Editor's note: These stories originally appeared in the August 28, 1990, edition of The Dallas Morning News.