Stevie Ray Vaughan started playing the guitar at the age of eight. He was a true genus and brought the Blues into the focus of the American Public. Appearing with stars like B.B. King and Eric Clapton, as well as playing with the Rolling Stones and other big name bands, Stevie Vaughan proved he was one of the best guitar players in the history of the instrument, but even more important are his personal triumphs.
Vaughan had been plagued for years by severe alcohol and drug dependency, and he chronicled his successful struggle to kick the twin sins with his album In Step. "He just went straight in the last four years," says a friend. "Since then he wouldn't even drink tea with caffeine. It's such a shame. He was such a sweet man. He taught a whole generation of people that you didn't have to be a slave to drugs
Five albums, countless tours and guest appearances -- live and in the studio -- with a pantheon of blues and rock performers like B.B. King and David Bowie had established the goateed musician as one of the reigning kings of his genre. "He did a lot for us blues players, keeping the blues happening," says guitarist Albert Collins, who remembers seeing Vaughan play in Austin's bars when the latter was still a teenager. "He was attractive to younger kids, and he always had this fire in him. He made the blues a young and old thing to listen to." Grammy-winning blues singer Koko Taylor echoes Collins's view. "People didn't pay attention to the blues," says Taylor. "Vaughan was one of the musicians who changed that."
A truly Inspirational musician and man, taken away in the prime of his career and life.
Gee We're going to miss you, Everybody sends their love.
Other Songs by Stevie Ray Vaughan:
playing is Cold Spot
Texas Flood
Cross Fire
This talented man has a lot of lovely songs but these three are the ones I like the best.
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