Acclaimed blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan was born in Dallas, Texas on October 3, 1954 and began playing guitar at age 11. A poor student, Vaughan dropped out of high school in 1972 and moved to Austin to pursue a career as a professional musician. After performing with several local bands, Vaughan formed his own R&B band in 1976. Vaughan's big break came in 1982 when Double Trouble performed at the Montreaux Festival in Switzerland and were discovered by David Bowie, who invited Vaughan to perform on his "Let's Dance" album. Record deals followed...Stevie Ray was an amazing guitarist, but struggled with personal difficulties, He was long- addicted to drugs and alchohol, and went into rehab. He then divorced his wife of many years. With his problems behind him , he once again returned to the music he loved.
Double Trouble, in 1990 began it's own headlining tour.After an August 27th 1990 performance...with Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, and Robert Cray at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin, which I attended in southern Wisconsin..Vaughan left for Chicago via helicopter. With the fog rolling in the pilot did not see the side of the hill in Alpine Valley and the chopper slammed into it..I will never forget that night. It was a somber drive back home.I wrote this song shortly thereafter, in 1990..My song for Stevie Ray. Simple but yet it's my song . Tags by Coco Farrell. |
