Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Stevie Ray Vaughan 🇺🇸

Stephen Ray Vaughan (Known as "SRV")
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Born Oct 03, 1954 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States
Passed Away Aug 27, 1990 East Troy, Wisconsin, United States
Lifespan 35 years old
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"I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it, that's technical talk, you know?"

Archival Overview

Texas blues-rock guitar virtuoso whose scorching tone and ferocious playing spearheaded the 1980s blues revival.

Biographical Record

Stephen Ray Vaughan was an American musician who ignited a massive international blues revival in the 1980s. Born in Dallas, Texas, he was inspired by his older brother Jimmie Vaughan and blues icons Jimi Hendrix, Albert King, and Buddy Guy. Playing a battered Fender Stratocaster known as 'Number One' with exceptionally heavy guitar strings, Vaughan achieved an earth-shattering, fiery guitar tone.

Leading his trio Double Trouble, Vaughan leaped to international prominence after performing at the 1982 Montreux Jazz Festival, catching the ear of David Bowie (who hired him for the classic album Let's Dance). Albums like Texas Flood (1983) and Couldn't Stand the Weather returned roots blues to mainstream arena rock. After overcoming addiction to deliver his finest playing, Vaughan was tragically killed in a helicopter crash following a concert with Eric Clapton.

Key Life Milestones

1983

Texas Flood Debut

Released Double Trouble's debut LP Texas Flood, spearheading a massive global blues revival.

1989

In Step and Clean Sobriety

Released his Grammy-winning album In Step, celebrating hard-won sobriety with blistering guitar work.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Laurel Land Memorial Park
Dallas, Texas, United States
GPS: 32.6712, -96.8291
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