The Dallas-born guitar virtuoso Stevie Ray Vaughan showed the world what the electric guitar can do. Part of an elite group of players (along with others like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and maybe a ...
Bowie first met Vaughan while performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival in the early ’80s. His playing blew Bowie away and moved him to tap the young guitar player for a studio gig. Together, they ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon – faced the classic second-album conundrum at the end of 1983. They needed new material quickly, coming off the ...
Stevie Ray Vaughan would have turned 71 years old on Friday, Oct. 3, had his life not been cut short in a helicopter crash in 1990. Vaughan grew up in Dallas at a time when – like many kids who grew ...
When Classic Albums Live returns to the Victoria Theatre in Dayton on Saturday, Nov. 18, the Canadian outfit will be performing the music of Stevie Ray Vaughan. The show features the late blues ...
Gary Clark Jr. performed a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan at the CMT Music Awards on Sunday at the Moody Center in Austin. Evan Agostini / Evan Agostini/Invision/AP The CMT Music Awards, long a fixture ...
A mural painted by Steve Hunter at Stevie Ray Vaughan Park in Cockrell Hill shows Stevie Ray's first performance with Jimmie Vaughan's band, the Swinging Pendulums. The city of Cockrell Hill is ...
Earlier this week, the CMT Music Awards announced the addition of rising Austin talent Jackie Venson to the Sunday televised performance. The awards show’s first year at the local Moody Center, ...