AUSTIN, Texas — 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 ...

There’s a reason more than one person claimed Stevie Ray Vaughan reduced the stage to a pile of smoking cinders—his guitar didn’t just sing, it blazed. Too bad the same heat that fueled his music also ...

Eric Clapton was supposed to be on a helicopter 35 years ago on August 27, 1990, that killed Stevie Ray Vaughan. However, since Eric wanted to finish a cup of coffee, Vaughan took his seat instead and ...

Thirty-five years ago, Eric Clapton lost dear friend Stevie Ray Vaughan when the Texas blues legend's helicopter smashed into a Wisconsin hillside after the pals played a concert on August 27, 1990.

August 27, 1990 was “The Day the Music Died” in Austin. Thirty-five years ago, 35-year-old Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter that crashed into the side of a Wisconsin ski slope shortly after ...

Music fans are singing the blues following the closure this week of The Stanhope House, the cramped Sussex County club where Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and Stevie Ray Vaughn once played. A notice on ...

Mike McCready has recalled one of the lowest points in his life when he had abandoned playing guitar and was in the throes of sickness, and how a spiritual journey, soundtracked by a Stevie Ray ...

We’re talking cobra blue basses with just the right amount of rumble. Purple pedals that help your amp produce silk sonics (no, not the Bruno Mars version). And tie-dye red-and-white straps that ...

Gary Clark Jr. reflects on Austin City Limits and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Enjoy an extended interview with Gary Clark Jr. as he reflects on watching his hero, Stevie Ray Vaughan on Austin City Limits and ...

Congress Hall, a historic hotel resort in Cape May, didn’t have a license to play music from popular recording artists, preventing them from receiving royalties, according to a federal lawsuit filed ...

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