Stevie Ray Vaughan

[Spiritinthesky]

27th Aug 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed when the helicopter he was flying in, hit a man-made ski slope while trying to navigate through dense fog. Vaughan had played a show at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin with Robert Cray & His Memphis Horns, and Eric Clapton. Vaughan was informed by a member of Clapton's crew that three seats were open on a helicopter returning to Chicago with Clapton's crew, it turned out there was only one seat left; Vaughan requested it from his brother, who obliged. Three members of Eric Clapton's entourage were also killed.

Full story here: http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/stevie_ray_vaughan

[Derka]

"I mean...Steve Ray Vaughan is dead, AND WE CAN'T GET JON BON JOVI IN A HELICOPTER?!"

[Thorpesaurous]

I went through a huge SRV phase. His Live From Austin album is still something that if I catch a song from it on my iTunes I feel like I have to listen to the album.

His hangover cure of "1/3rd mug of coffee, 2/3rds whiskey, and about a half gram of cocaine dissolved into it" remains one of my favorite remarkably poor ideas.

[J Shuttlesworth]

One of the GOAT blues guitarists.

[red1]

Is a legend. Crossfire>>>