Stevie ray vaughan biography dan forte vintage

Born on October 3, 1954 in Dallas, TX; died on August 27, 1990, in East Troy, WI; son of Jim (an asbestos worker) and Martha (Cook) Vaughan; divorced from wife, Lenny.

The appearance of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble at the 1982 Montreux Jazz Festival signaled the beginning of yet another blues revival and heralded the arrival of another guitar hero.

Vaughan's mixture of Texas blues and Jimi Hendrix-inspired rock helped open the door for acts like the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Robert Cray, Los Lobos, and a host of other authentic roots bands.

Vaughan's earliest exposure to music came from his parents.

While neither of them was a musician, they held many dance parties at their house in the Oak Cliff suburb of Dallas. At other times, members of Bob Wills's band (the Texas Playboys) would come over to play dominoes and pick on their guitars, mixing popular hillbilly, swing, and country tunes of the day.

Following the lead of his older brother, Jimmie (later of the Fabulous Thund