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Stevie Ray Vaughan, perhaps one of the most
talented and impressive guitar players of the 1980's was raised in Dallas.
Vaughan began playing the guitar in clubs at the age of 12. He dropped
out of high school at the age of 17 and decided to move to Austin, Texas
where he struggled along in his guitar career until Vaughan and his group
decided to audition for the Rolling Stones. This audition got him
and his group to appear at the Montreux Jazz Festival. At this festival
Vaughan was seen by David Bowie. Bowie hired him to play guitar on
his album "Let's Dance". Jackson Browne gave Vaughan the opportunity
to use his recording studio for free. Vaughan accepted. He
signed up with a music company and produced the album "Texas Flood" in
fall of 1982. This album received grammy awards, gold albums and
other awards. Drugs became a big problem in his life as he was using
more and more. In 1987, Vaughan overcame his alcohol and drug addiction
in a rehabilitation program. In rehab he wrote about the experience
on his final studio album "In Step". During the last few years of
his life he toured with Jeff Beck and recorded an album with his brother.
Vaughan had just finished a jam with Eric Clapton and Robert Cay in Troy
Wisconsin when he was killed in a helicopter crash. |
