Stevie Ray Vaughan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Stevie Ray Vaughan

American guitarist, songwriter and recording artist

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1954

Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 27-Aug-1990

Profession: composer, singer-songwriter, guitarist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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About Stevie Ray Vaughan

  • Stephen Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, and one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s.
  • He is commonly referred to as one of the greatest guitar players of all time. Vaughan was born and raised in Dallas, Texas.
  • He began playing guitar at the age of seven, inspired by his older brother Jimmie.
  • He dropped out of high school in 1971 and moved to Austin the following year.
  • He played gigs with numerous bands, earning a spot in Marc Benno's band the Nightcrawlers and later with Denny Freeman in the Cobras, with whom he continued to work through late 1977.
  • He then formed his own group Triple Threat Revue, but he renamed them Double Trouble after hiring drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon.
  • He gained fame after his performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1982, and his debut studio album Texas Flood charted at number 38 in 1983, a commercially successful release that sold over half a million copies.
  • Vaughan headlined concert tours with Jeff Beck in 1989 and Joe Cocker in 1990.
  • He died in a helicopter crash on August 27, 1990, at the age of 35. Vaughan received several music awards during his lifetime and posthumously.
  • In 1983, readers of Guitar Player voted him Best New Talent and Best Electric Blues Guitar Player.
  • In 1984, the Blues Foundation named him Entertainer of the Year and Blues Instrumentalist of the Year, and in 1987, Performance Magazine honored him with Rhythm and Blues Act of the Year.
  • He won six Grammy Awards and ten Austin Music Awards and was inducted posthumously into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2014.
  • Rolling Stone ranked him as the 12th greatest guitarist of all time.
  • In 2015, Vaughan and Double Trouble were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
  • Vaughan and Double Trouble were also inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2016.

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