Although he’s been a legend for a long time in his beloved home state of Texas: a larger-than-life bronze sculpture of him was installed in Austin in 1993. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble were finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. Not bad for a scruffy kid from Oak Cliff, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine has already selected him as the 7th greatest guitarist of all time. At the time it surprised me that Stevie Ray Vaughan had still not been enshrined there. I visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in 2014. Stevie Ray Vaughan: From Legend to Hall-of-Famer It was the most emotional performance I’ve ever seen at a concert. Tears and sweat merged to form a river of pain. As Jimmie sang that song on a sweltering summer night on the Camden waterfront, the emotions were still raw.

It contained a tribute song called Six Strings Down, the story of a guitar slinger called up to heaven too early, and meeting other blues icons such as Jimi Hendrix and Albert Collins. As so often happens after the death of a musician, radio stations play their music. The prior year he had released his first album since the accident. side view of stevie ray vaughan playing guitar, black and white photo. On August 27th, 1995, the 5th anniversary of Stevie’s death, I saw his older brother Jimmie perform in concert. No one before or since sounds quite like him. Listening to his music I became attracted to his Texas attitude to blues and rock. I guess hearing them somehow softens the blow. As so often happens after the death of a musician, radio stations play their music more frequently. In a strange turn of events, his death is what got me into taking up the guitar. The day I visited the gloomy sky, laden with gray storm clouds, mirrored how I felt as I stood in the empty arena. It hosted the last live performance of a music legend. One thing is for certainthis kid absolutely shreds He goes hard and you can feel a little metal influence in his style. The concert stage looked like dozens of others that welcome summer touring shows. In this clip, this kid on a Norwegian talent show channels his inner Stevie Ray brilliantly.

A few years ago on a cross-country road trip I stopped in at Alpine Valley to see the place where Stevie Ray Vaughan last performed.

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