RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan 10-3-1954/8-27-1990 🎸

[Heartstrings]

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s August 27, 1990 death is an event that calls to mind that war of feelings in the face of such a tremendous and sudden loss. Just 35 years old, Stevie overcame poverty to beating a near fatal addiction to drugs and alcohol, riding into the most stable and successful part of his life on the wings of a glowing career. And suddenly, just like that, he was gone.

[Ohiogal]

1. Like so many ....

Gone too soon!

[Thunderbeast]

2. If the house is a rockin'

Don't bother knockin'

[beachbum bob]

3. I had tickets to the alpine valley show but a house emergency kept me

from going. I was shocked when I heard the news the next morning and music died for me for years until joe Bonamassa came along. I did see SRV twice before. I treasure the 2 unused tickets to his last show and the the memories of perhaps one of the all time greats.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. See My Note Below, Bob

We were there. That was my third time seeing Eric and first time seeing SRV.

We got home around 2:30 in the morning woke up around 8 and the news was talking about him dying.

[ADX]

4. I remember the day it happened...

...I had helped a friend-girl move from Pittsburgh back home to Boston and she wanted me to stay with her for a few days before I headed back to Pennsylvania, where I was living at the time. We were on our way downtown to see "Goodfellas" and passed a newspaper stand where I caught sight of a headline about SRV's plane crash. Stunningly sad news, especially considering the fact that I had worked backstage security at several of Stevie's concerts and knew him to be not only a stellar musician but a genuinely nice guy as well.

Rest in peace, Stevie; thanks for the music and the memories...

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

5. Plane crashes have taken so many of the best.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. We Were At That Concert

My wife, a protege of mine, his girlfriend, and i went to Alpine Valley to see Clapton and SRV.

Of course, with us only about 3 hours from home, the news didn't hit until a couple hours after we got home.

IIRC, it was a Sunday night concert so we found out Monday morning that he had died in the chopper crash.