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The Blessing, Curse, and Lost Lessons of Stevie Ray Vaughan, 25 Years Later
Yahoo Music ^ | August 27th, 2015 | The Reverend Shawn Amos

Posted on 08/27/2015 11:47:59 AM PDT by Mariner

The legacy of Stevie Ray Vaughan is not in his guitar playing. It’s in his heart.

The blues was not born with the Texan guitarist, but it was given a second life. Twenty-five years after his death at age 35 in a freak helicopter crash, many still find the blues synonymous with Vaughan’s name. Many also mistakenly think it died with him in that helicopter on Aug. 27, 1990.

Somehow during the quarter-century since Vaughan’s tragic passing, “blues” has become a bit of a dirty word. Make no mistake, there are still blues players among us: Jack White, Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, and Gary Clark Jr. are all modern-day bluesmen. The difference is… they won’t call themselves that. They bury their blues underneath a lo-fi wink and nod.

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KEYWORDS: srv; stevierayvaughan
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To: Big Red Clay

Thanks for that.
Gave me a little “blurry screen syndrome” there.

You guys couldn’t have picked a better song with which to say goodbye to a rocker.

An image popped into my head that made me smile, I hope it does the same for you.
Your brother, and SRV standing there listening to that, and SRV saying, “That’s cool, man. C’mon I’ll play it again, and wait ‘til you hear it backed up with the band we got up here, dude.”

:)


61 posted on 08/28/2015 3:50:36 PM PDT by rikkir (You can lead a horde to knowledge but you can't make them think. (TnkU ctdonath2))
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To: rikkir

Love that, tears happening here.


62 posted on 08/28/2015 4:51:14 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: right way right

I was looking for the like thingy, but I got ya.


63 posted on 08/28/2015 4:54:12 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: Big Red Clay

Oh man, I remember Rockline. Always fun listening to that show. SRV was a great player. I’m a big fan of Albert King who was SRV’s strongest influence.


64 posted on 08/28/2015 5:07:52 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: rikkir

This time of year is tough. My brother died suddenly and it was a terrible blow. It’s been a really difficult thing for my sister and me.

That was a great image. I will have that in my head for a while and it will always make me smile. Thanks for that fellow Freeper.


65 posted on 08/28/2015 7:50:57 PM PDT by Big Red Clay (Greetings from the Big Red State)
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To: Yardstick

Your mentioning Albert King reminded me of something I was talking with some friends about recently. After I got into SRV, I got really into blues. Since I was more into hard rock and classic rock it was a change for me. This was my junior year at Nebraska. Lincoln has a really cool blues bar called the Zoo Bar and my buddies and I started frequenting that place. We would go at least once a week. Now in my older years, I look back at some of the guys that I saw back then and wish I would have appreciated it more. I saw Albert, Buddy Guy, Pinetop Perkins, Charlie Musselwhite, Robert Cray, Albert Collins, Matt Guitar Murphy, Little Ed and the Blues Imperials, Luther Allison and Magic Slim who played there several times a year. There were a bunch of others but my memory is failing me.

What I wouldn’t give to go back in a time machine and see those shows again.


66 posted on 08/28/2015 8:12:46 PM PDT by Big Red Clay (Greetings from the Big Red State)
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To: Big Red Clay

Whoever was booking acts at that bar had pretty good taste. Albert King and Albert Collins are two of my absolute favorites. When I was in school I was blessed to have a dive bar nearby which booked good local Nashville area blues talent. No one as high profile as who you mention but still some great talent.


67 posted on 08/28/2015 8:29:39 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: AlmaKing
I hope so. Doesn’t it seem like we haven’t had any good rock bands for 20 years now?

Grunge killed rock, the same way hip hop killed pop. The good, new music is never going to be broadcast - you have to go dig for it.

68 posted on 08/29/2015 5:43:57 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (Heteropatriarchal Capitalist)
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