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Wow, Its hard to believe that it's already been 20 years since Stevie Ray Vaughn was killed in a helicopter crash. He's still one of my favorite guitarists and his music is as fresh today as it was 20 years ago.

A writer for Straight.com, based in Vancouver, Canada, said that Vaughn had told him this in their last interview - also in 1990:

"You never can tell what kinda turns a gig's gonna take, but I try to play the best that I possibly can every night. And besides, I would hate to get caught playing my last gig not trying, you know what I mean? If it was the last one it sure would be a drag if I didn't try."

RIP Stevie we miss you.

I DO miss his music - one of the greats! I still listen to it frequently. I think his heliicopter crashed over southern WI after a concert in East Troy, in your neck of the woods, right?

He was one of the best.I still miss him


RIP
Stevie

Such a badass... what could have been.

Not even a huge blues fan (though I like it), and he is/was just unbelievable

Stevie transcended genre...

Just read this and in his honour i am now blasting out "If the House is a Rockin". A true legend.

WalkInMyShoes wrote:I DO miss his music - one of the greats! I still listen to it frequently. I think his heliicopter crashed over southern WI after a concert in East Troy, in your neck of the woods, right?

That's right. I live in Eagle, it's about 10 miles from Alpine Valley.

Recorded off the soundboard at Stevie's last concert. Alpine Valley WI, 8/26/1990

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu8EOAbZ ... re=related

This is the story of Stevie's passing done by VH1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjVXuxz6 ... re=related

That guy was a legend, on guitar and vocals, he had so much energy, one can only imagine what else he could contribute,kinda like Eric Clapton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s9M-52fRGU

stevew2 wrote:That guy was a legend, on guitar and vocals, he had so much energy, one can only imagine what else he could contribute,kinda like Eric Clapton

+1 I think many people don't appreciate just what a great blues singer SRV was because his guitar playing was so amazing. Not to take anything away from Clapton, but I prefer SRV. His style of playing is much more visceral. It hits you right in the gut! I don't get that same feeling when I listen to Clapton except for maybe Layla, and Duane Allman had a lot to do with that song as well.

Peartree12249 wrote:

stevew2 wrote:That guy was a legend, on guitar and vocals, he had so much energy, one can only imagine what else he could contribute,kinda like Eric Clapton

+1 I think many people don't appreciate just what a great blues singer SRV was because his guitar playing was so amazing. Not to take anything away from Clapton, but I prefer SRV. His style of playing is much more visceral. It hits you right in the gut! I don't get that same feeling when I listen to Clapton except for maybe Layla, and Duane Allman had a lot to do with that song as well.

Clapton can hit you like that, SRV just kept comin at you a lot more often than Clapton does.

Ehwmatt wrote:

Peartree12249 wrote:

stevew2 wrote:That guy was a legend, on guitar and vocals, he had so much energy, one can only imagine what else he could contribute,kinda like Eric Clapton

+1 I think many people don't appreciate just what a great blues singer SRV was because his guitar playing was so amazing. Not to take anything away from Clapton, but I prefer SRV. His style of playing is much more visceral. It hits you right in the gut! I don't get that same feeling when I listen to Clapton except for maybe Layla, and Duane Allman had a lot to do with that song as well.

Clapton can hit you like that, SRV just kept comin at you a lot more often than Clapton does.

Yep. Vaughan grew up in Oak Cliff, a really tough area. His blues are from realities of his life. Any demographic of crime ridden cities usually lists Dallas in the top 5 or 10. Oak Cliff and the Fair Park area are the primary contributors to that.

One of the greatest guitar players of all time. IMO, the greatest musical loss of my generation. At least his music lives on. There will never be another SRV.

SF-Dano wrote:One of the greatest guitar players of all time. IMO, the greatest musical loss of my generation. At least his music lives on. There will never be another SRV.

Although he was really the generation before me (I was a child of the 90s), he would have been the loss of my generation as well if it had happened 5-7 years later. It's a shame that some piece of shit like Cobain is my generation's big musical loss.

Ehwmatt wrote:

SF-Dano wrote:One of the greatest guitar players of all time. IMO, the greatest musical loss of my generation. At least his music lives on. There will never be another SRV.

Although he was really the generation before me (I was a child of the 90s), he would have been the loss of my generation as well if it had happened 5-7 years later. It's a shame that some piece of shit like Cobain is my generation's big musical loss.

I'm a child of the 60-70's. Unfortunately, we left a trail of musical death and destruction in our wake. Some notables include: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Elvis, Duane Allman, Marc Bolan, Sam Cooke, Jim Croce, Bobby Darin, Nick Drake, Mama Cass, Gram Parsons, Otis Redding, Ronnie Van Zandt, Syd Vicious, & Brian Jones: shock:

Ehwmatt wrote:It's a shame that some piece of shit like Cobain is my generation's big musical loss.

That IS a shame. I think I was a senior in high school when that happened.... and I remember all the 'grunge' kids were so upset ... now, its sad and tragic when people die, don't get me wrong.... but this guy - come on, he did it to himself. Took himself and that awful music way too seriously and copped out, leaving a BABY behind. Wtf. No respect for that.

Peartree12249 wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:

SF-Dano wrote:One of the greatest guitar players of all time. IMO, the greatest musical loss of my generation. At least his music lives on. There will never be another SRV.

Although he was really the generation before me (I was a child of the 90s), he would have been the loss of my generation as well if it had happened 5-7 years later. It's a shame that some piece of shit like Cobain is my generation's big musical loss.

I'm a child of the 60-70's. Unfortunately, we left a trail of musical death and destruction in our wake. Some notables include: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Elvis, Duane Allman, Marc Bolan, Sam Cooke, Jim Croce, Bobby Darin, Nick Drake, Mama Cass, Gram Parsons, Otis Redding, Ronnie Van Zandt, Syd Vicious, & Brian Jones: shock:

Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison & Janis Joplin all died within 10 months of each other. And they were all 27 years old.

Peartree12249 wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:

SF-Dano wrote:One of the greatest guitar players of all time. IMO, the greatest musical loss of my generation. At least his music lives on. There will never be another SRV.

Although he was really the generation before me (I was a child of the 90s), he would have been the loss of my generation as well if it had happened 5-7 years later. It's a shame that some piece of shit like Cobain is my generation's big musical loss.

I'm a child of the 60-70's. Unfortunately, we left a trail of musical death and destruction in our wake. Some notables include: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Elvis, Duane Allman, Marc Bolan, Sam Cooke, Jim Croce, Bobby Darin, Nick Drake, Mama Cass, Gram Parsons, Otis Redding, Ronnie Van Zandt, Syd Vicious, & Brian Jones: shock:

Random trivia: Keith Moon and Mama Cass both died at roughly the same age, and in the same apartment, 4 years apart.

Random weirdness that I just realized: They were both younger than I am now when they went. Moon was 31. Cass was 32.

KenTheDude wrote:

Peartree12249 wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:

SF-Dano wrote:One of the greatest guitar players of all time. IMO, the greatest musical loss of my generation. At least his music lives on. There will never be another SRV.

Although he was really the generation before me (I was a child of the 90s), he would have been the loss of my generation as well if it had happened 5-7 years later. It's a shame that some piece of shit like Cobain is my generation's big musical loss.

I'm a child of the 60-70's. Unfortunately, we left a trail of musical death and destruction in our wake. Some notables include: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Elvis, Duane Allman, Marc Bolan, Sam Cooke, Jim Croce, Bobby Darin, Nick Drake, Mama Cass, Gram Parsons, Otis Redding, Ronnie Van Zandt, Syd Vicious, & Brian Jones: shock:

Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison & Janis Joplin all died within 10 months of each other. And they were all 27 years old.

The difference being that all those folks died of their own accord, thank to their lifestyle (most likely). Fortunately SRV had a chance to get sober and contribute something to society as a crusader against what almost killed him.

In fairness, many people on my list died of natural causes, auto accidents, aircraft crashes etc. But a vast majority killed themselves through abuse drugs and alcohol.

It is a shame that SRV finally got clean was enjoying his life and at the top of his craft as a musician and then it all was taken away, but as friend in recovery once said "If I die tomorrow I don't want people to say too bad he got sober and died, they should say thank God he died sober."

Thank God for Stevie Ray Vaughan. He left a huge legacy of wonderful music and for that I'm very grateful.