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In the early morning of Monday, August 27, 1990, American musician Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash near East Troy, Wisconsin, at age 35. [1] He was one of the most influential blues guitarists of the 1980s, described by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as "the second coming of the blues".
Stephen Ray Vaughan (also known as SRV; October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble.
Vaughan left the band in 1990, and made his only "duo album", Family Style, with his younger brother, Stevie Ray Vaughan. [3] Before the album's release, Stevie Ray died in a helicopter crash along with three members of Eric Clapton's entourage in East Troy, Wisconsin, on August 27, 1990. The album was released a month after the accident.
Stevie Ray Vaughan spent the 1980s playing blues licks cribbed from Albert King, and while no honest person would say he was a bad musician, the glowing accolades he received suggest that he was a ...
August 27 – A Bell 206B Jet Ranger helicopter crashed into a hillside in low visibility soon after takeoff near East Troy, Wisconsin, United States, killing influential American blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and four others.
Wynans joined Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble in 1985, playing keyboards on Soul to Soul and In Step. Wynans performed with the group until Vaughan's death in 1990. After Vaughan's death, Wynans joined the touring bands of Joe Ely and Lee Roy Parnell.
Days after releasing ‘Innervisions’, Stevie Wonder narrowly escaped death. On the 50th anniversary of the car crash that nearly took the musician’s life, Martin Chilton chronicles that ...
It was at Alpine Valley in 1990 that guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and four others were killed in a helicopter crash on the side of the ski hill. It happened following a Sunday night performance with his band Double Trouble, a concert which included Eric Clapton and Robert Cray.