AUSTIN, Texas — Stevie Ray Vaughan would have turned 71 years old on Friday, Oct. 3, had his life not been cut short in a helicopter crash in 1990. Vaughan grew up in Dallas at a time when – like many ...

SALISBURY — Catawba College recently announced October events for the college’s speaker and artist series. According to a release from the college, the series is “designed to showcase nationally ...

Say you wake up to find yourself in an early-1970s Pontiac GTO convertible, driving down an empty, boundless highway toward wherever your favorite band is playing: you have now entered the world of ...

There’s a reason more than one person claimed Stevie Ray Vaughan reduced the stage to a pile of smoking cinders—his guitar didn’t just sing, it blazed. Too bad the same heat that fueled his music also ...

I can still remember Aug. 27, 1990, like it was seared into the memory cells of my brain. I was a college student, on my way to class, and on the radio the DJ had played a succession of songs by ...

August 27, 1990 was “The Day the Music Died” in Austin. Thirty-five years ago, 35-year-old Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter that crashed into the side of a Wisconsin ski slope shortly after ...

We’re talking cobra blue basses with just the right amount of rumble. Purple pedals that help your amp produce silk sonics (no, not the Bruno Mars version). And tie-dye red-and-white straps that ...

The Fender Player II Series is a popular line of guitars and basses from the iconic instrument maker. Now, the company has announced an addition to the Series, the Player II Modified Series. Featuring ...

[ Cheers and applause ] -Evening, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to to El Mocambo. Boogie time tonight, please welcome from Austin, Texas, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. [ "Testify" plays ...

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s meteoric rise and enduring legacy have been chronicled in numerous books and films. However, "Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues" offers a more intimate look at the ...