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Double Trouble drummer Chris Layton is heading back on the road next year as part of the Experience Hendrix 2012 Tribute Tour. This year's tour also will include performances by Buddy Guy, Dweezil Zappa, Billy Cox, Robby Kreiger, Robert Randolph, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, David Hidalgo & Cesar Rosas, Keb' Mo, Eric Johnson, Brad Whitford, Living Colour, The Slide Brothers and other special guests. Read more at JimiHendrix.com.
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TechnoratiU.K. newspaper The Guardian has featured Stevie Ray Vaughan's performance of "Little Wing." Here is an excerpt:
Stevie Ray Vaughan is included in Rolling Stone's new list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time. Here is an excerpt:
Doyle Bramhall, a Stevie Ray Vaughan collaborator who helped write some of the most recognizable blues songs of the '80s including The House is Rockin', died this weekend at his home in Alpine. He was 62.
Thursday night at the Texas Theater, Jimmie Vaughan received a warm welcome from loyal fans at a homecoming concert where he received a proclamation from Dallas city councilwoman Delia Jasso, declaring November 10 Jimmie Vaughan Day.
Jimmie Vaughan split from the South Dallas neighborhood of Oak Cliff to Austin nearly as soon as he was able to drive, and his little brother, Stevie Ray Vaughan, soon followed. Now their old stomping grounds, which is enjoying a renaissance, wants them back.
October 4, 1984: Stevie Ray Vaughan played a sold out benefit concert with Double Trouble at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The proceeds went on to support the T.J. Martell Foundation.
Stevie Ray Vaughan would have been 57 years old today, October 3rd. In honor of his birthday, PopMarket.com is offering the SRV collection for the exclusive price of $29.99, today only while supplies last.
This box-set collection from the Blues/Rock guitar legend covers the years 1977 to 1990 and features:
- 3 CDs / 1 DVD
- 54 tracks, 36 previously unreleased
- A wealth of live performances from every stage of his career
- Deluxe 72-page booklet
- Bonus DVD with unaired/unissued performances
Compiled from studio sessions, live shows, and rare radio and TV broadcasts, this 3-CD/1-DVD deluxe box set chronicles Vaughan's work from his early days with Paul Ray And The Cobras to the legendary shows from the last month of his life.
The Dallas Morning News reports that Jimmie Vaughan will sit down and talk, and also perform in "The Soul of Oak Cliff" series at the Texas Theatre on November 10th. Before the show, organizers said Jimmie will discuss growing up in Oak Cliff and its influence on him and his brother Stevie Ray Vaughan. "He will talk at length about Stevie and the day he died," said Kirby Warnock, an Oak Cliff resident and organizer of the event. "It will all be new, and very real." Six-hundred tickets will be sold for the event, including 95 VIP seats that will include time with Jimmie after the show.
Saturday August 27th marks 21 years since the world lost Stevie Ray Vaughan. In an article published by The Associated Press, his brother Jimmie Vaughan said one of the hard parts of handling the loss was meeting fans who wanted to express their condolences, and Jimmie was not ready to talk about it. But he's better about talking about Stevie Ray now. Read more at WTHR.com.
