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Remembering Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Mick JaggerAugust 27: Today we look back upon one of the saddest days in over a century of Sony Music history. It was twenty years ago today that a helicopter crash took the life of Stevie Ray Vaughan: he was but thirty-five years old.

Vaughan Reissue Marks A Tragic Anniversary

Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the helicopter crash that claimed the life of blues guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan. Vaughan had just finished a transcendent show before 30,000 fans at Alpine Valley Music Theater. To commemorate the anniversary of his passing, Sony's Legacy Recordings, has reissued his platinum-selling 1984 sophomore CD "Couldn't Stand the Weather."

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InTheStudio pays Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan

North American syndicated radio show InTheStudio pays tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan on the 20th Anniversary of his untimely death. Show producer and host Redbeard talks with Double Trouble band mates Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon as well as Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Steve Miller, plus his first interview with Stevie in 1984. SRV Essentials Part I & II will broadcast this week & next respectively. To stream ONLINE visit, www.inthestudio.net.

CD Review: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "Couldn't Stand the Weather: Legacy Edition"

When people argue who's the best blues-rock guitarist ever to come out of Texas, the names Johnny Winter, Billy Gibbons, Albert Collins, Freddie King and Jimmie Vaughan usually come up, but Jimmie's little brother Stevie Ray seems to win the vote a lot more often than most.

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Tommy Shannon Talks About Guitar Legend Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Sound, Style and Spirit

Bass legend Tommy Shannon has been playing professionally since he joined his first group, the Avengers, at age 13. That means this towering deep-toned fixture of the Austin, TX, music scene has 51 years of road and studio work under his belt. But he’s best known for his playing during one particular decade, the 1980s, when he was part of Steve Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble.

Double Trouble's Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon recall Couldn't Stand The Weather Sessions

From Music Radar

Blues Week rolls on at MusicRadar. In addition to all of our amazing contentwhich you can find right here, we now bring you an in-depth discussion with two of the people who knew the late Stevie Ray Vaughan better than anybody, his blues brothers Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon, the rhythm section that was Double Trouble.

When Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble entered New York City's Power Station studios in January 1984 to record their second album, Couldn't Stand The Weather, they knew the pressure was on.

Tommy Shannon talks about SRV and "Couldn't Stand The Weather (Legacy Edition)"

From the Houston Chronicle

As band mates and best friends, Tommy Shannon and Stevie Ray Vaughan went on the road, roomed together and kicked drugs together, all while reinventing Texas blues as two-thirds of the group Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble.

Nearly 20 years after Vaughan's death in a helicopter crash on Aug. 27, 1990, he is being celebrated with today's release of the band's remastered and expanded second album, Couldn't Stand the Weather: Legacy Edition (Epic/Legacy).

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