The Dallas-born guitar virtuoso Stevie Ray Vaughan showed the world what the electric guitar can do. Part of an elite group of players (along with others like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and maybe a ...

Even though he had been leading his own band, Double Trouble, for a few years, Dallas-born guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan's big break came when he played on David Bowie's hit 1983 album 'Let's Dance.' ...

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Stevie Ray Vaughan always burned the candle at both ends. Then he started in on the middle. A booze-and-coke habit wasn’t unusual among musicians. But the depth of Vaughan’s worried even Muddy Waters, ...