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"Ma, I'm real sick. I need help. I got to come home": The trauma and triumph of Stevie Ray Vaughan

After almost dying at a London show, Stevie Ray Vaughan was given two weeks to live - it was the wake-up call he needed

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“Everything in Double Trouble was a spontaneous thing – there was no plan”: How bassist Tommy Shannon stumbled onto the funky foundation for one of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s biggest radio hits

What started with a rehearsal room groove ended up an SRV classic. We dissect the anatomy of bassline that walks the line (you might even call it a Tightrope) between blues, rock and funk

Guitar World

“The volume was painful. The loudness came from Stevie, who had a Frankenstein wall of amps”: Marked by substance abuse, new members, and studio snags – Stevie Ray Vaughan's Soul to Soul was a classic that signaled trouble to come

Chris Layton, Reese Wynans, Tommy Shannon, and Joe Sublett recall the difficult birth of the 1985 classic of Texas blues, as cocaine, whiskey, and fatigue took their toll

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Stevie Ray Vaughan, Simple Minds, Megadeth, the Cult and the class of 1985 – only in the new Guitar World

Also starring Jimmie Vaughan, GA-20, Kiki Wong, Dead Kennedys, the Smithereens' Jim Babjak, Cracker's Johnny Hickman, King Diamond, Third Man Hardware, Sue Foley's new GW column, Money for Nothing and more

Guitar World

“I played House of the Rising Sun in my fifth-grade talent show. Afterward Stevie Ray Vaughan walked up and said, ‘I play guitar, too’ and our friendship began”: Meet Rocky Athas, the guitarist who went to school with SRV and inspired Brian May to tap

The Texan player recalls how Queen witnessed his trick-filled live show, jamming with Double Trouble and filling Clapton’s shoes in John Mayall’s band

Guitar World

Told to get clean or he had two weeks to live, guitar great Stevie Ray Vaughan did, and recorded his greatest album

How Stevie Ray Vaughan put blues music back in business

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What happened the night Stevie Ray Vaughan died - by those who were there

On August 27, 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan played the gig of his life. Just hours later he was killed when his helicopter crashed in thick fog. This is the inside story of that tragic day

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