SRV Appreciation Thread
32 years ago today the music died. After closing out a concert by jamming with Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray and his brother Jimmie Vaughan, Stevie Ray Vaughan died when the helicopter he was traveling to Chicago in crashed into a ski hill in Wisconsin. Jimmie and his wife Connie were set to be on the same chopper until at the last minute they were told there was only one seat. Jimmie and Connie decided to ride the bus and asked Stevie to join them. According to Jimmie when asked Stevie replied, “I gotta get back to Texas”. He eventually did but sadly not on the Southwest Airlines flight he had booked.
When Jimmie and Connie got to Chicago they were told choppers 1, 2 and 4 had made it but #3 was unaccounted for. When the sun rose in Wisconsin that morning the wreckage was found and Jimmie identified his brother’s body.
First time I saw SRV I was a 13 year old kid who had no business being in a night club, but my uncle took me anyway and I was mesmerized from the second I saw him. I saw him his last performance in Houston with Joe Cocker which was a little over 2 months prior to his death. And 20+ times in between. RIP SRV
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When Jimmie and Connie got to Chicago they were told choppers 1, 2 and 4 had made it but #3 was unaccounted for. When the sun rose in Wisconsin that morning the wreckage was found and Jimmie identified his brother’s body.
First time I saw SRV I was a 13 year old kid who had no business being in a night club, but my uncle took me anyway and I was mesmerized from the second I saw him. I saw him his last performance in Houston with Joe Cocker which was a little over 2 months prior to his death. And 20+ times in between. RIP SRV
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