Music
More proof the blues are far from extinct: Sunday’s “Blues Music Festival ‘95” at the Greek Theatre, where generations of players gathered for a five-hour concert headlined by guitarists B.B.
Aug. 8, 1995
All five of the albums that the late Stevie Ray Vaughan made with his band Double Trouble are available in compact disc, but the CD package that will probably be in most demand among fans of the blues-rock guitarist in the coming months won’t be in stores until Sept. 25.
Aug. 31, 1990
Pop music: Guitarist Jimmie Vaughan speaks and plays with a passionate, introspective edge. He looks for the ‘connection between all of us.’
Aug. 7, 1998
Jimmie Vaughan paused in the middle of a sentence and stared blankly past the cigarette in his right hand, his mind obviously elsewhere.
Jan. 31, 1991
BLUES FOR STEVIE: Eric Clapton, B.B.
May 21, 1995
Whoever the mechanic was who did the overhaul on the Fabulous Thunderbirds, you and I ought to get his number.
Aug. 24, 1990
A helicopter carrying Grammy-winning blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, three members of rock legend Eric Clapton’s entourage and a pilot slammed into a hill in dense fog early today, killing all aboard, authorities said.
Aug. 27, 1990
The four years since his last tour have been trying ones for Jimmie Vaughan.
July 30, 1994
TEXAS FLOOD: Recordings of 1978 performances by the late Stevie Ray Vaughan have been found and may be released before the end of the year.
Feb. 7, 1993
For all the talk one hears about music being the universal language, folks rarely get around to mentioning what’s actually being said with it.
July 27, 1994