Music
Texas blues-rock guitar hero Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band Double Trouble are the runaway fan favorites for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2015, according to just-concluded balloting at the hall’s website.
Dec. 10, 2014
BLUES FOR STEVIE: Eric Clapton, B.B.
May 21, 1995
Goodby Stevie: More than 2,000 musicians and fans stood in blazing Dallas heat Friday to pay last respects to Dallas-born, blues-rock guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, killed Aug. 27 in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin.
Sept. 3, 1990
Archives
Vaughan Charity: More than $26,000 has been donated to the Stevie Ray Vaughan Charitable Fund with Bruce Springsteen chipping in $10,000.
Sept. 20, 1990
Lou Reed, Green Day, Ringo Starr, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Joan Jett will be welcomed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the 2015 class of inductees along with influential blues bandleader Paul Butterfield, R&B singer-songwriter Bill Withers and, for the annual early influence inductee, doo-wop group the “5” Royales.
Dec. 15, 2014
Grammy-winning blues-rock guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed early Monday in a Wisconsin helicopter crash whose circumstances offered an eerie parallel to rock’s most famous air tragedy--the 1959 crash involving Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P.
Aug. 28, 1990
Obituaries
Doyle Bramhall, bluesman who collaborated with Stevie Ray Vaughan, dies at 62; Winston C. Doby, UCLA exec who helped the educationally disadvantaged, dies at 71; Bruno Rubeo, Oscar-nominated art director, dies at 65; Cargill MacMillan Jr., agribusiness heir and philanthropist, dies at 84
Nov. 16, 2011
The four years since his last tour have been trying ones for Jimmie Vaughan.
July 30, 1994
Stevie Ray Vaughan has become the party animals’ guitar hero of choice, and his concert at the Greek Theatre on Saturday resembled a beer bust more than a concert--talk about a loud crowd!
Aug. 28, 1989
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