An ice-cool Texan with a Fender Stratocaster and a black cowboy hat, Stevie Ray Vaughan was one of the most influential musicians of the 80s. With his band Double Trouble, he spearheaded a blues ...

Today is the 30 th anniversary of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s tragic death in a helicopter crash outside Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin. The crash occurred the morning of August 27, 1990 ...

Dallas marks Stevie Ray Vaughan's birthday, celebrating the Oak Cliff blues-rock icon's rise from guitar prodigy to Hall of ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Aug. 27, 2025, marks 35 years since Dallas-born but Austin-claimed blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash. The 1990 incident occurred shortly after a concert at ...

LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP — Stevie Ray Vaughan, considered one of music's most influential guitarists, died 20 years ago today in a helicopter crash after performing at Alpine Valley Music Theatre. The show ...

Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the death of blues guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, who was killed in a helicopter crash after performing a legendary show with Eric Clapton and Robert Cray at ...

On this day (August 27) in 1990, the music world lost the masterful blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. Vaughan, who was 35, was killed in a helicopter crash after jamming with Eric Clapton and his ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Stevie Ray Vaughan was among the most successful and revered blues guitarists in history when he died in a helicopter crash on his way to Chicago on August 27, 1990. "You don't find ...

EAST TROY (WITI) — The Wisconsin music venue tucked away in the rolling hills of Walworth County that has hosted such musical greats as the Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam and the Grateful Dead is for sale.

Ten years and three months after his death, Stevie Ray Vaughan releases yet another disc--three, actually, plus a bonus DVD of unreleased Austin City Limits performances, as this long-awaited boxed ...

Thirty-five years ago, Eric Clapton lost dear friend Stevie Ray Vaughan when the Texas blues legend's helicopter smashed into a Wisconsin hillside after the pals played a concert on August 27, 1990.

I saw an article that on Aug. 15, 1983, rock legend Stevie Ray Vaughan played at a place named Rosa’s Pizza Parlor. I’m a 52-year native and I do not recall any such place. A couple of people I’ve ...