Stevie Ray Vaughan

  • “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” is a song recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1968 that appears as the final track on the Electric Ladyland album released that year. It contains improvised guitar and a vocal from Jimi Hendrix, backed by Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums. The song is one of

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  • Stevie Ray Vaughan, one of the most influential guitarists in the history of blues and rock music, died tragically on August 27, 1990, in a helicopter crash. His untimely death at the age of 35 not only ended a promising career but also marked a significant loss to the music world. Vaughan’s death was not

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  • My Afterlife Rock Band

    The day I die .There is no tunnel of light, no judgment. Just the thud of my soul dropping into a smoky backstage lounge that reeked of leather, stale whiskey, and guitar strings. A man in mirrored sunglasses and bat wings turned around and grinned.“Welcome to the Afterlife, mate,” said Ozzy Osbourne. Beside him, two

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  • Voodoo Chile @57

    On this day in music, May 3, 1968, The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded “Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” a track that would become one of Hendrix’s most iconic songs. Featured as the final track on the group’s third and final album, Electric Ladyland, the song was released as a single in the UK shortly after Hendrix’s

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  • A black day for the blues

    There are just a few days in music history that are forever carved in my mind. August 16,1977 -the day Elvis died, February 6, 2011-the day that Gary Moore died. January 15,2018-marked by the death of Dolores O’Riordan and October 6,2020 -the day we lost Eddie van Halen. The music of all those musicians touched

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  • Stevie Ray Vaughan

    I don’t think that anyone will dispute that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of the best guitarist that ever lived. It is hard to believe he died 31 years ago. I can still vividly remember that August 27 ,1990. I had just finished an evening shift 15:00 to 23:00 pm, and decided to go for

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  • Lucky Escapes

    Sometimes something which looks very unfortunate and frustrating can actually be a blessing in disguise. On 21 December 1988 Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, had a meeting which not go as scheduled. Holly Johnson and his manager were scheduled to arrive in New York for final negotiations about his break with Frankie Goes

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  • Guitar Music

    A slight diversion from my heavy historical posts (which are still very important) I thought it to be nice to lighten the load a bit with some nice guitar music, Just a random choice of great guitarists from across the globe Harry Sacksioni – Thee Bij Tante Josephine Yngwie Malmsteen trilogy suite op 5 Hans

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  • Have one great musician come up with a cool tune is one thing, but have another great musician enhancing that tune is just something else. I don’t think there is any one on this planet who doesn’t know Michael Jackson’s classic album ‘Thriller”. The 3rd single from that album was ‘Beat It’  it includes one

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  • SRV-The death of a Legend.

    I am very careful when it comes to calling someone a hero, for so many who are considered a hero , often aren’t. However in this case I can say that SRV-Stevie Ray Vaughan was one of my heroes. The man who made playing guitar look cool again. On August 26, 1990, Vaughan performed two

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