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“I don’t know what key you’re in, but I’ll find you.” – Albert king to Stevie Ray Vaughan

“Stevie [Ray Vaughan] was very kind, soft-spoken, personable – truly a sweet, gentle person that would give you the shirt off his back and do anything for people he liked.” – Jimmie Vaughan on his brother

“So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.” – Stevie Ray Vaughan

“I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.” – B.B. King

“Stevie [Ray Vaughan] was one of the best guitar players to ever come along” – B.B. King, to Guitar World Magazine

“I just sprayed Albert King all over the f***er” – Stevie Ray Vaughan, on playing guitar for David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’

Stevie Ray Vaughan didn’t know how to read music.

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s 1984 album COULDN’T STAND THE WEATHER went platinum when it sold 1,000,000 copies in just five weeks.

Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded his landmark album TEXAS FLOOD in three days at Jackson Browne’s personal recording studio in Los Angeles.

Stevie Ray Vaughan wrote six of the ten tracks on his landmark album TEXAS FLOOD. Three of the other four were blues covers, one was an Isley Brothers cover.

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s famous “Hamiltone” guitar was given as a gift from ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons on April 29, 1984.

The 1983 Stevie Ray Vaughan song “Love Struck Baby” was about the night the blues guitarist moved in with his then-wife Lenny.

None of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s albums went platinum in his lifetime, but five did after his death.

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s last television appearance was on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show on July 6th, 1990.

When blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan quipped on live TV to Albert King that the elder bluesman taught him everything he knows, King shot back with the unforgettable one-liner, “I taught you everything YOU know!”

Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan was born October 3, 1954 in Dallas, Texas.

Stevie Ray Vaughan began playing guitar at age 7, inspired by his brother Jimmie Vaughan.

Stevie Ray Vaughan and B.B. King played together at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in April, 1988.

In the mid 1970s, when he was largely unknown, Stevie Ray Vaughan was invited to jam in Dallas with ZZ Top on their cover of the Nightcaps’ song “Thunderbird”.

David Bowie’s bestselling smash hit 1983 album LET’S DANCE featured a then-unknown texas guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Stevie Ray Vaughan was born October 3rd, 1954 in Dallas, Texas.

Stevie Ray Vaughan formed his power trio band Double Trouble in 1978.

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s band Double Trouble was named after the 1959 Otis Rush song.

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s band Double Trouble was Chris Layton on drums & Tommy Shannon on bass.

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s famous guitar “Yellow” was stolen in 1985 in New York. It was recovered and hangs at the Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas.

There is a statue of blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan in Austin, Texas.

Stevie Ray Vaughan was the guitarist on David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” album.

Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan played together on live television in 1983, the footage was later released by Stax Records.

Blues guitarist Albert King used to let this ‘skinny kid “little Stevie”‘ sit in with him in Texas, who grew up to be Stevie Ray Vaughan.