SRV: 19 years.

**line6man** · #1 08-27-2009, 04:38 PM

Well guys, today marks 19 years from the day Stevie Ray Vaughn died.

08/27/90

I'm not usually into all that Texas Blues stuff, but SRV was one of my favorite guitarists.

R.I.P.

kesslari · #2 08-27-2009, 04:54 PM

Can't believe it was that long ago. It was a stupid loss of a great talent.
RIP

robd · #3 08-27-2009, 05:35 PM

Spector_Ray · #4 08-27-2009, 09:06 PM

Yes it was and I remember that day well. It was the first time I had ever cried because of a celebrity's death. R.I.P. Stevie.

MJ5150 · #5 08-27-2009, 09:34 PM

Wow, no way. I saw one of his last shows before he died, about a month earlier. I can still remember going to that show like it was yesterday. First time I had ever seen him live. I was completely amazed and speechless.

-Mike

Joe Gress · #6 08-27-2009, 09:37 PM

One musician that I would have loved to see live.

6jase5 · #7 08-28-2009, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Yes it was and I remember that day well. It was the first time I had ever cried because of a celebrity's death. R.I.P. Stevie.

Me too. It was my freshman year at Virginia Tech and I called my older brother (drumtard) who also felt sick to his stomach due to the news. I wrote a song on guitar (swamp blues) that I still play today as one of my favorites when I rock out on geetard. In fact, after reading this it's time to fire up the old jcm800.

**Ukiah Bass** · #8 08-30-2009, 09:07 AM

Let's not forget the steady grooving by Tommy Shannon that held those songs together and gave Stevie a platform to do his thing. An underrated, but great bass player...

aikakone · #9 08-30-2009, 03:09 PM

I remember the day. I was living with my sister. We'd moved because she was finishing her bachelor's degree, having finished her associates. I was in 11th grade. I'd come out of my bedroom, and I heard a news snippet saying that Eric Clapton had not died.

I remember thinking, "Oh, cool. Good for Eric." And then later when the news was broadcast again finding out that Stevie HAD died. It was that sobering, "Oh... my" moment. It was quite a loss, and until we lost him I didn't know how much I enjoyed his music.

Isn't that just the cliche? Don't know what you got till it's gone and all that.

whoatherechunk · #10 08-30-2009, 06:23 PM

5StringBlues · #11 08-31-2009, 04:50 AM

I was living in Richmond Virginia at the time,after being born and raised in Houston.My boss knew I was a big blues fan and that I was really into SRV at the time.He actually called me into his office to tell me and let me go home early that day.

Thanks Sid,wherever you are now.

EricF · #12 08-31-2009, 10:06 AM

A moment in time etched forever into my memory. I was driving to work when I heard the news. I had to pull over and just sit for a while. He is missed.

Phalex · #13 08-31-2009, 10:24 AM

I saw him many, many times.

The last time I saw him was on his fathers birthday after his father had died. He and Jimmy dedicated a tune to their father, and played it on the same guitar. Jimmy was kind of hugging Stevie while they shared it. It was extremely cool, and very touching.