viernes, 17 de enero de 2014

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN


Stephen Stevie Ray Vaughan  fue un guitarrista y cantante que fusionó los géneros de blues y el rock en los años 80. Desarrolló un sonido y estilo, basado en artistas como Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, Freddie King u Otis Rush. La revista Rolling Stone lo cita en el lugar nº12 de los mejores guitarristas de todos los tiempos. También se convirtió en elegible para el Rock and Roll Hall of Fame en 2008. La revista Guitar World lo clasificó como nº 8 en su lista de los 100 guitarristas más grandes.

Stevie Ray Vaughan nació el 3 de octubre de 1954 en el Hospital Metodista de Dallas (Texas). A los siete años tuvo su primera experiencia con una guitarra cuando le regalaron una de juguete. En 1963 compró su primer disco, "Wham" de Lonnie Mack, quien resultaría un importante referente para Vaughan. Lo escuchó tantas veces que su padre lo terminó rompiendo (por envidia, puesto que él era un músico frustrado).

Stevie continuó tocando de manera semi-amateur hasta 1969, donde entró a la escena del blues en Austin, Texas. En un amor de verano de 1970 formó su primera banda a largo plazo, los Blackbirds, con Stevie y Kim Davis en las guitarras, Christian dePlicque en la voz, Roddy Colonna & John Huff en la percusión, Noel Deis en los teclados y David Frame en el bajo. A finales de 1971 dejó la secundaria y se mudó a Austin con su banda, estableciendo su base en un club llamado "Hills Country Club". El único hecho merecedor de ser destacado en los próximos años es que en 1974 Stevie obtiene su destruida Stratocaster, la "Number One" que no dejaría por el resto de su carrera. Hasta 1977 participó en bandas como "The Nightcrawlers", "Paul Ray & The Cobras" (con la que ganó el premio a la banda del año en marzo de 1977) y "Triple Threat Revue". Seguir leyendo........ 




Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer. Often referred to by his initials SRV. Vaughan revived blues rock and paved the way for many other artists. Vaughan was a founding member and leader of Double Trouble. With drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon, Vaughan ignited the blues revival of the 1980s. In a career spanning seven years, Vaughan and Double Trouble consistently sold out concerts while their albums frequently went gold.

Vaughan was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, and briefly lived in Graham, Texas. The younger brother of Jimmie Vaughan, Stevie started playing guitar at the age of seven and soon after formed several bands that occasionally performed in local nightclubs. At age 17, he dropped out of high school and moved to Austin to pursue a career in music, joining groups such as Krackerjack, the Nightcrawlers, and the Cobras. In 1977, he formed Triple Threat Revue, a band that regularly performed around Austin and eventually evolved into Double Trouble. In 1982, Vaughan and Double Trouble performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, catching the attention of musicians David Bowie and Jackson Browne. Bowie asked Vaughan to play on his upcoming studio album Let's Dance and Browne offered the band free use of his personal studio in Los Angeles to record an album.

In March 1983, veteran record producer John Hammond Sr. of Epic Records signed Vaughan and Double Trouble and released their debut album, Texas Flood in June of that year. While successfully touring, the group released the albums, Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) and Soul to Soul (1985), the latter of which featured keyboardist Reese Wynans. Although his career had progressed successfully, Vaughan checked into a rehabilitation hospital in Atlanta, Georgia to give up a cocaine and alcohol addiction and returned to touring with the band. In June 1989, they released In Step, which earned them a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Performance. On August 27, 1990, Vaughan died in a helicopter crash following a performance in East Troy, Wisconsin. Read more.....



Recorded live at The Spectrun, Montreal, on August 17, 1984

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