Stevie Ray Vaughan

A direct replica of Stevie Ray Vaughan's primary guitar. He is probably best known today as the performer of the theme song for Monday Night Football, based on All My Rowdy Friends, and also for recording the "unofficial theme song of Operation Desert Storm", Don't Give Us A Reason, whose most well-remembered lyrics were, "Hey Ol' Saddam you figured wrong, when you thought the whole world would back down/You can take your poison gas and stick it up your sassafras.". In 2004, Fender releases the Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute Model "Number One" Stratocaster Guitar (http://www.fender.com/misc/winternamm2004/srv_tribute/index.html). By the end of the decade, however, the hits had dried up, with his last major success being There's a Tear in My Beer, a duet with his father created using electronic dubbing techniques. In 1994, the Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial Statue was erected at Auditorium Shores on Town Lake in Austin, Texas. He didn't reach the charts again until the late 1970s, with I Fought the Law (Bobby Fuller), Family Tradition and Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound. During the 1980s, Williams became a country music superstar known for catchy anthems and hard-edged rock-influenced country. As of 2004, this model is still in production. Upon his recovery (which took two years), Williams worked with Waylon Jennings on The New South.

In 1992, Fender released the Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Stratocaster, designed along with Stevie before his death. In 1975, he was severely injured in a mountain-climbing accident in Montana. In 1991, Texas governor Ann Richards proclaimed October 3, Vaughan's birthday, to be "Stevie Ray Vaughan Day.". Moving to Alabama, Williams began playing with Southern rock musicians like Toy Caldwell, Marshall Tucker Band and Charlie Daniels. Stevie Ray Vaughan is interred in the Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas. While recording a series of hit songs, Williams began abusing drugs including alcohol and eventually tried to commit suicide in 1974. Jimmie Vaughan would later co-write and record a song in tribute to his brother and other late blues guitarists, entitled "Six Strings Down". The song signalled a move to rock and roll and other influences as he stepped from the shadow of his father, and he became best known for hits like Family Tradition and Born to Boogie.

1991's The Sky is Crying was the first of several posthumous Vaughan releases with chart success. After recording the soundtrack to Your Cheatin' Heart, a biography of his father, Williams Jr hit the charts with one of his own compositions, Standing in the Shadows. A duet album, Family Style, with his brother, Jimmie Vaughan (also a noted blues-rock guitarist and former member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds) was released in September 1990 after Stevie's death and was a popular hit. He began performing when eight years old, and in 1963 made his recording debut with Lone Gone Lonesome Blue, a staple of his father's career. Vaughan's comeback was cut tragically short when, in the early morning of August 27, 1990, he was killed when a helicopter he was riding in crashed near East Troy, Wisconsin following a concert at the Alpine Valley music theater where he had appeared earlier in the evening with Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, and Eric Clapton. Born Randall Hank Williams in Shreveport, Louisiana and known by the nickname Bocephus, he was raised by his mother Audrey after his father's death in 1953. Following his return, Vaughan recorded In Step (1989), another critically acclaimed disc that won a Grammy award for Best Contemporary Blues Record. and father of Hank III and Holly Williams.

He checked into rehab in Georgia later that year. Hank Williams, Jr. (born May 26, 1949) is a country singer, son of country music pioneer Hank Williams, Sr. Drug addiction and alcoholism took a toll on Vaughan, and in the mid 1980s, he collapsed, while on tour in 1986. 2003 - I'm One of You. The debut was followed by equally successful followups Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) and Soul to Soul (1985). 2002 - The Almeria Club Recordings. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble's debut album was released in 1983; the critically acclaimed Texas Flood (produced by John Hammond) featured the top-20 hit "Pride and Joy" and sold well in both blues and rock circles. 1999 - Stormy.

Bowie first caught Vaughan at the Montreux Jazz Festival where he was initially booed by many who disliked his hard blues sound. Vaughan is most notably featured on Bowie's album Let's Dance, in the songs "Let's Dance" and "China Girl.". 1996 - AKA Wham Bam Sam. A popular local draw, Vaughan soon attracted attention from David Bowie and Jackson Browne, and he played on albums with both. 1995 - Hog Wild. After playing in a series of bands, Dallas-native Vaughan formed the blues-rock combo Double Trouble with drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon in the late 1970s. 1994 - The Real Deal. His playing style is often compared to that of Jimi Hendrix, though such comparisons often inspire sharp debate among music fans. 1993 - Out of Left Field.

Stevie Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954–August 27, 1990) was an American blues guitar legend, known as one of the most influential electric blues musicians in history. 1991 - Pure Hank. Greatest Hits (1995). 1991 - Maverick. In The Beginning (1992). 1990 - Lone Wolf. The Sky Is Crying (1991). 1988 - Wild Streak.

In Step (1989). 1987 - Born to Boogie. Live Alive! (1986). 1986 - Montana Cafe. Soul to Soul (1985). 1985 - Five-O. Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984). 1984 - Major Moves.

Texas Flood (1983). 1983 - Strong Stuff. 1983 - Man of Steel. 1982 - High Notes. 1981 - The Pressure Is On.

1981 - Rowdy. 1980 - Habits Old and New. 1979 - Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound. 1979 - Family Tradition.

1977 - The New South. 1977 - One Night Stands. and Friends. 1976 - Hank Williams, Jr.

1975 - Bocephus. 1974 - The Last Love Song. 1974 - Living Proof. 1973 - Just Pickin', No Singin'.

1973 - After You/Pride's Not Hard to Swallow. 1972 - Finders Are Keepers. 1972 - 11 Roses. 1970 - Sunday Morning.

3. 1970 - Luke the Drifter, Jr., Vol. 1969 - Songs My Father Left Me. 2.

1969 - Luke the Drifter, Jr., Vol. 1969 - Luke the Drifter, Jr. 1968 - My Songs. 1967 - My Own Way.

1966 - Country Shadows. 1966 - Blues My Name. 1965 - Ballads of the Hills & Plains. 1964 - The Era of Hank Williams.

1963 - Songs of Hank Williams.