Episode #273 | 5.12.26
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Fiery Blues and Fateful Choices
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By the time he was 27 years old, Stevie Ray Vaughan was the hottest guitar player in Texas. But outside of the Lone Star State, he was practically unknown, with no real audience and no record deal. But all that would change when Stevie Ray Vaughan reached a crossroads and was presented with a fateful choice: be a star in someone else’s universe, or become a guitar god on his own.
Sources
The guitarist who almost killed Eric Clapton’s career: “I would have taken a runner” (Far Out)
Montreux: Success In Disguise (YouTube)
Jimi Hendrix Gibson Guitars (Jimihendrix.no)
Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, Robert Cray-Sweet Home Chicago-1990 (YouTube)
Eric Clapton’s Salvation Road (Vanity Fair)
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s final performance will give you goosebumps (Far Out)
Revealed: The Truth Acout What Really Killed Stevie Ray Vaughan (D)
Credits
Hosted by Jake Brennan.
Written by Patrick Coman.
Copy edited by James Sullivan.
Mixed by Colin Fleming.
Produced in partnership with the Exactly Right Network and iHeartPodcasts.
DISGRACELAND theme song, “Crenshaw Space Boogie,” written and produced by Jake Brennan. Performed by Jake Brennan, Bryce Kanzer, Jay Cannava, and Evan Kenney. Mixed and engineered by Adam Taylor.
*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak