SRV

Mid week and it's time to go with some blues and with a guitar legend taken away from us way to early. Stevie Ray Vaughan was one of the premier blues guitarist in the 80's and is credited with bringing the Blues to a whole new generation. In 82 SRV played the Montreux Jazz Festival and was nearly booed of the stage, but not before catching the eyes of David Bowie and Jackson Browne. Browne later offered up free use of his personal studio to record an album. In 83 SRV along with his band Double Trouble released 'Texas Flood'.  After a successful tour, the band released several more critical acclaimed albums. In 89 SRV checked into rehab for an ongoing coke addiction. Clean again he recorded an album with his brother Jimmie before tragedy struck. On August 27th 1990 a day after playing a Blues festival with the likes of Clapton, Cray, and Buddy Guy, SRV boarded a helicopter bound for Chicago. Shortly after takeoff the helicopter crashed killing SRV. Despite his untimely death SRV influenced a new generation of blues guitarists like Kenny Wayne Shepherd. John Mayer, and Johnny Lang. 'Texas Flood' remains one of the best blues rock albums ever. It's fitting that this deluxe edition should be shared.

SRV was truly one in a million. There was and will never be another one like him. His music, even at his worst was so full of passion and soul it's hard not to get lost in the moment. The way he put everything into his music was just something you didn't see a lot of people doing in the 80's or even today. Blues guitarist may not be all the rage or even be somewhat mainstream, but they all have the heart and soul in the music that makes them worth listening to.

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