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April 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Remembering Stevie Ray Vaughan: October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990

It must have been the school holidays – because I wasn’t at school, I was just sifting about. And I heard the news on the radio: there had been a helicopter crash. Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy and Robert Cray and Jimmie Vaughan were not dead. Stevie Ray Vaughan was dead. I spent the rest […]

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August 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Best Guitarist in The World: # 12 – Stevie Ray Vaughan

We’re less than a month away from it being 25 years since Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed. But I’m talking to you about this now because, well, I wanted to include him in this series… It’s easy – now – to see Steve Ray Vaughan as some bogan rock-as-blues/blues-as-rock guy, because of the influence, his […]

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April 4, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1545

The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Tuff Enuff (1986) Well, The Fabulous Thunderbirds made some truly fabulous records. This isn’t one of them. Sample Track: Tuff Enuff The Vinyl Countdown is a document of every LP I listen to, brand new discoveries and old-old favourites; extremely pre-loved, previously abandoned or with the shrink-wrap having just been removed it’s […]

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November 16, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1758

The Vaughan Brothers, Family Style (1990) I came to this as a Stevie Ray Vaughan fan and left a Jimmie Vaughan fan. At the time that was the crucial thing for me with this album – it was an indicator that Jimmie Vaughan had so much to offer outside of his rhythm guitar work on […]