Stevie Ray Vaughan was born on October 3, 1954, in Dallas, Texas.  He was an influential blues-rock guitarist who appealed to a wide range of music fans.  Rolling Stones magazine have ranked him 7th, in 2003, in there list of top 100 guitarists. On August 25 and 26 in 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble had finished a show at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre.  Double Trouble's tour manager had arranged helicopters and they were informed that places were available, Stevie Ray Vaughan requested the place.  The helicopter crashed shortly after take off kill all five passengers.

Stevie Ray Vaughan was already a legend when he was killed in a helicopter crash in 1990. Like all talents who die early, he has left behind a legacy of myths and stories concerning his complex life and persona. Stevie Ray Vaughan was a one-man Blues revolution - a true Texan original that totally reinvigorated the blues guitar and made it relevant and exciting for the Van Halen generation. Combining the power and virtuosity of Hendrix with a life-long love of Albert King, Kenny Burrell and the Texas blues greats, SRV possessed a style that was all his own, charging the blues with all the energy and invention of rock. Stevie Ray Vaughan was just a struggling young guitarist in Austin, Texas, in 1980, when his wife, Lenora 'Lenny' Vaughan, gave him a used Stratocaster that had recently caught his eye in a local pawnshop. It was a 1965 Fender Stratocaster guitar with the original pickups that, from the look of it, had seen better days.