As one of the most influential guitar- ists to ever pick up a
Strat, Stevie Ray Vaughan
left a Texas-sized mark on
guitardom that is still felt
decades after his untimely
passing on August 27,
1990. In the early ’80s, his
unique brand of Hendrix-and Albert King-inspired
wailing expanded outside
his native Lone Star state,
and soon he was on the
road and rubbing elbows
with his heroes. In Craig
Hopkins’ new book, Stevie
Ray Vaughan: Day by Day,
Night After Night - His Final
Years, 1983-1990 [Backbeat
Books], you can see a virtual day-by-day account
of highlights from the last
seven years of SRV’s life.
Hopkins conducted several
hundred interviews with
many of Vaughan’s closest
friends and family in an effort to create the definitive
work on Vaughan’s legacy.
In this exclusive excerpt,
you’ll see rare photos of his
gear and read about his first
gig with a Dumble amp, the
story behind the guitar he
designed, and the night he
broke the neck on his
Number One Strat.
