“I’m excited to partner with the Bullock and GRAMMY Museum to honor my brother and his music,” says Jimmie Vaughan, who is a guest curator for the exhibit. His tragic death in 1990 at age 35 cut short a brilliant career in blues and American rock, just as he was on the brink of superstardom. From 1983 to 1990, Stevie Ray was the leading light in American blues, consistently selling out concerts while his albums regularly went gold.
Vaughan bridged the gap between blues and rock like no other artist had since the late 1960s. He drew equally from bluesmen like Albert King, Buddy Guy, and Albert Collins and rock ‘n’ roll players like Jimi Hendrix and Lonnie Mack, as well as jazz guitarists like Kenny Burrell and Wes Montgomery, developing a uniquely eclectic and fiery style that sounded like no other guitarist. With his astonishingly accomplished guitar playing, Stevie Ray Vaughan ignited the blues revival of the 1980s. He was a world-renowned guitar player who made an enormous impact on the history and widespread popularity of Texas blues. “Pride & Joy: The Texas Blues of Stevie Ray Vaughan” offer an in-depth look at the iconic career of Vaughan, a legendary Texas bluesman who was born in Dallas and made his career in Austin. The bronze sculpture, by Ralph Helmick, is on the Lady Bird Like Hike and Bike Trail closest to South 1 st and Riverside Drive.
In 1994, the city of Austin erected the Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial Statue at Auditorium Shores on Lady Bird Lake, the site of a number of Vaughan’s concerts. The galleries are open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. It’s the exhibit’s final stop and it’s the only stop in Texas. LIVE, opens Friday, March 10, at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin. Stevie Ray Vaughan (Photo by Tracy Anne Hart)A one-of-a-kind Stevie Ray Vaughan exhibit, curated by The Grammy Museum at L.A.
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