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Posted by guitarslinger
Stevie Ray Vaughan
October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990
"Today, August 27, 2008 is the 18th anniversary of the death of this modern-day Blues virtuoso. His style and unique approach to Blues have inspired and fueled literally thousands of guitar heros. I believe that he, single handedly, re-fueled the interest in Blues in the USA during the 80's and the continued sales of his audio recordings, live performance DVD's, and memorabilia are a testimony to his eternal popularity.
We get to be bummed out all over again ...."
And posted by saturn
"Not only one of the greatest players, but he seemed to be a genuinely nice guy. He was always giving other players credit and respect. He's about the only celebrity type that I actually felt like crying over when I heard the news.
I once knew a guy who worked for PRS back in the early days. Paul would get him passes to go backstage at all the local concerts and try to get the players to try out a PRS. This guy went backstage at Merriweather Post Pavillian when SRV played there and got him to demo a PRS. Don't remember what he said about if SRV liked it or bought one, but he did say Stevie was the coolest dude he ever met."
