<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Stevie-ray-vaughan ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/stevie-ray-vaughan Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:53:20 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I collapsed. I was sobbing. I was inconsolable.” Richard Marx mourned Nathan East for hours — but the bassist wasn’t dead ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/richard-marx-nathan-east-and-the-death-of-stevie-ray-vaughan DRuiCPhhNYkwUXs5HCUWGT Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:53:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They started chanting ‘Huey!’” Stevie Ray Vaughan bombed on opening night of a major tour ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/stevie-ray-vaughans-tour-with-huey-lewis-and-the-news Sxws3DgsRZh6GvHbSnW3rH Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:01:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He said, ‘I don’t have any fingers; I am only spirit.’ He wanted to utilize my body.” Carlos Santana says Stevie Ray Vaughan begged him to play his #007 Dumble amp from beyond the grave ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/carlos-santanas-stevie-ray-vaughan-visitation dgRPoeBETGnZ7wykAMzze7 Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:58:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You’re very similar to Jimi in that way. I’m just a part-time employee.” Jeff Beck told Stevie Ray Vaughan he reminded him of Jimi Hendrix. Here’s why ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jeff-beck-told-stevie-ray-vaughan-he-reminds-him-of-hendrix cbpABte2WxWfGdrhuS9mMo Sun, 06 Jul 2025 18:11:38 +0000 Sun, 06 Jul 2025 18:14:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When the song ended, the rain stopped. It was like a religious experience, and it changed me.” Mike McCready on Stevie Ray Vaughan, acid and the night that made him fall in love with guitar again ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/mike-mccready-on-acid-and-stevie-ray-vaughan 3TT2sJgvYvskUNYT3hwjr6 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:31:51 +0000 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:39:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Stevie always sounded the same whether it was rosewood or maple.” Jimmie Vaughan says Stevie Ray Vaughan would agree — there's no tone difference between rosewood and maple fretboards ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jimme-vaughan-on-maple-versus-rosewood-fretboards Mq8fAPAQgbbXGv3m8AP5uA Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:24:48 +0000 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:42:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was like standing next to a hurricane.” Eric Johnson on the night he and Stevie Ray Vaughan jammed Jimi Hendrix. Fortunately, someone was running tape ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/eric-johnson-performs-with-stevie-ray-vaughan SG6KDPGAeevnNXYMaK4wBL Sat, 15 Mar 2025 22:22:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It's a hill I’m willing to die on.” Cory Wong just set a high bar for guitar excellence. But a blues god like Stevie Ray Vaughan probably wouldn't have passed his test ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/cory-wong-advanced-guitarist-test qynHzk2tbwyBwbbXwi2aMi Tue, 11 Mar 2025 02:27:18 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ "They launched a revolution that continues to this day." Meet 30 players who tapped, twanged, sweep-picked and shredded the 1980s to its greatest glory ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/the-top-guitarists-of-the-1980s xHtcsXvb9ELVeYYpaejq23 Sun, 16 Feb 2025 09:02:00 +0000 Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:11:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Stevie had this superstition about numbers.” Stevie Ray Vaughan’s guitar and amp secrets are revealed in this deep dive into his gear and tone ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/stevie-ray-vaughan-and-cesar-diaz 8nPgfTdD2fiVAv4cHDhKRe Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:23:45 +0000 Sat, 08 Feb 2025 16:06:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was the whole package; I learned a lot from that.” Eric Johnson on the one thing that took Stevie Ray Vaughan’s playing to the next level ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/eric-johnson-on-austin-and-stevie-ray-vaughan vo5CmrFcnor3MLKWt3RDv Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:59:59 +0000 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 02:01:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There’s something magical about playing the guitar. I still can’t believe that I get to be a guitar player." Jimmie Vaughan tells the stories behind five key songs from his career ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/jimmie-vaughan-talks-SRV-and-his-career u8VM6gEcDWdywsuC5bvwLM Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:04:31 +0000 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I was like, 'I'm wasting this pedal.' The way I've been setting it now is where it's a little warmer and a little gainy-er." Warren Haynes says it's the greatest overdrive pedal and tells why the Ibanez Tube Screamer can't beat it ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/warren-haynes-why-klon-centaurs-are-better-than-tube-screamers KXqg3pLGHMgv7F4TGwAHxc Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:06:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I thought, Why do they want me in the front row?” Ritchie Blackmore on Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and the time Ian Anderson pranked him at a Jethro Tull concert ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/ritchie-blackmore-on-jethro-tull skWuJwkLeUEgYsxpzEFa3P Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:12:04 +0000 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:57:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were jamming on the last song, and he's pulling out this damn emery board!” Stevie Ray Vaughan explains the thinking behind his left-handed tremolo and why Albert King was filing his nails during Stevie’s guitar solo ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/srv-albert-king-and-left-handed-whammy-bar 4rvbz74TgX5VLW7a9m9ZJ9 Sat, 30 Nov 2024 14:06:56 +0000 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:59:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I got backstage and gave the watch back to him. He had a light — an aura or energy —about him." Guitarist Jim Suhler recalls meeting Stevie Ray Vaughan and the career-shaping advice he gave him ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jim-suhler-stevie-ray-vaughan QmvYsbC6svJdyds5YrS3s5 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:48:59 +0000 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:52:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It's a real pleasure to be here with my family and friends... 'cause this is a special year for me too." Lost for over two decades, this clip shows Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins and Jimmie Vaughan performing together in 1989 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/stevie-ray-vaughan-jimmie-vaughan-albert-collins-perform jk5LJYrKCp55bHma5nukoU Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:25:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They had strippers and crabs everywhere... People would get pissed and start shooting at the stage.” Stevie Ray Vaughan talks his Number One Strat, Dumble amps, and craziest gigs in a classic GP interview ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/stevie-ray-vaughan-couldnt-stand-the-weather cVxuyXnMuvvYzKjuqqTntR Sat, 12 Oct 2024 15:26:13 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:05:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If Seven Worlds had come out at the time it was ready, instead of being held back, he would have been as big as Jeff Beck”: Stevie Ray Vaughan details his friendship with Eric Johnson ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/stevie-ray-vaughan-eric-johnson-friendship fS6kxWzKBrjbQ4ipVmxf7g Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:13:59 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Freddie King does it like this, Eric Clapton does it like that…” Watch Stevie Ray Vaughan break down the blues masters in rare TV lesson ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/player/stevie-ray-vaughan-pn-freddie-king-and-clapton 7rbATgpFZebutt5ptaj989 Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:53:26 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:10:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ John Lee Hooker: "Out of the Younger Generation of the Blues Singers, Who Was My Pride and Joy? Stevie Ray Vaughan... He Could Do Anybody – Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, George Benson – Anybody's Thing. I'd Sit Down and Watch Him Do That" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/john-lee-hooker-out-of-the-younger-generation-of-the-blues-singers-who-was-my-pride-and-joy-stevie-ray-vaughan-he-could-do-anybody-albert-king-jimi-hendrix-george-benson-anybodys-thing-id-sit-down-and-watch-him-do-that QPxqKJxiXtG6nfRQNHKaCZ Tue, 03 Oct 2023 21:27:27 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:10:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jeff Beck: "I’ve Done a Whole Tour with a Fender Twin When Stevie Ray Vaughan Was Going Through About Four Billion Watts... He Asked Me, ‘What the Hell Are You Using? Are Your Amps Under the Stage?’” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/jeff-beck-emotion-and-commotion-2010 WSR3MPTZudnWceLgux7Pa7 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 22:10:43 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:10:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch the Official Trailer for New SRV Music Doc, ‘Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jimmie-and-stevie-ray-vaughan-brothers-in-blues-trailer zg6uJ8LTAQRtuTPGAMaEDh Thu, 31 Aug 2023 08:51:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We Set up in a Circle, Just Like We Did Onstage, Put Mics on Everything and Ran Through the Songs a Couple of Times": Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton Tell the Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Game-Changing Debut Album, ‘Texas Flood’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/stevie-ray-vaughan-double-trouble-texas-flood hXpb33S8irXmsRd85niE6R Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:00:00 +0000 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:06:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m Definitely Not a One-Guitar Person”: Carlos Santana Pulls out His Favorite PRS, Gibson and Fender Axes ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/carlos-santana-favorite-guitars rXk5YTQpCXnwrGTux3kCRT Wed, 12 Jul 2023 13:45:22 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ten Mind-Blowing Rock Guitar Solos Every Player Needs to Know About ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/best-rock-guitar-solos kfjJf3vrWtbq7DGJAXhZiG Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:58:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Fender Vibratone Brought Acid-Tinged Sonics to Recordings by Jimi Hendrix, the Byrds, Cream, Pink Floyd, Todd Rundgren and Stevie Ray Vaughan ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/fender-vibratone Wzdzh3GAwE5trLngkkzxrb Tue, 23 May 2023 09:47:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It Has the Best Guitar Tone Stevie Ever Got on Record”: Watch Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Showstopping “Love Struck Baby” Music Video ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/stevie-ray-vaughan-love-struck-baby Wmo8VswGQBbAk3tScuvpaB Thu, 18 May 2023 11:18:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I Would Never Dance to Someone Else’s Tune”: How Jeff Beck Found True Happiness in Expressing Himself as a Musician Without Any Boundaries ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/jeff-beck-solo-albums-1990s-2000s AUbopGvSz2L5Ywx5CRxF4k Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:22:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 40 Most Important Guitar Solos of the 20th Century ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/the-40-most-important-guitar-solos-of-the-20th-century RGtTzStEoDw26KeEmWJ7tW Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:00:15 +0000 Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:13:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve Got a Hole in My Finger”: Stevie Ray Vaughan on the Trials and Tribulations of Heavy Strings ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/ive-got-a-hole-in-my-finger-stevie-ray-vaughan-on-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-heavy-strings KQmTRUGpw4uioBUKrqNtWj Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:40:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck Talk Shop in This Classic GP Interview ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/stevie-ray-vaughan-and-jeff-beck-talk-shop-in-this-classic-gp-interview UfkV2f75t2vyQpPG6sE4o8 Tue, 20 Sep 2022 17:33:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here’s How to Replicate the Magic of the Blues Greats ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/heres-how-to-replicate-the-magic-of-the-blues-greats dZGan2rQgAiJ2p3rmJwPQC Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:45:02 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jimmie Vaughan Reveals His Guitar Tone Secrets ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/jimmie-vaughan-reveals-his-guitar-tone-secrets wpvey4J6yqcVSQXaMKXwKY Thu, 26 May 2022 11:53:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ 5 of Doyle Bramhall II’s Greatest Guitar Playing Insights ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/5-of-doyle-bramhall-iis-greatest-guitar-playing-insights NhZbizTr7QKi42chZ9kZaK Wed, 25 May 2022 12:10:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If You Want to Be a Creator, You’ve Got to Go On a Whole Different Journey”: Albert Cummings Talks Blues ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/if-you-want-to-be-a-creator-youve-got-to-go-on-a-whole-different-journey-albert-cummings-talks-blues mpR28qS6WiMiytVky8V4iD Wed, 04 May 2022 15:50:02 +0000 Wed, 04 May 2022 15:50:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Gales Reveals His Top Five Career-Defining Tracks ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/eric-gales-reveals-his-top-five-career-defining-tracks dDxXcG9hSXFCXhPHSpni2e Tue, 19 Apr 2022 11:44:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Crazy Tube Circuits Crossfire Review ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/reviews/crazy-tube-circuits-crossfire-review 6k2Nt5UQ523fpKpYqJXnYX Tue, 05 Apr 2022 16:20:49 +0000 Tue, 17 May 2022 10:01:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mike McCready Names His Top Five Career-Defining Tracks ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/mike-mccready-names-his-top-five-career-defining-tracks bWuKomjz8oG2WqCknpJ5gV Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:59:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Stevie Ray Vaughan Tear it Up at the “Biggest Party In History” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-stevie-ray-vaughan-tear-it-up-at-the-biggest-party-in-history AtopXHh4PaQyKQ2DKpQwGV Mon, 07 Mar 2022 22:33:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Five Times Famous Musicians Stole from Chuck Berry ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/five-times-famous-musicians-stole-from-chuck-berry Q52VxDBJogBSULbfJ5o57f Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:24:01 +0000 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 14:40:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Listen to Blues Guitar Virtuoso Albert Cummings’ Hard-Rocking Single “Need Somebody” from His Forthcoming ‘Ten’ Album ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/listen-to-blues-guitar-virtuoso-albert-cummings-hard-rocking-single-need-somebody-from-his-forthcoming-ten-album JDzFCxnFrumDLFKuPEZ4AP Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:03:20 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here’s Some Blues You Can Really Use ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/heres-some-blues-you-can-really-use 8mfMQJ2cfos995SZnoNXfK Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:44:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When the Air Becomes Electric, That's the Right Sound”: Howard Alexander Dumble’s 1985 ‘Guitar Player’ Interview in Full ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/when-the-air-becomes-electric-thats-the-right-sound-howard-alexander-dumbles-1985-guitar-player-interview-in-full b9YDZP3U9GVXkYaLu7dNcQ Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:41:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Stevie Never Got To Have a Family Or Anything Like That. I’ve Been Blessed”: Jimmie Vaughan Opens Up About His Brother ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/stevie-never-got-to-have-a-family-or-anything-like-that-ive-been-blessed-jimmy-vaughan-opens-up-about-his-brother 8KZwMBv7Nh8G9pk3Z4p7h Wed, 03 Nov 2021 15:32:02 +0000 Wed, 03 Nov 2021 17:09:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Five Reasons Jeff Healey Is a Guitar Legend ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/five-reasons-jeff-healey-is-a-guitar-legend 6nJWyGfLZ52BjGSmCAfF2Z Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:17:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Blues Turnarounds (Part 2) ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/blues-turnarounds-part-2 LWCNam4YmQXaPihXkc9vCP Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:09:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s as Much About How It Feels as How It Sounds”: Tone Titan Ariel Posen Talks Gear Epiphanies ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/its-as-much-about-how-it-feels-as-how-it-sounds-tone-titan-ariel-posen-talks-gear-epiphanies gqUz6YdowbVs98xPkJ9V3N Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:36:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I Made It My Mission to Get Rid of The Slop”: John 5 Talks Tone, Technique, and Telecasters ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/i-made-it-my-mission-to-get-rid-of-the-slop-john-5-talks-tone-technique-and-telecasters cCaymR6jMEevakSw3w5yMi Fri, 01 Oct 2021 11:07:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joanne Shaw Taylor Opens Up About the Challenges She Faced as a Young Female Guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/joanne-shaw-taylor-opens-up-about-the-challenges-she-faced-as-a-young-female-guitarist n89h6mc9vb8CzSc93vatLg Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:08:07 +0000