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Related Web Sites:
Pride and Joy: The Stevie Ray Vaughan Archive
Stevie Ray Vaughan Biography
Stevie Ray Vaughan Biography
Read More About It
"Chopper Crash Silences Budding Blues Legend" The Capital Times, Aug. 28, 1990
"Clues Sought in Foggy Concert Crash" Wisconsin State Journal, Aug. 27, 1990
"10 Years After His Death, Stevie Ray Still Exerts Influence On The Music World" Wisconsin State Journal, Aug. 17, 2000
"Stevie Ray Vaughan: Caught in the Crossfire" by Joe Nick and Bill Crawford
Vocabulary:
blues
amphitheater
entourage
Interesting Fact:
Air accidents in Wisconsin have claimed the lives of two blues musicians, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Otis
Redding (see December 10).
Study Questions:
What were some of Stevie Ray Vaughan's top hits? Listen to recordings at your public library or on the Internet.
In what other Wisconsin venues did Stevie Ray Vaughan perform?
What are the worst air accidents in Wisconsin history in terms of lives lost?
U.S. historical events that occurred on August 27:
1859: The country's first successful oil well was drilled, near Titusville, PA.
1908: Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the U.S., was born.
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