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Tuff Stuff: A Jimmie Vaughan Playlist

Posted 03/20/2012 at 10:37am | by Damian Fanelli

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It seems like only yesterday that The Fabulous Thunderbirds, an upstart rocking-blues band from Austin, Texas, released their debut album, Girls Go Wild. It was, in fact, more than three decades ago. Since that time, Jimmie Vaughan, the T-birds’ founder and guitarist from 1976 to 1989, has gone from being a skinny kid with a Strat and a perm to one of today’s elder statesmen of the blues.

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Jimmie Vaughan Discusses His Connection to George Harrison

Posted 11/29/2011 at 1:56pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Think about it: George Harrison and Jimmie Vaughan on the same song together ... a song that was written by Bob Dylan ... which was used on the soundtrack to something as crappy as Porky's Revenge, no less.

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Interview: Jimmie Vaughan Discusses His New Album, 'Plays More Blues, Ballads & Favorites'

Posted 07/05/2011 at 7:48am | by Damian Fanelli

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Only one year -- to the month -- after his last album, the Grammy-nominated Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites, Jimmie Vaughan is set to release the aptly titled Plays More Blues, Ballads & Favorites, a second helping of covers of the roots music that inspired him, on July 26.

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Broaden Your Musical Listening, Because You Are What You Eat

Posted 06/22/2011 at 10:01am | by Kirk Fletcher

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Guitar players should broaden their musical listening. They should have some depth in their playing, meaning listening -- heavily -- to what came before them!

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