10 things you didn't know about Stevie Ray Vaughan

[from left] Tommy Shannon, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood at New York City’s Danceteria night club in 1982 (Image credit: NY Daily News Archive Via Getty Images)

1. Vaughan appears in an extended 1988 TV commercial for an oil company

He even can be seen riding in a tank at one point! Mind you, this three-minute-long video looks and plays like a fairly cheesy late-Eighties music video for a song called Travelin’ On, but - apparently - it’s a commercial for Europa fuel. The video features Midge Marsden, Murray Grindlay, Janna Lapidus (Vaughan’s fiance at the time) and Brigitte Berger, all of whom drive around New Zealand, eventually stopping off near a DC3 airplane parked in a small town. They walk into a bar and join Vaughan on stage. Track down the video on YouTube!

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Andy Aledort

Guitar World Associate Editor Andy Aledort is recognized worldwide for his vast contributions to guitar instruction, via his many best-selling instructional DVDs, transcription books and online lessons. Andy is a regular contributor to Guitar World and Truefire, and has toured with Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers, as well as participating in several Jimi Hendrix Tribute Tours.