<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Stevie-ray-vaughan ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/stevie-ray-vaughan Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:57:13 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “One of the most historically significant guitars in rock and roll”: Ace Frehley’s iconic 1975 Gibson Les Paul expected to sell for more than half a million dollars at auction ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/juliens-auctions-music-icons-may-2026 XJEHtuhNgDrr6FEdknTSd3 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:57:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “In the world of extended chords, this is as far as we can go”: Demystifying 13th chords, the voicing that Stevie Ray Vaughan used to stunning effect in Lenny ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/chords/13th-chords-demystified q52kvjdw4BEXXBUn3YCVWL Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:54:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Albert King took me aside. He said, ‘The biggest thing about music is you can’t play what people want you to play.’ My dad said that, too”: Bernard Allison grew up surrounded by blues legends – and hid the fact he was learning guitar for years ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bernard-allison-interview-luther-allison-stevie-ray-vaughan FPVcRsyHkYFhDzFbP4XAZS Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:32:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He snuck in without people realizing. The only giveaway was the white feather tail in his hat”: How Stevie Ray Vaughan surprised the son of blues royalty at his 16th birthday ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/bernard-allisons-16th-birthday-jam-with-stevie-ray-vaughan KgJWKXTdGE6TedZuaxRQ3M Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:19:33 +0000 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:18:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The night he died, I was at Buddy Guy’s club waiting for Buddy, Stevie and Clapton. Then we were told they’d all gone down”: Larry McCray on rubbing shoulders with blues royalty and playing through Joe Bonamassa’s epic rig ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/larry-mcray-heartbreak-city vVtbvZbR9PQBwEPej285Qf Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were told they’d all gone down. You’ll never see a house full of people get so quiet, it was pin-drop silence – eventually we found out Buddy and Eric were okay”: Veteran bluesman Larry McCray recalls the night Stevie Ray Vaughan died ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/larry-mccray-recalls-the-night-stevie-ray-vaughan-died GKcY8tTAgzWTApDrwPtqEK Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:18:58 +0000 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:20:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A single-note solo played over just bass and drums runs the risk of sounding empty… The solution is to include some chord tones”: How to use triads in blues solos like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/techniques/how-to-use-triads-in-blues-solos pmiofWdGMbockKmJzvx4tJ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:57:13 +0000 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:11:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If all you want to do is sound like Stevie Ray Vaughan, you’re screwed. There was only one of him and he did it better than anyone else”: What Guthrie Trapp learned while escaping the country player label – and how the fretboard can change your life ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-guitar-styles-of-guthrie-trapp VCirstrhJutXMymwRFg4TR Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:37:04 +0000 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:41:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People always say Rory Gallagher and Stevie Ray Vaughan had acidic sweat – but this is what I think”: Why some of the most famous Fenders are so heavily worn, according to a Custom Shop Masterbuilder ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/why-famous-fenders-are-so-heavily-worn RqUZ59CnnMBpBAADhZyjWe Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:43:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jim Carrey stormed the stage mid-song to air guitar his right leg like a maniac”: From David Bowie going rogue to George Harrison x Paul Simon, EVH and SRV – the 50 greatest guitar moments in SNL history ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/top-50-snl-guitar-moments 74hqPhFYSyE35ewqdBsEUD Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:53:19 +0000 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:13:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wanted to play like Stevie and see if I could break my guitar in half like he tried to do”: Ally Venable is spreading the Texas blues gospel via a deep-seated love of Stevie Ray Vaughan and her “Wounded Warrior” Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ally-venable-money-and-power XkMpFG6ziteBcLjaWc2Ugb Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:56:33 +0000 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:50:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A good guitar solo should sound like an orgasm. I can hear it in Eddie Van Halen’s playing, and Jimi Hendrix. I live for the juicy notes”: Carlos Santana on playing like a soul singer and his visitations from B.B. King, Miles Davis and Stevie Ray Vaughan ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/carlos-santana-sentient b2sB4gnnRDYkeXQMcduhvK Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:51:37 +0000 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:53:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I lost everything – the only thing I held onto was my Fender Jazz Bass”: How Tommy Shannon broke a 7-year cycle of jail and halfway houses to record his most famous bassline with Stevie Ray Vaughan ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/tommy-shannon-stevie-ray-vaughan-crossfire 4nJTCWiewryK3VWQYFNKCM Sun, 17 Aug 2025 16:26:00 +0000 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:18:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ ​​”Stevie told me to call his brother Jimmie and ask him to lend me his amp and then play it with a Strat so he could feel it through me”: Carlos Santana on his “visitation” from Stevie Ray Vaughan, who implored him to borrow his Dumble amp ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/carlos-santana-on-his-visitation-from-stevie-ray-vaughan ULZBbTsyhPBhpiKAHg6C7F Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:40:49 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:00:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You’re a walking encyclopedia of Stevie knowledge”: This 16-year-old has been called the next Stevie Ray Vaughan – and he’s finally been given the keys to “the real SRV tone” after years of experimenting ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/rhys-john-stygal-stevie-ray-vaughan-tone-deep-dive-pedal-pawn ifKBUVXzfJJdUsw6RBXXaU Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:00:01 +0000 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:13:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I knew the record was good, but when you hear the way he plays, there's no question that Stevie was an all-time great guitar player”: How Stevie Ray Vaughan's biggest hit benefitted from one of the baddest rhythm sections in blues history ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/tommy-shannon-stevie-ray-vaughan-pride-and-joy sXdGCebTPyJbP6dAcenTSm Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:36:00 +0000 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:55:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He hopped on a plane and flew in to do literally 20 seconds of notes... That was the last thing he recorded for the record”: Nile Rodgers worked with Stevie Ray Vaughan during his rapid ascent – and oversaw the guitar hero's final recording session ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/nile-rodgers-stevie-ray-vaughan-family-style arLyo7sdByGPxEsrjaYJWA Sun, 29 Jun 2025 09:28:00 +0000 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:57:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The volume was painful. The loudness came from Stevie, who had a Frankenstein wall of amps”: Marked by substance abuse, new members, and studio snags – Stevie Ray Vaughan's Soul to Soul was a classic that signaled trouble to come ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/stevie-ray-vaughan-double-trouble-soul-to-soul RhL9tiu6cJ9X57pmpycpT Tue, 20 May 2025 17:18:56 +0000 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:16:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Muddy Waters told my dad, ‘Jimmie, when I’m gone, teach everybody how to play like that.’ He liked the way he played slide”: He's the son of Jimmie Vaughan and the nephew of SRV, now he’s carrying the weight of his family playing legacy ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tyrone-vaughan-stevie-ray-jimmie 7KKmQpqY8DgHmkz6xDqoPe Mon, 19 May 2025 16:51:19 +0000 Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:10:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Stevie came to my 5th birthday and gave me a pawnshop Harmony. It didn’t have a gig bag, it had two paper grocery bags on either end”: Tyrone Vaughan descends from blues greatness – and SRV helped him start his guitar journey early ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tyrone-vaughan-stevie-ray-vaughan-first-guitar J7ftf4WdHPH82a65z6GYy5 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:13:57 +0000 Wed, 07 May 2025 10:13:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ That time Stevie Wonder jammed with Stevie Ray Vaughan... and played SRV's number one Strat ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/stevie-wonder-stevie-ray-vaughan-jam cNTwuyyH9g5q5fYgNRaFs Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:05:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There are people who think it makes a big difference to the sound. Stevie always sounded the same whether it was rosewood or maple”: Jimmie Vaughan says your fretboard choice doesn’t matter – and SRV is his proof ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jimmie-vaughan-maple-rosewood-fretboards-stevie-ray-vaughan seXpuCgqqJebpxKXvqG3Ff Thu, 17 Apr 2025 12:10:28 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:37:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Stevie Ray Vaughan, Simple Minds, Megadeth, the Cult and the class of 1985 – only in the new Guitar World ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/music-industry/magazines/the-class-of-1985 bSgjoyUKkbU6UmrieZfZkX Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:11:15 +0000 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:24:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “To be honest, I didn’t like Stevie’s tone as much in the heavy Dumble period. It sounded a little tight to me”: Ian Moore on jamming with the Stones, writing with Billy Gibbons, and discussing those SRV comparisons – with Stevie Ray Vaughan ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ian-moore-stevie-ray-vaughan UoxZrCyrALngtfojwH56WB Sun, 06 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:50:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'd sit there with my guitar and that was my education. This show gave me purpose, it gave me hope”: Gary Clark Jr. dons a Strat to cover Stevie Ray Vaughan classics at Austin City Limits' 50th Anniversary televised special ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/gary-clark-jr-covers-stevie-ray-vaughan-classics RAgHnMYZbZAAvH8qYysS9W Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:01:29 +0000 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 16:00:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I could barely play his guitar. He had 12s on the top. It was like a G string. I was like, ‘How do you do that?’”: Huey Lewis and the News' Chris Hayes looks back on his friendship with Stevie Ray Vaughan – and the blues great's notorious guitar setup ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/huey-lewis-and-the-news-chris-hayes-looks-back-on-his-friendship-with-stevie-ray-vaughan VXFrNzWFzDHKWdEa7Kdmh3 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 11:46:44 +0000 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:17:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Lonnie came into an Austin club where we were playing. I asked him if he would play, but Lonnie, the master of the Flying V, said he wouldn't touch anything but a Gibson”: When Stevie Ray Vaughan met his oft-overlooked, pioneering, V-wielding guitar hero ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/when-stevie-ray-vaughan-met-lonnie-mack AdtV5TPaeTTJxAhvz7AS6h Sun, 16 Mar 2025 09:11:00 +0000 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:28:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s as if God convinced SRV and EVH to be reincarnated into one body”: Nuno Bettencourt says this 15-year-old blues player is in the league of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eddie Van Halen ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/nuno-bettencourt-praises-australian-blues-guitarist-taj-farrant r7wjvMS8zJrqke3VpvByWA Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:32:18 +0000 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:09:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Stevie would fill out the sound by combining bluesy licks with chords and rhythmic playing”: How to blend rhythm and lead blues guitar like John Mayer and Stevie Ray Vaughan ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/how-to-blend-rhythm-and-lead-blues-guitar-like-john-mayer-and-stevie-ray-vaughan TVTwpJAqwpikzM4KLDWqRV Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:03:31 +0000 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:21:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He redirected the future of blues guitar from his very first release, and his influence continues to inspire new generations of aspiring players”: Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughan ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/joe-bonamassa-pays-tribute-to-stevie-ray-vaughan jmTsCbmjdjpqnZxmLAGmx6 Wed, 01 Jan 2025 09:27:00 +0000 Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:21:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When we were little kids our dad would say, ‘Get your guitars and play for our guests.’ Someone would always say, ‘Maybe someday you can make a record together’”: Jimmie Vaughan on the only album he and Stevie Ray Vaughan ever made together ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jimmie-vaughan-making-family-style-with-stevie-ray-vaughan 9qXGbXrFFg7qAWu8BEvSzV Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:16:02 +0000 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:16:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “AC/DC signed my Strat. I had everybody sign it: Neil Young, Jeff Beck… When Angus saw Beck’s signature he said, ‘Oh, the bouffant!’” Jim Suhler on being married by Billy Gibbons, the advice SRV gave him and why he didn’t pay Joe Bonamassa for a sick solo ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jim-suhler-george-thorogood-and-the-destroyers mzxffDScraVWFGa6sCgLWW Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:37:23 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I walked right past Stevie Ray Vaughan when my dad was talking to him. My dad called me back and said, ‘There’s somebody here you want to meet’”: George Thorogood guitarist Jim Suhler on the first time he met SRV – and the profound advice he received ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jim-suhler-on-meeting-stevie-ray-vaughan 5naF5JBhyBonTFhpDPVSWU Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:13:36 +0000 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:13:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The woodiest overdrive tones I've ever heard”: Pedal Pawn’s Cowboy King is a “Tube Screamer on steroids” based on Stevie Ray Vaughan’s personal TS9 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/pedal-pawn-cowboy-king cTKwbnzuRTzLrD56k7NHJ3 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:32:32 +0000 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:13:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I worked on that crazy Fender Twin and never understood how it made such fabulous noise”: Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Twin Reverb amp, used in the recording of Texas Flood, Bowie sessions and live shows is up for sale... for over $600,000 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/stevie-ray-vaughan-fender-twin-reverb-1967-sale rstmJzkUsExSFL6onQayQn Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:21:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This is an artist who's not just carrying the torch for rock 'n' roll – she's igniting a whole new fire”: Grace Bowers trades her Gibson SG for a Fender Strat to cover Stevie Ray Vaughan classics ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/grace-bowers-covers-stevie-ray-vaughan QfpKSryaDQ7RLdAuo85R3P Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:23:34 +0000 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 08:39:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Man, could he play the guitar or what?” Stevie Ray Vaughan stuns David Letterman in newly uploaded footage of his Late Night show debut ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/stevie-ray-vaughan-letterman-tightrope LtFM5uTH643zmLZ6se26LT Tue, 09 Jul 2024 15:54:23 +0000 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 08:54:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve gone from a kid who couldn’t go to the supermarket to playing with Buddy Guy and Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram”: This 16-year-old blues prodigy suffered extreme anxiety, then the guitar saved him – now he’s been called “the next Stevie Ray Vaughan” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/guitarguitar-rhys-john-stygal VXQgu7PSDRdJPcohbxM9TX Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:00:48 +0000 Tue, 16 Jul 2024 09:53:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I played House of the Rising Sun in my fifth-grade talent show. Afterward Stevie Ray Vaughan walked up and said, ‘I play guitar, too’ and our friendship began”: Meet Rocky Athas, the guitarist who went to school with SRV and inspired Brian May to tap ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/rocky-athas-livin-my-best-life 37JvKFQqw9GpNAtypMVAyC Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:40:47 +0000 Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:24:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I use the Tube Screamer because of the tone knob. You can turn it on slightly to get a Guitar Slim tone”: The Tube Screamer that Stevie Ray Vaughan really used – and why it may not be the one you expect ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/stevie-ray-vaughan-tube-screamer w7aYt4ATPiu6hVnjVRk2aS Thu, 30 May 2024 10:22:02 +0000 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:23:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Watching a player like Stevie Ray Vaughan play, you begin to understand how much violence the guitar can actually take”: Larkin Poe's Rebecca Lovell on why the secret to great Strat tone is in the right hand ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/larkin-poe-rebecca-lovell-fender-strat-tone JLwJPqx3ZtCCjSNR6sdYv Thu, 02 May 2024 11:09:12 +0000 Tue, 14 May 2024 15:58:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We had to come up with the songs pretty quickly – Stevie wasn’t a fluent songwriter”: Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton on the making of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Couldn’t Stand the Weather ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/stevie-ray-vaughan-1984 JmetMeVAZhMov23YKZuPen Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:38:42 +0000 Wed, 08 May 2024 14:35:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Is it wrong in every possible way or do you dig it?” This guitarist transformed their John Mayer PRS signature guitar into a Stevie Ray Vaughan Number One Strat tribute – and now we really want a sunburst Silver Sky ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/john-mayer-prs-silver-sky-stevie-ray-vaughan-number-one-tribute seaSxW9EQuyVJZcVioSYbg Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:14:05 +0000 Wed, 08 May 2024 14:36:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That take was live from beginning to end, 7 minutes of pure guitar energy without a single miscue”: Stevie Ray Vaughan’s producer and bassist recall being in the room when SRV tackled his game-changing cover of Voodoo Child ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tommy-shannon-stevie-ray-vaughan-jimi-hendrix-voodoo-chile-studio-session xjE9G4oJe896RvMKjRvB4E Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:27:42 +0000 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:11:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The bridge between at least three generations. He was genuinely happy to share the joy with those around him”: W. C. Clark – the ‘Godfather of Austin Blues’ who mentored Stevie Ray Vaughan and many others – has died aged 84 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/w-c-clark-dies-aged-84 Xnc8hWizc5qYMj8FXhGw5b Tue, 05 Mar 2024 15:27:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I loved Hendrix – he was my first guitar hero... But seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan was transcendent. He made me understand Hendrix better”: Mike McCready says SRV helped him make sense of this Hendrix technique ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/mike-mccready-stevie-ray-vaughan-jimi-hendrix-thumb-technique 8oD8A55LwBGktydtQtejtf Fri, 08 Dec 2023 21:40:02 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:01:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Stevie Ray Vaughan virtually defined the art of the Texas shuffle – learn the playing style that shaped the sound of blues to come ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/stevie-ray-vaughan-5-licks gGYFjYwZvbPCL54aMZXpzD Wed, 06 Dec 2023 13:15:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He’s real tough, and when he’s liquored up, he can really play!” Pat Hare influenced Stevie Ray Vaughan, beat Cream and Led Zeppelin to the blues-rock punch, and recorded an eerily prescient guitar knockout called I’m Gonna Murder My Baby ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/pat-hare-murder-my-baby CuLH853MqefXnTBSjJQFRN Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:26:27 +0000 Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:26:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The ultimate feat”: Pedal Pawn has reverse engineered one of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Tube Screamer pedals to produce the “juiciest mid-hump overdrive tone ever” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pedal-pawn-blues-print Js7DQePpwnhncyNQzHCjFY Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:09:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That final show was one of our best gigs. I can still hear that first note Stevie played… that one note will remain with me forever”: Tommy Shannon on his wild ride with Stevie Ray Vaughan – and the “total chaos” that followed his tragic death ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/tommy-shannon-stevie-ray-vaughan ch49CM5U6tmmtxpK8rVpbb Fri, 08 Sep 2023 12:54:16 +0000 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:50:42 +0000