Vaughan has had a special place in the hearts of Austinites for decades.
AUSTIN, Texas — Oct. 3 is the birthday of one of the true legends of blues music and a man who has had a special place in the hearts of Austinites for decades.
Stevie Ray Vaughan was born on Oct. 3, 1954. He had a pretty normal life growing up in Dallas, practicing the guitar with his brother,Vaughan became a master of the electric blues guitar, adored by fans everywhere. But there was a special bond between Vaughan and the city of Austin. He loved the city – and Austin loved him back.
On an August night in 1990, that love – and heartbreak – was demonstrated in a field of candles in Zilker Park. It was a vigil on the day Vaughan died in a helicopter crash as he was being shuttled away from a concert in Wisconsin."Stevie never – you never heard a bad word ever said about him, you know? Never, you know? He was just a nice, kind person that everyone loved," Clifford Antone said in 1990.
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