At around 1:00 a.m. on August 27, 1990, after a gig with his band Double Trouble, Stevie Ray Vaughan cadged the last seat on a helicopter flight returning to Chicago with Eric Clapton's tour crew. The unqualified pilot flying in dense fog hit the side of a 300 foot-high hill killing.all on board.
Rolling Stone magazine ranked Stevie Ray Vaughan #7 in its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time
Here he is playing his12 bar blues 'Pride and Joy'. A miserable YouTube ad a few seconds in.
