AUSTIN, Texas — Aug. 27, 2025, marks 35 years since Dallas-born but Austin-claimed blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash. The 1990 incident occurred shortly after a concert at ...

Thirty-five years ago, Eric Clapton lost dear friend Stevie Ray Vaughan when the Texas blues legend's helicopter smashed into a Wisconsin hillside after the pals played a concert on August 27, 1990.

On this day (August 27) in 1990, Texas blues rock legend Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a tragic helicopter accident in East Troy, Wisconsin. While Vaughan’s recording career was short, it was impactful.

On October 3, 2025, Dallas celebrated what would have been Stevie Ray Vaughan’s 71st birthday, 35 years after he died in a helicopter crash in 1990. The Oak Cliff native left a lasting mark on music ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Stevie Ray Vaughan would have turned 71 years old on Friday, Oct. 3, had his life not been cut short in a helicopter crash in 1990. Vaughan grew up in Dallas at a time when – like many ...

There’s a reason more than one person claimed Stevie Ray Vaughan reduced the stage to a pile of smoking cinders—his guitar didn’t just sing, it blazed. Too bad the same heat that fueled his music also ...

Blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash 35 years ago, but is still remembered by his legion of fans in Austin and around the world. Canada making border crossing change that will ...