August 27, 1990 was “The Day the Music Died” in Austin. Thirty-five years ago, 35-year-old Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter that crashed into the side of a Wisconsin ski slope shortly after ...

I can still remember Aug. 27, 1990, like it was seared into the memory cells of my brain. I was a college student, on my way to class, and on the radio the DJ had played a succession of songs by ...

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s meteoric rise and enduring legacy have been chronicled in numerous books and films. However, "Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues" offers a more intimate look at the ...

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 ...

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 ...