Stevie Ray Vaughan - RIP
Matt Suminski
killed last night in a helicopter crash at Alpine Valley, WI. Some
members (not band members) of Eric Clapton's entourage were also
killed. Details are pretty sketchy at this point.
It was somewhat foggy after the show last night, and Alpine Valley also
has a ski hill. Apparently, the helicopter hit the hill, but nobody
knows why.
If anyone has any more details, please post.
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Rich Piziali
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>It was somewhat foggy after the show last night, and Alpine Valley also
>has a ski hill. Apparently, the helicopter hit the hill, but nobody
>knows why.
>
>If anyone has any more details, please post.
>
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If anyone was at the show I'd appreciate hearing how the show, and Stevie
Ray's performance was...
Don't want to let him go yet...
Rich Piziali
T_Rex
>killed last night in a helicopter crash at Alpine Valley, WI. Some
Jesus !! This one hurts so bad......I gotta eulogize to someone right now,
and you folk probably understand.
In real late '81, or real early '82 ( somehow the chronology has faded on me ),
a friend of mine convinced me to go up to the Elmo in Toronto to see this
(allegedly) hotshit player from Texas...I thought he said Stevie Rave_On..
I figured this guy must either look like Buddy Holly, or be awful full of
himself!
Man, this show inspired me so much..it brought together so many of
my favourite influences..Albert, Jimi, and so on. And he played every note
as if it was the last one he was every going to lay his hands on, so he had
to shake the shit out of it. I left there that night completely inspired; I
just had to get home and play!! My friend was fortunate enough to videotape
a simulcast of this performance, and on the rare occasions when we get to-
getther these days, we usually put the vid on and marvel at it, and try to
cop a few licks :-)
After that night, we called him Stevie Ray Sweat ( man, he was soaked).
I saw him on a number of occasions after that, and although the shows varied
in quality as he battled his personal demons, I was always touched by his
playing and attitude.
I'm glad he got togetther with Jimmie, finally.
Thanks for indulging me folks.
"life without you.." Stevie, is a little poorer.
Pete Wood.
Rich Kulawiec
Stevie Ray Vaughan's last public performance came twenty years to the
day after Jimi Hendrix's (Isle of Wight, 1970).
---Rsk
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Phillip Harbison
Here are the details according to the Associated Press wire story.
Announcement of Vaughan's death was made by Ronnie Lippin, Eric Clapton's
publicist in Los Angeles. According to Phil Huth, the spokesman for Omni
Flight Helicopters Inc., the helicopter crashed into a field about 12:35
AM shortly after leaving Alpine Valley Music Theater at the Alpine Valley
ski resort. Vaughan's helicopter was one of four helicopters that were
scheduled to fly from Alpine Valley to Chicago during the night. Clapton
and guitarist Robert Cray were among the people on the other three heli-
copters. Clapton was staying at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago. His
tour manager said Clapton only learned of the crash when ``one of our
`planes' never arrived at the airport.
A spokeswoman for the Walworth Co. Sheriff's Dept. said the helicopter
was reported missing about 5AM, and the wreckage was located about 7AM.
The helicopter crashed into the back of a ski hill and an electronic
signal (a locator beacon?) was activated.
In addition to the pilot and SRV, the others killed were Bobby Brooks,
Clapton's agent; Nigel Browne, a Clapton bodyguard; and Colin Smythe,
one of Clapton's tour managers.
---- end AP wire summary, begin personal comments ----
This tragic event really saddens me. I consider SRV among the best in
his field, in an elite group including names like Steve Morse, Clapton,
Cray, Beck, etc. In fact, had he lived on he may have eclipsed all of
these, and I'm not sure he hasn't already. He will be sorely missed,
but at least he left us with four excellent albums to remember him by
(5 albums counting his live album).
*sigh* I know this next comment is going to piss off some people, but
I can't help but wonder why fate always robs us of our best talents.
Why is it you never pick up the paper and read about somebody who is
musically insignificant going in this manner? Why is it always a Stevie
Ray Vaughan or a Duane Allman, and never a Madonna, Tiffany, etc.? I
guess its wrong to have such feelings, but I can't help but wonder.
My apologies if I've offended anyone's sensibilities.
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Rich Kulawiec
>*sigh* I know this next comment is going to piss off some people, but
>I can't help but wonder why fate always robs us of our best talents.
>Why is it you never pick up the paper and read about somebody who is
>musically insignificant going in this manner? Why is it always a Stevie
>Ray Vaughan or a Duane Allman, and never a Madonna, Tiffany, etc.? I
>guess its wrong to have such feelings, but I can't help but wonder.
I don't think it's necessarily "wrong" more than any other feeling
is "right" or "wrong". And in this particular circumstance I agree
with your sentiments: we (musicians and the musical public) always seem
to lose those that matter most, while the insignificant no-talent
assholes like the New Kids or Prince or some other shit-for-brains
go on producing trash...which most of the uneducated masses continue
to buy as fast as they can get their hands on it.
But as the song says, if there's a rock and roll heaven, you know
they've got a helluva band.
Chuck Fry
(Phillip Harbison) writes:
>>*sigh* I know this next comment is going to piss off some people, but
>>I can't help but wonder why fate always robs us of our best talents.
>>Why is it you never pick up the paper and read about somebody who is
>>musically insignificant going in this manner? Why is it always a Stevie
>>Ray Vaughan or a Duane Allman, and never a Madonna, Tiffany, etc.? I
>>guess its wrong to have such feelings, but I can't help but wonder.
In article <85...@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> r...@oldfield.tmc.edu (Rich
Kulawiec) responds:
>I don't think it's necessarily "wrong" more than any other feeling
>is "right" or "wrong". And in this particular circumstance I agree
>with your sentiments: we (musicians and the musical public) always seem
>to lose those that matter most, while the insignificant no-talent
>assholes like the New Kids or Prince or some other shit-for-brains
>go on producing trash...which most of the uneducated masses continue
>to buy as fast as they can get their hands on it.
I beg to differ about Prince, but I agree with the general sentiment.
On the other hand, the death of any artist, regardless of redeeming
qualities, seems to result in the exaggeration of his/her talents.
I'm sure you netters can easily come up with examples, both good and
mediocre.
>But as the song says, if there's a rock and roll heaven, you know
>they've got a helluva band.
Isn't that the truth, and now Stevie Ray's backing up Jimi. Thank God
we've still got Clapton, Johnny Winter, Jeff Healey, et al.
-- Chuck Fry Chu...@Charon.ARC.NASA.GOV ...!ames!ptolemy!chucko
Peter S. Shenkin
>Why is it you never pick up the paper and read about somebody who is
>musically insignificant going in this manner? Why is it always a Stevie
>Ray Vaughan or a Duane Allman, and never a Madonna, Tiffany, etc.? I
Now, now. Didn't Richie Valens die along with Buddy Holly? And Cowboy
Copas along with Patsy Cline? And Janis Joplin around the same time as
Jimi Hendricks?
There, now I bet I've offended more people than you!
-P.
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Does anybody have some concert footage on tape of this late, great
guitarist? I've looked everywhere to buy a tape but no stores carry
any footage for purchase. They all say there isn't enough demand to
make it worth carring any tapes by this artist. In my opinion they should
be shot for such slander.
Mike Zayas
she...@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Peter S. Shenkin) writes:
|> In article <1990Aug28.0...@xavax.com> alv...@xavax.com
(Phillip Harbison) writes:
|> >I can't help but wonder why fate always robs us of our best
talents.
|> >Why is it you never pick up the paper and read about somebody who
is
|> >musically insignificant going in this manner? Why is it always a
Stevie
|> >Ray Vaughan or a Duane Allman, and never a Madonna, Tiffany, etc.?
I
|>
|> Now, now. Didn't Richie Valens die along with Buddy Holly? And
Cowboy
|> Copas along with Patsy Cline? And Janis Joplin around the same time
as
|> Jimi Hendricks?
|>
|> There, now I bet I've offended more people than you!
|>
|> -P.
Hendrix. As for the rest, I'm not offended by your (lack of) musical
taste, particularly regarding sweet Janis and Richie.
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Matt Suminski
>
> If anyone was at the show I'd appreciate hearing how the show, and Stevie
> Ray's performance was...
>
Well, I've been putting off posting this, because I still can't quite get
it together, but I'll give it a try. Stevie Ray was by far my favorite
player in the world, and I've been feeling like I lost a good friend (even
though I never met him).
I had the dubious honor of having attended his last concert. The lineup,
as you may already know, featured Robert Cray and Eric Clapton. After an
opening act, Robert Cray took the stage and played about 1:15, mostly
stuff from an upcoming album and some of his more familiar tunes from
Strong Persuader and Don't be Afraid of The Dark.
Stevie Ray then took the stage to put on the best performance out of the
four times that I've seen him. He opened with "House is a-Rockin", and
continued with a lot of material from "In Step", like "Tightrope",
killer renditions of "Let me Love You, Baby", and "Leave my Girl Alone".
"Riviera Paradise" turned out to be a real crowd pleaser. Older
material included "Pride and Joy", and "Couldn't Stand the Weather".
Jimmy Vaughan joined him for the last song (Can't remember what it was).
His encore was "Crossfire", followed by "Voodoo Chile". After the show,
my friends, who had also seen him 2-3 times each, and I all agreed that
this was his best performance we had seen. He played with more energy
and emotion than anyone I have ever seen.
Eric Clapton took the stage for a couple of hours playing mainly
"Journeyman" tunes. He seemed to shy away from the late 70's/early
80's and played earlier material from Blind Faith and Cream. It was
a great show.
The finale, get this, was Robert Cray, SRV, Jimmy Vaughan, Eric
Clapton, <insert Eric's guitar player's name here>, and Buddy Guy
doing a 15 minute jam on "Sweet Home Chicago".
I was totally spent. The next morning I heard the news. The man whose
music inspired me to pick up the guitar had been killed. Somehow, I
don't think music will be the same without him. Goodbye Stevie Ray.
dave holo
Limits, they aired a 1 hour segment which feature SRV and Double Trouble
for the 1st half hour, and SRV, brother Jimmy, and Will Clark in the second
half. I missed the first tune ( it was totally fortuitous that I saw it at
all.) Anyway, your local PBS affilliate probably could be persuaded to air it.
Stephen R. Tate
Yes, I saw this Saturday night here in North Carolina. Fortunately, I
had some advance warning, so I ran out and rented a VCR. I taped the whole
hour show, and I must say that the first jam with W.C. Clark was an
amazing thing. Oh -- the first song Stevie Ray played was "The House
Is Rockin'".
Here's what struck me: That was the first time I had really seen him
since he's been off drugs. I saw him many times (some live, and some
other spots on Austin City Limits) before, but this time all his mannerisms
seemed very different. This is the first time he really looked like
he was having *fun*.
One very strange and ironic thing: Before he started into "Cold Shot",
he said (to the audience) "I don't know about y'all, but I'm glad to be
alive today!". Now that's an ironic twist if I've ever seen one!
--
Steve Tate s...@duke.cs.duke.edu
Dept. of Computer Science
Duke University
Durham, NC 27706
Jason Martin Levitt
Things have been slow in Austin. The *real* King is dead. Sigh.
For months, there has been a billboard that faces south on I-35
near downtown Austin. Until SRV's death, it had the
Austin American-Statesman's logo and what must be a 25 foot-high
photo of SRV's face. It was an ad for the Statesman's "Timeout"
section which tells about weekend events in Austin.
The day after SRV's death [one assumes this was out of courtesy
for the dead], the billboard was covered over with an ad for some
kind of rum.
I guess the irony was too much. People couldn't take seeing SRV's
face covered by an ad for booze. [many people remember earlier years
when SRV was a serious alcoholic. He's been fully recovered for some time].
Within four days, someone had ripped the rum ad off the billboard,
revealing the giant picture of SRV's face, looking out over south
Austin. The remnants of the rum ad hang in shreads on the back of the
billboard.
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peace,
Jason ja...@cs.utexas.edu
Jason Martin Levitt
Jason Martin Levitt
I spoke too soon. I drove by the billboard tonite and it's
been covered over with white paper, or painted white, I can't
tell.
sigh,
Jason ja...@cs.utexas.edu