LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 3, 2018…TODAY WOULD HAVE
BEEN STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN’S 65TH BIRTHDAY. STEVIE RAY PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 27, 1990 AT THE AGE OF THIRTY FIVE. SRV WAS PERFORMING AT AN ALL STAR JAM AT THE ALPINE MUSIC RESORT IN EAST TROY, WISCONSIN FEATURING THE LIKES OF BUDDY GUY, ERIC CLAPTON, ROBERT CRAY AND HIS BROTHER JIMMIE VAUGHAN. STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN TOOK THE LAST SEAT ON A HELICOPTER LEAVING THE CONCERT VENUE. THE HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO A NEARBY HILLSIDE SOON AFTER TAKE OFF, TAKING THE LIFE OF VAUGHAN AND MEMBERS OF ERIC CLAPTON’S TOURING STAFF.
THE IDEA THAT CLAPTON GAVE UP HIS SEAT AT THE LAST SECOND ON THE ILL-FATED FLIGHT IS A MYTH. AS CLAPTON REVEALED IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, THERE WERE FOUR HELICOPTERS CHARTERED TO FLY MUSICIANS BACK TO CHICAGO. STEVIE WAS ON BOARD A DIFFERENT HELICOPTER.
HERE’S A FULL STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN CONCERT FROM 1985
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