Death of Stevie Ray Vaughan

Date: August 27, 1990 • Location: East Troy, United States

American musician Stevie Ray Vaughan, one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s, was killed in a helicopter crash.

Stephen Ray Vaughan, also known abbreviated as SRV, was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Although his mainstream career spanned only seven years, he is considered one of the most influential musicians in the history of blues music, and one of the greatest guitarists of all time. He was the younger brother of guitarist Jimmie Vaughan, a pioneer in his own right of the late '70's into '80's Texas-blues revival, and Stevie's earliest mentor and lifelong inspiration.