Not too much to say about Vaughan. The videos speak for themselves. High on the too-long list of musicians who died too young.
Here are Hendrix’ Voodoo Chile, Testify, Scuttle Buttin‘ and Pride and Joy, perhaps his best known song. There is a lot on the Internet about Vaughan, including his homepage and a tremendous archive that includes links to many other sites. It’s interesting that bassist Tommy Shannon were mainstays with Vaughan (in the band Double Trouble) and Johnny Winter, a guitar phenom of a generation earlier.
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[...] blues guitarist Buddy Guy, below. Guy is performing the song Long Way From Home at a memorial for Stevie Ray Vaughan. Vaughan’s brother, Jimmie, is playing rhythm [...]