“Actually, any of Metheny’s albums from the late 80s to the mid 90s should be considered. It was a great period for him. In ...

Jonathon “Boogie” Long learned to make a guitar talk before he learned to make sense of the world. He grew up in Baton Rouge ...

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 ...

There’s a reason more than one person claimed Stevie Ray Vaughan reduced the stage to a pile of smoking cinders—his guitar didn’t just sing, it blazed. Too bad the same heat that fueled his music also ...

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 ...

Gary Clark Jr. reflects on Austin City Limits and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Enjoy an extended interview with Gary Clark Jr. as he reflects on watching his hero, Stevie Ray Vaughan on Austin City Limits and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Stevie Ray Vaughan may be one of the most successful and beloved ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Ebet Roberts/Redferns An outspoken advocate of tube amps and vintage guitars, the late ...

The Dallas-born guitar virtuoso Stevie Ray Vaughan showed the world what the electric guitar can do. Part of an elite group of players (along with others like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and maybe a ...

Welcome to the Texas Canon, a series that dives into the movies, TV shows, books, albums, and more that represent us and reach far beyond the Lone Star State’s borders. Today we look at legendary ...

When Heritage Auctions drops the hammer on its latest batch of rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia, one Mandeville-based guitar dealer will be watching with special interest. Willem McCormick, himself a ...