Stevie Ray Vaughan 10/3/54 - 8/27/90

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  1. SunBurntOrange

    SunBurntOrange 500+ Posts

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    Hello there, my old friend
    Not so long ago it was 'til the end
    We played outside in the pouring rain
    On our way up the road, we started over again

    You're living a dream as though you're on top
    My mind is aching, Lord, it won't stop
    That's how it happens living life by the drop

    Up and down that road in our worn out shoes
    Talking 'bout good thangs and signing the blues
    You went your way and I stayed behind
    We both knew it was just a matter of time

    Living a dream as though you're on top
    My mind is aching, Lord, it won't stop
    That's how it happens living life by the drop

    No waste of time, we're alive today
    Turning up the past, there's no easier way
    Time's been between us, a means to an end
    God, it's good to be here walking together, my friend

    Living a dream as though you're on top
    That's how it happens living life by the drop
     
  2. Unques prist

    Unques prist 250+ Posts

  3. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

    One of my all time favorites - Life by the Drop [​IMG]
     
  4. utmck

    utmck 500+ Posts

    Love me some SRV!
     
  5. BurntOrangeOnly

    BurntOrangeOnly 500+ Posts

    What a talent. Just think how much more great music we would have had in the last 23 years. [​IMG]
     
  6. S.A.Diva

    S.A.Diva 250+ Posts

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    Austin music was never the same after he was gone...
     
  7. South Austin

    South Austin 2,500+ Posts


     
  8. Jim Bob

    Jim Bob 1,000+ Posts

    A friend of mine went to the Armadillo on a night when you paid a couple of bucks to drink beer and listen to whatever band showed up that night. It turned out the unnamed acts were Leon Russell followed by the Grateful Dead. Not bad for your two bucks.
     
  9. NBHorn7

    NBHorn7 Pimp Daddy

    He was a "Texas Flood" of talent that was probably about to reach it's peak when the accident happened.

    He said he had cleaned up all the addictions and was ready for a great future. Two Austin institutions that I really miss that just screamed "Austin Texas" SRV and the old Armadillo World HQ.


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    RIP SRV you were one of the all time greats that was only going to get better!
     
  10. Jim Bob

    Jim Bob 1,000+ Posts

    Back in the Eighties, I had a girlfriend who went to rehab to quit drinking. When she got back, I asked her about the other people in the program. "Well, there was this one guy...actually you may have heard of him. He's a guitar player, and apparently he's kind of a big deal. Stevie somebody, a real shy, sweet guy with long hair." She had no idea who he was, but I had seen him live many times in Austin.

    The word was that when Stevie got clean, his playing got much better, and he was still adding chops when he died. There's no telling how great he might have become. One of my favorite songs to play on guitar is Stevie's "Riviera Paradise", and I can't help but think that with age, he might have gone more in that jazzy direction.

    Rest in Peace.
     

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