When Stevie Ray Vaughan was looking for a guitar tech, he knew just the man: Rene Martinez. He was an old acquaintance, a well-known luthier and repairman at Charley's Guitar Shop in Dallas. Stevie's ...

An ice-cool Texan with a Fender Stratocaster and a black cowboy hat, Stevie Ray Vaughan was one of the most influential musicians of the 80s. With his band Double Trouble, he spearheaded a blues ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Aug. 27, 2025, marks 35 years since Dallas-born but Austin-claimed blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash. The 1990 incident occurred shortly after a concert at ...

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s meteoric rise and enduring legacy have been chronicled in numerous books and films. However, "Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues" offers a more intimate look at the ...

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 ...

Documentaries often are made by a curious outsider looking in on a subject. Kirby F. Warnock — writer and director of “Brothers in Blues: Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan” — grew up in the Oak Cliff ...

Untold stories about Stevie Ray Vaughan and his older brother, Jimmie, are revealed in a documentary directed by Kirby Warnock. The documentary will be shown March 23 at the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff ...