AUSTIN, Texas — Austin-claimed but Dallas-born, musician Stevie Ray Vaughan died 29 years ago today in a tragic helicopter crash. The year was 1990 and Vaughan had finished playing a concert 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 ...

A mural painted by Steve Hunter at Stevie Ray Vaughan Park in Cockrell Hill shows Stevie Ray's first performance with Jimmie Vaughan's band, the Swinging Pendulums. Emily Nava / KERA News Stevie Ray ...

On October 3, 2025, Dallas celebrated what would have been Stevie Ray Vaughan’s 71st birthday, 35 years after he died in a helicopter crash in 1990. The Oak Cliff native left a lasting mark on music ...

Austin will never let the guitar greatness of Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan slip from memory. Although the brothers grew up and cut their musical teeth in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, they made ...