Tag Archives: Stevie Ray Vaughan

I was impressed the first time I saw the statue of blues guitar-hero Stevie Ray Vaughan on the south shore of Town Lake–since renamed Lady Bird Lake for a politician of dubious merit. Mostly because it was modern–it even has a metallic shadow. Although with his high boots, pancho and cowboy hat he looks more like a vigilante than a musician. Nowadays, exactly eighteen years since the Dallasite who used to play in Austin clubs died in a chartered helicopter’s crash, the statue is mainly a target for bird poop. Like most things in Austin, it is rarely maintained. His death introduced me to his compelling music, which I had never really listened to before, though I was aware of who he was. R.I.P. Mr. Vaughan.