American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1954)

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stephen Ray Vaughan, also known abbreviated as SRV, was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Although his mainstream career spanned only seven years, he is considered one of the most influential musicians in the history of blues music, and one of the greatest guitarists of all time. He was the younger brother of guitarist Jimmie Vaughan.

Born

1954

October 3

Died

1990

Era

1950s

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Stevie, in brief

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1954 Born
1990 Died

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-52 Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and battle of Alesia.
-42 Liberators' civil war: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight to a draw Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius in the first part of the Battle of Philippi, where Cassius commits suicide believing the battle is lost.
382 Roman Emperor Theodosius I concludes a peace treaty with the Goths and settles them in the Balkans.

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The world in 1954

When Stevie arrived

april 1 United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
april 18 Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
april 22 Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
april 25 The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.

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Also born in 1954

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