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Paul, Alan, 1966- author.

Texas flood : the inside story of Stevie Ray Vaughan / Alan Paul and Andy Aledort.

First edition.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019.

xxiii, 343 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

The first definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an Epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, Foreword by drummer Chris Layton, and Afterword by bassist Tommy Shannon. Despite the cinematic scope of Vaughan's life and death, there has never been a truly proper accounting of his story--until now.

Just years after almost dying from a severe addiction to cocaine and alcohol, a clean and sober Stevie Ray Vaughan's last album was his most critically lauded and commercially successful. He was in a new and healthy romantic relationship. But on August 27, 1990 he was killed in a helicopter crash at 35 years old. Paul and Aledort provide the unadulterated truth about Vaughan with input from those who knew him best. They show how his legend and acclaim have grown, making him an undisputed international musical icon. -- adapted from jacket

Vaughan, Stevie Ray.

Guitarists -- United States -- Biography.

Blues musicians -- United States -- Biography.

Biographies.

Aledort, Andy, author.

Includes index.

Foreword / by Chris Layton -- In the beginning -- Learning to fly -- Austin City Limits -- Steppin' out -- Blues with a feeling -- Crawling kingsnakes -- Come on (Part 1) -- Trouble is knockin' -- Blues power -- Get experienced -- A Swiss miss -- California dreaming -- Serious moonlight -- Texas flood -- Stormy weather -- In the open -- Soul stirrers -- Drowning on dry land -- Live-- and barely alive -- Walking the tightrope -- The things I used to do -- In step -- Change it -- Family style -- The sky is crying -- Life without you -- Epilogue: Jimmy Vaughan reflects on his brother -- Afterword / by Tommy Shannon.

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