Thirty-five years ago, Eric Clapton lost dear friend Stevie Ray Vaughan when the Texas blues legend's helicopter smashed into a Wisconsin hillside after the pals played a concert on August 27, 1990.

The accident came just as Vaughan was in the midst of a new ascendancy. Having kicked the substance abuse problems that dogged him throughout the mid-'80s, the guitar hero had returned to the ...

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 ...

On this day (August 27) in 1990, Texas blues rock legend Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a tragic helicopter accident in East Troy, Wisconsin. While Vaughan’s recording career was short, it was impactful.

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 ...

Guitar World's December 1990 issue was dedicated to Stevie Ray Vaughan, who was tragically killed on August 27 of that year in a helicopter crash. The accident came just as Vaughan was in the midst of ...