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The Watcher Of Lady Bird Lake

"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents." This quote, said by Ludwig van Beethoven is very true, especially for those who dabble in the blues genre of music. It isn't just a style of music, and a style of expressing ones inner soul to the world. One great example of a person who could express himself with ease was Stevie Ray Vaughan. Stevie Ray Vaughan was born in the mid-twentieth century in the southern United States of America. He began to play the guitar at a very early age, and started playing in clubs in his teens. Once in the spotlight of the electric blues music world, he struggled with addictions, but overcame them and continued on with his career better than ever before. He died in a tragic accident along with a few other musicians in the late twentieth century. This marked the end of the life of one of the most influential guitarists of all time.

Early Life

Stevie Ray Vaughan was born on October 3, 1954. He was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, and began to play the guitar at a very early age. His brother Jimmie, who was three years older than him, was a huge influence on the desire for Stevie to learn to play the guitar. He first plucked the strings of the guitar at the very young age of eight, and continued to play throughout his adolescent years. In junior high, Stevie formed many bands with his some his friends in his grade. These garage bands would play a set at local nightclubs on occasion. Often when Stevie would go into school, he would sleep through his classes, because he had been up so late the night before, playing his guitar. For this reason, his marks suffered immensely. Stevie, however, was not interested in his school marks; all he cared about was playing the guitar. One of the turning points in his life, which helped him realize that he wanted be a guitarist occurred while working as a dishwasher at a...