Stevie Ray Vaughan

The Search for the Perfect Guitar, Part II

Editor: In last week's music feature, Christian McPhate began his search for a guitar. Not just any guitar, but his Trigger, his missing part. In that story, he went north to our weird music utopia, Denton, and came away with nothing. Here, he tries his hand in Dallas. I'll start you with his opener ... More >>

Dallas Police Chief David Brown Casually Tweets About Firing Cops Before Asking for Blues Recommendations

I've got a really tough day ahead...not looking forward to the decisions I will have to make on some officers careers— David O. Brown (@DPDChief) March 1, 2013 If you follow Dallas Police Chief David Brown on Twitter, you were greeted this morning with the ominous announcement above. We're s ... More >>

The Grammys are Good for Something, at Least: Dallas Record Stores Get a Sales Bump

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. CD Source owner Lance Price says the Grammys still seem to be effecting who is rising to the t ... More >>

The Seven Sexiest Guitars

If there's one thing that starts a guitarist's heart thumping, it's the heat from the fretboard as his or her fingers slide across the strings. It's a sordid love affair that leaves fans screaming for more, and the guitarist's soul longing for more. In fact, B.B. King loved his $30 guitar so much t ... More >>

Drue Mitchell Rides the Airwaves From DFW to L.A.

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. ​ Drue Mitchell has worked for 97.1 KEGL in promotions, as on-air jock at (old frequency) 94.5 KDGE and 89.7 KVRK, and now does television for a Christian music network in Los Angele ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: The Fab T-Birds Tear It Up at Fair Park Coliseum in '86

​We began the day by looking at old photos of Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan courtesy Kirby Warnock, who's bringing Jimmie to the Texas Theatre for a very special homecoming show and chitchat. So, then, it's only appropriate to end it with this recent find from 1986: Jimmie, Kim Wilson, Preston Hub ... More >>

Get To Know Your DOMAXXIII Nominees: Best Group Act, Best Blues Act, Best Hard Rock Act

​Welcome to our 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards breakdown, wherein we'll use the weeks leading up to the DOMA showcases on Saturday, October 15 (which is also when voting ends), to explain the nominees in each category Today, we look at the nominees in the Best Group, Best Blues and Be ... More >>

Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan

In Session (Stax)

Might We Finally See That Long-Discussed SRV Statue in Dallas? Briefly on Sunday, Yes.

​Well, we're just swelling with pride and joy this afternoon--and for good reason. It looks like we could be on the verge of finally seeing the long-discussed Stevie Ray Vaughan statue finding a place in Dallas, which (despite Austin's claim on him and SRV statue of their own) is indeed where the ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: David Bowie and Stevie Ray and the Tour That Wasn't

​I had intended to provide as this week's aural audio the entirety of Beck's redo of INXS's Kick, which features on guitar and vocals none other than Lake Highlands' own Annie Clark, or St. Vincent. (The formerly Dallas Observer Music Awards-nominated St. Vincent, Pete asks me to remind you as I d ... More >>

Snookie's Bar and Grill: Getting Happy Could Be More Affordable, Now the Chicken Fried Steak...

Jesse Hughey​Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin' Time, with the details on why you should or shouldn't take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials. Where: Snookie's Bar and Grill, 3604 Oak Lawn Ave., 214-521-1068When: 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 ... More >>

This Week in Dallas Music History: Stevie Ray Vaughan's Out of Rehab and Ready To Rock.

​Guitarists from all over tend to cite Stevie Ray Vaughan as their primary influence. He may very well be the "Pride and Joy" of the Dallas area, even if Austin claims him as its own.Back on March 26, in 1987, Michael Corcoran profiled the Dallas blues guitar icon for the Observer. At this point, ... More >>

Doyle Bramhall, Bugs Henderson

Saturday, March 6,at the Granada Theater

From Jess and Kelly to Dimebag and Willie, the New Hard Rock Cafe Finds Wallspace for Plenty of Local Favorites

Patrick MichelsA signed guitar from Tripping Daisy, to their friends at the Hard Rock Cafe. Dallas' new Hard Rock Cafe is a week away from its opening at Victory Park's southern end--forming, along with the nearby House of Blues and Hooters, a mecca in three parts for a particular sort of music fan. ... More >>

Pops Carter and the Funkmonsters

Friday, October 10, at the Boiler Room, Denton

Is Industrial Boulevard Set To Become Stevie Ray Vaughan Boulevard?

Q&A: Blues and Rock Guitarist Rocky Athas

A Metal Monument, Or: Trying to Build a Bronze Statue of Dimebag Darrell

Metal Monument, Literally

Recovery Is A Must

The muralists of Deep Ellum are honored

Bowie and SRV's Golden Year

Songs from Bowie, Stevie Ray's Golden Era

Beard Sweat

ZZ Top and friends rock Smirnoff

The Rounders

Thursday, July 12, at the Double Wide

Carrying On

Arc Angels make a welcome return

Stealing Stevie Ray

Texas Flood

Vaughan memorabilia sweeps through Dallas

Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson

Thursday, April 27, at Nokia Theatre

Battle Six-String

Guitarists go pick to pick

B-Sides

Suicidal tendencies, gut locker lovers and men who wail on their axes

Strat-Tastic

Those about to rock should attend the Dallas Guitar Show

Los Lonely Boys

December 27

In Character

You know the face; the name is Tobolowsky

Break Away

There's more to ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead than wrecking stages. No, seriously.

Scene, Heard

Epic Records is still digging the goods out of SRV's vault

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

SRV (Epic Records/Legacy)

Letters

Whoa, Baby; Mutual Paranoia; Scary Columnist

Hijinks at Trees

Long-overdue debuts

Across the Bar

New Year's day; Texas Punk Sweethearts; Growth spurt for Polyphonic Spree; Waging Red Animal War

Scene, heard

Conspiracy theories; Bella Union strikes; a Wreck of a Room; X marks the spot

Ax to grind

Soul to sell

Epic keeps raiding Stevie Ray Vaughan's vault, but when is enough enough?

The mind's ear

Jimmie Vaughan is two albums into a solo career he didn't necessarily want

Roadshows

Cry tough

Essential bassist Tommy Shannon hangs in there

Events for the week

The art of implication

Vince Bell's been dead once, and he's got the record to prove it

Out Here

Myth, martyr, musician

With each passing day, the ghost of Selena looms larger over the mainstream

Trouble blues

Buddy Guy doesn't want money or fame, just a little respect