MORE ABOUT JIMMIE VAUGHAN

As a bandleader, singer and guitarist, the four time Grammy Award winner is a master of how everything is captured for posterity.

“Playing what you feel has always been my main goal,” Vaughan says.

Considering the Texas guitarist and singer has had the kind of career that makes him a living legacy, those are no idle words. His first group when he was 13 years old played Dallas’ Hob Nob Lounge six nights a week, learning the kind of lessons that can’t be taught, they have to be lived. Getting the chance to open for Jimi Hendrix when he was 16 years old, along with being heavily influenced by B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Albert King, Freddie King and so many more, convinced the young Vaughan it was time to find a way to play the music he felt the strongest about: the blues.

In the early 70’s Vaughan formed The Fabulous Thunderbirds and their debut album, Girls Go Wild, was released in 1979. After worldwide success with The Fabulous Thunderbirds during the 80’s, he left the band to explore different approaches to the blues. He and brother Stevie Ray Vaughan collaborated and released Family Style to great acclaim and recognition in the music industry.

Jimmie then released his first solo album on Epic Records in the early ’90s and discovered there were no boundaries and started singing.

“When I was young I didn’t really pay much attention to categories of music. I just heard what I liked and decided to explore that and that’s really what I‘m still doing.”

Jimmie Vaughan is continuing his love affair with and staying spiritually connected to the American music he loves.