But between sets I’d sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to the point where I was making my living at white clubs and having my fun at the other places.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANBut between sets I’d sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to the point where I was making my living at white clubs and having my fun at the other places.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANI hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANEven though there’s reasons to try things that may or may not work, it’s still a real intimate way to finish the song with everybody right there in the band just locked in.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANMusic really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANI love my baby like the finest wine, I’ll stick with her until the end of time.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANI don’t play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I’m breaking out of jail!
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANThe way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put ’58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANSo, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANThe problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANIt is the human things that make life good, the unexpected kindness, the friendly note, the bracing word, the neighbour’s extra loaf of bread she leaves at our back door.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANJazz changes and all. But I don’t know the names of what it is I’m doing.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANWhat I am trying to get across to you; is please take of yourselves and those that you love; because that is what we are hear for, that’s all we got, and that is all we can take with us. Are you with me?
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANMy baby she’s a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANLooking back in front of me, in the mirror a grin. Through eyes of love I see, I’m only looking at a friend.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANThe way people come into your life when you need them, it’s wonderful and it happens in so many ways. It’s like having an angel. Somebody comes along and helps you get right.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANThat’s how it happens, livin life by the drop.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN