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As you research your selected guitarist, you will need to note some specific information from his or her life and career. Include the following in your final writing: Details for your written assignment: ,
 * Introduction
 * Biography
 * Discography
 * Legacy
 * Conclusion

You Guitarist's Name; __ Stevie Ray Vaughan. __


Stevie Ray Vaughan is a famous American guitarist through 1982 to 1990. He would perform brilliant blues music with his band and his electric guitar. Vaughan only played blues music, making other musicians get a great interest in him along with his fans enjoying his music. He also created a band called the Double Trouble.

Vaughan grew up with his older, Jimmie Lee, who taught him how to play the guitar. He soon found playing the guitar fun and easy. While that, he had also had an interest in the blues music. Vaughan was influenced by other guitar performers, that's how he got an interest playing blues music on the guitar. Years go by, Vaughan would perform on stage and slowly became famous for his blues music. His blues jamming and guitar strumming caught other musicians attention, other guitarist found something in Vaughan very interesting. One musician had asked for Vaughan to create a song, later on, it became famous. The album was called //Lets Dance-// It won one Grammy Award. In 1990, Vaughan was flying to East Troy and his helicopter crashed into a mountain and crashed, he later died.

Vaughan released an album called Lets Dance, created by Vaughan and Nile Rodgers. One of Vaughan's famous albums that won the Grammy Awards. //Texas Flood // was another famous album Vaughan created, a well known song back in the 1980's.

Vaughan music was mostly blues. Some of his albums were famous and changed the way of the Blues music today. His music influenced other musicians, as well and probably Vaughan's style in blues music flourished throughout years.

Stevie Ray Vaughan is a well known for his blues music. The amount of likes in his music and albums are probably remarkable. He was a very popular blues performer around 1970-1980's. I bet his music influenced guitarist to play blues or just to play any type of song, and i also bet his music is still being listened to today.

Works Cited Sources : Include the source information for all of the articles or web sites that were used to complete your project. Source information is found at the end of each article in iCONN.They should also be listed in alphabetical order by the first word of the source citation. //sample:// "Carol Kaye." //Contemporary Musicians//. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale, 1998. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012. "Selected Websites on Carol Kaye's Life and Works." //Gale Biography in Context//. Detroit: Gale, 2008. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012.

Your Source List:

Apollo, Marco, and Patricia Jobe Pierce. "Stevie Ray Vaughan." //American National Biography // (2010): 1. //Biography Reference Center //. Web. 22 Oct. 2013.

Guitarist Research Notes Table
//cells will expand as you enter your findings// || Vaughan to play Let’s Dance
 * ** Information Feature ** ||= **Your Findings**
 * The guitar style I am researching is: || Blues ||
 * The artist I am researching is: || Stevie Ray Vaughan ||
 * This guitarist lived from ___ to__ _ || 1954-1990 ||
 * Define and describe the guitar style you are researching. || Guitarist, Singer, songwriter, blues ||
 * What kind of musical training did the guitarist have? || his brother taught him ||
 * What types of music influenced this artist? || his older brother- Jimmie Lee, taught him to play guitar ||
 * Name some musicians who influenced the guitarist you are researching. || T-Bone Walker, Otis Rush, Freddie King, Albert King, B.B. King, and the rock band; Cream ||
 * Has this guitarist played more than one style? If so, what other styles? || Just Blues ||
 * What type of guitar does this musician play? || electric guitar ||
 * What are some interesting facts about your guitarist’s childhood? || he got lessons from his older brother and performed many songs and performances on guitar ||
 * What did this guitarist do before he became famous? || blues jammier and performer ||
 * List two interesting facts about the guitarist’s life. || he became a band with a few others, called themselves the Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble ||
 * List two albums or songs your artist released, the dates they were released and why they are important. || Let’s Dance-  1983, was produced by Nile Rodgers, and David Bowie asked

Texas Flood- 1983, Jackson Browne was impressed with Vaughan’s style of the blues that he gave Vaughan and his band free studio time to record the album. || What do you like about his/her style? || //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Lurrie Bell //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;"> plays famous blues music today. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">personally, i don't have an interest in blues music. But overall, i think //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;"> Lurrie Bell's //blues music is as good as // Vaughan // ||
 * Who is playing this style of music today?
 * What legacy has this guitarist left to the world of music? || famous blues music ||