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Ghost in the Machine

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6. I was turning people on to MISTER Stevie Ray Vaughan way back in the early 80's, before he was

Reply to backwoodsbob (Original post)

Sun Oct 7, 2012, 06:04 AM

Oct 2012

even popular or getting much air time from Texas Flood. I wore out 3 cassettes of "Couldn't Stand The Weather", not counting the few that I gave to friends who became hooked.... Tin Pan Alley, to me, was one of the best songs on there.

This is *THE BEST* birthday present I've ever gotten... it's a *pencil* drawing dated 1998, and it hangs on my bedroom wall:

The Master of the Stratocaster, he brought the Blues back to mainstream in the era of the big hair bands and the beginning of the "gangsta rap" era..

Peace,

Ghost

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Stevie Ray..the concert that made a legend [View all] backwoodsbob Oct 2012 OP

I have it on DVD HarveyDarkey Oct 2012 #1

Yes it did. The '83 El Macambo show was a killer too. bluesbassman Oct 2012 #2

Orianthi does a pretty good version of Voodoo Chile also. glacierbay Oct 2012 #4

Around here, he was a legend long before that. hobbit709 Oct 2012 #3

Real Deal 7wo7rees Oct 2012 #5

I was turning people on to MISTER Stevie Ray Vaughan way back in the early 80's, before he was Ghost in the Machine Oct 2012 #6