THE TOP 10 Blues PLAYERS

01 STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN IN HIS OWN WORDS

In 1988, just two years before his death, the blues master spoke to Guitarist about his music, his brother Jimmie, his love for Hendrix, and the guitar he called “My First Wife”.

PLAYING

“I just play a lot. To sit down in my room and play, because that’s what started it, that’s like going back to square one. And it’s fun! It’s fun to sit around, even if it gets frustrating.”

BIG BROTHER

“I learned a lot from Jimmie and he tells me he’s learned a lot from me. He started playing when he was in junior high, when I couldn’t have been more than eight. A friend of my father’s brought over a guitar and handed it to him and said, ‘Hey play this, it won’t hurt you.’ That’s what he said, and Jimmie started playing right away. It was amazing to watch him do it. He had three strings on the guitar and I went to school an came home and he’d made up three songs. I’m serious! With that kind of influence as a big brother it’s real easy to get into