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Episode 21: "Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan" with Alan Paul
Just a few years after he almost died from a severe addiction to cocaine and alcohol, a clean and sober Stevie Ray Vaughan was riding high. His last album was his most critically lauded and commercially successful. He had fulfilled a lifelong dream by collaborating with his first and greatest musical hero, his brother Jimmie. His tumultuous marriage was over and he was in a new and healthy romantic relationship. Vaughan seemed poised for a new, limitless chapter of his life and career.Instead, it all came to a shocking and sudden end on August 27, 1990, when he was killed in a helicopter crash following a dynamic performance with Eric Clapton. Author Alan Paul gives us the unadulterated truth about legendary guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices