It’s the sad anniversary of the death of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and few other musicians had such an impact on me as a kid, so a few songs to remember him by. I’ve got an upcoming musical voyage to preview/look forward to and a bunch of solid Steel Belted classics to bookend it all.

Artist – Title – Album

Nathan – Gasoline – Jimson Weed
Del Barber – Yellowhead Highway – Prairieography
Willie P Bennett – White Line – Tryin’ to Start out Clean
Townes Van Zandt – Pancho & Lefty (Alternate 1972 Mix Without Strings And Horns) – Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions & Demos 1971 – 1972
Shannon Lyon – Lookin’ For Love (Somebody Help Me) – Shoreline
JD McPherson – Let The Good Times Roll 1 – Let The Good Times Roll
The Weakerthans – Bad Time To Be Poor – The Secret Sessions: Rheostatics Tribute
Rheostatics – Six – Music Inspired by the Group of Seven
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Love Struck Baby – Texas Flood
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Little Wing – The Sky Is Crying
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Life By The Drop – The Sky Is Crying
Colin Linden – The Last Thought – Big Mouth
Matt Andersen – Coal Mining Blues – Coal Mining Blues
The Bottle Rockets – Kerosene – The Bottle Rockets
Brothers Cosmoline – Motel 6 – Songs Of Work And Freedom
Alex Dezen – None of these Things – El Ganzo Sessions
Melissa Payne – Home – Melissa Payne