Your week-ending farewell Comes a little earlier this week please usual with good reason: Twenty years ago today, at around this very time, I was sitting at my desk at the Dallas Times Herald Writing for the afternoon edition of the front-page obituary for Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ken at last in a Helicopter Crash is at his way out of a fogbound East Troy, Wisconsin, Following a show with, Among others, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy and brother Jimmie. The rest of day That Became a Blur: David Kronke and I spent hours interviewing friends and family and local musicians who'd known and Played with the Oak Cliff native - grim duty. But I do recall: It was Stevie's Uncle Joe Cook who'd invited David to the house, and they spent an hour regaling with tales of David at his Nephew's greatness.
When finished me writing, around 11:30 That night, David and I went to the old Champion Lounge for a couple of drinks, then sat me in at his car, in the Herald parking lot, listening to In Step in the ITS entirety. Days later was the funeral and memorial service at Laurel Land - a wrenching, sweltering, 1.500-strong asia During wakes Nile Rodgers spoke and Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Wonder sang "Amazing Grace." I still not have the cassette recording of That.
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