Stevie Ray Vaughan is a guitar player.
Double Trouble is an American blues rock band from Austin , Texas , formed by guitarist/singer Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1978 . Stevie Ray Vaughan . In spite of a short-lived mainstream career spanning seven years , he is widely considered one of the most influential guitarists in the history of music , and one of the most important figures in the revival of blues in the 1980s . Born and raised in Dallas , Texas , Vaughan began playing guitar at the age of seven , inspired by his older brother Jimmie . Chris Gill of Guitar World commented : `` Stevie Ray Vaughan 's guitar tone was as dry as a San Antonio summer and as sparkling clean as a Dallas debutante , the product of the natural sound of amps with ample clean headroom . Rolling Stone ranked Vaughan as the twelfth greatest guitarist of all time .