Stevie Ray Vaughan is a guitar player.
American guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan , one of the founders of blues rock band Double Trouble , died when the helicopter in which he was traveling crashed on the side of a ski hill at Alpine Valley Resort in East Troy , Wisconsin , on Monday , August 27 , 1990 . Stevie Ray Vaughan . AllMusic describes him as `` a rocking powerhouse of a guitarist who gave blues a burst of momentum in the '80s , with influence still felt long after his tragic death . '' After achieving sobriety in late 1986 , he headlined concert tours with Jeff Beck in 1989 and Joe Cocker in 1990 before his death in a helicopter crash on August 27 , 1990 , at the age of 35 . Rolling Stone ranked Vaughan as the twelfth greatest guitarist of all time .