History Music / StevieRayVaughan

* BerserkButton: Stevie Ray's girlfriend in the "Cold Shot" video is enraged by anything related to guitars because of how he ignores her for it, even complaining in the beginning that he loves his guitars more than he loves her. Though PlayedForLaughs, it's also deconstructed in how the girlfriend ends up seriously injuring Stevie in a rage every time he tries to make it up to her because his attempts always involve guitars. Eventually, Stevie's injuries catch up to him and he nearly dies in the hospital. But he ends up being saved at the last minute because the girlfriend [[MyGodHaveIDone realized what she had done]] and rushes in to revive him with a guitar and an amp chord, having come to accept his guitar fixation.

** The injuries he suffers [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale at the hands of his girlfriend]] in the "Cold Shot" video for being fixated on guitars are ridiculous - first he gets punched hard enough to crash through a wall, then he's caught in the car door and dragged down the road after his girlfriend drives away in anger, and then he gets ''thrown off the top of a building''. And every time, he's shown relaxing in his hospital bed looking perfectly fine and playing his guitar as if nothing happened. It's subverted towards the end when all the injuries he suffers causes him to flatline, with the doctors desperately trying to revive him... but then his girlfriend rushes in and successfully revives him at the last minute with [[ChekhovsGun a guitar necklace]] he gave her earlier in the video, having [[JerkassRealization realized the error of her ways]] and accepted his guitar fixation.

** The "Cold Shot" video has him flatlining on the hospital bed from all the injuries he suffered at the hands of his girlfriend. But his girlfriend arrives at the last minute and revives him with a guitar necklace he gave to her as a gift, [[JerkassRealization having realized the error of her ways]].

* IntergenerationalFriendship: In 1985, he met and struck up a friendship with blind musician Music/JeffHealey, who was 19 years old at the time. They would stay good friends up until Stevie Ray's tragic death in a helicopter accident in 1990.

* JerkassRealization: Implied with Stevie Ray's girlfriend in the "Cold Shot" video. Her relationship with Stevie was on the rocks because she hated how his passion for guitars was causing him to ignore her. But every time Stevie tries patching up their relationship, she gets angry to the point of physically abusing him because his efforts always involve guitars. However, at the end of the video, she rushes to the hospital and revives Stevie with a guitar necklace he previously gifted to her just as he was flatlining from his injuries, having realized that her abuse would have killed him.
* LoveHurts: "Cold Shot" is about a couple who fell out of love for each other and have drifted apart, despite the boyfriend's attempts to rekindle their love. Similarly, the music video shows Stevie Ray in a borderline abusive relationship with a girlfriend who initially hates his guitar fixation; she eventually comes around at the end when he nearly dies from her abuse.

* SignatureHeadGear: Many people know him by the black wide-brimmed hat with a plumed feather, though also common is the pageboy hat he wore in his youth.

* NeverBareheaded: He was rarely seen in public without some variation of his trademark NiceHat; in fact, the number of him appearing in photos without his hat(s) can be counted with one hand. He did take off his hat on-stage at times, though, such as when he wanted to perform with his guitar behind his head.
* NiceHat: As shown in his page image, he usually wore a black wide-brimmed hat, sometimes with a plumed feather adorning it. But other times he wore a cowboy hat, a pageboy hat, or even a Native American headdress on one occasion.

* ArtistAndTheBand: Except for albums like ''Family Style'' (with Jimmy, credited to the Vaughan Brothers), his work was released as "Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble".

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: ''The Sky is Crying'' was more successful than any albums from when he was alive, peaking at #10.

* GoodHairEvilHair: He usually has a small triangle goatee, but there was a time where he had a full-on stubble and mustache.

* AgeGapRomance: With Janna Lapidus, a Russian model Stevie Ray met in New Zealand while on tour. Stevie Ray was in his thirties, while Janna was ''seventeen''. However, despite the age gap, they deeply and genuinely loved each other, with Janna being credited as the person who helped Stevie Ray recover from his DarkestHour.

* OneSteveLimit: Or rather, One Stevie Limit; averted and lampshaded at the end of the music video for "Superstition", when someone calls for the cat to "come to Stevie" -- Stevie ''Wonder'', that is.

* OneSteveLimit: Or rather, One Stevie Limit, which is averted and lampshaded at the end of the music video for "Superstition", when someone calls for the cat to "come to Stevie" -- Stevie ''Wonder'', that is.

* OneSteveLimit: Or rather, One Stevie Limit, which is averted and lampshaded in the music video for "Superstition"; the video concludes with someone calling the cat to "come to Stevie" -- Stevie ''Wonder'', that is.

** The injuries he suffers [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale at the hands of his girlfriend]] in "Cold Shot"'s music video for being fixated on guitars are ridiculous - first he gets punched hard enough to crash through a wall, then he's caught in the car door and dragged down the road after his girlfriend drives away in anger, and then he gets ''thrown off the top of a building''. And every time, he's shown relaxing in his hospital bed looking perfectly fine and playing his guitar as if nothing happened. [[spoiler:It's subverted towards the end when all the injuries he suffers causes him to flatline, with the doctors desperately trying to revive him... but then his girlfriend rushes in and successfully revives him at the last minute with [[ChekhovsGun a guitar necklace]] he gave her earlier in the video, having realized the error of her ways and accepted his guitar fixation]].

* DeathByMusicVideo: The black cat kills off the band members one by one in the video for "Superstition", except for Stevie himself, who ends up the SoleSurvivior. In a tragically ironic twist, Stevie would die in a helicopter accident four years after, leaving behind his band.

* FamousLastWords: Just before boarding the ill-fated helicopter, he told drummer Chris Leyton, "Call me when you get back. Love ya." These are the last words he is known to have spoken.

* LoveHurts: "Cold Shot" is about a couple who fell out of love for each other and have drifted apart, despite the boyfriend's attempts to rekindle their love.

* DeathByMusicVideo: The black cat kills off the band members one-by-one in the video for "Superstition".

* WildTake: While he's known for his mind-blowingly awesome guitar solos, he's also known for making really exaggerated facial expressions during his performances. It might be largely due to using really heavy guitar strings, which would make anyone wince (most rock or blues guitarists use 0.09 or 0.10 gauge strings; Vaughan famously used '''0.13''' gauge, though in the last years of his life, downgraded slightly to 0.12 gauge because he was playing so many gigs).

* RockTrio: His band, Double Trouble, was originally a five-person group before it finally became a PowerTrio consisting of Tommy Shannon (bass), Chris Layton (drums), and Vaughan himself (guitar/vocals). Reese Wynans was included as a keyboardist after Vaughan grew frustrated with his increasing lack of inspiration, turning Double Trouble into a rock ''quartet'' until Vaughan's death in a helicopter accident, after which Reese left the band.

The band received a record contract with Creator/EpicRecords shortly thereafter, recording as "Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble". The album recorded at Jackson Browne's studio, ''Texas Flood'', went double-platinum and was nominated for two [[UsefulNotes/GrammyAward Grammy Awards]]. More albums followed, although success caused its own issues. Vaughan had had alcohol and drug problems since he was young, and went through rehab to deal with them. There was also a delay between albums caused by issues with his divorce.

* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: DeconstructedTrope. Living with a violent, alcoholic father later influenced him to become an [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]] himself, but it didn't really hit until after he became famous, with parties, alcohol, and cocaine becoming quite common. Naturally, it severely affected his guitar-playing to the point where a second guitarist was hired to pick up the slack for him. Eventually, during the ''Live Alive'' tour, he collapsed from a gangplank while in Germany and was rushed to the hospital, and was discovered to have damaged his body so badly with drugs and alcohol that doctors told he him he had maybe a month to live if he kept living the way he had been. And this happened ''[[ABirthdayNotABreak on his birthday]]''. For his part, he took the warning to heart, went to rehab, and was sober for the rest of his life.

* WildTake: While he's known for his mind-blowingly awesome guitar solos, he's also known for making really exaggerated facial expressions during his performances. It might be largely due to using really heavy guitar strings, which would make anyone wince.