Ruth Ellsworth Carter, Austin Songwriter Who Wrote Hits for Stevie Ray Vaughan, Has Died

The "soup chef" co-composed with her husband Bill Carter

"...chef, painter, and songwriter who helped compose hits for Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Fabulous Thunderbirds with her husband..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The One-Man Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Park Conspiracy

“Do you see it? Cuz if you don’t, then I’m crazy.”

"...Please inform your readers that the secrets of the Stevie Ray Vaughan statue shall be revealed on Sat., Dec...."

Dec. 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Stevie Ray Vaughan

"...the great wide open. It was June 1983, and Stevie Ray Vaughan had recently quit David Bowie's outfit to..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Hall

Gary Clark Jr. Added to Perform Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute at the CMT Music Awards

Austin blues superstar joins the CBS broadcast this Sunday

"...perform a tribute to the late Texas musical giant Stevie Ray Vaughan. The update finalizes the lengthy lineup of..."

March 31, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

'What Does Stevie Ray Vaughan Have to Do With Anything?'

"...answered, I raise my voice to ask, “What does Stevie Ray Vaughan have to do with anything?” This question..."

May 26, 2010 Postmarks

Twine Time Host Paul Ray Dead at 73

Deejay, singer, and soul scholar had been hospitalized since November

"...night in Austin will never be the same. Paul Ray, who shared his enlightened taste in vintage soul, blues,..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Jimmie Vaughan Suffers Heart Attack

Grammy winner is recovering at home and anxious to play

"...The news came suddenly yesterday that Jimmie Vaughan had suffered a heart attack the previous week –..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Jimmie Vaughan: 50 Years Performing

Blues master crowds the Continental through the end of 2013

"...Eternal Austin guitar hero Jimmie Vaughan celebrates 50 years making music on Tuesdays at the..."

Nov. 25, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Ray Wylie Hubbard’s Birthday Bash

Growly troubadour – still canny after all these years

"...When Ray Wylie Hubbard walks onstage Saturday at the Paramount Theatre,..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Margaret Moser Tribute: Jimmie Vaughan

“Everything back then felt like us versus them – and she was one of us”

"...editors to let Bill Bentley write a piece about Stevie and I; that was the first piece to talk..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Legerdemain Man Ray Anderson

The fact that magicians around the world revere the magic man of Esther’s Follies is no illusion

"...spotlights from West Coast entertainment capitals, hungrily seeking out Ray Anderson, Austin's much-loved magician, illusionist, and longtime MVP of..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Vaughan's Life Illuminated

"...Hurricane,” Music, Sept. 5] on the lost history of Stevie Ray Vaughan's recordings brought up old memories of mine..."

Sept. 6, 2008 Postmarks

Playback – Austin Loses Its Voice: Paul Ray 1942–2016

Paul Ray 1942–2016, and now, a time without twine

"...in our little city. This is the time Paul Ray would fire up his theme song for Twine Time..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Cover for Stevie

"...in shock when I saw your tiny article on Stevie Ray's induction on p.68 [“Playback,” April 24]. I expected..."

April 27, 2015 Postmarks

Paul Ray’s Magic

Twine Time’s origin story begins with friendship

"...from Dallas, Houston, Lubbock, San Antonio, Ft. Worth. Paul Ray was in the Big D contingent, a man who..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Music Post by Bill Bentley

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...Everybody knows Ray Benson: the big guy with the big hat, booming..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Texas' Holy Trinity: SR Vaughan, Sahm, Antone

"...pages, being reminded of not just Mr. Antone, but Stevie Ray and Doug Sahm, the other parts of Texas'..."

May 26, 2006 Postmarks

The Artistic Afterlife

Stevie Ray Vaughan

"...my left hand, and touch the right hand of Stevie Ray Vaughan. Touching Stevie's statue gives me a boost,..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Music Feature

Standing Next to a Mountain

Examining the 3-CD Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble box set.

"...Having had the Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble box set laid in..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

W.C. Clark, the Godfather of Austin Blues, Has Died

The Texas Soul standard mentored Stevie Ray Vaughan and many others

"...“the Godfather of Austin Blues” and a mentor to Stevie Ray Vaughan, has died. He was 84...."

March 2, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

SRV’s Pride & Joy on Display

Stevie Ray Vaughan exhibit opens at the Bullock

"...Something you probably didn’t know about Austin’s Stevie Ray Vaughan: “Pride & Joy,” perhaps the most enduring..."

March 9, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Deep Roots and Living Legends

Austin Music Awards celebrate our legends

"...grounds of legends like B.B. King, Muddy Waters, and Stevie Ray Vaughan and cement itself in Austin music history...."

March 8, 2016 Events Post by Lisa Gossett

Austin City Limits’ Hall of Fame Fireworks

Willie Nelson & SRV among the inaugural inductees

"...class. That the choices were obvious – Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, UT football coach Darrell..."

April 28, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

From the Music Desk

On Willie, Billy, Stevie Ray, Blaze, and more highlights from four decades of covering Austin music

"...know it's page one.– Music Editor Kevin Curtin Losing Stevie Ray Vaughan..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Michael Hall

Naked City

Big events such as concerts and fun runs may soon disappear from Auditorium Shores.

"...the Shores would be especially ironic, given that the Stevie Ray Vaughan statue was placed there specifically to honor..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols

All-American

Jimmie Vaughan at 50

"...The last time Jimmie Vaughan sat down with the Chronicle at Iron Works Barbecue,..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

They Call Me Hurricane

Newly discovered session tapes from 1979 document Stevie Vaughan before the Ray

"...several dozen reels from a long-shuttered studio emitted small, gray dust clouds as they were tagged and shuffled into..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Beacon Blues

Since 1970 at the One Knite, Jimmie Vaughan's worn the smile of a blues savior

"...the last still swung, but freedom flourished nonetheless. Jimmie Vaughan felt it when he visited from the Big D..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

In a Blink of an Eye

A conversation with Double Trouble’s Tommy Shannon

"...August 27 marks 20 years since Stevie Ray Vaughan took that fateful helicopter ride after a..."

July 28, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Snake Charmer

Ray Wylie Hubbard survived the crash, recovered the black box, and continues to fly high and get lowdown with 'Snake Farm.'

"...miles. It's hokey Texana, sure, and a ways from Ray Wylie Hubbard's Hill Country home outside Wimberley, but it's..."

June 23, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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