Playback – Dead Man Walking: Jimmy LaFave

As terminal cancer ticks down Jimmy LaFave’s life, he says the show must go on

"..."I'm on my way off the planet," reveals Jimmy LaFave, never one to mince words...."

April 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

When Jimmy Comes Out, Go Crazy

Crowd's-eye-view of a 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' in Austin taping

"...of loads of late-night love all week, thanks to Jimmy Kimmel, who's been taping his weeknight chatfest at the..."

March 14, 2014 Screens Post by Robert Faires

Play Jimmy Reed

Blues great schools us on Antone's

"...Buddy Guy was like, "Cliff Antone's legit," and Jimmie Vaughan was like, "Cliff Antone is the guy." So when..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Jimmie Vaughan 2010

"...Jimmie Vaughan: I didn't plan it that way. I got married..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature

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

The Adventures of Sancho Panza

Guitar Techs

"...fixing guitars into a long-running teching gig for Jimmie Vaughan, to a 27-year-old junkie pawning other people's equipment. An..."

June 23, 1995 Music Feature

Page Two: It's Always Twine Time

Follow the music

"...by how dense the crowd: of course Clifford, the Vaughan brothers, Angela Strehli, Kim Wilson, Lou Ann Barton, Sarah..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Column by Louis Black

All ATX: The Concert

‘A time to celebrate collaboration and community’

"...with appearances by Quiet Company, Charlie & Will Sexton, Jimmy Vaughan & Lou Ann Barton, Suzanna Choffel, Carolyn Wonderland..."

Sept. 25, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Morning FOX

Margaret Moser talks about weekend shows plus recent CDs

"...Margaret Moser picks her weekend live highlights as Jimmy Vaughan and his Tilt-a-Whirl cohorts close out anniversary month..."

July 22, 2011 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Chris Holzhaus, One More Time

Remembering Chris Holzhaus, fueling the Hickoids

"...such as Augie Meyers and Delbert McClinton. Stevie Ray Vaughan sought him out as a peer and two albums,..."

July 28, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Rob Roy Parnell Jacksboro Highway (Blue Rocket)

Texas Platters

"...as early work by fellow Texas bluesmen Delbert McClinton, Jimmy Vaughan, and Kim Wilson; it serves up an ample..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Chairman of the Board

Antone's Blue Monday boss Derek O'Brien keeps the music alive and blue

"...years: Derek O'Brien ranks alongside Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Denny Freeman, and Bill Campbell as Austin's chairmen of..."

April 25, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Scene Is Gone But Not Forgotten

The Evolution of Austin's White Blues

"...and styles, so I got to see Albert King, Jimmy Witherspoon, War. I had also heard blues through a..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"..."transient soul," there's also this endorsement from jazz legend Jimmy Smith: "He's like Dylan, but not really." Decide for..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Texas Top 10s

"...5) Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan, On the Jimmy Reed Highway (Ruf)..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Feature

Blue Monday

Antone's Blue Mondays continues, 25 years later.

"...W.C. Clark and Angela Strehli. He recalls that Jimmie Vaughan's Storm set the precedent for Blue Mondays back then,..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Ten Fingers

Denny Freeman's 40-year Austin arc

"...foundation of Austin music, playing in Storm with Jimmie Vaughan, forming the Cobras with Paul Ray (an early vehicle..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

The Power of Three

With ZZ Top mowing down the Backyard this weekend, the power of three – trios – comes into play

"...heavily on Shannon, who later played with Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (see sidebar). Shannon had plenty of..."

April 13, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Austin Confessions

Chris Gray gets laid.

"...network was still wavering between Ethan Hawke and SNL's Jimmy Fallon for the lead, but Rose McGowan was already..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Drifter

Mike Flanigin's accidental (and all-star) organ-grinding

"...performs with no less a guitar great than Jimmie Vaughan as an organ trio...."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Lone Ranger

The legend of Jerry Lynn Williams

"...player then, and when he changed his name from Jimmy James to Jimi Hendrix I knew he was going..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...future George W. Bush adviser Mark McKinnon; Stevie Ray Vaughan's two identical covers; Daniel Johnston illustrating his own profile;..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Telecaster Sovereign Sue Foley Lands Back in Austin

The Ice Queen is on fire

"...blues city reeling from the death of Stevie Ray Vaughan and the end of Jimmie Vaughan's reign in the..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

KGSR’s Blues On the Green: Antone’s All-Star Revue

"...Mike Rinta performs with Jimmie Vaughan’s Tilt-A-Whirl Band..."

June 4, 2015 Photo Gallery

Blues for Life

"...in (under the ever-popular Texas moniker the Playboys) was Jimmy's Club, a small room off Mockingbird Lane owned by..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Beautiful Loser

Keith Ferguson: No Apologies, No Regrets

"...in their formative years including Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Junior Brown. "He's a cracker's cracker," Ferguson says..."

May 9, 1997 Music Feature by Josh Alan Friedman

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...Angela Strehli & Band with special guest Stevie Ray Vaughan, Extreme Heat, Van Wilks Band, Chinanine, Concept..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Ain't Messin 'Round

Gary Clark Jr. kisses the sky

"...are certain things that can't be taught," says Jimmie Vaughan, who brought Clark to the attention of Eric Clapton,..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...Jimmy Reed's "Bright Lights, Big City" bristles its eternal love..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Transforming a Neighborhood Near You

Since 1985, Austin's Art in Public Places program has placed more than 100 works in 57 facilities, transforming not only the look of the city but neighborhoods and the lives of people in them.

"...most famous bronze likenesses -- Ralph Helmick's Stevie Ray Vaughan statue on Town Lake, Glenna Goodacre's Philosopher's Rock at..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

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