Headed to Dallas for a gig, Jackson Browne — and fate — helped launch Stevie Ray Vaughan
After shows in El Paso, Midland and Austin, Browne will arrive in Stevie Ray’s homeland of North Texas, where in Dallas, two separate monuments honor his legacy.
Legendary guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan rehearsed with his band Double Trouble for a performance on "Saturday Night Live" in New York in 1986. The six-time Grammy winner was killed in a helicopter crash in 1990 at the age of 35.(1986 File Photo / The Associated Press)
Michael Granberry, Arts Writer. Michael Granberry was born and grew up in Dallas. He graduated from Samuell High School in Pleasant Grove in 1970 and from Southern Methodist University in 1974. Between his junior and senior years, he interned at The Washington Post during "the Watergate summer" of 1973. He spent 19 years at the Los Angeles Times before returning to Dallas.