Stevie Ray Vaughan

AKA:

SRV

Birth Name:

Stephen Ray Vaughan

Birth Date:

October 3, 1954

Birth Place:

Dallas, Texas

Death Date:

August 27, 1990

Place of Death:

Alpine Valley Resort, East Troy, Wisconsin

Age:

Cause of Death:

Blunt force trauma (helicopter crash)

Cemetery Name:

Laurel Land Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Music

With bristling chops and fiery phrasing, guitarist and bona fide Texas blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughan did not so much reinvent the blues as add a renewed passion. A master of fills, intros and imaginative solos, he created piercing rhythms and riffs that were equal parts blues, rock and pure showmanship.

Fun Fact

At the height of Stevie’s drug addiction he would rarely bath and the road crew began to refer to him as “Stinky Ray Vaughan.”

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Laurel Land Cemetery

6300 S R L Thornton Freeway

Dallas, Texas, 75232

USA

North America

Map:

Grave Location:

Vaughan Estates

Grave Location Description

Originally buried in Section 25, Lot 194, Space 4 SRV was moved to the Vaughan Estates and is buried with both his mother and father. As you enter the cemetery parking lot drive through the left-most gates to the cemetery and drive straight ahead about 1/3 of a mile and you will see the island that is known as Vaughan Estates at the intersection of Sections 10 and 11.