It’s All He Ever Wanted
The guitarist never learned to read sheet music, but he did prove to have had an exceptional ear. Meanwhile, stories about Jimmie were circulating – about how The Chessman opened for Jimi Hendrix, how he met Janis Joplin who invited him to visit her in San Francisco. Vaughan’s father, a drinker, and a harsh disciplinarian, warned him not to turn out like his brother.
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But the young Stevie Ray couldn’t think of anyone else that he would rather be. And so, he kept on strumming on his guitar. And when the strings would tear apart his fingertips, he would fix the wounds with Krazy Glue. In no time, Vaughan was on the stage.