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ProfessorGAC

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2. Saw Him The Night He Died

Reply to Bfd (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 4, 2018, 07:56 AM

Oct 2018

My wife and i were there with a couple friends at Alpine Valley. SRV and Clapton.

Was quite the show.

We didn't get home until about 2am and we didn't wake up until about 8 only to see on the news that he died in a crash.

Was quite the shock.

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Stevie Ray Vaughan would have been 64 today. [View all] Ohiogal Oct 2018 OP

My favorite. Saw him in concert with BBKing a few weeks before he died. Bfd Oct 2018 #1

Saw Him The Night He Died ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #2

Oh my gosh! Devastating & surreal news to wake up to, I'm sure Bfd Oct 2018 #3

I Was A Pinch Late To The Stevie Train ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #5

My fav: "The Sky Is Crying" Bfd Oct 2018 #6

Saw him In west Germany TEB Oct 2018 #4