Jimmie Vaughan

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Jimmie Lawrence Vaughan (born March 20, 1951, Oak Cliff, Texas, United States) is an American blues rock guitarist and singer based in Austin, Texas.

Stevie Ray Vaughan, the late Texas blues guitarist, is his older brother. Several well-known blues guitarists have had a major influence on Vaughan's playing style, including the "Three Kings" (Albert, Freddie, and B.B. Watson, King) and Johnny "Guitar" Watson.

Personal life

In 1994, Vaughan released Strange Pleasure, his first solo album. The album featured "Six Strings Down" a song dedicated to his brother's memory. Since then, he has been working as a solo entrepreneur. Vaughan's solo albums feature mainly blues-rock stuff that he writes himself. On Bo Diddley's 1996 album A Man Amongst Men, he appeared on guitar on the tracks "He's Got A Key" and "Coatimundi." When he contributed guitar to Lazy Lester's album Blues Stop Knockin in 2001, Vaughan paid an installment on his (and the Fabulous Thunderbirds') debt to harmonica swamp blues.'

Tyrone Vaughan, his son, has been a member of Tyrone Vaughan.

Since 1997, Fender has produced a Jimmie Vaughan Tex-Mex Stratocaster.

Vaughan appeared in the 1998 film Blues Brothers as a member of the fictional "Louisiana Gator Boys" blues band led by BB King.

Vaughan is a close friend of Dennis Quaid. They appeared on the film Great Balls of Fire together.

Vaughan was Bob Dylan's third opening act, preceded by Elana James and the Continental Two and Junior Brown.

Vaughan is a huge car enthusiast and adores classic and custom cars. Vaughan has had several of his customs and hot rods on display in museums, as well as being seen in rodding and custom magazines.

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Early career

Jimmie Vaughan was born on March 20, 1951, in Dallas County, Texas, United States, to parents Jimmie Lee Vaughan and Martha Jean Cook. Raised in Dallas, Texas, Vaughan attended L V. Stockard Junior High where on February 3, 1965, he first played before an audience in a group named The Pendulums, or the JSP's, along with Phil Campbell and Ronny Sterling. Vaughan moved to Austin in the late 1960s and began playing with such musicians as Paul Ray and WC Clark.

In 1969, Vaughan's group opened for The Jimi Hendrix Experience in Fort Worth, Texas. It was at this show that Vaughan lent Jimi Hendrix his Vox Wah-wah pedal which Hendrix ended up breaking. In return, Hendrix gave Vaughan his own touring Wah-wah pedal.

Jimmie Vaughan developed his own easily recognized personal style. He formed the band The Fabulous Thunderbirds with lead singer and harpist Kim Wilson, bassist Keith Ferguson, and drummers Mike Buck and Fran Christina. (The original Fabulous Thunderbirds were all protégés of Austin, Texas blues club owner Clifford Antone). The band's first four albums, released between 1979 and 1983, are ranked among the most important 'white blues' recordings. These early albums did not sell well, so the band was left without a recording contract for a couple of years (during the time when Vaughan's younger brother achieved commercial success). During this time, Vaughan played lead guitar on fellow Texas blues musician Bill Carter's 1985 album, Stompin' Grounds, also playing Carter's most well-known song, "Willie The Wimp", which would be introduced a year later to Stevie Ray Vaughan and played on live albums.

The Fabulous Thunderbirds got a new contract in 1986, and made several albums with a more commercially popular sound and production style. Vaughan left the band in 1990, and made his only "duo album", Family Style, with his younger brother, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Before the album's release, Stevie Ray died in a helicopter crash along with three members of Eric Clapton's entourage in East Troy, Wisconsin, on August 27, 1990. The album was released a month after the accident. The artist listed on the album was "The Vaughan Brothers". The album was light, blues-influenced rock, with Jimmie Vaughan singing on several tracks.

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