You don’t see this every day: Legendary blues-rock guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan without his trademark, black bolero hat. Among the most distinctive guitarists in blues history, Vaughan pulled off his hat and winked at the ecstatic crowd at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 24, 1990. His sweet gesture to say goodbye proved to be a final farewell. Two months later, the 36-year-old Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin. Even though the Texas native was a major music act for only seven years, he left a breathtaking body of recorded work that grows in stature – a legacy much like his guitar idol Jimi Hendrix.
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