Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt-A-Whirl Band – JAS June Experience

LISTEN TO JIMMIE VAUGHAN When it comes to the blues today, there are a handful of guiding lights to make sure the music stays true to its history. For Jimmie Vaughan, he’s dedicated his life to making sure the blues not only stays alive, but remains full of life and an inspiration to all who listen. For almost 60 years, Vaughan isn’t about to stop now. As a bandleader, singer and guitarist, the four-time Grammy Award winner, Jimmie Vaughan is a master of how everything is captured for posterity. “Playing what you feel has always been my main goal,” Vaughan says. His first group at 13 played Dallas’ Hob Nob Lounge six nights a week, learning lessons that have to be lived. Opening for Jimi Hendrix at 16 and being influenced by B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Albert King, and Freddie King convinced him to focus on the blues. In the early 70s, he hitchhiked to Austin, forming a new crew of blues players and The Fabulous Thunderbirds, whose debut album Girls Go Wild was released in 1979. After worldwide success with the band, he and his brother Stevie Ray Vaughan released Family Style. His first solo album on Epic Records in the early 90s allowed him to explore new sides of the blues. Jimmie Vaughan continues his love affair with, and spiritual connection to, the American music he loves.