Stevie Ray Vaughn Box Set

Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day by Day, Night After Night is one of the most lavishly illustrated and detailed musician biographies ever written. In a day-by-day format, Craig Hopkins presents an award-winning and unprecedented celebration of Vaughan's life and music. His Early Years, 1954-1982 , the first volume in this deluxe set, covers the complete history of the guitar legend's roots, from his childhood to the eve of his first major record release. The book features rare and intimate photographs from Vaughan's youth and early days as a budding musician, details about his earliest gigs and unreleased recordings, and a personnel list of his twenty-odd bands over the course of his twenty-five-year career. The second volume, His Final Years, 1983-1990 , covers Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's recording career, from their debut release and their performance at Carnegie Hall through their rise to international stardom. Filled with hundreds of photographs and packed with incredible detail, the book takes readers moment by moment through the exciting and sometimes controversial journey to Vaughan's worldwide success. In addition, the second volume features a special section on Vaughan's guitars and equipment. Hopkins also documents Vaughan's ongoing legacy up to the present day. Day by Day, Night After Night tells Vaughan's story from birth to the abrupt and tragic end of his bustling career in 1990, when at the age of thirty-five, only four years into his triumph over the demons of addiction, he died in a helicopter crash minutes after sharing the stage with Eric Clapton and other fellow blues stars. Both volumes are filled with first-hand testimonials from the band members, family, friends and associates who knew him best; stories from the studio and the road; and, detailed documentation of tour dates, recordings, broadcasts, publications, collector's items and more. For fans of this Texas guitar legend and blues music history in general, Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day by Day, Night After Night is the ultimate collector's item.