As with all music legends, there's always an origin story. Vaughan's just might be one of the rougher ones. As states by the official Stevie Ray Vaughan website, Vaughan was born on October 3, 1954, in Dallas, Texas, where he became interested in music at a very early age. Vaughan was a talented child, having played guitar from the very young age of 7. He had played in various garage bands through his rambunctious youth, until he made the decision to drop out of school and pursue music full time. Vaughan had gone from band to band, finding gigs at various venues.
He didn't form his own band until years later. That time would come in 1981, when Jack Newhouse, Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton, and Vaughan himself, assembled the band known as Double Trouble. Both Vaughan and his band had made a name for themselves in Texas, as they played in various clubs across the state. Vaughan eventually got to perform on David Bowie's album "Let's Dance," soon landed a record deal with producer John Hammond, and the rest was history (via Far Out Magazine).
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