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RISE OF A TEXAS BLUESMAN 1954-1983 DVD

RISE OF A TEXAS BLUESMAN 1954-1983 DVD

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In the early 1970s a young guitarist from Austin, Texas began to make his name on the local blues circuit, committed as he was to a musical formmany thought outdated. A decade on, that same guitarist became an inter national superstar. A player of passion, energy and awe-inspiring technical virtuosity, Stevie Ray Vaughan not only brought the blues heritage of his home state to a global audience, he reinvigorated the genre itself, introducing it to a new generation of listeners in the process. This film reveals and dissects the formative years of Stevie Ray Vaughan's career – his influences, his first recordings and the bands with whomhe honed his craft - and traces the history of Texas blues itself, iden tifying Vaughan's place within this larger tradition. It is the journey of both a musical form and the single-minded musician who brought it firmly back into the spotlight after decades of neglect. Featuring rare archive footage, exclusive interviews, contributions from the musicians with whom Stevie Ray worked and the people who knew him best, seldom seen photographs and a host of other features which all at once provide for the finest document on the celebrated late guitarist yet to emerge. 2 hrs., 11 min.

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Publisher MVD
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Instrument Guitar
Category CD & DVD
SubCategory1 Performance
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Medium DVD
ISBN13 823564539393
ISBN13 00022211
Dimensions 190x139