Stevie Ray Vaughan’s climb to the top of the blues genre was one deeply interwoven with the turbulent racial climate of the 1970s. As the titan scaled the charts alongside his Black analogs, critics wondered whether SRV’s disconnect with Blues’ historical origins made him worthy of his glory. As Charlie Parker argued, “if you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.”
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