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Stevie Ray Vaughan was born on October 3 1954 ,in the Oak Cliff Section of Dallas Texas. He was the younger brother of Jimmie Vaughan (born March 20, 1951) and the son of Jim and Martha Vaughan. At the age of 11, Stevie began playing the guitar (under brother Jimmie's influence ), and was playing in local teen combos soon after.Stevie didn't do well in high school,as He would sit at the back of the classroom and doze off due to his playing music all night. As a result, his grades suffered. In 1972, Stevie dropped out of high school and moved to Austin Texas to play music full-time. Doyle Bramhall, a songwriting partner of Stevie's and longtime friend, was the first one to tell Stevie that he had potential as a guitar player.In the early seventies, Stevie played in a band with Doyle called the Nightcrawlers.During the mid-seventies, Stevie played with a popular Austin band called the Cobras.In 1976, Stevie formed a blues-R&B band called Triple Threat Revue, starring himself...