Song of the day for May 4, 2024
Little Wing by Stevie Ray Vaughan is today’s featured song.
On this day in 1989 Stevie Ray Vaughan set out on what would be his last ever tour. Starting at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver. The guitarist was killed in a helicopter crash on 27th Aug 1990 after a concert at Alpine Valley Music Theater in Wisconsin, after playing 107 of the 110 dates.
Consisting of six legs and 136 shows, the In Step Tour began on May 4, 1989, in Vancouver and ended on August 26, 1990, in East Troy, Wisconsin. After the first two legs, Vaughan and Double Trouble co-headlined with Jeff Beck and Joe Cocker during the third and fifth legs, which were branded as “The Fire Meets the Fury” and “Power and Passion”, respectively. The group had planned to embark on a European leg in September 1990, but it was canceled after Vaughan died in a helicopter crash following the East Troy concert on August 27, 1990, during a return flight to Chicago. Although the tour elicited a variety of reactions from music critics, it was generally well-received and garnered mostly favorable reviews. Along with being one of the highest-grossing concert tours of 1989, “The Fire Meets the Fury” leg was awarded for being the most creative tour package of the year by Pollstar magazine.
