Includes index

The first definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an Epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, Foreword by drummer Chris Layton, and Aterword by bassist Tommy Shannon. Despite the cinematic scope of Vaughan's life and death, there has never been a truly proper accounting of his story--until now

Foreword / by Chris Layton -- In the beginning -- Learning to fly -- Austin City Limits -- Steppin' out -- Blues with a feeling -- Crawling kingsnakes -- Come on (Part 1) -- Trouble is knockin' -- Blues power -- Get experienced -- A Swiss miss -- California dreaming -- Serious moonlight -- Texas flood -- Stormy weather -- In the open -- Soul stirrers -- Drowning on dry land -- Live-- and barely alive -- Walking the tightrope -- Things I used to do -- In step -- Change it -- Family style -- Sky is crying -- Life without you -- Epilogue: Jimmy Vaughan reflects on his brother -- Afterword / by Tommy Shannon