Stevie Ray Vaughan came blasting out of Texas and into the public eye in the early '80s, bringing the blues back into the mainstream. The lightning-fingered fretboard magician came off like a collision between T-Bone Walker and Jimi Hendrix, crackling with both deep blues roots and rock-star flash. Whether churning out a tried-and-true 12-bar shuffle like “Pride and Joy” or kicking things in a funkier direction on “Couldn't Stand the Weather”, SRV is a blues-rock king whose reign was tragically short but whose imprint grows only more visible with time.