Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at Midtfyns Festival, 1988

In 1988, Stevie Ray Vaughan took the stage at Denmark’s Midtfyns Festival, where few had heard of him before. By the time he started playing, the crowd was wild, and the radio stations dropped coverage of the larger Roskilde Festival to broadcast his entire performance.

Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at Midtfyns Festival, 1988

At the time roskilde festival and midtfyns festival was playing at the same time, and the radio had to switch a little bit between these two festivals, and by 1988 not many people in Denmark had heard of SRV but when he walked on the stage everybody was going crazy. And for his performance, they switched the radio signal to being midtfyn festival only. Very cool also because of roskilde being the bigger festival

Stevie Ray Vaughan was born on October 3, 1954, in Dallas, Texas. He played guitar as a tyke and progressed toward becoming the lead vocalist for the Texas band Double Trouble, which prompted work with David Bowie and Jackson Browne. He had hit collections with his band before the 1989 arrival of In Step, for which he earned a Grammy. He likewise recorded with his sibling Jimmy. SRV died in a late-night helicopter crash on August 27, 1990, at the age of 35.