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Originally Posted by raysachs

Jimmie Vaughan plays the blues, but he plays a MUCH more economical, in the pocket kind of blues than his much more flamboyant little brother did. The first time I saw Jimmie Vaughan, in 1979 or 1980, with the Fabulous Thunderbirds, he completely turned my head around about what great guitar playing could be. Before that, my idea of a guitar here was what Stevie later became, what Hendrix and Clapton were - you had to play lead guitar and you had to play it loud and fast and you had to be the center of attention. Jimmie was pure blues, not rockabilly, DEFINITELY not country, but he was a much more economical blues player than your typical guitar hero type.

If you doubt that Jimmie Vaughan was a blues player:



And if you want to hear him really DRIVE the band with his combined rhythm/lead playing:



-Ray

I don’t doubt he was a blues player. I like him a lot. But I heard Robert Jr. Lockwood with my own ears.