1. Jimmie Vaughan is the older brother of the Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan.
25 Facts About Jimmie Vaughan
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Jimmie Vaughan was a founding member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds.
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Jimmie Vaughan was born on March 20,1951, in Dallas County, Texas, United States, to parents Jimmie Lee Vaughan and Martha Jean Cook.
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Jimmie Vaughan moved to Austin in the late 1960s and began playing with such musicians as Paul Ray and WC Clark.
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In 1969, Jimmie Vaughan's group opened for The Jimi Hendrix Experience in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Jimmie Vaughan formed the band The Fabulous Thunderbirds with lead singer and harpist Kim Wilson, bassist Keith Ferguson, and drummers Mike Buck and Fran Christina.
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Jimmie Vaughan left the band in 1990, and made his only "duo album", Family Style, with his younger brother, Stevie Ray Jimmie Vaughan.
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The album was light, blues-influenced rock, with Jimmie Vaughan singing on several tracks.
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Jimmie Vaughan released his first solo album, Strange Pleasure, in 1994.
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Jimmie Vaughan made a special guest appearance on Bo Diddley's 1996 album A Man Amongst Men, playing guitar on the tracks "He's Got A Key" and "Coatimundi".
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In 2001, Jimmie Vaughan paid an installment on his debt to harmonica swamp blues when he contributed guitar to the Lazy Lester album Blues Stop Knockin.
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Jimmie Vaughan was the third opening act for most of the dates of Bob Dylan's summer 2006 tour, preceded by Elana James and the Continental Two and Junior Brown.
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Jimmie Vaughan performed on the episode of the TBS cable television show Conan, that aired December 22,2010.
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Jimmie Vaughan performed at the 11th Edition of the Rochester International Jazz Festival on Friday, June 29,2012.
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In 2014, Jimmie Vaughan performed at the Mahindra Blues Festival in India alongside the Tedeschi Trucks Band.
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Jimmie Vaughan appeared and performed as a guest on an episode of the PBS cable television show Austin City Limits, with the Foo Fighters, which aired on February 7,2015.
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Jimmie Vaughan's 2019 recording, Baby, Please Come Home, was chosen as a 'Favorite Blues Album' by AllMusic.
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Jimmie Vaughan performed with Bob Dylan in Austin, Texas on April 6,2024, as a guest guitarist.
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Jimmie Vaughan has a son, Tyrone Jimmie Vaughan, who is a guitarist.
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Jimmie Vaughan loves classic and custom cars, and is an avid car collector.
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Jimmie Vaughan has had many of his customs and hot rods displayed in museums, as well as featured in rodding and custom magazines.
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Jimmie Vaughan endorsed Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul in 2008 and played before one of Paul's speeches at the University of Texas.
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Jimmie Vaughan opened for Ron Paul's keynote address at the Rally for the Republic in St Paul, Minnesota on September 2,2008.
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Jimmie Vaughan performed at Ron Paul's "We are the Future" rally in Tampa, Florida on August 26,2012.
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Jimmie Vaughan suffers from stenosis and has had three heart attacks; after his third heart attack in December 2022, he had quadruple bypass heart surgery.