It rained all weekend, but despite the torrential downpour, I jumped in my car Saturday afternoon and headed out on my 1-hour journey to the hills of Calabogie to see Jimmie Vaughan along with his great Tilt-A-Whirl Band headline the Calabogie Blues Festival

Followers of this blog will recognize that I have talked a lot about Jimmie Vaughan being his own man, keeping pure blues guitar alive and sticking true to how he hears the music despite the fact that almost everyone goes to see Jimmie the first time expecting to hear his late brother Stevie.

Do yourself a favor, search out some Fabulous T-Birds stuff from the 80’s and tell me that wasn’t great music. Then listen to the guitar and notice the incredible rhythm and pinpoint lead guitar – THAT my friends, is Jimmie Vaughan.

I had limited room left on my memory card so I could only record a couple of snippets from what was a good show.

Here is the first video as Jimimie opened up the show

And here is a short clip showing why Jimmie is one of the most solid rhythm blues guitarists of this generation (it’s no wonder he provided such a huge back beat to the Fabulous T-Birds in Austin where he made his name )

Be sure to catch Jimmie Vaughan wherever he appears next – it will always be a fun show and education into Texas Blues