SRV FAQ

6.1 POINTERS TO PERTINENT WEB AND FTP SITES

The transient nature of internet residents makes documentating Stevie Ray Vaughan-related sites difficult. We would recommend taking either or both of two approaches:
1) Do a web search for Stevie Ray Vaughan using some of the many World Wide Web search engines. Beware, though there may be many hits, most of which will be rather unremarkable.
2) Take your chances on finding these commercial and Texasflood members' web sites by using the following URLs.

http://willmot.com/SRV/
SRV Gig Database by Bob Willmot
You will find anything you would want to know about when Stevie played where. Most dates include the setlist and if the show was recorded. The site also has the most complete list of SRV "import" CD's. This is a must site to keep bookmarked.

http://www.wawilliams.com/
Some of the best photos of SRV taken by W.A. Williams Prints and lithos can be purchased from this site.

http://www.dmu.ac.uk/~iah/srv
Former list owner Andy Humberston's SRV page

http://www.music.sony.com/Music/ArtistInfo/Srvtribute/index.html
The "official" SRV page

http://www.quadralay.com/Music/srv.html
An Austin SRV site

http://home.mmcable.com/mwatkins
Mark Watkins' page, containing the White Lightnin' tracklist and fellow artists' remembrances of Stevie.

http://www.awpi.com/SRV/index.html
Brian Comb's page "Pride And Joy: The Stevie Ray Vaughan Archive" containing SRV interviews, articles, links and the "SRV Experience" a section where people can post their feelings about Stevie.

http://www.srvrocks.com/
Vince's SRV Page
A "don't miss" site

Other SRV Links
http://www.phoenix.net/~thomas/srv/index.html
http://www.hi.is/~snorrkr/
http://www.hwcn.org/~af193/Profile.html
http://www.pla-net.net/~dreppa/
http://www.music.sony.com/Music/index1.html
http://www.blueschat.com/
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/7299/
http://user.icx.net/~ambient_life/htm/alp7.htm

--(Major contributor: Mark Watkins)

6.2 THE SRV FAN CLUB

Thank you for your interest in the Stevie Ray Vaughan Fan Club! You are among thousands of fans from all over the world who have inquired since the club was formed in early 1993.

From 1993 to 1998, the Stevie Ray Vaughan Fan Club published a newsletter, discographies and bibliography via snail mail. The newsletters have been discontinued, so there is no membership fee or subscription fee any longer. Much of the content of those newsletters was published in book form as The Stevie Ray Vaughan Anthology.

For more information about the SRV Anthology, licensed merchandise, rare collectibles and the tours of SRV sights in Texas, please visit:

http://www.srvfanclub.com

There you will also find updates about the SRV movie, box set and authorized biography by Dan Forte. The web page is still under construction.

Your comments and suggestions are welcome at clhop@swbell.net

You may also reach the Fan Club by writing
Craig Hopkins
PO Box 2019
Cedar Hill, Texas 75106

--(Exclusive contributor: Craig Hopkins)

6.3 THE TEXASFLOOD MAILING LIST

The Texas Flood Mailing List is dedicated to the discussion of issues relating to Stevie Ray Vaughan. The list was started in October, 1993 by Bensk (benjamin4@mdx.ac.uk). Andy Humberston (iah@dmu.ac.uk) maintained it until November, 1996. The next list maintainer was Zachary Tippit (sterno@verinet.com). Zach maintained it from November, 1996 until August, 1999. The list is now maintained by Joe Ferguson . In March, 2000 the list moved to YAHOO GROUPS.

6.3.1 SUBSCRIBING

To subscribe to Texasflood you must go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/ Once there you must setup your YAHOO ID if you do not already have one. When you have your YAHOO ID completed, use the SEARCH box and type in "texas-flood". Locate the link to Texas Flood and then follow the instructions to add your name to the members list.

6.3.2 UNSUBSCRIBING

To unsubscribe from Texasflood you must enter the Texasflood Group using your YAHOO ID. If you are unsubscribing permanently find the "Leave Group" link on the right side of the page. If your leaving the group is temporary (vacation, etc) you may just want to edit your mail delivery.

Please do NOT post letters asking to be unsubscribed from the group. Nobody can do this but you.

6.3.3 TEXASFLOOD NETTIQUETTE

The commonly accepted rules of nettiquette are really quite simple and reasonable. For those who have no idea what we mean, here are a few of the most basic:

A: Stick to the subject of the conversation.

Even though the subject of the list is supposedly limited to Stevie Ray Vaughan, threads about things such as blues, guitar, and other recommended musicians have all typically been accepted here. As long as there is at least *some* connection to SRV and the music he made no one will complain.

However, totally unrelated subjects such as, oh, let's say, politics or religion should never be posted. As a rule of thumb, try to post only what you think most of the 300+ people here will be interested in hearing.

If you must post something that is slightly outside the main purpose of this list, start your subject line with "(No SRV)", "(Gear)", etc. Believe it or not, there are some people who don't really have time to read everything on the list and this is a much appreciated courtesy to them. Beginning the subject line this way will allow people to sort such topics together for easy deletion.

B. Always quote from the message you are replying to.

Quoting is a necessary courtesy to the readers of your reply. It helps to clarify the point you are making, as well as remind others of what you are replying to. Only quote the relevant part(s) of the message, and NEVER quote a long message in it's entirety. Everyone got it the first time just like you did and it's a waste of time and bandwidth. The absolute worst thing you can do is to repeat a lengthy message (including the sig!) and at the end say nothing more than "Yeah! What he said." If you don't have anything more constructive to add, DON'T REPLY!

C: Don't type in all capital letters.

This is commonly held to be the net equivalent of shouting. Not only is it considered rude, but it's much harder to read. Many people will automatically skip over an all-caps message. Reserve your caps lock for points of emphasis.

D: Control your line length.

Another thing that will make your message hard to read is having a line length that is too long. This will cause the lines to wrap at odd intervals which is very hard on the eyes. Setting your lines to 70 characters should make your messages legible on all readers. Some mail readers, like Eudora, set the correct line length automatically. Another thing that enhances readability is to leave a blank line between paragraphs.

E: Be civil.

People don't always agree, but it's never necessary to belittle someone or call them names because they disagree with you. Flaming almost always leads to a "flame war" where others rush to either attack or defend someone. Since this situation is often the desired effect of the flamer, joining in a war only serves to encourage repeat offenses.

F: Be patient.

Every list server, including this one, is subject to temporary interruptions. These often occur over weekends when no one is there to reboot the server or fix whatever else is causing the problem. Whatever mail has been sent to the list will almost always be sent as soon as the problem is corrected, so please don't clog the list with "where is everybody?!?!?" messages. Everybody else is wondering the same thing you are, so wait a few days before you panic.

Another intermittent problem that plagues this list is the loss of the first line or two of a message. If this happens to you, a simple solution is to put a single character on the first two or three lines in your subsequent postings, such as:

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or... be creative and try something like this,

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and then the body of your message. This seems to satisfy the mail gods and get the message delivered intact.

G: Exit gracefully.

Don't feel compelled to announce your coming and goings to the list unless you've been a high-profile poster or have reason to suspect people will wonder where you've gone. If you never post, they won't know who you are anyway. However, it *is* proper for new subscribers to introduce themselves to the list and let everyone know a little bit about them.

And last, but not least:

H: Read the FAQ before you post.

This will eliminate many of the basic questions new members will have, and reduce the bandwidth used by the list.

That's the bare-bones basics. They are very simple and easy to follow, and will increase the quality of communication on this list. Keep in mind, however, if you don't make at least one faux pas then you just aren't participating enough.

--(Major contributors: Andy Humberston, Robert Cole, and Mark Watkins)

6.4 PLACES TO VISIT IN AUSTIN AND DALLAS

6.4.1 AUSTIN

Austin is a great town! Great music, great food, really nice people, and small when compared to many other cities. You can easily hit all the places listed below in two days of sight-seeing, and it can even be accomplished in one really loooong day. I've put it in the most logical order for a long one day excursion, but this isn't the best order, as you'll end up at Sam's BBQ for breakfast. If you've got two days, do Sam's and Antone's on one day and the 6th St. and South of Town Lake stuff on the other. A note: If you are just passing through and have no time at all, you STILL need to go see the statue (take Riverside Drive off of 290/I-35 and park just West of First Street and walk a few hundred feet West to the statue) and then check out 6th Street. There are lots of bars, headshops, brewpubs, really neat architecture, a lot of historical buildings, poolhalls, neat clothing stores and galleries. There are plenty of places to eat or buy Stevie related memorabilia. If you don't have time to do anything, do these things anyway! Hey, you need to stretch your legs, right?

Some of the places below have addresses and/or phone numbers. If they don't, well, let your fingers do the walking - pick up a phonebook and look it up! I'd also recommend stopping at a convenience store and picking up a good street map, such as the laminated Rand-McNally Austin EasyFinder for $4.95. It also makes a GREAT souvenir!

If you follow the order below, you probably won't get to eat tasty BBQ at Sam's, but you WILL arrive at the Green Mesquite right around lunchtime...

Sam's B-B-Q near 12th & Chicon - Stevie's favorite bbq - lots of SRV memorabilia on the walls, in addition to what smells like some of the best bbq ever!

Ray Hennig's Heart of TX Music - Lamar Blvd. south of Barton Springs Road - Stevie got #1 here.

One of Stevie's old houses - Bluebonnet, just East of Lamar. It's robin's-egg blue, hard to miss. People live there, though, so have some respect and consideration.

The Statue - South side of Town Lake, between Lamar Blvd. & 1st St. You can park just West of First, south of Riverside drive for the short walk, or park over by Lamar and take the walk back to the Green Mesquite afterward. This will encourage a really hearty appetite for the Green Mesquite!

Green Mesquite - 1400 Barton Springs Road (just West, and I do mean JUST West of Lamar). (512) 479-0485 - Great catfish here. The Cold Shot video was filmed here. There was a great billboard of Stevie up when we were there, right over the restaurant.

Sixth Street; especially:

The Ritz - 6th Street, West of 290/I-35, but East of, say, Congress. It's a pool hall now, but I believe I read in CITC that Stevie spent his first nights in Austin sleeping on a pool table right here. We got fairly buzzed on microbrews and shot FREE pool here (which was a biiig treat, as pool is usually 75 cents around these parts). The competition was good and still friendly. I doubt the pool table he slept on is still here, but we can always dream, can't we? I think he slept on the one right in front of the stage - that's the one on which I made the 8 ball on the break. Coincidence? I think not...

Steamboat 1874 - 403 E. Sixth St (512) 478-2913 - Chris Duarte was playing here when we were in Austin. Great place, even though I didn't get to see the show. SRV & DT spent some time here...

Antone's - 213 W. 5th Street (512) 474-5315 - the record store is still located at 2928 Guadalupe. Don't be put off by the appearance of either (i.e., dirty, dark and desolate...) it's worth it! Bring lots of cash to the record store, or don't bother. Couple of hints here - If you find the box of posters from the Armadillo (I think?) don't bother looking through each and every one of `em. There aren't ANY with either Stevie's picture or name. There's probably 300 of them in the box, and I pulled each and every one out! They've been picked clean (although you CAN find lots with Roomful of Blues, Paul Ray & the Cobras, T-Birds, etc.) Additionally, get ready to walk
around going "Hey, do you work here? Do YOU work here? Hell-oooo? Does ANYONE work here?!?!?!"

The only change I would make in this tour would be to swap the trip to Antone's with the one to Steamboat depending on where you're going to see a show that night! What we did was Antone's first, then some hours shooting pool at the Ritz, in order to be at Steamboat in time for a show. Either way, you'll have a BALL in Austin! Oh, outside of Austin is Buda, TX. That's where Texas Hatters is - Stevie got his hats here.

6.4.2 DALLAS

I didn't do Dallas (no jokes here). We drove through Dallas in the dark of night, and really sort of avoided it. We were in a hurry, and there was really only one place there that I desperately wanted to see - Laurel Land Cemetery, where Stevie is buried. There are many places in Dallas worth seeing, like Pepperland, Justin Kimball High School, 2557 Glenfield- Stevie's boyhood home, Corner of Travis and Oliver - Stevie's last address, and Charley's Guitars (Charley Wirz was the inspiration for Life Without You).

--(Major contributor: Madeline Denes)

LAUREL LAND CEMETERY

To print a map and directions to Laurel Land Cemetery, click HERE

--(Major contributor: Jim Patrick)