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My official review and I haven't read it completely!  This new biography, 'Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day by Day, Night After Night' is an absolute homerun. Craig Lee Hopkins wrote two previous books about Stevie, and apparently combined every morsel of information from those and all he could round up in this one.

The book's "chapters" if you want to call them that start with a header right at the top that is simply a year from 1954-2008.  What you'll find is a wild array of stories from each year, and obviously as it gets into the birth of his career these chapters grow larger.  Almost every page of this 425 page monster contains 3-5 pictures; of lyrics Stevie wrote down to contracts he signed to tickets and posters of shows.  1954 (the year he's born) starts with a copy of his birth certificate!

It features playlists, stage shots, and the best part was Hopkins' effort to make this an honest perspective from multiple angles.  In nearly every instance that a significant event occurred, Hopkins put in quotes from multiple sources who were there - rather than a mix of the sentiment which would have certainly required an editorial influence.

In just about any good book, that feeling that you just "can't wait" to get to the final chapter hits you.  I think the mark of this book's real power was clear to me when I turned the page and read "1990" at the top.  I had chills - and I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news that year of Stevie Ray Vaughan's death.

This book's a one-of-a-kind in my opinion - and there aren't many left.  Click here to get your Hopkins' autographed copy.