Editing Stevie Ray Vaughan (section)

=== First instruments ===
In the early 1960s, Vaughan's admiration for his brother Jimmie resulted in his trying different instruments such as the drums and saxophone.<ref>{{harvnb|Patoski|Crawford|1993|p=10}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|According to Vaughan, his first instrument was a drum set fashioned out of shoe boxes and pie pans, using clothes hangers as drum sticks. He also attempted playing saxophone, though Vaughan recalled: "...&nbsp;all I could get were a few squeaks".<ref>{{harvnb|Joseph|1983}}</ref>}} In 1961, for his seventh birthday, Vaughan received his first guitar, a toy guitar from [[Sears]] with a Western motif.<ref>{{harvnb|Hopkins|2010|p=7}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|This guitar was known as the "[[Wyatt Earp]]" model designed by Jefferson Manufacturing, a [[Philadelphia]]-based company. Available from 1959 to 1968, it was made out of fiberboard with a black to cream [[Sunburst (finish)|sunburst]] finish and red [[screen-printed]] Western designs.<ref>{{harvnb|Evans|Middlebrook|2002|pp=174, 200}}</ref>}} Learning by ear he diligently committed himself, following along to songs by the Nightcaps, particularly "Wine, Wine, Wine" and "Thunderbird".<ref>{{harvnb|Hopkins|2010|p=8}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|In the late 1950s, the Nightcaps were widely recognized as one of the first white blues groups from Dallas. Though they never gained national attention, the band became a fixture of the city's music scene.<ref>{{harvnb|Larkin|2006}}</ref>}} He listened to [[blues]] artists such as [[Albert King]], [[Otis Rush]], and [[Muddy Waters]], and rock guitarists including [[Jimi Hendrix]] and [[Lonnie Mack]], as well as [[jazz]] guitarists including [[Kenny Burrell]].<ref>{{harvnb|Hopkins|2010|p=155}}</ref> In 1963, he acquired his first electric guitar, a [[Gibson ES-125]]T, as a hand-me-down from Jimmie.<ref>{{harvnb|Gill|2010}}</ref>

Soon after he acquired the electric guitar, Vaughan joined his first band, the Chantones, in 1965.<ref name="Hopkins 2010 10" /> Their first show was at a talent contest held in Dallas' Hill Theatre, but after realizing that they could not perform a [[Jimmy Reed]] song in its entirety, Vaughan left the band and joined the Brooklyn Underground, playing professionally at local bars and clubs.<ref name="Hopkins 2010 10">{{harvnb|Hopkins|2010|p=10}}: Vaughan's first gig with the Chantones in 1965; {{harvnb|Hopkins|2010|p=16}}: Vaughan joining the Brooklyn Underground in 1967.</ref> He received Jimmie's [[Fender Broadcaster]], which he later traded for an [[Epiphone]] Riviera.<ref>{{harvnb|Hopkins|2011|p=325}}</ref> When Jimmie left home at age sixteen, Vaughan's apparent obsession with the guitar caused a lack of support from his parents.<ref>{{harvnb|Patoski|Crawford|1993|p=22}}</ref> Miserable at home, he took a job at a local hamburger stand, where he washed dishes and dumped trash for seventy cents an hour. After falling into a barrel of grease, he grew tired of the job and quit to devote his life to a music career.<ref>{{harvnb|Hopkins|2010|p=16}}</ref>