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Under the Hood: When SRV lent $3000 to Albert King

Craig Hopkins is the author of STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN: DAY BY DAY, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. As a matter of fact, he is author of several books about SRV, and has been researching the man, his music, and his life for close to twenty years. Craig knows many stories about Stevie Ray.

“This is one of my favorite stories that drummer Chris Layton told me about when they were in the studio around 1988 recording In Step. Albert King just showed up and he asked Stevie if he could borrow some money. Stevie loaned him 3,000. About two or three weeks later, Stevie said, ‘Hey Albert, do you have that money?’ And Albert says, ‘What money is that?’ And Stevie says, ‘I leant you 3000 dollars.’ And Albert goes, ‘Ha ha ha now come on Stevie, you know you owe me.’ And of course Stevie did take a lot of his style from the great Albert King.” - Craig Hopkins