The Fabulous Vaughan Brothers ─ Jimmie and Stevie Ray

The Fabulous Vaughan Brothers follows the two brothers from their modest Dallas roots to their emergence onto the Austin music scene. The brothers' subsequent recording experiences in Memphis--which the author sees as being crucial to their overall development as musicians--are also described, as well as their early bands and, of course, their work together on Family Style.

The author of fifteen nonfiction books, more than 2,000 magazine and newspaper articles, and numerous poems and short stories, James L. Dickerson has worked as a magazine editor, newspaper editor, reporter, columnist, book critic, photographer, social worker, and psychological consultant, over a career that spans thirty years. He was a staff writer at five Southern daily newspapers and his byline has appeared in a variety of publications, including Good Housekeeping, Omni, Glamour, the Baltimore Sun, and the Toronto Star, to name a few. He is considered an expert on American pop culture and the music indigenous to the South-blues, rock 'n' roll, jazz, and country music. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Goin' Back to Memphis and That's Alright, Elvis (which he co-wrote with music legend Scotty Moore).