Stevie Ray Vaughan & Lenora Lenny Darlene Bailey

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Lenora Lenny Darlene Bailey
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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Lenora Lenny Darlene Bailey were married for 8 years. They dated for 6 years after getting together in 1973 and married on 20th Dec 1979. 8 years later they divorced in 1988.

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American Guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan was born Stephen Ray Vaughan on 3rd October, 1954 in Dallas, Texas and passed away on 27th Aug 1990 East Troy, Wisconsin aged 35. He is most remembered for Texas Flood. His zodiac sign is Libra.

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Relationship Statistics

StatusDurationLength
Dating1973 - 20th Dec 1979 6 years, 11 months
Married20th Dec 1979 - 1988 8 years
Total 1973 - 1988 15 years


(20 December 1979 - 1988) (divorced)
Vaughan and Lenora "Lenny" Bailey met in 1973 after one of Vaughan's performances with the Nightcrawlers at La Cucaracha, a nightclub in east Austin. Although moved by Vaughan's musical prowess, she was attracted to his charmingly modest personality. Double Trouble's song "Love Struck Baby", he said, was written about her, after claiming July 5 as their "love struck day". The couple was married on December 23, 1979, between sets at the Rome Inn in Austin, using pieces of wire for rings. Drummer, Chris Layton, described the ceremony as "spontaneous", saying, "It wasn't like there was invitations sent out or a certain group of people attended—it was just whoever was there was hanging around." Layton also said their marriage was "pretty excitable and passionate". The song "Pride and Joy" is also about her, as well as the instrumental "Lenny", after she thought "Pride and Joy" referred to a former girlfriend of Vaughan's.
Upon return to their home in Austin from touring, Vaughan found the house padlocked, electricity shut off, and Lenny nowhere to be found. Biographers Joe Nick Patoski and Bill Crawford wrote that she "squandered his road earnings on dope while running around with other men that one acquaintance glibly described as 'police characters.'" After she declined to visit Vaughan in treatment for substance abuse, he filed for divorce three months later. The case was settled out of court, with Lenny receiving alimony, plus $50,000 in cash and twenty-five percent of net royalties (excluding albums after Live Alive). Vaughan's manager attributes the demise of their marriage to "jealousy" and "unfaithfulness", and as a result, they were both brokenhearted.

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Relationship Timeline

1988 - Breakup

1988 - Divorce

20th December, 1979 - Marriage

1973 - Hookup

Couple Comparison

Name
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Lenora Lenny Darlene Bailey
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Lenora Lenny Darlene Bailey
Age (at start of relationship)
18
19
Zodiac
Libra
Sagittarius
Occupation
Guitarist
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psalmsSep 28, 2008

as much as stevie loved lenny his wife there should really be some pictures of them together for his fans to see


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