Although the tour elicited a variety of reactions from music critics , it was generally well-received . Among several sold-out shows , the Farm Aid concert sold over 40,000 tickets . The band 's 1986 live album , '' Live Alive '' , was recorded during select shows of the tour , and many of its songs were played in 1986 through 1988 . The length of the Soul to Soul Tour , then Vaughan and Double Trouble 's longest , exhausted the band as the final leg unfolded . However , the extended break at the tour 's conclusion enabled both Vaughan and bassist Tommy Shannon to enter treatment for drug and alcohol addictions and successfully achieve sobriety . In Vaughan 's case , this lifestyle would continue through further tours in the following four years , prior to his death in a helicopter accident in August 1990
death in a helicopter accident
Death of Stevie Ray Vaughan
Soul to Soul Tour