The tour 's two-year length , then Vaughan and Double Trouble 's longest , concluded in December 1988 . They then recorded the album '' In Step '' , from January to March 1989 at Kiva Studios in Memphis , Tennessee . While Vaughan became self-assured with performing while sober , he initially had doubts about his musical and creative abilities in a recording environment . However , Shannon later recalled that he gained confidence as the sessions progressed : " '' In Step '' was , for him , a big growing experience . In my opinion , it 's our best studio album , and I think he felt that way , too . " Wynans asserted that '' In Step '' deviated from the band 's earlier recordings : " It was more original material and groove oriented . I like the blues that we put on there , but the other songs were actually songs and not 12-bar blues . " Released on June 13 , 1989 , '' In Step '' ultimately became the group 's most commercially successful release , selling over half a million copies in the US by early 1990 , and was their first to win a Grammy Award . It peaked at number 33 on the '' Billboard '' 200 , where it spent 47 weeks on the chart . The album was the band 's fourth and final studio work before Vaughan 's death in a helicopter accident in August 1990
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