On August 26 , 1990 , Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble played at the amphitheater along with other blues greats Robert Cray , Buddy Guy , Eric Clapton and his brother Jimmie Vaughan . After the concert , Vaughan left the area on a helicopter to return to Chicago and he and four others were killed , when the helicopter crashed into a ski hill , within the Alpine Valley resort
he and four others were killed
Death of Stevie Ray Vaughan
Alpine Valley Music Theatre