Why did Stevie ray vaughan get his tattoo?

Answer 1

Doyle Bramhall, Stevie's longtime friend and song writing partner, tells this story:

The year was 1973...Stevie and Doyle were members of a group called the Nightcrawlers and they were in Corpus Christi, Texas at the time. After a night of heavy drinking, they decided to get tattoos. Doyle went first, and describes the tattoo artist as this crusty old guy with a cigarette butt hanging' out of his mouth. Doyle can't remember the guy's name, but he was a tough old bird. Smoke was blown right into his face as his tattoo was completed.

It was then 19 year old Stevie's turn. Stevie actually selected an arm tattoo, but requested that it be placed on the middle of his chest. Stevie wanted a tattoo of a grand phoenix bird rising from the ashes, but it ended up looking more like a baby peacock. The old guy proceeded to bestow a great deal of pain on Stevie as he bore down. Doyle says that most tattoo artists will tattoo a little, then stop and pause to give the customer (victim) a little relief. This old guy just kept on tattooing, never letting up. He would say "Does this hurt?", then he would laugh, as he continued tattooing. Since Stevie was so thin at the time, the pain was excruciating on his chest bone. He swore that he would never do that again!

Answer 2

It's a baby peacock sitting on a branch with two rose bushes growing out the ends of the branch It's a baby peacock sitting on a branch with two rose bushes growing out the ends of the branch