Someone can prob say this better than me, but I think what Jimi did was break rules of traditional guitar playing and music on a global level. Keep in mind, he only recorded for three years. In those three years, he created a body of work that continues to be respected and loved to this day. He made people think not just outside the box, but outside the universe. On a time continuum, SRV was a slow burn while Jimi was a lightning strike. Both left a legacy of work; they are both genius musicians.
@@SIXX2772 Nothing wrong with enjoying the art as they see it for the first time, being excited about it, then being blown away again on the next one. 🙂
@@RockyNikolashin I know...but clearly judging Hendrix by like the 2 songs they have heard or 3 ...and we all know his material is sorta hidden unlike SRV's....just need a more mature outlook but they young lol
@@SIXX2772Hendrix is the GOAT but SRV played with so much feel that it’s really hard to compare the two. We also have a lot more video of SRV which helps these guys visualize the pure guitar mastery. Both are legends and I have trouble putting one over the other!
Well-said. I feel like the other thing that can't be ignored is that even in this performance, SRV is pulling out of the bag that Jimi first filled up - the double-stops, effects-driven and whammy work, the showmanship and use of dissonance mixed with the blues - those are all ideas that Jimi blended in a way that no one had before. I think SRV woulda been the first to say that he would not exist as the player he was without the Hendrix Blueprint
Best quote I ever heard about Stevie was that if you never played guitar before he made you want to pick it up and if you were already a guitar player he made you want to put it down.
I saw SRV in concert, he was the best guitarist I had ever seen. After the show he got a beer and sat on the stage and talked to the audience for 45 minutes. When he died, I could not stop crying because I knew in this lifetime I would never see a performer like that again.
I managed to see SRV several times. Each show was a masterpiece. I was crushing to hear that he had died. It was a similar feeling as when Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane went down.
Stevie Ray Vaughn is the greatest guitarist of all time. That comes from B.B. King, Albert King, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Billy Gibbons and more.
I’ve still never seen anyone else play the guitar this well in my life. Singing and speaking and breathing through the guitar. Pure total control. Nobody close.
@@carolmolloy8001Eric Clapton can take you on a journey ,absolutely. Jeff Beck was nothing more than a bunch of riffs squished together and pooped out and like a log of spam. How about Mark knopfler? I mean come on Eric Clapton picked him to be his lead guitarist on the album slow hand. When Eric Clapton and Mark knopfler on stage together Eric Clapton refused to follow Mark knopfler solo he said f*** no
BB and Clapton...... ya'll need to find the BB and Stevie Ray.. Stevie Ray shows mad respect for BB and just supports BB throughout the whole number. The way a youngin should respect his elder.
Right it was a tradition to do so. You were the entertainment for the night and you were expected to take request. If you didn't know the request you were not a blues man. It all done on the 8 bar blues. So it's about creativity with your take on a song.
I'm a big Blues fan. T-Bone Walker wrote "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday's Just as Bad)". He said that he was happy for others to cover that song, BB King, Slowhand, The Allman Bros, etc. because, he got royalties.
"The worst thing for me was that Stevie Ray had been sober for three years and was at his peak. When he played that night, he had all of us standing there with our jaws dropped. I mean, Robert Cray and Jimmie Vaughan and Buddy Guy were just watching in awe. There was no one better than him on this planet". Eric Clapton.
@@kimjohnson344 I was there too (I was a freshman at Marquette) A friend took me (I'd never heard of him)...after the show I was a true believer. When we heard about the crash we were devastated that we hadn't saved our ticket stubs.
I had just seen him in cedar rapids not long before Alpine . Was fortunate enough to catch him down in Texas in 85'. Apparently, when he would pass through Dallas, free concert at some local bar. Packed house . He loved his fans. Never heard anyone quite like him. He had went to a whole new level after he got rid of his demons. Their reaction was great!
SRV IDOLIZED Hendrix!!! Our idols are here to inspire us to reach and achieve. SRV’s playing is built on the scaffolding of other blues master who came before him. They are intertwined, the idol/teacher cannot exist without the pupil and the pupil cannot exist without the teacher/idol. It is futile to argue who is better, one cannot exist without the other. Jimi would be proud that he helped inspire such greatness.
My parents saw him in a small ice house that had a concert underneath the main restaurant. Apparently he did even better when it was just a few people watching
That's cool and lucky. I moved to Austin in 84 and got to catch him all around. Long drives since Texas is 950x850 miles but I got every one I could. Met him once and shook his hand, it was like diamond cutters. So many callouses and a huge hand. Humble and nice and appreciative of his fans. I feel so lucky.
Jimi died at 27, in 1970. Stevie died at 35, in 1990. R.I.P. Jimi Hendrix, R.I.P. Stevie Ray Vaughan. They could both play behind their backs, behind their necks, and with their teeth. I have a long list of favorite guitarists, but Jimi and Stevie are at the top. It's hard to compare guitarists, they all have different skills and abilities.
I hope Buddy Guy is on everyone's list! Because it was for Jimmy( Both Hendrix and Page), as wall as SRV, Clapton, Slash,Jeff Beck, B.B King,The Stones and many more. The MAN is 85 years Young and is still playing Today! If you're a fan of Blues(and Ridiculous guitar) go out of your way to see him. He's probably the last OG left. I saw him @15 yrs ago.. Mind blown.. It was Amazing!
3 guys on a small stage. No production tricks/feed back loops, No naked women prancing around, Pure all around talent. Amazing. He did an amazing cover of Jimi's Voodoo Child, as well
Blessed to have seen SRV twice in concert. Words can not express how incredible it was to see him live. Jimi was the inovator. SRV took it and made it his own.
I saw him when I was 6. Don Henley got me into the show, even though it was 21 and up. He let me sit on the side of the stage the entire time, and after all these years, only the birth of my children are more important memories.
That’s right, you’ve never heard a guitar sing like that, with that type of soul, and you never will again. RIP to the legendary SRV. More than glad to see my generation recognizing real talent like Hendrix, Chuck berry and SRV!
This man died in my home town of East Troy WI, I was at the last show. Know one knew about it til the next morning, but he hit the ski hill in a heavy fog. The blues lost a great bunch of musicians that night. It was hard to wake up and hear about this just after we saw him play such a blistering great show. Now one will ever come close to this man. Little known fact about Stevie. Guitar strings typically come in .08, .09, .10 gauge, and anything else you have to build a special set. This refers to the thinnest string. Stevie played on .13 guage strings. Simply because he shredded the shit out anything thinner to the point they would either stretch before a song was over, or they.would break, but when they did, you never knew it off stage! RIP Brother! I sure do miss your shows.
I was fortunate enough to get to see SRV before his death. My dad skipped work one night and had managed to get some tickets, came by the house and picked me up, he said get in it’s a surprise. This was my 18th birthday present to get to see SRV. I was so blown away. RIP Dad and thanks for that memory. Also RIP SRV, thanks for the memories and great music.
My dads IDOL was SRV so I grew up on his music (I was born in 89 so unfortunately never got to see him play). My dad is also no longer with us but TO THIS DAY “Riviera Paradise” makes me tired because my parents used to play that while driving around the block to put me to sleep. 😂 RIP to our dads, and I’m sure SRV is playing a hell of a concert for them! 💜
Stevie Ray Vaughn did a few songs and studied the music of BB King for many years. Stevie Ray Vaughn was an absolute LEGEND from Dallas, Texas!!!! He did us Texans proud!!!!
Stevie studied ALL the Bluesmen, sure he was most influenced by the 3 Kings, BB being one of them and Freddie being another, bit if you listen to and watch SRVs interviews & read his bio's would have to say Albert King had the most influence in his playing. BBKing, Stevie became very good friends with and adored the man (so he should). SRV was the blend of all the greats while adding Hendrix, Cllapton and other blues influenced rock masters of the time. Learned how to play and mimic all of them, in the end creating a monster of a player and original in himself. So many have tried to copy, none have come close.
I was at this show, in Toronto, life-changing, I’m a guitar player, when I went home my girlfriend thought I did acid I said my pupils were so dilated, just the music dear
If you see Fil Wings of Pegasus break this down regards guitar playing, you realise as Fil states , his strength of hands playing 13s on his guitar ! A freak of nature ! Awesome! I was in awe of Stevie Ray , his expression was something out of this world !
It's great to see y'all reacting to Stevie's music in more than one vid. Stevie's our Dallas hometown legend. So sad that we lost such a genius at a young age. Y'all are keeping his memory and music alive with these vids. Keep doing what y'all do, it's great to see!
Stevie did this with a much cleaner tone than anyone ya'll have listened to. His intensity doesn't come from gain on an amp, but from his fingers, playing on much thicker stringers. He's a master
You just witnessed WHY SRV is regarded as one of the greatest bluesman ever to strap on a guitar. The dude could play basically any style...ANY ! RIP...
SRV was interviewed one time and was asked about his influences and his response was so beautiful. He said those that came before him gave him so much that the best way to thank them was to give the blues right back to them. That kind of gratitude brings tears to my eyes.
When Stevie Ray Vaughan is playing guitar, it is not just a musical instrument. It is an extension of his human body, and the music flows throughout him.
Since the first time ive watched SRV a few years ago, ive been saying that his guitar wasnt just plugged into the amp or pedals, that guitar was plugged straight into that mans soul and you cant tell me otherwise.
yes, couldn't agree more.. hearing SRV play is to hear what someone's pure soul sounds like ..accurately.. SRV can play OneNote and you would know that it was him.. definitely a conduit of the divine source.
Here’s the thing about SRV. The minute you hear him playing you know who it is. There are a handful of guitar players who a voice this distinctive when they play. Grateful I got to see him live.
Stevie was a humble man. He just put his heart and soul out there, you were experiencing his soul. Respect and love to SRV and Jimi Hendrix and all the greats like Howlin' Wolf and Big Mama Thornton and Sister Rosetta Tharpe etc., Immerse yourselves in the sound, the passion, the heart and the soul of the music. Music is every color.
Jimi brought together techniques from different genres that clashed at the time and put his own spin on it. He pioneered sounds that are so common today that we forget that distortion back then came from cranking up amplifiers almost to their breaking point, and not just a pedal that you turn on. Southern Blues, progressive rock and roll, and experimental rock intermixed a little but not like when Jimi did it. He even used 50's Doo-wop type stuff. His way of playing was also different in that he learned to play without playing with anyone else. A lot of his guitar riffs derive from learning to play with no other accompaniment. He was drums, bass, and guitar all in one. Or at least thats kind of how he played. He played the bass notes as a leading part of his playstyle and even used his strumming pattern to simulate a rythm. (making the "chicka chicka" sound while muting strings.) He was able to play like this as well as sing at the same time, which is very challenging playing stuff he was playing. And while all of that is going on, there's just this groove he has. Like a swagger to his music. Jimi hendrix was one of the biggest influences of Stevie Ray Vaughn along with both Chuck Berry and B.B. King. But yeah, Jimi is highly respected by guitarists today because without his influence, music wouldn't have evolved into what it is today.
I met him in Dallas in 1984. I freaked out when I heard him on the radio while visiting and my sister`s boyfriend grew up with him in Oak Cliff and took me to see him and Jimmie play.
Stevie's biggest influences were Albert King, BB King, Jimmy Hendrix, Albert Collins etc. There are videos of him performing with the greatest blues performers of his time.
He was also influenced by allnthe great Texas bluesmen that never made huge names for themselves. SRV played the South Dallas joints in HS. There's a video of an outdoor concert where they booed him. Won them over in the end. Finished w/ Voodoo Chile just like Jimmy did at Woodstock.
It's worth noting that they all loved and respected Stevie, including Muddy Waters the father of modern electric blues. BB King has said in interviews that he can't play those long lines of notes like Stevie did. He has to play a line, pause and then play another line. With Stevie the music just flowed like water.
I saw Albert in a small club in Columbus Ohio in 89. He was so huge and so damn good. We sat up front in a small club and he interacted with us a lot. We had a few beers with him after. Talked about Stevie the whole time.
Jimi Hendrix was a massive influence on Stevie Ray's playing. Stevie himself said in a interview that he had looked up to Jimi in the highest of regards. R.I.P Stevie/Jimi legends in there own rights. 🎸
Stevies biggest influence was Albert King. Look up srv's story about almost falling in hot grease while listening to Albert and said he knew then, he'd only play guitar as a job.
Stevie would never say He was better than Jimi or even compare his Play against Jimi's!!!, He Looked Up to Jimi,and Albert King was His biggest Inspiration!!!!, He would never say He was Better than them, But in My Opinion He was, and I think even Jimi, if He had been Alive still to Hear Stevie Play, Would have agknowleged Stevie's Greatness!!!!, Jimi was a Laid Back Cat!!!!, an American Army Air Borne Veteran!!!
Jimi and Stevie are both guitar gods. Jimi with a spiritual connection, Stevie with a soul connection. An online poll asked if you could bring back one music legend who would it be? I considered 4 or 5, Stevie takes it.
Johnny Winter was my all time favorite blues man, then there was Stevie Ray, in a league of his own. Now Heaven will be worth the being a good boy for.
As a fifty plus white man from the Deep South, I love seeing these young black men rediscover blues via a white man who sweated it from every pore. Heartfelt blues to me breathes out all the pain, struggle, and strength of all of our black brothers and sisters from days gone by and, at its best, is astonishingly beautiful. Thanks for posting, guys.
The man never played it the same way twice!!!! Every night he had a different feeling on how to perform tunes and his mood that day/night steered him in a certain direction and that’s what you got as an audience member from the GOAT!!!!! Been there done that watching him dozens of times!!!!! Pure talent and emotions!!!! Just an unbelievable performer and Double Trouble ruled as his band!!!! So talented!!!!! As BB King said in amazement after playing with him once (BB was a great influence on Stevie when he was growing up and definitely wasn’t a slouch on playing Blues), we blues guitarist play in sentences and Stevie plays in paragraphs!!!!! So says Austin Tx!!!!! 😎🍸
This may be the best electric blues guitar performance ever. If anyone tells me "I just don't get what was so great about Stevie" I show them this video. If they still don't get it, they never will. Stevie stood on the shoulders of many before him, but he reached far beyond where they did and grabbed a hold of something they only dreamed of. His brief time was enough for him to influence many of his influences. I never get tired of these reactions either. There's always a point where everyone just stfu and have these bewildered, amazed looks on their faces. I love it.
I never tire of the Texas Flood reactions either... for the very same reason! I remember how it was for me the first time I watched this video and I just wait for those same moments that I remember dumbfounding the hell out me. So much fun to see the appreciation SRV is getting because of it too!
Covering songs from the past is glorious! It re introduces the lyrics and melodies, etc. and can be interpreted in a new way! It’s honoring those who came before us and is a reminder that music is universal. Blues is raw emotion and the black men & women who played them in the 1900’s-50’s are being honored by musicians of today.
THIS version, of THIS song, IS my #1 favorite song of all time!!! I’m glad you gentlemen got to listen to it. I have heard it a hundred times, and the next time I listen to it, I will still have the same reaction you guys just had! Thanks for showing us your experience! God bless you all!!! 🥷🏼🙏❤️
@@sprezzatura8755 Glen Campbell is well known as a Master along with Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Jerry Reed, and can't leave out the Great Danny Gatton amongst the Country greats!
@@zeppelinfan9360 Love all those players also Scotty Moore. I thought Glen Campbell was mostly famous as a top 40 recording artist? Few know that he was part of the Wrecking Crew and his guitar virtuosity. Before my time so not trying to sound like an authority.
SRV was a huge Jimi Hendrix fan and covered quite a few of his songs. Watching him I always thought he had a fire in his chest that he could only get out by playing that guitar the way he did. At one time he was mixing cocaine and whiskey, hit rock bottom and then got all the way clean. His music after that reflected that. Love that Texas Blues vibe! RIP Stevie Ray!
He's not just a legend, he's a legend that other legends like BB King, Eric Clapton, John Maher etc thought was better than they are at the blues. It's nuts
Yup, it’s true. Dude in this video said BB king made a guitar sing or scream more than SRV, dude knows nothing about SRV’s Signature style, he was the scream of bends. Best to ever do it with his aggressive coined Texas Blues style. A true legend.
Stevie is in a class all his own. You’re listening to the absolute best there is…. Jimmy was great, Stevie is another level….Albert King said that Stevie at 13 years old had more soul than ANY blues musician he had ever heard. BTW, Albert became Stevie’s godfather….lol
You saying it best! Stevie in a class of his own. But you know they are all! Jimi, Eddie, Jimmy Page, Ace Frehley, Steve Vai, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Clapton, Chuck Berry, Albert King and many more. They all bring their perfect personal skills. I gave up on who is the best! They all are in my world. I am so glad and appreciative I can listen to them all. That all their special talents brighten up my day , everyday. My only wish is that I could do what they do. Not out of envy, but enjoying what they enjoy.
What I find fascinating about SRV as well is his voice. I've not heard a similar voice, just... ever. You can go back to music from the early 1900s and you still won't find a single artist that sounds the same.
I must of seen this live video of Stevie a 1000 times and every time I get goosebumps listening! To answer the question about Jimi…… He literally tore up the rule book for electric guitar and inspired generations to play 🤙🎸
I LOVE the guy in the Sox hat. Two measures into that song and I already could see in his face that he could tell already that this performance was going to blow him away. His reaction to SRV was beyond priceless because every time I watch this video I still make all those faces every time, even though I’ve been listing to that guy for 38 years.
I was raised in Texas and got to see Stevie Ray Vaughan play in Dallas. It’s more a soul experience to watch Stevie Ray play, you could feel it to your bones. My dad said Jimi Hendrix was exactly the same kind of experience ❤
I lived in Dallas back then too, had a chance to see him at Starplex but didn’t go- thought I’ll catch him next time around, then he died; been kicking myself ever since!!😢😢 My favorite song by SRV is “ LITTLE SISTER “.
i have watched your reactions many times ...i've watch the Texas Flood run more than once; you Guys are Great...most interesting; very entertaining; ...and i'm happy with 2024 too!!!
I had the incredible pleasure of seeing Stevie perform (I'm 63), and my mind was blown. I'll never forget this little dude lighting up the stage RIP Mr. Vaughan
Every old school blues player I've ever heard had nothing but respect for Stevie. Stevie was only 35 when he died in a helicopter crash in 1990. Only 7 years after Texas flood was released. He once said he tries not to think when he plays and just lets the music flow.
I just love these young black men for loving up on Stevie. Look, Stevie loved Jimi, Buddy, B.B., Albert and Freddie so much and always respected them. That's all Stevie ever wanted was to promote the great music these men brought to us through their music. Just love on Stevie because I believe he did try to do the music of the blues justics. I hope you feel that bros.
The Strat he plays originally belong to a friend of his. He borrowed it for a gig. His friend saw him play for the first time. When SRV returned they guitar, his friend refused to take it back. He told Stevie, “I can’t take her back, she clearly belongs to you”.
That strat was formerly Chris Cross’. A young, broke Little Stevie (as he was known coz he was a small guy) “borrowed” it in 1974 from Ray Hennig, the owner of Heart of Texas Music. Ray was always allowing his little buddy Stevie borrow and trade in guitars cuz SRV didn’t have a dime to buy a decent one. He thought Stevie was cuckoo-bird to trade in the nice , new blue Strat he’d been borrowing for that dirty-looking piece of junk but Stevie liked the way it “felt” so Ray shrugged and took back the nice valuable guitar. Stevie walked away with the piece of shite you saw him play just now. He never traded it back. It ended up his main guitar both live and in the studio and he referred to it as “Number One”, “The One” and “First Wife” for the rest of his short life. It’s now considered the single most individually recognizable guitar in the world and is insured for millions. It hung on the wall for a while at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Stevie’s brother has it in storage now.
Stevie made the guitar an extension of his body and soul. He knew every possible sound nuance by memory so he could literally drive the sound through his head and hear it before he even played a single note. The guy was absolutely brilliant. And you guys nailed it about “that southern twang”. Stevie was THE ,aster of the Texas Tone. He also would blown peoples mind when he played that thing through a Hammond Organ Leslie amp. Monstrous tone. 👍🏻😎👍🏻
Jimmy showed the world a whole new way to make a guitar sound amazing. Stevie showed crazy skills and blues talent but personally I enjoy the brief to longer pauses between notes for a bluesier feel. Great video thanks
Stevie Ray played the 13 gauge strings. No one else could bend those guitar strings like that. Tremendous hand strength. SRV best guitarist known to man ever.
So glad you guys listened to Stevie! I saw SRV just a few months before his passing & he literally sat on the edge of the stage & played the guitar as if just playing for himself, just magical, best concert I've ever been to!!
The best thing about Stevie is he had so many legends before him to teach the craft. Stevie took all of their teachings, inspirations and heart and made a big ol' damn stew. Every player that inspired him lives through his music. Stevie just turned it up to 11 and started to sing
Y'all can think what you want but SRV is one of the top musicians that has ever existed and there are so many that he will always be in the presence of musical royalty.
I never like to get into "who's better" or "who's best" but that night, and that song in particular, it's just simply impossible that anyone could ever be better at the guitar. Seen it hundreds of times, still blown away. That is just as good as it gets.
That man had more strength in his hands than any in his whole body.anybody else's hands would have seized up by now... UNREAL! But what would you expect from the Grandmaster of the stratocaster. RIP Stevie.
I had the pleasure of seeing SRV 10-12 times. Saw him early in Antones in Austin back in the day. He cut his finger on a string and kept playing, bleeding all over. After the song, ON STAGE, he filled the cut with superglue, wiped it off and got to the next song. He is the GOAT in my humble opinion.
I grew up listening to Stevie. The guy was a blues guitar savant. Your boy hit the nail on the head when he said "Have we ever heard a guitar sing like that?". 😎
I am happy Jimi recorded little wing it is one of my favorite songs and I love the version without words that STV does even better so ❤ to both artist forever
BB King praised the late guitarist and his unique technique and style, saying that: “Stevie had many ways of showing you that he had not only talent but he had the feel for playing Blues. “When I first met Stevie I met him with his brother and after meeting him our communication started to be more like a father-son relationship. So we were very close, very, very close. He used to come to me when he had problems, he used to call me and we talked. I loved the guy.”
So glad you boys got into Stevie Ray Vaughan, I was born in 78 so I was a little kid when my parents were listening to all types of music in the 80s and Stevie Ray was one of the favorites at barbecues and get togethers here in Austin.
At 9 years old, I learned to play guitar by sitting in front of the t.v, with my guitar, watching an SRV live vhs tape and trying to replicate it. Probably the most difficult way to learn to play but that's what I had and it worked for me. Hearing him brings tears to my eyes. He meant alot to me. I didn't have much else besides my guitar.
There is a song by Jimi Hendrix called Red House and he's talking about he has a bad bad feeling that his baby don't live here no more and she didn't say a damn thing about leaving and then Jimi says "That’s alright I still got my guitar".
First off, mad respect. Second, I feel your pain man. Third, damn son! Talk about drinking water through a fire hose! You STARTED LEARNING guitar through Stevie????? That's some brass to have as a young age. You were more manly as a kid than I am as a full grown adult today!!!
When my oldest son was a tween he mentioned someone as being the best guitar player. I bought him a compilation Jimmy Hendrix cd set. In my later years I LOVED Stevie RV!!! One is probably not better than the other. Jimmy was more rock, Stevie blues, and they both had their time in history. We're so lucky to have heard both of them. 🥰
Okay guys, you gotta give Stevie credit because he ALWAYS gave credit to and paid homage to the greats that inspired him. He's even credited for reviving the blues and bringing it mainstream again in the early 80s. So much so that he revived the careers of some famous black blues artists that weren't getting the love they deserved. That said, while Stevie did some great cover songs he also wrote some great songs of his own and with Doyle Bramhall. Check out stuff from In Step like Tightrope, Wall of Denial, Riviera Paradise, The House is Rocking, etc. Oh and Lenny at El Mocambo. And Couldn't Stand The Weather (ACL)
Very few guitar players have the emotional relationship with their guitar like SRV did.... You can hear and feel all the pain, sadness, happiness, love, and hate when SRV is playing. It is like SRV and his guitar become one and is just pouring all the emotions out to give you sensory overload.... RIP SRV.... you were one of a kind. I bet you and Jimi are rocking GOD's socks off :D
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Someone can prob say this better than me, but I think what Jimi did was break rules of traditional guitar playing and music on a global level. Keep in mind, he only recorded for three years. In those three years, he created a body of work that continues to be respected and loved to this day. He made people think not just outside the box, but outside the universe. On a time continuum, SRV was a slow burn while Jimi was a lightning strike. Both left a legacy of work; they are both genius musicians.
@@SIXX2772 Nothing wrong with enjoying the art as they see it for the first time, being excited about it, then being blown away again on the next one. 🙂
@@RockyNikolashin I know...but clearly judging Hendrix by like the 2 songs they have heard or 3 ...and we all know his material is sorta hidden unlike SRV's....just need a more mature outlook but they young lol
Jimi Hendrix was and will most likely remain the GOAT. Its sad he died so young. I can't imagine what music would be like today if he was alive.
@@SIXX2772Hendrix is the GOAT but SRV played with so much feel that it’s really hard to compare the two. We also have a lot more video of SRV which helps these guys visualize the pure guitar mastery. Both are legends and I have trouble putting one over the other!
Well-said. I feel like the other thing that can't be ignored is that even in this performance, SRV is pulling out of the bag that Jimi first filled up - the double-stops, effects-driven and whammy work, the showmanship and use of dissonance mixed with the blues - those are all ideas that Jimi blended in a way that no one had before. I think SRV woulda been the first to say that he would not exist as the player he was without the Hendrix Blueprint
Best quote I ever heard about Stevie was that if you never played guitar before he made you want to pick it up and if you were already a guitar player he made you want to put it down.
lol that's gold.
So so true! I put mine down.
Becomes better songwriter
That quote is fuckin excellent! hahahah
Yep. Might have to burn mine 😂😂😂
I saw SRV in concert, he was the best guitarist I had ever seen. After the show he got a beer and sat on the stage and talked to the audience for 45 minutes. When he died, I could not stop crying because I knew in this lifetime I would never see a performer like that again.
To me it was the day the music died
That story makes me cry.
I managed to see SRV several times. Each show was a masterpiece. I was crushing to hear that he had died. It was a similar feeling as when Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane went down.
I also seen srv in 82, and what a great show.
Stevie Ray Vaughn is the greatest guitarist of all time. That comes from B.B. King, Albert King, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Billy Gibbons and more.
Bro in the glasses literally had his life changed. Welcome to SRV fandom, brother.
Bro is the glasses in lit!
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He's great ❤
Sure silenced them kids.😂
Robert Randolph (sacred steel) was mesmerized by srv 1st time and became an instant fan.
@@franksosa8259for a damn change at the very least.
I’ve still never seen anyone else play the guitar this well in my life. Singing and speaking and breathing through the guitar. Pure total control. Nobody close.
A bit different style but how about Eric Clapton, or even better, Jeff Beck
@@carolmolloy8001Eric Clapton can take you on a journey ,absolutely.
Jeff Beck was nothing more than a bunch of riffs squished together and pooped out and like a log of spam.
How about Mark knopfler? I mean come on Eric Clapton picked him to be his lead guitarist on the album slow hand. When Eric Clapton and Mark knopfler on stage together Eric Clapton refused to follow Mark knopfler solo he said f*** no
@@carolmolloy8001 Look up what Eric Clapton said about how Steve Ray played.
@@Tony-q8g I think Jeff Beck deserves a little more respect than just a bunch off riffs the man is oncopyable
@@carolmolloy8001 It ALL came from Texas swing, man.
He is absolutely one of the greatest guitarists of all time. When you have Eric Clapton and B.B. King say that about you, you know you’ve made it.
He is Coke as a person in this whole set
I am sad that the Blues seem to be lost on the young. This proves it! Except for one dude.
BB and Clapton...... ya'll need to find the BB and Stevie Ray.. Stevie Ray shows mad respect for BB and just supports BB throughout the whole number. The way a youngin should respect his elder.
@@foxernator coke doesn't magically make you a guitar god (well maybe it does to yourself, but not to others that are listening you play)
@@coletrickle4955 It definitely helps if you are already one of the best guitarists of all time..
It’s not unusual for blues players to play each others songs. It’s an honor to the original writer especially if the song is a classic.
ya for sire and often times the player puts his or her own stamp on it.
A lot of these Old blues songs and blues riffs and vocals have been around so long they don't even know who to credit the song to.
SRV did a rendition of Little Wing that is amazing. I was lucky enough to see Stevie on tour before his untimely passing. So much music left unsung. 😥
Right it was a tradition to do so. You were the entertainment for the night and you were expected to take request. If you didn't know the request you were not a blues man. It all done on the 8 bar blues. So it's about creativity with your take on a song.
I'm a big Blues fan. T-Bone Walker wrote "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday's Just as Bad)". He said that he was happy for others to cover that song, BB King, Slowhand, The Allman Bros, etc. because, he got royalties.
These dudes were raised well. I appreciate your open mindedness.
I’m an old white dude who appreciates your honesty. I saw Jimi Hendrix a million years ago and he blew my mind. This guy blew my soul.
❤
you are so lucky to have seen him
Loved Stevie Ray
Awesome description of the differences between these 2 legends!
You put that fantastically. I think it's pointless to debate who was better, when they were both the best at what they did.
"The worst thing for me was that Stevie Ray had been sober for three years and was at his peak. When he played that night, he had all of us standing there with our jaws dropped. I mean, Robert Cray and Jimmie Vaughan and Buddy Guy were just watching in awe. There was no one better than him on this planet". Eric Clapton.
Stevie best that EVER lived!
I was at that Alpine Valley East Troy show. RIP Stevie.
@@kimjohnson344 My dad was also, I was a baby at home.
@@kimjohnson344 I was there too (I was a freshman at Marquette)
A friend took me (I'd never heard of him)...after the show I was a true believer.
When we heard about the crash we were devastated that we hadn't saved our ticket stubs.
I had just seen him in cedar rapids not long before Alpine . Was fortunate enough to catch him down in Texas in 85'. Apparently, when he would pass through Dallas, free concert at some local bar. Packed house . He loved his fans. Never heard anyone quite like him. He had went to a whole new level after he got rid of his demons. Their reaction was great!
SRV IDOLIZED Hendrix!!! Our idols are here to inspire us to reach and achieve. SRV’s playing is built on the scaffolding of other blues master who came before him. They are intertwined, the idol/teacher cannot exist without the pupil and the pupil cannot exist without the teacher/idol. It is futile to argue who is better, one cannot exist without the other. Jimi would be proud that he helped inspire such greatness.
THANK YOU !
Indeed!! 👌
Very Well Put!! ^_^
Albert King was his biggest influence
Chuck Berry started rock n roll! And cool as hell. Duck walkin across stage!
There cannot be a person alive who cannot be in awe of this. SRV is still and will always be one of my favourite artists ever.
He used to come to the movie theatre I worked at. He was very down to earth and didn't act like a celebrity.
A small flex… I saw SRV live. I was 15, now 53. No one has ever come close to what he left on the stage. Best live performer ever!!
Man, that had to be mind-blowing! Very envious of you!!
My parents saw him in a small ice house that had a concert underneath the main restaurant. Apparently he did even better when it was just a few people watching
That's cool and lucky. I moved to Austin in 84 and got to catch him all around. Long drives since Texas is 950x850 miles but I got every one I could. Met him once and shook his hand, it was like diamond cutters. So many callouses and a huge hand. Humble and nice and appreciative of his fans. I feel so lucky.
Crissy here Davids wife. I'm just going to say I would have loved 😍❤️😍 to have seen SRV. You my friend are very lucky to have been there.
I bow…I bow…
For being young, you guys definitely show respect to these old school artists. Keep showing love.
I know I love that about them
💯💯💯
im old but i remember when Stevie was just coming up and was unknown it was i think 1982
Jimi died at 27, in 1970. Stevie died at 35, in 1990. R.I.P. Jimi Hendrix, R.I.P. Stevie Ray Vaughan. They could both play behind their backs, behind their necks, and with their teeth. I have a long list of favorite guitarists, but Jimi and Stevie are at the top. It's hard to compare guitarists, they all have different skills and abilities.
100% agree with you!! I am 51 y.o. and both Jimi and Stevie (and Eddie Van Halen) are the reasons I play guitar and bass.
Jimi is king...
Bruh, 20 years apart, 2 legends, 0 competition
I hope Buddy Guy is on everyone's list! Because it was for Jimmy( Both Hendrix and Page), as wall as SRV, Clapton, Slash,Jeff Beck, B.B King,The Stones and many more. The MAN is 85 years Young and is still playing Today! If you're a fan of Blues(and Ridiculous guitar) go out of your way to see him. He's probably the last OG left. I saw him @15 yrs ago.. Mind blown.. It was Amazing!
@@Chris-jt3hk Yes, Buddy is definitely on my list. I've seen him live and he's wonderful.
3 guys on a small stage. No production tricks/feed back loops, No naked women prancing around, Pure all around talent. Amazing. He did an amazing cover of Jimi's Voodoo Child, as well
Blessed to have seen SRV twice in concert. Words can not express how incredible it was to see him live. Jimi was the inovator. SRV took it and made it his own.
I saw him when I was 6. Don Henley got me into the show, even though it was 21 and up. He let me sit on the side of the stage the entire time, and after all these years, only the birth of my children are more important memories.
Totally agree!
Jimi used Texas swing to play the guitar...all rock and roll was invented in Texas,man
Got to see him in providence RI alive alive tour the greatest and best concert I've ever seen
That’s right, you’ve never heard a guitar sing like that, with that type of soul, and you never will again. RIP to the legendary SRV. More than glad to see my generation recognizing real talent like Hendrix, Chuck berry and SRV!
It's been 30 years or so since he did this, and his guitar is still recovering.
Best comment ever!!!
It actually passed away recently of lung cancer after smoking 2 packs a day for 30 years ,starting immediately after this performance.
Bro! 😂😂🤣🤣
Best comment!
Hey from Austin Texas!❤
Actually 40 years - this was el mo in July 83
This man died in my home town of East Troy WI, I was at the last show. Know one knew about it til the next morning, but he hit the ski hill in a heavy fog. The blues lost a great bunch of musicians that night. It was hard to wake up and hear about this just after we saw him play such a blistering great show. Now one will ever come close to this man. Little known fact about Stevie. Guitar strings typically come in .08, .09, .10 gauge, and anything else you have to build a special set. This refers to the thinnest string. Stevie played on .13 guage strings. Simply because he shredded the shit out anything thinner to the point they would either stretch before a song was over, or they.would break, but when they did, you never knew it off stage! RIP Brother! I sure do miss your shows.
Yeah, he played 13-52s. Tuned them to Eb. I use the same set and tune mine to D. Stevie Ray was a monster in every way.
I was fortunate enough to get to see SRV before his death. My dad skipped work one night and had managed to get some tickets, came by the house and picked me up, he said get in it’s a surprise. This was my 18th birthday present to get to see SRV. I was so blown away. RIP Dad and thanks for that memory. Also RIP SRV, thanks for the memories and great music.
That’s badass
That really IS badass :)
What a bad ass Dad! 😁😁
So cool. I would have loved to see him! Great you got to experience that with your dad.
My dads IDOL was SRV so I grew up on his music (I was born in 89 so unfortunately never got to see him play). My dad is also no longer with us but TO THIS DAY “Riviera Paradise” makes me tired because my parents used to play that while driving around the block to put me to sleep. 😂 RIP to our dads, and I’m sure SRV is playing a hell of a concert for them! 💜
Stevie Ray Vaughn did a few songs and studied the music of BB King for many years. Stevie Ray Vaughn was an absolute LEGEND from Dallas, Texas!!!! He did us Texans proud!!!!
Stevie studied ALL the Bluesmen, sure he was most influenced by the 3 Kings, BB being one of them and Freddie being another, bit if you listen to and watch SRVs interviews & read his bio's would have to say Albert King had the most influence in his playing. BBKing, Stevie became very good friends with and adored the man (so he should). SRV was the blend of all the greats while adding Hendrix, Cllapton and other blues influenced rock masters of the time. Learned how to play and mimic all of them, in the end creating a monster of a player and original in himself. So many have tried to copy, none have come close.
Albert King was his mentor
He did humanity proud bro! 👊🏼
"did a ""few"" songs"??? what???
Played a lot with him too....
This is one of, if not THE, greatest guitar performances ever. Simply fantastic and beautiful. A great musician at the top of his short life.
He is the
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks this!!
I was at this show, in Toronto, life-changing, I’m a guitar player, when I went home my girlfriend thought I did acid I said my pupils were so dilated, just the music dear
yes
If you see Fil Wings of Pegasus break this down regards guitar playing, you realise as Fil states , his strength of hands playing 13s on his guitar ! A freak of nature ! Awesome! I was in awe of Stevie Ray , his expression was something out of this world !
It's great to see y'all reacting to Stevie's music in more than one vid. Stevie's our Dallas hometown legend. So sad that we lost such a genius at a young age. Y'all are keeping his memory and music alive with these vids. Keep doing what y'all do, it's great to see!
Stevie did this with a much cleaner tone than anyone ya'll have listened to. His intensity doesn't come from gain on an amp, but from his fingers, playing on much thicker stringers. He's a master
Great comment!
@@CHX_37 Thanks!
And some tube screamers
dude over here running 13's and shit with the finger strength of a guitar god
Amen!!!!
You just witnessed WHY SRV is regarded as one of the greatest bluesman ever to strap on a guitar. The dude could play basically any style...ANY ! RIP...
one of the greatest? no.....HE IS THE GREATEST.
@@satanlaffing nobody is the greatest. he is your fav, so you have bias. this isn't a contest.
@@sixslinger9951 no, it's been scientifically proven SRV is the greatest bluesman. Papers
have been published.
SRV was interviewed one time and was asked about his influences and his response was so beautiful. He said those that came before him gave him so much that the best way to thank them was to give the blues right back to them. That kind of gratitude brings tears to my eyes.
Stevie's voice always whent unnoticed.
Such a beautiful soulful tone.
Perfect pitch.
Dude was a monster on every level.
Goes back to my first guitar teacher....
Learn how to sing first if you want to be a lead guitar player.
When Stevie Ray Vaughan is playing guitar, it is not just a musical instrument. It is an extension of his human body, and the music flows throughout him.
Since the first time ive watched SRV a few years ago, ive been saying that his guitar wasnt just plugged into the amp or pedals, that guitar was plugged straight into that mans soul and you cant tell me otherwise.
Yep
Yes sir it's like that guitar is plugged into his soul
yes, couldn't agree more.. hearing SRV play is to hear what someone's pure soul sounds like ..accurately.. SRV can play OneNote and you would know that it was him.. definitely a conduit of the divine source.
Here’s the thing about SRV. The minute you hear him playing you know who it is. There are a handful of guitar players who a voice this distinctive when they play. Grateful I got to see him live.
@macenulty. I totally agree. Popa chubby is of of those in my opinion. Very distinctive style but heavily inspired by stevie and jimmy. Check him out
David Gilmour is like that
I was too young. I would kill to have seen him live.
Stevie was a humble man. He just put his heart and soul out there, you were experiencing his soul. Respect and love to SRV and Jimi Hendrix and all the greats like Howlin' Wolf and Big Mama Thornton and Sister Rosetta Tharpe etc., Immerse yourselves in the sound, the passion, the heart and the soul of the music. Music is every color.
You're so right - but don't forget Sonny Boy Williamson!
Jimi brought together techniques from different genres that clashed at the time and put his own spin on it. He pioneered sounds that are so common today that we forget that distortion back then came from cranking up amplifiers almost to their breaking point, and not just a pedal that you turn on. Southern Blues, progressive rock and roll, and experimental rock intermixed a little but not like when Jimi did it. He even used 50's Doo-wop type stuff. His way of playing was also different in that he learned to play without playing with anyone else. A lot of his guitar riffs derive from learning to play with no other accompaniment. He was drums, bass, and guitar all in one. Or at least thats kind of how he played. He played the bass notes as a leading part of his playstyle and even used his strumming pattern to simulate a rythm. (making the "chicka chicka" sound while muting strings.) He was able to play like this as well as sing at the same time, which is very challenging playing stuff he was playing. And while all of that is going on, there's just this groove he has. Like a swagger to his music. Jimi hendrix was one of the biggest influences of Stevie Ray Vaughn along with both Chuck Berry and B.B. King. But yeah, Jimi is highly respected by guitarists today because without his influence, music wouldn't have evolved into what it is today.
Music flowed from SRV like water. I saw Stevie at a club in Dallas when he was 17 an he blew us away !!! All together I saw him live 17 times. RIP-SRV
I met him in Dallas in 1984. I freaked out when I heard him on the radio while visiting and my sister`s boyfriend grew up with him in Oak Cliff and took me to see him and Jimmie play.
His guitar was directly connected to his soul.
Stevie Ray Vaughan is and always will be the GOAT!
There is and there will never be another that could do it like SRV. The man was a walking embodiment of the blues.
Fantastic choice of reaction one of the best guitarist every lived
Rest in peace Stevie Rave on
Y'all are passing damn good 🎵
To the newer generation.
Stevie's biggest influences were Albert King, BB King, Jimmy Hendrix, Albert Collins etc. There are videos of him performing with the greatest blues performers of his time.
He was also influenced by allnthe great Texas bluesmen that never made huge names for themselves. SRV played the South Dallas joints in HS. There's a video of an outdoor concert where they booed him. Won them over in the end. Finished w/ Voodoo Chile just like Jimmy did at Woodstock.
It's worth noting that they all loved and respected Stevie, including Muddy Waters the father of modern electric blues. BB King has said in interviews that he can't play those long lines of notes like Stevie did. He has to play a line, pause and then play another line. With Stevie the music just flowed like water.
He goes back farther tha BB, Blind Lemon Jefferson, was born in the 1890's.
@@willcityaway7971 That was in Switzerland, a bunch of snobs stuck in the past.
@@danielshepherd5635: It was his first performance at the Montreaux Jazz Festival.
Stevie Ray came.....
He Conquered.....
And he left.....
Give him his Crown.
The afterlife needed a blues god
@@DerekBeck-oi8bdit already had Jimi, but two is better than one!
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I was blessed to see Stevie in concert. Was a beast. He always gave credit to Jimi Hendrix and all the black OG’s especially Albert King.
King said he was better than Hendrix
I saw Albert in a small club in Columbus Ohio in 89. He was so huge and so damn good. We sat up front in a small club and he interacted with us a lot. We had a few beers with him after. Talked about Stevie the whole time.
AK poured his soul into SRV.
For what it's worth, that's the perfect reaction to hearing SRV for the 1st time. Good stuff!
Jimi Hendrix was a massive influence on Stevie Ray's playing. Stevie himself said in a interview that he had looked up to Jimi in the highest of regards. R.I.P Stevie/Jimi legends in there own rights. 🎸
You can hear some of Jimi's licks now and then.
Stevies biggest influence was Albert King. Look up srv's story about almost falling in hot grease while listening to Albert and said he knew then, he'd only play guitar as a job.
Stevie would never say He was better than Jimi or even compare his Play against Jimi's!!!, He Looked Up to Jimi,and Albert King was His biggest Inspiration!!!!, He would never say He was Better than them, But in My Opinion He was, and I think even Jimi, if He had been Alive still to Hear Stevie Play, Would have agknowleged Stevie's Greatness!!!!, Jimi was a Laid Back Cat!!!!, an American Army Air Borne Veteran!!!
Stevie influenced by JIMI but surpassed him by far in playing guitar
Jimi and Stevie are both guitar gods. Jimi with a spiritual connection, Stevie with a soul connection. An online poll asked if you could bring back one music legend who would it be? I considered 4 or 5, Stevie takes it.
I named my daughter Stevie Rae Anne. After this man. What a legend. His playing makes me cry, it's so good.
I named my newfie Zheevy Ray
❤
Life Without You 🙏
Being a Stevie Ray fan from way back, nothing made me happier than watching your faces while listening to him!
Johnny Winter was my all time favorite blues man, then there was Stevie Ray, in a league of his own. Now Heaven will be worth the being a good boy for.
As a fifty plus white man from the Deep South, I love seeing these young black men rediscover blues via a white man who sweated it from every pore. Heartfelt blues to me breathes out all the pain, struggle, and strength of all of our black brothers and sisters from days gone by and, at its best, is astonishingly beautiful. Thanks for posting, guys.
Great post!
And a Texas boy
Well said. Respect 🙏🏻
i'm 61 year old Yankee and I enjoyed all your reactions to SRV...just beautiful...my favorite...HE HAS IT BEHIND HIM!!
The man never played it the same way twice!!!! Every night he had a different feeling on how to perform tunes and his mood that day/night steered him in a certain direction and that’s what you got as an audience member from the GOAT!!!!! Been there done that watching him dozens of times!!!!! Pure talent and emotions!!!! Just an unbelievable performer and Double Trouble ruled as his band!!!! So talented!!!!! As BB King said in amazement after playing with him once (BB was a great influence on Stevie when he was growing up and definitely wasn’t a slouch on playing Blues), we blues guitarist play in sentences and Stevie plays in paragraphs!!!!! So says Austin Tx!!!!! 😎🍸
This may be the best electric blues guitar performance ever. If anyone tells me "I just don't get what was so great about Stevie" I show them this video. If they still don't get it, they never will.
Stevie stood on the shoulders of many before him, but he reached far beyond where they did and grabbed a hold of something they only dreamed of. His brief time was enough for him to influence many of his influences.
I never get tired of these reactions either. There's always a point where everyone just stfu and have these bewildered, amazed looks on their faces. I love it.
I never tire of the Texas Flood reactions either... for the very same reason! I remember how it was for me the first time I watched this video and I just wait for those same moments that I remember dumbfounding the hell out me. So much fun to see the appreciation SRV is getting because of it too!
Jimi is king...
@@musicandtv3294 Stop acting like it's a CONTEST that only ONE can win! It's NOT "The Highlander"!!
Covering songs from the past is glorious! It re introduces the lyrics and melodies, etc. and can be interpreted in a new way! It’s honoring those who came before us and is a reminder that music is universal. Blues is raw emotion and the black men & women who played them in the 1900’s-50’s are being honored by musicians of today.
THIS version, of THIS song, IS my #1 favorite song of all time!!! I’m glad you gentlemen got to listen to it. I have heard it a hundred times, and the next time I listen to it, I will still have the same reaction you guys just had! Thanks for showing us your experience!
God bless you all!!!
🥷🏼🙏❤️
I agree that the Mocambo performance is the best. He really took his time with it. And no broken strings 😆
Live at the El Macambo is one of the best live performances of ALL time, imo
Another is Texas Flood live at Montreux where David Bowie first noticed him.
I can’t pick between tightrope or crossfire both I’ve watched over 100x. Sending you love as a fellow SRV Fan
I love the intro, how Stevie goes to the mic to sing, then says "Nah, fuck it." Then launches into a barn burning solo. SRV was a blues monster. ❤
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There are SO MANY Legends out there. Roy Clark playing Malaguena is a jaw dropper.
Roy was a great player. Glen Campbell also. Less well-known as a guitar player.
@@sprezzatura8755 Glen Campbell is well known as a Master along with Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Jerry Reed, and can't leave out the Great Danny Gatton amongst the Country greats!
@@zeppelinfan9360 Love all those players also Scotty Moore. I thought Glen Campbell was mostly famous as a top 40 recording artist? Few know that he was part of the Wrecking Crew and his guitar virtuosity. Before my time so not trying to sound like an authority.
Charo
Lets not forget the late Jeff Beck! Another WOW! and even better live, like all the great ones are.
All Blues musicians cover their heroes songs.
An emotional experience was a great description of this song.
SRV was a huge Jimi Hendrix fan and covered quite a few of his songs. Watching him I always thought he had a fire in his chest that he could only get out by playing that guitar the way he did. At one time he was mixing cocaine and whiskey, hit rock bottom and then got all the way clean. His music after that reflected that. Love that Texas Blues vibe! RIP Stevie Ray!
He's not just a legend, he's a legend that other legends like BB King, Eric Clapton, John Maher etc thought was better than they are at the blues. It's nuts
It’s true, though.
Yup, it’s true. Dude in this video said BB king made a guitar sing or scream more than SRV, dude knows nothing about SRV’s Signature style, he was the scream of bends. Best to ever do it with his aggressive coined Texas Blues style. A true legend.
Stevie is a TEXAN 👏👏👏 so cool to see young people appreciating GREATNESS ❤️
That’s the longest stretch I’ve seen them go without talking. They were all mesmerized. The stank faces! Love these guys.
Stevie is in a class all his own. You’re listening to the absolute best there is…. Jimmy was great, Stevie is another level….Albert King said that Stevie at 13 years old had more soul than ANY blues musician he had ever heard. BTW, Albert became Stevie’s godfather….lol
Just think of how much heat it took to melt Albert Kings heart... That man was cold, cold, cold.
You saying it best! Stevie in a class of his own. But you know they are all! Jimi, Eddie, Jimmy Page, Ace Frehley, Steve Vai, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Clapton, Chuck Berry, Albert King and many more. They all bring their perfect personal skills. I gave up on who is the best! They all are in my world. I am so glad and appreciative I can listen to them all. That all their special talents brighten up my day , everyday.
My only wish is that I could do what they do. Not out of envy, but enjoying what they enjoy.
@singularman7589 you lost me at Ace Frehley. 😂
B.B. had respect for Stevie too.
What I find fascinating about SRV as well is his voice. I've not heard a similar voice, just... ever. You can go back to music from the early 1900s and you still won't find a single artist that sounds the same.
Love watching SRV continue to blow peoples minds. RIP.
I must of seen this live video of Stevie a 1000 times and every time I get goosebumps listening!
To answer the question about Jimi……
He literally tore up the rule book for electric guitar and inspired generations to play 🤙🎸
SRV gave us John Mayer… Mayer memorized all of SRV songs and eventually played with Double Trouble! What an honor!
To bad the only John Mayer song I love is, your body Is a wonderland. It doesn't come close to this though.
I LOVE the guy in the Sox hat. Two measures into that song and I already could see in his face that he could tell already that this performance was going to blow him away. His reaction to SRV was beyond priceless because every time I watch this video I still make all those faces every time, even though I’ve been listing to that guy for 38 years.
Fuckin A. ❤
I was raised in Texas and got to see Stevie Ray Vaughan play in Dallas. It’s more a soul experience to watch Stevie Ray play, you could feel it to your bones. My dad said Jimi Hendrix was exactly the same kind of experience ❤
I lived in Dallas back then too, had a chance to see him at Starplex but didn’t go- thought I’ll catch him next time around, then he died; been kicking myself ever since!!😢😢 My favorite song by SRV is “ LITTLE SISTER “.
i have watched your reactions many times ...i've watch the Texas Flood run more than once; you Guys are Great...most interesting; very entertaining; ...and i'm happy with 2024 too!!!
I had the incredible pleasure of seeing Stevie perform (I'm 63), and my mind was blown. I'll never forget this little dude lighting up the stage RIP Mr. Vaughan
Every old school blues player I've ever heard had nothing but respect for Stevie. Stevie was only 35 when he died in a helicopter crash in 1990. Only 7 years after Texas flood was released. He once said he tries not to think when he plays and just lets the music flow.
"Thought is the enemy of flow." - Vinnie Colaiuta,
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San Francisco, Califusa
My aunt was at that last show in Alpine Valley...
I just love these young black men for loving up on Stevie. Look, Stevie loved Jimi, Buddy, B.B., Albert and Freddie so much and always respected them. That's all Stevie ever wanted was to promote the great music these men brought to us through their music. Just love on Stevie because I believe he did try to do the music of the blues justics. I hope you feel that bros.
The Strat he plays originally belong to a friend of his. He borrowed it for a gig. His friend saw him play for the first time. When SRV returned they guitar, his friend refused to take it back. He told Stevie, “I can’t take her back, she clearly belongs to you”.
That Strat once belonged to Christopher Cross.
The guitar was purchased from a shop and it previously owned by Christopher Cross…
That strat was formerly Chris Cross’. A young, broke Little Stevie (as he was known coz he was a small guy) “borrowed” it in 1974 from Ray Hennig, the owner of Heart of Texas Music. Ray was always allowing his little buddy Stevie borrow and trade in guitars cuz SRV didn’t have a dime to buy a decent one. He thought Stevie was cuckoo-bird to trade in the nice , new blue Strat he’d been borrowing for that dirty-looking piece of junk but Stevie liked the way it “felt” so Ray shrugged and took back the nice valuable guitar. Stevie walked away with the piece of shite you saw him play just now. He never traded it back. It ended up his main guitar both live and in the studio and he referred to it as “Number One”, “The One” and “First Wife” for the rest of his short life. It’s now considered the single most individually recognizable guitar in the world and is insured for millions. It hung on the wall for a while at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Stevie’s brother has it in storage now.
The real treat is listening to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King together. Saw a video of them together today and it was fire 🔥
That is a must watch/listen. It's amazing how much respect both guys have for one another.
That’s an incredible video.
It's truly the best video on the Internet. Indeed a must watch. 💯
true!
THIS
Stevie made the guitar an extension of his body and soul. He knew every possible sound nuance by memory so he could literally drive the sound through his head and hear it before he even played a single note. The guy was absolutely brilliant. And you guys nailed it about “that southern twang”. Stevie was THE ,aster of the Texas Tone. He also would blown peoples mind when he played that thing through a Hammond Organ Leslie amp. Monstrous tone. 👍🏻😎👍🏻
It is noticeable that he hardly ever has to look to see where his left hand is, yet he never gets a note wrong. Pure instinct and TONS of practice!
Jimmy showed the world a whole new way to make a guitar sound amazing. Stevie showed crazy skills and blues talent but personally I enjoy the brief to longer pauses between notes for a bluesier feel. Great video thanks
The look on your faces during this is priceless! SRV was truly a jaw dropping individual. So much passion.
Sometimes you can't see where Stevie Ray ends and his guitar begins. He was a law unto himself and amazing to watch
Stevie Ray played the 13 gauge strings. No one else could bend those guitar strings like that. Tremendous hand strength. SRV best guitarist known to man ever.
I wish SRV was around to see the younger generation still loving his stuff.😁
SRV died tragically in a helicopter crash after a concert. He was taken waaay too early and in my humble opinion is the GOAT! rip SRV ❤
I’m with you.
It's crazy, Eric Clapton was supposed to take that ride but couldn't make it. SRV stepped in. Crazy how things play out
I still remember where I was when I got the news.
@@JohnnyDollar720 I'd still make that trade any day to keep SRV instead of Clapton.
Unfortunately the good die young?? 😪
So glad you guys listened to Stevie! I saw SRV just a few months before his passing & he literally sat on the edge of the stage & played the guitar as if just playing for himself, just magical, best concert I've ever been to!!
We were probably at the same show.
I saw him in Cedar Rapids, IA is that where you saw him??@@JLayneHudson
@@becky9770 nope. Alpine Valley.
The best thing about Stevie is he had so many legends before him to teach the craft. Stevie took all of their teachings, inspirations and heart and made a big ol' damn stew. Every player that inspired him lives through his music. Stevie just turned it up to 11 and started to sing
Y'all can think what you want but SRV is one of the top musicians that has ever existed and there are so many that he will always be in the presence of musical royalty.
word!
King Vaughan
SRV and Randy Rhodes, though different styles, were in a class of their own.
I never like to get into "who's better" or "who's best" but that night, and that song in particular, it's just simply impossible that anyone could ever be better at the guitar. Seen it hundreds of times, still blown away. That is just as good as it gets.
That man had more strength in his hands than any in his whole body.anybody else's hands would have seized up by now... UNREAL! But what would you expect from the Grandmaster of the stratocaster. RIP Stevie.
I love stevie ray vaughn. My dad always played him growing up qnd i always wanted to play the guitar like him! He was amazing!!!
His voice…..breaks my heart🥲
& fills it up at the same time! ❤❤❤
❤️ from Austin Texas
Me too.
Being from Austin isn’t a personality
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Nobody said that it was.
I had the pleasure of seeing SRV 10-12 times. Saw him early in Antones in Austin back in the day. He cut his finger on a string and kept playing, bleeding all over. After the song, ON STAGE, he filled the cut with superglue, wiped it off and got to the next song. He is the GOAT in my humble opinion.
The Sky is crying is a powerful Stevie jam…
Probably my favorite SRV.
That is an Elmore James song
Every Stevie song was a powerful jam
I go back to this performance periodically to see greatness. I saw y’all in the thumbnail and it was so nice to appreciate it with y’all
I grew up listening to Stevie. The guy was a blues guitar savant. Your boy hit the nail on the head when he said "Have we ever heard a guitar sing like that?". 😎
I am happy Jimi recorded little wing it is one of my favorite songs and I love the version without words that STV does even better so ❤ to both artist forever
BB King praised the late guitarist and his unique technique and style, saying that: “Stevie had many ways of showing you that he had not only talent but he had the feel for playing Blues. “When I first met Stevie I met him with his brother and after meeting him our communication started to be more like a father-son relationship. So we were very close, very, very close. He used to come to me when he had problems, he used to call me and we talked. I loved the guy.”
That wasn't BB , but Albert King .
Albert was his adopted father , who loved and mentored Stevie.
So glad you boys got into Stevie Ray Vaughan, I was born in 78 so I was a little kid when my parents were listening to all types of music in the 80s and Stevie Ray was one of the favorites at barbecues and get togethers here in Austin.
Thank you for this I love to see young people discovering
Stevie Ray for the first time!! RIP Stevie you are so missed!!!!!!!!!!!!
At 9 years old, I learned to play guitar by sitting in front of the t.v, with my guitar, watching an SRV live vhs tape and trying to replicate it. Probably the most difficult way to learn to play but that's what I had and it worked for me. Hearing him brings tears to my eyes. He meant alot to me. I didn't have much else besides my guitar.
There is a song by Jimi Hendrix called Red House and he's talking about he has a bad bad feeling that his baby don't live here no more and she didn't say a damn thing about leaving and then Jimi says "That’s alright I still got my guitar".
First off, mad respect.
Second, I feel your pain man.
Third, damn son! Talk about drinking water through a fire hose! You STARTED LEARNING guitar through Stevie????? That's some brass to have as a young age. You were more manly as a kid than I am as a full grown adult today!!!
This is one of the best electric guitar performances in history.
The magic of Stevie Ray Vaughan....not just a guitar player, a guitar magician. Forever loved & missed.
When my oldest son was a tween he mentioned someone as being the best guitar player. I bought him a compilation Jimmy Hendrix cd set.
In my later years I LOVED Stevie RV!!! One is probably not better than the other. Jimmy was more rock, Stevie blues, and they both had their time in history. We're so lucky to have heard both of them. 🥰
You guys bust me up so much! I'm so glad you see the true talent of Stevie! God bless you all.
How more blues will you have... This is pure emotion and an piece of art. 🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸❤️❤️
My favorite guitarist. Every time, it's like you heard it for the first time good.
Okay guys, you gotta give Stevie credit because he ALWAYS gave credit to and paid homage to the greats that inspired him. He's even credited for reviving the blues and bringing it mainstream again in the early 80s. So much so that he revived the careers of some famous black blues artists that weren't getting the love they deserved. That said, while Stevie did some great cover songs he also wrote some great songs of his own and with Doyle Bramhall. Check out stuff from In Step like Tightrope, Wall of Denial, Riviera Paradise, The House is Rocking, etc. Oh and Lenny at El Mocambo. And Couldn't Stand The Weather (ACL)
I am in love with you guys! I'm in my 50s and you cats make me feel young.....and make me feel good about the future of the world. Thank you.
Very few guitar players have the emotional relationship with their guitar like SRV did.... You can hear and feel all the pain, sadness, happiness, love, and hate when SRV is playing. It is like SRV and his guitar become one and is just pouring all the emotions out to give you sensory overload.... RIP SRV.... you were one of a kind. I bet you and Jimi are rocking GOD's socks off :D
He said he liked to fight his guitar lol
He was amazing……
I agree with you - except there's no "hate"! Maybe some anger sometimes - but there's a difference!