Saw George Thorogood do the same thing in 1981 while playing at The Commodore in Vancouver. A string snapped while he was winding out on "The Sky Is Crying". He changed his own guitar with one on the stage and barely missed a twang...we went insane...
@@tyme4mike Blues musicians have got to be the biggest badasses of all time. I used to work at a Guitar Center and I'd LOVE to see one of the shitty metalcore bands my manager would constantly blast try this shit without having a fit in front of 3,000 people.
The magic was not that he broke a string, it was he changed guitars mid-song and never missed a beat. Maybe watch the video to where the roadie hands SRV another Strat and SRV grabs it, puts the strap on and continues playing.
@@konnorrockkonnoisseur4970 not to mention the notes you needed from the broken string can be found down a string and 5 frets up...Hardest part is to stop people watching and notice you slung a string
This is a live, real world example of the old adage, "A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link." In this case there were NO weak links. Savor this morsel of music history. Things like this RARELY, if ever happen or are much less caught on film. Props to the guitar tech, Rene Martinez - the Texas Guitar Whiz. TRUE professionalism is a joy to observe.
Can we also take just a moment to appreciate what an absolute force of nature Reece Wyans is on them keys! He improved the band tenfold when he came in :)
Mr. Wyans just “fit” so well with these musicians. He is incredibly skilled, just a beast on those keys for sure! I also loved srv trading off with Mr. Wyans. Gawd, I miss srv.....
I've watched that guitar swap countless times, and it still astounds me. Sure, F1 mechanics can fuel the car and change all four wheels in seconds, but they do it WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED. Seamless guitar change, without missing a lick, and singing the entire time. Major kudos to Stevie and his guitar technician.
@@richardmartinez3342 the tightest rhythm section you'll find all cuz stevie ear man could play know doubt but his feels for switch is just supernatural
I love when he is playing to that person in the audience. That was hilarious. This guy is the reason I'm learning guitar. I am learning his songs and how to sing like him. SRV is love. SRV is life.
I always like the point from Stevie to Reese letting him know to take a solo. Stevie hits the root and laughs like, "I just hit the root and stayed there Reese, take it next round".
Stevie was fantastic, but I think we need to recognize the quality of the band, Double Trouble. As a group, they were absolutely phenomenal. That piano solo! I miss Stevie. I remember exactly where I was when I heard of his passing, it's just that significant to me. RIP.
I grew up in the 60's and Jimi Hendrix was our man - when he passed, there was this guy from Texas - another disciple of Jimi who came along - and oh my, how he could play - we miss them both terribly - yes, terribly. God Bless Stevie.
If I was born blind, I would have never known Stevie broke a string in the middle of his solo!! A tremolo unit goes haywire out of tune when a string breaks - but Stevie keeps his solo in tune! Truly amazing! Love the way Reese Wynans tears up the keyboard in this performance...
Jakexx01 Absolutely correct. Stevie tried to get through the rest of the song. He did a great job trying to go low soloing but realized the guitar was just too far out of tune. Tommy had a look of concern as well. One look from Stevie to the GT, unstraps the guitar, fresh guitar being strapped on him mid song. Never missed a beat. Damn. Miss him. Damn, Miss playing in a band too.
The fact he even broke it is amazing considering he played the thickest strings you can buy. Most players aren't man enough to snap a string that strong.
Andrew Amende and the two are greatly intertwined as anyone who knows music will tell you. Rock music has links to blues and vice versa. To break a string and improvise your solo before having a roadie swap your guitars while you sing is as rock and roll as it gets.
Stevie broke a WOUND string COMPLETELY OFF at the bridge saddle - (try that sometime, without a saw blade!) - and never broke the beat in the transition going into the 3rd verse. Had I been there, I would have jumped out of the stands in elation!!! LONG LIVE LIVE ALBUMS AND THE LIVE VIDEOS that capture these inconceivable moments! Yes of course; Reese Wynans was the perfect fit on keyboard for Stevie's music and that band. Well, bless my soul!
Rene Martinez, a lifelong roadie/guitar tech seamlessly swaps out a broken guitar for SRV after he breaks a string. You can barely even see him if you are in the audience and they give a nice round of appreciation. Never misses a beat. Great memories of Austin City Limits and SRV.
Shoutout to Reese who is north of 70 and still crushing it. But Stevie - my god what a badass he was. The confidence he had in his skills, and the confidence he had in that roadie, that’s a real team right there. Barely missed a beat!
You know you've got a professional on your hands when he snaps a string right in the middle of a guitar solo and doesn't even skip a beat. :) I love it.
HA! still remember falling asleep on the couch with my head against the apeaker listening to this man...occassionally waking up to my parents dancing their asses off to his music! MAN do I ever wish I coulda seen him in concert!!!! RIP Stevie Ray! Ur music still lives on!
Theis music gave me the best moments of my life this far..i swear ..whet a contribution to create rhythmic music for people to use just to unlock their compromised near locked frozen souls...a torture less sublime ; been there crashed that!
Was that me in the front row??? That's awesome! That means they invent time travel in my life time, because if they do I'm DEFINATELY going back and sitting in the FRONT ROW to this event! Sweeeeeeeeet! Miss you big brother. Rest in Peace.
I know that someone else had mentioned this,but kept playing with a broken string like nothing happened. Not even skipped one beat. The more and more that I see of his live videos, the more this guy amazes me on what he accomplished in his short life. Think about the level that he was at being as young as he was. And yet we get to see garbage still come out from Miley and Nikki Minaj. This guy had more talent in his left pinky finger than all of these a$$ clowns nowadays that like to think that they are musicians do in their entire bodies.
When some players break a string they take it down a notch, fearful of breaking another. Watching him continue to churn full blast on 5 strings is almost as much fun as watching the swap, and hearing the crowd cheer when he pulls it off. God I miss this guy.
My wife brags about her “levels” of of advancement on her iPhone games. I counter with I’m trying for the million club in terms of views of this video. One of the greatest moments in music history!
Stevie looked great! It's amazing how much he changed after getting clean. We just thought he was great when he was messed up. That wasn't *nothin* compared to sober Stevie. 🙏❤️🎸😥
SRV sure had the theroy of the neck well studied.He proved that in the change of neck position when the string broke. One of a kind. RIP on your birthday Oct.3-1954.SRV passed away on Aug 27-1990.
I will never forget. The very first time I watched this DVD I was on my computer doing stuff. So I was mainly only listening to the songs. I didnt even realized what happened and TOTALLY missed this. 2nd Time I was watching it with a friend and I was like "holy shit I completly missed that whole "guitar changing scene!" " Truly a legend. One of a kind!
as a former airline mechanic I liken this to changing an engine in flight. Absolutely mind boggling. Someone once posted that Jimmy Vaughan got him interested in learning the guitar and Stevie made him quit,, Lol
AWESOME..Stevie Ray Vaughan is a Legend and his guitars are as legend as he is...Stevie sings awesomely and the strings of his guitar he is playing is saying..your at your comfort zone..missing Stevie
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That guitar swap was so fucking smooth! What a bad ass.
Saw George Thorogood do the same thing in 1981 while playing at The Commodore in Vancouver. A string snapped while he was winding out on "The Sky Is Crying". He changed his own guitar with one on the stage and barely missed a twang...we went insane...
@@tyme4mike Blues musicians have got to be the biggest badasses of all time. I used to work at a Guitar Center and I'd LOVE to see one of the shitty metalcore bands my manager would constantly blast try this shit without having a fit in front of 3,000 people.
Stevie's guitar tech was on point. Had a guitar ready, and made the swap look effortless.
@@imlxh7126 to be fair though, Metal musicians tend to use Floyd Roses and the whole guitar goes out of tune when one string breaks
Never missed a beat. The world is a worse place without SRV in it.
The magic was not that he broke a string, it was he changed guitars mid-song and never missed a beat. Maybe watch the video to where the roadie hands SRV another Strat and SRV grabs it, puts the strap on and continues playing.
***** He finished the solo w/ the broken string, then did the switch during breakdown going into the last verse. That was the cool part.
Heath Barnhart Thank you! I thought I was the only one that noticed....
+loraljohnson I agree
+loraljohnson Best ever.... never missed shit even without a string
The guy could've kept on playing even if all of the strings broke, he was that good!
Was D:
@@elmoidkk3676 yeah hes dead
@@jackybaby0 Im crying
@@elmoidkk3676 fuck helicopters, am i right?
The fact that he acted like it didn't even happen is freak cool
Beamer and Michael you know what that is? Mastering your craft.
@@konnorrockkonnoisseur4970 not to mention the notes you needed from the broken string can be found down a string and 5 frets up...Hardest part is to stop people watching and notice you slung a string
Seems like I watch this at least once a year. A Texas legend!
Stevie didnt die.He just went up a level.
This kind of puts a Ferrari pit stop to shame. Amazing.
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Nil Bymouth more like a williams pitstop
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adithya mahesh More like Red Bull Boi
TheHitlist72 Monaco 2016?
That's a really good guitar tech.
Mau Vindas Mr. Rene fucking Martinez everyone. Mayer's guitar tech to date.
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Sound guy muted the channel 1st.
breaks a string and doesn't miss a single beat... truly a fucking genius
Ignister Prominence, The Blasting Dracoslayer not only that, but he transposes his solo on the fly
This is a live, real world example of the old adage, "A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link." In this case there were NO weak links. Savor this morsel of music history. Things like this RARELY, if ever happen or are much less caught on film. Props to the guitar tech, Rene Martinez - the Texas Guitar Whiz. TRUE professionalism is a joy to observe.
That guy should have got a retirement package for that move with the strap !
@@jmckeon1054 You do know Stevie wrote a song after him shorty after he passed away from a heart attack.
@@jimbo4692 Huh? Wrote a song about who? SRV's guitar tech, Rene Martinez is still around as of May 2021.
@@jimbo4692 you’re thinking of his friend Charlie Wirz
Can we also take just a moment to appreciate what an absolute force of nature Reece Wyans is on them keys!
He improved the band tenfold when he came in :)
i know i thought the guy on the piano was jerry lee the killer himself
Mr. Wyans just “fit” so well with these musicians. He is incredibly skilled, just a beast on those keys for sure! I also loved srv trading off with Mr. Wyans.
Gawd, I miss srv.....
no need to call a locksmith. reece got those keys on deck!
I've watched this probably thousands of times and I'm still blown away by the professionalism in that exchange. We miss you SRV.
The greatest moment in the history of guitar techs.
I've watched that guitar swap countless times, and it still astounds me.
Sure, F1 mechanics can fuel the car and change all four wheels in seconds, but they do it WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED.
Seamless guitar change, without missing a lick, and singing the entire time. Major kudos to Stevie and his guitar technician.
i mean cool guitar switch but homie on the piano destroyed it
yeah but the keyboard didn't break midway through
@@richardmartinez3342 the tightest rhythm section you'll find all cuz stevie ear man could play know doubt but his feels for switch is just supernatural
reese wynans is the keyboard equivalent of stevie.
@@richardmartinez3342 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@zephyr that’s only cause stevies playing has a big pocket than Warren buffet
Stevie was one of the coolest and smoothest cats to ever walk this earth.
I watch this over and over. There has never been anybody like him.
An artist is a true artist, not because he knows his art, but he knows how to behave when things go wrong.
Ladies & gentlemen. Stevie Ray Vaughn. Miss you so much. 🎸
SRV , nobody can replace him. Nobody. Nobody can sound that sound , play that playing... Feeling what he felt.
I saw Stevie Ray Vaughn in person at Asbury Park Convention Hall, NJ, back in the 80's. :) Still have the ticket stub.
I love when he is playing to that person in the audience. That was hilarious. This guy is the reason I'm learning guitar. I am learning his songs and how to sing like him. SRV is love. SRV is life.
Straight through! Broken string and all! STILL rocked 'em! Go, Stevie Ray, go!
I always like the point from Stevie to Reese letting him know to take a solo. Stevie hits the root and laughs like, "I just hit the root and stayed there Reese, take it next round".
Stevie was fantastic, but I think we need to recognize the quality of the band, Double Trouble. As a group, they were absolutely phenomenal. That piano solo!
I miss Stevie. I remember exactly where I was when I heard of his passing, it's just that significant to me.
RIP.
That's professionalism personified right there. Amazing.
I can watch this over and over and over.
10 out of ten for the Roadie ... and SRV .....
So amazing . You lift this little sister up. In a big way.
I'm so tripped out about SRV playing with a broken string
Seamless transition, never missed a beat, Stevie was a GOAT, and his guitar tech was a GOAT too!!😎
Rene Martinez, his head was definately in the game. Went on to tech for John Mayer after Stevie died.
I grew up in the 60's and Jimi Hendrix was our man - when he passed, there was this guy from Texas - another disciple of Jimi who came along - and oh my, how he could play - we miss them both terribly - yes, terribly. God Bless Stevie.
I will never get tired of watching this performance.
Not to downplay how awesome he is on this, but no matter how many times I've seen this, that guitar change never gets less awesome.
I would say unbelievable, but it SRV and his crew are awesome!
I saw him in concert; two hours of smoking rocking blues. A truly incredible guitar player and great performer.
If I was born blind, I would have never known Stevie broke a string in the middle of his solo!!
A tremolo unit goes haywire out of tune when a string breaks - but Stevie keeps his solo in tune! Truly amazing!
Love the way Reese Wynans tears up the keyboard in this performance...
Jakexx01
Absolutely correct. Stevie tried to get through the rest of the song. He did a great job trying to go low soloing but realized the guitar was just too far out of tune. Tommy had a look of concern as well. One look from Stevie to the GT, unstraps the guitar, fresh guitar being strapped on him mid song. Never missed a beat. Damn. Miss him.
Damn, Miss playing in a band too.
Nathan Gross why not start a new one dude?
You can imagine him, Jimi and B.B. in heaven right now. Those angels must be throwing down at that concert!
I could watch this all day long.
I can't stop watching it. It's like a magic trick.
The fact he even broke it is amazing considering he played the thickest strings you can buy. Most players aren't man enough to snap a string that strong.
anyone who thinks they "rock" should study this vid and realize how far they have to go
Isn't that demotivating. :(
Well it's not rock in the first place, it's blues
Andrew Amende and the two are greatly intertwined as anyone who knows music will tell you. Rock music has links to blues and vice versa. To break a string and improvise your solo before having a roadie swap your guitars while you sing is as rock and roll as it gets.
what are you actually talking about?
Stevie broke a WOUND string COMPLETELY OFF at the bridge saddle - (try that sometime, without a saw blade!) - and never broke the beat in the transition going into the 3rd verse.
Had I been there, I would have jumped out of the stands in elation!!!
LONG LIVE LIVE ALBUMS AND THE LIVE VIDEOS that capture these inconceivable moments!
Yes of course; Reese Wynans was the perfect fit on keyboard for Stevie's music and that band.
Well, bless my soul!
And that folks is how a professional player takes on a broken string, such ease and fluidity, never missing a beat, taken away way to soon!!!
Stevie ray is one of the all time great guitar players around :) sounds awesome
The best
Unbelievable shame that Stevie's no longer with us. VOTE UP IF THIS IS THE SMOOTHEST THING EVER!!! RIP SRV, what a man. x
Rene Martinez, a lifelong roadie/guitar tech seamlessly swaps out a broken guitar for SRV after he breaks a string. You can barely even see him if you are in the audience and they give a nice round of appreciation. Never misses a beat. Great memories of Austin City Limits and SRV.
Shoutout to Reese who is north of 70 and still crushing it. But Stevie - my god what a badass he was. The confidence he had in his skills, and the confidence he had in that roadie, that’s a real team right there. Barely missed a beat!
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i could watch this a million times and i alway get goosebumps.
It's unfortunate that people don't appreciate legitimate musical talent like this anymore. Rest In Peace, Stevie.
Stevie Ray is one of the few who you can see every emotion coming through those fingers and into that guitar. That, my friends, is a REAL musician.
Saw SRV open for Huey Lewis & The News on The Sports Tour in Columbia, SC. Blown away is a MASSIVE understatement!
You know you've got a professional on your hands when he snaps a string right in the middle of a guitar solo and doesn't even skip a beat. :)
I love it.
Well, it kind of happens a lot. Like the Tom and Jerry episode, "Crambo." With Tom's uncle they country singer. Lol
2:45 He was playing with broken string and everything sounds good! Broken string didn't stop him, he is the best!!!
I miss him so much.
Look at those boots! Man, he was COOL!!!!!! Baddest ass guitar player too.
Meraviglioso Stevie. ...l'ultimo grande blues man della storia. ..R.I.P.
I remember seeing this live on ACL...seems like just yesterday. SRV is to this day is just COOL.
HA! still remember falling asleep on the couch with my head against the apeaker listening to this man...occassionally waking up to my parents dancing their asses off to his music! MAN do I ever wish I coulda seen him in concert!!!! RIP Stevie Ray! Ur music still lives on!
Theis music gave me the best moments of my life this far..i swear ..whet a contribution to create rhythmic music for people to use just to unlock their compromised near locked frozen souls...a torture less sublime ; been there crashed that!
Was that me in the front row??? That's awesome! That means they invent time travel in my life time, because if they do I'm DEFINATELY going back and sitting in the FRONT ROW to this event! Sweeeeeeeeet! Miss you big brother. Rest in Peace.
This is what a well oiled machine looks like!
I know that someone else had mentioned this,but kept playing with a broken string like nothing happened. Not even skipped one beat. The more and more that I see of his live videos, the more this guy amazes me on what he accomplished in his short life. Think about the level that he was at being as young as he was. And yet we get to see garbage still come out from Miley and Nikki Minaj. This guy had more talent in his left pinky finger than all of these a$$ clowns nowadays that like to think that they are musicians do in their entire bodies.
I still can't believe we lost this guy : (
Wish my guitar tech was that quick and alert.....
Ace Andres wish I could play guitar like that
Ace Andres wish I had a guitar tech...
I wish I could play like that, have guitar techs, have gigs (preferably big ones), be a great rockstar, and go down as a legend.
Manu Perez You learn to play the guitar while I go get my helicopter pilots license..
Wayne Benson omg nooooooo hahahaha
When some players break a string they take it down a notch, fearful of breaking another. Watching him continue to churn full blast on 5 strings is almost as much fun as watching the swap, and hearing the crowd cheer when he pulls it off. God I miss this guy.
So smooth and Reese almost can almost make me go to CHURCH
My wife brags about her “levels” of of advancement on her iPhone games. I counter with I’m trying for the million club in terms of views of this video. One of the greatest moments in music history!
Woooow 💯 💯 💯 💯! Absolutely magnificent 🎸 🎶
look at that little string
Heaven must sounds beautiful.
That might be the most pimp moment in rock n roll history. Props to the tech who did the leg work too. That was slick 🤘
what a pro....awesome
Happy birthday Stevie Ray!!! Da Man!!! Much missed but will forever live on !!! 💜👏🫶🏽.
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man! look how calm and cool he is when it happens! just doesn't care and keeps on making awesome happen! only stevie can do that! :D
Stevie looked great! It's amazing how much he changed after getting clean. We just thought he was great when he was messed up. That wasn't *nothin* compared to sober Stevie. 🙏❤️🎸😥
first thing makes me love this song is stevie's solo and the second is that old man keyboard's solo. What a legendary beautiful song!!!
A tech did bring him out another guitar. My husband and I saw him not long before he died in the plane crash. He is awesome!
You can see the raw emotion Stevie put into his music and the licks he played. Beautiful thing to watch. He is the man.
my man who swapped that axe probably got a nasty bonus after this show.... much respect to that guy
Had to watch about 5 times before I even realized he even broke a string. What a genius of the instrument he was!
SRV sure had the theroy of the neck well studied.He proved that in the change of neck position when the string broke. One of a kind.
RIP on your birthday Oct.3-1954.SRV passed away on Aug 27-1990.
yeah a huge loss along with all the other great musicians we lost in our generation i loved him and love this song
Man broke the string from a set of 13s
No manufacturer can match his playing!
I watch this at least once a year.
I saw this that night. On PBS. Higher than a Georgia pine. See you soon my brother.
Thanks for the heart killboy ;) And for posting this. You rock my brother. ;)
Stevie Ray makes guitar performance flow like water while making it look and sound real easy.
MASTERFUL! ALWAYS!
I love this guy
I will never forget. The very first time I watched this DVD I was on my computer doing stuff. So I was mainly only listening to the songs. I didnt even realized what happened and TOTALLY missed this.
2nd Time I was watching it with a friend and I was like "holy shit I completly missed that whole "guitar changing scene!" "
Truly a legend. One of a kind!
Miss Him'! Best concert....I saw his last one in NY before his crash.
How can 32 people not like this??
as a former airline mechanic I liken this to changing an engine in flight. Absolutely mind boggling. Someone once posted that Jimmy Vaughan got him interested in learning the guitar and Stevie made him quit,, Lol
…………you change airplane engines midflight?
Manu Perez
Now in all fairness did I say that?
Please note, the sound guy had to mute the channel before he yanked the cord.
So there were at least 2 sets of eyes on him.at ALL times.
man, that guitar change was quick as hell.....awsome
Best switch on record. Wish he was here to play.
Changing of guitar is amazing quick.
It's also the show.
Stevie broke a string! replaced the guitar kept singing and didn't even miss a beat!! What a total Bad Ass!! 🎸RIP SRV
AWESOME..Stevie Ray Vaughan is a Legend and his guitars are as legend as he is...Stevie sings awesomely and the strings of his guitar he is playing is saying..your at your comfort zone..missing Stevie
That was a SMOOTH TRANSITION...That's a professional folks !!