JUSTiN'S WORLD “wild thing” by Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey pop festival is the best video to react to by Jimi on RUclips. He lights his guitar on fire and smashes it.
Hendrix - like most of the '60s and early '70s performances were castrated by crappy sound-systems, mixboards, etc. I've thought SRV's tributes to Hendrix were his way of attempting to rectify the loss of future generations to that outstanding music.
@@VIDSTORAGE Yeah I remember them days with my big headphones on chilling in my bedroom on my bed listening to Johnny Winters, Jimmy Hendricks, Eric Clapton, then change it to some James Brown , Chubby Checkers then to 3 Dog Night, Stephenwolf, Black Sabbath
Aye great man,,Those big headphones were the best and the people you name are still the best.. I love SRV ,and Jimi is praised every day but Johnny needs some recognition also ,and I hope there will be a wider population will rediscover him ..
@@VIDSTORAGE stevie his style came from albert king, loni mack and jimi hendrix, robben ford is also a texas blues player and he is amazing but if you say texas you say stevie ray vaughan
@@davidpeters44 Yup, he proved it perfectly. Tommy Shannon's bass line is a huge part of the overall sound and Chris Laytons drumming is always on point and another big part of the overall sound. Once he added Reese Wynans to work the keys, that was the icing on the cake. Super tight band and all of them just as soulful as Stevie.
Got to meet Stevie and all of Double Trouble and they were the nicest, down to earth people. Reese Wynans (who had just joined h band at that point in time) sat down with me and we talked for almost an hour. Even Stevie took the time to chat with me and discuss guitar. It's a memory I'll always cherish.
I never get tired of listening to SRV. There have been many greats on the guitar but SRV is on another level. He had some otherworldly abilities. He was able to use his guitar to reach in and grab your soul. Thank you Stevie! RIP
There is no one comparable to SRV. The great Eric Clapton once said he could only listen and watch Stevie for one or two songs before he had to leave or he would never be able to play a guitar again. Stevie was that amazing.
At ruclips.net/video/J8ERboCgP6Y/видео.html He is finger-tapping, and looking bored. This is what they say made Eddie Van Halen. Old boring stuff to SRV. Stevie, make that guitar sing. Imagine Hendrix 20 years after Monterrey Pop. EVH be quaking
Stevie's talent is beyond comprehension, for most humans. Thank you for "getting it", and your nuanced, articulate, expressive description. He was a kind hearted, wonderful human being with a singularly unique gift from God. Gone too soon. The greatest of all time.
SRV was a once in a lifetime phenomenon, they’ll never be another like him. He could literally tell you any emotion with that guitar. Gone way too soon, I shutter to imagine what other music would be in our souls if he was still alive.
SRV is my favorite performer of all time, in his very short life he impacted the music industry so much that it's still feel today. I read and seen some of the best guitar players say that they dream of the day they can play at half his skill. He continues to influence people even today in many ways including to get sober and it's TRUE that you can say sober! His man was even afraid after he got sober that he wouldn't be able to play at the level that he did before. My self think he was just as good that last song he play with so many of his friends as the early years. I will alway love his music, today people write and sing hoping to for a #1 hit! He just played and open up his heart and hoped he was loved! He lived breathed every thing about his music and it shows in ever more. Ur right he could feel it all the way to his soul because it was his soul he was allowing us to hear thru the strange of that so famous guitar!!!! God bless SRV and thanks for allowing us what very little time we had with him. cherish every moment because you're not promised the next second!!!!!
There are many amazing guitarists. There are guys who were/are really technical and fast. There are guys with great feel and soul. In my opinion SRV was the most well rounded guitarist with soul, speed, vibrato and technical perfection all in one. Just watch how he rarely ever looks at his guitar and never misses a note. I compare him to Michael Jordan because he was born with a gift, loved his craft and worked harder than anyone else. That’s what made them both the G.O.A.T.!!!
You are so right. Eric Johnson is a good example. Tech genius but no soul at all. I have seen both. I enjoyed Eric but you don't feel him in your whole body and soul like you do SRV.
RM...Can't say too much more other than SRV played with a Passion that made you FEEL! Very few guitarists can do that & I think Stevie was the best at it , getting an emotion out of his guitar.
that's how ive played for 18 years. I refuse to learn full compositions. every solo is different. it relays wherever I am in the universe to my listeners.
The only one who played guitar like this was Jimmy Hendrix. He started it... then SRV followed his footsteps. Some even say, the student passed his master.
It is really cool to see you guys appreciate real art..............This man will always be the greatest. It is sad that we lost him at such a young age.
Stevie started in Dallas,Tx.,playing anywhere he could get a gig,he was so poor at the time,that the club owners would let him sleep on the pool tables after a long night of playing..😊 That Fender Stratocaster was given to him by a Guitar shop owner,after Stevie would come in several times just to plug it up and play it..Story goes Owner was so impressed he gave him the guitar and said "now you can stop coming in everyday and bugging me about it.."😂😂
larannar123 nah, stevie saw that old Strat in a store when he had many strats already. He still calls her his first wife, because he bought it on sight
SRV was pretty much Albert King's God-son. Albert was SRV's personal trainer. You need to learn the history and watch the videos of them together to see the entire picture. There is video of them together here on youtube. Please please please, anyone.... Find it and watch it. You will thank yourself for doing it. :)
That's not sweat dripping off Stevie, that's pure liquid soul. There is no filter between his heart and his fingers. I still get chills watching him play. If I could have even a tiny bit of his soul in my playing, I could die happy. G.O.A.T.? You're goddamn right.
I can’t imagine what it feels like to be that connected to something and yet so free at the same time. It’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen.
Always loved the part at 7:19 when Stevie just finished playing that absolutely monstrous lick, then looks at his bassist Tommy like, "holy shit did you hear that?" And just smiles.
There's a line in the original Robocop movie where the guy tells his wife "You don't HEAR Jimi" while listening to Jimi Hendrix. Likewise, you don't HEAR SRV, you FEEL it.
There is no equal as pure raw soul grabbing playing like Stevie he was one of a kind unmatched super talented amazing guitarist that IMO was the best that ever lived by far!
Guitar strings were like heavy cables, he would bend them 1/2 inch, his fingertips had 1/4 inch thick callouses on them. He played like he was wired into his guitar, he lived in my city, Austin, and we loved him well.....LEGEND.
Stevie was a true Texas gentleman as well. I went to an album signing at a music store in Dallas in the mid 80's. There were so many people there that Stevie didn't have time to sign for everyone as his manager was telling him to leave. Stevie said that he at least wanted to shake every person's had that has come out. And that's what he did. So, I never got an autograph but I did shake his hand. He had HUGE hands, like baseball mitts, lol.
Great guitar players often take their music and style somewhere nobody else has gone. Originality has the sound of magic and if you enjoy what the performer is doing, they can take you somewhere you’ve never been. Was Stevie the best? Good question but I don’t think there is a technically correct answer. He was awe inspiring, entertaining to watch, and certainly great. If you listen to a lot of Hendrix, you can hear where some of his inspiration came from and the rest is just him. “The rest” is what makes him great, Jimi laid the ground work, Stevie took it further.
Love it when Stevie drops his right hand....and plays a whole fuckin riff with one hand..doesn't even strum the strings and the guitar is still singing. The man is pure talent, an open channel for music that walked on two feet.
Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan are the only two guitarists that I've experienced in my life that you actually feel like their soul is speaking to you through their guitar playing. The way they played guitar was so beautiful to watch because you really feel like they are speaking their absolute truth to you. You can't fake that, I think that's why you can connect so deeply with it. It's also exhausting in some ways because they pour so much of themselves into their playing. That's why I think Stevie sweat so much, there's so much emotion and soul being channeled into his playing. This is what music is all about.
"it's like he's feeling it deep in his soul" Your close Justin, that's a good analogy. Stevie is channeling his soul through the guitar, do you feel it ? Of course you feel it , It's Stevie, RIP~SRV
You said something absolutely brilliant at 6:03, “who knew that a song with no lyrics, really had lyrics. You just had to be able to sound it out.” That’s brilliantly insightful.
Please don't attempt to imply Mayer is in the caliber of players like Hendrix and SRV. He isn't and never will be. Mayer inducted SRV because he is a famous super fan who would wax rhapsodic about SRV's greatness and influence on him. Period. But - don't conflate that with Mayer being anywhere near those 2 GOATS. He ain't.
Roman Roman yeah I've seen a video of Buddy guy and BB King talking about Jimi and Buddy underestimate him but he regret it when Jimi start playing I'm a teen but I love these legends,lucky who lived and saw them in action
I grew up listening to all the 70s & 80s guitarist because my step-dad is a guitarist and would practice all the top guys &!play gigs every weekend. when he saw SRV play in a dive bar in Austin the 1st time, he was hooked, he said he’d never seen anybody play w/ feeling the way SRV did. I graduate college w/ an older lady at the time that remembered a teenager living on her couch in Austin who played for different bands that needed a guitarist. She said he slept w/ his guitar at his side. Her husband also a local guitarist told her this kid was going to be big one day. So you were right, it was a guitar relationship! I never saw it like that but it had to be!
I had the pleasure/privilege to watch him live many moons ago... I'd been partying for a while, and when Stevie started playing I sobered up. I'd never heard anything like it (...still haven't). By the time he played Texas Flood everybody was mesmerized. Eric Clapton said Stevie Ray didn't play, he just channeled the music. I think that's about right...
I was only about 22 years old... I passed on the chance to see Stevie live in Houston, at a bar, thinking "I'll just catch him next time".... then he was gone.
SRV is the GOAT, there are alot of great guitarist out there but nobody plays with the feel that he does. They can all shred but it's all technical there is no soul in their playing. There are some exceptions but nobody does it as well ad SRV. Besides Stevie my second pick would be David Gilmore of Pink Floyd. Totally diffrent music but just as soulful. Check out Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb Live at Pluse. It's at the top of the list as far as solos go.
I was typing a comment his ability to fly around that guitar. Then you touched on it.That talent only comes from decades of constant dedication. I have friends(No where as talented) but have had the same life long passion for guitar. Its really is a connection with the guitar, 90% of the greatest guitarist i have even seen live, all perform with a guitar that is older. Becuase of its tone, feel, or what ever it is. They respect it and guitarists look at their guitar collection as almost a member of the band due to how much of a role it plays in the music. He had many guitars but his SRV insignia guitar is probably his most iconic. It also helped that he had giant strong hands. Dacades ago my father(not a small man in any respect) ran into SRV and he said "it was the first time I remember the physical hand shake" he said he felt like a child shaking a grown mans hand. It doesn't make you a better guitarist, but having good tools always makes creating easier. A sharp chisel cuts better, his hands allowed him to easier perform the maneuvers he envisioned.
I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble in summer of 89(iirc) at Sacramento Community Center Theater. Three rows from the front(not including the cover orchestra pit) and dead center. I was in awe. Especially when he came up to the front of the stage and sat on the edge to play Riviera Paradise. I'm surprised my eyes didn't pop out of their sockets trying to see just how his hands were moving on that guitar. But you could've shut your eyes and felt the soul in that music.
BB King & Stevie Ray Vaughn used to play together some & BB said Stevie Ray was one of the worlds best guitarist. I personally think Stevie Ray & BB are both 2 of the best guitarists to ever hit planet earth!!!! Both in Guitar 🎸 hall of Fame 👍
Loved your reaction yes many great guitar players some as good but none better he's on the top level he has company there but there's not another level he's truly on the top shelf I miss him
"Music is about the space between the notes." Claude Debussy. SRV lived in this realm. He took us there in ways we could not achieve on our own. The Master.
Stevie was definitely the real deal.. the emotions were pure.. unlike some of the young guitarists coming up who fake their facial expressions to appear to have emotion... and people can detect that in a player.. that's one thing that made him so great..
Stevie Ray Vaughan was 35 when he died in a helicopter crash outside East Troy, Wisconsin, August 27, 1990. The previous day, Vaughan had relayed to his bandmates a disturbing dream he had where he witnessed his own funeral.
"His fitngers just crypt-walked all over the guitar"................I like that! SRV's guitar playing makes you oblivious that there are other players in the band playing their instruments during that performance. I don't know of any other guitar player who displays emotion like SRV does.
Your pretty funny Justin. Thank you for reacting to Stevie. He's in a class of his own. Check out Mary Had a little lamb by Stevie. Very funky, bluesy of course.
Well, bless Jimi for creating this masterpiece, and Stevie for using it as a hydraulic press to squeeze every last drop of pain from my aching soul! - What Stevie does to that guitar in this song could make Jenna Jameson blush.
I like to imagine that he birthed that guitar out of his hands and that voice leaked out of his soul. I’m from Texas! Can’t remember I time I didn’t know about Stevie Ray.
As easy as SRV makes it look at times, he's putting in a huge amount of effort both physical and emotional. I've been to the El Mocambo and it is a small, hot upstairs club. People saying it is due to drugs don't know what they're talking about. Guitar was part of SRV's soul.
Ive loved my musical journey with srv. The first time I heard him I was 19 I will be 58 next week. I hope you have as incredible ride as I have. May he forever rest in peace. To this day he helps me thru my day. I'm thankful for that. Check out Couldn't Stand the Weather or Lenny
Stevie once said in an interview that he can feel every single note in his soul. He always gave you your money's worth when you went to at him play in concert. Always.
Click on any SRV video and be amazed...have to watch him live to really enjoy. VooDoo Child, Texas Flood (has some surprises for you)...all good because he was the best. Lost his at the age of 35 in a helicopter crash. Little Wing and VooDoo Child were Hendrix songs but, I like SRV versions better. Stevie’s hands were so strong, he had to use 12 gauge strings, with his estring being 13 gauge because he broke them too easy. Jimmie Vaughn his big brother was an inspiration to him growing up.
SRV was a true master of his craft. He'd sweat even after he was clean, not as bad do to better stages/venues. That's a hot club and close stage lights are like sun damn lamps plus you're right, nyone would sweat through that Herculean effort. He has a good size library of work even though he died young. Check it out.
Best musician I have ever seen live and I have been to well over 300 concerts! Only musician that choked me up live. Loved Stevie to death and always will, great response video bud!
In 1989, SRV and B.B. King toured together. I wanted to go see them, but didn't follow through. A short time later, Stevie was gone. I've always regretted I didn't go. Now B.B.'s gone too. So sad. What a concert that would have been.
Saying SRV was great is like saying that Einstein dude knew Physics. Putting in a workout? You...missed ....the point look at that guitar.. look at the how worn down it is. That is what it takes.....work! Work....is what you have to do before you show up. Of course greats are born with potential , but only the greats put in that work neccessary to be the best. They follow in the footsteps of giants like Jimi but they have to be different then their idiols. Artist sign their art. I feel that Stevie always had his signature on a song.
@@killereverb3928, I am talking music theory, speed techniques (alternative picking, twitch picking, economy picking, hybrid picking, sweep picking), arpeggios, and such. 75% of guitarists today will smoke SRV in ALL of those... they just don't have the stage presence.
@@johndeeregreen4592 - I knew that's what you were getting at when I made my comment. You missed "harmony" in your proud iteration of "theory and picking techniques." LOL The fact that nobody does SRV like he did and countless thousands around the world use the techniques youre referring to illustrates my point. Nobody smokes SRV fool. Nobody. None of the people you are referring to could play like SRV ever! I wonder why? You think the missing factor is stage presence? Grow up. You clearly don't know what youre talking about.
I openly wept when I heard he'd passed. It took a long, long time before I listened to music again but I eventually found a singer who affected me the way his playing did, one who brought me joy. Her name was Amy. I'll listen to some Steely Dan and/or Donald Fagan sometimes or play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on my guitar but the thrill is gone (!) and I don't really even want it back. Nothing can compete with what I can replay in my mind. Seeing his effect on you as you listened made us brothers, Justin. I'd never seen you before and may never see you again but I don't feel as alone now. Peace.
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JUSTiN'S WORLD can you react to another Jimi Hendrix cover that Stevie did. It’s called ‘third stone from the sun’. Stevie goes crazy on it
JUSTiN'S WORLD can you react to “give it away” by Red Hot Chili Peppers? I just subbed btw!
JUSTiN'S WORLD “wild thing” by Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey pop festival is the best video to react to by Jimi on RUclips. He lights his guitar on fire and smashes it.
Hendrix - like most of the '60s and early '70s performances were castrated by crappy sound-systems, mixboards, etc. I've thought SRV's tributes to Hendrix were his way of attempting to rectify the loss of future generations to that outstanding music.
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Was and still is the best blues player in the world PERIOD
Dude there is another white blues player Texan that was way before him called Johnny Winter and STV style is a bit like his and a mix of Jimi Hendrix
@@VIDSTORAGE Yeah I remember them days with my big headphones on chilling in my bedroom on my bed listening to Johnny Winters, Jimmy Hendricks, Eric Clapton, then change it to some James Brown , Chubby Checkers then to 3 Dog Night, Stephenwolf, Black Sabbath
Aye great man,,Those big headphones were the best and the people you name are still the best.. I love SRV ,and Jimi is praised every day but Johnny needs some recognition also ,and I hope there will be a wider population will rediscover him ..
Hard to argue…..
@@VIDSTORAGE stevie his style came from albert king, loni mack and jimi hendrix, robben ford is also a texas blues player and he is amazing but if you say texas you say stevie ray vaughan
"His fingers just crip walked all over the guitar".... CLASSIC..
I definitely LOL'd when he said that!😂. ☮️
What most People don't see is how good "Double Trouble " are .
They can hold a beat. That's all he needs
@@MrTruthAddict I think you proved his point.
@@davidpeters44 Yup, he proved it perfectly. Tommy Shannon's bass line is a huge part of the overall sound and Chris Laytons drumming is always on point and another big part of the overall sound. Once he added Reese Wynans to work the keys, that was the icing on the cake. Super tight band and all of them just as soulful as Stevie.
Hard to see past a frontman like Stevie...
Got to meet Stevie and all of Double Trouble and they were the nicest, down to earth people. Reese Wynans (who had just joined h band at that point in time) sat down with me and we talked for almost an hour. Even Stevie took the time to chat with me and discuss guitar. It's a memory I'll always cherish.
I never get tired of listening to SRV. There have been many greats on the guitar but SRV is on another level. He had some otherworldly abilities. He was able to use his guitar to reach in and grab your soul.
Thank you Stevie! RIP
There is no one comparable to SRV. The great Eric Clapton once said he could only listen and watch Stevie for one or two songs before he had to leave or he would never be able to play a guitar again. Stevie was that amazing.
At ruclips.net/video/J8ERboCgP6Y/видео.html He is finger-tapping, and looking bored. This is what they say made Eddie Van Halen. Old boring stuff to SRV. Stevie, make that guitar sing. Imagine Hendrix 20 years after Monterrey Pop. EVH be quaking
Stevie's talent is beyond comprehension, for most humans. Thank you for "getting it", and your nuanced, articulate, expressive description. He was a kind hearted, wonderful human being with a singularly unique gift from God. Gone too soon. The greatest of all time.
SRV was a once in a lifetime phenomenon, they’ll never be another like him. He could literally tell you any emotion with that guitar. Gone way too soon, I shutter to imagine what other music would be in our souls if he was still alive.
Stevie Ray is playing the HELL out that guitar ❤️. I was fortunate enough to attend one of his last concerts. That right there is PERFECTION.
I'm jealous...
3x for me. 85, 87 & 88.
Yeah, me to... with Jeff Beck. The day he died I was crushed like he was a close friend who still had tons to give the world.
@@PaulScherdell you guys are killin' me. I'm seething with jealousy right about now.
Saw him at Lake Compounce in CT about a month before he died. Sadly, I didn’t really appreciate what I was seeing at the time.
Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my favorite not only for his guitar playing but the passion finish playing
SRV is my favorite performer of all time, in his very short life he impacted the music industry so much that it's still feel today. I read and seen some of the best guitar players say that they dream of the day they can play at half his skill. He continues to influence people even today in many ways including to get sober and it's TRUE that you can say sober! His man was even afraid after he got sober that he wouldn't be able to play at the level that he did before. My self think he was just as good that last song he play with so many of his friends as the early years. I will alway love his music, today people write and sing hoping to for a #1 hit! He just played and open up his heart and hoped he was loved! He lived breathed every thing about his music and it shows in ever more. Ur right he could feel it all the way to his soul because it was his soul he was allowing us to hear thru the strange of that so famous guitar!!!! God bless SRV and thanks for allowing us what very little time we had with him. cherish every moment because you're not promised the next second!!!!!
There are many amazing guitarists. There are guys who were/are really technical and fast. There are guys with great feel and soul. In my opinion SRV was the most well rounded guitarist with soul, speed, vibrato and technical perfection all in one. Just watch how he rarely ever looks at his guitar and never misses a note. I compare him to Michael Jordan because he was born with a gift, loved his craft and worked harder than anyone else. That’s what made them both the G.O.A.T.!!!
You are so right. Eric Johnson is a good example. Tech genius but no soul at all. I have seen both. I enjoyed Eric but you don't feel him in your whole body and soul like you do SRV.
RM...Can't say too much more other than SRV played with a Passion that made you FEEL! Very few guitarists can do that & I think Stevie was the best at it , getting an emotion out of his guitar.
Damn skippy!
that's how ive played for 18 years. I refuse to learn full compositions. every solo is different. it relays wherever I am in the universe to my listeners.
In my opinion he is the best of all time. he gave 150% in every performance
Greatest guitar player to ever walk the earth. Miss you man
"Greatest guitar player to ever walk the frets" ;)
The only one who played guitar like this was Jimmy Hendrix. He started it... then SRV followed his footsteps. Some even say, the student passed his master.
Some students will *always* pass their master, albeit not most. That's called development.
He did most certainly pass his master.
Rory Gallagher started it without gadgets and gizmos
Jimi was killed off by Clapton so was Stevie Clapton snuffed those 2 why
This is a Hendrix song.........
It is really cool to see you guys appreciate real art..............This man will always be the greatest. It is sad that we lost him at such a young age.
Common denominator in SRV reaction videos: Stank face. Unavoidable.
@NinjaRider777R To be fair, just listening to SRV does it 😁
LOL
Carlos Santana said that if they can't see the note in your face, you ain't really playing it!
YESSSSSSSS! I was just saying that!!!!
Stevie started in Dallas,Tx.,playing anywhere he could get a gig,he was so poor at the time,that the club owners would let him sleep on the pool tables after a long night of playing..😊
That Fender Stratocaster was given to him by a Guitar shop owner,after Stevie would come in several times just to plug it up and play it..Story goes Owner was so impressed he gave him the guitar and said "now you can stop coming in everyday and bugging me about it.."😂😂
larannar123 nah, stevie saw that old Strat in a store when he had many strats already. He still calls her his first wife, because he bought it on sight
Yeah dude. SRV bought this Strat.
SRV was pretty much Albert King's God-son.
Albert was SRV's personal trainer.
You need to learn the history and watch the videos of them together to see the entire picture.
There is video of them together here on youtube.
Please please please, anyone....
Find it and watch it.
You will thank yourself for doing it.
:)
Albert King once said that SRV played on a level even he couldn't touch.
Albert King laid the foundation; SRV took it to the stratosphere.
He called that guitar his first wife. He did sleep with it. You are so right!!
SRV can play guitar behind his back better than most players can play in front !! Good job
That one handed walk down the frep board is nasty as hell....that man was incredible, damn....
That's not sweat dripping off Stevie, that's pure liquid soul. There is no filter between his heart and his fingers. I still get chills watching him play. If I could have even a tiny bit of his soul in my playing, I could die happy. G.O.A.T.? You're goddamn right.
I can’t imagine what it feels like to be that connected to something and yet so free at the same time. It’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen.
Always loved the part at 7:19 when Stevie just finished playing that absolutely monstrous lick, then looks at his bassist Tommy like, "holy shit did you hear that?" And just smiles.
What’s even more impressive is that he can’t read music, he just goes by what he feels.
I think BB King was the same way, couldn't read music.
Wow! I didn't know that? Holy shit, just when i thought i couldnt be more impressed with him.
& he failed music theory class.
That just goes to show that feeling is way more powerful than anything
SRV, whatchu know about that. Arguably the greatest to ever pick up a guitar.
There's a line in the original Robocop movie where the guy tells his wife "You don't HEAR Jimi" while listening to Jimi Hendrix. Likewise, you don't HEAR SRV, you FEEL it.
There is no equal as pure raw soul grabbing playing like Stevie he was one of a kind unmatched super talented amazing guitarist that IMO was the best that ever lived by far!
You, my friend, just witnessed perfection! How does it feel?!!!!! 😉
One of the best musicians playing the best cover of one of the best rock songs ever made 👌
Guitar strings were like heavy cables, he would bend them 1/2 inch, his fingertips had 1/4 inch thick callouses on them. He played like he was wired into his guitar, he lived in my city, Austin, and we loved him well.....LEGEND.
Every woman at this concert just had a Stevie Ray Vaughangasm and 9 months later every woman gave birth. The power of his music!
He used a wah-wah pedal to help make that sound but his playing is unquestionably incredible. They say he didn’t play the guitar, he WAS the guitar.
Yep! Awesome!
It almost makes me cry to see talent like this. So Great!
Just amazing how much talent some people have. No way no how you can learn stuff like that. You just have to be born with it.
Stevie was a true Texas gentleman as well. I went to an album signing at a music store in Dallas in the mid 80's. There were so many people there that Stevie didn't have time to sign for everyone as his manager was telling him to leave. Stevie said that he at least wanted to shake every person's had that has come out. And that's what he did. So, I never got an autograph but I did shake his hand. He had HUGE hands, like baseball mitts, lol.
LOVE your SRV reactions!! What a guitar GOD he was (and still is, I'm sure, as he's playing somewhere in the universe right now)!
With Jimi
There's no one else quite like SRV. May he rest in peace, and may the world be gifted with someone like him again some time.
Great guitar players often take their music and style somewhere nobody else has gone. Originality has the sound of magic and if you enjoy what the performer is doing, they can take you somewhere you’ve never been. Was Stevie the best? Good question but I don’t think there is a technically correct answer. He was awe inspiring, entertaining to watch, and certainly great. If you listen to a lot of Hendrix, you can hear where some of his inspiration came from and the rest is just him. “The rest” is what makes him great, Jimi laid the ground work, Stevie took it further.
Love it when Stevie drops his right hand....and plays a whole fuckin riff with one hand..doesn't even strum the strings and the guitar is still singing. The man is pure talent, an open channel for music that walked on two feet.
Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan are the only two guitarists that I've experienced in my life that you actually feel like their soul is speaking to you through their guitar playing. The way they played guitar was so beautiful to watch because you really feel like they are speaking their absolute truth to you. You can't fake that, I think that's why you can connect so deeply with it. It's also exhausting in some ways because they pour so much of themselves into their playing. That's why I think Stevie sweat so much, there's so much emotion and soul being channeled into his playing. This is what music is all about.
Rivera Paradise is a Must Listen. Austin City limits 1986 It will make you cry.
This concert has got to be the greatest show of guitar virtuosity ever recorded
This is no mere performance it’s a god damn fucking experience 🔥
Riviera Paradise is one of his best songs. He doesn't sit g a single note but his guitar tells a beautiful story.
I just LOVE your reactions to Stevie! Thank you so much for sharing him with the world.❤️. Donna G
"it's like he's feeling it deep in his soul"
Your close Justin, that's a good analogy.
Stevie is channeling his soul through the guitar, do you feel it ? Of course you feel it , It's Stevie, RIP~SRV
You said something absolutely brilliant at 6:03, “who knew that a song with no lyrics, really had lyrics. You just had to be able to sound it out.”
That’s brilliantly insightful.
SRV was influenced by Jimi Hendrix,and SRV/Jimi Hendrix influenced John Mayer
SRV is really a GOAT
Aaaaaand Jimi was influenced by Buddy Guy
John Mayer inducted SRV to the R&R Hall of Fame & has a SRV TAT on his shoulder : ruclips.net/video/awx8ztx3qeg/видео.html
Please don't attempt to imply Mayer is in the caliber of players like Hendrix and SRV. He isn't and never will be. Mayer inducted SRV because he is a famous super fan who would wax rhapsodic about SRV's greatness and influence on him. Period. But - don't conflate that with Mayer being anywhere near those 2 GOATS. He ain't.
Roman Roman yeah I've seen a video of Buddy guy and BB King talking about Jimi and Buddy underestimate him but he regret it when Jimi start playing
I'm a teen but I love these legends,lucky who lived and saw them in action
Mark Wambolt yeah I've seen it,it was a perfect speech John did,he really love SRV
Amazing imagination displayed in this solo. One surprise expression after another.
SRV plays in hypnotic state, one with his guitar... mind, body, soul. Prince played the same way.
I grew up listening to all the 70s & 80s guitarist because my step-dad is a guitarist and would practice all the top guys &!play gigs every weekend. when he saw SRV play in a dive bar in Austin the 1st time, he was hooked, he said he’d never seen anybody play w/ feeling the way SRV did. I graduate college w/ an older lady at the time that remembered a teenager living on her couch in Austin who played for different bands that needed a guitarist. She said he slept w/ his guitar at his side. Her husband also a local guitarist told her this kid was going to be big one day. So you were right, it was a guitar relationship! I never saw it like that but it had to be!
I had the pleasure/privilege to watch him live many moons ago... I'd been partying for a while, and when Stevie started playing I sobered up. I'd never heard anything like it (...still haven't). By the time he played Texas Flood everybody was mesmerized.
Eric Clapton said Stevie Ray didn't play, he just channeled the music. I think that's about right...
I was only about 22 years old... I passed on the chance to see Stevie live in Houston, at a bar, thinking "I'll just catch him next time".... then he was gone.
SRV is the GOAT, there are alot of great guitarist out there but nobody plays with the feel that he does. They can all shred but it's all technical there is no soul in their playing. There are some exceptions but nobody does it as well ad SRV. Besides Stevie my second pick would be David Gilmore of Pink Floyd. Totally diffrent music but just as soulful. Check out Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb Live at Pluse. It's at the top of the list as far as solos go.
I was typing a comment his ability to fly around that guitar. Then you touched on it.That talent only comes from decades of constant dedication. I have friends(No where as talented) but have had the same life long passion for guitar. Its really is a connection with the guitar, 90% of the greatest guitarist i have even seen live, all perform with a guitar that is older. Becuase of its tone, feel, or what ever it is. They respect it and guitarists look at their guitar collection as almost a member of the band due to how much of a role it plays in the music. He had many guitars but his SRV insignia guitar is probably his most iconic. It also helped that he had giant strong hands. Dacades ago my father(not a small man in any respect) ran into SRV and he said "it was the first time I remember the physical hand shake" he said he felt like a child shaking a grown mans hand. It doesn't make you a better guitarist, but having good tools always makes creating easier. A sharp chisel cuts better, his hands allowed him to easier perform the maneuvers he envisioned.
I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble in summer of 89(iirc) at Sacramento Community Center Theater. Three rows from the front(not including the cover orchestra pit) and dead center. I was in awe. Especially when he came up to the front of the stage and sat on the edge to play Riviera Paradise. I'm surprised my eyes didn't pop out of their sockets trying to see just how his hands were moving on that guitar. But you could've shut your eyes and felt the soul in that music.
Stevie is the 🎸🐐🔥🔥🔥
BB King & Stevie Ray Vaughn used to play together some & BB said Stevie Ray was one of the worlds best guitarist. I personally think Stevie Ray & BB are both 2 of the best guitarists to ever hit planet earth!!!! Both in Guitar 🎸 hall of Fame 👍
Loved your reaction yes many great guitar players some as good but none better he's on the top level he has company there but there's not another level he's truly on the top shelf I miss him
Stevie Ray was my boy. All good
"Music is about the space between the notes." Claude Debussy.
SRV lived in this realm. He took us there in ways we could not achieve on our own. The Master.
TheColonelKlink well Stevie put no spaces between any of this songs notes So now what
Stevie was definitely the real deal.. the emotions were pure.. unlike some of the young guitarists coming up who fake their facial expressions to appear to have emotion... and people can detect that in a player.. that's one thing that made him so great..
Stevie Ray Vaughan was 35 when he died in a helicopter crash outside East Troy, Wisconsin, August 27, 1990. The previous day, Vaughan had relayed to his bandmates a disturbing dream he had where he witnessed his own funeral.
im pretty disturbed after reading tht. lol
wasn't he 32 at age of deceased?
he was born in Oct 54. died a little over a month away from his 36th birthday.
@@jonsmith3556 word
What an unbelievable waste of a pure musical genius.
"His fitngers just crypt-walked all over the guitar"................I like that! SRV's guitar playing makes you oblivious that there are other players in the band playing their instruments during that performance. I don't know of any other guitar player who displays emotion like SRV does.
Your pretty funny Justin. Thank you for reacting to Stevie. He's in a class of his own. Check out Mary Had a little lamb by Stevie. Very funky, bluesy of course.
It's heartbreaking SRV is no longer with us. He was an astounding musician and would have only gotten better......
His band, the bass and drums he called "Double Trouble", are some highly skilled musicians that don't seem to get the recognition they deserve.....
Stevie was one groovy cat. You’re right about his relationship with his guitar. Wonderful reaction.
You can just feel the emotions when ye played. From his heart to his hands. To his guitar. Out the amp. To my ears.
Well, bless Jimi for creating this masterpiece, and Stevie for using it as a hydraulic press to squeeze every last drop of pain from my aching soul! - What Stevie does to that guitar in this song could make Jenna Jameson blush.
I like to imagine that he birthed that guitar out of his hands and that voice leaked out of his soul. I’m from Texas! Can’t remember I time I didn’t know about Stevie Ray.
Stevie's brother Jimmy Vaughan taught Stevie a lot about the guitar.
There's a cool video of them playing on the same guitar
As easy as SRV makes it look at times, he's putting in a huge amount of effort both physical and emotional. I've been to the El Mocambo and it is a small, hot upstairs club. People saying it is due to drugs don't know what they're talking about. Guitar was part of SRV's soul.
His fingers and a Crip woke up and down the guitar. 😂
Ive loved my musical journey with srv. The first time I heard him I was 19 I will be 58 next week. I hope you have as incredible ride as I have. May he forever rest in peace. To this day he helps me thru my day. I'm thankful for that. Check out Couldn't Stand the Weather or Lenny
Stevie once said in an interview that he can feel every single note in his soul. He always gave you your money's worth when you went to at him play in concert. Always.
And agree...Stevie gave EVERY performance EVERYTHING he had...regardless of what he was or wasn't on at the time.
Stevie's got that incredibly rich tone, bending those massive gauge strings to his will...
Justin is hilarious! I love his sense of humor.
I had my days drinking and Coke LOL never sweat like that. Can you imagine what this guy would do if he was alive today? SMH so sad. Definitely Legend
Click on any SRV video and be amazed...have to watch him live to really enjoy. VooDoo Child, Texas Flood (has some surprises for you)...all good because he was the best. Lost his at the age of 35 in a helicopter crash. Little Wing and VooDoo Child were Hendrix songs but, I like SRV versions better. Stevie’s hands were so strong, he had to use 12 gauge strings, with his estring being 13 gauge because he broke them too easy.
Jimmie Vaughn his big brother was an inspiration to him growing up.
"You gotta cuddle with your guitar." I love the way this guy talks.
SRV was a true master of his craft. He'd sweat even after he was clean, not as bad do to better stages/venues. That's a hot club and close stage lights are like sun damn lamps plus you're right, nyone would sweat through that Herculean effort. He has a good size library of work even though he died young. Check it out.
He was one of the greatest!!!
Best musician I have ever seen live and I have been to well over 300 concerts! Only musician that choked me up live. Loved Stevie to death and always will, great response video bud!
In 1989, SRV and B.B. King toured together. I wanted to go see them, but didn't follow through. A short time later, Stevie was gone. I've always regretted I didn't go. Now B.B.'s gone too. So sad. What a concert that would have been.
He was supernatural. Texas flood and pride and joy are my favorites! His voice touched my soul.
Earth to moon Stevie!
Saying SRV was great is like saying that Einstein dude knew Physics. Putting in a workout? You...missed ....the point look at that guitar.. look at the how worn down it is. That is what it takes.....work! Work....is what you have to do before you show up. Of course greats are born with potential , but only the greats put in that work neccessary to be the best. They follow in the footsteps of giants like Jimi but they have to be different then their idiols. Artist sign their art. I feel that Stevie always had his signature on a song.
There are better in the technical realm, but Stevie had a magic that cannot be duplicated.
Oh, I'd love to hear a better "technical" version of Little Wing. LOL Just one example. There isn't one. So much for technique.
@@killereverb3928, I am talking music theory, speed techniques (alternative picking, twitch picking, economy picking, hybrid picking, sweep picking), arpeggios, and such. 75% of guitarists today will smoke SRV in ALL of those... they just don't have the stage presence.
@@johndeeregreen4592 - I knew that's what you were getting at when I made my comment. You missed "harmony" in your proud iteration of "theory and picking techniques." LOL The fact that nobody does SRV like he did and countless thousands around the world use the techniques youre referring to illustrates my point. Nobody smokes SRV fool. Nobody. None of the people you are referring to could play like SRV ever! I wonder why? You think the missing factor is stage presence? Grow up. You clearly don't know what youre talking about.
I openly wept when I heard he'd passed. It took a long, long time before I listened to music again but I eventually found a singer who affected me the way his playing did, one who brought me joy. Her name was Amy. I'll listen to some Steely Dan and/or Donald Fagan sometimes or play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on my guitar but the thrill is gone (!) and I don't really even want it back. Nothing can compete with what I can replay in my mind. Seeing his effect on you as you listened made us brothers, Justin. I'd never seen you before and may never see you again but I don't feel as alone now. Peace.
Straight from the Soul..
Great video Dude!! I’ve been a fan of Stevie since the early 80’s.
He made you give the stank face. Love it brother.
My absolute number one influence on my playing. God Bless you brother Stevie. 🙏
SRV-Tin Pan Alley
The live in Montreaux version !!
707king that’s the one.
Live in Tokyo version is crazy, mid solo he yells at the band to change songs & they seamlessly go into Dirty Pool
Word👌
The music flowed through Stevie... there will never be another Stevie “ Buddy Guy “
This dude’s reaction videos are the best!
Stevie is #1 still to this day. Jimi Hendrix said he was better then him. Stevie loved Jimi Hendrix. ❤❤❤❤