Right-handed, left-handed, behind his head, behind his back, it doesn't matter where, when, how, whatever, it makes no difference! STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN IS, WAS & ALWAYS WILL BE THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!!!!!
Lived in my mom's apartment complex here in Austin before I was born, and would do private small shows for a few of his neighbors to try out new jams. She tells me he was insanely humble and kind.
A cool note about SRV, he couldn't read sheet music. Everything he played he created or picked up and played. It's said he could listen to a song, and quickly start playing it, then come up with his own take by the end of the song. A pure, Texas treasure.
I’m glad that you mentioned that he didn’t even have to think about it because Eric Clapton said the same thing. Clapton said sometimes when he’s playing (Eric)he’s thinking of what he’s going to play next and sometimes comes up blank but that Stevie was an open channel and it just flowed through him, and that he never had to think what he was gonna play next.
YOU JUST WITNESSED THE GREATEST MUSICAL PERFORMANCE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC PERIOD. SRV WAS THE ONLY ONE EVER TO MAKE A GUITAR SMOKE A CIGARETTE AFTER HE FINISH PLAYIN IT
He's broken strings in the middle of songs and got a new guitar without missing a beat. The more you listen to him, the more you'll appreciate his talent. I hope.
You can see that happen very clearly in this video of "Look at Little Sister." The string pops and SRV kept playing with 5 strings until the best time to switch out guitars and then nodded for another to be brought to him ---- and he never missed a beat. ----- ruclips.net/video/3woPVQExDsQ/видео.html
@@blackthornpvp - Other than the part where I said after popping a string he continued to play until the best moment to switch guitars we said pretty much the same thing. The part that is more impressive is the being able to continue to play at such a high level with one less string than having a roadie help switch out a guitar.
Snuck out of the house at the age of 14, bribed a security guard not to card me and caught Stevie at the Boathouse in Norfolk, Virginia in 1983. Life was never the same afterwards.
What's even stranger is if you experienced SRV live, when he throws that guitar behind his back, you wouldn't even raise an eyebrow. Saw many, many very talented performers, and SRV, to this day, still remains as the greatest emotional experience I've had from any performer.
Got to see him from within five rows back a few times in the mid '80s at south street seaport in NYC. Been almost 40 years and I can recall it like it was yesterday.
Stevie always played by feel in the moment making every version of his songs the same but different. His brother Jimmy was once asked by an interviewer "Does Stevie ever play a song the same way twice?", to which Jimmy quickly quipped, " Hell, Stevie never plays a song the same way ONCE!" 😁 Epic. Also ..you mentioned how can he write that stuff down? Stevie could neither read nor write music. It was all by ear & feel.
SRV was an amazing human being! Life Without You Capital Theater Passaic New Jersey 1985! Or Life Without You Nashville TN! He was so great ! I was blessed to meet and jam with him ! Amazing human being! So happy when he got sober! I cried when I heard the news of his death! RIP my friend! You are in blues heaven and your music lives on! Thank you guys for keeping Stevie’s music alive! Enjoy your channel! A new subscriber from Phoenix Arizona USA! Take care! 😊🫶🤞🎸🎵☀️🙏
@monalisaganser5813 SRV was indeed such a wonderful human! I was so blessed to be at a private gathering with him back in 1985 and sat and listened to him play pure magic for a couple of hours. The world lost a Guitar WIZARD way too soon and we are most definately the poorer for it 😒
There will never be another SRV. It's such a loss to music that he left the world so soon. He is proof that most people have the ability to learn to play a musical instrument. Then there are those that have a natural gift that no amount of lessons can compete with. I hope his song Pride and Joy is on your list. It's a favorite of mine, although it's somewhat tainted ever since it was used in a Criminal Minds episode(a great series).😂
And sad to think he finally got sober and righted his life just for a tragedy to strike 😢 And thank god Clapton didn't board that helicopter even tho he was suppose tho. RIP to all lost at Alpine ❤️
After waiting for years to see him concert, one night in about 1984 , I saw him at the Wiltern theater in downtown LA. It was an awesome show. The place was really jumpin, he was just blowing the crowd away. Then toward the last 30 mins he stopped and said, Got a special guest sittin in the Audience , Mr. Greg Allman, come on up! He got on stage and they jammed and played a couple of songs. And brought the house down!!! You knew you just witnessed something Historic.
In 1983, Stevie Ray Vaughan did a show in Canada called "In Session", with Albert King. Some of the many songs they do are good. They had known each other for years. So it is a jam session.
Yes Albert absolutely adored Stevie. Apparently Stevie only had one black daddy according to Albert King. Even BB King respected Stevie so much. He was definitely loved by his peers who all thought he outshone them.
Of the gods, is the only explanation possible. Stevie's spiritual essence shines so brilliantly through his whole body, which is so intimately and fully expressed through the guitar and voice. It's really an epiphany to watch him. That essence is expressed in everyone to lesser or greater degrees. Stunning performance. Thanks for you reaction!
Love you gentlemens knowledgeable insights. Stevie Ray Vaughan was gifted from God. A tiny little man with the strength of a giant in his hands. He channeled music straight from heaven.
The Jimi Hendrix and Jimmie Vaughan wah wah pedal story was many years before Jimmie was with the Thunderbirds---just to clarify things. As to Stevie, he was simply the greatest guitar player of all-time. By the way, he was playing behind the back with 13's on the high E string. There were few guitarists who could play Stevie's guitar, even from the front, because they didn't have Stevie's hand and forearm strength. Looking forward to your exploration of SRV next month.
I was fortunate enough to Stevie Ray at Fitzgerald's in Houston back in the late 70s. It was an awesome place for live music, he played just as hard no matter the venue or audience size! He was awesome 🔥🤘✌
I had the please of seeing Stevie live shortly before he passed away and it was mesmorizing to watch him play and I'll never forget watching him bend those 13 gauge strings...yes piano sized strings it was amazing to watch!!!! He also have a beautiful blues voice but didn't think he had a good voice😮...he played with many greats including David Bowie and he was very unpretensous for being such a legend so we lost a phenominal guitar player and an amazing human being!!! Love your reactions and look forward to more on SRV the GOAT RIP SRV❤
Clapton also said Stevie is the only one he's ever heard who doesn't take a break while playing. Meaning just going through the motions for a bit while performing.
😅Yes, i heard that interview, when Clapton said that! He das in his car, and heard SRV, for the 1st time.....But, seriously, bro, how dare you comparing SRV, who's a fantastic blues guitar play, with LEGENDS LIKE CLAPTON, OR PAGE, OR HENDRIX😅STAY SERIOUS PLEASE.....I won't talk about the 2 best guitarists ever, Jimi Hendrix, and Jimmy Page, but, as a bluesman, just, listen to Eric Clapton when he played Bob Dylan's "DON'T THINK TWICE IT'S ALRIGHT, LIVE AT THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN" (not the shit version with Bob Dylan), i cry each time i listen to it! SRV, was a great guitar player, tecnical skills, etc....but, not giving so much emotions, as the other legends! Too much technical skills, and not enough emotions.....
Oh my, you haven’t heard much SRV if you think he doesn’t have enough emotion. He was better than Clapton and Page - both were in awe of him - and he may have been just as good as Hendrix.
Bluesy you guys are funny! Albert King would never play with anyone else until he meant Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy still gets choked up when talking about SRV and BB King called him an open channel to the blues. Clapton readily admits he doesn't hold a candle to SRV. SRV was the first one with the guts to play Voodoo Chile live - it was his way to reach out to Jimi.
So excited for April’s SRV Highlights. If you can please do “Tin Pan Alley” live w/Johnny Copeland. It’s a masterpiece of a performance both vocally & w/guitar. THE GOAT
Yeah, if someone says they're not impressed with SRV:s singing, you HAVE to show them that version of Tin Pan Alley. It is UNBELIEVABLE!! He's got both the blues and the soul in that one. Exceptional stuff!
@@julienmarquet8612 it doesnt matter if some lyrics were forgotten or if was all correct. its a whole vibe and some amazing picking and singing by both.
SRV has the most natural flow of any guitarist ever. It flows out like water in of the stream for SRV. I saw him the first time at the Del Mar Fair in San Diego in 1983. It blew my mind, and I saw him 5 more times before his early passing. The last time was 1990 a month before his death, with Joe Cooker again in San Diego at the Sports Arena. I am so grateful I got to see him so many times during his short time.
When Stevie Ray first came on the scene, the blues genre was dying. Nobody was buying those records or listening to those musicians till Stevie Ray started playing the blues. By inviting the old time blues musicians on stage with him, they were able to rescue the genre and it gained an entirely new audience. Make sure you react to his compilations with the old blues stars, such as BB King, Johnny Copeland, Albert King just to name a few. He also played with Jeff Healey on a couple of songs. He wasn't an old blues star but another outstanding guitarist with some major handicaps he had to overcome. They say Stevie was the most kind hearted man.
The only thing I can think of as to why Stevie Ray's incredible talent is super uncanny is that right after his mother gave birth to him, his dad must have stuck a teeny guitar in his tiny hands and the rest is history. SRV was truly blessed with this gift. He was a natural! I love his entire get-up, his voice, nice hands, the way he held his guitar, but more importantly, I love his confidence. It's not the puffed-up kind but the humble kind. He's a super-hero and a musical genius, and a generous, humble man! With all due respect, I don't agree with the 9.7 rating, I give him a 10-star rating across the board! So sad he was taken so soon by that unfortunate helicopter accident.
Discovered your channel while RUclips surfing looking for some Stevie Ray tunes as a pick me up. Also Subscribed and bought a Stevie ray Tee. 😉 I discovered his music in 1989 in at a very small intimate LA club called The Strand. My friend and I went to see the Fabulous T-Birds and were sitting behind the soundboard at a high top table. At the high top next to us was guy dressed in black wearing a black plateau hat. Didn’t know who he was, but every so often he would get up and work the soundboard. Finally at the end Jimmy invited his “little brother” up on the stage and it turned out to be the guy sitting next to us all night, Stevie Ray Vaughan. I had not heard of him up until that point, (must’ve been living under a rock) He got up and played a few songs. He started with The House is a Rockin’. I was overwhelmed with his talent especially being so close to the stage, just a few ft away. The next day I went out and bought every CD I could get my hands on. Turned me on to blues from all generations. This live version of Texas Flood is a masterpiece.
@Over Sixty And Sassy Hello to you and first of all, what a great name you have. Thanks you for the great comment, it's always wonderful for us to hear first hand accounts of people meeting these great artists. We have done quite a few Stevie Ray Vaughn and also one of Jimmy and can be found in our playlist. We release new a new video everyday and go all over the place. We released this SRV video on Monday: ruclips.net/video/OtN9dEhYWKg/видео.html Finally, thank you also for the support and the Stevie Ray Tee purchase. We hope you come back often and enjoy the channel. BPR
😆 I watched it yesterday! I love your senses of humor. And I also appreciate you giving some history for your viewers. Just watched, Life Without You. Another live masterpiece. Keep up the fun reactions. I’m going to start working my way through others. And yes, I am over 60 and very sassy. 😉
Well done on this one , Stevie inspired by his older brother Jimmie , also Albert King , BB , Jimi Hendrix , the list goes on ! The first time I heard the album Texas Flood ! I knew this was someone very special ! I was so upset on his passing , such a loss ! Eric Clapton's comments says it all 👍💯
I love these guys reaction to my childhood loves of classic amazing musicians. Here is my fave man..Stevie Ray. One of many Im looking forwards to listening again with you!..FAAACK THIS STEVIE YOU FIRST PLAYED..is getting laid music!!
I'll be watching for the April Stevie Ray Vaughan reactions. We can give tons of suggestions but I'm sure you both have an idea where you'd like to go with it. The songs from the Capitol Theater were excellent. "Ain't gone and given up on Love" is great. "Life Without You" is another. "Couldn't Stand the Weather" is also amazing. I could go on and on. Just like many of us who have loved SRV for decades. No matter where you go with this, you won't be disappointed. Other songs that highlight his skills are "Testify", Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" also from the El Mocambo concert, along with "Lenny" from the same show. Standards like "Pride and Joy" and "Crossfire" would be a must. The MTV "Unplugged" performance, the video of Stevie and his brother Jimmy doing "Pipeline" on a double neck guitar is a good one. Enjoy your April venture into all things SRV. I know I will.
I've known at least 10 guys from Texas that can play like that over the past 60 years....but nobody on the east and west coast likes to admit it. Rock and Roll was invented in Texas, baby...all the way back from big band of Glenn Miller to Buddy Holly and on up....like Johnny Winter. Southern Delta blues and Texas Rockabilly mixed and every pop, rock and blues band in the world have them to thank.
1:20pm PST Canada 's pride and joy COLIN JAMES toured with Stevie and Stevie gave Colin his start. Colin is still going strong...has 20 albums and numerous awards to his name. Give him a listen ... try VOODOO THING for starters. He is our Pride and Joy!!!
So happy that more people are discovering what a gem SRV is. I was in high school in the 80s and had heard of him but didn't pay attention. It was only LAST YEAR I discovered him and I'm rather obsessed!
I'm of the opinion that he was an open "Channel" that tapped into something truly magical thru the Guitar. Others like him were "Hendrix" "Albert Collins" and possibly "Jeff Beck" . There are guitarists who are able to tap into that open path" to something truly other worldly... When you get round to your SRV reviews, pls consider "Lenny" from the El Mocambo show, as well as "Third Stone From the Sun" from the same El Mocambo Show.. I had the pleasure of seeing him in person in 1985 @ the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia PA.. 2nd row .. changed my life .. RIP Stevie
The thing about SRV for me is i continue to feel that same excitement from the music year after year. Its Amazing. RIP Stevie, tell Jimi and Eddie we said hi!
Riviera Paradise. This is a soulful instrumental. After a full day of recording material for the album, Stevie asked his producer to leave the tape running and to turn down the lights.
You've heard his Voodoo Child from an Austin, Texas show. You might find it interesting to hear how completely differently he played it at every orher venue. He simply didn't play by rote. It was never the same canned piece that he knocked out nightly. And it was always played with the highest degree of deference to Jimi's original, but it was never a straight cover. I believe he played VC here, at this El Macambo show. Que it up beside the Austin show, or any of the others on YT and you'll see. They're all custom shaped, there are no pop-outs.
Great reaction guys. I saw him in and around the Detroit area including the same tour as this, at a place called Saint Andrews Hall. Play basically the same set, but he didn't play the songs the same, and that was one of the beauties of him was that you never heard the same version of a song Twice. There is a video from 1986 I believe from Daytona Beach that has the songs love-struck baby and rude mood same video and it was the first tour he did clean and sober after having real struggles with alcohol and drugs. A lot of people were worried, as was he, that he wouldn't be as good or creative without the substances that he was using. In fact, he was better, and in that performance The Joy on his face oh, you just know that this is a man who was happy to be alive and happy to still be able to do the thing you love most in the world. Stevie Ray Vaughan is my number one and always will be, I had the opportunity to see him live in a number of different settings, from small venues all the way up to full stadium events. I'm really glad you guys dig him, take care. Nice reaction
I saw an interview with his brother Jimmie where he was asked if it was true Stevie never played a song the same way twice, and Jimmie answered, “Hell, he never played it the same way once!”
There will never be another Stevie Ray. That tore up thrift store looking guitar he plays is actually the first guitar he ever owned. That's pretty amazing.
Got to see him playing my college (CW Post LIU) in the early 80s before he got too big for that sort of thing. Best show I have ever seen. The college auditorium was built for top quality sound. SRV was SRV. Small place. Just perfect.
This was 2 years before Stevie became sober, and according to Tommy Shannon (bass) SRV was in a cocaine induced coma an hour before this show. They had to have medical personnel revive him with IV fluids and vitamins, hence the more than usual notes and sweat that he usually has in this song. The all time greatest guitarist ever.
He does make little flubs here and there, but bends out of it. Clapton, BB, and Albert King all said that Stevie was a "direct channel" to the blues. A neverending catalog of phrases.
Truly a legend 🙌!!! He is my favorite guitar player by far! He can make one guitar sound like 3... his music just flows like a never ending stream of greatness!!
Stevie's brother Jimmie doesn't have the flash his younger brother possessed but, a fine blues guitarist in the traditional sense. Stevie often said Jimmie was his first and biggest influence. And other great bluesmen had respect for Jimmie as well. Stevie's sessions with his mentor Albert King are well worth a listen.
I know somebody's good when they can cause me to get chill bumps and with Stevie Ray it's non stop chill bumps from start to finish and as a guitar player that has played in a blue's band that won the AZ. State blue's band contest back in the 80's and went on to the international blue's contest in Memphis didn't win there unfortunately but I feel dose give me a sense of the blue's I've never heard anybody play the blue's like Stevie Ray before or sense I don't think anybody had a handle on the blue's better than Stevie Ray Vaughn Don't get me wrong I know there are some bad ass players out there but none with the feeling not quite.
Having seen Stevie Ray in concert I can tell you he gave an electrifying performance We were in the upper section, then somehow ended up on the floor directly in front. This was about a year before he died in the helicopter crash. You must watch his performance in Capital Theater , New Jersey, Life Without You. There are so many moments that can't be missed. He starts out with one guitar, but quickly switches to the white guitar his friend Charlie gave him. He wrote this song for Charlie after his friend passed away. He also stops in the middle of his performance to speak about inequality and keeping others down. Finally, at the end you will see him do something that causes him to lose a tooth. Watch as he says to his mate, I lost my tooth, then a second later he says it's gone. He does say Thank you Charlie after that. SRV was, is and will always be the GOAT ( Greatest Of All Time)
From what I understand the strings on his guitar were like bridge wires. I forget who it was that said he shook SRV'S hand and thought he might have broken it. He must have had insane hand strength.
Thanks, gentlemen. Highly enjoyable. Thanks for listening to your viewers. Thanks to all of Stevie's so cool fans for not dropping any spoilers about that behind-the-back-spin, because it's fun to watch the looks of disbelief. I'm now subbed w/the notifications bell lit, so i'll be tuning in more often - Wednesdays, especially. Thanks, above all, to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. SRV, RIP. 💙 💙 💙
You mentioned his freedom when he plays, you are spot on. He never played a song the same way twice. Each event was its own version. This set at El Macambo is considered one of the greatest live performances ever, though some songs played there, I prefer versions played elsewhere. He felt like fans deserved a unique show, not the same one over and over.
You might find many vocalists want the A/C off onstage because cold dry air is harsh to the throat. Hence the sweat. Warm and wet is better than cool and dry.
Watch all of the El Mocambo. It's unreal! It's so cool seeing someone see him go behind the back for the first time. He would also take off his hat and put it on the mic to go behind his head.
There are videos of SRV playing with Albert King, BB King; Eric Clapton Johnny Copeland, Buddy Guy; Robert Cray; Stevie Wonder and others...sometimes several greats on one song!!!! Looking forward to April!
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Clapton once described Stevie Ray as an endless well from where music just flowed effortless
Right-handed, left-handed, behind his head, behind his back, it doesn't matter where, when, how, whatever, it makes no difference! STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN IS, WAS & ALWAYS WILL BE THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!!!!!
He was100 times better then jimmy hendrix
Stevie was straight blues! You don't play the blues, you feel it!
Dallas Texas born lived in Austin Texas and died way too soon the best guitarist ever RIP SRV we all miss you
Lived in my mom's apartment complex here in Austin before I was born, and would do private small shows for a few of his neighbors to try out new jams. She tells me he was insanely humble and kind.
A cool note about SRV, he couldn't read sheet music. Everything he played he created or picked up and played. It's said he could listen to a song, and quickly start playing it, then come up with his own take by the end of the song. A pure, Texas treasure.
No blues guitarist reads sheet music.
I’m glad that you mentioned that he didn’t even have to think about it because Eric Clapton said the same thing. Clapton said sometimes when he’s playing (Eric)he’s thinking of what he’s going to play next and sometimes comes up blank but that Stevie was an open channel and it just flowed through him, and that he never had to think what he was gonna play next.
YOU JUST WITNESSED THE GREATEST MUSICAL PERFORMANCE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC PERIOD. SRV WAS THE ONLY ONE EVER TO MAKE A GUITAR SMOKE A CIGARETTE AFTER HE FINISH PLAYIN IT
SRV was a guitar magician. Thick-ass 13 gauge strings, playing lead and rhythm simultaneously . R,I,P and thank you for all the great music.
He's broken strings in the middle of songs and got a new guitar without missing a beat. The more you listen to him, the more you'll appreciate his talent. I hope.
You can see that happen very clearly in this video of "Look at Little Sister." The string pops and SRV kept playing with 5 strings until the best time to switch out guitars and then nodded for another to be brought to him ---- and he never missed a beat. ----- ruclips.net/video/3woPVQExDsQ/видео.html
@@pebblehilllane his roadie ran up and gave him another guitar, just switched the strap and input. its really not that hard to do :P
The one I am talking about he was playing another hendrix song at the end of the concert
@@blackthornpvp - Other than the part where I said after popping a string he continued to play until the best moment to switch guitars we said pretty much the same thing. The part that is more impressive is the being able to continue to play at such a high level with one less string than having a roadie help switch out a guitar.
@@pebblehilllane YES! Brick - this one -- and also check out keyboardist Reese Wynans!
Snuck out of the house at the age of 14, bribed a security guard not to card me and caught Stevie at the Boathouse in Norfolk, Virginia in 1983.
Life was never the same afterwards.
What's even stranger is if you experienced SRV live, when he throws that guitar behind his back, you wouldn't even raise an eyebrow. Saw many, many very talented performers, and SRV, to this day, still remains as the greatest emotional experience I've had from any performer.
Stevie was one of a kind. He was amazing, and had a heart of gold. He is missed.
Got to see him from within five rows back a few times in the mid '80s at south street seaport in NYC. Been almost 40 years and I can recall it like it was yesterday.
Stevie always played by feel in the moment making every version of his songs the same but different. His brother Jimmy was once asked by an interviewer "Does Stevie ever play a song the same way twice?", to which Jimmy quickly quipped, " Hell, Stevie never plays a song the same way ONCE!" 😁 Epic.
Also ..you mentioned how can he write that stuff down? Stevie could neither read nor write music. It was all by ear & feel.
I miss Stevie so much. Imagine the music he would have made had he not died so young.
SRV was an amazing human being! Life Without You Capital Theater Passaic New Jersey 1985! Or Life Without You Nashville TN! He was so great ! I was blessed to meet and jam with him ! Amazing human being! So happy when he got sober! I cried when I heard the news of his death! RIP my friend! You are in blues heaven and your music lives on! Thank you guys for keeping Stevie’s music alive! Enjoy your channel! A new subscriber from Phoenix Arizona USA! Take care! 😊🫶🤞🎸🎵☀️🙏
@monalisaganser5813 SRV was indeed such a wonderful human! I was so blessed to be at a private gathering with him back in 1985 and sat and listened to him play pure magic for a couple of hours. The world lost a Guitar WIZARD way too soon and we are most definately the poorer for it 😒
There will never be another SRV. It's such a loss to music that he left the world so soon.
He is proof that most people have the ability to learn to play a musical instrument. Then there are those that have a natural gift that no amount of lessons can compete with.
I hope his song Pride and Joy is on your list.
It's a favorite of mine, although it's somewhat tainted ever since it was used in a Criminal Minds episode(a great series).😂
And sad to think he finally got sober and righted his life just for a tragedy to strike 😢 And thank god Clapton didn't board that helicopter even tho he was suppose tho. RIP to all lost at Alpine ❤️
Stevie Ray Vaughn was absolutely THE BEST!!!
After waiting for years to see him concert, one night in about 1984 ,
I saw him at the Wiltern theater in downtown LA. It was an awesome show. The place was really jumpin, he was just blowing the crowd away. Then toward the last 30 mins he stopped and said, Got a special guest sittin in the Audience , Mr. Greg Allman, come on up! He got on stage and they jammed and played a couple of songs. And brought the house down!!! You knew you just witnessed something Historic.
In 1983, Stevie Ray Vaughan did a show in Canada called "In Session", with Albert King. Some of the many songs they do are good. They had known each other for years. So it is a jam session.
I knew both of them, and they loved jamming here in Texas.
It's one of my favorites, too. ALL of it.
Yes Albert absolutely adored Stevie. Apparently Stevie only had one black daddy according to Albert King. Even BB King respected Stevie so much. He was definitely loved by his peers who all thought he outshone them.
@@KB-ke3fi Me too.....at Antone's. Remember those days in Austin?
Chris & Tommy, Double Trouble, are still the best rhythm section EVER!!
Stevie is a wizard. Born that way. Don't ever try to compare yourself to him You'll never understand his genius. Just be in awe.
He grew up in my neighborhood. I met him once. Never knew he would become the GOAT!!! SRV was a LEGEND!!!
Of the gods, is the only explanation possible. Stevie's spiritual essence shines so brilliantly through his whole body, which is so intimately and fully expressed through the guitar and voice. It's really an epiphany to watch him. That essence is expressed in everyone to lesser or greater degrees. Stunning performance. Thanks for you reaction!
Love you gentlemens knowledgeable insights. Stevie Ray Vaughan was gifted from God. A tiny little man with the strength of a giant in his hands.
He channeled music straight from heaven.
That’s all true!
The Jimi Hendrix and Jimmie Vaughan wah wah pedal story was many years before Jimmie was with the Thunderbirds---just to clarify things. As to Stevie, he was simply the greatest guitar player of all-time. By the way, he was playing behind the back with 13's on the high E string. There were few guitarists who could play Stevie's guitar, even from the front, because they didn't have Stevie's hand and forearm strength. Looking forward to your exploration of SRV next month.
I was fortunate enough to Stevie Ray at Fitzgerald's in Houston back in the late 70s. It was an awesome place for live music, he played just as hard no matter the venue or audience size! He was awesome 🔥🤘✌
I was born in The Hill Country of Texas in 81, I distinctly remember the rains he talks about. We don't get them anymore but we still have SRV
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Cheers and thanks for the comment
Musicians dream of playing legendary guitars. Legendary guitars dream of being played by Stevie.
Seeing him up close and live was an amazing night.
My favorite quote (paraphrased) that someone posted about Stevie is, "After Stevie Ray Vaughan performs, his guitar smokes a cigarette." 😃
Great reaction! Another impressive fact about Stevie Ray is that he never learned to read music so he just played what came from his soul.
I agree on Tin Pan Alley with Johnny Copeland, another Texas Blues player. He also did Hendrix's Little Wing as well.
I had the please of seeing Stevie live shortly before he passed away and it was mesmorizing to watch him play and I'll never forget watching him bend those 13 gauge strings...yes piano sized strings it was amazing to watch!!!! He also have a beautiful blues voice but didn't think he had a good voice😮...he played with many greats including David Bowie and he was very unpretensous for being such a legend so we lost a phenominal guitar player and an amazing human being!!! Love your reactions and look forward to more on SRV the GOAT RIP SRV❤
Clapton also said Stevie is the only one he's ever heard who doesn't take a break while playing. Meaning just going through the motions for a bit while performing.
Pretty ironic too....Stevie was a fan of another Texan, Buddy Holly. And he also listened to another blues Texan from Beaumont, Johnny Winter.
😅Yes, i heard that interview, when Clapton said that! He das in his car, and heard SRV, for the 1st time.....But, seriously, bro, how dare you comparing SRV, who's a fantastic blues guitar play, with LEGENDS LIKE CLAPTON, OR PAGE, OR HENDRIX😅STAY SERIOUS PLEASE.....I won't talk about the 2 best guitarists ever, Jimi Hendrix, and Jimmy Page, but, as a bluesman, just, listen to Eric Clapton when he played Bob Dylan's "DON'T THINK TWICE IT'S ALRIGHT, LIVE AT THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN" (not the shit version with Bob Dylan), i cry each time i listen to it! SRV, was a great guitar player, tecnical skills, etc....but, not giving so much emotions, as the other legends! Too much technical skills, and not enough emotions.....
@@julienmarquet8612 lol, no one would agree with that crap. Get lost.
Oh my, you haven’t heard much SRV if you think he doesn’t have enough emotion. He was better than Clapton and Page - both were in awe of him - and he may have been just as good as Hendrix.
I love how he can make a guitar speak. He and BBKing made the guitar a whole living breathing creature.
Agreed ... also Joe Bonamassa.
Bluesy you guys are funny! Albert King would never play with anyone else until he meant Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy still gets choked up when talking about SRV and BB King called him an open channel to the blues. Clapton readily admits he doesn't hold a candle to SRV. SRV was the first one with the guts to play Voodoo Chile live - it was his way to reach out to Jimi.
🤠🤠🤠🎸🎸🎸Men, this IS the blues
So excited for April’s SRV Highlights. If you can please do “Tin Pan Alley” live w/Johnny Copeland. It’s a masterpiece of a performance both vocally & w/guitar. THE GOAT
Yeah, if someone says they're not impressed with SRV:s singing, you HAVE to show them that version of Tin Pan Alley. It is UNBELIEVABLE!!
He's got both the blues and the soul in that one. Exceptional stuff!
Not the best version with Coppeland, who forgot the lyrics😂
@@julienmarquet8612 it doesnt matter if some lyrics were forgotten or if was all correct. its a whole vibe and some amazing picking and singing by both.
I moved to Texas in 1989 found his music and sadly two years after he was gone.
SRV has the most natural flow of any guitarist ever. It flows out like water in of the stream for SRV. I saw him the first time at the Del Mar Fair in San Diego in 1983. It blew my mind, and I saw him 5 more times before his early passing. The last time was 1990 a month before his death, with Joe Cooker again in San Diego at the Sports Arena. I am so grateful I got to see him so many times during his short time.
When Stevie Ray first came on the scene, the blues genre was dying. Nobody was buying those records or listening to those musicians till Stevie Ray started playing the blues. By inviting the old time blues musicians on stage with him, they were able to rescue the genre and it gained an entirely new audience. Make sure you react to his compilations with the old blues stars, such as BB King, Johnny Copeland, Albert King just to name a few. He also played with Jeff Healey on a couple of songs. He wasn't an old blues star but another outstanding guitarist with some major handicaps he had to overcome. They say Stevie was the most kind hearted man.
The only thing I can think of as to why Stevie Ray's incredible talent is super uncanny is that right after his mother gave birth to him, his dad must have stuck a teeny guitar in his tiny hands and the rest is history. SRV was truly blessed with this gift. He was a natural! I love his entire get-up, his voice, nice hands, the way he held his guitar, but more importantly, I love his confidence. It's not the puffed-up kind but the humble kind. He's a super-hero and a musical genius, and a generous, humble man! With all due respect, I don't agree with the 9.7 rating, I give him a 10-star rating across the board! So sad he was taken so soon by that unfortunate helicopter accident.
SRV will never be eclipsed. I Iove seeing the delight on your faces as you watch his performances, he was truly one of a kind.
Discovered your channel while RUclips surfing looking for some Stevie Ray tunes as a pick me up. Also Subscribed and bought a Stevie ray Tee. 😉 I discovered his music in 1989 in at a very small intimate LA club called The Strand. My friend and I went to see the Fabulous T-Birds and were sitting behind the soundboard at a high top table. At the high top next to us was guy dressed in black wearing a black plateau hat. Didn’t know who he was, but every so often he would get up and work the soundboard. Finally at the end Jimmy invited his “little brother” up on the stage and it turned out to be the guy sitting next to us all night, Stevie Ray Vaughan. I had not heard of him up until that point, (must’ve been living under a rock) He got up and played a few songs. He started with The House is a Rockin’. I was overwhelmed with his talent especially being so close to the stage, just a few ft away. The next day I went out and bought every CD I could get my hands on. Turned me on to blues from all generations.
This live version of Texas Flood is a masterpiece.
@Over Sixty And Sassy
Hello to you and first of all, what a great name you have.
Thanks you for the great comment, it's always wonderful for us to hear first hand accounts of people meeting these great artists.
We have done quite a few Stevie Ray Vaughn and also one of Jimmy and can be found in our playlist.
We release new a new video everyday and go all over the place.
We released this SRV video on Monday: ruclips.net/video/OtN9dEhYWKg/видео.html
Finally, thank you also for the support and the Stevie Ray Tee purchase.
We hope you come back often and enjoy the channel.
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😆 I watched it yesterday! I love your senses of humor. And I also appreciate you giving some history for your viewers. Just watched, Life Without You. Another live masterpiece.
Keep up the fun reactions. I’m going to start working my way through others.
And yes, I am over 60 and very sassy. 😉
Well done on this one , Stevie inspired by his older brother Jimmie , also Albert King , BB , Jimi Hendrix , the list goes on ! The first time I heard the album Texas Flood ! I knew this was someone very special ! I was so upset on his passing , such a loss ! Eric Clapton's comments says it all 👍💯
His guitar is like a natural appendage to his body.
The greatest guitar player to every live. RIP SRV
Stevie Ray is like a storm rollin on through.
I love these guys reaction to my childhood loves of classic amazing musicians. Here is my fave man..Stevie Ray. One of many Im looking forwards to listening again with you!..FAAACK THIS STEVIE YOU FIRST PLAYED..is getting laid music!!
I'll be watching for the April Stevie Ray Vaughan reactions. We can give tons of suggestions but I'm sure you both have an idea where you'd like to go with it.
The songs from the Capitol Theater were excellent. "Ain't gone and given up on Love" is great. "Life Without You" is another. "Couldn't Stand the Weather" is also amazing.
I could go on and on. Just like many of us who have loved SRV for decades. No matter where you go with this, you won't be disappointed. Other songs that highlight his skills are "Testify", Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" also from the El Mocambo concert, along with "Lenny" from the same show. Standards like "Pride and Joy" and "Crossfire" would be a must. The MTV "Unplugged" performance, the video of Stevie and his brother Jimmy doing "Pipeline" on a double neck guitar is a good one.
Enjoy your April venture into all things SRV. I know I will.
The great BB King once said that Stevie was the best he had ever seen.
And that gentlemen is why so many of us asked you to react to this. He was the GOAT.
Only concert people ever found themselves begging, pleading & shouting for a nursery rhyme. Yep, been there, done that. Miss you Stevie
Most people don't know he was Albert Kings godson.
I've known at least 10 guys from Texas that can play like that over the past 60 years....but nobody on the east and west coast likes to admit it. Rock and Roll was invented in Texas, baby...all the way back from big band of Glenn Miller to Buddy Holly and on up....like Johnny Winter. Southern Delta blues and Texas Rockabilly mixed and every pop, rock and blues band in the world have them to thank.
1:20pm PST Canada 's pride and joy COLIN JAMES toured with Stevie and Stevie gave Colin his start. Colin is still going strong...has 20 albums and numerous awards to his name. Give him a listen ... try VOODOO THING for starters. He is our Pride and Joy!!!
Stevie was such an incredible guy. This is Texas Blues at its best. Pride and Joy is a really good one too.
So happy that more people are discovering what a gem SRV is. I was in high school in the 80s and had heard of him but didn't pay attention. It was only LAST YEAR I discovered him and I'm rather obsessed!
I'm of the opinion that he was an open "Channel" that tapped into something truly magical thru the Guitar. Others like him were "Hendrix" "Albert Collins" and possibly "Jeff Beck" . There are guitarists who are able to tap into that open path" to something truly other worldly... When you get round to your SRV reviews, pls consider "Lenny" from the El Mocambo show, as well as "Third Stone From the Sun" from the same El Mocambo Show.. I had the pleasure of seeing him in person in 1985 @ the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia PA.. 2nd row .. changed my life .. RIP Stevie
The thing about SRV for me is i continue to feel that same excitement from the music year after year. Its Amazing. RIP Stevie, tell Jimi and Eddie we said hi!
Riviera Paradise. This is a soulful instrumental. After a full day of recording material for the album, Stevie asked his producer to leave the tape running and to turn down the lights.
Need to see his cover of Little Wing at this same venue, El Mocambo
You've heard his Voodoo Child from an Austin, Texas show. You might find it interesting to hear how completely differently he played it at every orher venue. He simply didn't play by rote. It was never the same canned piece that he knocked out nightly. And it was always played with the highest degree of deference to Jimi's original, but it was never a straight cover.
I believe he played VC here, at this El Macambo show. Que it up beside the Austin show, or any of the others on YT and you'll see. They're all custom shaped, there are no pop-outs.
“Little Sister” is awesome. Try that. This Texan loves more SRV
Great reaction guys. I saw him in and around the Detroit area including the same tour as this, at a place called Saint Andrews Hall. Play basically the same set, but he didn't play the songs the same, and that was one of the beauties of him was that you never heard the same version of a song Twice. There is a video from 1986 I believe from Daytona Beach that has the songs love-struck baby and rude mood same video and it was the first tour he did clean and sober after having real struggles with alcohol and drugs. A lot of people were worried, as was he, that he wouldn't be as good or creative without the substances that he was using. In fact, he was better, and in that performance The Joy on his face oh, you just know that this is a man who was happy to be alive and happy to still be able to do the thing you love most in the world. Stevie Ray Vaughan is my number one and always will be, I had the opportunity to see him live in a number of different settings, from small venues all the way up to full stadium events. I'm really glad you guys dig him, take care. Nice reaction
I saw an interview with his brother Jimmie where he was asked if it was true Stevie never played a song the same way twice, and Jimmie answered, “Hell, he never played it the same way once!”
There will never be another Stevie Ray.
That tore up thrift store looking guitar he plays is actually the first guitar he ever owned. That's pretty amazing.
It was called Texas Blues
SRV is beyond great. Peace Gentlemen.
Great reaction. What a talent SRV was!
Got to see him playing my college (CW Post LIU) in the early 80s before he got too big for that sort of thing. Best show I have ever seen. The college auditorium was built for top quality sound. SRV was SRV. Small place. Just perfect.
🎸💯 That's those Texas blues y'all‼🔥
🤯 SRV called his guitar "The One"‼🐐
RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan. ❤ 🕊 🙏
Clapton once said that Stevie was an open channel and the music just flowed through him
Freedom. Yes. He practically never played a song the exact same way.
He knows guitar forwards and backwards....
This was 2 years before Stevie became sober, and according to Tommy Shannon (bass) SRV was in a cocaine induced coma an hour before this show. They had to have medical personnel revive him with IV fluids and vitamins, hence the more than usual notes and sweat that he usually has in this song. The all time greatest guitarist ever.
He does make little flubs here and there, but bends out of it. Clapton, BB, and Albert King all said that Stevie was a "direct channel" to the blues. A neverending catalog of phrases.
Truly a legend 🙌!!! He is my favorite guitar player by far! He can make one guitar sound like 3... his music just flows like a never ending stream of greatness!!
Stevie's brother Jimmie doesn't have the flash his younger brother possessed but, a fine blues guitarist in the traditional sense. Stevie often said Jimmie was his first and biggest influence. And other great bluesmen had respect for Jimmie as well. Stevie's sessions with his mentor Albert King are well worth a listen.
The look on your faces was precious! Stevie Ray was the best ever ❤️
I know somebody's good when they can cause me to get chill bumps and with Stevie Ray it's non stop chill bumps from start to finish and as a guitar player that has played in a blue's band that won the AZ. State blue's band contest back in the 80's and went on to the international blue's contest in Memphis didn't win there unfortunately but I feel dose give me a sense of the blue's I've never heard anybody play the blue's like Stevie Ray before or sense I don't think anybody had a handle on the blue's better than Stevie Ray Vaughn Don't get me wrong I know there are some bad ass players out there but none with the feeling not quite.
Having seen Stevie Ray in concert I can tell you he gave an electrifying performance We were in the upper section, then somehow ended up on the floor directly in front. This was about a year before he died in the helicopter crash.
You must watch his performance in Capital Theater , New Jersey, Life Without You. There are so many moments that can't be missed. He starts out with one guitar, but quickly switches to the white guitar his friend Charlie gave him. He wrote this song for Charlie after his friend passed away.
He also stops in the middle of his performance to speak about inequality and keeping others down.
Finally, at the end you will see him do something that causes him to lose a tooth. Watch as he says to his mate, I lost my tooth, then a second later he says it's gone.
He does say Thank you Charlie after that.
SRV was, is and will always be the GOAT ( Greatest Of All Time)
He plays guitar like we breathe air. Nicely put.
From what I understand the strings on his guitar were like bridge wires. I forget who it was that said he shook SRV'S hand and thought he might have broken it. He must have had insane hand strength.
Thanks, gentlemen. Highly enjoyable.
Thanks for listening to your viewers.
Thanks to all of Stevie's so cool fans for not dropping any spoilers about that behind-the-back-spin, because it's fun to watch the looks of disbelief.
I'm now subbed w/the notifications bell lit, so i'll be tuning in more often - Wednesdays, especially.
Thanks, above all, to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble.
SRV, RIP.
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You mentioned his freedom when he plays, you are spot on. He never played a song the same way twice. Each event was its own version. This set at El Macambo is considered one of the greatest live performances ever, though some songs played there, I prefer versions played elsewhere. He felt like fans deserved a unique show, not the same one over and over.
I was at his third from the last concert. So glad I was able to see him live.
SRV doesn't sweat, he oozes blues guitar. He plays blues from every single pore of his body
Watch bassist Tommy look at SRV, THE LOOK ON Stevie’s face is priceless when he realizes he is performing! Big smile.
Lovely! Thanks guys. Hope you enjoyed it!
You might find many vocalists want the A/C off onstage because cold dry air is harsh to the throat. Hence the sweat. Warm and wet is better than cool and dry.
I must have watched this video over 50 times. It never gets old! I love watching people seeing his tricks for the first time.
I got to see him in concert 3 times, he never played a song the same way!
This was recorded in 1983 at the El Mocambo on Spadina Ave. In Toronto, Canada.
Try jeff Healy as the years go passing by.... he's blind but plays like no other.... then do jeff and stevie - look at little sister
He’s just the GOAT OF GOATS! 😎🤠🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
no one better then or since He was the bext RIP Stevie Ray
SRV went back to Montreux 3 years later and was celebrated. It was a great show.
Watch all of the El Mocambo. It's unreal! It's so cool seeing someone see him go behind the back for the first time. He would also take off his hat and put it on the mic to go behind his head.
Suggest Couldn't Stand The Weather, Tightrope and Marry Had A Little Lamb.
There are videos of SRV playing with Albert King, BB King; Eric Clapton Johnny Copeland, Buddy Guy; Robert Cray; Stevie Wonder and others...sometimes several greats on one song!!!! Looking forward to April!