They woke Stevie up out of a sound sleep and he steps right on stage, rubs the sleep away, and just blows the roof off with a Sound Check before the show!! I love this guy so damn much.
There is no over to be had. We remain under the spell he cast🎶🎸💙. And he is still casting that net far and wide and thanks to great reactors like Jamel millions more discover him every year💯👏👋✌️
It's funny because I've always known life without SRV so in my mind he doesn't age. But as a 27 years old looking at this dude who's probably in his early 30s it really makes me appreciate what he brought. Another iconic talent taken way too soon
This is what sealed him as the GOAT for me. Dude was probably asleep 45 mins ago and this was before he got clean so who knows what else was in his system and he just lays that down for a sound check.
The first time I saw him in person was in Nacogdoches Texas at a bar called the Crossroads in front of about 80 people. The last time was at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas opening for The Who in front of tens of thousands. He was a God!
I was at the Cotton Bowl that day when TN won, but I was a country music idiot and didn't appreciate his brilliance at that time. It's sad that it took his death to introduce his beautiful music and passion to me. Thank God for those who recorded his performances so our grandchildren can be exposed to truly great music we had once upon a time. May sweet Stevie always rest in peace.
At age 19 in 1978 I moved to Austin from the Dallas area. One night I walked into a bar on Guadelupe St. There was no crowd , no cover. I heard Jimi Hendrix playing a version of Third Stone From the Sun I had never heard before. I thought"at least the juke box in this dive is lit". Then I looked over at the little corner they used as a stage and there was a dude doing things to his guitar that would get you ten years in some states. It was over a year before his first album came out. After, I saw him every chance I got, and yes I still miss him. Thanks for this friend, I am a long time sub for you. Blessings.
I first saw him a couple of times when I lived in Austin in the 70s at a small place called the ROME INN and Lou Ann Barton was singing. A while later, I went to one of Antone's many places when it was on Guadalupe. I went into the bathroom and I heard what I thought was Hendrix playing Voodoo Chile. Walked out and it was Stevie, minus Lou Ann (thank god). I knew then how great he was. The last time I saw him was in Dallas the year he died playing with Jeff Beck.
When people say they don’t know who SRV is I bring them to this sound check. It’s incredible. I don’t think there has ever been anyone more fluid with the guitar. Also Jamal, Stevie would play so hard that his finger tips would split and he’d have to super glue them mid show to keep playing.
At Red Rocks back when you could go in at 11am for a 7pm show and party, he came out early afternoon and did the sound check for everyone. He is still the best ever.
Dallas/Fort Worth here, and I was in HS when he died. First period economics the next morning was spent with me, my good friend Michael, and Mr. Allard our teacher just listening to SRV. This man meant a lot to a whole lot if people. Amazing talent taken too soon.
Its been a long time since Stevie left us and he still stand his ground. Its his title and no one seems to want it. He set the bar too high for anyone else.
When Stevie straps on that guitar he opens a window to his soul for all the world to experience. Smooth ! Thanks for keeping his music alive for the world
This is just GREAT! This sound check is 100% better than other bands concert performances. SRV lives on forever. SRV and his band is the benchmark which all other bands should aspire to perform to this level. Jamel thanks for posting this video. Do you know what year and where this sound check was performed ?
And never forget Double Trouble, who could just jump on that train as it went flying by without even ruffling their hair. And here I go, tearing up like every time...
Thank you for this. His two fellow band members were also great talents, and helped him to create his sound. They provided the beat and the bottom which allowed SRV the freedom to soar into the heavens.
Oooooh LAWD!!!! That sound is straight up SEXY❣️❣️❣️ALL THE WAY!!! SRV was amazing then and now! Brought the blues to an audience who would then follow him to the blues gods of the past.
I love when these reaction channels react to players who don’t get the recognition as much as they used to. SRV is the REAL DEAL! These are some of the only channels to cover Steve Marriott as well! 🔥🎸
In 1981, in the Houston Chronicle, there was an announcement that Stevie Ray Vaughan was to play at the Pub on the Rice University campus for FREE. I arrived in the small pub and grabbed the table in front of him and maybe Double Trouble. In the Pub were about five pairs of people socializing with each other, two single students studying and the bartender. They were all oblivious to what was going on on the very small corner stage.
As many times as I've watched this video, I'd never noticed that the break in "Soul to Soul" was because Reese's seat broke! They brought over a road case for him to sit on, then fell right back into the song.
His clothing style was a cross between Elvis, Prince, and a Pimp!!! Gotta love him!! I used to go watch him play when he was a teenager in some of the rougher parts of Dallas!!
Had a friend who was a cabbie in Austin at the time. SRV used to ask for him when he needed a ride. Friend says he was always the same decent laid back guy wherever he went.
I think our man passed the sound check. I might be more impressed that the other band members were able to keep up. SRV looked like he just rolled out of bed, put on his duster and decided to go kick ass.
music was in Stevie's mind body and soul. he was one of a kind and the late great BB King said that he and Stevie hit it off from their first meeting and talked often and their relationship ended up being a Father and Son... if everyone loved one another like that this world would be a much better place.. Peace
Hey 6'5" Stevie stood a a tall 5'5"+/- But he walked 10' TALL. I saw him from the Front Row, Center stage, just 2 weeks before his untimely death. My Hearing has suffered from attending this show, but it was one of the Greatest Shows ever played in Cleveland, Ohio. That is saying a lot for this town.
BB King said SRV was the blackest white man he'd ever met🎶🎸🎵🎶🎸 His hands were huge which allowed for all that greatness!!🎶🎸 His mother said when he-was a little boy he slept with his first guitar🎸🎶
This could be a whole concert . It's that good. Love your reactions. They are so true. We just couldn't keep this goodness to ourselves . He had more to do. ✌️❤️🤘
Checking out his guitar, his back up guitar and his back up back up guitar. And if you watch close you see the base player checking his back up guitar. Nothing stops the show.
Wearing that coat was fire in its self but then add the guitar playing and its the whole package. Just amazing what a performer what a human being i know his spirit shines bright in heaven, you gave such a good reaction thank you spread the love.
I can;t believe you’ve not reacted to this until now. It’s so bad ass. SRV rolls out of bed, throws some odd cloths on, walk onto stage picks his nose then, sets the f’n world on fire.
Seen this video many times and always amazes me how he literally wakes up and starts jamming. He didn't know any other way, either you're playing or you're not. His wife said she's wake up at night and Stevie would be playing in his sleep. It was his whole life and it showed. We were so lucky to have him. May he rest in peace. SRV = THE G.O.A.T.
I saw a show on SRV and they said that Stevie played with bigger diameter strings than is usually used on an electric and the Action on the strings, distance between the strings and fret, is greater.... so imagine how strong your fingers need to be to play like him on his guitar.
During his way to short of time with us (RIP Stevie), he was a GOAT and was channeling God (or the Universe if you prefer) through his hands and his voice. He was unearthly (in every positive sense) in his music and spoke to our souls. He was truly amazing and his voice/soul is truly missed.
He had a God given talent and what a phenomenal artist it's to bad we lost this man so young....I saw him live and he was just a amazing entertainer and when I heard he passed I was so heartbroken along with everyone else...so much talent a legend gone forever
I have watched this, since I discovered it, 4-5 months ago, probably 30 times now, and I am amazed still every time. Yawning and wiping the sleep out of his eyes...
A friend of mine worked on the Don't Mess With Texas anti litter campaign produced by the State of Texas in the 80s when Stevie came in to do his spot ,my friend who played Guitar somehow talked Stevie into letting him try to play his SRV Stratocaster, I say tried to play because Stevie was using such a heavy gauge string set that he couldn't press most of the strings to the frett board. Stevie had a good laugh over it, My friend said that Stevie told him that his guitar was set up just like Hendrix's strat, Stevie even had the whammy bar on top, like Hendrix did, a product of Hendrix being left handed, but his father bought him his first guitar, used, and it was set up for a right handed player, and that's how Hendrix learned to play ,by flipping it around which put the Whammy on top.
Stevie never played for an audience. Stevie played to everyone what ever had the blues. Stevie opened his pores and let all the people what had the blues, pour out his body for those that never did, so they could understand just a little. Gone, too soon. RIP
Jamal, every summer we have a couple blues jams up here in the Midwest. There is a local one at a small venue in July, Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Blues Bash, or Dave and Howard's Birthday Bash. We have Reggae Fest too. Come do a live show. It's at the Trempealeau Hotel. Talk about walking back in time. It's on the Mississippi, and if you're lucky, the big riverboats cruise by. That's always fun waving to them. Sun setting over the Big Muddy, drinks, good food, Blues players, and lots of fun people dancing.
How could he wake up and play like this even though it was the end of his drug and alcohol battle? God blessed us with this beautiful soul. He's infamous. RIP SRV🎸
I put him in the Elvis catagory of beyond human...own style...kind & humble yet had alot to go thru from an early age...only difference was despite being seen as a genius at just 14!! Stevie somehow never got the break Elvis did then died in that awful accident as he was getting the recognition he deserved...he didnt have to practice as such coz he'd been jamming constantly from about 7! I think we are SO blessed that dispite his short commercial fame we have lots of video footage of Stevie or audio from age 14 onwards!! This recording is gold...and all when video was a rare thing to have back then. There is a great bittersweet story told on youtube about Stevies very 1st studio recording age 14...will put the links..defo worth watching 🙏❣ ruclips.net/video/PCl8mD04UBQ/видео.html ruclips.net/video/QfZgtpyFkl0/видео.html
They woke Stevie up out of a sound sleep and he steps right on stage, rubs the sleep away, and just blows the roof off with a Sound Check before the show!! I love this guy so damn much.
Love this, hilarious!!
His sound checks are better than most concerts lol
It's been over 32 years since his sudden passing, and I'm still not over it. 🎸💔
Right there with you brother!
There is no over to be had. We remain under the spell he cast🎶🎸💙. And he is still casting that net far and wide and thanks to great reactors like Jamel millions more discover him every year💯👏👋✌️
Nor should you be. The beauty of music is that it lives on, long after the artist is gone.
Amen to that🙏💙🎶🎸
You and me both brother!
Just imagine if Stevie Ray Vaughn was still alive to this day. He would be recieving the honors and respect he so clearly deserves.
It's funny because I've always known life without SRV so in my mind he doesn't age. But as a 27 years old looking at this dude who's probably in his early 30s it really makes me appreciate what he brought. Another iconic talent taken way too soon
This is what sealed him as the GOAT for me. Dude was probably asleep 45 mins ago and this was before he got clean so who knows what else was in his system and he just lays that down for a sound check.
The first time I saw him in person was in Nacogdoches Texas at a bar called the Crossroads in front of about 80 people. The last time was at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas opening for The Who in front of tens of thousands. He was a God!
I was at the Cotton Bowl that day when TN won, but I was a country music idiot and didn't appreciate his brilliance at that time. It's sad that it took his death to introduce his beautiful music and passion to me. Thank God for those who recorded his performances so our grandchildren can be exposed to truly great music we had once upon a time. May sweet Stevie always rest in peace.
At age 19 in 1978 I moved to Austin from the Dallas area. One night I walked into a bar on Guadelupe St. There was no crowd , no cover. I heard Jimi Hendrix playing a version of Third Stone From the Sun I had never heard before. I thought"at least the juke box in this dive is lit". Then I looked over at the little corner they used as a stage and there was a dude doing things to his guitar that would get you ten years in some states. It was over a year before his first album came out. After, I saw him every chance I got, and yes I still miss him. Thanks for this friend, I am a long time sub for you. Blessings.
great memory -- thanks for sharing. we all miss him.
Lucky dog.
He loved Jimi so much 😭
I first saw him a couple of times when I lived in Austin in the 70s at a small place called the ROME INN and Lou Ann Barton was singing. A while later, I went to one of Antone's many places when it was on Guadalupe. I went into the bathroom and I heard what I thought was Hendrix playing Voodoo Chile. Walked out and it was Stevie, minus Lou Ann (thank god). I knew then how great he was. The last time I saw him was in Dallas the year he died playing with Jeff Beck.
Yasss Antones on Guadalupe and Steamboat
Bench breaks...band comes back in exactly where they left off. Double Trouble was sooooo damn tight. I am so lucky to have seen them all live.
When people say they don’t know who SRV is I bring them to this sound check. It’s incredible. I don’t think there has ever been anyone more fluid with the guitar.
Also Jamal, Stevie would play so hard that his finger tips would split and he’d have to super glue them mid show to keep playing.
My partner went to his last concert. He wasn't even home yet before he got the news about the crash. Devastating. The world lost a real legend.
I was there monster of rock alpine valley
I was supposed to go to that concert but had to work. My most hated day of work ever!!!! Gone way way too soon.
I still can’t believe he’s not here! He lived down the street from my grandmother in Dallas! In Oak Cliff! We loved him! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The bucket is chuck full of the world’s elite talents.
Stevie has his own bucket.
Stevie had a 55 gallon drum ......
At Red Rocks back when you could go in at 11am for a 7pm show and party, he came out early afternoon and did the sound check for everyone. He is still the best ever.
That's f-in AWESOME. Would have loved to hear him bounce off the sides - yall must have gone nuts! Best venue in music.
It didn't matter if there was an audience or not He just absolutely loved to play.
Stevie Ray is just casually blazing on the guitar, no worries. 🎸🔥
Dallas/Fort Worth here, and I was in HS when he died. First period economics the next morning was spent with me, my good friend Michael, and Mr. Allard our teacher just listening to SRV. This man meant a lot to a whole lot if people. Amazing talent taken too soon.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Saw him in Dallas, early 80s, but I think I appreciate him more with this sound check. What an athlete of a musical talent! Living!!!
We saw him warm up for the Moody Blues at reunion arena
Its been a long time since Stevie left us and he still stand his ground. Its his title and no one seems to want it. He set the bar too high for anyone else.
When Stevie straps on that guitar he opens a window to his soul for all the world to experience. Smooth ! Thanks for keeping his music alive for the world
Can you IMAGINE just getting out of bed ( as you can tell he did ) and be able to play like this !! Simply Amazing !
This is just GREAT! This sound check is 100% better than other bands concert performances. SRV lives on forever. SRV and his band is the benchmark which all other bands should aspire to perform to this level. Jamel thanks for posting this video. Do you know what year and where this sound check was performed ?
Even his sound check, sounds better than 90% of the best bands out there now days.
Great band following his lead! But the mastery from guitar to guitar!!!
And never forget Double Trouble, who could just jump on that train as it went flying by without even ruffling their hair. And here I go, tearing up like every time...
Well said!
Thank you for this. His two fellow band members were also great talents, and helped him to create his sound. They provided the beat and the bottom which allowed SRV the freedom to soar into the heavens.
Oooooh LAWD!!!!
That sound is straight up SEXY❣️❣️❣️ALL THE WAY!!!
SRV was amazing then and now!
Brought the blues to an audience who would then follow him to the blues gods of the past.
I love when these reaction channels react to players who don’t get the recognition as much as they used to. SRV is the REAL DEAL! These are some of the only channels to cover Steve Marriott as well! 🔥🎸
In 1981, in the Houston Chronicle, there was an announcement that Stevie Ray Vaughan was to play at the Pub on the Rice University campus for FREE. I arrived in the small pub and grabbed the table in front of him and maybe Double Trouble.
In the Pub were about five pairs of people socializing with each other, two single students studying and the bartender. They were all oblivious to what was going on on the very small corner stage.
Lol great story...
You missed it, when they went over to Reese he was on the floor, his piano bench broke!
As many times as I've watched this video, I'd never noticed that the break in "Soul to Soul" was because Reese's seat broke! They brought over a road case for him to sit on, then fell right back into the song.
His clothing style was a cross between Elvis, Prince, and a Pimp!!! Gotta love him!! I used to go watch him play when he was a teenager in some of the rougher parts of Dallas!!
His soul, you can feel his damn depth of soul, and he's gone, and it's just sad.
Yeah man, Stevie was THAT good. His sound check was as good, or better than the show. RIP to best guitar player to ever walk the Earth.
@TEL'EGRAM 👉@Jamel_AKA_Jamal.. fuck you loser.
Stevie Ray was the most awesome man so humble you would have never thought he was famous
Had a friend who was a cabbie in Austin at the time. SRV used to ask for him when he needed a ride. Friend says he was always the same decent laid back guy wherever he went.
I think our man passed the sound check. I might be more impressed that the other band members were able to keep up. SRV looked like he just rolled out of bed, put on his duster and decided to go kick ass.
music was in Stevie's mind body and soul. he was one of a kind and the late great BB King said that he and Stevie hit it off from their first meeting and talked often and their relationship ended up being a Father and Son... if everyone loved one another like that this world would be a much better place.. Peace
That was cool!My first time seeing him warm up.Great idea for a reaction. Enjoyed and appreciate you!
I would have paid big bucks just to be there for This! I have seen many times and never gets old!
SRV was the real deal. Love your videos, man.
Hey 6'5" Stevie stood a a tall 5'5"+/- But he walked 10' TALL. I saw him from the Front Row, Center stage, just 2 weeks before his untimely death.
My Hearing has suffered from attending this show, but it was one of the Greatest Shows ever played in Cleveland, Ohio. That is saying a lot for this town.
Im glad I got to hear him live as a kid. Its what inspired me to pick up a guitar. There's never been anyone like him amd never will be. Gone to soon
Just a sound check. Infinite talent.
BB King said SRV was the blackest white man he'd ever met🎶🎸🎵🎶🎸 His hands were huge which allowed for all that greatness!!🎶🎸 His mother said when he-was a little boy he slept with his first guitar🎸🎶
You've got to show your brothers this one!
Only the blues can get up a thrill notch in music perfection.
Can never get enough of that man!
Legend has it that he once played until the calluses ripped off his fingers, then he just taped the calluses back on and kept playing. Legend.
Glue, not tape. He glue the skin on his fingers back.
Yep, glue. Can't play with tape on your fingers.
@@rockinredneck57 Stevie probably could. He is immortal.
This could be a whole concert . It's that good. Love your reactions. They are so true. We just couldn't keep this goodness to ourselves . He had more to do. ✌️❤️🤘
Checking out his guitar, his back up guitar and his back up back up guitar. And if you watch close you see the base player checking his back up guitar. Nothing stops the show.
This was just before a 2hr concert mind you!! @13:45 SRV took the blues to another level!!
His soundcheck was better than most bands full music set
We not gonna mention the band knowing what he wants them to do?... Priceless
looks like he just rolled outta bed! 😂
The man wasn’t even freaking trying and he was killing it!!!
He was AMAZING live..and that was after just hearing Jeff Healy and Jeff Beck at the same show, there was no comparison. I was completely mesmerized..
The greatest blues guitarist to ever walk this earth. R.I.P. SRV!
to Us mere mortals, this is Mindblowing, for Stevie was a day in the life, no big deal...lol
Wearing that coat was fire in its self but then add the guitar playing and its the whole package. Just amazing what a performer what a human being i know his spirit shines bright in heaven, you gave such a good reaction thank you spread the love.
Rolls out of bed on the bus. Straps his guitar on. Yawns. Picks a booger . Then awesomeness 🔥
Legend !! That's all... The Greatest !!
I’m digging the new format. Reinvention is bristling creativity!
i was 12 when i found SRV an Jimmy Vaughan with the Fabulous Thunderbirds.. No one plays like SRV
I can;t believe you’ve not reacted to this until now. It’s so bad ass. SRV rolls out of bed, throws some odd cloths on, walk onto stage picks his nose then, sets the f’n world on fire.
Seen this video many times and always amazes me how he literally wakes up and starts jamming. He didn't know any other way, either you're playing or you're not. His wife said she's wake up at night and Stevie would be playing in his sleep. It was his whole life and it showed. We were so lucky to have him. May he rest in peace.
SRV = THE G.O.A.T.
I saw a show on SRV and they said that Stevie played with bigger diameter strings than is usually used on an electric and the Action on the strings, distance between the strings and fret, is greater.... so imagine how strong your fingers need to be to play like him on his guitar.
His sound checks were better than most artists entire show srv was and still the one and only GOAT !
One of a kind , absolutely incredible !!
During his way to short of time with us (RIP Stevie), he was a GOAT and was channeling God (or the Universe if you prefer) through his hands and his voice. He was unearthly (in every positive sense) in his music and spoke to our souls. He was truly amazing and his voice/soul is truly missed.
So glad I got to see him warm up for the Moody Blues. Justin Hayward is an underrated player too.
Thanks. It was fun seeing someone's mind blown for the first time...and having mine blown by SRV all over again.
👍😎 Heard Buddy Guy use this line, fits it. “So Funky You Can Smell It”
You can feel it. He put his heart and soul in everything he recorded. 🎸🎼🎶
❤ it! SRV will forever with amazing music! 😊
He had a God given talent and what a phenomenal artist it's to bad we lost this man so young....I saw him live and he was just a amazing entertainer and when I heard he passed I was so heartbroken along with everyone else...so much talent a legend gone forever
Stevie was just another level ...
I have watched this, since I discovered it, 4-5 months ago, probably 30 times now, and I am amazed still every time. Yawning and wiping the sleep out of his eyes...
Double Trouble, so tight. One of the best walking baselines ever. Someone asked Stevie where he got his clothes, he said, truck stops mostly. lol
A friend of mine worked on the Don't Mess With Texas anti litter campaign produced by the State of Texas in the 80s when Stevie came in to do his spot ,my friend who played Guitar somehow talked Stevie into letting him try to play his SRV Stratocaster, I say tried to play because Stevie was using such a heavy gauge string set that he couldn't press most of the strings to the frett board. Stevie had a good laugh over it, My friend said that Stevie told him that his guitar was set up just like Hendrix's strat, Stevie even had the whammy bar on top, like Hendrix did, a product of Hendrix being left handed, but his father bought him his first guitar, used, and it was set up for a right handed player, and that's how Hendrix learned to play ,by flipping it around which put the Whammy on top.
SRV WAS the blues incarnate ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
That’s incredible playing ❤
Man and Guitar became One.
Stevie never played for an audience. Stevie played to everyone what ever had the blues.
Stevie opened his pores and let all the people what had the blues, pour out his body for those that never did, so they could understand just a little.
Gone, too soon.
RIP
Guy gave the greatest show of most peoples careers to a bunch of roadies, sound guys, and maybe an usher or 2 cleaning up
You must've had this little gem stashed away for the perfect time to post it! Thanks...this was crazy good!
Jamal, every summer we have a couple blues jams up here in the Midwest.
There is a local one at a small venue in July, Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Blues Bash, or Dave and Howard's Birthday Bash. We have Reggae Fest too. Come do a live show.
It's at the Trempealeau Hotel. Talk about walking back in time. It's on the Mississippi, and if you're lucky, the big riverboats cruise by. That's always fun waving to them.
Sun setting over the Big Muddy, drinks, good food, Blues players, and lots of fun people dancing.
The song he's playing is 'Mary had a little lamb' it's one of his classic takes on a old hymn
Miss him every day.
That shirt, Gijoe used to be on when I got home from school.
Reese Wynans........often overlooked . Such a great addition to Double Trouble
Wild man could play the keys
He was a beast
Go, Go, Gadget... Left Hand lightning speed... GO!
Best sound check ever.
Just thank you play the night before they set up to do a sound-check he rolls out of bed and this is what he does it's like a mini concert
How could he wake up and play like this even though it was the end of his drug and alcohol battle? God blessed us with this beautiful soul. He's infamous. RIP SRV🎸
I just want to thank whoever recorded this
That guitar is as natural to Stevie as breathing. Still half asleep, he's better than 99.99% of other players.
One of the greatest.
I like how he uses different guitars for different moods
Stevie isn't dead. He will live forever!
I put him in the Elvis catagory of beyond human...own style...kind & humble yet had alot to go thru from an early age...only difference was despite being seen as a genius at just 14!! Stevie somehow never got the break Elvis did then died in that awful accident as he was getting the recognition he deserved...he didnt have to practice as such coz he'd been jamming constantly from about 7! I think we are SO blessed that dispite his short commercial fame we have lots of video footage of Stevie or audio from age 14 onwards!! This recording is gold...and all when video was a rare thing to have back then.
There is a great bittersweet story told on youtube about Stevies very 1st studio recording age 14...will put the links..defo worth watching 🙏❣
ruclips.net/video/PCl8mD04UBQ/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/QfZgtpyFkl0/видео.html
Must be nice to play around and still be great