I cannot watch this interview without tears running down my face every time and I never even knew this man. (November 2024) His influence, drive for perfection, spirituality, decency, humbleness, sweetness and charisma was so real you could feel it. R.I.P. Beautiful Bluesman ❤
I'm 47 yrs old and I've played guitar since age 10. I was a MASSIVE Stevie fan. I learned the entire Texas Flood album note for note at around age 15. In 1990, I was painting for a living. One day my boss and coworkers left and I was alone in an empty warehouse pre painting baseboards & listening to the radio. Out of nowhere it starting storming. The very next song that came on was "Willie the Wimp" and I thought, "Man, they never play that one on the radio". When the song was finished, the DJ said, "For those of you who havent heard, S.R.V. was killed early this morning in a helicopter crash...". It felt like someone punched me in the gut. I just rem walking outside and pacing back and forth in the rain crying for probably half an hour. I'll never forget that day. That was kind of my "day the music died". But, he's with God now and much of his spirit is in the music he left us. (Take your place indeed Brother!)
omg. me too! i'm a painter also and remember coming back from bow hunting and hearing the news also. willie the wimp was at one point one of my favorite and could never understand why we never heard it on the radio. i feel like we are brothers. thats wat stevie did to all of us. made us feel like family!
I was on vacation that week. I woke up early and started a painting project at home. By 7 AM all the walls were sanded and I was back from the paint store. The plan was to listen to the Eric Clapton box set while I was painting. About two or three songs into disc 1 my sister called me and told me she was so sorry and I asked about what then she told me. I just turned everything off and painted in silence.
1 thing i noticed in all of Stevie's interviews wether he was on something or sober he always had a calm cool demeanor. Always had a smile on his face, and anytime someone was telling him how great he was he was kind of shy about it and would direct the attention to his heroes. I agree with Tommy when he said he wished everyone got to know Stevie.
Very special to hear each of these gentlemen immortalize SRV, and rightly so. You could sense the love of playing together with Stevie as they spoke. What a privilege it must have been to play and hang with the Great SRV. Thank you for this post. 🎸❤️
I got a chance to meet Tommy, Stevie , Chris , and Cutter when they were playing at Harlings Upstairs in Kansas City on July 3 rd and I don't remember the year but they didn't have a record contract yet, I invited them to come over to my home the next day and they showed up and we had a great time, they were all wonderful guys and they stayed the day, we had BBQ , then shot off fireworks, it was a great day, God Bless them and keep Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton safe, RIP, Stevie and Denny and Cutter
He must have been a truly beautiful person to still have friends so loyal and loving after he left has left this earth. I wish I had been able to see him play, but at least we still have this incredible gift of music he left us. Thank you Stevie Ray Vaughan.
I grew up in TX and my pop got me into SRV. I was just a little kid when I found out he died. If I watch stuff like this, I feel like that sad kid again who lost a brother or friend. I wasn't even 10 years of age and it still feels like an angel passed.
There hasnt been another musician/singer to come along and touch my soul the way stevie ray did and still does. and always will. he was he is and always will be the best there ever was imo. miss him and will see him above
They were brothers that loved each other and not only that but went through struggles, addiction, sobriety, success and by the end of it all were still kindred spirits and didn't hate each other. Bands that become successful and not only that but just bands in general are ALWAYS on the verge of breaking up all the time. These 3 (eventually 4) guys not only loved each other at the end but had a deeper understanding of who they were as individuals and who they were together and never once thought of breaking up. It's the rarest thing and those men were truly blessed by God. Sobriety usually kills a band more than anything but sobriety brought these men together in a way we'll never understand
Bruceolee I always believed Chris was a BLOOD relative. He and Stevie resemble each other even a little more than Stevie and Jimmie. But, you couldn't have said it better. Not only has anyone been able to match the TALENT of Double Trouble, there has been NOBODY to even come close to matching the HEART of this band.
That band had a kindred spirit and love for 1 another, i think that's why that band was so powerfull and soulfull. Chris said SRV never had a setlist and just played what he felt at the time not to mention the songs were never played the exact way twice yet they all sounded like they rehersed every show. My heart hurts that he died way too soon, he had so much more to give us.
There was something uniquely spiritual about Stevie’s music. I have never felt this kind of connection to any other musician and I have been a music lover for many years. I do think there was no ego in the group. It was all about making incredible music together and really loving and respecting each other. I have read two of the biographies about Stevie and the best parts in both of them are what Chris , Tommy and Reese have said about their remarkably talented friend. Thank you guys for letting those of us who love Stevie and the fabulous music you made together see the love that was there. God bless you all. So thankful for what your music with Stevie has meant in my life.❤️
What an honest soul Chris layton is so genuine about his experince with SRV ! It's good to see such a transparent Love for his friend that He misses ! Everyone idetified with SRV the guitar player but Chris and Tommy knew Him as a person seperate from guitar Identity .
So interesting about the dream. The night he died I had a dream I was sitting in a big white room all by myself.. There was this guy on stage playing guitar like I had never heard before!, I asked him why I was the only one there and he said he wouldnt be coming back but coukd I pass his music on to others. The weird thing is at that time I had no idea who SRV was! Never saw a picture of him or heard his music etc.. It wasnt till the next day after I heard about the crash on the news that I checked out one of his Cds and almost fainted to see that the man on the cover was the same person in my dream.. I have never forgot the dream. it inspired me to put a band together in my fourties playing his music... Not a day goes by that I dont think about the dream!
Great insight... I love Stevie's music and playing. If I would have been in his band and I were to be interviewed I just don't know how I would keep it together. I remember I worked nights when Stevie died and I was at my apartment while my girlfriend at the time worked days at a bank.. I was still awake cause I couldn't sleep and the news came on about Stevie... Phone rang and my girlfriend told me "hey baby I'm sorry..Stevie Ray Vaughan is dead"... I was in shock ! She said are you all right?...I said yeah...but I really wasn't....that was August 27, 1990. Girlfriend is gone but Stevie is still right here everyday in my Texas heart.
Losing Stevie Ray Vaughan, was so traumatic for all of us that loved him. For Jimmie, Chris, Tommy and Reece, it must have been gut wrenching pain. I hope God has helped y'all heal.
Its amazing how some people can make a huge impact on you!! You hear the band talk about how they miss him so much and dream about him to this day! Same with Cliff Burton of Metallica. Those guys still talk and dream about Cliff!! Amazing
I really truley believe that Stevie had tapped into something so spiritual, as Tommy said they were seeking it. But its the dreams that make me think that, not just Chris's dream of Stevie but I also have heard Stevie had a dream the night before Alpine where he was at his own funeral and saw 1000s of Mourners, and was very scared but also at peace. 24 hours later he was gone and there are a lot of people, his band mates included thats said they could see an Aura halo around Stevies head that night and no matter where you moved it was still there so it wasnt the lights. This was some stuff Ive read out the book that came out recently on him packed full of interviews of all who where closest to him. I believe in getting clean and Sober, helping 100s if not 1000s get clean and sober with him and through prayer and spiritual walk its like he finally got the key to life and he would say it at his shows "to love each other and help each other." So his time had come. He learned what he needed to learn and fought off his demons. Just wish he could have had more time. I wasnt born when SRV was around or when he died but he has had such a profound deep impact on my life that I get emotional sometimes hearing him or talking about him. He is like my older brother that I never got to know.
It's the inability to accept that somebody that great could be wiped out by something so idiotic. Humans aren't good at coming to terms with those things.
Stevie wasn’t supposed to be on the helicopter. This is why you don’t cater to insecurity to a needy girlfriend or partner. A healthy relationship means sometimes not being together 24/7. AA should have covered that...
Chris said he always found it strange how he took off like he did. SRV just saying “I have to go”. Why? Was that gold digger giving him a hard time? He could have called from where he was. Something is concerning about that. Chris then tells his dream and the last thing Stevie said was “I have to go”. I think that’s how much it was off to him. After such a huge event, he had to run off like that? That *girl* he was with tried to sue his brother and mother to get part of his estate. wtf! Who does that. SRV would have finally realized what a coy, manipulative, selfish gd she was. He adored his brother and mother.The audacity of this person. She wasn’t his wife. She’s the youngest gold digger I’ve ever heard of.
I cannot watch this interview without tears running down my face every time and I never even knew this man. (November 2024)
His influence, drive for perfection, spirituality, decency, humbleness, sweetness and charisma was so real you could feel it.
R.I.P. Beautiful Bluesman ❤
I'm 47 yrs old and I've played guitar since age 10. I was a MASSIVE Stevie fan. I learned the entire Texas Flood album note for note at around age 15. In 1990, I was painting for a living. One day my boss and coworkers left and I was alone in an empty warehouse pre painting baseboards & listening to the radio. Out of nowhere it starting storming. The very next song that came on was "Willie the Wimp" and I thought, "Man, they never play that one on the radio". When the song was finished, the DJ said, "For those of you who havent heard, S.R.V. was killed early this morning in a helicopter crash...". It felt like someone punched me in the gut. I just rem walking outside and pacing back and forth in the rain crying for probably half an hour. I'll never forget that day. That was kind of my "day the music died". But, he's with God now and much of his spirit is in the music he left us. (Take your place indeed Brother!)
omg. me too! i'm a painter also and remember coming back from bow hunting and hearing the news also. willie the wimp was at one point one of my favorite and could never understand why we never heard it on the radio. i feel like we are brothers. thats wat stevie did to all of us. made us feel like family!
I was on vacation that week. I woke up early and started a painting project at home. By 7 AM all the walls were sanded and I was back from the paint store. The plan was to listen to the Eric Clapton box set while I was painting. About two or three songs into disc 1 my sister called me and told me she was so sorry and I asked about what then she told me. I just turned everything off and painted in silence.
@@keitheedwards5994 love your story----the silence was a tribute of honor and reverence.
Great share
@@TheseStars Cheers!
1 thing i noticed in all of Stevie's interviews wether he was on something or sober he always had a calm cool demeanor. Always had a smile on his face, and anytime someone was telling him how great he was he was kind of shy about it and would direct the attention to his heroes. I agree with Tommy when he said he wished everyone got to know Stevie.
Everytime when I listen to chris dream, I wants to cry, RIP SRV !
yeah that hurt
I love learning about this dream today ... it was Steven helping him move past the lost.
Crazy part is I've had dreams like this... And I can picture Chris's dream... Make me wanna cry too 😔
Very special to hear each of these gentlemen immortalize SRV, and rightly so. You could sense the love of playing together with Stevie as they spoke. What a privilege it must have been to play and hang with the Great SRV. Thank you for this post. 🎸❤️
Chris and Tommy I love you guys...... Rip Stevie
I got a chance to meet Tommy, Stevie , Chris , and Cutter when they were playing at Harlings Upstairs in Kansas City on July 3 rd and I don't remember the year but they didn't have a record contract yet, I invited them to come over to my home the next day and they showed up and we had a great time, they were all wonderful guys and they stayed the day, we had BBQ , then shot off fireworks, it was a great day, God Bless them and keep Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton safe, RIP, Stevie and Denny and Cutter
He must have been a truly beautiful person to still have friends so loyal and loving after he left has left this earth. I wish I had been able to see him play, but at least we still have this incredible gift of music he left us. Thank you Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Janis on vocals, Bohnam on drums, Stevie playin the guitar, Lennon writing songs, they must have an amazing band up there somewhere.
Anyone else have tears in theirs eyes?
Yes,
So goddamn sad
Nope smiles the dream story was great
Yes, especially when Shannon says, “wherever you are at, little brother, I love you”
I grew up in TX and my pop got me into SRV. I was just a little kid when I found out he died. If I watch stuff like this, I feel like that sad kid again who lost a brother or friend. I wasn't even 10 years of age and it still feels like an angel passed.
These guys were and are still wonderful, loyal friends to Stevie. They are THE BEST!!!
There hasnt been another musician/singer to come along and touch my soul the way stevie ray did and still does. and always will. he was he is and always will be the best there ever was imo. miss him and will see him above
The dream Chris had, it was not a dream, it was a visitation......
Wow!
Yeah you don't know that but it was a cool ass dream had me smiling
They were brothers that loved each other and not only that but went through struggles, addiction, sobriety, success and by the end of it all were still kindred spirits and didn't hate each other. Bands that become successful and not only that but just bands in general are ALWAYS on the verge of breaking up all the time. These 3 (eventually 4) guys not only loved each other at the end but had a deeper understanding of who they were as individuals and who they were together and never once thought of breaking up. It's the rarest thing and those men were truly blessed by God. Sobriety usually kills a band more than anything but sobriety brought these men together in a way we'll never understand
Bruceolee I always believed Chris was a BLOOD relative. He and Stevie resemble each other even a little more than Stevie and Jimmie. But, you couldn't have said it better. Not only has anyone been able to match the TALENT of Double Trouble, there has been NOBODY to even come close to matching the HEART of this band.
That band had a kindred spirit and love for 1 another, i think that's why that band was so powerfull and soulfull. Chris said SRV never had a setlist and just played what he felt at the time not to mention the songs were never played the exact way twice yet they all sounded like they rehersed every show. My heart hurts that he died way too soon, he had so much more to give us.
There was something uniquely spiritual about Stevie’s music. I have never felt this kind of connection to any other musician and I have been a music lover for many years. I do think there was no ego in the group. It was all about making incredible music together and really loving and respecting each other. I have read two of the biographies about Stevie and the best parts in both of them are what Chris , Tommy and Reese have said about their remarkably talented friend. Thank you guys for letting those of us who love Stevie and the fabulous music you made together see the love that was there. God bless you all. So thankful for what your music with Stevie has meant in my life.❤️
@Jason-wo5rr Beautifully and perfectly said Jason. I could not agree with you more.
Gone but never forgotten, that's for sure. Very touching.
Everytime I'm in the Hill Country of Texas I feel Stevie's presence, like he's just gonna show up at any time. Gone way too soon RIP SRV
Try living where he is from
😢if I had been in Chris' place & woke up after a dream like that, I would have been bawling.😭💔 This interview makes me so sad.
What an honest soul Chris layton is so genuine about his experince with SRV ! It's good to see such a transparent Love for his friend that He misses ! Everyone idetified with SRV the guitar player but Chris and Tommy knew Him as a person seperate from guitar Identity .
As a young man I had the honor of doing an SRV tribute, a total labor of love.
omg...this almost made me cry...especially about Chris' dream...
So interesting about the dream. The night he died I had a dream I was sitting in a big white room all by myself.. There was this guy on stage playing guitar like I had never heard before!, I asked him why I was the only one there and he said he wouldnt be coming back but coukd I pass his music on to others. The weird thing is at that time I had no idea who SRV was! Never saw a picture of him or heard his music etc.. It wasnt till the next day after I heard about the crash on the news that I checked out one of his Cds and almost fainted to see that the man on the cover was the same person in my dream.. I have never forgot the dream. it inspired me to put a band together in my fourties playing his music... Not a day goes by that I dont think about the dream!
Great insight... I love Stevie's music and playing. If I would have been in his band and I were to be interviewed I just don't know how I would keep it together.
I remember I worked nights when Stevie died and I was at my apartment while my girlfriend at the time worked days at a bank.. I was still awake cause I couldn't sleep and the news came on about Stevie... Phone rang and my girlfriend told me "hey baby I'm sorry..Stevie Ray Vaughan is dead"... I was in shock ! She said are you all right?...I said yeah...but I really wasn't....that was August 27, 1990. Girlfriend is gone but Stevie is still right here everyday in my Texas heart.
What a dream Chris. Wow, little scary but dreams are just so weird sometimes.
It was a horrible thing but im so glad we ever had him at all he made the blues front and center 💙 God blessed SRV
I don't believe that was just a dream.. He cam to back to visit you..
He was so loved....
SRV & DT Forever 👍👏💯
i cant lie, i cried at that last part where chris tells the story
Tommy has the world's loudest jacket! (Leather crackling) 🫶
Losing Stevie Ray Vaughan, was so traumatic for all of us that loved him. For Jimmie, Chris, Tommy and Reece, it must have been gut wrenching pain. I hope God has helped y'all heal.
man, that's.... that's deep, in this case I'd like to belive it was really him in that dream. awesome... hope I get to meet him in the afterlife :)
Me too!
What can I say... you gotta do what you love, be it music or raising a family or whatever, and just do it as honestly as you can like SRV did.
How did I miss these interviews? .thanks. .
Stevie's band is so sincere about their friend, such a loyal band. He probably was great in person.
Josh Armoogam yea man, that's why they were so damn good
Stevie was loyal as well. He could have toured with Bowie, and he stuck it out with his band. That shows character!!
Beautiful memories, that nearly brought me to tears. ok, to be honest, I did spill a few.
Wow. That was beautiful.
Its amazing how some people can make a huge impact on you!! You hear the band talk about how they miss him so much and dream about him to this day! Same with Cliff Burton of Metallica. Those guys still talk and dream about Cliff!! Amazing
Do they regularly go there? I'd like to meet them. Cool guys.
that is so deep i dnt even no wat to say... i believe it....man im just shocked that i s wonderful
Stevie's dream about his seeing his own funeral just leaves me so tearful feeling
Wow ❤
When I see a Stevie Ray Vaughn picture, there’s a similarity to that Billy the Kid picture floating around...and vice versa...
So touching
I really truley believe that Stevie had tapped into something so spiritual, as Tommy said they were seeking it. But its the dreams that make me think that, not just Chris's dream of Stevie but I also have heard Stevie had a dream the night before Alpine where he was at his own funeral and saw 1000s of Mourners, and was very scared but also at peace. 24 hours later he was gone and there are a lot of people, his band mates included thats said they could see an Aura halo around Stevies head that night and no matter where you moved it was still there so it wasnt the lights. This was some stuff Ive read out the book that came out recently on him packed full of interviews of all who where closest to him. I believe in getting clean and Sober, helping 100s if not 1000s get clean and sober with him and through prayer and spiritual walk its like he finally got the key to life and he would say it at his shows "to love each other and help each other." So his time had come. He learned what he needed to learn and fought off his demons. Just wish he could have had more time. I wasnt born when SRV was around or when he died but he has had such a profound deep impact on my life that I get emotional sometimes hearing him or talking about him. He is like my older brother that I never got to know.
thanks for posting
Wow, that dream at the end with Chris… that’s intense
❤❤❤
Seriously im shakin!
Something in the bones of me feels very uneasy about how he died. I can't put my finger on it.
I'm glad I'm not the only one... feels like there was a hit on him or something. Just wrong & unsettling.
@Hard News TV 2 did he? It *was* his spot on the helicopter after all... have some info for us?
@Hard News TV 2 hmm. I'll have to watch that. Thanks.
It's the inability to accept that somebody that great could be wiped out by something so idiotic. Humans aren't good at coming to terms with those things.
@@Twotontessie I don't think that's the case here...it was idiotic, yes, but it just feels...unsettling. Can't describe it.
that's a trip atleast its real it not corporate or anything ...thanks for being strong and speaking your mind guys
tears :''''''(
=( sad interview r.i.p. STV
Moving....Life without you ..snif
me and the boys
creepy dream Chris had
Stevie wasn’t supposed to be on the helicopter. This is why you don’t cater to insecurity to a needy girlfriend or partner. A healthy relationship means sometimes not being together 24/7. AA should have covered that...
What year was this interview done?
4:50
Chris said he always found it strange how he took off like he did. SRV just saying “I have to go”. Why? Was that gold digger giving him a hard time? He could have called from where he was. Something is concerning about that. Chris then tells his dream and the last thing Stevie said was “I have to go”. I think that’s how much it was off to him. After such a huge event, he had to run off like that? That *girl* he was with tried to sue his brother and mother to get part of his estate. wtf! Who does that. SRV would have finally realized what a coy, manipulative, selfish gd she was. He adored his brother and mother.The audacity of this person. She wasn’t his wife. She’s the youngest gold digger I’ve ever heard of.
An 8 min video? That's illegal.
Destiny told him to go to Chicago!