Live at the Regal.. says , it all.. greatness.. no, need dis like more, energy..I promise you if bb could play that fast he would have.. also, I love bb but , let’s say truth.. bb got his licks form Albert king.. Srv got his from Hendrix.. So , it goes .. passed on Music.. Just, know bb will always be my favorite
I think if you’re wanting to hear one of these songs in some orderly fashion SRV is the wrong one to listen to. He only has the bass and drums to accompany him to let him know there are people around.
Clapton on SRV: ""We played on the same bill on his last two gigs. On the first night, I watched his set for about half an hour and then I had to leave because I couldn't handle it," Clapton admitted years later. "I knew enough to know that his playing was just going to get better and better. His set had started, he was like two or three songs in, and I suddenly got this flash that I'd experienced before so many times whenever I'd seen him play, which was that he was like a channel. One of the purest channels I've ever seen, where everything he sang and played flowed straight down from heaven. Almost like one of those mystic Sufi guys with one finger pointing up and one finger down. That's what it was like to listen to. And I had to leave just to preserve some kind of sanity or confidence in myself." "
@@philstone3859 WAYYYYY back in the mid or early 80s, when they used to have Concerts down on the Pier in NY, next to The Intrepid on the West Side of Manhattan, I saw SRV and Double Trouble play, and the Opening Band was Stevies older brother, Jimmy Vaughn (who still plays at a lot of Claptons Crossroads Festivals, and more recently, opened for Clapton at Madison Square Garden on his '17 Tour. At a point in Stevie's show, they took an "Intermission" which really was just a 5 minute break for the band to clear the stage, then a roadie came out and just set up a folding chair, center stage. Stevie comes out with a Double Neck and sits down, bullshits with the crowd a bit, and then just started jamming. Anyone who's seen SRV knows that when he gets going, he just tears it up... Well, a little time passes, and Jimmy, his brother, walks out on Stage. He walks up to Stevie, looks at him, looks at the crowd, walks around to Stevies left, looks at him again, looks back at the crowd and starts waving his hands saying like "Check out my Brother tearin it up...the crowd starts getting louder, screaming to Stevie, and Jimmy walks behind Stevie, looks at the crowd again, leans OVER Stevie, and starts playing the exact same jam on the upper neck of the guitar. Now Stevie is legendary, but don't sell Jimmy short, that man can PLAY. So the two of them just start shredding this absolutely unreal jam, guitar dueling back and forth, and just straight up all out jamming. Needless to say, the crowd went insane. I've seen God only knows how many different bands and countless shows over the decades. Seen all the "Legends" and Guitar "Gods" going back into the 70s. Here we are at the end of 2020, almost 40 years after seeing that show on The Pier. I just think it's such a testament to how incredibly phenomenal Stevie was that, and every other time I've seen him. But to specifically remember a Guitar "Duel" Solo, a chunk of time from like 37 years ago like it was yesterday, speaks VOLUMES about the level of TOP SHELF TALENT that graced the Stage, and the night. He was just SO incredible. If you know guitarists, you obviously know Jimi Hendrix, a man who was doing things with a guitar that had the best of the best just standing there in disbelief. Even Jimi's roadies saw him do things with a guitar that had them baffled... They just couldn't even comprehend or even process what they saw and heard. Clapton is truly in a league of his own, hell, they were running around London in the 60s painting "Clapton is God" in any wall they could find. And back then when Jimi asked if he could join Clapton and jam, even Clapton said he really was intimidated by Jimi's playing. CLAPTON WAS INTIMIDATED BY HENDRIX...Ok...understandable even for Clapton to say. And then a couple decades later, here's Stevie Ray. Arguably on par with Hendrix, which is no easy task. Just think...how many times have you been in the car and the radio is on and you hear what (or Who) you think is Hendrix, cause that sound is unmistakable. And then when the artist starts to sing and you realize it's NOT Hendrix, it's Stevie, you realize how incredible he truly was. Can you imagine how incredible it would be if Jimi hasn't passed away, and if Stevie wasn't in that Chopper crash, and they were both on Stage TOGETHER ???? 1983, Madison Square Garden, ARMS Tour benefit for Ronnie Lane. Aside from all the other world class musicians, seeing Jimmy Page take the Stage to play Stairway by himself, and halfway thru, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck walk onstage and play it with him. Has there EVER been another time that all three lead guitarists for The Yardbirds have been on Stage together, playing what is arguably one of, if not THE BEST ROCK SONG EVER ? You just don't see that every day. That's why I went back the Following night to scalp a ticket and see it again. And the Finale, with almost 3 DOZEN of the greatest musicians in the WORLD all playing together. So unforgettable, I'm reliving it here, now, 37 years later. Truly Incredible 💯🔥✔👌✌
Julian Hoenig , damn! The time I saw STEVIE was a blues fest off Town lake in Austin. The Fabulous Thunderbirds were on the bill with several other bands. Yeah, it’s hard to describe to people who weren’t there because words fail to do it justice. Your thing sounds pretty epic. I was at Mudstock ‘94 and the only thing I thought at the time that would really be appropriate was if STEVIE RAY came out to close the festival by playing the Star Spangled Banner. I would have died happy after that. One of my best thoughts ever.
@@philstone3859 In TRUE Jimi Hendrix style !!! A lotta people don't even know that because of all the rain delays and the NY State Thruway being closed, Jimi actually didn't take the Stage until Monday morning...or so I've been told.
Thats true but you don't need to read music to play guitar. It really doesnt translate well to a guitar like a piano or even horns and other non fretted string instruments like cellos and violins. It's why somewhere along the line they created tablature. Not they they ever used it. I don't know. They were definitely speacial. Of you can come up with all the great music they both created ot might have been a blessing. Let the recording company pay someone to transcribe it.
@@cajuncoonass5053 if i can hear the music with the tabs it's easier to get the feel but it is easier to do your own stuff. I just don't have the musicality to come up with great licks and scores. Just chords and scales. If i was really any good at it I wouldn't be writing this.
@@brianstoltz2838 most musicians know how to read music. I said it was crazy that they didn't and how they expressed their art in a way that conventional artists never could, you're not really making any point so just relax.
December 28, 1987 was the Reno show during SVR's Live Alive Tour where my Dad took me to see SVR in concert. I was 16 and had no idea who SVR was before the concert. I didn't want to go at first which upset my Dad but after a few days of a guilt trip I decided I would go to the concert. After the concert, I became a fan of SVR. I was so grateful to my Dad for sharing such a great experience a father and son would be able to talk about for years. We planned on going to the next SVR concert if he had a tour date in Reno. Sadly, SVR was killed in a helicopter crash less than two years later after the Reno concert in 1987. I never attended another concert with my Dad. We would go to basketball and football games for the Nevada Wolf Pack but it wasn't the same as the SVR concert.
I was at Stevie Ray Vaughn's last concert the night his helicopter crashed after the show at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin August 26th 1990. I remember leaving the concert and saying to myself that if SRV was ever in my area again I wouldn't miss him. The lineup was Eric Clapton, SRV, Robert Cray and Buddy Guy.
oh my Gosh! you've found the G.O.A.T.! SRV RIP brother! 1. he played the heaviest strings available 2. Voodoo Child is Jimmie Hendrix cover/ SRV was a huge fan 3. the wawa pedal he''s using belonged to Hendrix and was a gift to him from the Hendrix fam 4. Never had a lesson, never read music. Self taught AND there is so much more to this amazing GOAT....
Actually the pedal was a gift to his brother who opened for Hendrix. But, as all things brotherly....well. He has it back now and it's displayed with #1. Only seems fitting.
He isn’t the only one. We’re all over Tx. Checkout Chris Duarte , and myself , there’s , Zak Tate , and Zak Perry , and many others even just in the H town area. Personally I use very heavy custom strings. I use a 62’ Morley power wah (120 v pedal ) in conjunction with an Original Cry Baby for Phase modulation. I’ve never had a lesson ,started at 3 (I’m 52 now) play strictly by ear. Usually on the fly (no rehearsals ) , can’t read music , play almost any genera and much more. I think Steve Tyler said it best : “ We aren’t any better than the other guys , in fact many of them are incredible artist . We just got lucky and made it .” So I guess what I’m saying is Real Texas Blues (Southernfried Rock ) didn’t die with SRV , It just fell back into obscurity.. It’s time to bring it back. Support your local establishments and your local Musicians. It’s time to get America back on track ... 🤠🎸🎶🙏✌️🇺🇸
Natemares So years ago I worked (very low on the totem pole ) with SRV. The scuttle-but was : he played 13’s until he played with BB . Who looked at SRV and said : “Boy, why you workin so hard ??. “ I want to say BB played 8’s . Stevie took his advise and went to a lighter gage. That’s the story told around the pit. I personally use custom GHS Burnished Nickel Sizes 10/14/18/26/38/50 Rock on. 🤠🎸🎶🙏✌️
I'm 60 years old I've been listening to Stevie Ray Vaughan for over 30 years and I'm glad young guys like you can appreciate the music we had in the 80s I love watching your stuff and keep up the good work buddy doing fine
Roland Hansen me too! He was the best I’ve ever seen. I still love the memory of teaching my son guitar, and deciding to play a few videos for him. After 2 minutes, my son just turns to look at me with a look of awe on his face and shaking his head!! I was like, yeahhhh dude! This man was phenomenal! RIP SRV!
Stevie was ultra-rare. A player who doesn't just play the notes, but plays what he feels at that particular moment in time. He knew guitar that well - what he felt, he could play. He never played this song the same way twice. He was that brilliant, that rare. Long live SRV
Yeah he felt everything he played. For sure one of a kind.l really miss him his music 🎵 and this world could use a person like Stevie The man spread love which l wish peace on earth would happen to this planet.
Stevie had fingers so strong he regularly broke extra thick strings. He was the best , he still IS the best. He could play anything and in my opinion is untouchable. RIP SRV....
@@mrmoola3970 His solo in "Cult of personality" is known as one of the most difficult to transcribe. I've yet to see anyone play it spot-on. Vernon is definitely an underrated genius.
GREATEST. GUITARIST. EVER. PERIOD. And he couldn't read sheet music either. He just played from his heart and soul. And when he was killed in a helicopter crash 20 miles from my home, I cried like a baby. RIP Stevie.
Everyone playing that night said that was SRVs "moment".. Sober floating across the stage with BB Clapton etc saying let him close the show. What a final statement huh? Growing up in Dallas was a cool gift of being around him. His gravesite at Laurel Land has a vibe floating that's indescribable...
I opted to see him "next time" in a small Sonoma County CA venue, then the copter went down. I decision I will always regret. If you have an opportunity to see the best, you best do it now.
@@andyjames6300 Jimi did it first and had to invent it all for himself. There's no way Stevie Ray would have or could have developed his sound and style without Jimi. And SRV said as much many times.
This was a few years after he got clean and sober, and his play went to an even more epic level than it already was. His death in a 1990 helicopter crash is a true tragedy. RIP SRV ❤️🎸
I still remember vividly EXACTLY where I was when I heard the sad news... I was driving north on 205 in Portland, just past the Otty Road exit, headed to the Foster Road exit. I was in a state of shock. 😭💔
LMAO, do a reaction to Stevie Ray Vaughan's performance of "Texas Flood" from the El Mocambo Nightclub in Toronto, Canada circa 1983. It's on here, along with the rest of the entire concert. You think this is dope, his performance of Texas Flood that night in Toronto makes this look a finger picking exercise.
That whole El Mocambo concert is fantastic! I remember watching it on the New Music Show which it was filmed for on a TV while at an arcade probably a month after it was filmed, it was also simulcast on FM so you could hear it nice and loud too. I had never heard of SRV before that. I thought the second coming of my avatar had arrived! I was 16 and it was a wonderful thing to see as I was a couple of years into digging Hendrix by that point and SRV just floored me in same way as when I first heard Jimi.
Dude!!! You just gave away the element of surprise!!! I absolutely love when they’re watching in awe then POW, that move he makes and it freezes them like a deer in a headlight look. Lol.
Out of all the reaction guys out there I feel you’re the best. True, real, reactions with no bull shit. That’s what the people want. Continue on cousin.
SRV and Jimi Hendrix...welcome to our world. Every single guitarist will always refer to both as the greatest. Hard not to. And incredibly sad we lost them too soon, but the gifts they left us...you have a treasure!!
When I was growing up and learning guitar, I loved the blues. Stevie Ray Vaughn was my guitar hero. The day he died I was a 16 year old aspiring guitarist and singer in a blues rock band. It crushed me. Two years later I had that guitar he is playing tatooed on my arm with a memorial banner for Stevie underneath it amd wings of its side. The guitars name is Lenny. Stevienwas in another realm.
He had an older brother. Sometimes they would both be on stage playing the same guitar. Picture that. His brother would stand behind him and put his arms through Stevie's and play notes he couldn't even see. They'd switch and Stevie would stand behind his brother and play through his brother's arms. Stevie used to take his brother's guitar and play it when his brother didn't know it. Eventually Stevie surpassed him, but I also believe that they both could channel music from the universe.
If there's ONE person that was worthy of doing covers (with his own Texas blues style) of Jimi Hendrix it sure as hell was Stevie Ray Vaughan. He took Hendrix revolutionary 60's blues-rock style and amped it up in the 80'ies. In fact, Stevie was a true Hendrix fan and based a lot of his style and playing on Jimi. I've never heard any other guitarist getting the magic of Jimi's playing and adding their own fire to juice up what was already fire from start. Stevie was a true master just as Jimi was a true inventor and revolutionised guitar playing for coming generations.
I love them both, but could not agree more. I think Hendrix really pushed Stevie and he absolutely mastered it and then took it to another level all together. Jimi would be proud.
@@jinx5795 It's not that hard tbh (depending on what you're trying to play obviously), I did it first time I was challenged to when I was 9 (had just learned hotel california, dad jokingly said 'Okay, now come back to me when you can play it behind your back', didn't even need to walk away to practice) and I'm not exactly a great guitarist. That said, trying to play something complicated which goes up and down the next a lot or shredding would be more difficult as it puts more strain on your tendons and is more likely to cause (potentially permanent) injury during practice.
I was fortunate enough to see the greatest ever three times in concert . His sound was so immense there was nothing like it at the time or ever since. RIP STEVIE 🙏
Oh wow, you are supremely blessed!!! Fitzgerald's maybe? I have 3 live concerts from 81 and 3 from 82 all recorded at Fitzgerald's. And they are absolutely fantastic. Before he hit the big time, in a small club playing lengthy sets. Just fantastic to listen to them! I have a bunch of other shows from 1980-1983 too from local clubs. I saw him twice (Live Alive and In Step tours) thankfully, but I would have killed to be sitting in one of them clubs and watching him play for 2 or 3 hours pre-Texas Flood release.
As a guitar player for many years, it makes me smile to see people appreciate Stevie tweaking his knobs, pedals, tuning, etc. When the music and the instrument are in your blood and as natural as brushing your teeth, that's what it's about. Stevie was the man. 🙌 🤘💙🤘
I'm old enough that I got to see SRV live back in 1984. The entire audience was in a trance... like stunned. Eric Clapton once said in an interview, after hearing SRV, that he felt like giving up the guitar (and Clapton is considered one of the GOATS). B.B. King said of SRV: "I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed."
Stevie was a dedicated student of Jimi's ground breaking approach to guitar technique and song crafting. Jimi pioneered some inventive concepts of guitar voicing, arrangements, and combining elements of lead, rhythm and even bass line playing all at once. Stevie spent a huge chunk of his career highlighting Jimi's work and trying to bring Jimi's songs and message to a new generation.
@Revit UpNow Dude, you realize Stevie covered less than a half dozen Hendrix songs??? He also always reworked them... added his own style and flair to it, he never played Hendrix note for note. Stevie absolutely idolized Hendrix and was a huge fan of need like proportions. He was paying his respects the best way he knew how. He took more from Albert King and Buddy Guy than he ever did from Jimi. And both Albert King and Buddy loved and respected SRV and loved to play with him. Albert King never wanted share the stage with anyone, but anytime he did a show and someone mentioned that "little Stevie" was there and wanted to jam with him Albert King let Stevie come on stage and play.
@Revit UpNow Yes, but there's no reasoning with rabid fans. People used to write Clapton is God on subway and bathroom walls everywhere but they'd never heard of Mahavishnu John McLaughlin or many other excellent guitarists. Personally, I've always enjoyed a lot of the stuff Frank Zappa created but he's not everybody's cup of tea. I still think Hendrix was on a whole other level in terms of new ideas even if there are many other cleaner or faster technicians.
@Revit UpNow Ever been such a dick that you can't accept that relevant musicians can pay tribute to each other without trying to copy each other? If you think SRV is only famous for playing Voodoo Child, you're ignoring his whole career. God forbid a famous artist recreationally pay tribute to a simultaneously important figure in music out of respect. If you think his cover of this song is what made him famous, you don't know his catalogue. Sometimes a simple google search helps before shooting your mouth off.
@@mmcmann9539 they have a whole Stevie Ray Vaughan section in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame They have his hat cape guitar the 1 with SRV on it most of his videos all of his music you can stand there with the headphones on and listen to everything he recorded
When news broke on the radio of Stevie Ray Vaughn's death it was the first time I'd ever seen my mother and father cry together. I found out and was upset too because we had VCR recordings from his performances that we watched all the time as family entertainment. He was wonderfully gifted.
I could watch and listen Stevie play forever and never get tired of him he was just awesome! He had talent that was unbelievable..one im a billion ..RIP Stevie gone but never ever forgotten! Glad you enjoy the talent of SRV!
No sir Stevie Ray is NOT a great guitarist...Stevie Ray is a MASTER guitarist....you should check out his "Look At Little Sister" video...it'll blow you away
To put it a little differently, a great guitarist will make the instrument sing, the GREATEST guitarists make it sing in languages you ain't never heard before!
In the 80's Stephen Stills (Crosby, Stills & Nash) in an interview was asked who was up & coming & should be watched. He said there's this kid Stevie Ray Vaughan. Plays with the thickest stings available, "...like telephone cables."
Yeah... Stevie was THE BEST EVER! EVER!! The day he died, I was on my way to work at a record store, i heard the sad news on the radio and I had to pull over and cried for 20 mins. in summer in Phoenix. My boss at this new job was not happy with me being so late, but I just said, "Stevie Ray Vaughn was just killed today!! I was crying too bad to drive!" She started to cry too and opened up his new, and last CD, and played it non stop all day & night. I love Stevie till the day I die!! Glad you found him, and love his music!!!
There will never be another SRV he was one badass guitar slinger he never played a song the exact same way he just let the music flow through him RIP SRV
And he never played any song the same way twice. He just flowed however the Spirit led him. Do Little Wing next. That's my favorite window down country road driving on a full moon song!
I was lucky enough to actually meet, shake his hand and talk with him after a show just months before he died. Stevie was such a humble man. No matter what you wanted to talk to him about, he gave you time. When he died, it hit me like if a family member had died, still does. I dont know why.
SRV did not hump guitars he made love to them, they didn't just talk for him they sang. He was gifted. It's always something seeing people experience him for the first time. When great guitar legends sing your praises long after you're gone that says something. He did Hendrix justice. Your reactions are great you crack me up.
@@TomTKK that is not all he was doing that entire performance. To say so belittles his talent. He did a lot more than stomp a pedal to produce all the sounds. Sure for the wah wah as you so eloquently called it lol. I know there are different pedals for different effects. But hes still hands down one of the most talented guitarist we've been blessed with.
@@brittywren2877 no need to sound so profound, When your talking about him humping the guitar, I assumed you just thought he was doing it for the show, when really there's a whole setup off camera by his feet that you're not seeing
@@TomTKK maybe music is profound to me lol and sometimes its just humping the guitar for entertainment. What you did was mansplain bc you thought I was unaware.
Stevie put the work in. every day for years on end. what happens if I do this? keep this, forget that. decades of work condensed to fifteen minutes on stage. you got to put the work in yourself.
They say when Stevie was recording he had the heat in the studio cranked and the amps on heating those tubes for 48 hours before recording. He wanted those amps right on the verge of meltdown. And yes Stevie may well have been the best ever!!!
He had guitar callouses on his fingers. He used heavy gauge strings and sometimes he would play so fast his callouses would get cut off. He would get super glue and glue them back on because it helped him play. True story
If ever there truly was a master of the Stratocaster it was SRV. I am in awe when I watch the el'macambo show and watch him slap,stomp,kick,throw and talk too his #1 while taking a few seconds to change a string and never hit a sour sound the whole time. I have watched this show a hundred or more times and never heard the first mistake. Chris layton said "it was just another show but someone showed up with a camera.
He was playing using both hands while adjusting the knobs, changing pickups, working the whah pedal, and singing . FLAWLESS! Welcome to SRV. I was lucky enough to see him multiple times as a young man. I am so happy that his music is being re-discovered. Welcome man.
Surprise...this is by no means Stevie's best! He was just that damn good. When he died in a helicopter crash in 1991?(I think), I dressed in all black for 35 days straight...one day for every year of his life. That's how much his music moved me. A crazy little fact about him....those are super thick 13 gauge strings on that guitar...most guitarists don't use anything thicker than 8 gauge. He's doing all of those crazy fingering positions with almost superhuman strength. I like your enthusiasm, and it's great to see another group of people remember Stevie and love the music. Keep up the brilliance!
Stevie actually levitated at times on stage. When he was lost in the groove his nose would bend ( Jimmy broke it cause he'd snatch his guitars as kids) SRV forever.... Guitarist wish they could play steel wires and bend like that man did
@@joelteague8032 Actually its not bs . If you ever spent any time around them or him you'd clearly see both especially after choosing sobriety!! But thanks for the false input !!!!!
SRV was just one of a kind, just pure raw talent. Him and Jimi Hendrix are my two favorite guitar players others since have been compared to them but to me there just no comparing anyone to SRV or Hendrix, those two were just pure talent and were one with their instrument and music. You gotta check out SRV and Albert King it’s just amazing
Agreed. I also recommend the PBS session SRV did with Albert Collins, who like Albert King, was notorious for not liking or wanting to play with other guitarists. But there, you can see that Albert Collins has mad respect for SRVs skill.
I am lucky enough to have actually gotten to see SRV live in concert. I saw him in Los Angeles on his very first tour at the Hollywood Palace Theater and again on his very last tour at the Greek Theater in Griffith Park. He was the best and truly left you speechless and feeling like you got your money's worth at his show. The song "Voodoo Chile" was a Jimmy Hendrix tune and among several Hendrix songs that SRV played in a set at every show. Imagine the music we're never got to hear because of his passing at such a young age. RIP SRV
If you look close. He had enormous hands. Incredibly strong. Played heavy strings and still broke them all the time. Roadies would be ready with a spare guitar. Watch "Texas Flood"
"turning knobs at the same time!" Yeah - I love that about the top guitarists - they're always fiddling with the knobs or even the tuning pegs in the nanoseconds between notes!
Stevie not only took me to church 20 years ago, but laid my butt down, under the pulpit....What a LEGEND, like no other...so glad you listened, your ears and soul have been blessed honey!!!
That "having sex with his guitar" move is really just him turning his overdrive pedal on and off with his foot during that howling note. I saw this man perform this very song live from front row. It was a spiritual experience.
All the guitar heroes are gone. People are calling themselves musicians that only know how talk 4th grade rhymes and the band is some fool scratching a record player.
Mr video.. This reaction hits home for me-- i live 2 miles down the road from the crash site where stevie died..it was at alpine valley ski hill and concert venue in east troy wisconsin..i spent and spend many hrs there at concerts..the night stevie died was unreal and still brings bad memories...but im glad your expanding your horizons and will get to see the guitar master that stevie was..as usual your brillant- but dont let that go to ya head son..keep rockn...twist one.lol
Miss this guy so much, such an amazing talent and a true blues musician. Left us waaaay too early 😥 but I’m sure heaven is sounding sooo good up there.....✨
I am sooooooooo happy you got to see this amazing performance!!!!! He has so many other videos you need to watch. Like changing guitars right in the middle of a song because you broke your string. Changes without missing a note!!! Sadly he was taken away from us in this physical world far too young. So now he plays with so many others much like himself. Dearly missed by us all. Thank you for posting this wonderful performance. Such a pleasure to enjoy when we are all waiting for the world to come back to normal. I am completely enjoying your reaction videos this September 29 2021 🥰👍🎸💗🥰
Even if you see a lot more, he’ll still be the best you’ve ever seen. Also not only is he adjusting knobs as you noticed, he’s moving a 4 position switch to change the tone of the guitar. Stevie Ray played the whole instrument.
my sister was there during that performance in toronto in 1983 .. I had three small kids or I would have been there too .. he was and still is the best blues guitarist ever
I remember when he got killed. I was in the Army at the time. I had been home on leave and was driving back to Ft Riley, KS and I heard it on the radio.
B.B. King said "I play the Blues in sentences, Stevie plays in paragraphs"🎶🎶🎶
Well said
@ harriet live at the Regal .. 💯
Live at the Regal.. says , it all.. greatness.. no, need dis like more, energy..I promise you if bb could play that fast he would have..
also, I love bb but , let’s say truth.. bb got his licks form Albert king..
Srv got his from Hendrix..
So , it goes .. passed on
Music..
Just, know bb will always be my favorite
@@beyondeyesbeyondeyes And Jimi Hendrix got his from Buddy Guy.
I think if you’re wanting to hear one of these songs in some orderly fashion SRV is the wrong one to listen to. He only has the bass and drums to accompany him to let him know there are people around.
"It's not fair...It's not fair..." said every guitarist ever who came after him. I feel your pain, bruh. I definitely miss Stevie.
Clapton on SRV: ""We played on the same bill on his last two gigs. On the first night, I watched his set for about half an hour and then I had to leave because I couldn't handle it," Clapton admitted years later. "I knew enough to know that his playing was just going to get better and better. His set had started, he was like two or three songs in, and I suddenly got this flash that I'd experienced before so many times whenever I'd seen him play, which was that he was like a channel. One of the purest channels I've ever seen, where everything he sang and played flowed straight down from heaven. Almost like one of those mystic Sufi guys with one finger pointing up and one finger down. That's what it was like to listen to. And I had to leave just to preserve some kind of sanity or confidence in myself."
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If that's not high praise, I don't know what is ...
LoveBandit1000 , fucking WOW! Saw him ONCE! It was a hellava once!! In Austin! My TEXAS state!!
@@philstone3859 WAYYYYY back in the mid or early 80s, when they used to have Concerts down on the Pier in NY, next to The Intrepid on the West Side of Manhattan, I saw SRV and Double Trouble play, and the Opening Band was Stevies older brother, Jimmy Vaughn (who still plays at a lot of Claptons Crossroads Festivals, and more recently, opened for Clapton at Madison Square Garden on his '17 Tour.
At a point in Stevie's show, they took an "Intermission" which really was just a 5 minute break for the band to clear the stage, then a roadie came out and just set up a folding chair, center stage. Stevie comes out with a Double Neck and sits down, bullshits with the crowd a bit, and then just started jamming. Anyone who's seen SRV knows that when he gets going, he just tears it up... Well, a little time passes, and Jimmy, his brother, walks out on Stage. He walks up to Stevie, looks at him, looks at the crowd, walks around to Stevies left, looks at him again, looks back at the crowd and starts waving his hands saying like "Check out my Brother tearin it up...the crowd starts getting louder, screaming to Stevie, and Jimmy walks behind Stevie, looks at the crowd again, leans OVER Stevie, and starts playing the exact same jam on the upper neck of the guitar. Now Stevie is legendary, but don't sell Jimmy short, that man can PLAY. So the two of them just start shredding this absolutely unreal jam, guitar dueling back and forth, and just straight up all out jamming. Needless to say, the crowd went insane. I've seen God only knows how many different bands and countless shows over the decades. Seen all the "Legends" and Guitar "Gods" going back into the 70s. Here we are at the end of 2020, almost 40 years after seeing that show on The Pier. I just think it's such a testament to how incredibly phenomenal Stevie was that, and every other time I've seen him. But to specifically remember a Guitar "Duel" Solo, a chunk of time from like 37 years ago like it was yesterday, speaks VOLUMES about the level of TOP SHELF TALENT that graced the Stage, and the night. He was just SO incredible. If you know guitarists, you obviously know Jimi Hendrix, a man who was doing things with a guitar that had the best of the best just standing there in disbelief. Even Jimi's roadies saw him do things with a guitar that had them baffled... They just couldn't even comprehend or even process what they saw and heard. Clapton is truly in a league of his own, hell, they were running around London in the 60s painting "Clapton is God" in any wall they could find. And back then when Jimi asked if he could join Clapton and jam, even Clapton said he really was intimidated by Jimi's playing. CLAPTON WAS INTIMIDATED BY HENDRIX...Ok...understandable even for Clapton to say. And then a couple decades later, here's Stevie Ray. Arguably on par with Hendrix, which is no easy task. Just think...how many times have you been in the car and the radio is on and you hear what (or Who) you think is Hendrix, cause that sound is unmistakable. And then when the artist starts to sing and you realize it's NOT Hendrix, it's Stevie, you realize how incredible he truly was. Can you imagine how incredible it would be if Jimi hasn't passed away, and if Stevie wasn't in that Chopper crash, and they were both on Stage TOGETHER ???? 1983, Madison Square Garden, ARMS Tour benefit for Ronnie Lane. Aside from all the other world class musicians, seeing Jimmy Page take the Stage to play Stairway by himself, and halfway thru, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck walk onstage and play it with him. Has there EVER been another time that all three lead guitarists for The Yardbirds have been on Stage together, playing what is arguably one of, if not THE BEST ROCK SONG EVER ? You just don't see that every day. That's why I went back the Following night to scalp a ticket and see it again. And the Finale, with almost 3 DOZEN of the greatest musicians in the WORLD all playing together. So unforgettable, I'm reliving it here, now, 37 years later.
Truly Incredible 💯🔥✔👌✌
Julian Hoenig , damn! The time I saw STEVIE was a blues fest off Town lake in Austin. The Fabulous Thunderbirds were on the bill with several other bands. Yeah, it’s hard to describe to people who weren’t there because words fail to do it justice. Your thing sounds pretty epic. I was at Mudstock ‘94 and the only thing I thought at the time that would really be appropriate was if STEVIE RAY came out to close the festival by playing the Star Spangled Banner. I would have died happy after that. One of my best thoughts ever.
@@philstone3859 In TRUE Jimi Hendrix style !!! A lotta people don't even know that because of all the rain delays and the NY State Thruway being closed, Jimi actually didn't take the Stage until Monday morning...or so I've been told.
One of the craziest things about him and Jimi Hendrix is that they never learned how to read music they just played from the soul
Thats true but you don't need to read music to play guitar. It really doesnt translate well to a guitar like a piano or even horns and other non fretted string instruments like cellos and violins. It's why somewhere along the line they created tablature. Not they they ever used it. I don't know. They were definitely speacial. Of you can come up with all the great music they both created ot might have been a blessing. Let the recording company pay someone to transcribe it.
I'm terrible at reading guitar tabs. I can only make stuff up
@@cajuncoonass5053 if i can hear the music with the tabs it's easier to get the feel but it is easier to do your own stuff. I just don't have the musicality to come up with great licks and scores. Just chords and scales. If i was really any good at it I wouldn't be writing this.
Reading music doesn't have anything to do with music. Why would Jimi Hendrix have to read music?
@@brianstoltz2838 most musicians know how to read music. I said it was crazy that they didn't and how they expressed their art in a way that conventional artists never could, you're not really making any point so just relax.
Hard to believe he’s been gone for 30 years now. RIP Mr Vaughan.
I remember that morning...
December 28, 1987 was the Reno show during SVR's Live Alive Tour where my Dad took me to see SVR in concert.
I was 16 and had no idea who SVR was before the concert.
I didn't want to go at first which upset my Dad but after a few days of a guilt trip I decided I would go to the concert.
After the concert, I became a fan of SVR. I was so grateful to my Dad for sharing such a great experience a father and son would be able to talk about for years.
We planned on going to the next SVR concert if he had a tour date in Reno.
Sadly, SVR was killed in a helicopter crash less than two years later after the Reno concert in 1987.
I never attended another concert with my Dad. We would go to basketball and football games for the Nevada Wolf Pack but it wasn't the same as the SVR concert.
Wow
I was at Stevie Ray Vaughn's last concert the night his helicopter crashed after the show at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin August 26th 1990. I remember leaving the concert and saying to myself that if SRV was ever in my area again I wouldn't miss him. The lineup was Eric Clapton, SRV, Robert Cray and Buddy Guy.
Saw him in St.John's Newfoundland Canada.
oh my Gosh! you've found the G.O.A.T.! SRV RIP brother!
1. he played the heaviest strings available
2. Voodoo Child is Jimmie Hendrix cover/ SRV was a huge fan
3. the wawa pedal he''s using belonged to Hendrix and was a gift to him from the Hendrix fam
4. Never had a lesson, never read music. Self taught
AND there is so much more to this amazing GOAT....
shelly bay Stevie was the definition of G.O.A.T I love he cared about the blues artists that come before him
Actually the pedal was a gift to his brother who opened for Hendrix. But, as all things brotherly....well. He has it back now and it's displayed with #1. Only seems fitting.
@@jgordon5408 thank you! that makes the story even more special.
He isn’t the only one. We’re all over Tx. Checkout Chris Duarte , and myself , there’s , Zak Tate , and Zak Perry , and many others even just in the H town area.
Personally I use very heavy custom strings. I use a 62’ Morley power wah (120 v pedal ) in conjunction with an Original Cry Baby for Phase modulation. I’ve never had a lesson ,started at 3 (I’m 52 now) play strictly by ear. Usually on the fly (no rehearsals ) , can’t read music , play almost any genera and much more.
I think Steve Tyler said it best : “ We aren’t any better than the other guys , in fact many of them are incredible artist . We just got lucky and made it .”
So I guess what I’m saying is
Real Texas Blues (Southernfried Rock ) didn’t die with SRV , It just fell back into obscurity..
It’s time to bring it back.
Support your local establishments and your local Musicians. It’s time to get America back on track ...
🤠🎸🎶🙏✌️🇺🇸
Natemares
So years ago I worked (very low on the totem pole ) with SRV. The scuttle-but was : he played 13’s until he played with BB . Who looked at SRV and said : “Boy, why you workin so hard ??. “ I want to say BB played 8’s . Stevie took his advise and went to a lighter gage. That’s the story told around the pit.
I personally use custom GHS
Burnished Nickel Sizes
10/14/18/26/38/50
Rock on.
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I'm 60 years old I've been listening to Stevie Ray Vaughan for over 30 years and I'm glad young guys like you can appreciate the music we had in the 80s I love watching your stuff and keep up the good work buddy doing fine
Hey dude try listening play some Kenny Wayne Shepherd or Gary Moore if you like guitar music you'll love these guys
it's amazing they are just finding theses artist, I BLAME THEIR PARENTS!!!
Roland Hansen me too! He was the best I’ve ever seen. I still love the memory of teaching my son guitar, and deciding to play a few videos for him. After 2 minutes, my son just turns to look at me with a look of awe on his face and shaking his head!! I was like, yeahhhh dude! This man was phenomenal! RIP SRV!
You took the words right out if my mouth! {Meatloaf: circa 1977ish 😉}
@@rolandhansen2758 DUDE! I LOVE ME SOME KWS! HE IS AMAZING! 😎🤘
BB King said “I play until I run out of stuff to play then I sing. Stevie NEVER runs out of stuff to play”. My fellow Texan SRV. Shit.
BB King also said "I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed."
Preach the truth!!!!
His brother said SRV only played about 10% of what he knew in concert.
Actually Stevie Ray said his brother Jimmy only played 10% of what he knew.
@@daymongray3516 Either way they're both great.
Stevie was ultra-rare. A player who doesn't just play the notes, but plays what he feels at that particular moment in time. He knew guitar that well - what he felt, he could play.
He never played this song the same way twice.
He was that brilliant, that rare.
Long live SRV
Yeah he felt everything he played. For sure one of a kind.l really miss him his music 🎵 and this world could use a person like Stevie The man spread love which l wish peace on earth would happen to this planet.
It's joy to see Stevie being appreciated by the next generation. Been missing him for 30 years.
Wonder what he'd be playing today
Stevie had fingers so strong he regularly broke extra thick strings. He was the best , he still IS the best. He could play anything and in my opinion is untouchable. RIP SRV....
Yes, he could really muscle a guitar....strong player.
He used .012's on his guitars. The average guitarist uses .009's or .10's. He had strong hands for sure!
Vernon Reid tho
@@mrmoola3970 His solo in "Cult of personality" is known as one of the most difficult to transcribe. I've yet to see anyone play it spot-on. Vernon is definitely an underrated genius.
def same here!!!
GREATEST. GUITARIST. EVER. PERIOD. And he couldn't read sheet music either. He just played from his heart and soul. And when he was killed in a helicopter crash 20 miles from my home, I cried like a baby. RIP Stevie.
Everyone playing that night said that was SRVs "moment".. Sober floating across the stage with BB Clapton etc saying let him close the show. What a final statement huh? Growing up in Dallas was a cool gift of being around him. His gravesite at Laurel Land has a vibe floating that's indescribable...
No him and Jimi hendrix equal.
I feel you man I did to 😢
I opted to see him "next time" in a small Sonoma County CA venue, then the copter went down. I decision I will always regret. If you have an opportunity to see the best, you best do it now.
@@andyjames6300 Jimi did it first and had to invent it all for himself. There's no way Stevie Ray would have or could have developed his sound and style without Jimi. And SRV said as much many times.
This was a few years after he got clean and sober, and his play went to an even more epic level than it already was. His death in a 1990 helicopter crash is a true tragedy. RIP SRV ❤️🎸
I still remember vividly EXACTLY where I was when I heard the sad news... I was driving north on 205 in Portland, just past the Otty Road exit, headed to the Foster Road exit. I was in a state of shock. 😭💔
When you're so enthralled by the music, that your joint goes out & you don't care... 🔥
Yesss! hahahahsha❤️
His incredible passion and talent being snuffed out in a moment is the thing that's really not fair.
LMAO, do a reaction to Stevie Ray Vaughan's performance of "Texas Flood" from the El Mocambo Nightclub in Toronto, Canada circa 1983. It's on here, along with the rest of the entire concert. You think this is dope, his performance of Texas Flood that night in Toronto makes this look a finger picking exercise.
Yes yes yes Texas flood live 1983 will blow your mind. One of the best guitar performances of all time it’s a must do.
Yes yes yes yes yes
He's gonna flip out! lmao
That whole El Mocambo concert is fantastic! I remember watching it on the New Music Show which it was filmed for on a TV while at an arcade probably a month after it was filmed, it was also simulcast on FM so you could hear it nice and loud too. I had never heard of SRV before that. I thought the second coming of my avatar had arrived! I was 16 and it was a wonderful thing to see as I was a couple of years into digging Hendrix by that point and SRV just floored me in same way as when I first heard Jimi.
It NEEEDS to be the El Mocambo version of Texas Flood. I hate it when a reactor does a different version.
Wait till he figures out Stevie could play all of that behind his back too lol
And one-handed...and with his teeth...and behind his head...and backwards...
@kalle kanin and high af
Dude!!! You just gave away the element of surprise!!! I absolutely love when they’re watching in awe then POW, that move he makes and it freezes them like a deer in a headlight look. Lol.
He's not lying, he really does play behind his back!
And change guitars in middle of song without any breaks
Out of all the reaction guys out there I feel you’re the best. True, real, reactions with no bull shit. That’s what the people want. Continue on cousin.
SRV and Jimi Hendrix...welcome to our world.
Every single guitarist will always refer to both as the greatest. Hard not to.
And incredibly sad we lost them too soon, but the gifts they left us...you have a treasure!!
When I was growing up and learning guitar, I loved the blues. Stevie Ray Vaughn was my guitar hero. The day he died I was a 16 year old aspiring guitarist and singer in a blues rock band. It crushed me. Two years later I had that guitar he is playing tatooed on my arm with a memorial banner for Stevie underneath it amd wings of its side. The guitars name is Lenny.
Stevienwas in another realm.
He had an older brother. Sometimes they would both be on stage playing the same guitar. Picture that. His brother would stand behind him and put his arms through Stevie's and play notes he couldn't even see. They'd switch and Stevie would stand behind his brother and play through his brother's arms. Stevie used to take his brother's guitar and play it when his brother didn't know it. Eventually Stevie surpassed him, but I also believe that they both could channel music from the universe.
Jimmie still plays, and you are right about then double timing on guitar! no rivalries there, they truly loved one another
The white double neck 👍🤘🤘
Buck ownens and don rich did that back in the 60s, playing the same guitar. Dont know who did it first though
Look at the bass player in this video.
Wow that's crazy!! I'd love to see that! This man was magical
If there's ONE person that was worthy of doing covers (with his own Texas blues style) of Jimi Hendrix it sure as hell was Stevie Ray Vaughan. He took Hendrix revolutionary 60's blues-rock style and amped it up in the 80'ies. In fact, Stevie was a true Hendrix fan and based a lot of his style and playing on Jimi. I've never heard any other guitarist getting the magic of Jimi's playing and adding their own fire to juice up what was already fire from start. Stevie was a true master just as Jimi was a true inventor and revolutionised guitar playing for coming generations.
and I think he did it better, Jimi did it first, stevie better
I love them both, but could not agree more. I think Hendrix really pushed Stevie and he absolutely mastered it and then took it to another level all together. Jimi would be proud.
I believe it was with Hendrix that he played with at Woodstock at age 15.
it's not just you, Stevie is the best guitarist *anyone* has ever seen.
You haven't even seen him play behind his back yet.
My brother saw Stevie Ray, Eric Clapton, and Mark Knoppfler live for a gods of guitar tour or some such.
Title of tour was not an overstatement.... :)
Stevie Ray Vaughn is there greatest. He commands respect for his talent. L❤️VE the video. He's not a mochery
He can play behind his back? I thought only Jimi Hendrix could do that!
@@jinx5795 It's not that hard tbh (depending on what you're trying to play obviously), I did it first time I was challenged to when I was 9 (had just learned hotel california, dad jokingly said 'Okay, now come back to me when you can play it behind your back', didn't even need to walk away to practice) and I'm not exactly a great guitarist. That said, trying to play something complicated which goes up and down the next a lot or shredding would be more difficult as it puts more strain on your tendons and is more likely to cause (potentially permanent) injury during practice.
“I thought he was just going to play guitar”. Your absolutely best line of all time. Put that on a t-shirt!
I was fortunate enough to see the greatest ever three times in concert . His sound was so immense there was nothing like it at the time or ever since. RIP STEVIE 🙏
When he played small venues they had to cover his amps!
I went to soooo many of his live shows in Houston. Good God he was unreal
I was lucky enough to have seen him twice once in Louisville and another in Indianapolis. Best pure performances and guitarist I have ever seen.
Oh wow, you are supremely blessed!!! Fitzgerald's maybe? I have 3 live concerts from 81 and 3 from 82 all recorded at Fitzgerald's. And they are absolutely fantastic. Before he hit the big time, in a small club playing lengthy sets. Just fantastic to listen to them! I have a bunch of other shows from 1980-1983 too from local clubs. I saw him twice (Live Alive and In Step tours) thankfully, but I would have killed to be sitting in one of them clubs and watching him play for 2 or 3 hours pre-Texas Flood release.
Okay, now I'm green, dammit. 😠
You are lucky, I was just getting old enough to go see shows when he died, and he was definitely on my bucket list, very sad day
Officially jealous now... saw him just once in Paris
SRV just doesn't just play the guitar. He makes it cry along with that voice of his. A true master! ❤
It's good to see an honest man give his honest opinion of the greatest guitar player ever! Period!
As a guitar player for many years, it makes me smile to see people appreciate Stevie tweaking his knobs, pedals, tuning, etc.
When the music and the instrument are in your blood and as natural as brushing your teeth, that's what it's about.
Stevie was the man. 🙌
🤘💙🤘
I saw him play once, I did not know what happened on stage.. I stood there with my mouth wide open for 1,5 hours...He was the KING!
I'm old enough that I got to see SRV live back in 1984. The entire audience was in a trance... like stunned. Eric Clapton once said in an interview, after hearing SRV, that he felt like giving up the guitar (and Clapton is considered one of the GOATS). B.B. King said of SRV: "I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed."
Lucky girl!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was only 1.5yrs old when SRV died but it's still a regret of mine that I never saw him live.
@@Cory_Springer Same here....💔😢
Stevie was a dedicated student of Jimi's ground breaking approach to guitar technique and song crafting. Jimi pioneered some inventive concepts of guitar voicing, arrangements, and combining elements of lead, rhythm and even bass line playing all at once. Stevie spent a huge chunk of his career highlighting Jimi's work and trying to bring Jimi's songs and message to a new generation.
@Revit UpNow Dude, you realize Stevie covered less than a half dozen Hendrix songs???
He also always reworked them... added his own style and flair to it, he never played Hendrix note for note.
Stevie absolutely idolized Hendrix and was a huge fan of need like proportions. He was paying his respects the best way he knew how.
He took more from Albert King and Buddy Guy than he ever did from Jimi.
And both Albert King and Buddy loved and respected SRV and loved to play with him.
Albert King never wanted share the stage with anyone, but anytime he did a show and someone mentioned that "little Stevie" was there and wanted to jam with him Albert King let Stevie come on stage and play.
I wouldn't call Stevie an imitator, but Hendrix was the innovator. Nobody broke new ground technically or musically more than Jimi. RIP SRV and JH.
@Revit UpNow Yes, but there's no reasoning with rabid fans. People used to write Clapton is God on subway and bathroom walls everywhere but they'd never heard of Mahavishnu John McLaughlin or many other excellent guitarists. Personally, I've always enjoyed a lot of the stuff Frank Zappa created but he's not everybody's cup of tea. I still think Hendrix was on a whole other level in terms of new ideas even if there are many other cleaner or faster technicians.
@Revit UpNow And you can't forget bluesman Larry Davis. I believe he was the one who orginally performed Texas Flood.
@Revit UpNow Ever been such a dick that you can't accept that relevant musicians can pay tribute to each other without trying to copy each other? If you think SRV is only famous for playing Voodoo Child, you're ignoring his whole career. God forbid a famous artist recreationally pay tribute to a simultaneously important figure in music out of respect. If you think his cover of this song is what made him famous, you don't know his catalogue. Sometimes a simple google search helps before shooting your mouth off.
I seen that guitar in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland there's still Fire coming from that thing
I was just wondering what happened to it.
@@mmcmann9539 they have a whole Stevie Ray Vaughan section in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame They have his hat cape guitar the 1 with SRV on it most of his videos all of his music you can stand there with the headphones on and listen to everything he recorded
@@timmurphy7652 I have to go.
@@mmcmann9539 nice talking to you God bless you
I've got to go back
When news broke on the radio of Stevie Ray Vaughn's death it was the first time I'd ever seen my mother and father cry together. I found out and was upset too because we had VCR recordings from his performances that we watched all the time as family entertainment. He was wonderfully gifted.
I could watch and listen Stevie play forever and never get tired of him he was just awesome! He had talent that was unbelievable..one im a billion ..RIP Stevie gone but never ever forgotten! Glad you enjoy the talent of SRV!
I HAVE seen a lot of guitarists and I also think he's the greatest I've seen.
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It is hard to argue otherwise for sure.👍
Jimi Hendrix is pretty good too
oh yeah he was def one of a kind musician
Mr Video: "I wasn't prepared for this". Stevie Ray: "Hold my beer".
I'd still argue that nobody has ever been able to replicate his intensity and feel on the guitar.
Facts none will
No doubt Stevie was on another level entirely
"It's not fair."
Indeed
Stevie Ray Vaughn was the best guitarest ever. This man could play like no other.
R.I.P. Stevie.
I know your rockin it in the heavens. ❤
He was killed a helicopter crash in 1990. God rest his soul.
Saw him with Jeff Beck . The first show of the tour he died on. Miami arena
yeah i grew up in oak cliff i remember sitting on my grandmas porch watching his funeral procession drive by on its way to laurel land cemetery
God rest his beautiful soul. What an immeasurable loss for all of us.
27 August 1990
I had tickets for that show am
nd did I go? NO, i went to a frickin wedding! NEVER pass up history for a frickin wedding!! EVER!!!
No sir Stevie Ray is NOT a great guitarist...Stevie Ray is a MASTER guitarist....you should check out his "Look At Little Sister" video...it'll blow you away
Yeah little sister blows it out of the water
Little wing is my favorite.
To put it a little differently, a great guitarist will make the instrument sing, the GREATEST guitarists make it sing in languages you ain't never heard before!
@@sagecody6649 Reese on the keyboards ain't no slouch in Little Sister..
The Sound Check video is great !! W.G.
AMEN TONI
In the 80's Stephen Stills (Crosby, Stills & Nash) in an interview was asked who was up & coming & should be watched. He said there's this kid Stevie Ray Vaughan. Plays with the thickest stings available, "...like telephone cables."
Yeah... Stevie was THE BEST EVER! EVER!! The day he died, I was on my way to work at a record store, i heard the sad news on the radio and I had to pull over and cried for 20 mins. in summer in Phoenix. My boss at this new job was not happy with me being so late, but I just said, "Stevie Ray Vaughn was just killed today!! I was crying too bad to drive!" She started to cry too and opened up his new, and last CD, and played it non stop all day & night. I love Stevie till the day I die!! Glad you found him, and love his music!!!
Stevie was a part of my family. (by marriage)I will always miss him, he reinvented blues in my opinion.
he was one of the top 5 guitarists hands down!
RIP Stevie - you shared your tremendous gift with us, TY!
There will never be another SRV he was one badass guitar slinger he never played a song the exact same way he just let the music flow through him RIP SRV
Welcome to Stevie's world!! Check out Little Wing, another Jimi cover that is BRILLIANT!! You'll definitely love it!!
I love the fact that you noticed he was fine tuning his guitar while he was playing. Not a lot of people would see that. Good eye. Love the vids!!!
Mark Knopfler: "He knows all the chords"
SRV: "He knows all the tricks"
And he never played any song the same way twice. He just flowed however the Spirit led him. Do Little Wing next. That's my favorite window down country road driving on a full moon song!
Like Jimi
I was lucky enough to actually meet, shake his hand and talk with him after a show just months before he died. Stevie was such a humble man. No matter what you wanted to talk to him about, he gave you time. When he died, it hit me like if a family member had died, still does. I dont know why.
He's known as the master of the stratocaster. There's none better.🎵🎶🎸🎶🎵
Then theres Albert "iceman" colins, master of the telecaster
SRV did not hump guitars he made love to them, they didn't just talk for him they sang. He was gifted. It's always something seeing people experience him for the first time. When great guitar legends sing your praises long after you're gone that says something. He did Hendrix justice. Your reactions are great you crack me up.
He was actually just stomping the pedal below the camera to get the wah wah
@@TomTKK that is not all he was doing that entire performance. To say so belittles his talent. He did a lot more than stomp a pedal to produce all the sounds. Sure for the wah wah as you so eloquently called it lol. I know there are different pedals for different effects. But hes still hands down one of the most talented guitarist we've been blessed with.
@@brittywren2877 no need to sound so profound, When your talking about him humping the guitar, I assumed you just thought he was doing it for the show, when really there's a whole setup off camera by his feet that you're not seeing
@@TomTKK maybe music is profound to me lol and sometimes its just humping the guitar for entertainment. What you did was mansplain bc you thought I was unaware.
@@TomTKK and if that is profound to you, maybe you should read more. Words are our friends.
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“...he know all the tricks...”
You have the exuberance of a young kid-I.e., authentic reactions.
It's good thing.
Good job.
"Teach me the way!"
No. That's not how it works.
You cant learn this. You just sit back and give thanks for what you received.
Stand up and be counted for what you are about to receive
Stevie put the work in. every day for years on end. what happens if I do this? keep this, forget that. decades of work condensed to fifteen minutes on stage. you got to put the work in yourself.
I think he could have taught anyone to play. However, that still doesn't mean you can play like Stevie.
They say when Stevie was recording he had the heat in the studio cranked and the amps on heating those tubes for 48 hours before recording. He wanted those amps right on the verge of meltdown. And yes Stevie may well have been the best ever!!!
He had guitar callouses on his fingers. He used heavy gauge strings and sometimes he would play so fast his callouses would get cut off. He would get super glue and glue them back on because it helped him play. True story
@@neyneyNunya Ha! I actually commented this, saying it was probably in the comments section somewhere. 🙂 SRV was legendary.
Stevie was amazing. Totally self taught! So sad he got clean and sober and had a great new album and died in a helicopter crash
He was a "Master" in a sea of students.
Check out " The Sky is crying" or the "House is Rocking".
Jimi never existed?
@@truthbetold6578 Jimi is a rock n roll icon.
Stevie is a blues god.
When you said, "I heard that he's a good guitar player." I said, "Ohh, you about to have your mind blown" lol
“I heard he was a good guitarist.” I love it.
hahahaha my thoughts exactly
YUP...THEN he got "Stevie sanctified" LOL
Meh
"He's playing and turning knobs and keeps....." Wait until he hears about fuzz boxes and Wah Wah pedals...
These allways makes me happy to watch and hear love it thank you
I allways bust out laughing at all the expressions
If ever there truly was a master of the Stratocaster it was SRV. I am in awe when I watch the el'macambo show and watch him slap,stomp,kick,throw and talk too his #1 while taking a few seconds to change a string and never hit a sour sound the whole time. I have watched this show a hundred or more times and never heard the first mistake. Chris layton said "it was just another show but someone showed up with a camera.
To you sir: This guitar god died in 1990. I had about it when I was in the hospital and I almost fainted. I am 51 and still love his music!
He was playing using both hands while adjusting the knobs, changing pickups, working the whah pedal, and singing . FLAWLESS! Welcome to SRV. I was lucky enough to see him multiple times as a young man. I am so happy that his music is being re-discovered. Welcome man.
Oops, I forgot the whammy bar. The guy is a GAWD
Love it. “don’t know what’s gonna happen”, and when it’s done it’s like, “what happened”.
Surprise...this is by no means Stevie's best! He was just that damn good. When he died in a helicopter crash in 1991?(I think), I dressed in all black for 35 days straight...one day for every year of his life. That's how much his music moved me. A crazy little fact about him....those are super thick 13 gauge strings on that guitar...most guitarists don't use anything thicker than 8 gauge. He's doing all of those crazy fingering positions with almost superhuman strength. I like your enthusiasm, and it's great to see another group of people remember Stevie and love the music. Keep up the brilliance!
Stevie actually levitated at times on stage. When he was lost in the groove his nose would bend ( Jimmy broke it cause he'd snatch his guitars as kids) SRV forever.... Guitarist wish they could play steel wires and bend like that man did
I actually thought the same thing. I was fortunate enough to see him in person 3 times and every time he became one with his guitar. He was so great.
B.s
@@joelteague8032 Actually its not bs . If you ever spent any time around them or him you'd clearly see both especially after choosing sobriety!! But thanks for the false input !!!!!
@@ronrose1270 well if it is true then there only one place that it came from, and I don't want any part of it!
@@neyneyNunya I'm not Downing Stevie Ray Vaughan but I prefer mr. Jimi Hendrix
SRV was just one of a kind, just pure raw talent. Him and Jimi Hendrix are my two favorite guitar players others since have been compared to them but to me there just no comparing anyone to SRV or Hendrix, those two were just pure talent and were one with their instrument and music. You gotta check out SRV and Albert King it’s just amazing
Tom Morello is my 3rd fav after these 2
Agreed. I also recommend the PBS session SRV did with Albert Collins, who like Albert King, was notorious for not liking or wanting to play with other guitarists. But there, you can see that Albert Collins has mad respect for SRVs skill.
Stevie Ray Vaughan hit you straight in your core he went right to your soul when he played that guitar.
I am lucky enough to have actually gotten to see SRV live in concert. I saw him in Los Angeles on his very first tour at the Hollywood Palace Theater and again on his very last tour at the Greek Theater in Griffith Park. He was the best and truly left you speechless and feeling like you got your money's worth at his show. The song "Voodoo Chile" was a Jimmy Hendrix tune and among several Hendrix songs that SRV played in a set at every show. Imagine the music we're never got to hear because of his passing at such a young age. RIP SRV
“Sex with his guitar” 😂 Certainly appears that way but he was actually on the wawa pedal for those parts. That was his foot doing the wawa.
If you look close. He had enormous hands. Incredibly strong. Played heavy strings and still broke them all the time. Roadies would be ready with a spare guitar. Watch "Texas Flood"
"turning knobs at the same time!" Yeah - I love that about the top guitarists - they're always fiddling with the knobs or even the tuning pegs in the nanoseconds between notes!
Stevie fought a war w the Guitar Gods...
The Guitar Gods are still licking their wounds to this day..
RIP Stevie Ray.
"Stevie, I'm kickin' your ass when I see you!"
Dude, he died in a plane crash back in '90.
See you in the next one...don't be late!
Best comment.
More SRV suggestions: Tin Pan Alley with Johnny Copeland, Texas Flood, Little Wing, The Sky is Crying.
Actually, just listen to all of his songs. Lol
Cold shot gets no love
I bet he would love Willy the Wimp
You'll get hooked on Stevie Ray. He was one of the best guitarists to ever walk the earth.
Did you notice as he sings" standing next to the mountain ect" the guitar is making the exact same sound
Stevie not only took me to church 20 years ago, but laid my butt down, under the pulpit....What a LEGEND, like no other...so glad you listened, your ears and soul have been blessed honey!!!
That "having sex with his guitar" move is really just him turning his overdrive pedal on and off with his foot during that howling note. I saw this man perform this very song live from front row. It was a spiritual experience.
the sex with the guitar is him pressing a wawa petal on the floor to get the wawa sound on the guitar. check out his no live videos Life without you
hes flipping a wah back and forth
You lucky bastard.
I've been listening to Stevie Ray for a long time he's been dead for 30 years and no guitars has taken his place yet and I doubt ever will
Nope, none have taken his place.
Have you heard Marcus King, not to replace Stevie, just because he's fantastic.
Eric Gales Picture of a thousand faces, Eric even sported a hat like stevie, he was like 15 on that record
Gary Moore is equally as good in my opinion
Eddie Van Halen was unique in his own way like Stevie was thou in my opinion. ✌️
All the guitar heroes are gone. People are calling themselves musicians that only know how talk 4th grade rhymes and the band is some fool scratching a record player.
Mr video.. This reaction hits home for me-- i live 2 miles down the road from the crash site where stevie died..it was at alpine valley ski hill and concert venue in east troy wisconsin..i spent and spend many hrs there at concerts..the night stevie died was unreal and still brings bad memories...but im glad your expanding your horizons and will get to see the guitar master that stevie was..as usual your brillant- but dont let that go to ya head son..keep rockn...twist one.lol
Lol I do enjoy your reactions to videos. “Did he just punk his guitar?” 😂😂😂 SRV, can never get enough of this brother RIP
Miss this guy so much, such an amazing talent and a true blues musician. Left us waaaay too early 😥 but I’m sure heaven is sounding sooo good up there.....✨
I am sooooooooo happy you got to see this amazing performance!!!!! He has so many other videos you need to watch. Like changing guitars right in the middle of a song because you broke your string. Changes without missing a note!!! Sadly he was taken away from us in this physical world far too young. So now he plays with so many others much like himself. Dearly missed by us all. Thank you for posting this wonderful performance. Such a pleasure to enjoy when we are all waiting for the world to come back to normal. I am completely enjoying your reaction videos this September 29 2021 🥰👍🎸💗🥰
"What the hell is going on." Perfectly describes his talent.
SRV was also hitting pedals on floor with his feet while playing--the man was a BEAST!!
Even if you see a lot more, he’ll still be the best you’ve ever seen.
Also not only is he adjusting knobs as you noticed, he’s moving a 4 position switch to change the tone of the guitar. Stevie Ray played the whole instrument.
It’s a five position switch, actually.
That’s the exact reaction you should have when you see SRV for the first time.
Stevie IS the greatest blues guitarist of all time....
I would never say that about any other musician within any genre
"Maybe"???...If you want to KNOW FOR SURE that he's the best you've ever seen, check out "Texas Flood" - live at the El Macambo...
my sister was there during that performance in toronto in 1983 .. I had three small kids or I would have been there too .. he was and still is the best blues guitarist ever
Ain’t no “might” about it grasshopper, he IS the best guitarist you’ll ever witness. Enjoy the journey!
SRV said: " I'm good and know what Hendrix was doing and can do it, but how did he THINK it?"
That's exactly the greatness of JH ... The Jimi Hendrix Experience took the virginity away from all guitarists ...
Stevie is sick. This is Jimmy Hendrix's song, but he does it good!
Stevie played this a homage to Jimmy! 💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥
Dude, I've been playing for 25 years and I still look at Stevie like a caveman looks at a spaceship.
And there are versions of this song and other songs thst he plays behind his back.
I remember when he got killed. I was in the Army at the time. I had been home on leave and was driving back to Ft Riley, KS and I heard it on the radio.
So good, I wanted to hit the like button twice.
"Heard he was a good guitarist."
Understatement of the century right there.
This is my favorite video of all time because I love SRV !