Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Rock Stars" Radio Interview Show - March 12-25, 1990 Air Date: March 12 - March 25, 1990 Hosted by John Sebastian (The Lovin' Spoonful)
Love the sound of Stevie's voice. Deep, smooth... you can almost hear him smiling as he speaks. Never skirts around questions, he is straightforward and honest with the answers. As Tommy Shannon said, Stevie was incapable of deception of any kind. Legend.
What an amazing man! Completely honest in discussing his deeply personal problems with drugs and alcohol with zero sugar coating. Most people would never bare their soul like that to the public. Stevie Ray was a man with immense courage. I always loved his music, but until about ten days ago, I wasn't aware of his battle and ultimate triumph over drugs and alcohol. I was born in San Antonio in 1953. Stevie in Dallas in1954. He makes me even more proud to be a Texan which I didn't think was possible.. My older brother, Chip, was a former Marine then a young single attorney in Dallas in the 80s and early 90s. My brother loved music. At his house, he had a drum set that he would play along with albums that he liked. SRV and DT were some of his favorites. The first time I heard of SRV was when he shared with our mother the Texas Flood album. We all fell in love with Stevie Ray and Double Trouble. Stevie was killed in August 1990. My brother was killed in March 1991 in an automobile wreck. He was 39. I have spent hours watching every video I can find of interviews with Stevie. I am totally in awe of his strength of character and his genuine kindness and humility. It has brought me immense comfort to discover that Stevie had accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. I read that his mother had his personal journal where he had written about it. When my brother died, my mother had a handwritten letter that she had saved in which he told her that he had also accepted Jesus. It gives me comfort to know that they are both in Heaven. But, I must admit, I have been mourning their deaths the past few days as though they had just happened. I couldn't shake this deep feeling of sadness and loss. Then I heard a new SVR song (to me anyways) Riviera Paradise. What an absolutely beautifully crafted and played song by Stevie. So this past Sunday on my mother's birthday, I took my cell phone to the country cemetery where my brother, William R. "Chip" Holman and my mother, Alma Jean Flanagin Holman, are buried along with other family members. I played Stevie Ray Vaughan's masterpiece, Riviera Paradise, in honor of the love of music and life between a son and his mother. It was a comforting moment of life for me at Wagram Cemetery which is set in the beautiful Hill Country of Texas surrounded only by pastures with cattle grazing, crape myrtles bursting with blooms and birds adding their singing to the song. So, thank you, Stevie Ray Vaughan. May you rest in eternal peace.
Stevie Ray Vaughan is so true about his band and all the practice time he had.Stevie is legend and A great musician of blue's and rock n roll..traveling and prevailing from it all in his young life time..Stevie went through later in life,drug rehab and came out new ..thank God Stwvie got help he needed..and had to have..wrote alot of his music and songs and was producer of it..He sang and played guitar and was great on stage..RIP
Here we are in 2023. This is the first time I'm hearing this interview. I learned of SRV when I was 15 yrs. old. I'm 52 now. I started off learning the popular hair band music of the day. Then I heard SRV and it changed my entire outlook. All I had was tape deck and a guitar. No youtube or special access. I became comsumed trying to capture the feel. His music opened my eyes to all the blues greats that influenced him. This interview really exposes the beautiful human being he was. There's not an egotisical bone in the man's body. Just an honest passion for his craft, and so unique unto himself. To this day. You are so missed. I saw Jimmie Vauhan a few months ago at a small club in Memphis. You can see that same magic. I got to meet Jimmie. What a thrill and honor it was to shake his hand. In the modern world of the overly technical Joe Bonamassa, Eric Gales kind of guys. Do yourself a favor and go see Jimmie. That Texas feel is still glowing in his music, and you can experience an influence on SRV first hand. As SRV says here. He was trying to learn to slow down and get as much as he could out of every note rather than flood the song with a buch of notes that never get there. Such a wise man he was at 35. Love his ode to Jeff Beck as well. Nice. R.I.P SRV. Tick tock people. Think about it.
I've thought I had heard almost every srv interview but not this one. I'm 36 and agree with everything you say.I got to meet jimmie as well. A couple years ago after his show in Florida. He signed my first thunderbirds album. I consider myself a decent player but in his presence I felt as small As a flea. I wish someone would come along and wipe out all these so called blues players. Like Stevie said in the interview. "The whitest guy who walks"
True to his passion true to blues music.. some people are put on the earth for special reasons and he showed us his.. not to mention he's still helping people get sober even after death! He was really something else.. there's really no words for it? death just made him a legend!
I sure would like it if someone could post the link to this complete unedited show , with music in between and all . This was a cool little snap shot however & I’m glad I stumbled onto it . Thanks for sharing this one 😎👍
None of us fans should ever miss Stevie, because he's deep in our hearts.
Love the sound of Stevie's voice. Deep, smooth... you can almost hear him smiling as he speaks. Never skirts around questions, he is straightforward and honest with the answers. As Tommy Shannon said, Stevie was incapable of deception of any kind. Legend.
Stevie Ray Vaughan I miss you so much. Number 1 to me.
Srv was a genius,
What an amazing man! Completely honest in discussing his deeply personal problems with drugs and alcohol with zero sugar coating. Most people would never bare their soul like that to the public. Stevie Ray was a man with immense courage. I always loved his music, but until about ten days ago, I wasn't aware of his battle and ultimate triumph over drugs and alcohol. I was born in San Antonio in 1953. Stevie in Dallas in1954. He makes me even more proud to be a Texan which I didn't think was possible.. My older brother, Chip, was a former Marine then a young single attorney in Dallas in the 80s and early 90s. My brother loved music. At his house, he had a drum set that he would play along with albums that he liked. SRV and DT were some of his favorites. The first time I heard of SRV was when he shared with our mother the Texas Flood album. We all fell in love with Stevie Ray and Double Trouble. Stevie was killed in August 1990. My brother was killed in March 1991 in an automobile wreck. He was 39. I have spent hours watching every video I can find of interviews with Stevie. I am totally in awe of his strength of character and his genuine kindness and humility. It has brought me immense comfort to discover that Stevie had accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. I read that his mother had his personal journal where he had written about it. When my brother died, my mother had a handwritten letter that she had saved in which he told her that he had also accepted Jesus. It gives me comfort to know that they are both in Heaven. But, I must admit, I have been mourning their deaths the past few days as though they had just happened. I couldn't shake this deep feeling of sadness and loss. Then I heard a new SVR song (to me anyways) Riviera Paradise. What an absolutely beautifully crafted and played song by Stevie. So this past Sunday on my mother's birthday, I took my cell phone to the country cemetery where my brother, William R. "Chip" Holman and my mother, Alma Jean Flanagin Holman, are buried along with other family members. I played Stevie Ray Vaughan's masterpiece, Riviera Paradise, in honor of the love of music and life between a son and his mother. It was a comforting moment of life for me at Wagram Cemetery which is set in the beautiful Hill Country of Texas surrounded only by pastures with cattle grazing, crape myrtles bursting with blooms and birds adding their singing to the song. So, thank you, Stevie Ray Vaughan. May you rest in eternal peace.
*SRV
The sense of sadness and loss is genuine to a lot of people even all these years later.
Love this interview. SRV is the sweetest most sincere guy and of course the best guitar player on the planet. Love Stevie always be happy in heaven.💓💓
I dont recall hearing this interview previously
Stevie Ray Vaughan is so true about his band and all the practice time he had.Stevie is legend and A great musician of blue's and rock n roll..traveling and prevailing from it all in his young life time..Stevie went through later in life,drug rehab and came out new ..thank God Stwvie got help he needed..and had to have..wrote alot of his music and songs and was producer of it..He sang and played guitar and was great on stage..RIP
GREAT interview! Never had heard this one.
Here we are in 2023. This is the first time I'm hearing this interview. I learned of SRV when I was 15 yrs. old. I'm 52 now. I started off learning the popular hair band music of the day. Then I heard SRV and it changed my entire outlook. All I had was tape deck and a guitar. No youtube or special access. I became comsumed trying to capture the feel. His music opened my eyes to all the blues greats that influenced him. This interview really exposes the beautiful human being he was. There's not an egotisical bone in the man's body. Just an honest passion for his craft, and so unique unto himself. To this day. You are so missed. I saw Jimmie Vauhan a few months ago at a small club in Memphis. You can see that same magic. I got to meet Jimmie. What a thrill and honor it was to shake his hand. In the modern world of the overly technical Joe Bonamassa, Eric Gales kind of guys. Do yourself a favor and go see Jimmie. That Texas feel is still glowing in his music, and you can experience an influence on SRV first hand. As SRV says here. He was trying to learn to slow down and get as much as he could out of every note rather than flood the song with a buch of notes that never get there. Such a wise man he was at 35. Love his ode to Jeff Beck as well. Nice. R.I.P SRV. Tick tock people. Think about it.
I've thought I had heard almost every srv interview but not this one. I'm 36 and agree with everything you say.I got to meet jimmie as well. A couple years ago after his show in Florida. He signed my first thunderbirds album. I consider myself a decent player but in his presence I felt as small As a flea. I wish someone would come along and wipe out all these so called blues players. Like Stevie said in the interview. "The whitest guy who walks"
Stevie I love you. Thank you for saving my life in so many ways
True to his passion true to blues music.. some people are put on the earth for special reasons and he showed us his.. not to mention he's still helping people get sober even after death! He was really something else.. there's really no words for it? death just made him a legend!
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I sure would like it if someone could post the link to this complete unedited show , with music in between and all . This was a cool little snap shot however & I’m glad I stumbled onto it . Thanks for sharing this one 😎👍