My roommate talked me into paying $14 to see SRV in 1984. We arrived early and stood in the very front. He opened with this and blew me away for the next 34 years.
I paid $90 to see Prince in about 2003 'musicology' tour. No regrets he brought the friggin house DOWN. Played a medley of his hits. I brought a lefty with me, and FORGOT to burn it. Transfixed. Props to his band they were right with him.
I'm young enough not to have idea who this guy was, I just clicked the video as I was scrolling through examples to play blues tunes on my guitar... but man! I'm so glad I found it!! I just discovered a hidden gem!
@@22metzfan Wow! Don't be a Richard. It ain't like the radio runs SRV's stuff into the ground like they do with Zeppelin and Ozzie. How bout you cut the kid some slack, eh.
The way he carried himself was like no other guitar player. And in his interviews he’s just such a humble man who just loves his home state of Texas , bbq and guitar.
@@maxbrief8341 spoken like someone who has never tried to play any of his music. He was actually insanely precise with his picking and muting. It's one of the many things that make it so difficult to replicate his playing.
This, to me, epitomizes the strength of RUclips. I'd heard of Stevie Ray Vaughan but never checked him out. Sadly, SRV is no longer with us, but RUclips introduces his brilliant music to a whole legion of new fans. Long live Stevie Ray Vaughan.
@@billydee3157 And I think what made him so much greater than many others is his utter humbleness! He had his demons for sure. But he was dealing with them and came out on top. And he NEVER let his fans down through it all! (even though he worried how his music would be playing sober)
Don't worry, some greedhead will soon claim copyright to this video. it's been in for long enough. The peasants have enjoyed it for long enough for free. Whomever filmed this now deserves money. Your money.
The whole band, Tommy and Chris too. It's like when you have one member who is so great no one remembers the others, even if they are also great in their own right. You say Cream and everyone's first thought is Eric Clapton, but Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were also amazing.
Talkin Bout Nawlins I've seen Reese with bonamassa twice now, and the man is still as good as he was. Absolutely kills it. One of the best I've ever seen
This may be the best version of "Couldn't Stand the Weather". Reese's piano solo has a really cool jazzy sound to it and Stevie's guitar solo following it is just mind blowing. Thanks for the upload!
Bc they probably play the guitar but after watching this they concluded that they will never be able to do something like this. Jellaous facqerssss....
And don't concern yourself with like the people that can't wrap their heads around things not yourself of course but all the other lugens and freaking markson freaking jerks in the world
I believe I can fly I believe I can touch the sky I think about it every night and day Spread my wings and fly away I believe I can soar I see me running through that open door I believe I can fly I believe I can fly I believe I can fly hoo
Dude! that is exactly my story! I had barely even heard of him when my best friend drug me to The Paladium in LA around 1986. We bought tickets from a scalper out front, pushed our way up to the stage and just stood there in awe. He has been and always will be my favorite artist. My family even has intructions to play his music at my funeral, lol. But let's not forget Tommy, Reese and Chris!
You know, people, you never see any thumbs down concerning Stevie's performances. The reason is simple. He's the greatest guitar player in history! From up above, he's watching over us.
Still get completely blown away when I watch these SRV videos especially this clip. Saw SRV in 1989 and still remember it like it was yesterday. Jeff Beck played after SRV and I left after his second song. No one should have ever had to perform after Stevie. Once you're in SRV world you never want to leave.
Stevie Ray was the Hendrix of my generation got to see him in 85 do 1 show he was like watching a comet that comes around every thousand years always said I would see him again never did . I cried like a baby the day he died like losing my own brother R I P SRV you are loved forever
He really was a true guitar master; the absolute control of that fretting hand, muting whatever string/strings he wanted at any time, which allowed him to dig in hard to every strum with his picking hand and get extra sound, the subtle quick switches on the knobs and pickup switch that are constantly happening so the tone and sound would shift and change during each song, and that passion and intensity, never a second of less then 100%. Absolutely the best!! RIP Stevie, as always a true inspiration!
I Last saw Stevie in 1990,when on raining night,got to be almost 1 on 1 with SRV, he was gracious enough to talk for about 20+ minutes with myself & my rhythm player. They broke the mold when we lost Stevie,, I cried.A Lasting memory.
SRV the best forever. Fantastic musician. Whith my band ,we are very proud ,we play this track ,"could'n't stand the weather" for the first time in live at Bordeaux Cestas Fr. This saturday june 24. I'm so glad !
They are so tight together. Stevie is bad ass but the rest of the band deserves a lot of credit also. They complemented each other. Wouldn't have been the same without any of them
I have listened to this like 70 times in the past 3 weeks. and I'm still yelling OH MY GOD at the screen. wen uve been dead for 30 years and people are yelling at their tv because they still cant believe it
If you don’t play guitar, I dint think you can really appreciate how complex the rhythm lick that Stevie plays really is. And his tone. I know for a fact there are about 3 million players rocking Strats and not one of them can fully and completely replicate this song. Stevie was truly amazing.
I don't play guitar very well. I play air guitar extremely well... In my mind anyways why do air guitar to any one of my many Stevie favourites I hit every note in every solo.. I don't want to get into a debate but hey dude who does not agree that SRV is in the top five all time super cool super rockin Soulful Axe-Men of all time simply does not know what he is talking about
Stevie is the best player of all time in my opinion Hendrix, Clapton, they’re all up there as well. What difference does it make if someone can replicate them
As an avid Strat player with 40+ yes of band experience, Stevies playing both inspired me and made me want to give up playing at the same time. His ability to just have the guitar become an extension of himself, and pull tones out of the instrument that I've never come close to achieving. And you're right, non players may not have the same understanding of just what a rare talent he was. In 7yrs he introduced so many people to the blues and many longtime blues plates credit him with the revival of their careers. Guitar players ran out to buy the albums of all the blues greats SRV mentioned that influenced him. Tragic the way it ended for him, his loss to blues lovers around the world left holes in all our hearts.
I miss the days when musicians were actually musicians...imagine how much more music this guitar virtuoso could’ve produced if he were here today...you’re solely missed my friend.
I’m a retired FAA air traffic controller and was working traffic at Pontiac ATCT when we got the word immediately following the accident that a helo carrying SRV had gone down in WI. I had to get the HELL off a position and take a break I’d been a fan of his like since whenever he first came out I was that shook up man what a damn shame what a loss. I never got to see him live but I had seen Jimmi at the Forum growing up and man I gotta say SRV I don’t mean to offend anyone but SRV man he was right there with Hendrix folks I’m no musician but he was something way special how some nimrod could possibly hit the thumbs down on this has to be tone deaf.
Took off in a fog, alpine valley was built on a kettle moraine and was a Ski hill in the winter. As is every show I've seen there the fog rolls in and is part of the show when it hits the band stage. Pilot must of hit a lift wire. One of the only local to Chicago shows i missed of him and DT. Traffic is always horrible the only quick way out is by Helo. Told my sister to go. He's so worth it. Truely like you, devastated hearing the news, like Senna and other greats. Though, 2 completely different paths, too me, those 2 hit me the hardest. Lost way to soon.
I saw SRV the night he died, Robert Cray, then Stevie, then Eric Clapton. Stevie’s set was unbelievable, greatest live performance on Guitar I’ve ever witnessed. Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.
Those final concerts were other worldly. Our little trio moved way up front at Alpine Valley and we could see SRV's peacock tattoo. I can still work up tears watching Stevie videos. Who knows, y'all may have even sat near us!
I saw him 4 times. Starting with the Texas Flood tour. Was a hero from the start. Oodles of talent. There couldn't have been an SRV without Hendrix. There couldn't have been many players without Hendrix. That doesn't lessen their talent in their own right.
We can say that about all the great artists/inventors/etc, that we have lost Mrs Squirrel, but I agree some of our great artists died far too young, , taking their talent with them!
Nuttygirl : That’s really all I ever said... I am so sad that he was taken from us too soon! Plus, I remember he said, ‘I feel so good now!’, and that makes me more sad! #SRV deserved #Children and #Everything he Cared About: ❤️✊🏾🌍✌🏾
In 1980 my wife and I hand carried a Diamond and Ruby bracelet from our " Cartiers" Jewelry store in Paris to Texas for Stevie's 26th birthday. He invited us to stay the night and celebrate his birthday. The Tequila flowed.
Thank whomever made seeing this possible, 35 years later. They say true art can make you weep upon viewing it. My eyes stream as I witness this excellence.
I swear he was possessed by that Strat..... by far the Greatest Texas Bluesman that has and will ever live, I am sure and Jimmy are up in heaven trading licks, what I would pay to be in the crowd hear that. RIP Stevie we miss you down here Buddy!!!
I heard Mike McCready say that he saw Stevie live once and when he started Couldn't Stand the Weather the sky just opened up and it started raining like crazy. He said it was an epic moment. Stevie is the stuff of absolute legend.
It's a rather cold and lonely world without this dude and his amazing band. And not an heir in sight. How long must we wait. Almost thirty years of compromise and mediocrity.
AnalogOpher HAHAHAHA are you serious????? He just copy catted Real Bluesman..He got on MTV and that was a lot of peoples indruction to blues..too bad SRV wasnt really that good of a representative of Blues but rather a mediocre guitarist...nothing original no innovative style or technique..most important NO FEELING OR EMOTION!!!! Just flashy clothes and a guy show boating to audiences that couldnt discern a counterfeit from the genuine article.. Go back and educate your self on The Blues..go buy a cheap electric guitar and amp look up on youtube how to play what he played ..then you will understand how Stevie wasnt really that good...Just A pop blues wannabe. That got lucky on some MTV videos LOL. It is tragic and sad that he got killed not disrespecting that. If he would have kept going another 10 or 20 years and improving got off the drugs and got serious and forgot about the flashy hats and capes and clothes got down to business he could have been great
Matooley O'Brien I want you to listen to lenny then tell me he had no feeling. Playing fast does not equal a lack of feeling he was capable of both and the vast majority of guitarists would agree.
I was floating on an old tin can in the Navy 1983 and a buddy in the engine room say Rusty, you gotta hear this dude. Instant connection and I knew right then Stevie Ray was what the world was missing .
Certainly one of their best live performances that I've heard. Fine piano solo as well. American music didn't often get much better than this back in 1985, at least for my money. A true talent still greatly missed...
i’m a 13 year old who lives and breaths the blues. Right now i’m doing a research project on the blues as well as stevie, i’ve learned so much and even learned my social studies teacher saw stevie 4 times before he passed. There’s just something so magical about the way stevie played and it’s a shame no one I show his music to understands that magic. If it wasn’t for stevie my guitar would be collecting dust. Thanks stevie for creating such good music. I guess it wouldn’t have been such a bad thing growing up in the 80s 🙂. RIP stevie I hope to be like you some day This is an edit a whole year later: Got my first fender strat for my birthday this fall Gotten huge into Dwayne and Derek and all that slide stuff can’t even begin to dive into all the strides I’ve made as a musician in a year man time flies. fucking insane. Anyways I’m loving life and guitar although never as much as I did during those early times of covid, hours on hours of playing, I miss that, been swamped with life shit... more of an excuse more than anything. Probably gonna post some stuff on this account too Until next year??
That's Stevie with a capital "S" son. Capital S. Capital R. Capital V. In the future, we hope to remind other Music Lovers to capitalize your name too. Keep Rockin WS!!
Doug Richardson Thank you sir i’ll check it out!!That project sent me down a worm hole and I can’t get out, i’m constantly learning new techniques and have listened to just about everybody in the books, right now i’ve been obsessed with clapton and have finally started to branch away from stevie a little, as that’s who i used to only listen to😂. I’ve also been listening to some Albert King and it’s been really cool to hear the influence from Albert King in SRV’s tone. I’m proud to say since i made this comment i’ve improved so much and i’m really starting to move away from my dream of being an athlete to a musician. All these kind reply’s i’ve been getting on here every few weeks have been amazing and inspire me to keep going!
Another deceased Legend I was blessed to see him in Melbourne 1984. I put the axe in the cupboard for a good while after that. I already had the Texas Flood album so I knew what to expect
Hay SRV FAMILY well I can't begin to tell y'all how much I LOVE this video I so wish SRV was still here with us all so we could go to his concerts. And being from Texas myself... well enough said
Jose Morales Well oddly enough I actually first became a fan back in the 80’s trying to figure out who played on David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” track. Read somewhere later on in a guitar magazine (remember those? Ha!) that it was SRV. Been a fan since! Well,hello El Paso from Laredo!
Imagine doing THIS, then going on to do God knows how many more songs for the set. Then waking up and doing it again the next day.. and the next day.. and NEVER ONCE losing that fire. Day after day, night after night...
I remember someone saying that there are people who go to very popular RUclips videos with very popular people in them and vote them down just for that reason. They can't stand anyone being that liked or loved. Weird but I don't doubt that happens.
In interviews he always expressed a profound sense of humility, often to the point of self-deprecation, while simultaneously lauding his influences and heroes. And then you hear him play. He was SO special.
From his hat to his cloths to the tip of his boots and back up to his fingertips he was electric & a genius in music and sound. I wish he could have been saved from the industry. Imagine what kind of threat they felt by him..
Loving the little dance Stevie and Tommy are doing while Chris and Reese are solid born grooving. To me the greatest CSTW. They are laying it down people !!!!!!
Don't know how many of y'all are from Texas... But this song was live y'all!!! I'm from El Paso Texas and Stevie was from Austin!!!! If your Texan show your pride!!!!
Ok ,This is officially the best version i have heard of this song .Sure do miss S.R.V least we forget .R.I.P. Thank's for the amazing music and for staying true .
Even though I'm a music lover only been to a hand full of concerts in my life. From the first time I saw him on TV I said to myself this guy I have to see in person. Berkeley October 11, 1985. He will always be missed and even sadder is all the music he had yet to make that we will never hear.
My favorite SRV song...so much emotion! Took Hendrix to another dimension with the "Texas twang"...easily identifiable, had his own unique sound. Thank God I saw him on the USS Enterprise w/ Joe satriani opening back in '87 or '88 in NYC. We're still waiting for another great blues guitarist to come along...Thanks Stevie!!!
This is the song that got me hooked on SRV waaaay back in 85'. Cried my eyes out when I heard on the radio he was gone. RIP STEVIE...we all miss you so much!
there's a lot of great guitarist...Jimi, Duane Allman, Santana, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, just to name a few. But no one, NO ONE, can top this cat, SRV is hands down the best guitarist we've even seen!
A few months ago I was curious as to who is considered the greatest guitar player of all time and started digging on RUclips and fell upon the Srv sound check video and spending the night just clicking anything with his name on it, and now he's my favorite musician and in my opinion the greatest guitar player of all time. He's also a really smooth dresser.
The very first time I heard this song, I loved it! There was instant recognition as to just who was playing it. I knew immediately. It's just an awesome piece of work
I was lucky enough to see SRV play at the Sydney Opera house in 1984. I saw him again in 1986 at the Hordern pavilion also in Sydney. Great memories. Stevie is still sadly missed
He would make every bluesman past and present proud by his music. It’s easy to see he puts all his heart and soul into it. If ever a man and his guitar were one it’s Stevie🎸
I mean....how?!...just so unreal and humbling...he was a channel...one with the music, one with the instrument. He wasn't "playing guitar". He was the guitar, and the guitar was him. This video is mind-blowing.
I’m 22 years old. With the confidence that I can say as a young musician, I’ve never seen this level of musicianship and tightness of a group in a show. Long live Stevie Ray Vaughn and double trouble!
Stevie was one of those rare guitarists who could play "lead-rhythm" guitar. Another guy who came before him was a master at it. You might want to check out Terry Kath with the original group, Chicago and just about anything "live" such as 1970 at Tanglewood.
truly there will never be another like him. these videos are a testament to his greatness and if you were lucky enough to see him perform in person (as I did in 1984 in Hawaii with Jeff Beck!!!) it was truly a transcendent experience.
One of those rare times when SRVs awesome main lick might actually be outshone by the vocal line and chords of the verses. Great progression. And I love his vocals... its just that the guitar aspect is from another planet. Edit: and holey mother that was a breakdown jam in there!
I remember the first time I heard Stevie I started screaming: ''THIS IS THE MUSIC I'VE BEEN HEARING IN MY HEAD FOR ALL THESE YEARS''!!!!!!!!!!! ''WHO THE HELL IS THIS''! Never forget that moment.
My roommate talked me into paying $14 to see SRV in 1984. We arrived early and stood in the very front. He opened with this and blew me away for the next 34 years.
best $14 bucks ever spent!!!
I'd give my right arm to go back in time see Stevie live... I would
Karl von Eschenhof : $14. Those were good days!
Get with #Bernie❤️✊🏾🌎✌🏾 Pass it on!
#NewDealer
Fuck thats a good story
I paid $90 to see Prince in about 2003 'musicology' tour. No regrets he brought the friggin house DOWN. Played a medley of his hits. I brought a lefty with me, and FORGOT to burn it. Transfixed. Props to his band they were right with him.
I dare anyone to be still while listening to ANY song by SRV!!
🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥
No can do😁
I'm young enough not to have idea who this guy was, I just clicked the video as I was scrolling through examples to play blues tunes on my guitar... but man! I'm so glad I found it!! I just discovered a hidden gem!
Stevie Ray Vaughan isn’t a fucking “hidden” gem just because you’re 12 years old. He happens to be extremely famous. Welcome to the world!
@@22metzfan
Wow! Don't be a Richard. It ain't like the radio runs SRV's stuff into the ground like they do with Zeppelin and Ozzie. How bout you cut the kid some slack, eh.
@@Kel-d7v I actually have another hidden gem for him, has he ever heard of Jimi Hendrix? What about Paul McCartney. 🤣
He was a natural showman. His charisma shown through his face, hands, voice, clothes and moves. He had it all. He was really a superstar.
im from south louisiana and all my 60 yr old dad and his friends dress, talk and act like SRV..so heavily influential on that generation in the south
I think his playing style really helps with that, since he doesn’t have to concentrate on precision and can just constantly strike the strings
💗💗💗
The way he carried himself was like no other guitar player. And in his interviews he’s just such a humble man who just loves his home state of Texas , bbq and guitar.
@@maxbrief8341 spoken like someone who has never tried to play any of his music. He was actually insanely precise with his picking and muting. It's one of the many things that make it so difficult to replicate his playing.
This, to me, epitomizes the strength of RUclips. I'd heard of Stevie Ray Vaughan but never checked him out. Sadly, SRV is no longer with us, but RUclips introduces his brilliant music to a whole legion of new fans. Long live Stevie Ray Vaughan.
What an insightful and surprisingly wholesome comment --
What you said is one of the great beauties of the internet. Long live Stevie Ray Vaughn
@@matthewwynn3025 Thank you for the kind words, very much appreciated.
Simply the greatest guitar player God ever created. Musical genius.
@@billydee3157 And I think what made him so much greater than many others is his utter humbleness! He had his demons for sure. But he was dealing with them and came out on top. And he NEVER let his fans down through it all! (even though he worried how his music would be playing sober)
Don't worry, some greedhead will soon claim copyright to this video. it's been in for long enough. The peasants have enjoyed it for long enough for free. Whomever filmed this now deserves money. Your money.
I WAS THERE @ 16 YEARS OLD ONE OF THE BEST NITES OF MY LIFE
while everyone is blown away by stevies talent, can we just take a moment to appreciate how Reece is absolutely owning that keyboard?!
The whole band, Tommy and Chris too. It's like when you have one member who is so great no one remembers the others, even if they are also great in their own right. You say Cream and everyone's first thought is Eric Clapton, but Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were also amazing.
Best I've seen im my lifetime.
Talkin Bout Nawlins I've seen Reese with bonamassa twice now, and the man is still as good as he was. Absolutely kills it. One of the best I've ever seen
They're all fucking amazing
NO
SRV saved 80s music for me. Rest his soul. Gone too soon.
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I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN HOW MUCH I LOVE SEEING AND HEARING THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
You don't have to. I totally get it because I'm doing the same thing. >.>
Amen!!
Marcus Reeves : Nor can I...well, if I were sitting next to you in a bar, and it played...everyone would understand.
Subversive 4U digging the B3 also. Awesome back up. SRV was the best 😎🎶🎶🎶🎶
Marcus Reeves Ain’t that the damn truth!
This may be the best version of "Couldn't Stand the Weather". Reese's piano solo has a really cool jazzy sound to it and Stevie's guitar solo following it is just mind blowing. Thanks for the upload!
Reese is filthy on the piano. To think that he could have been with the Allman Brothers, except that he can't sing.
all are really good… my fave is the Austin City Limits version :)
YES!! Reese is such an Underrated keyboard player! And a PERFECT compliment to Stevie's guitar 😎🎸🎹
Fantastic piano solo indeed, perfectly complements the vibe
How could 583 people dislike Stevie Ray Vaughan?? I can’t wrap my brain around that!
Bc they probably play the guitar but after watching this they concluded that they will never be able to do something like this. Jellaous facqerssss....
The music?
Just the people that can understand what life is about
And don't concern yourself with like the people that can't wrap their heads around things not yourself of course but all the other lugens and freaking markson freaking jerks in the world
Yeah. Crazy, isn't it? Maybe they listening for something like oh, I don't know, maybe "country music"??!! Please pardon the oxymoron.
When you listen to his music, you feel like you can fly.
Untouchable.
Hot damn..that's the truth..some good stuff for the soul brutha....yeah
I can visualize some Kung Fu masters flying around as they spar with each other.
I'm just not feeling it?
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly hoo
It takes time, passion and blood but playin' his stuff it's like flyin fo real
Dude! that is exactly my story! I had barely even heard of him when my best friend drug me to The Paladium in LA around 1986. We bought tickets from a scalper out front, pushed our way up to the stage and just stood there in awe. He has been and always will be my favorite artist. My family even has intructions to play his music at my funeral, lol. But let's not forget Tommy, Reese and Chris!
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You know, people, you never see any thumbs down concerning Stevie's performances. The reason is simple. He's the greatest guitar player in history! From up above, he's watching over us.
As much as I love SRV the title is still Eddie VanHalen's to lose. But I seriously doubt that. But keep loving SRV like we all do brother.
@@NitroModelsAndComicsHave you guys heard from a dude named Jimi Hendrix?
@@amaylor500 can't say I have. Tell me more.
@@NitroModelsAndComicsHe's Great.
Stupid Guitarist Talk Y'all😅
Still get completely blown away when I watch these SRV videos especially this clip. Saw SRV in 1989 and still remember it like it was yesterday. Jeff Beck played after SRV and I left after his second song. No one should have ever had to perform after Stevie. Once you're in SRV world you never want to leave.
you probably missed the greatest encore ever it you left. they did voodoo Chile, machine gun and going down both on stage ripping it up. UNREAL
Stevie Ray was the Hendrix of my generation got to see him in 85 do 1 show he was like watching a comet that comes around every thousand years always said I would see him again never did .
I cried like a baby the day he died like losing my own brother
R I P SRV you are loved forever
I totally agree. I really regret not catching him live in his prime. Missed the chance of a lifetime, truly.
Got to see both of them I'm still smiling
He really was a true guitar master; the absolute control of that fretting hand, muting whatever string/strings he wanted at any time, which allowed him to dig in hard to every strum with his picking hand and get extra sound, the subtle quick switches on the knobs and pickup switch that are constantly happening so the tone and sound would shift and change during each song, and that passion and intensity, never a second of less then 100%. Absolutely the best!! RIP Stevie, as always a true inspiration!
I Last saw Stevie in 1990,when on raining night,got to be almost 1 on 1 with SRV, he was gracious enough to talk for about 20+ minutes with myself & my rhythm player. They broke the mold when we lost Stevie,, I cried.A Lasting memory.
SRV the best forever. Fantastic musician. Whith my band ,we are very proud ,we play this track ,"could'n't stand the weather" for the first time in live at Bordeaux Cestas Fr. This saturday june 24. I'm so glad !
I was front row,,, u can see and hear me talking to stevie during show,,, it was two days b4 my 22nd birthday,, wow!!!! wat a night,,, !!!
They are so tight together. Stevie is bad ass but the rest of the band deserves a lot of credit also. They complemented each other. Wouldn't have been the same without any of them
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I am still pissed that we lost Stevie......I will never get over losing this man! I am still angry about it! What a terrible shame!
Damn! Reese Wynans owning the keys!
And the guitar player’s pretty good too!
I have listened to this like 70 times in the past 3 weeks. and I'm still yelling OH MY GOD at the screen. wen uve been dead for 30 years and people are yelling at their tv because they still cant believe it
This man was put here for a reason. He found the reason in his lifetime. I’m grateful he did
i mean, how can you be THAT good
As much as I know SRV music...
no matter what I whatch or who posted it... I still wish he was he was here!!! Still no one like him... SRV!!!!!!!
The funky break off at 3:44 kills me every time. Thank the Good Lord we have these moments captured forever. And thank you Stevie.
Like falling off a cliff. Amazing.
yeah and I love how they move syncronised
He is funky!
If you don’t play guitar, I dint think you can really appreciate how complex the rhythm lick that Stevie plays really is. And his tone. I know for a fact there are about 3 million players rocking Strats and not one of them can fully and completely replicate this song. Stevie was truly amazing.
I do
I don't play guitar very well. I play air guitar extremely well... In my mind anyways why do air guitar to any one of my many Stevie favourites I hit every note in every solo.. I don't want to get into a debate but hey dude who does not agree that SRV is in the top five all time super cool super rockin Soulful Axe-Men of all time simply does not know what he is talking about
Stevie is the best player of all time in my opinion Hendrix, Clapton, they’re all up there as well. What difference does it make if someone can replicate them
As an avid Strat player with 40+ yes of band experience, Stevies playing both inspired me and made me want to give up playing at the same time. His ability to just have the guitar become an extension of himself, and pull tones out of the instrument that I've never come close to achieving. And you're right, non players may not have the same understanding of just what a rare talent he was. In 7yrs he introduced so many people to the blues and many longtime blues plates credit him with the revival of their careers. Guitar players ran out to buy the albums of all the blues greats SRV mentioned that influenced him. Tragic the way it ended for him, his loss to blues lovers around the world left holes in all our hearts.
I miss the days when musicians were actually musicians...imagine how much more music this guitar virtuoso could’ve produced if he were here today...you’re solely missed my friend.
There is NOBODY cooler than SRV! RIPSRV!!
+Craig Winter
"Ya got It" Stevie's Awesome!!!!!!!!
This is one of my favorite SRV songs (if I had to choose a list of favorite SRV songs). They are all great.
Craig Winter i agree
my fav Life without u bec of his speech abt getting clean on it!!!!
Craig Winter Jimi Hendrix ix cooler RIPJH
I’m a retired FAA air traffic controller and was working traffic at Pontiac ATCT when we got the word immediately following the accident that a helo carrying SRV had gone down in WI. I had to get the HELL off a position and take a break I’d been a fan of his like since whenever he first came out I was that shook up man what a damn shame what a loss. I never got to see him live but I had seen Jimmi at the Forum growing up and man I gotta say SRV I don’t mean to offend anyone but SRV man he was right there with Hendrix folks I’m no musician but he was something way special how some nimrod could possibly hit the thumbs down on this has to be tone deaf.
Took off in a fog, alpine valley was built on a kettle moraine and was a Ski hill in the winter.
As is every show I've seen there the fog rolls in and is part of the show when it hits the band stage.
Pilot must of hit a lift wire. One of the only local to Chicago shows i missed of him and DT. Traffic is always horrible the only quick way out is by Helo. Told my sister to go. He's so worth it. Truely like you, devastated hearing the news, like Senna and other greats. Though, 2 completely different paths, too me, those 2 hit me the hardest. Lost way to soon.
SRV really saying "thank you" threw me off....like bro we should be thanking you💯
I saw SRV the night he died, Robert Cray, then Stevie, then Eric Clapton. Stevie’s set was unbelievable, greatest live performance on Guitar I’ve ever witnessed. Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.
Those final concerts were other worldly. Our little trio moved way up front at Alpine Valley and we could see SRV's peacock tattoo. I can still work up tears watching Stevie videos. Who knows, y'all may have even sat near us!
I saw him 4 times. Starting with the Texas Flood tour. Was a hero from the start. Oodles of talent. There couldn't have been an SRV without Hendrix. There couldn't have been many players without Hendrix. That doesn't lessen their talent in their own right.
@@spitfireaace Wow,wow,wow what memory's!!! I did see Faith no more with Chuck Mosely tho.Stuck in my mind 4ever
I got the chills reading your comment. Thank you, BrandyF from West Texas.
I got the chills reading your comment. Thank you, BrandyF from West Texas.
I was at this show! Imagine this video x 100! That was SRV for ya. Saw him a many times live and I will never forget power and creativity.
He makes it look so damn easy. Can you imagine all the great material he'd have come up with if he hadn't died?
We can say that about all the great artists/inventors/etc, that we have lost Mrs Squirrel, but I agree some of our great artists died far too young, , taking their talent with them!
We still have Eric Clapton.........
That's called hard work and paying dues. Left this world way too soon. RIP. Stevie
Nuttygirl : That’s really all I ever said...
I am so sad that he was taken from us too soon!
Plus, I remember he said, ‘I feel so good now!’, and
that makes me more sad!
#SRV deserved #Children and #Everything he Cared About: ❤️✊🏾🌍✌🏾
luuke luketer he's overrated af
Damn that whole band is tight.
They are on a whole nother level - who is that beast on keys? Omg
E R Reese Wynans, Keyboards
SRV definitely hired the right guy to play keys for him.
@@RobertVandenberg fuckers puttin work
He now plays with another guitar master, Joe Bonamassa.
reece wynans. for one, duane allman almost invited him to join before gregg decided to join what became the allman bros band
Rhythm and lead and everything in between….STEVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man this guy was an absolute alien phenomenon with a guitar. Ridiculous talent
That gets your foot tapping', huh? Great version - Reese was such a good addition to DT and I love how Stevie gave him room to move around.
In 1980 my wife and I hand carried a Diamond and Ruby bracelet from our " Cartiers" Jewelry store in Paris to Texas for Stevie's 26th birthday. He invited us to stay the night and celebrate his birthday. The Tequila flowed.
Thank whomever made seeing this possible, 35 years later. They say true art can make you weep upon viewing it. My eyes stream as I witness this excellence.
Stevie Ray Vaughan (and his guitar) was most likely some kind of vessel for a much higher power that I hope we all get to meet one day
He's so good it's just ridiculous! 🤩 This is my favorite all-time SRV guitar intro. Love it! 😛😜😊
I swear he was possessed by that Strat..... by far the Greatest Texas Bluesman that has and will ever live, I am sure and Jimmy are up in heaven trading licks, what I would pay to be in the crowd hear that. RIP Stevie we miss you down here Buddy!!!
It's so adorable when the bass play starts swaying and so does stevie
Ikr
I heard Mike McCready say that he saw Stevie live once and when he started Couldn't Stand the Weather the sky just opened up and it started raining like crazy. He said it was an epic moment. Stevie is the stuff of absolute legend.
It's a rather cold and lonely world without this dude and his amazing band. And not an heir in sight. How long must we wait. Almost thirty years of compromise and mediocrity.
have you checked out jimmy d lane , kirk fletcher, greg koch
AnalogOpher HAHAHAHA are you serious????? He just copy catted Real Bluesman..He got on MTV and that was a lot of peoples indruction to blues..too bad SRV wasnt really that good of a representative of Blues but rather a mediocre guitarist...nothing original no innovative style or technique..most important NO FEELING OR EMOTION!!!! Just flashy clothes and a guy show boating to audiences that couldnt discern a counterfeit from the genuine article.. Go back and educate your self on The Blues..go buy a cheap electric guitar and amp look up on youtube how to play what he played ..then you will understand how Stevie wasnt really that good...Just A pop blues wannabe. That got lucky on some MTV videos LOL. It is tragic and sad that he got killed not disrespecting that. If he would have kept going another 10 or 20 years and improving got off the drugs and got serious and forgot about the flashy hats and capes and clothes got down to business he could have been great
Matooley O'Brien I want you to listen to lenny then tell me he had no feeling. Playing fast does not equal a lack of feeling he was capable of both and the vast majority of guitarists would agree.
Matooley O'Brien You’re a fucking idiot. No feeling? Take a step back, do some research, shut the fuck up, and come back when you’re not so ignorant.
Did Hendrix have no “feeling” because he wore a kimono?
I was floating on an old tin can in the Navy 1983 and a buddy in the engine room say Rusty, you gotta hear this dude. Instant connection and I knew right then Stevie Ray was what the world was missing .
Certainly one of their best live performances that I've heard. Fine piano solo as well. American music didn't often get much better than this back in 1985, at least for my money. A true talent still greatly missed...
Seriously one of the best bands ever to grace a stage.
i’m a 13 year old who lives and breaths the blues. Right now i’m doing a research project on the blues as well as stevie, i’ve learned so much and even learned my social studies teacher saw stevie 4 times before he passed. There’s just something so magical about the way stevie played and it’s a shame no one I show his music to understands that magic. If it wasn’t for stevie my guitar would be collecting dust. Thanks stevie for creating such good music. I guess it wouldn’t have been such a bad thing growing up in the 80s 🙂. RIP stevie I hope to be like you some day
This is an edit a whole year later:
Got my first fender strat for my birthday this fall
Gotten huge into Dwayne and Derek and all that slide stuff can’t even begin to dive into all the strides I’ve made as a musician in a year man time flies. fucking insane. Anyways I’m loving life and guitar although never as much as I did during those early times of covid, hours on hours of playing, I miss that, been swamped with life shit... more of an excuse more than anything. Probably gonna post some stuff on this account too
Until next year??
Keep the dream alive Will!😎💝
That's Stevie with a capital "S" son. Capital S. Capital R. Capital V. In the future, we hope to remind other Music Lovers to capitalize your name too. Keep Rockin WS!!
Keep it alive son it's an art
W M W if you’re 13 and listening to this instead of l’il Pump you have great taste in music. I think that’s a rarity these days. Good for you.
Doug Richardson Thank you sir i’ll check it out!!That project sent me down a worm hole and I can’t get out, i’m constantly learning new techniques and have listened to just about everybody in the books, right now i’ve been obsessed with clapton and have finally started to branch away from stevie a little, as that’s who i used to only listen to😂. I’ve also been listening to some Albert King and it’s been really cool to hear the influence from Albert King in SRV’s tone. I’m proud to say since i made this comment i’ve improved so much and i’m really starting to move away from my dream of being an athlete to a musician. All these kind reply’s i’ve been getting on here every few weeks have been amazing and inspire me to keep going!
Luv that piano!!! 🎵😎 2020 Greetings from the Pacific Northwest, our Pacific Wonderland
Another deceased Legend
I was blessed to see him in Melbourne 1984.
I put the axe in the cupboard for a good while after that.
I already had the Texas Flood album so I knew what to expect
Hay SRV FAMILY well I can't begin to tell y'all how much I LOVE this video I so wish SRV was still here with us all so we could go to his concerts. And being from Texas myself... well enough said
Well said brother! Hello from a fellow Texan!
@@GrumpyMJK Hey brother my name is Joe and I'm from El Paso Texas where you from? I've been a fan since I could remember how bout you?
Jose Morales Well oddly enough I actually first became a fan back in the 80’s trying to figure out who played on David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” track. Read somewhere later on in a guitar magazine (remember those? Ha!) that it was SRV. Been a fan since! Well,hello El Paso from Laredo!
I could listen to this performance on a loop for the rest of my life.
R.I.P Stevie. You may be gone, but your music lives forever.
Imagine doing THIS, then going on to do God knows how many more songs for the set. Then waking up and doing it again the next day.. and the next day.. and NEVER ONCE losing that fire. Day after day, night after night...
We have to say that he was very young
Musicians are a strange breed. We should thank God they exist.
@@johnchronic6725 for sure
I would give 20 years of my life away JUST to see Stevie perform.
No you wouldn't. That would just be silly.
So many people can play great but they miss that one thing that's so hard to get. Soul and the groove. That's Stevie.
Why do so many people give a thumbs down? He was awesome! They must be jealous?!?
I remember someone saying that there are people who go to very popular RUclips videos with very popular people in them and vote them down just for that reason. They can't stand anyone being that liked or loved. Weird but I don't doubt that happens.
@@MosaicRose99 I think so, too! I don't see why they even waste their time, but there are some crazy people on here.
In interviews he always expressed a profound sense of humility, often to the point of self-deprecation, while simultaneously lauding his influences and heroes. And then you hear him play. He was SO special.
Perfectly stated. In his eyes he’d never live up to his idols.
In reality, he was better than all of them!
@@kayesetchfield9089 eh. Technically sure. But they invented it. He borrowed from all of them. So we’ll call it a draw.
@@kayesetchfield9089 to me, music is NOT a competition.
@@SixStringSicario his greatest gift was being able to express the love he felt for the music that he played. It was indelible.
His rhythm chops were unbelievable!
From his hat to his cloths to the tip of his boots and back up to his fingertips he was electric & a genius in music and sound. I wish he could have been saved from the industry. Imagine what kind of threat they felt by him..
Who’s listening in quarantine!
RIP SRV ✌️♥️
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Loving the little dance Stevie and Tommy are doing while Chris and Reese are solid born grooving. To me the greatest CSTW. They are laying it down people !!!!!!
And ladies and gentlemen that's how great music is done!
You either have it or you don,t God blessed Stevie and we were lucky to have been able to share the gift,you will live for ever!!!.
I just want everyone to see and hear this masterpiece of music. It's a revelation! This is how beautiful life can be.
I don't know if we can ever get any better that Stevie.
Don't know how many of y'all are from Texas... But this song was live y'all!!! I'm from El Paso Texas and Stevie was from Austin!!!! If your Texan show your pride!!!!
This is the quintessential SRV and Double Trouble performance. It has a little of everything that they stood for. Such badasses.
Ok ,This is officially the best version i have heard of this song .Sure do miss S.R.V least we forget .R.I.P. Thank's for the amazing music and for staying true .
glenn scott sarconi Agreed this is so tight, it’s like listening to an engine, locomotive-mesmerizing
If not the best ever ..! One of my favorites .., drummer and Bassist are on point .
Even though I'm a music lover only been to a hand full of concerts in my life. From the first time I saw him on TV I said to myself this guy I have to see in person. Berkeley October 11, 1985. He will always be missed and even sadder is all the music he had yet to make that we will never hear.
My favorite SRV song...so much emotion! Took Hendrix to another dimension with the "Texas twang"...easily identifiable, had his own unique sound. Thank God I saw him on the USS Enterprise w/ Joe satriani opening back in '87 or '88 in NYC. We're still waiting for another great blues guitarist to come along...Thanks Stevie!!!
His solos were just incredible and pretty special. So gifted man
This is the song that got me hooked on SRV waaaay back in 85'. Cried my eyes out when I heard on the radio he was gone. RIP STEVIE...we all miss you so much!
I cried when he died. He was he best I ever saw live.
So many great shows were recorded at the Capitol Theater. Thank God !
there's a lot of great guitarist...Jimi, Duane Allman, Santana, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, just to name a few. But no one, NO ONE, can top this cat, SRV is hands down the best guitarist we've even seen!
I’ve never heard four people who compliment each other as brilliantly as SRV & DT did!
A few months ago I was curious as to who is considered the greatest guitar player of all time and started digging on RUclips and fell upon the Srv sound check video and spending the night just clicking anything with his name on it, and now he's my favorite musician and in my opinion the greatest guitar player of all time. He's also a really smooth dresser.
Yes SRV had a connection to a higher dimension, unreal talent.
I agree srv and Duane Allman with his slide are number 1 in my opinion.
He is mine too everything he does is out of this world mindblowing he is definitely on another level
another candidate could be Chet Atkins
Stevie was killed because of his talent
The very first time I heard this song, I loved it! There was instant recognition as to just who was playing it. I knew immediately.
It's just an awesome piece of work
Remarkable . It just amazes me how good this band was.
This man put every ounce of his being into every performance. Amazing...
Extremely talented guitar virtuoso. It was a damn shame he left us to early.
Best version and video of this outrageous song
After all these years and im still inlove with Stevie Ray..💋
Hello Barbara
💗💗
I was lucky enough to see SRV play at the Sydney Opera house in 1984. I saw him again in 1986 at the Hordern pavilion also in Sydney. Great memories. Stevie is still sadly missed
He would make every bluesman past and present proud by his music. It’s easy to see he puts all his heart and soul into it. If ever a man and his guitar were one it’s Stevie🎸
I mean....how?!...just so unreal and humbling...he was a channel...one with the music, one with the instrument. He wasn't "playing guitar". He was the guitar, and the guitar was him. This video is mind-blowing.
My fave virtuoso! Miss you Stevie! xo
I’m 22 years old. With the confidence that I can say as a young musician, I’ve never seen this level of musicianship and tightness of a group in a show. Long live Stevie Ray Vaughn and double trouble!
Luke Watson Sounds like you’re inside of an engine toward the end-well oiled machine precision
Stevie was one of those rare guitarists who could play "lead-rhythm" guitar. Another guy who came before him was a master at it. You might want to check out Terry Kath with the original group, Chicago and just about anything "live" such as 1970 at Tanglewood.
It just doesn’t get any better than this!!!
Masters at work. Could watch this all day.
truly there will never be another like him.
these videos are a testament to his greatness and if you were lucky enough to see him perform in person
(as I did in 1984 in Hawaii with Jeff Beck!!!) it was truly a transcendent experience.
One of those rare times when SRVs awesome main lick might actually be outshone by the vocal line and chords of the verses.
Great progression.
And I love his vocals... its just that the guitar aspect is from another planet.
Edit: and holey mother that was a breakdown jam in there!
I remember the first time I heard Stevie I started screaming: ''THIS IS THE MUSIC I'VE BEEN HEARING IN MY HEAD FOR ALL THESE YEARS''!!!!!!!!!!! ''WHO THE HELL IS THIS''! Never forget that moment.
l2string ---I was in a missile launch control facility in Montana in 84 when I heard him that 1st time. Same feeling ever since. Thanks Stevie.☯️
Damn that has to be one of the best rhythm sections ever.
I am always looking for the second guitarist when SRV is playing.... damn.
yup...
That's why after I saw him live, I told people "He's playing lead and rhythm at the same time!!!".
It took me so long to realize there weren't a couple of other guitarists up there. I was like "where are they?" All Stevie, all the time!
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@@booifojoe that's the bass player