I think this is why Stevie does such great covers. His guitar is is innovative yet still maintains a bluesy edge. He keeps things close to the melody and owns those lyrics too.
I remember watching this live back in the day. SRV was off of drugs and alcohol at this point, and his band was really on top of their game. Everything was looking up for them until just over a year later. The day he died was my first day of college, and a part of me died with him that day. He was my favorite guitar player at the time and I never really got over it. SRV RIP.
Same here. Saw him on Johnny Carson, clean & sober, just had a wierd feeling that he might not be around here much longer as he had come full circle. I was inconsolable as I had been major fan many years. Saw him @ San Diego County Fair @ N/C, he was obviously quite drunk but never missed a beat. All my friends thought of me as I had turned many of them onto SRV, you just gotta hear this guy!! Can't wait to see him again. RIP SRV😭
EVERY interview I have seen with SRV, he ALWAYS comes across as a genuine and considerate person. You dont fake that. Stevie, you left us far too soon.
Stevie Ray Vaughn was raised in a poor family. The old ragged guitar was from his childhood where he learned Blues from the Black Masters. He was welcomed as the Only White man that could ever play the blues like a black man. He understood the blues because it was his life growing up. He almost killed himself drinking so much that he was throwing up blood. He cleaned up and was on his last tour and took the wrong chopper. He died on impact in a burst of flames of a full tank in the chopper. SRV
“Matched only by his playing” I disagree, his playing is the main draw. Don’t get me wrong, he was a great singer, but his playing was on a level untouchable by anyone else.
Well, what can I say? His job here on earth was done, and now Heaven is enjoying some great blues! They say everything in heaven is perfect, and I know he fits right in! A reunion is waiting on us, and we'll meet again.....he said so, as did Jimi...."see ya in the next one, DON'T BE LATE!"
Here is the other side of the unfairness of life. The unavailability of jobs in the rust belt drove me to Austin just in time to see SRV on the verge of stardom. Standing in the midst of a crowd of regulars at Antone's it was easy to spot the other newcomers like myself. They would be looking around like they needed someone to confirm that what they were seeing and hearing was really happening. Over Stevie's music you could read their lips, "WTF". It wasn't long before famous musicians in town for their own gig would be showing up after hours to join him onstage when he was in town. To be there after the bartenders were gone and the doors were closed felt like the greatest of all honors.
@@larryh451 Great stuff there /We didn't see him in the SF Bay much until he was starting to tour clubs who knows where . I went to The Stone in SF .About 600 people max .A friend was insistant that we go . Lucky to snag a seat off to the side of the stage , but up close .. I was one of those guys looking around with the WTF ?
How cool to see this after all these years really cool I believe a incredible high energy badass music man I am amazed time after time when I hear his music 🎵🎶 God made him to play and for us to injoy.We miss you Mr Stevie Ray Vaughan
There is Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and so many other great singer/guitar players, but Stevie Ray is in a class by himself. The Attitude. And the way it looks like his guitar is a part of his body.
I'm with everyone else here, SRV comes across as a really good guy, and kicks ass as a musician and singer. What a loss.😢 He should still be at it now.
I was fortunate to have spent about 15 minutes with Stevie alone backstage on June 26. 1990. At a venue outside Detroit called Pine Knob. I cried like a baby when I heard the news 7:00 a.m. the next morning August 27th 1990. One of the biggest loss in music in my lifetime next to Hendrix.
@@aitf99 I saw his last show at Alpine Valley, Wis. Practically my backyard, when we woke up and heard the news of the crash we were devastated! Gone But Not Forgotten ✌
It’s amazing how when he was on stage playing he had such intensity and fire. Yet off stage sitting in that chair he’s so soft spoken and down to earth. It seems that you can tell he went to hell and back with drugs and alcohol. But then he was clean and sober and had his like in a good place and so centered. A real tragedy that he was taken when he had so much left to give. I can only imagine what he would have produced over a long career.
Stevie was a genies when he is singing look at his eyes he hers every note played and is perfection not just his selt but every one playing man he is the master
A legend that performed and entertained his lifetime on blue's and rock..Then..left us as fast as he played all his gigs stevie Ray Vaughan and his strat played the Best music that was called sensational..RIP Stevie
Wow,could he make that guitar talk,brilliant. A soft spoken humble guy from Texas,Texans have a lot to be proud of ,in one of the world’s finest guitar 🎸 players,a true legend SRV RIP
I didn't know anything about him in the end of the '70s and '80s I just discovered him about a year ago and I tell you what I cannot get enough of watching that man play the guitar you can tell he loves it
Such a quiet, modest guy. He really spoke through his guitar. He's up there jamming with his heroes, (and mine), Jimi and BB. I so wish I had seem him live, and spend some time with him talking about music. For me, Stevie was the best rock/blues guitarist ever, period.
I'm from D/FW. This is hard for me to watch because I know this amazing musician and very down to earth sounding man will be gone a year later. RIP SRV! I'm glad he graced us with awesome music the short time he was here.
I remember my first beer too.. but seriously.. I pulled off the road in Norman, Oklahoma and sobbed when they announced his death on the radio. Broke my heart for a minute. RIP SRV. K
I was at the last show. Walking back to the car when I heard the first helicopter take off. Woke up the next morning to the news SRV died in a helicopter crash... Sad day...
We lost Greatness SO many years ago. He was So humble for the gifts he left us. I will be forever in awe of his seemingly effortless, but hard earned work.
I saw him live in July 1990 (on my 19th birthday) less than a month before he died. AMAZING live! Always was a huge fan. Show was with Joe Cocker too and it was EPIC!!!! They did a duet on Little Help from my Friends.....
Thank God for GUITARS..Thank God for what time he loaned us Stevie Ray Vaughan..Entertainment and performance is what we got...U are missed Stevie...its 2020..your ROCKIN
I saw SRV live, and it was a course-changing experience.. Had excellent seats, smallish venue, I didn't know much about him at all, and it was a great performance. Love his clothes
That part where Arsenio asks Stevie if he liked rap..i personally would have said hell no..but Stevie being the class act that he is said the right thing by saying " i like all kinds of music, there is room for everything, makes room for me too". In every interview i have seen him in no matter if he was high or clean and sober he always was calm, collective, had a smile on his face, and any time people would tell him how great he is he would be shy about it and direct what he learned from his heroes.
I have the right to like or dislike different styles of music. Now if you want to see a real attack on rap here it goes. For one rap is spelled wrong they forget the silent c in front of rap. And 2 i could play rap by putting a shoe in the dryer, grab a Dr Seuss book. Pull by pants halfway down, turn my hat backwards, grab my crotch and read the book out loud throwing curse words in now and then.
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Who is still cranking up SRV in 2023?
I sure am....music today in general doesn't match up.
This guy!!!
2024 now, lol
The man put the blues engage the world and myself some hope 😎🎸
I am
A guitar player like Stevie come once in a life time. Simply the best 🎸
Because of his guitar greatness everybody forgets that Stevie had such a great voice too
Nobody ever talks about his voice! It was like " honey over gravel"
I think this is why Stevie does such great covers. His guitar is is innovative yet still maintains a bluesy edge. He keeps things close to the melody and owns those lyrics too.
i loved him so much that i named my youngest daughter after him Stevie Re"Lopez
Right on, he had a fantastic voice and always sang perfectly live. I wonder if he had perfect pitch.
He never liked his voice but yeah, a vocal powerhouse
Anybody disliking an SRV song doesn't know a damn thing about guitar. Legend!
Just thought I'd tell you stevie going to be featured on pbs.oct17 10am.central.austin city limits.
@Braylon Brennan okay bot
Agreed.. i don't know why there'd be even ONE thumbs down.. how? why??
@Joel Howard Bruh dont fall for that
The person that doesn't like SRV doesn't exist
I remember watching this live back in the day. SRV was off of drugs and alcohol at this point, and his band was really on top of their game. Everything was looking up for them until just over a year later. The day he died was my first day of college, and a part of me died with him that day. He was my favorite guitar player at the time and I never really got over it. SRV RIP.
I never got over it myself. My favorite guitar player as well.
Thats why he only did the studio work with bowie and didnt go out on tour. His coke use was out of hand
bob kelly read the book genius
Same here. Saw him on Johnny Carson, clean & sober, just had a wierd feeling that he might not be around here much longer as he had come full circle. I was inconsolable as I had been major fan many years. Saw him @ San Diego County Fair @ N/C, he was obviously quite drunk but never missed a beat. All my friends thought of me as I had turned many of them onto SRV, you just gotta hear this guy!! Can't wait to see him again. RIP SRV😭
The Cool Cat with The Hat & The Strat 🤩
I'm 74, and SRV still gives me the chills! One amazing musician, so sad to have lost him! Only the good die young!
I am 83 and I think he is perfect
When he plays Voodoo child he's in a trance!
@@stephenhogue5567 So wasJimmy
Only tge best of the best
Been gone for over 30 years but still remembered. RIP Mr. Vaughan.
NEVER FORGOTTEN!💜
If I could bring back any deceased musician, it would be Stevie. He was awesome! One of if not the best guitarist ever.
hell yah
Rory Gallagher or Gary Moore would be nice also
Bob Marley.
Him and Randy Rhoads.
Hendrix and Stevie
The greatest guitar player who ever lived!!!
ALLEN COLLINS STEVE GAINS JIMMY HENDRIX RANDY ROADS EDDIE VAN HALEN ROY CLARK
Kevin I'm with you.
Hendrix 1st S.R.V. BEST.
@@alexxxx9221 you don't mention Clapton ?
@@shyba2011 I was mentioning the ones who past away😉👍😎
@@alexxxx9221 ok sorry about that. In that case shout out to B.B. KING.👍😎🐶
I would definitely bring back STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
Arsenio was the man, ahead of his time
Apart from a great guitar player,Stevie Ray was a good man - and he is missed.
He was so genuine and sweet and soft-spoken. I remember once wondering if he knew Jesus.
Lord knows, I certainly hope he did. I was so hurt when he died and that’s the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear of a loss; Was he Saved?
Thank you SRV and Double Trouble.
EVERY interview I have seen with SRV, he ALWAYS comes across as a genuine and considerate person. You dont fake that. Stevie, you left us far too soon.
Same here. He was so modest.
SuperAce5150 truly a humble man. . . "There's room for everybody "
I still cry
Stevie Ray Vaughn was raised in a poor family. The old ragged guitar was from his childhood where he learned Blues from the Black Masters. He was welcomed as the Only White man that could ever play the blues like a black man. He understood the blues because it was his life growing up. He almost killed himself drinking so much that he was throwing up blood. He cleaned up and was on his last tour and took the wrong chopper. He died on impact in a burst of flames of a full tank in the chopper. SRV
Derek Smith ...What year did he die? I had never heard of him...sad to say, but...Wow, he was great!!
This will always be my favorite video. It's on my birthday!!!!!! June 19 1989. I was 7!
He was all ours wasn't he??? Kids today will never know, except to watch these vids...Missed...
His voice got that subtle and lovable Texas drawl, just enough, he has the perfect vocal delivery matched only by his playing. RIP SRV
“Matched only by his playing”
I disagree, his playing is the main draw. Don’t get me wrong, he was a great singer, but his playing was on a level untouchable by anyone else.
I love his responses, he is clear eyed, smiling and just makes me miss him more...there will never be another Stevie Ray......
💗💗💗
Yeah man….was fully on top his game and never played/sounded better
Miss the 80s so much. SRV #1.
Shooooot Stevie was just warming up. He'd play 5 to 6 hrs gigs and never missed a beat. A true cool guy and so very humble.
Every time I see these old videos of SRV I'm reminded of the unfairness of life.
Well, what can I say? His job here on earth was done, and now Heaven is enjoying some great blues! They say everything in heaven is perfect, and I know he fits right in! A reunion is waiting on us, and we'll meet again.....he said so, as did Jimi...."see ya in the next one, DON'T BE LATE!"
@Doug Richardson So true. Like losing Neil of RUSH this year - dammit.
me too, bro. on that awful day, i shed many tears
Here is the other side of the unfairness of life. The unavailability of jobs in the rust belt drove me to Austin just in time to see SRV on the verge of stardom. Standing in the midst of a crowd of regulars at Antone's it was easy to spot the other newcomers like myself. They would be looking around like they needed someone to confirm that what they were seeing and hearing was really happening. Over Stevie's music you could read their lips, "WTF". It wasn't long before famous musicians in town for their own gig would be showing up after hours to join him onstage when he was in town. To be there after the bartenders were gone and the doors were closed felt like the greatest of all honors.
@@larryh451 Great stuff there /We didn't see him in the SF Bay much until he was starting to tour clubs who knows where . I went to The Stone in SF .About 600 people max .A friend was insistant that we go . Lucky to snag a seat off to the side of the stage , but up close .. I was one of those guys looking around with the WTF ?
The late greatest SRV Stevie Ray Vaughn, I love him and miss him.
I sure miss stevie ray vaughan he was the best blues player in my day I'm 53yr old it's all good 😎
How cool to see this after all these years really cool I believe a incredible high energy badass music man I am amazed time after time when I hear his music 🎵🎶 God made him to play and for us to injoy.We miss you Mr Stevie Ray Vaughan
SRVs rhythm playing is impeccable. Most folks don't talk about that.
There is Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and so many other great singer/guitar players, but Stevie Ray is in a class by himself. The Attitude. And the way it looks like his guitar is a part of his body.
I'm with everyone else here, SRV comes across as a really good guy, and kicks ass as a musician and singer. What a loss.😢 He should still be at it now.
I was fortunate to have spent about 15 minutes with Stevie alone backstage on June 26. 1990. At a venue outside Detroit called Pine Knob. I cried like a baby when I heard the news 7:00 a.m. the next morning August 27th 1990. One of the biggest loss in music in my lifetime next to Hendrix.
So humble, for such a talented guy, He truly was a remarkable guitarist.
God damn it! We all were robbed of this great,man's talent
Yep
Amen to that. I still think about him. I was 19 when he passed and remember that day so clearly.
Hey we have the same last name 🤣🤣
@@aitf99 I saw his last show at Alpine Valley, Wis. Practically my backyard, when we woke up and heard the news of the crash we were devastated!
Gone But Not Forgotten ✌
Stevie looks like a million bucks here. Such an inspiration for sobriety!!
Thank god we have all these high quality 1980s SRV videos to remember him by.
Stevie was so soft spoken and modest. He was great.
I think I'd say the best testament to how good he was would have to be how EASY he made it look. Just so flawless. Miss you, SRV.
How do you play like THAT and stay so humble and down to earth!??
Stevie Ray and Hendrix who else enough said gone to soon but never forgotten R.I.P.
When ALbert King admires your playing, you can play.
Hide arseo Stevie don't hide
Have you ever heard their live jam session that was recorded in Ontario Canada I believe it was? Blues After Sunrise. Unbelievable brother!!
I wish stevie Ray was still here also. Saw him in 1988 in orono me.put on a he'll of a show.
He already did bro
And Albert sure should know
It’s amazing how when he was on stage playing he had such intensity and fire. Yet off stage sitting in that chair he’s so soft spoken and down to earth.
It seems that you can tell he went to hell and back with drugs and alcohol. But then he was clean and sober and had his like in a good place and so centered. A real tragedy that he was taken when he had so much left to give. I can only imagine what he would have produced over a long career.
Stevie was a genies when he is singing look at his eyes he hers every note played and is perfection not just his selt but every one playing man he is the master
There are many great guitarists out there but there will never be another SRV.
This is coming up on the anniversary of 31 years since his untimely passing. He was such a force, an unbelievable talent.
Every time
Every note
Everything
He ever wrote
Heart felt
Subtle and bold
Filled
With soul
Neils
Thank you UA-cam for recommending SRV to me today! Legend.
SRV played with the round end of the pick... because of Stevie Ray Vaughan I started playing the Blues, and set aside rock and roll.
I love him more and more after every song or video I watch of him. On this 30th anniversary do his death, thinking Of Stevie. SRV is greatest ever.
A legend that performed and entertained his lifetime on blue's and rock..Then..left us as fast as he played all his gigs stevie Ray Vaughan and his strat played the Best music that was called sensational..RIP Stevie
Got the privilege of seeing him In Salem, Oregon...In the summer just months before his passing...R.I.P. ..SRV.
What a legend that was taken from us way too soon. Stevie was a gentleman and an ambassador to Music. God Bless Stevie. Thanks for sharing
Saw him at the Wiltern theater right before he passed 🙁
7th row center seats!
Rest in peace Stevie ❤
Plays monstrously, speaks softly
I love Stevie Ray 4 ever!💖💖🙏🙏😢😢
So soft spoken! Miss him terribly.
Stevie's style was his own--from his guitar playing to his clothes. Hard to believe he's been gone so long.
Such a nice man, humble, wonderful, never, ever get's old. He is one and only, one of the BEST talents EVER! LOVE SRV!!!
Wow,could he make that guitar talk,brilliant. A soft spoken humble guy from Texas,Texans have a lot to be proud of ,in one of the world’s finest guitar 🎸 players,a true legend SRV RIP
Great quality, thanks for posting. That guitar tone gets me every time.
The man channeled the Blues and shared it with us. What a loss to the world.😢
No body could play like stevie ray Vaughan. Simply the best blues rock player,TEXAS PROUD TEXAS PRIDE GOD BLESS SRV
+Gary Allen Amen brother!!!
I get sad thinking about how he left this world but his music always takes me to another level. We miss you Stevie!
+Gary Allen Amen. Texas Loud, Texas Proud!
Guess you never got to see Johnny Winter!!
I did, but SRV was way better, sorry.
Jimmy, Eddie, Stevie!!! The Holy trinity!!!
Thank You!!!
Reese was on fire on that piano
He came across as an insightful and thoughtful person; very intelligent. You don't become that good of a musician without high intelligence.
Imagining the music we've missed...
Gone but never NEVER forgotten
Arsenio truly was a great host. Classy, well-spoken, and articulate.
I miss Stevie. What an incredible talent.
damn I wish Stevie Ray were still around today..
TREVORJ.BLUES89 I truly believe that he would be the GOAT if he were around. He and Eddie.
TJB_GTR he always is
Guitar_Music_Tube🎶 me too my man, me too
Yes me too. Greatest 🎸 in my lifetime
Guitar_Music_Tube🎶 mm
Stevie was on fire. Clean and Sober as well as Rough and Ready.
I didn't know anything about him in the end of the '70s and '80s I just discovered him about a year ago and I tell you what I cannot get enough of watching that man play the guitar you can tell he loves it
My roommates know when I'm I'm a busy working on something with my sewing machine cuz I let it rip in my room
What a humble guy. He deserves legendary status!
Such a quiet, modest guy. He really spoke through his guitar. He's up there jamming with his heroes, (and mine), Jimi and BB. I so wish I had seem him live, and spend some time with him talking about music. For me, Stevie was the best rock/blues guitarist ever, period.
SRV was such a sweet, sweet soul. The Lord only gives us these beautiful people for a moment it seems…
He was The Best Guitar Player ever. RIP Steve Ray✌
Not only could Stevie sing but he made his guitar sing...BEST guitar player ever in my opinion!! :)
God I miss SRV! He was a guitar God!! There was never anyone like him b4 nor after he came 2 this earth. There never will be!!
I'm from D/FW. This is hard for me to watch because I know this amazing musician and very down to earth sounding man will be gone a year later. RIP SRV! I'm glad he graced us with awesome music the short time he was here.
Saw SRV in Fort Worth in 85 with Double Trouble. Killer show.
SRV was such a sweet natured man, brilliant performer, and immortal talent. I was honored to have met him.
How did you meet him? Did you get to chat with him much?
His live stuff is even better than the album! If thats possible.
🔥 every time I’m feeling down and blue I put on my SRV and this one is my fave 💧☔️☔️☔️
🥂
The best guitar 🎸 player to ever walk the face of the earth. Now he's in heaven rocking out to God, Gone to soon.
I've admired his guitar playing and vocals for years, but until now, I never heard him speak before. What a humble soul.
2019 and still missing you SRV, RIP brother
So grateful I got to see him three times.
I remember my first beer too.. but seriously.. I pulled off the road in Norman, Oklahoma and sobbed when they announced his death on the radio. Broke my heart for a minute. RIP SRV.
K
Not only a great guitar player but also just a great voice too! Never be another like him!!
Otherworldly talent. He made the notes sing like few others ever could.
Breaks my ❤️ to see these old videos of the great SRV. Gone WAY too soon.
This will never beat the version he did on the show Night Music
Amazing performance he was so naturally musical and talented. No one else can play with his passion.
I can remember where and when he passed. I was crushed and still am.
Best ever
Saw him a couple months prior..opened for Joe Cocker. Thought it should've been the other way around
I was at the last show. Walking back to the car when I heard the first helicopter take off. Woke up the next morning to the news SRV died in a helicopter crash... Sad day...
Paul Vienne I was at his funeral 109 degrees hottest day on record in Dallas
Same, still hurting.
One of the most important interviews Arsenio ever did.
Thank you Arsenio Hall..
We lost Greatness SO many years ago. He was So humble for the gifts he left us. I will be forever in awe of his seemingly effortless, but hard earned work.
I saw him live in July 1990 (on my 19th birthday) less than a month before he died. AMAZING live! Always was a huge fan. Show was with Joe Cocker too and it was EPIC!!!! They did a duet on Little Help from my Friends.....
Thank God for GUITARS..Thank God for what time he loaned us Stevie Ray Vaughan..Entertainment and performance is what we got...U are missed Stevie...its 2020..your ROCKIN
I saw SRV live, and it was a course-changing experience.. Had excellent seats, smallish venue, I didn't know much about him at all, and it was a great performance. Love his clothes
It took him about 10 seconds to blow away and win over that crowd. SO good.
That part where Arsenio asks Stevie if he liked rap..i personally would have said hell no..but Stevie being the class act that he is said the right thing by saying " i like all kinds of music, there is room for everything, makes room for me too". In every interview i have seen him in no matter if he was high or clean and sober he always was calm, collective, had a smile on his face, and any time people would tell him how great he is he would be shy about it and direct what he learned from his heroes.
Could you imagine if Arsenio asked the NWA rap group if they liked Polka music?
Stevie made the guitar talk, scream,and cry. He played the hell out of it. He was good as BB King.
@Frank Lopez ok what did i say to deserve getting attacked? Of course youtube is full of trolls
I have the right to like or dislike different styles of music. Now if you want to see a real attack on rap here it goes. For one rap is spelled wrong they forget the silent c in front of rap. And 2 i could play rap by putting a shoe in the dryer, grab a Dr Seuss book. Pull by pants halfway down, turn my hat backwards, grab my crotch and read the book out loud throwing curse words in now and then.
@@odudi listen 2 93 til infinity by souls of mischief man change ur mindset
Great voice pure brilliance, underestimated all time worlds greatest guitarist showman.....
RIP great one. My dad is enjoying your guitar in heaven.