Facts man Stevie Ray Vaughan was the best there is man I listened to all of his songs not one that i missed he inspired me to play electric guitar now look at me I can play some of his songs like pride and joy and other man he is lit if you don't know stevie ray vaughan you is not live in life
@@texasentertainment2404 I stopped playing electric guitar about a year ago due to loosing the drive but then I came across a voodoo child SRV reaction video about 4 months ago and it inspired me too pick up my guitar again and now I'm currently practicing Texas flood. The moment i heard voodoo child I got addicted to SRV. The best of all of guitarists. RIP SRV!!!
@@sylviafarese8837 I would have loved to have met him. I was only 10 when he was killed, and knew nothing about the Blues at that age. Thank goodness for UA-cam, because I discovered him, and hundreds of other legends that I otherwise would have never learned of.
@@debbierussell5349 Jimmy is a good player. Here's something to tell how humble Stevie was. He always praised Jimmy's playing, and talked about how great Jimmy was on guitar. Thing is, Jimmy couldn't/can't play anywhere near as good as Stevie could. Stevie was on a totally different level. He loved his big brother though, and Jimmy was his hero.
B. B. King : "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." SRV saved the blues from dying out in the 80's.
Douglas Campbell He did indeed! Actually, here in Austin, it was Clifford Antone who saved many blues artists and people such as Stevie Ray, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and many more were all part of it.
HELL YEAH!! Stevie Learned From ALL The Best Of The Blues Masters - All Different Regional Blues - Texas, Mississippi Delta, Louisiana Blues, Chicago Blues, Blues/Jazz Fusion....But The ROOTS Of Blues Were Just In His SOUL!🎸 I LOVE What Stevie Said - That "The Blues Are Really To SOOTHE...". That's SO Stevie! I Miss Him SO Much! Soul💞Soul, Stevie!💗😘
And the Book of Bluesasskickinus : Ch. 1. Verse 1 sayeth: Thy shall only have one guitar God and his name shall be Stevie Ray of the Vaughan tribe. He shall come from the land of Texas and his music shall spread across the face of the earth. All he sees in every direction of the compass shall he rule over with his stringed-staff and his voice.
He was the guitar and the guitar was him. It was like they were an extension of each other. He was such a natural talent at it that there was no telling where one began and the other ended. His playing was magic. And what a character he was.
Stevie has said on numerous times, he legitimately feels like a black man. And on top of that, people like BB King, Buddy Guy and Albert King have all said, exactly, that Stevie is their own, like a son.
"Why he so mad at the microphone"?! Been a bass player 30+ years and that is pure gold my man, always love your videos, respect, appreciate and admire you always putting out some positive vibes... One Love my Brother!
This song has a special place in my heart. My family, from New Orleans, we do our morning and crying at the start of a funeral, at the end, we sing and dance and eat. When my mother passed, a few hours before the service, we heard this street performer playing on the corner. 18th Street Red, was his name. Rocking out on a beat up guitar, the man took the first money someone gave him and bought a can of tuna fish and a small loaf of bread. Split the loaf and filled it with the tuna, then tore it in half and gave half to his dog. My aunt and I asked if he knew Texas Flood, he did. Asked if he would play it for us during the service for $50 and all the food he could eat and take with him from the gathering after. The parlor wouldn't let us bring him in, so my brother and I barred and locked the doors as he played. He was so good my stone-faced step father broke down before he even started singing. The parlor workers banging on the doors. He brought down the house. Tried to give us our money back at the gathering. Everyone pitched in to give him what we had, his dog was shocked by the food given and love shown. He hung out with us for the next 3 hours. Damn, I love Texas Flood...
Oh Stevie, rest in peace. I never thought you were mourned sufficiently. Only amongst the hardcore fans. You were a great talent and you are greatly missed. Thank you, Shaq for your reaction.
I Agree!! Stevie Was Loved WORLDWIDE!! I Remember The Day Elvis Died - I Was Just About To Turn 10.....NOW I Get It!!😥 Stevie, You Are STILL SO LOVED & STILL SO MISSED! SOUL💞SOUL💗😘
@@terryconnelly484 Jimi Hendrix occasionally used different names and spellings for some of his songs. In his handwritten lyrics, he used "Voodoo Chile" for the longer song, while he used both "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" for the following one recorded with the Experience.
Got lucky this afternoon. Clicked on a shared post on Facebook and found you. It is now 3 hours later and I’m still watching you react to some great music with an open mind and a true appreciation of the talent involved.
@@larrypriser6413 Look, while i support the notion of him getting clean and improving his life and his overall touring and performance had positive effects from that, i cannot sit there and swallow people saying he or others didn't realize how great he was until then, because he got clean in 1986..... and his best performance EVER was in 1983 (Texas flood live at El mocambo) -- he actually played that entire set like a god. So no.. sorry he didn't suddenly become a god after 1986, but nonetheless was happy that SRV did manage to get clean, albeit in the end sadly all for nout :(.
OMG SHAQ YES FINALLY PLEASE, PLEASE DO "VOODOO CHILE" EITHER NASHVILLE 1987 OR AUSTIN CITY LIMITS 1989 Edit: Thanks so much for checking Stevie out, man. Stevie was one of the most humble guitarists this world has seen. And he knew more than just blues. Check out "Riviera Paradise" as well. Preferably at the Austin City Limits 1989 show, but UA-cam took it down forever ago for some reason. Stevie was deep, deep into drugs and alcohol by 1986, and cleaned up after a near death experience. He composed the song as a "Thank you" prayer for coming out alive. It's probably one of the most beautiful pieces of guitar work I've heard. His story helped me through my own demons, and his 1989 album "In Step" (named after the AA program,) is 100% the reason why I've been playing guitar for the last 8 years.
Bluesy1990 beautiful words, on your edit paragraph. It's exactly why I recommended Shaq to do Life Without You from Nashville in 1987. Stevie's speech during that will put you in your feelings. Stevie is my idol and seeing what he overcame in life, is really really inspiring! Stevie actually had Riviera Paradise composed while he was on drugs. He performs it during an interview while in Japan during 1985, using a Flying V. And he then mashes it up with Lenny during the Tokyo performance during the same leg of the tour. I don't know if Shaq would be able to react to a video on a different website, but Riviera Paradise from ACL is on Vimeo
@@csi2448 oh yeah that's right, I completely forgot about that one video! Thanks for the correction! Yeah Life Without You live was always pretty amazing. The live recording at the end of In Step is what did it for me.
Bluesy1990 I hope what I said didn't come off as condescending or snobbish lol. It's hard to express that through text. That show that performance of Life Without You is from, is one of my favorite Stevie shows. He was on fire that night. But heck, he was on tour with Jeff Beck at that time, so you know he was bringing his absolute best!
A) this is exactly the right reaction to seeing stevie for the first time. B) I first heard this song over 20 years ago and it still gives me a shiver the way he creates that tension and release with the string bends.
Don't even mention he switched the key he played in, while the band stayed in the original key, with the missing string and it still blended without missing a beat
clapton. Talented guitarist... but his playing is about as boring as his character. imo... Still remember laughing in my early teens when I read he was thrown out of The Yardbirds for being a mommas boy compared to the other druggies... :Lay Lady Yawn... D
@@coreystenson2010 There's a difference between inviting a group to merge without changing national identity and the outright rape both genetically and culturally. It's sad they had the foresight then to see what's happening now but many are focused on the language to allow context, especially in hindsight. There's a reason people voted for Brexit.
using ''13'' strings, which most don't even try cause they shred fingers when ya try to play..the hardest most brutal strings to play also in the performance he broke those strings and had to switch guitars...the first guitar was number''1'' his favorite, which he has worn out many times and had to repair cause how fierce he plays,,, there will never be another Stevie...period
My all time favorite guitarist. My idol in life too. Look up what this man went through and how he cleaned his act up. Watch Life Without You from Nashville 1987. The speech he gives there is beautiful!! You should have done Texas Flood from El Mocambo. That whole performance is on another level. But the fact he breaks a string here makes this one pretty damn cool too.
I heard he can't even read music- he plays by sound and feelings. He never plays songs the same twice-they're different everytime depending on his mood-GENIUS!
@@mikehunt9434 you named 2 of my top 3. My # 1 is David Gilmore, Pink Floyd. There's something about his slow, mellow, face melting flow that puts him above Every one else to me.
Sharp dressed Man still makes me sway and I've heard it a billion times and my reaction is the same every time. I make the ugly frowny face and everything.
Might wanna look into these gems, they will all blow your mind. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing (07/11/1983)
Steve Vai - "Tender Surrender" BB King - Sweet Sixteen (Live from Africa) Santana - Soul Sacrifice 1969 "Woodstock" Live Video HQ Really love your reactions, you keep it real, and thats why your channel will continue to grow :D
That performance of Little Wing and then Third Stone right after it always blows my mind! Leave My Girl Alone from ACL 89 is another that will blow your mind. I don't think he's done any Hendrix yet either. So if he's gonna do Little Wing, he's obviously gotta listen to the original. Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign, As The Years Go Passing By are also some songs he should put on the list
In theory yes harder. But huge fret wire and big strings actually make it a little easier to play for some people. He was tuned down 1/2 step so those 13s felt like 11s, still 2 sizes bigger than what I play myself . But the neck is a tree trunk on that guitar. Thats why us mere mortals are not worthy of the stank he picked out of that old beat up piece of wood.
@@chubby242424 not true I play with 13s and sometimes 14 s cause I break 12 s 11 s to easy . . Your fingers literally start ripping .. it's not the same . It's just with anything you have to work your way up . I'll let people play my guitar who are better than me and they have a hard time getting a note out of it . But if you give them a guitar with 10s or 11s they're like Eddie van Halen
I play 13s on my washburn dime. With a higher action then any of my fender or gibsons. Bend the shit out of them and damn near break the strings with the trem arm. It takes a few min to adjust to the string size but its not that bad, and within a few min I can solo dime stuff on it. I prefer the smaller strings just for comfort on my fenders but its not some big imposition to play comfortably above my normal string gauge. . The fact that he used to break 13s and sometimes necks with his hand is insane.
Says the dude most likely texting and driving most driver turn on UA-cam for music an throws it in the cup holder and listen to what pop on I'm a driver aswell. Oh facts for you fatality in a commercial truck at fault is less then 1 percent hell if you say all motor accident trucks are still a fraction of a percent so that 99.9 percent you guys in regular cars being dumbasses
You earned a sub with this reaction. Whether it is a genre of music you prefer or not, you recognize the absolute otherworldly skill, talent and fire that the GOAT Stevie Ray Vaughn brings.
Stevie Ray and Copeland Tin Pan Alley. SRV big fan of Jimi. Said he just tried to do him proud when performing his songs. Albert King was SRV Godfather
Always great to see someone discover Stevie for the first time. "He doesn't know the rules, he's coming out the gate all crazy and making faces". Those of us who know who SRV is are just thinking "Oh, just wait, he's barely getting warmed up!" And those were his clean years. The universe will never know another like him. I'm busting my ass on the guitar trying to get 0.01% of his greatness to radiate through my fingers...
My friend this man was the greatest guitarist of all time and he was a humble man in life.you are getting blues direct from the source when you listen to S.R.V.
A lot of blues revolves around a lot of the same licks, riffs and scales. That can lead to it sounding similar, but it's more about the emotion put behind the notes that makes the Blues
@Cian Nolan To quote you: "A lot of blues revolves around a lot of the same licks, riffs and scales. That can lead to it sounding similar, but it's more about the emotion put behind the notes that makes the Blues" That's the narrative. But you were right to begin with: A lot of blues revolves around a lot of the same licks, riffs and scales. They sound the same because they ARE, actually, the same. There IS life beyond the pentatonic.
@@phoenixmichaels the funny thing is most who bash blues guitar players and use of pentatonic scales are ALWAYS the ones who can NEVER keep up on a "oh so simple" 12 bar blues progression. They always just say "blues aren't my thing" then proceed to play some zeppelin riff or some kirk hammett solo ironically. I'm sorry but if you can't play blues you just simply can't play the guitar.
@@JorgeMartinez1987 In 63 years I have never found that to be the case ONCE. Blues are the "golden books" of guitar playing... a child's first lessons. And "Zeppelin riffs" and most of Hammett's playing are also examples of mostly pentatonic playing. I don't think they serve as examples of anything otherwise. But back to your comment: everyone I knew coming up learned blues FIRST. Clapton. Hendrix. Hooker. B.B. And the Texas blues crowd, including guys like Johnny Winter. Most became proficient in blues and stopped progressing. Blues are an absolute necessary start, but can be a trap for guitarists. Playing modally is the next step... and most don't take it. Mind you, you STILL have your blues skills if you DO. To quote you: "I'm sorry but if you can't play blues you just simply can't play the guitar." Well, most proficient American guitarists CAN. However, this is still a simple statement of preference, and not reality. Plenty of European classical guitar masters have come and gone with no exposure to blues. They played the guitar greatly. Blues is where one should START if they wish to be a pop guitarist. But it isn't required to BE a guitarist.
Oh my god, with all due respect my man, I've not laughed so much for ages watching your reaction, thank you man. Wow, after watching this performance by the greatest guitarist ever, you just had your eyes and ears opened wide to this brilliant artist called stevie Ray Vaughan. God rest his soul. I've just found your channel and I've got to subscribe to see more of your great personality. 👍👍✊✊
Idk about that. A lot of people don't look at the frets. In fact it can take away from your feeling of what you're doing. Most people don't once they reach a certain degree of comfort with the instrument, and it's one most guitarists will reach if they play for a few years.
Yep...He just felt it in his soul and one of the few people in the world that can make a guitar sing and cry at the same moment....Thank God I was on Earth at the top of his career...sad as hell when he passed!
I've been playing for around 10 years and once you reach a certain point on guitar you can play it in any way you want as you know the fretboard inside and out, but part of it also comes with playing on one guitar, as if I switched to a guitar with slightly more spaced frets i might miss a few notes
MY BROTHA it makes me so happy to see any young folks hearing and respecting what I grew up on. SRV was the GOAT on the guitar. But you've got to give some love to some other ABSOLUTE GREATS...Peter Frampton and Steve "The Guitar" Miller
It's true. Santana is really good & does alot within his ability, but Vaughan is on a whole 'nother level. For one thing Santana keeps the majority of everything he does around the key of A. Vaughan uses multiple key signatures.
GasserGlass cool that you knew that. You ever see them back in the day when the t-birds would open for Stevie. Saw him few years ago with Dylan. Dylan should have backed him up. Great show little meet and great after his set. He is so humble wouldn’t it be great if t-birds got back together.
SRV was one of the G.G.O.A.T. He is greatly missed. He didn't need all this "computerized" crap to sell what he could do. Mad respect for SRV. Listen to Crossfire, Couldn't Stand the Weather, or Telephone Song which I'm remembering correctly was one of his last or the last release he had. Got a lot of radio time with that song. I instantly fell in love with that song.
I just came across his videos a few days ago-Love it!!! his face looks like he hates it but his head bobbin gives him away-he can't fake those moves!! Can't wait to watch more!!
@@karentruempy397 And if you want a quick lesson that Shaq's hate is mad respect. Checkout his recent reaction to Eddie Van Halen and you will be dying listening to Shaq yelling at him to stop abusing that guitar and near end when he says that guitar is going to need therapy to tell what happened to it. Lmao.
Back again after a year to re-watch the review from my buddy and... SRV kills me every time. Being a musician, I'll go out on a limb and say this guy's music just lands a little bit differently, internally. A long time fan and I can only take so much of it before I start crying, about the magnitude of the loss that we all feel, not hearing and experiencing music from this human being. It might seem kinda silly, but what SRV gave to us, you're not going to see again any time soon. Damn
"he's a created player" had me rollin' you're not alone in considering this man to be on another level. First time I watched SRV I had that same damn thought...this guy's an alien
"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."
- B.B. King
All I takes is a broken or mending soul and whole lotta emotion. No music genre is so raw and deep as some good ole blues
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
@@SaltyCado amen. 🎶❤️🎶
@@marshallwilliams7468 fully fucking agreed here....love that Randy is getting some love!!!
“If you don’t want to play like Stevie, you don’t want to play guitar” Amen brother
Facts man Stevie Ray Vaughan was the best there is man I listened to all of his songs not one that i missed he inspired me to play electric guitar now look at me I can play some of his songs like pride and joy and other man he is lit if you don't know stevie ray vaughan you is not live in life
@@texasentertainment2404 I stopped playing electric guitar about a year ago due to loosing the drive but then I came across a voodoo child SRV reaction video about 4 months ago and it inspired me too pick up my guitar again and now I'm currently practicing Texas flood. The moment i heard voodoo child I got addicted to SRV. The best of all of guitarists. RIP SRV!!!
It makes me so happy the younger generation is finding SRV.
I would have to agree....A very positive thing for these young whippa snappers to see what real music was about.
Keeping that legacy alive.❤️
Rayborn Whites he’s playing the guitar amazingly behind his back as well 😯
Bob marley & the wailers is real music,
Yeah you can see the same look on their faces as ours just 2 5 or 30 years later
I was born in 1996 and discovering him was one of the best things ever. I love his music. He had a short mainstream career but he left a huge legacy!
When Stevie Wonder sings at your funeral services, you know you must have been talented and admired.
Stevie plays the guitar like it owes him money.
Best comment 🥂
He just dragged the soul out of that guitar and had to switch to another.
😂😂😂
Well said
Best believe
He was only cocky onstage. In life, he was the most humble, sweetest dude you've ever seen.
Bryan Wayne He was. I met him several times and been a fan since 1979 and I always tell people how he was.
a great man with a big heart!!!!!!!!!
@@sylviafarese8837 I would have loved to have met him. I was only 10 when he was killed, and knew nothing about the Blues at that age. Thank goodness for UA-cam, because I discovered him, and hundreds of other legends that I otherwise would have never learned of.
I only saw him play before he died once...but years later I met brother Jimmy and he's a sweetheart as well.
@@debbierussell5349 Jimmy is a good player. Here's something to tell how humble Stevie was. He always praised Jimmy's playing, and talked about how great Jimmy was on guitar. Thing is, Jimmy couldn't/can't play anywhere near as good as Stevie could. Stevie was on a totally different level. He loved his big brother though, and Jimmy was his hero.
B. B. King : "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."
SRV saved the blues from dying out in the 80's.
he sure AF did, signed, fellow old fuck.
Douglas Campbell He did indeed! Actually, here in Austin, it was Clifford Antone who saved many blues artists and people such as Stevie Ray, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and many more were all part of it.
Sylvia Farese preach!
Spencer Foster 😎
Best quote ever... hahaha...made my day man!
Shaq: “Stevie must not know the rules!”
Stevie: “I wrote the rules!”
Don’t recite the old magics to me I was there when they were written
HELL YEAH!! Stevie Learned From ALL The Best Of The Blues Masters - All Different Regional Blues - Texas, Mississippi Delta, Louisiana Blues, Chicago Blues, Blues/Jazz Fusion....But The ROOTS Of Blues Were Just In His SOUL!🎸 I LOVE What Stevie Said - That "The Blues Are Really To SOOTHE...". That's SO Stevie! I Miss Him SO Much! Soul💞Soul, Stevie!💗😘
And then broke them all just for fun!
Doesn't matter if your a hip hop head? A metal head? A crack head? You have no choice but to bow down to Stevie Ray Vaughn
Anthony Rodriguez metal head, rap head, crack head, no head...Stevie in 4.
Crack head!!! ROFLOL!!! comment of the year
Stevie is a God no doubt.
And the Book of Bluesasskickinus : Ch. 1. Verse 1 sayeth: Thy shall only have one guitar God and his name shall be Stevie Ray of the Vaughan tribe. He shall come from the land of Texas and his music shall spread across the face of the earth. All he sees in every direction of the compass shall he rule over with his stringed-staff and his voice.
Never heard of her. She any good? Guess I will check her out in this video first and make a decision.
Stevie Ray was one of a kind. Very special. Played by ear and feel. Everything he did was all from the heart.
He was the guitar and the guitar was him. It was like they were an extension of each other. He was such a natural talent at it that there was no telling where one began and the other ended. His playing was magic. And what a character he was.
Ya you could feel the story he was telling you like you were living it with him in the moment.
The only other person to play like him was Duane Allman.
tear....awwww
Hearing Steve Ray Vaughan being referred to as "this nigga" is just so awesome lol
For real. lol
Lol I agree.
He would smile from ear to ear. ☘
Stevie has said on numerous times, he legitimately feels like a black man. And on top of that, people like BB King, Buddy Guy and Albert King have all said, exactly, that Stevie is their own, like a son.
"Why he so mad at the microphone"?! Been a bass player 30+ years and that is pure gold my man, always love your videos, respect, appreciate and admire you always putting out some positive vibes...
One Love my Brother!
Stevie Was Never "Mad"...He WAS Always - ALWAYS - INTENSE!! It Was The PURE Expression Of Who He Was!🎸
When he's done, Stevie's guitar needs to smoke a cigarette.
Saw this comment on another vid
original comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Likely stays in the shower huddled in a fetal position.
more likely a pack of smokes...
That Stevie call his guitars wife's
This song has a special place in my heart. My family, from New Orleans, we do our morning and crying at the start of a funeral, at the end, we sing and dance and eat. When my mother passed, a few hours before the service, we heard this street performer playing on the corner. 18th Street Red, was his name. Rocking out on a beat up guitar, the man took the first money someone gave him and bought a can of tuna fish and a small loaf of bread. Split the loaf and filled it with the tuna, then tore it in half and gave half to his dog.
My aunt and I asked if he knew Texas Flood, he did. Asked if he would play it for us during the service for $50 and all the food he could eat and take with him from the gathering after. The parlor wouldn't let us bring him in, so my brother and I barred and locked the doors as he played. He was so good my stone-faced step father broke down before he even started singing. The parlor workers banging on the doors. He brought down the house.
Tried to give us our money back at the gathering. Everyone pitched in to give him what we had, his dog was shocked by the food given and love shown. He hung out with us for the next 3 hours. Damn, I love Texas Flood...
I am sorry about your mother, but this story is just wonderful. I'm glad you locked the doors! Mothers deserve that kind of send off.
That's what life is all about. Thanks for sharing
Now that's a story!!!
Those parlor workers need to be fired for that.
Thanks for sharing
John Mayer once said most guitarists can play at 100% for about 30 seconds. Stevie played like that all the time
Stevie Ray Vaughn Stole the devils sole....aint that a bitch for ole Scratch!
wow that's so true, really goes to show how much time he really sunk into guitar. And pre internet too. God I suck.
No body will ever top Stevie Ray Vaughn. He was so awesome and amazing.
Oh Stevie, rest in peace. I never thought you were mourned sufficiently. Only amongst the hardcore fans. You were a great talent and you are greatly missed. Thank you, Shaq for your reaction.
I Agree!! Stevie Was Loved WORLDWIDE!! I Remember The Day Elvis Died - I Was Just About To Turn 10.....NOW I Get It!!😥 Stevie, You Are STILL SO LOVED & STILL SO MISSED! SOUL💞SOUL💗😘
Stevie covering Jimi. Voodoo Child and Little Wing, and Third Stone From the Sun. All Live. Trust me. I'm an expert.
Voodoo Child from Austin City Limits 1989. And Little Wing and Third Stone played back to back from El Mocambo...never gets old!!
Yup, Voodoo Child from ACL is perfection.
Yep,him playing little wing is insane.
Its Chile
@@terryconnelly484 Jimi Hendrix occasionally used different names and spellings for some of his songs. In his handwritten lyrics, he used "Voodoo Chile" for the longer song, while he used both "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" for the following one recorded with the Experience.
Got lucky this afternoon. Clicked on a shared post on Facebook and found you. It is now 3 hours later and I’m still watching you react to some great music with an open mind and a true appreciation of the talent involved.
Lol, me too. Went down the Shaq rabbit hole. He's awesome
Hear that!
You gotta love the guy!!!
SRV could pay a guitar behind his back better than 99.9% of the world's guitarists can play it normally
You should see a documentary on him, it wasn't until he quit drugs and alcohol to realize how great he really was.
Amen!!
@@larrypriser6413 Look, while i support the notion of him getting clean and improving his life and his overall touring and performance had positive effects from that, i cannot sit there and swallow people saying he or others didn't realize how great he was until then, because he got clean in 1986..... and his best performance EVER was in 1983 (Texas flood live at El mocambo) -- he actually played that entire set like a god. So no.. sorry he didn't suddenly become a god after 1986, but nonetheless was happy that SRV did manage to get clean, albeit in the end sadly all for nout :(.
It's rare to see that level of stank face on a man in a tuxedo.
RIP SRV GOAT
That Guitar Hurricane hisself.
You gotta find the video where Stevie Ray and his brother Jimmy play the 2 necks of a double-neck guitar at the same time.
This show was for the presidential inauguration for George Bush. Best presidential concert ever
OMG SHAQ YES FINALLY
PLEASE, PLEASE DO "VOODOO CHILE" EITHER NASHVILLE 1987 OR AUSTIN CITY LIMITS 1989
Edit: Thanks so much for checking Stevie out, man. Stevie was one of the most humble guitarists this world has seen. And he knew more than just blues. Check out "Riviera Paradise" as well. Preferably at the Austin City Limits 1989 show, but UA-cam took it down forever ago for some reason. Stevie was deep, deep into drugs and alcohol by 1986, and cleaned up after a near death experience. He composed the song as a "Thank you" prayer for coming out alive. It's probably one of the most beautiful pieces of guitar work I've heard. His story helped me through my own demons, and his 1989 album "In Step" (named after the AA program,) is 100% the reason why I've been playing guitar for the last 8 years.
The one from ACL 89 is my favorite. His tone, the use of the octavia and fuzz face pedals just bring the performance to another level!
Yes Coach,SRVs version of VOODOO CHILD by Jimi is unreal!!💣💥💥💣💥💥💥
Bluesy1990 beautiful words, on your edit paragraph. It's exactly why I recommended Shaq to do Life Without You from Nashville in 1987. Stevie's speech during that will put you in your feelings. Stevie is my idol and seeing what he overcame in life, is really really inspiring!
Stevie actually had Riviera Paradise composed while he was on drugs. He performs it during an interview while in Japan during 1985, using a Flying V. And he then mashes it up with Lenny during the Tokyo performance during the same leg of the tour. I don't know if Shaq would be able to react to a video on a different website, but Riviera Paradise from ACL is on Vimeo
@@csi2448 oh yeah that's right, I completely forgot about that one video! Thanks for the correction! Yeah Life Without You live was always pretty amazing. The live recording at the end of In Step is what did it for me.
Bluesy1990 I hope what I said didn't come off as condescending or snobbish lol. It's hard to express that through text. That show that performance of Life Without You is from, is one of my favorite Stevie shows. He was on fire that night. But heck, he was on tour with Jeff Beck at that time, so you know he was bringing his absolute best!
"I've said that playing blues is like havin' to be black twice. Stevie missed on both counts but I never noticed." -B.B. King
lol love it ! nice post !
Highest compliment from the King!
Yessss!
hendrix is the greatest ever
Stevie told BB that he was a black man trapped in a white man's body.
A) this is exactly the right reaction to seeing stevie for the first time.
B) I first heard this song over 20 years ago and it still gives me a shiver the way he creates that tension and release with the string bends.
RAW! Stevie is just one of the many great musicians we lost way too soon.
Jonathan Kenton forreeaal
I was at Alpine Valley the day after the crash
So true the greats that passed to soon but they left awesomeness that makes us never forget!!!
@jonathan Kenton I agree!! I can only imagine how much more he could’ve done!
You gotta check out Stevie playing "Look At Little Sister" where he broke a string and had the smoothest guitar switch in music history
Half the people probably never even knew what happened he was so smooth.
That was the smoothest guitar switch I've seen
I saw that! I was more nervous than Stevie was..😂
Don't even mention he switched the key he played in, while the band stayed in the original key, with the missing string and it still blended without missing a beat
He broke 3 strings during that one. You would never know it by the sound
RIP SRV! One of the greatest to ever shred on a guitar 🤘🏼🤘🏼
He was amazing RIP. Not the GOAT obviously. He was amazing.
I heard stevy played one night till the tips of his fingers came off . He super glued them back on and kept on jamming!!
GOAT SRV
clicked on "free bird" and now can't stop watchin...
dolinick same!
Ditto
dolinick SAME
SAME lol
3 hours later. Big old rabbit hole
Eric Clapton: “I’ve never seen a man more one with his ax than Stevie is.”
Can you imagine SRV v. JIMI Hendrix in a pancake kicking contest
clapton. Talented guitarist... but his playing is about as boring as his character. imo... Still remember laughing in my early teens when I read he was thrown out of The Yardbirds for being a mommas boy compared to the other druggies... :Lay Lady Yawn... D
Imagine quoting a talentless racist who orchestrated stevie's death out of jealousy
@@coreystenson2010 There's a difference between inviting a group to merge without changing national identity and the outright rape both genetically and culturally. It's sad they had the foresight then to see what's happening now but many are focused on the language to allow context, especially in hindsight. There's a reason people voted for Brexit.
You need to reenactment to Grand Funk Parinord.
God bless you brother for branching out music is forever and if we were smart we would understand it brings us together not apart.
That's his big brother Jimmie in the gold tuxedo filling in for him, as he changed guitars.
Not a lot of people know that. Jimmy is the shit as well.
Stevie is the reason I picked up a guitar... Watching him live on Austin City Limits as a young kid, he melted my ears and lit a flame in my heart.
Same
using ''13'' strings, which most don't even try cause they shred fingers when ya try to play..the hardest most brutal strings to play also in the performance he broke those strings and had to switch guitars...the first guitar was number''1'' his favorite, which he has worn out many times and had to repair cause how fierce he plays,,, there will never be another Stevie...period
My all time favorite guitarist. My idol in life too. Look up what this man went through and how he cleaned his act up. Watch Life Without You from Nashville 1987. The speech he gives there is beautiful!!
You should have done Texas Flood from El Mocambo. That whole performance is on another level. But the fact he breaks a string here makes this one pretty damn cool too.
He had some fat ass strings too.. he was a beast and still continues to be through his legacy
That’s when he switches guitars in the middle of the song
I heard he can't even read music- he plays by sound and feelings. He never plays songs the same twice-they're different everytime depending on his mood-GENIUS!
Couldn't read music. It was all ear and feel
SRV..saw him twice. Only guy that could cover Hendrix like know one ever could !!! RIP
Others can do it too you know
@@1sonofabiscuit837 Not like SRV..
Check out Nuno Mindelis "Stormy Minded Man", he recorded that with Double Trouble
7:52 Shit just got real
Like if Shaq is the GOAT of reactors 👍
If he doesn't know it he already should by now
@@MrStringer87 True
Hell yeah I don't even watch anyone else. It's like Shaq did his and all the others followed.
facts
By a looooong shot
Don’t ask why.... It’s a Texas thing. SRV set the bar. You can’t play his stuff loud enough. Glad you found him. 🤘🏻🇺🇸
It most certainly is a Texas thing. Something about living in the greatest country in the world and being next door to the USA.
Mason Albert i didn’t say anything about trump friend. I voted for Bernie. Peace love.
If he hasn't done it yet, he should do Stevie's version of 'Little Wing'.
In my humble guitar playing opinion, he and Jimi Hendrix sit at the guitar throne together in heaven. The best ever period.
I dont play the guitar but i would like to know something, how far away is eddie van halen from the throne
What about John 5?
Page and Clapton for me
@@mikehunt9434 you named 2 of my top 3. My # 1 is David Gilmore, Pink Floyd. There's something about his slow, mellow, face melting flow that puts him above Every one else to me.
...Malsteem and Moore too
You can't keep doin Stevie Ray Vaughn without doin Pride And Joy
he needs to listen to Stevie Ray Vaughn sound check
Pride and Joy, what a song
💯
House is a rockin'............
Are you kidding? Dumb asses, Tin pan alley
ok i'm 100% sold because of "WHY HE SO MAD AT THE MICROPHONE????" love u bro
That part had me dead. I literally spewed my tea all over my computer screen.
My number one all time favorite guitarist !!!! My dad got me into SRV, been listening to him since I was a child!!!!
Give a thumbs up if you think Shaq needs to react to ZZ Top La Grange and tush
Absofuckinlutely!
Dwayne Cuvelier Especially La Grange
diablo, too
Pearl necklace....
Sharp dressed Man still makes me sway and I've heard it a billion times and my reaction is the same every time. I make the ugly frowny face and everything.
When we don’t tell you, the reaction is priceless
Might wanna look into these gems, they will all blow your mind.
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing (07/11/1983)
Steve Vai - "Tender Surrender"
BB King - Sweet Sixteen (Live from Africa)
Santana - Soul Sacrifice 1969 "Woodstock" Live Video HQ
Really love your reactions, you keep it real, and thats why your channel will continue to grow :D
That performance of Little Wing and then Third Stone right after it always blows my mind! Leave My Girl Alone from ACL 89 is another that will blow your mind.
I don't think he's done any Hendrix yet either. So if he's gonna do Little Wing, he's obviously gotta listen to the original.
Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign, As The Years Go Passing By are also some songs he should put on the list
Santana for sure. Such a sick performance at Woodstock
Excellent suggestions!
My grandma introduced me to SRV when I was a kid, and I’ll always cherish that forever.
Shaq please react to Stevie Ray Vaughn - Little Wing(Live)
El Mocambo version! Should do Third Stone with it too
YES LITTLE WING
Unknown Hinson
Little Wang
Little Wing is perfection. It's SRV's Love letter to a kindred soul
I want a “that man sangin” shirt
Ditto!
"Why he soo mad at the microphone?" 🤣Luckily I got to see SRV play live before he left this earth. Shaq, lov ya brotha!!🤘
We had the best musicians, especially guitarists. The 70’s and 80’s has incredible musicians playing real instruments.
Now imagine if Shaq actually reacted to the best Texas Flood live version... El Mocambo.. lol
I don't think he can handle that. 🤣
yes
I agree with Maniaka15 ... I don't believe he could handle watch SRV Texas Flood Live at the El Macombo.... he would have a heartache...lol!
That was one searing version.
Jaw drawp all the time lmao
"Why he so mad at the microphone?!" Lol!
All the times I've watched SRV and that basic observation never occurred to me. LOL!!!
Y'all crack me up man. I could hardly watch the video I was laughing so damn hard. Good job. God bless Texas.
the reactions of people when Stevie plays with the guitar behind his back is always golden
It’s worth knowing he used 13 gauge strings and a really high action so it was even harder to play.
In theory yes harder. But huge fret wire and big strings actually make it a little easier to play for some people. He was tuned down 1/2 step so those 13s felt like 11s, still 2 sizes bigger than what I play myself . But the neck is a tree trunk on that guitar. Thats why us mere mortals are not worthy of the stank he picked out of that old beat up piece of wood.
@@chubby242424 not true I play with 13s and sometimes 14 s cause I break 12 s 11 s to easy . . Your fingers literally start ripping .. it's not the same . It's just with anything you have to work your way up . I'll let people play my guitar who are better than me and they have a hard time getting a note out of it . But if you give them a guitar with 10s or 11s they're like Eddie van Halen
He broke those heavy strings bending the shit out of them.
His fingers had to be like wood on the tips.
Calloused to the point of no return.
It was nothing for Stevie to wear out all 3 corners of a pick... On one song.
I play 13s on my washburn dime. With a higher action then any of my fender or gibsons. Bend the shit out of them and damn near break the strings with the trem arm. It takes a few min to adjust to the string size but its not that bad, and within a few min I can solo dime stuff on it. I prefer the smaller strings just for comfort on my fenders but its not some big imposition to play comfortably above my normal string gauge.
. The fact that he used to break 13s and sometimes necks with his hand is insane.
Love this reaction. RIP SVR .......the world needs ya
Im a Truck driver almost had to pull off the road you had me laughing so hard😂😎
Why are you watching UA-cam reaction videos while driving your rig?
Dominic LaManna im finna report this dude to his supervisor 😂😂😂😂
Thought i was the only one who watches UA-cam while driving! 😂😂
@@dominiclamanna9972 this the reason people get killed
Says the dude most likely texting and driving most driver turn on UA-cam for music an throws it in the cup holder and listen to what pop on I'm a driver aswell. Oh facts for you fatality in a commercial truck at fault is less then 1 percent hell if you say all motor accident trucks are still a fraction of a percent so that 99.9 percent you guys in regular cars being dumbasses
You earned a sub with this reaction.
Whether it is a genre of music you prefer or not, you recognize the absolute otherworldly skill, talent and fire
that the GOAT Stevie Ray Vaughn brings.
Shaq: “Why he so mad at the microphone..”
That killed me 🤣🤣🤣
When B.B. King tells you that you are the greatest, you should listen..
100%..... not only did he give him mad props all the time he also would call him his son that's big-time
B.B. also said the same about Johnny Winter but hardly anyone knows him
BB king has said numerous times Eric Clapton is the greatest.
free Eric Clapton swings from SRVs nuts
@@sammycarr1361 Don't worry, fellow internet person, I know who Johnny Winter is.
“why’s he so mad at the microphone” 😂. That man gave it his all when he performed R.I.P stevie I hope to be like you one day
SRV put a 1000% heart and soul into his music! It was a special thing!
Stevie Ray and Copeland Tin Pan Alley. SRV big fan of Jimi. Said he just tried to do him proud when performing his songs. Albert King was SRV Godfather
Yes agree!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Always great to see someone discover Stevie for the first time. "He doesn't know the rules, he's coming out the gate all crazy and making faces". Those of us who know who SRV is are just thinking "Oh, just wait, he's barely getting warmed up!"
And those were his clean years.
The universe will never know another like him. I'm busting my ass on the guitar trying to get 0.01% of his greatness to radiate through my fingers...
My friend this man was the greatest guitarist of all time and he was a humble man in life.you are getting blues direct from the source when you listen to S.R.V.
Man i can't believe it's been 4 yrs. since i watch this video with you. Wow!
Tin Pan Alley- Stevie Ray and Johnny Copeland performing together. One of my favorite performances.
truth!
SRV is the man. Plain and simple. Ask Albert King. Don't know who Albert King is? Look him up.
A lot of blues revolves around a lot of the same licks, riffs and scales. That can lead to it sounding similar, but it's more about the emotion put behind the notes that makes the Blues
@Cian Nolan To quote you: "A lot of blues revolves around a lot of the same licks, riffs and scales. That can lead to it sounding similar, but it's more about the emotion put behind the notes that makes the Blues" That's the narrative. But you were right to begin with: A lot of blues revolves around a lot of the same licks, riffs and scales. They sound the same because they ARE, actually, the same. There IS life beyond the pentatonic.
@@phoenixmichaels the funny thing is most who bash blues guitar players and use of pentatonic scales are ALWAYS the ones who can NEVER keep up on a "oh so simple" 12 bar blues progression. They always just say "blues aren't my thing" then proceed to play some zeppelin riff or some kirk hammett solo ironically. I'm sorry but if you can't play blues you just simply can't play the guitar.
@@JorgeMartinez1987 In 63 years I have never found that to be the case ONCE. Blues are the "golden books" of guitar playing... a child's first lessons. And "Zeppelin riffs" and most of Hammett's playing are also examples of mostly pentatonic playing. I don't think they serve as examples of anything otherwise. But back to your comment: everyone I knew coming up learned blues FIRST. Clapton. Hendrix. Hooker. B.B. And the Texas blues crowd, including guys like Johnny Winter. Most became proficient in blues and stopped progressing. Blues are an absolute necessary start, but can be a trap for guitarists. Playing modally is the next step... and most don't take it. Mind you, you STILL have your blues skills if you DO. To quote you: "I'm sorry but if you can't play blues you just simply can't play the guitar." Well, most proficient American guitarists CAN. However, this is still a simple statement of preference, and not reality. Plenty of European classical guitar masters have come and gone with no exposure to blues. They played the guitar greatly. Blues is where one should START if they wish to be a pop guitarist. But it isn't required to BE a guitarist.
His guitar string broke so he switched guitars 🎸 what a fucking legend
shvckey idk how that string broke lol it’s a mile thick
Oh my god, with all due respect my man, I've not laughed so much for ages watching your reaction, thank you man. Wow, after watching this performance by the greatest guitarist ever, you just had your eyes and ears opened wide to this brilliant artist called stevie Ray Vaughan. God rest his soul. I've just found your channel and I've got to subscribe to see more of your great personality. 👍👍✊✊
The thing about "The Rules" is this: They are meant to be broken by those who know what the hell they are doing.
They're meant to be bent. Half step, whole step or beyond. Bend that g string!
Rules for squares
Stevie grabs your heart and soul and never lets go.Still miss him to this day.
Did you notice something else? He's one of the very few who NEVER LOOKED DOWN at his chords!
Idk about that. A lot of people don't look at the frets. In fact it can take away from your feeling of what you're doing. Most people don't once they reach a certain degree of comfort with the instrument, and it's one most guitarists will reach if they play for a few years.
Yep...He just felt it in his soul and one of the few people in the world that can make a guitar sing and cry at the same moment....Thank God I was on Earth at the top of his career...sad as hell when he passed!
I've been playing for around 10 years and once you reach a certain point on guitar you can play it in any way you want as you know the fretboard inside and out, but part of it also comes with playing on one guitar, as if I switched to a guitar with slightly more spaced frets i might miss a few notes
MY BROTHA it makes me so happy to see any young folks hearing and respecting what I grew up on. SRV was the GOAT on the guitar. But you've got to give some love to some other ABSOLUTE GREATS...Peter Frampton and Steve "The Guitar" Miller
His live version of “Life Without You” is the most soulful song I’ve ever heard. His heart is in every note played and sung.
Stevie and Carlos Santana both can make the guitar SING!!!!! geniuses
santana isnt anywhere near SRV's ability
@@jeffbuckley4453 "isnt anywhere near"? Bullshit. They both have different styles. Santana is amazing as well you cant discredit him like that.
@@johncooney93 im guessing your not a guitar player.
It's true. Santana is really good & does alot within his ability, but Vaughan is on a whole 'nother level. For one thing Santana keeps the majority of everything he does around the key of A. Vaughan uses multiple key signatures.
*The man in the gold jacket is Stevie's Older Brother JIMMIE VAUGHAN from the Fabulous Thunderbirds!*
GasserGlass cool that you knew that. You ever see them back in the day when the t-birds would open for Stevie. Saw him few years ago with Dylan. Dylan should have backed him up. Great show little meet and great after his set. He is so humble wouldn’t it be great if t-birds got back together.
I think that was the guy who was supposed to be on the helicopter. Stevie took his place. :0(
CopperValentine yeah Clapton was supposed to be on it and you are right Clapton let him take his place
CopperValentine actually it was Eric Clapton’s manager who should have, they were on tour together
He said stevie played a guitar like he was break in out of jail
I just had to watch your reaction again for the umpteenth time. I just love your exuberance over the Perfection Stevie is! Miss him everyday❤
That’s his older brother Jimmie with the white guitar and gold jacket.
At 8:46, it's a gold lame jacket ala Elvis :)
NOLIFESHAQ Bro, react to Voodoo Child by SRV. I promise you won't regret it!
That one then look at Crossfire.... which was AFTER he became clean and sober and was even BETTER
SRV was one of the G.G.O.A.T. He is greatly missed. He didn't need all this "computerized" crap to sell what he could do. Mad respect for SRV. Listen to Crossfire, Couldn't Stand the Weather, or Telephone Song which I'm remembering correctly was one of his last or the last release he had. Got a lot of radio time with that song. I instantly fell in love with that song.
Telephone song I believe released on a collab he did with his brother which wasn’t released until after he passed if I recall
React to "look at little sister" Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Healy. Jeff is blind. You'll love that
I want to see your reaction to SRV's version of "Mary had a little lamb", you'll never think of that nursery rhyme the same again.
Stevie always came out dressed in full costume and ended up pouring out a full quart of sweat during every song.
Bro that weren’t no sweat son that as pure soul.
It was a mixture of pure god given talent and cocaine
He was in a tux , playing at the presidential election
Cocaine is a hell of a drug
Okay. Now you have GOT to watch Stevie play Voodoo Chile. It will blow your mind.
That's no shit! Live at Austin City Limits!!
I was blessed to see SRV 6 times live. He was an incredible showman every time.
he should do the original though
It sure did mine. I.think.it is the best one by SRV
He STRAIGHT UP STOLE that song from Hendrix. Improved it, made it his own. It belongs to him now.
Watch hendrix version of it
I’ll say this until I die.. he was the best gustiest to ever live. Worshiped Jimmy, learned from BB, and swagged on a guitar like Eric Clapton..
Amen
He's not playing the guitar behind his back, he's shredding the guitar behind his back. GOAT! RIP! Deeply missed.
Jinjer pisces (live session). It's a heavily searched for reaction. It should help get you some numbers. Let's get it.
Has nothing to do with the topic at hand but... Tatiana has an amazing talent. I love Jinjer :D
Pride & Joy is my absolute SRV song - you will love how tough he is with those lyrics, too.
I think Vodoo Child is my favorite!
😳 This guy, the reactor, is TOO much fun to watch. His enthusiasm, respect for SRV & presentation are off the charts entertaining.👏🏻. 1/‘24
If you like a crying guitar...listen to Gary Moore..."Still Got the Blues" . It will change your life...Love your channel...
Absolutely 👌
Facts
Yes!!
I need someone to start doing reaction videos to Shaq's reaction videos. Trips me out every time.
I just came across his videos a few days ago-Love it!!! his face looks like he hates it but his head bobbin gives him away-he can't fake those moves!! Can't wait to watch more!!
Réaction inception 😂😂
@@karentruempy397 And if you want a quick lesson that Shaq's hate is mad respect. Checkout his recent reaction to Eddie Van Halen and you will be dying listening to Shaq yelling at him to stop abusing that guitar and near end when he says that guitar is going to need therapy to tell what happened to it. Lmao.
Christopher Remington ; LMAO !! I’ll do that job !! Shaq is tough !! 😊😘
"Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at Montreux 1985" is an incredible performance!
That was an awesome show, but my favorite is live at the el Macombo
PLUS!! It's one of my fav reactions, all time, good job, buddy!
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Voodoo Child (Jimi cover)
That or Little Wing
Sorry to say that Steve out performed the great Jimmy Hendrix in vodoo child .
@@Befree898 Different but equal.
😂😂 Bro I'm gonna keep saying it every time, this guy cracks me up every time I watch him 💪😂
Lance Roberts - I love him! Hell, I’d love to know him. He’s so fun, intelligent and would be a blast to hang with.
Back again after a year to re-watch the review from my buddy and... SRV kills me every time. Being a musician, I'll go out on a limb and say this guy's music just lands a little bit differently, internally. A long time fan and I can only take so much of it before I start crying, about the magnitude of the loss that we all feel, not hearing and experiencing music from this human being. It might seem kinda silly, but what SRV gave to us, you're not going to see again any time soon. Damn
"he's a created player" had me rollin' you're not alone in considering this man to be on another level. First time I watched SRV I had that same damn thought...this guy's an alien