You haven't really heard Stevie Ray Vaughn play until you've watched him play. The man had music oozing out of his every pore. That instrument was like an extension of his soul.
Yup. I remember an outside concert with him leaning over his guitar playing "Voodoo Child" and these big fans on the stage were blowing the feather in his hat.
I went to a show at Antones in Austin Tx to see Double Trouble/Willie Nelson one night. We had a real good table for the show. So after Double Trouble played. Stevie came out to watch Willie and band play. He was leaning up against the bar. So I wemt over and told him we had an extra chair if he wanted to watch with us. He did, and even went with us to a party afterwards. It was a great night.
I saw SRV three times before his tragic passing. The last time I slept in my car so I could get close to the stage. My plan worked, my two guests and I had seats near the stage. So close that when SRV started to solo and do the side shuffle that he always did, she showered us with his sweat. That show was a religious experience for me. So sad that I am so greedy to want to see him bend those telephone wire strings again. RIP SRV! His version of playing 'Third Stone from the Sun' by Hendrix was sublime.
I went to a Joe Cocker concert, not at all familiar with the guy he was touring with. My friend told me, "Oh yeah, he's a blues guy. Really good guitar player. You'll like him." Talk about under-selling it!
The key to SRV is he's paying all the strings at once, but just scratching 4 or 5 of them while hitting notes on 1 or 2. It give him a phenomenal song. Also helps to have ridiculous chops. :)
Double Trouble was a great and influential band. Drummer (Chris Layton) plays with Kenny Wayne Shepherd and keyboards (Reese Wayanns) plays with Joe Bonamassa. What a band with incredible skill.
This is from 'Austin City Limits'. Full hour of awesomeness. I'm so very thankful I got to see him at Red Rocks almost exactly one year prior to his passing. An amazing show - almost 3 hours long!
I went and saw Stevie play in Sydney Australia in 1986, I had a broken ankle and was in a lot of pain but went in on crutches to see him play. I wasn't going to miss it and I'm glad I didn't he was unbelievable. His brothers band The Fabulous Thunderbirds opened for him and they both played together for a bit.
The look of complete bewilderment on Andy's face is PRICELESS. SRV tended to do that to alot of us the first time watching/listening. But..... How do you dare knock Double Trouble?!?!?
Drummer as well and also saw several times in the 80's. It was more of a breakdown than a solo. In the style of blues funk & soul it was appropriate. Chris Layton is a master so I chalking it up to he knows what's best.
Agree with your take. It was an appropriate solo for the funk blues genre. Keep the groove going, add a little spice and hand off to the next guy. @@jgsrhythm100
My guy at the record store turned me on to Texas Flood in '83, and a year or two later I got crazy stupid lucky to see him at Red Rocks, after which I felt like going home and happily breaking my guitar into small pieces and using it for firewood. As great as he was in the studio, he was even better live. Just amazing.
In my third decade of being a Stevie Ray fan, this video was great to see as a reminder that his playing wasn't just about the mind bending solos that seemed to rattle the base of your spine...his playing could be of utmost service to the song as well...I forgot how tight and efficient his phrasing could be...
I saw Stevie Ray in the late 1980's at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin as a teenager. Dudes, it was magic. I have never heard a live sound like that again since, and I was a professional musician for decades soon thereafter. He passed away after a concert at the same venue a few years later.
One of my favs..”Look At Little Sister” I believe it was live from this same concert we just watched. Nice one guys. 1989. Unbelievable talent gone way too soon RIP SRV.
Got to see him live not long before his untimely death. I have seen a lot of shows, but watching him play guitar, and literally mesmerize the entire venue is something I never saw before, nor have I seen it sense. My favorite guitarist of all time.
I often do that when thinking about Stevie Ray. And, maybe even more often, with Jimi Hendrix. Where would we be musically, if Jimi had survived and gotten clean like Eric Clapton?
He is in good company. Johnny Horton, Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, Richie Valens, Patsy Cline, Ronny VanZant, Jim Croche, Ricky Nelson, John Denver just to name a few that got taken away early in similar fashion.
@@hesch-tagSorry, but no. Jimi was terrific and groundbreaking, but SRV had music just pour out of him - endlessly inventive. Jeff Beck was more technical. Mark Knopfler also is a better all-around guitarist.
@@WhizzingFish12 SRV was so repetitive and predictable. Music poured out of him? Yeah the same music. Nothing original at all. He was nowhere near Jimi in terms of musicality. Mark is great, not better. Just different but not groundbreaking and played basically one style. Jeff Beck too but not a great songwriter.
I got into Stevie Ray through the Fabulous Thunderbirds and his bro Jimmy. Loved them. As soon as Stevie's first record hit I bought it and have been a fan ever since. The man was a Guitar God. What a tragic loss to music when he died. The drummer was fine here, he kept his playing to the support of the music and Stevie's playing. Double Trouble knows what time it is!
Ohh, SRV. Thankfully got to see him in the early 80's at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, MA. It was freaking LOUD! He sweat through is jacket. What a wonderful musician. RIP, Stevie.
Saw him live in Cincinnati two years before he died, my God, he was one with his guitar. It was a spiritual experience for all of us watching. I have never felt or heard such a great talent
Summer of ‘89 after HS graduation I went to see the second night of a Living Colour charity concert at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. First night had John Cougar Melloncamp as the mystery opening guest artist. I was hoping my show would have someone great as well. To open the show, out walks Stevie Ray Vaughan to a lone stool. He proceeds to jam just like you’d expect…mind blowing. A month or so later I’m in my freshman dorm and learn that he’d passed in the plane crash. So sad but I feel so lucky to have witnessed this guitar god live. RIP Stevie Ray
My sister's favorite. She introduced me to him. I haven't listened to him since she died, just because he makes me think of her, but you know, why should I avoid thinking of her? She was wonderful. So is Stevie Ray.
😮🎸😮 for me the Guitar is heart n soul and how the 🎸player's Emote through their playing. Others may be faster and more technical but if it lacks the crying soulfulnes of the player it ain't doing it. That's why for me SRV & Alex Lifeson are in a special tier as Guitar players.
Saw SRV in May 1989 in a 1,600-seat concert hall. It was an out of body experience. Love this man! He is the best of the best. He is forever missed and loved.
Stevie Ray Vaughn🔥 was and always will be my blues guitar GOAT!🐐💯 I saw him many times in various venues in Austin.😊 The last time I saw him was '85 in Austin on the Texas Flood tour.🤗 I cried like a baby while listening to his albums when he died.😭💔 He was special.
Sooooo grateful that I had the experience of seeing him live with Jeff Beck the year before he died. Talk about an amazing show. Love SRV and Jeff Beck...RIP
My buddy and I listened to SRV endlessly! We were crushed when he died. So wanted to see him in concert, and were making plans to go see him at the time of the helicopter crash. . . Huge loss.
An often overlooked piece of achieving Stevie Ray Vaughan’s tone are the strings that he used. SRV is notorious for using heavy gauge strings with a thick tone. So what strings did Stevie Ray Vaughan use? Stevie Ray Vaughan used a custom set of GHS Nickel Rockers Strings that he helped to design. This custom set was called the CU-SRV. Stevie used the following string gauges for this custom set: High E-.013, B-.015, G-.019p, D-.028, A-.038, low E-.058.
I was lucky enough to see Stevie in Amarillo, just before he hit it big. He was amazing. I still find myself waiting for his next release, then I remember.
Yep...he was from Texas. Being a Texas girl I believe he was THE goat. I remember when I heard about the crash..thought my heart was gonna fall outa my chest
I saw him many times before he became famous. Notice that he never pauses…unless he wants to. Clapton said that his playing came straight down from heaven and flowed through him.
He also used a heavy set of strings. Stevie Ray Vaughan used a custom set of GHS Nickel Rockers Strings that he helped to design. This custom set was called the CU-SRV. Stevie used this custom set: High E-.013, B-.015, G-.019p, D-.028, A-.038, low E-.058 for most of the time sometimes going up to .070 for the Low E. He had incredible hands.
Native of Dallas, as I recall. He lived, worked, and played in Austin for many years. He said he eventually had to leave because there's too much to do, there, and he could never get any work done. 😏
The best!! Saw this tour! Next Tommy Bolin- Homeward Strut ( 75) 🔥 Jeff Poccaro- drums( Toto) Stanley Sheldon- bass ( Framptom Comes Alive) Phil Collins- percussion etc
I saw him play live at the Beale Street music festival in Memphis TN in May of 1989. Never be another quite like him. Very special. I saw him from 10 feet away In Tom Lee park and it was unreal. Played like no other.
I saw Stevie twice on concert and watched him in videos all these years. For some strange reason just now watching I was thinking who is he reminding me of and then it hit me……Wes Hightower character(Scott Glen) in Urban Cowboy. I probably need a nap lol.
Saw him in a shitkicker bar in Arlington, Texas named Pearls Cherokee Inn in 1979. $1.00 admission & 50cent beers all night. I saw Jimi Hendrix & walked out thinking I just had again. May have been 20 people there, on a weeknight.
I have to say some of the ride and hi-hat timing was intricate but he was going more for a groove that a solo. Chris’ snare along with Paulina Villarreal from the warning is one of my favorites of all time!
Utter. Utter. LEGEND!! SRV was the GOAT of GOATS on guitar for me. Criminal that he was taken from this life after managing to get on top of his addictions and setting his life straight 😢 So missed. Amazing music 👌🎸🎸💖
Awesome stuff, one of my favorites by Stevie Ray. I only got to see him once, but also on the bill was Jeff Beck, talk about guitar wizards. And yes that was Double Trouble his long time band till the end + the keyboard player.
Anyone for King Curtis “Memphis Soul Stew” from “Live at Fillmore West” in 1971? Bernard Purdie on drums. Billy Preston on organ. The Memphis Horns. The band really cooks.
Saw him when he toured with Jeff Beck in Dallas. Jeff Beck opened the show, which showed mega respect for SRV. It was guitar nirvana. Stevie didn't demand much from his drummer, just keep the rhythm.
SRV was my late husband's favorite artist. He saw him many times. My only foray into live SRV was at a relatively small DC venue called the Wax Museum (which had actually been a wax museum at one time). He was incredible.
My introduction to Stevie Ray was in 1983. Went to see the Moody Blues and Stevie Ray was the opener. OMG. Jaw dropping amazing. I was fortunate enough to see him 3 more times, saw him when he was sober and when he was not. But the man always delivered.
SRV was and still is my favorite guitarist of all time. I was at the ill-fated Alpine Valley concert. Couldn't believe the news the next morning. From such a high to such a low. The man was other-worldly. IMO, the greatest 6-string talent to pick up a guitar. As ar as other great guitar players, my top pick would be Pete Townshend of The Who. He's underrated as a guitar player, but he was/is damn good, and his theatrics were second to none. Groundbreaking guitar player. Others may have had more technical skill, but Townshend played some truly beautiful, tasty and incredible guitar licks.
My favorite performance. So the story is when the drum solo happens the song was supposed to end but Chris Layton had kept It going and cued in tommy Shannon. Just a case of pure talent and speaking without words
You MUST see Gary Moore’s version of Roy Buchanan’s “The Messiah Will Come.” Absolutely brilliant guitar work. There’s a reason Ozzie wanted him as his new guitarist before Randy Rhodes got the gig.
Another great guitar player, and for some unknown reason you still haven't reacted to him, JOHNNY WINTER!!! Best Blues/Blues Rock guitar player to come out of Texas until SRV came around, and some might argue that he was as good or better than SRV.
SRV is the only guitarist I've ever watched that when I follow his hands I can't for the life of me match the movements to the sound. Incredible. Fan for forty years.
Stevie Ray is technically the best electric guitarist I have ever seen. His version of Little Wing is one of the greatest pieces of guitar work ever recorded. I raised a glass of whiskey in his honor the day he died.
You haven't really heard Stevie Ray Vaughn play until you've watched him play. The man had music oozing out of his every pore. That instrument was like an extension of his soul.
Yup. I remember an outside concert with him leaning over his guitar playing "Voodoo Child" and these big fans on the stage were blowing the feather in his hat.
Never misses a note. Unearthly.
Saw him in a small theater in 1984
Watching SRV play is just surreal. It’s like watching someone playing rhythm and lead simultaneously and with mastery of both.
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@@Shadowrider1872 Hey, John! Happy Wednesday! 😎
Watch some footage of Jimi Hendrix he was the master at playing lead and rhythm he played lead while playing rhythm with his thumb
I went to a show at Antones in Austin Tx to see Double Trouble/Willie Nelson one night. We had a real good table for the show. So after Double Trouble played. Stevie came out to watch Willie and band play. He was leaning up against the bar. So I wemt over and told him we had an extra chair if he wanted to watch with us. He did, and even went with us to a party afterwards. It was a great night.
what an honour,i envy you so much
@jillgriffiths3803 Thanks, yes it was.
Wow......
I saw SRV three times before his tragic passing. The last time I slept in my car so I could get close to the stage. My plan worked, my two guests and I had seats near the stage. So close that when SRV started to solo and do the side shuffle that he always did, she showered us with his sweat. That show was a religious experience for me. So sad that I am so greedy to want to see him bend those telephone wire strings again. RIP SRV! His version of playing 'Third Stone from the Sun' by Hendrix was sublime.
I went to a Joe Cocker concert, not at all familiar with the guy he was touring with.
My friend told me, "Oh yeah, he's a blues guy. Really good guitar player. You'll like him."
Talk about under-selling it!
Both on the same bill? What a concert!@@kelsosemail
I saw him open up for Dire Straits on the Brothers in Arms tour - so I got to see 2 of my 3 favorite guitarists in one night
The key to SRV is he's paying all the strings at once, but just scratching 4 or 5 of them while hitting notes on 1 or 2. It give him a phenomenal song. Also helps to have ridiculous chops. :)
So jealous of y’all. RIP SRV
Double Trouble was a great and influential band. Drummer (Chris Layton) plays with Kenny Wayne Shepherd and keyboards (Reese Wayanns) plays with Joe Bonamassa. What a band with incredible skill.
That they could keep up with Stevie Ray shows their chops, just the best.
Tommy Shannon played with Johnny Winter before SRV, he was even at Woodstock.
And a shout out to Tommy Shanon. One of the most underrated Bass players in rock history. Double Trouble were a dynamite backing band
Yep. Legend. Played with Johhny Winter back in the day.
So tight dogs bark when they fart.
Not underrated by anyone who has ever played an instrument.
Tommy. Johnny. Stevie. All steeped, baptized, basted, raised in Texas blues sauce.
That was the clean and sober SRV. Even when he was addicted and sick he always delivered. Saw him live 3 times and it was jaw dropping.
He was so great to begin with,he is so much more polished here. Sobriety definitely agreed with him.
This is from 'Austin City Limits'. Full hour of awesomeness. I'm so very thankful I got to see him at Red Rocks almost exactly one year prior to his passing. An amazing show - almost 3 hours long!
I envy you....I was a young Mom in the 80s and my BFs were more into Clapton, I missed SRV!
I saw Eric Clapton at Red Rocks in the 80s too! ♥ @@sueprator9314
I went and saw Stevie play in Sydney Australia in 1986, I had a broken ankle and was in a lot of pain but went in on crutches to see him play. I wasn't going to miss it and I'm glad I didn't he was unbelievable. His brothers band The Fabulous Thunderbirds opened for him and they both played together for a bit.
The look of complete bewilderment on Andy's face is PRICELESS.
SRV tended to do that to alot of us the first time watching/listening.
But.....
How do you dare knock Double Trouble?!?!?
I saw Stevie Ray twice, once with BB King. I cried the day he died, and me and my toddler wore black for three days.
"Time to get ready for the storm!" Such an appropriate lyric.... Greatly missed, SRV=GOAT!!!
As a drummer (since 1966), not all drummers need to solo; indeed, some should not (like me!)! I am fortunate to have seen SRV in the 1980's. 😍
Drummer as well and also saw several times in the 80's. It was more of a breakdown than a solo. In the style of blues funk & soul it was appropriate. Chris Layton is a master so I chalking it up to he knows what's best.
Agree with your take. It was an appropriate solo for the funk blues genre. Keep the groove going, add a little spice and hand off to the next guy. @@jgsrhythm100
Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble 'Live From Austin Texas'' is one of the few concert tapes I own.
I could sit here and watch Stevie Ray sing and play guitar all-day.
Stevie was so generous. Gave his bandmates time to shine. Love ya, Stevie.
When Alex asked "What cord is that?" my response was all of them.
Never listened to SRV much growing up. But you guys have now motivated me to do so.
Sober Stevie was a force of nature, so clean and just good.
SRV is soooo amazing!
Love that you included actual video footage. Seeing is believing 🤯
We play this in my cover band. So much fun to play and always a crowd pleaser.
My guy at the record store turned me on to Texas Flood in '83, and a year or two later I got crazy stupid lucky to see him at Red Rocks, after which I felt like going home and happily breaking my guitar into small pieces and using it for firewood. As great as he was in the studio, he was even better live. Just amazing.
SRV was a true virtuoso. S all day everyday.
This entire concert was iconic!! Stevie at the top of his game on his home turf in Austin!
In my third decade of being a Stevie Ray fan, this video was great to see as a reminder that his playing wasn't just about the mind bending solos that seemed to rattle the base of your spine...his playing could be of utmost service to the song as well...I forgot how tight and efficient his phrasing could be...
There is so much good footage from that live in Austin concert. Stevie was clean and his playing was just immaculate.
I saw Stevie Ray in the late 1980's at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin as a teenager. Dudes, it was magic. I have never heard a live sound like that again since, and I was a professional musician for decades soon thereafter. He passed away after a concert at the same venue a few years later.
He plays like he's breathing guitar licks. So natural and smooth.
One of my favs..”Look At Little Sister” I believe it was live from this same concert we just watched. Nice one guys. 1989. Unbelievable talent gone way too soon RIP SRV.
Got to see him live not long before his untimely death. I have seen a lot of shows, but watching him play guitar, and literally mesmerize the entire venue is something I never saw before, nor have I seen it sense. My favorite guitarist of all time.
SRV played so effortlessly. Thank you for reacting to more SRV.
Just imagine what Stevie Ray would have done if he hadn't passed.
we missed out on 25-30 YEARS of incredible music
I often do that when thinking about Stevie Ray. And, maybe even more often, with Jimi Hendrix. Where would we be musically, if Jimi had survived and gotten clean like Eric Clapton?
I've thought that often.
He is in good company. Johnny Horton, Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, Richie Valens, Patsy Cline, Ronny VanZant, Jim Croche, Ricky Nelson, John Denver just to name a few that got taken away early in similar fashion.
Yeah, geriatric grooves. 😂
I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1985 in a small club in New Jersey. Absolutely amazing show. I was right up front, and I left mostly deaf.
The best guitarist in history
And his name is Jimi Hendrix and no one comes close.
@@hesch-tagSorry, but no. Jimi was terrific and groundbreaking, but SRV had music just pour out of him - endlessly inventive. Jeff Beck was more technical. Mark Knopfler also is a better all-around guitarist.
@@WhizzingFish12 SRV was so repetitive and predictable. Music poured out of him? Yeah the same music. Nothing original at all. He was nowhere near Jimi in terms of musicality. Mark is great, not better. Just different but not groundbreaking and played basically one style. Jeff Beck too but not a great songwriter.
@@hesch-tag exactIy, S0 MUCH IiVE HENDRIX N0T EN0UGH HAVE HEARD!!!!!
It doesn’t get any better. I bow down to the Master. He is so missed 🥃😎🔥
I got into Stevie Ray through the Fabulous Thunderbirds and his bro Jimmy. Loved them. As soon as Stevie's first record hit I bought it and have been a fan ever since. The man was a Guitar God. What a tragic loss to music when he died.
The drummer was fine here, he kept his playing to the support of the music and Stevie's playing. Double Trouble knows what time it is!
Ohh, SRV. Thankfully got to see him in the early 80's at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, MA. It was freaking LOUD! He sweat through is jacket. What a wonderful musician. RIP, Stevie.
Great intimate venue. Must have been amazing.
@@AdamMcGahan I think he ruined my ears that night. lol
This was the first SRV song that I ever heard back in the 80’s, and I never looked back!
Saw him live in Cincinnati two years before he died, my God, he was one with his guitar. It was a spiritual experience for all of us watching. I have never felt or heard such a great talent
Summer of ‘89 after HS graduation I went to see the second night of a Living Colour charity concert at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. First night had John Cougar Melloncamp as the mystery opening guest artist. I was hoping my show would have someone great as well. To open the show, out walks Stevie Ray Vaughan to a lone stool. He proceeds to jam just like you’d expect…mind blowing. A month or so later I’m in my freshman dorm and learn that he’d passed in the plane crash. So sad but I feel so lucky to have witnessed this guitar god live. RIP Stevie Ray
What a great story. I wonder what ever happened to In Living Colour? That was a good band. And of course SRV was good too.
My sister's favorite. She introduced me to him. I haven't listened to him since she died, just because he makes me think of her, but you know, why should I avoid thinking of her? She was wonderful. So is Stevie Ray.
Great reaction guys👏🙌‼️. Thanks for bringing this today! My favorite artist ever🎸🎶‼️💯
Too bad he's gone. RIP SRV!
😮🎸😮 for me the Guitar is heart n soul and how the 🎸player's Emote through their playing. Others may be faster and more technical but if it lacks the crying soulfulnes of the player it ain't doing it. That's why for me SRV & Alex Lifeson are in a special tier as Guitar players.
Saw SRV in May 1989 in a 1,600-seat concert hall. It was an out of body experience. Love this man! He is the best of the best. He is forever missed and loved.
Stevie Ray Vaughn🔥 was and always will be my blues guitar GOAT!🐐💯 I saw him many times in various venues in Austin.😊 The last time I saw him was '85 in Austin on the Texas Flood tour.🤗 I cried like a baby while listening to his albums when he died.😭💔 He was special.
Sooooo grateful that I had the experience of seeing him live with Jeff Beck the year before he died. Talk about an amazing show. Love SRV and Jeff Beck...RIP
My buddy and I listened to SRV endlessly! We were crushed when he died. So wanted to see him in concert, and were making plans to go see him at the time of the helicopter crash. . . Huge loss.
That’s how you feel the music, boys
Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughn's In Session work, recorded in 1983, I believe...sublime.
An often overlooked piece of achieving Stevie Ray Vaughan’s tone are the strings that he used. SRV is notorious for using heavy gauge strings with a thick tone. So what strings did Stevie Ray Vaughan use?
Stevie Ray Vaughan used a custom set of GHS Nickel Rockers Strings that he helped to design. This custom set was called the CU-SRV. Stevie used the following string gauges for this custom set: High E-.013, B-.015, G-.019p, D-.028, A-.038, low E-.058.
Keyboard player is Reese Wynans. He played with Stevie, Kenny Wayne Shephard, and now plays with Joe Bonamassa.
That entire ACL episode is worth a watch party all on its own. Crazy awesome. 😎
I was lucky enough to see Stevie in Amarillo, just before he hit it big. He was amazing.
I still find myself waiting for his next release, then I remember.
SRV - My All-time favorite guitarist. Can you imagine being in that band?! That's living your best life. #Legend
Yep...he was from Texas. Being a Texas girl I believe he was THE goat. I remember when I heard about the crash..thought my heart was gonna fall outa my chest
💙💙💙💙💙… Stevie Ray Vaughan brought me here… Lovely reaction!! Subscribed!!🔥🔥🔥
I saw him many times before he became famous. Notice that he never pauses…unless he wants to. Clapton said that his playing came straight down from heaven and flowed through him.
He also used a heavy set of strings. Stevie Ray Vaughan used a custom set of GHS Nickel Rockers Strings that he helped to design. This custom set was called the CU-SRV. Stevie used this custom set: High E-.013, B-.015, G-.019p, D-.028, A-.038, low E-.058 for most of the time sometimes going up to .070 for the Low E. He had incredible hands.
Strong hands. Still broke many.
Native of Dallas, as I recall. He lived, worked, and played in Austin for many years. He said he eventually had to leave because there's too much to do, there, and he could never get any work done. 😏
Played the shi* out of this song/album when I was a teenager.
#RIPStevie
The best!! Saw this tour!
Next Tommy Bolin- Homeward Strut ( 75) 🔥 Jeff Poccaro- drums( Toto) Stanley Sheldon- bass ( Framptom Comes Alive) Phil Collins- percussion etc
He's from a part of Dallas called Oak Cliff. He is revered around here.
I saw him play live at the Beale Street music festival in Memphis TN in May of 1989. Never be another quite like him. Very special. I saw him from 10 feet away In Tom Lee park and it was unreal. Played like no other.
I saw Stevie twice on concert and watched him in videos all these years. For some strange reason just now watching I was thinking who is he reminding me of and then it hit me……Wes Hightower character(Scott Glen) in Urban Cowboy. I probably need a nap lol.
“What chord is that?!!” Yes! 😂❤
I'm so happy to hear someone say they can't decide who their fav guitarist is
Alex hit it right on the nose, Stevie Ray Vaughn is Effortless when he Plays. More Stevie Ray Vaughn 4 U, from his Album Texas Flood "Pride And Joy".
Saw him twice, once on the Pier in NYC in 1986 about 20 feet away.
Any guitar player would give anything to have a right hand like Stevie. His rhythm playing is just astounding.
Um, but they wouldn't give their right arm to have it!
@@brushstroke3733 You got a point. Good one!
He's effortless because of all the guitar players, he is connected the most to his his guitar, it's other wordly.
An awesome live performance is Stevie Ray and Johnny Copeland doing "Tin Pan Alley ".
I adore his music. You guys should check out SRV and Albert King- Born Under A Bad Sign (In Session).
and BIUES AT SUNRISE
GOAT 🐐 of 🎸 playing! Such a HUGE talent! Couldn’t read music. Gone way way too soon!😢R.I.P. SRV
Saw him in a shitkicker bar in Arlington, Texas named Pearls Cherokee Inn in 1979. $1.00 admission & 50cent beers all night. I saw Jimi Hendrix & walked out thinking I just had again. May have been 20 people there, on a weeknight.
I just love comments on drum solos
I have to say some of the ride and hi-hat timing was intricate but he was going more for a groove that a solo. Chris’ snare along with Paulina Villarreal from the warning is one of my favorites of all time!
Utter. Utter. LEGEND!! SRV was the GOAT of GOATS on guitar for me. Criminal that he was taken from this life after managing to get on top of his addictions and setting his life straight 😢 So missed. Amazing music 👌🎸🎸💖
Awesome stuff, one of my favorites by Stevie Ray. I only got to see him once, but also on the bill was Jeff Beck, talk about guitar wizards.
And yes that was Double Trouble his long time band till the end + the keyboard player.
Once in a lifetime talent
Anyone for King Curtis “Memphis Soul Stew” from “Live at Fillmore West” in 1971? Bernard Purdie on drums. Billy Preston on organ. The Memphis Horns. The band really cooks.
Saw Stevie at the now defunct Wax Museum in D.C. back in the day.
Absolutely amazing.
Saw him when he toured with Jeff Beck in Dallas. Jeff Beck opened the show, which showed mega respect for SRV. It was guitar nirvana. Stevie didn't demand much from his drummer, just keep the rhythm.
SRV was my late husband's favorite artist. He saw him many times. My only foray into live SRV was at a relatively small DC venue called the Wax Museum (which had actually been a wax museum at one time). He was incredible.
Since you asked, guitar, Neal Schon, early Journey, "Look Into the Future."
My introduction to Stevie Ray was in 1983. Went to see the Moody Blues and Stevie Ray was the opener. OMG. Jaw dropping amazing. I was fortunate enough to see him 3 more times, saw him when he was sober and when he was not. But the man always delivered.
SRV was and still is my favorite guitarist of all time. I was at the ill-fated Alpine Valley concert. Couldn't believe the news the next morning. From such a high to such a low. The man was other-worldly. IMO, the greatest 6-string talent to pick up a guitar.
As ar as other great guitar players, my top pick would be Pete Townshend of The Who. He's underrated as a guitar player, but he was/is damn good, and his theatrics were second to none. Groundbreaking guitar player. Others may have had more technical skill, but Townshend played some truly beautiful, tasty and incredible guitar licks.
Got give props to Tommy Shannon back there killin the bass
Saw him in Ann Arbor shortly before he left us. Life-altering experience.
Simply one of the best.
My favorite performance. So the story is when the drum solo happens the song was supposed to end but Chris Layton had kept
It going and cued in tommy Shannon. Just a case of pure talent and speaking without words
It's probably already been said, but you guys need to watch SRV play "Texas Flood," live at great El Mocambo. Unbelievable talent! R.I.P. Stevie.
Everything from him at Mocambo is amazing. Perhaps his penultimate live performance.
You MUST see Gary Moore’s version of Roy Buchanan’s “The Messiah Will Come.” Absolutely brilliant guitar work. There’s a reason Ozzie wanted him as his new guitarist before Randy Rhodes got the gig.
Another great guitar player, and for some unknown reason you still haven't reacted to him, JOHNNY WINTER!!! Best Blues/Blues Rock guitar player to come out of Texas until SRV came around, and some might argue that he was as good or better than SRV.
Never heard live. Little faster but, still perfect. Kudos to drummer as well
If you're not "Slack jawed in awe" There is something wrong with you! My G.O.A.T!
I was fortunate enough to see him play with Bb King shortly before he passed away and it was breathtaking to watch him play...RIP SRV❤
SRV is the only guitarist I've ever watched that when I follow his hands I can't for the life of me match the movements to the sound. Incredible. Fan for forty years.
Stevie Ray is technically the best electric guitarist I have ever seen. His version of Little Wing is one of the greatest pieces of guitar work ever recorded. I raised a glass of whiskey in his honor the day he died.
You guys really MUST do Texas Flood ,live at El Mocambo . His best live performance ever ! It will absolutely blow your heads off !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!