“The worst thing for me was that Stevie Ray had been sober for three years and was at his peak. When he played that night, he had all of us standing mere with our jaws dropped. I mean, Robert Cray and Jimmie Vaughan and Buddy Guy were just watching in awe. There was no one better than him on this planet. Really unbelievable,” Eric Clapton said.
I saw Stevie the coke addict, Stevie the sick and near death and Stevie the recovered addict. They were all great but the clean and sober Stevie was by far the greatest performance I have ever seen. And I've seen plenty.
I look forward to seeing clean Stevie. Because I am also a recovering addict who thought he was at his best when high. When I was at my worst. So I look forward to that one :)
Stevie was the best in Texas Blues and the best guitarist of all times. Eric Clapton said Stevie was the only person that could make him hang up his guitar forever. Yes, Stevie had Drug and alcohol issues. I met him a couple of times. The first time was in a little dive bar I used to go to. He was one of the nicest, most humble guys you could ever met. I was so happy for him when he got clean.I was told that he had been drinking so much the night before this performance that they couldn't wake him up. They were able to get him up like an hour before the show started. I tend to believe it the way he was sweating and the color in his face. Great songs Reaction . My son in is a drummer too. He played for a Texas Band called Mortafix back in the 90s. Just subbed!❤
I saw him in 1988 and it was life changing. He was stone sober by then and note and pitch perfect. He closed the show of maybe 1500 people with Life Without You and people were hushed for what felt like forever with their mouths open. I have never seen anything even close. The guitar was an extension of his body and soul. So tragic he left us so young. RIP Stevie.
Saw SRV on The Pier in NYC with Gregg Allman as the opener in '86 or '87 I'd say . This was before Stevie got sober , and the "blizzard" back stage was so bad that it wound up landing Gregg in the hospital . This was when Stevie was in the depths of his addictions and he got sober not long after .
The most impressive thing about behind the back thing, is the way he reattaches the strap without looking. That and the flexibility it takes. The orientation of the guitar is the same but that he can reach the higher frets behind his back while keeping his back and shirt from dampening strings is nuts. I was fortunate to see SRV many times. He was a little dude. Like 5'5" person with baseball mitts for hands. The things I loved most about Stevie was that he never made a mistake. Never a misplaced note. Never. He could and frequently did bend 4 or 5 strings at a time. Try it. It's freaking impossible. And he played with every cell in his body engaged. He sweats so much because he is deep, deep into the music. His body movement is that music flowing through him. And, yeah, he was a hardcore alcoholic with a cocaine habit which didn't help his flop sweats. That said, he did get clean and sober and still was a sweaty mess.
The greatest guitarist ever. He plays better behind his back than other guitarists play in front. He also seems to play by touch never looking at his guitar. WOW!!!
In my 60! It's truly insane. Ask any guitar player. He played on very thick strings and the strings were set very high off of the fretboard. It'll shred any mere mortals fingers, hands and arms.
He was a little guy with huge hands who had genius natural ability, and he took his guitar with him everywhere he went and played all day every day and all night in the clubs, starting when he was about 13-14. If the door guy or the band didn’t know him he’d say “I’m Jimmie Vaughan’s little brother”, and everyone knew who Jimmie was, and he’d talk his way in and onstage. He said his first public performance was when he was 7 with Jimmie, who was four years older, for the Texas Playboys, Bob Wills’ band, who used to come by his parents’ house in Oak Cliff, Texas, to play dominos. The famous older blues musicians taught him, because he had the balls to walk up and introduce himself and ask to sit in, and the skills and respectful attitude to make them want to teach him. Muddy Waters told him if he didn’t quit the cocaine he wouldn’t live long. BB King told him he was too good for that. Albert King took him under his wing. Buddy Guy and Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland and Eric Clapton played with him and were amazed. Music just flowed from him. Jimmie Vaughan was asked one time if it was true Stevie never played a song the same way twice, and he answered, “Hell, he never played it the same way once!” Stevie cleaned up and got sober and stayed sober, and then died in a helicopter crash leaving a gig a couple years later when he was 35. I’ll never forget that day. “Texas Flood” was Stevie’s big show piece where he’d play behind his back, but he practiced playing behind his back and could legitimately play that way, but it’s difficult and uncomfortable, you know? There’s a recorded performance on UA-cam from Nashville where he plays Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)”, which he’d played for years and finally recorded for his second album, behind his back for charity. The best overall recorded performance is probably this one from El Mocambo. He plays a lot of old songs he grew up with and used to have in his set, Lonnie Mack’s “Wham!”, which was the first record he ever bought, early showcase song “Testify”, the version of Buddy Guy’s “Mary Had a Little Lamb” I always loved, and his version of Hendrix’s “Little Wing” here is maybe the most beautiful, astonishing thing he did that was recorded. Thank God something was. He played every night, but back then you had to have film developed and it cost money and was a pain and took up space, so most performances weren’t recorded. Sorry for the book I’ve written.
SRV got clean of drugs and alcohol several years after this performance, and helped many others get past their addictions. His legacy includes that outreach through the platform of his music. He was as kind, humble, appreciative, and loving... as he was talented. Thank you for your reaction to Stevie, and I encourage you to explore what he gave to the world. I discovered Stevie Ray Vaughan in a UA-cam video during the pandemic with his 1989 performance of "Mary Had A Little Lamb" (Austin). I've been a fan ever since. I cannot get enough of his music, his grace, and his message for humanity. He always respected and credited those who came before him; admiring their talent, skills, devotion, and contribution; and likewise appreciated that of his peers. He also demonstrated deference with collaborators, sharing their enthusiasm and artistry in the music made with each other without trying to keep himself in the spotlight. He loved sharing the joy, excitement, creativity, and satisfaction in performing. It was such a gift to their audiences. His band Double Trouble with Tommy Shannon (bass), and drummer Chris "Whipper" Layton added Reese Wynans on keys by 1985. You'll find out that Reese is the SRV of the keys, and the boys on bass and drums are awesome. Double Trouble is one tight band, staying alert and synched to Stevie's flow. SRV never learned to read music, so performances of the same song show so many variations as the music came out of him. See what he brings to more than one performance of a song, and you'll also see the synergy of support and the sharing of the spotlight the more you watch the band with him. You should definitely watch the live performances especially. Besides "Mary Had A Little Lamb," check out some like "Leave My Girl Alone," "Look At Little Sister," and "Voodoo Child," all at Austin. His exquisite "Riviera Paradise." The guitar work and vocals on "Tin Pan Alley" with Johnny Copeland, and "Ain't Gone 'n' Give Up On Love." Also a must is his appearance at the Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ, doing "Life Without You," a tribute to a friend and a message mid-song about apartheid. There's a telling video you shouldn't miss that his brother Jimmy put together. It's backed with the track for the song "Tick Tock" from the album he and Stevie collaborated on that was released just after Stevie died. Not only was Stevie Ray's playing immaculate, as you described, but SRV amazes with effortless improvisation, his channeling mind-blowing. So many performances to experience and to tap into this man's connection! He truly had one foot in this world and one in another. Hope you'll visit as well some of the official music videos he and the band did, such as "Cold Shot" (hilarious), "Superstition" (very clever), and "Couldn't Stand The Weather" (riveting). I do hope you make time to fit more SRV and Double Trouble performances in, and videos of appearances Stevie has made performing with people such as Albert King, Stevie Wonder, Lonnie Mack, Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, and others. I look forward to seeing your reactions to other musicians and various genres, too, that you've been exploring. So I've subscribed. See ya later!
This is quality right here. Big ups. Saw him front of stage, his sweat dripping on me. I'd waited 6 years to see him live, living the dream. 2 weeks later he was dead. It still stings more than any other. He ain't got a statue for nothin'. The pride of Texas, my Texas...Fo evs. 😉🤠
I agree 100% with everything you said. You are such a wordsmith Sometimeslyrical. Do you do extensive writing? You always express yourself so eloquently and describe Stevie Ray so brilliantly 👍🙌🥰🙌🎶💙🎸
That moment at 10:40 when you realize you mouth is wide open and you close it, only for it fall open again in awe of SRV's badassedness. Great reaction.
You talk about him "not missing a note." Stevie Ray Vaughn was beyond missing notes. He is intentionally off-key, in fact, at several points in this. The performance is largely improvised... he's making that all up as he goes (listen to other versions of the same song, and the basic blues chord progression is there, but otherwise they can be pretty different from night to night). So it's not a matter of does he hit the notes, it's a matter of does he invent something spine-wrackingly chilling each night, with notes that had not before been heard, nor since. That was Stevie Ray Vaughn. We may not see his like again. A man completely obsessed with bringing the blues to new heights. RIP SRV.
@@L33Reactsif I could recommend, this whole show is phenomenal....he's just on. Not that he was off very often. As other mentioned I second Austin City limits voodoo Chile, The tone he has makes you make the stank face.... Also leave my girl alone from that night is good too. Shows a real difference between cocaine Stevie and got himself clean Stevie. Both are great but they're just different He's more accurate for lack of a better word. Hard to explain but if you listen to the song you'll understand. Congrats on the sobriety been there too brother. And so happy you've discovered him. Also, Jimi Hendrix, live from the Fillmore East machine gun. That and what you just watched are my two favorite top guitar performances of all time. Both live, both incredible, both in some other worldly zone where the music just seems to channel through them. Take care and look forward to seeing more. congrats on the channel
Stevie is the goat. Here's some gems for you. Tin pan alley with Johnny Copeland So excited - el mocambo Hug you squeeze you - el mocambo Dirty pool - Montreux
He was probably on it that night & they didn’t think he was going to wake up for the show but he did and went out and played like nobody ever has if you ask me that night! This performance stands out to me and that’s saying something cause he was always great !
In 87, Stevie nearly died as he was dropping powdered cocaine into Crown Royal, and it ate his stomach lining out. He was underweight , sick etc. he took a year off , cleaned up, joined 12 step, and beginning with the Nashville concert for Jerry Lewis Labor Day concert emerged clean and more powerful than ever, last album with Double Trouble was titled" IN STEP" a masterpiece. 3 years later he was gone. But not by addiction.
You assume correctly. This was before SRV got clean. He was high AF on coke during this show which is part of the reason he was sweating so much. He is the GOAT!
This is really prevalent in the Austin City Limits DVD which has 2 of his shows separated by 6 years and both sides of addiction. The ‘83 show he’s sweating profusely and clearly in the grips. By the ‘89 show he looks much healthier and allegedly got it under control, sadly only to die in the chopper crash about a year later.
🎸⚡My first time to your channel. When I saw it was Stevie Ray Vaughan, I stayed to watch you get baptized in a Texas Flood. You'd never know it from the monster player you see onstage, but off-stage Stevie was a very humble guy that everyone liked and most just flat out loved him. Stevie never, ever bragged about his talent. He said that it was a gift from God and that he worked hard to pay it back. Paid in full, Stevie. Paid In Full. Thanks for checking him out, and enjoy the journey ahead.
I saw SRV and Double Trouble with Stray Cats as opener in Memphis, TN. Later in the SRV set, Brian Setzer played THAT SRV stratocaster AND they both played together. Best guitar concert I ever saw.
Saw him with ALbert Collins doing a walk on after Stevie had played a concert that was sold out but he heard Albert was doing a show in town. It was soooo fucking good.
Stevie (and the Bassist Tommy) were famously addicted to alcohol and cocaine. 1 hour before SRV stepped on this stage, he was unconscious, in a cocaine coma. Medical personnel were called in to give him vitamins and a bunch of IV fluids to rouse him (hence the extra sweat and his pale complexion. ) Tommy says this is their best performance on tape. They got sober 2-3 years later.
What I love most is SRV's "Number One" guitar (also called "First Wife"), the old, beat-up Fender Stratocaster he got at an Austin, TX music shop in 1974. SRV asked if he could trade his current Strat for the ragged-out Number One. The owner, Ray Hennig, agreed and said, "You're ripping yourself off," but SRV said (and knew), "It feels good Ray. It feels real good." And THAT is all that mattered. SRV proved the best playing came from the soul of both the player and the instrument, and SRV knew that guitar, felt that guitar, its history and what it could do, what he and that guitar could create together. I can't find the words to describe what I'm trying to say except that the two were, indeed, a match made in heaven. You're probably right about the reason for the sweating but I think the close atmosphere of the venue, the closeness of the lights played a part as well. I love watching SRV as much as hearing him!
As one of the lucky ones in the audience that night... we were AWESTRUCK. The Elmo was a small room and extremely warm. Stevie did a duet with Jeff Healey you might look up.
The El Mocambo is a little club in Toronto holds about 650 people yet it has hosted some of the biggest bands in the world Rolling stones ,Jimi Hendrix, U2 , Blondie and many more . There are several live recording from there as well from artists such as ,Big Walter Hunter (1973), The Amboy Dukes ( 1973 one of Ted Nugent's early bands) , Starz (1973, April Wine (1977), The Rolling Stones ( Love You Live 1977),Elvis Costello(1978) and many others.. This whole show is amazing Stevie was on a different planet that night in both the literal sense and spiritually . Some would say it was his best performance ever recorded on video. I'm sure people will ask you to do Voodoo Child (Jimmy Hendrix cover ) when you do lease watch the performance of it from this show because the Live on Austin City Limits is great (since there is no such thing as a bad performance from Stevie) it was a made for TV special so he was very limited on what he could do. The performances of Voodoo Child and 3rd stone from the sun he channels Jimmy and is about as close to watching Jimmy perform as yo can get
Yes, he beat his Cocaine addiction. You want more SRV. He was very versatile. Blues: Check out SRV with Johnny Clyde Copeland playing Roughest Place in Town, aka, Tin Pan Alley. Jazz instrumental: Riviera Paradise and Lenny. Rock: Voodoo Chile live at Austin City Limits. honorable mentions: Little Wing instrumental cover, Tightrope and Crossfire (after he got sober) and last but not least: Couldn't stand the Weather. I promise, you won't be disappointed.
Found SRV by accident, in a record shop back in August of 1983. The guy at the counter was playing the Texas Flood album, and after 15 or 20 minutes, i bought the Album. A month later my lady friend and I went to see SRV and the band open up a Jammy awards show in Miami. SRV was pretty much an unknown, but he litterally STUNNED the crowd! And he was the opening act to a has been Mitch Ryder, who i liked a LOT. After that show we went up to Cocoa Beach and see the band at a big club called Brassy's, and again, he stunned everyone there. I saw him 5 more times, with the last being in 1988. He never ever put on a bad show. The man gave 100% ALL THE TIME! He is one of the very few that never plays the same solos night to night. What ever he is feeling, that is what you get. There is one other guitar player out there that is another who plays for the moment every night. DEREK TRUCKS!! Derek is arguably the best guitar player out there. Absolute Endless ideas and creativity galore. The past 25 years, there is no one better! When SRV died in 1990, i had been looking for someone like him, and in 1998 i found him. Derek Trucks
In 1987 i was fortunate to get a backstage pass when SRV played the Brevard County Fair. A very genuine guy as was the rest of the band! My lady friend at the time, had a friend take a photo of us two with the band and i never got a copy of the photo. For years i asked her about it after we parted, and she never had an answer. But i do remember exactly where i was, when i heard he had died in that Copter crash. I must say that bothered me for a long time. Funny i was a drummer, not a guitar player. But there was something about SRV that was bigger than life! @@harrietmiller3982
@@selmonb921 larger than life for sure✨🌟⭐️. Oh to have that photo as a most prized possession but you have the memories and that will always be with you. Stevie has said he had wanted to be a drummer when he was a kid but he didn't have any drums🙂. He actually did learn to play the drums and actually showed Chris Layton the shuffles and things he wanted and Chris was happy to learn. Talk about a true Band of Brothers💙🎸💙
Got to see Stevie when he was just starting out at the Rome Inn (and a few other places). I was literally dragged out of a sorority almost-orgy by a friend who said I "HAD" to come see this guy at the Rome Inn. I have never regretted it. As a sheer coincidence, I was driving home after a late night (early morning) work schedule down I-35 and came across Stevie filming a music video for "Texas Flood" just off the freeway.. It was hard to miss with all the lights, but curiosity got the better of me and I made my way to the site of all the commotion. I had no intention of intruding but somehow got the attention of the production crew and was eventually introduced to Stevie. He was very gracious, given the circumstances, but I quickly backed out of the scene since I really had no business being there. Be kind to those on the way up because you never know who you will meet on the way down. Class act all the way.
One of the greatest musicians to ever walk the planet. I was blessed to hear him my one and only time in April 1990 - 4 months before he died. It was an emotional roller coaster that I remember fondly to this day. He was taken WAY too soon. Glad you're reacting to stuff like this.
His brother is great too. I was a regular at Antones in Austin during the 2000s...saw him many times with both Tommy and Chris there. You ever heard of the Arc Angels?
Everything Stervie Ray Vaughan ever did, get your ears & eyes on it, it's all beyond..... You won't go wrong, that's a promise!!!! LIFE WITHOUT YOU TIN PAN ALLEY AINT GONNA GIVE UP ON LOVE Just to name a few to start with!! LITERALLY EVERYTHING....YOU'LL LOVE IT ALL!!!!
I always like the look of the reactors when he whips it behind his back. :) I can almost see SRVs thought process, "I'm bored. I know! I'll play a song behind my back!."
Yes, SRV had an enormous drug and alcohol problem, however, he got clean in late 1986. He was a huge advocate for recovery. He never lost his musical ability after he got clean, he was still just as amazing. Everything he played live was pretty much improvised solos. He was one with the guitar and played through his soul. Some of my favorites of his, "Life Without You" live from Capitol Theatre, "Hideaway/Rude Mood" Live from Montreaux 1982, "Mary Had a Little Lamb" live from Austin in 1989, "Cold Shot" live from Austin 1989, "Leave My Girl Alone" live from Austin 1989, "Tin Pan Alley" live from Montreaux 1985 featuring Johnny Copeland. These are some to start you off. SRV is my favorite guitarist of all time. His voice is highly underrated too. Love him! Thanks for the awesome reaction.
Great to see your appreciation for SRV!! Living in Austin I was fortunate to see Stevie several times back in day!! I highly recommend checking out from the PBS Austin City Limits taping "Voodoo Child", "Tightrope", and "Riviera Paradise"!!!
I would actually recommend Voodoo Child from the El Mocambo show, as well as "Third Stone From the Sun" and "Lenny". His tone in that ACL performance was just too harsh.
I don't want Stevie to be remembered as an addict. He was much more than that! He was clean and sober the last four years of his life and helped many people with their sobriety. That is what he should be remembered for!!
Me and my brother law scalped tix to see headline Robert Plant. We were blown away seeing SRV open the show. My bil turned to me and said “how tf is Plant gonna follow this?”,lol. ✌️❤️🎶
Love watching people react to this. Probably the greatest live performance by a guitarist ever! Watched this over a 100 times easy and it never gets old. Don't think I've ever watched him live and seen him hit a bum note. He's always perfect, like the guitar is an extension of his soul!
I saw this video first in 1991 when it was a rental at Blockbuster video in the music section on VHS....I've watched this whole show and this song in particular easily 2500 times...and my eyes still well up with tears and I can't control it. It has that type of effect on me and is basically my version of a religious experience
"He is channeling some higher spirits here man"! You've got that right son⭐️🌟✨🎸🎶💙‼️. All the premier guitarists in the world played with him from 1983 to 1990 and they all said the same thing. When he straps in he taps into that musical river and just flows wherever it takes him. No song is ever played the same way twice. No one plays with more passion and power. He has very large and strong hands for his frame and is bending .13 gauge strings to get that tone which you rightly pointed out is impeccable💯. You will really enjoy this SRV rabbit hole🐇🐇. Many great suggestions offered already and you can't go wrong except always do live versions. Watching him is half the magic and there are lots of surprises in store for you. I'll cast my vote for my favorite Riveria Paradise as performed at Austin City Limits 1989. Showcases his jazz chops, created after his own rehab and recovery dedicated to all those still suffering in any way. It is soothing balm for your soul and feels like a warm golden hug from this man's soul⭐️🌟✨. Subbing for more Stevie Ray🎸💙🎶‼️
While many "Shredders" use super light gauge strings, .09 or.08s on the high E string, SRV used .12 gauge strings! By the early 80's, Blues based Rock was no longer on the charts. Stevie burst on to the scene with his cover of Hendrix' "VooDoo Child" and mostly through his live Shows, helped revive the "Blues" for a younger generation.
You should also check out Jeff Healey. A blind blues guitarist from Toronto Canada. He lost his eyes to a rare form of cancer before a year old and started teaching himself to play guitar age 3. Being so young and small he couldn't hold a guitar properly so he found a rather unique way to play. I'd recommend starting with his earliest US TV appearance performing "See The Light" on Night Music 1988 (very popular for reactions). Then you can then double up and watch Stevie Ray Vaughn perform "Look At Little Sister" with Jeff Healey as a guest performer. Vaughn saw Healey playing at a Toronto blues bar on a night off while on tour in Canada. He invited Healey to be a guest performer on the televised show he was doing. Vaughn also contacted his label and told them they need to send somebody to sign this kid before somebody else does. They didn't, and Healey signed with different label several months later.
Brother you hit the nail on the head when you said he was “channeling a higher power.” About SRV, Eric Clapton said “ he was like an open channel, he never seem to dry up, or have to think about what he was gonna play next”
It's easy to forget that he is actually up there, Playing an instrument because it's so flawless. Perfection is what you are witnessing, greatness, somebody who just feels it and let's his fingers go! I don't even think he knows where he's going next it just happens, he literally looks like he's on a ride himself!!
Stevie was fully recovered from his addiction issues at this time. He was even better straight. A few facts about Stevie. Strongest hands in the game. You, I'm sure know that most players are using 9-11 gauge strings. SRV was very often playing 13s. There are guys who weren't able to play SRVs guitar because they couldn't bend the strings. Stevie was sadly lost to us in a helicopter crash. The El Macambo was a hot box. Smallish place and almost no ventilation. Earlier SRV definitely played with the drug and alcohol sweats in full, but not here. Stevie's older brother Jimmy Vaughan is a hell of a guitar player too. Got to see Stevie a couple times and he drew so much on the reaction of the crowds. He could play the same set 3 nights in a row and every song might be 5 or 10 minutes longer or shorter than the night before. If you notice in this one he plays his intro and is stepping to the mic to sing and he looks up at the audience. A group of people had a big reaction and he stepped back and went on longer. Clapton, BB King and so many other greats have been quoted as saying SRV was the best ever. Playing what he called Texas Blues. I am gonna leave you a link to another live performance of his. The song is look at Little Sister. Watch for the broken string and how he deals with it. Happens at around 2:40 I think. You are also gonna hear one of the best piano solos ever lol. Good luck with the channel! ua-cam.com/video/8yWaZVchd6k/v-deo.html
He wasn't clean at this time. From the story I've heard, he was nearly comatose from mixing coke and whisky the morning of this show; he was revived in time for the show, and insisted on going on, but the effects of all the drugs/medications in his system is what caused the profuse sweating.
So happy to see you go for SRV. This one's a mind bender. I saw him twice and know his entire library. Stevie was special. Clapton said Stevie didn't play, he channeled. Austin City Limits Riviera Paradise or anything is good. Lights were hot as hell back then so tight clubs would bake musicians...plus he was on coke but never during performances. His band toured hard and they used it to keep going. Stevie almost died in early eighties from alcohol mixed with cocaine (a pick me up). Doctors told him he'd die if he didn't quit so he did and so did his band. They got better and better every year but he died in a helicopter crash in 1990. He and some of Clapton's people died right after he guess starred in a session with all great players, Clapton said SRV blew everyone off the stage that night and they were amazed how good he was. Then...gone. Shit day for many.
I was at his last concert the night his helicopter crashed after the show at Alpine Valley Wisconsin August 26th 1990. The lineup was SRV, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray Stevie's brother Jimmie and Buddy Guy. RIP SRV!
I had to laugh about your comment of "never during performances". He started drinking at 6 years old. He was open about staying drunk and high literally constantly . His addiction was so severe here drank and did drugs before every performance, and even during some performances. In one of his biographies it was admitted that he would even have cocaine dissolved in Crown Royal onstage sitting on an amp and would drink it during the show. During his El Mocambo show he was passed out to the point they had to have doctors come and give him IVs to bring him around. He went on afterwards and performed one of his best shows. Thank God he got clean and sober for 4 years before he died.
He played 13 gauge strings for most of his career...13 gauge....who does that?! For almost 17 years I ran front of house sound for various traveling bands and a band I was working with opened the show in a Ft Wayne Indiana theater for Stevie Ray , '85 , and after our set I watched his set from side stage 20 feet away , and let me attest to the unmitigated truth , well , you get the picture.At the show I mentioned , one of the most fantastic things that happened was watching the area down in front of the stage...I saw a 10 year old white boy and a 50 year old black woman both dancing and grooving like it was their last day on earth.The mans gift transcended all boundaries.
Check out his Austin City Limits performance from 1989, totally clean and at the top of game. He looked great, sounded great, was sober, stronger than ever and had a bright future ahead. But alas, gone from this world way too soon. I was lucky enough to see him twice. He was my generation's Jimi Hendrix.
Check out his cover of Hendrix's Little Wing... pretty sure there's a great live version available ...and, yes...at that point in his life, he was probably still doing a lot of cocaine...he was legendary at that, too...(see the coffee story)...though he got sober before his tragic death
Yeah man, Babydoll and I saw him like 5times ( once with Jeff Beck).l was driving to work and I noticed guys here and there-crying like they just lost their mother.I turned on my radio...then I couldn't stop crying myself!!! Sad day in Dallas. 😢
3 things to know, he uses the thickest string out there, he was brought back from a coke induced coma that afternoon which is why he was sweating and that was considered his BEST performance
I'm not surprised that you were finding it hard to find the words. I guess that's what happens when you get blown away by the greatest performance I have ever seen.
Thanks for the reaction Stevie He was one of a kind. Please come and see his best stage performance that we have ever seen. It will shoot your heart out. "Stevie Ray Vaughan - Life Without You - 9/21/1985 - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ ”
One of a kind. Rip Stevie. The legend. Melissa Ward here yeah he had some demons but he did overcome them. A helicopter crash took his .life. more stuff at that same venue is available on the tube.
Eric Clapton describes hearing SRV for the first time, while driving his car. He said he had to pull over immediately and finished listening to the song. He got ahold of his people, and said "I've got to know who this guy is by the end of day!" Eric is known as a blues (and Rock) aficionado, and he was totally blown away by Stevie's talent. Stevie finally got to tour with Clapton, one of his guitar heroes, and was very sadly killed in a helicopter crash immediately following a show. Maybe it's fitting that the last thing he did in this life was reaching the pinnacle of his career, and jamming with several of his heroes, as well as his brother Jimmie... 🙏
Every performance is an experience with Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble! Any performance from the 1989 Austin City Limits show is outstanding. My favorites are Voodoo Child, Couldn't Stand the Weather, Riviera Paradise, Cold Shot, Crossfire, Tightrope....... Also well worth checking out is his performance of Tin Pan Alley with one of his idols, Johnny Copeland at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Iconic!
I was lucky enough to have seen him once in a small venue in Des Moines. It's on YT (audio only). He was sick but played anyway. Just sat on the edge of the stage and sweated it out. It was an epic and unique (even for him) performance.
I was at the show with my friends Frank ,Steve and Marcel, when the video starts, we’re in the second shot with our backs to the camera just before they show the band, I’m in the pink T-shirt, I knew I wore it for a reason, I can actually find myself in the videos, great night
When you factor in swag, technicality and relevance, Stevie, Prince and Jimi are the top three EVER! Put them on a stage with anybody and those three are left standing.
SRV=GOAT 😁 speed, accuracy, feeling/channeling... SRV had it all and made it look effortless..he did this song after song night after night playing by feel/heart... some of the greatest guitarists of all time have said they felt like beginners on stage with SRV
I LOVE IT! Your jaw drops open! Then when you reach up to shut your mouth with your hand, then your jaw starts dropping open again! You literally can't help it!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT WHEN I SEE THIS REACTION FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN BEFORE! Just know that your reaction is 100% the very same as everyone else seeing him & hearing him for the first time! He is, was & always will be the ABSOLUTE MASTER OF THE GUITAR!!!!!💜💜 AND HIS VOICE....💜💜 THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO SAY!!! SRV - THE MASTER OF ALL TIME!!!!!
What you are looking at is the GOAT!!! He is sweating more than normal because A/C was not working in the club. I’ve seen him 3 times and every show was awesome!!! Also the slowest part of the song is a nod to Albert King.
We SRV fans are just thrilled that this was recorded for all future generations.
It makes me weep. Seeing him was up there with giving birth to my children. To see, at this point in time, so many reaction videos to him, is joy.
“The worst thing for me was that Stevie Ray had been sober for three years and was at his peak. When he played that night, he had all of us standing mere with our jaws dropped. I mean, Robert Cray and Jimmie Vaughan and Buddy Guy were just watching in awe. There was no one better than him on this planet. Really unbelievable,” Eric Clapton said.
Check out little sister check out little sister
One of the very best Electric Blues, masters! 💖
I saw Stevie the coke addict, Stevie the sick and near death and Stevie the recovered addict. They were all great but the clean and sober Stevie was by far the greatest performance I have ever seen. And I've seen plenty.
I look forward to seeing clean Stevie. Because I am also a recovering addict who thought he was at his best when high. When I was at my worst. So I look forward to that one :)
@@L33ReactsHang in there 🙏 The song Walkin' the Tightrope is all about recovery and Life by the drop is too 👍👍 Give 'em a listen 🐶😎🇺🇸
Cocain and whiskey, like putting sugar in your coffee. It was improvised. Everything he played was.
@L33Reacts Voodoo Chile, live on Austin City Limits. Clean and tighter than ever.
Stevie was the best in Texas Blues and the best guitarist of all times. Eric Clapton said Stevie was the only person that could make him hang up his guitar forever.
Yes, Stevie had Drug and alcohol issues. I met him a couple of times. The first time was in a little dive bar I used to go to. He was one of the nicest, most humble guys you could ever met. I was so happy for him when he got clean.I was told that he had been drinking so much the night before this performance that they couldn't wake him up. They were able to get him up like an hour before the show started. I tend to believe it the way he was sweating and the color in his face. Great songs Reaction . My son in is a drummer too. He played for a Texas Band called Mortafix back in the 90s.
Just subbed!❤
It always cracks me up, every single reactor, when they get to "that" part, they just go "wait, what?!".
Everyone who sees Stevie play for the first time has that open mouthed, stunned expression. So funny!
SRV was one of a kind ... I'm 55 and this still amazes me when I hear it. RIP
The G.O.A.T. Without question. He almost never looks at the guitar. It is simply an extension of his mind.
As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
When the Devil brought his best guitarist to the crossroads...
God brought Stevie Ray Vaughan....
Try Tin Pan Alley and watch Johnny Copeland looking at him wondering wtf Stevie is doing!
I saw him in 1988 and it was life changing. He was stone sober by then and note and pitch perfect. He closed the show of maybe 1500 people with Life Without You and people were hushed for what felt like forever with their mouths open. I have never seen anything even close. The guitar was an extension of his body and soul. So tragic he left us so young. RIP Stevie.
Saw SRV on The Pier in NYC with Gregg Allman as the opener in '86 or '87 I'd say . This was before Stevie got sober , and the "blizzard" back stage was so bad that it wound up landing Gregg in the hospital . This was when Stevie was in the depths of his addictions and he got sober not long after .
The most impressive thing about behind the back thing, is the way he reattaches the strap without looking. That and the flexibility it takes. The orientation of the guitar is the same but that he can reach the higher frets behind his back while keeping his back and shirt from dampening strings is nuts.
I was fortunate to see SRV many times. He was a little dude. Like 5'5" person with baseball mitts for hands. The things I loved most about Stevie was that he never made a mistake. Never a misplaced note. Never. He could and frequently did bend 4 or 5 strings at a time. Try it. It's freaking impossible. And he played with every cell in his body engaged. He sweats so much because he is deep, deep into the music. His body movement is that music flowing through him. And, yeah, he was a hardcore alcoholic with a cocaine habit which didn't help his flop sweats. That said, he did get clean and sober and still was a sweaty mess.
Used to see Stevie Ray at a place called Fitzgerald's back in the late 70s eearly 80s!! Got know him a bit cuz I ran the lights R.I.P. SRV🔥🤘✌
Love to see younger people appreciating Stevie Ray.
The greatest guitarist ever. He plays better behind his back than other guitarists play in front. He also seems to play by touch never looking at his guitar. WOW!!!
You can still hear it 5 minutes later in your head
That was not just a guitar it was extension of SRV. RIP Stevie!
This is the greatest use of a guitar I have heard in my 58 years.
In my 60! It's truly insane. Ask any guitar player. He played on very thick strings and the strings were set very high off of the fretboard. It'll shred any mere mortals fingers, hands and arms.
He was a little guy with huge hands who had genius natural ability, and he took his guitar with him everywhere he went and played all day every day and all night in the clubs, starting when he was about 13-14. If the door guy or the band didn’t know him he’d say “I’m Jimmie Vaughan’s little brother”, and everyone knew who Jimmie was, and he’d talk his way in and onstage. He said his first public performance was when he was 7 with Jimmie, who was four years older, for the Texas Playboys, Bob Wills’ band, who used to come by his parents’ house in Oak Cliff, Texas, to play dominos. The famous older blues musicians taught him, because he had the balls to walk up and introduce himself and ask to sit in, and the skills and respectful attitude to make them want to teach him. Muddy Waters told him if he didn’t quit the cocaine he wouldn’t live long. BB King told him he was too good for that. Albert King took him under his wing. Buddy Guy and Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland and Eric Clapton played with him and were amazed. Music just flowed from him. Jimmie Vaughan was asked one time if it was true Stevie never played a song the same way twice, and he answered, “Hell, he never played it the same way once!” Stevie cleaned up and got sober and stayed sober, and then died in a helicopter crash leaving a gig a couple years later when he was 35. I’ll never forget that day. “Texas Flood” was Stevie’s big show piece where he’d play behind his back, but he practiced playing behind his back and could legitimately play that way, but it’s difficult and uncomfortable, you know? There’s a recorded performance on UA-cam from Nashville where he plays Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)”, which he’d played for years and finally recorded for his second album, behind his back for charity. The best overall recorded performance is probably this one from El Mocambo. He plays a lot of old songs he grew up with and used to have in his set, Lonnie Mack’s “Wham!”, which was the first record he ever bought, early showcase song “Testify”, the version of Buddy Guy’s “Mary Had a Little Lamb” I always loved, and his version of Hendrix’s “Little Wing” here is maybe the most beautiful, astonishing thing he did that was recorded. Thank God something was. He played every night, but back then you had to have film developed and it cost money and was a pain and took up space, so most performances weren’t recorded. Sorry for the book I’ve written.
Apology accepted... 🤨🤣🤣
Stevie didn't play guitar, he was actually possessed by it and the guitar played him
SRV got clean of drugs and alcohol several years after this performance, and helped many others get past their addictions. His legacy includes that outreach through the platform of his music. He was as kind, humble, appreciative, and loving... as he was talented. Thank you for your reaction to Stevie, and I encourage you to explore what he gave to the world.
I discovered Stevie Ray Vaughan in a UA-cam video during the pandemic with his 1989 performance of "Mary Had A Little Lamb" (Austin). I've been a fan ever since. I cannot get enough of his music, his grace, and his message for humanity. He always respected and credited those who came before him; admiring their talent, skills, devotion, and contribution; and likewise appreciated that of his peers. He also demonstrated deference with collaborators, sharing their enthusiasm and artistry in the music made with each other without trying to keep himself in the spotlight. He loved sharing the joy, excitement, creativity, and satisfaction in performing. It was such a gift to their audiences.
His band Double Trouble with Tommy Shannon (bass), and drummer Chris "Whipper" Layton added Reese Wynans on keys by 1985. You'll find out that Reese is the SRV of the keys, and the boys on bass and drums are awesome. Double Trouble is one tight band, staying alert and synched to Stevie's flow. SRV never learned to read music, so performances of the same song show so many variations as the music came out of him. See what he brings to more than one performance of a song, and you'll also see the synergy of support and the sharing of the spotlight the more you watch the band with him.
You should definitely watch the live performances especially. Besides "Mary Had A Little Lamb," check out some like "Leave My Girl Alone," "Look At Little Sister," and "Voodoo Child," all at Austin. His exquisite "Riviera Paradise." The guitar work and vocals on "Tin Pan Alley" with Johnny Copeland, and "Ain't Gone 'n' Give Up On Love." Also a must is his appearance at the Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ, doing "Life Without You," a tribute to a friend and a message mid-song about apartheid.
There's a telling video you shouldn't miss that his brother Jimmy put together. It's backed with the track for the song "Tick Tock" from the album he and Stevie collaborated on that was released just after Stevie died.
Not only was Stevie Ray's playing immaculate, as you described, but SRV amazes with effortless improvisation, his channeling mind-blowing. So many performances to experience and to tap into this man's connection! He truly had one foot in this world and one in another.
Hope you'll visit as well some of the official music videos he and the band did, such as "Cold Shot" (hilarious), "Superstition" (very clever), and "Couldn't Stand The Weather" (riveting).
I do hope you make time to fit more SRV and Double Trouble performances in, and videos of appearances Stevie has made performing with people such as Albert King, Stevie Wonder, Lonnie Mack, Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, and others. I look forward to seeing your reactions to other musicians and various genres, too, that you've been exploring. So I've subscribed. See ya later!
This is quality right here. Big ups. Saw him front of stage, his sweat dripping on me. I'd waited 6 years to see him live, living the dream. 2 weeks later he was dead. It still stings more than any other. He ain't got a statue for nothin'. The pride of Texas, my Texas...Fo evs. 😉🤠
I agree 100% with everything you said. You are such a wordsmith Sometimeslyrical. Do you do extensive writing? You always express yourself so eloquently and describe Stevie Ray so brilliantly 👍🙌🥰🙌🎶💙🎸
@@harrietmiller3982 Kind words. Thanks, but Stevie inspires me. I've always been a writer. Writing about him always feels good, and it is a privilege.
@@Sometimes-even-lyrical that I understand well✌️
That moment at 10:40 when you realize you mouth is wide open and you close it, only for it fall open again in awe of SRV's badassedness. Great reaction.
It's okay. You just saw one of the greatest guitarists to ever live.
The Greatest!!!
They say Stevie Ray Vaughan made a deal with the Devil...
No one knows what Stevie got, but the Devil got guitar lessons.
Got to see him in the early 80’s- in the cattle barn at the Arkansas State Fair. He was the OPENING act for Wall of Voodoo--he was fn amazing
You talk about him "not missing a note." Stevie Ray Vaughn was beyond missing notes. He is intentionally off-key, in fact, at several points in this. The performance is largely improvised... he's making that all up as he goes (listen to other versions of the same song, and the basic blues chord progression is there, but otherwise they can be pretty different from night to night). So it's not a matter of does he hit the notes, it's a matter of does he invent something spine-wrackingly chilling each night, with notes that had not before been heard, nor since. That was Stevie Ray Vaughn.
We may not see his like again. A man completely obsessed with bringing the blues to new heights. RIP SRV.
Most of the masterpieces were never played the same way twice. His playing was improve all the way.
RIP!! What a man. Can't wait to hear more.
He was continuously improvising, which is why no two identical versions of SRV songs exist.
@@L33Reactsif I could recommend, this whole show is phenomenal....he's just on. Not that he was off very often. As other mentioned I second Austin City limits voodoo Chile, The tone he has makes you make the stank face.... Also leave my girl alone from that night is good too. Shows a real difference between cocaine Stevie and got himself clean Stevie. Both are great but they're just different He's more accurate for lack of a better word. Hard to explain but if you listen to the song you'll understand. Congrats on the sobriety been there too brother. And so happy you've discovered him. Also, Jimi Hendrix, live from the Fillmore East machine gun. That and what you just watched are my two favorite top guitar performances of all time. Both live, both incredible, both in some other worldly zone where the music just seems to channel through them. Take care and look forward to seeing more. congrats on the channel
Keep in mind he was self taught. He could not read a lick of music.
I saw him in ‘86 he was great. Never forget that show.
The MASTER, the BEST that ever walked the Earth!
Imagine what it must be like to be a master of your craft then Stevie starts playing
Stevie is the goat. Here's some gems for you.
Tin pan alley with Johnny Copeland
So excited - el mocambo
Hug you squeeze you - el mocambo
Dirty pool - Montreux
STEVIE RAY VAUGHN!🔥🐐 The pride of Texas and the greatest blues guitarist of all time.💯 We still miss you, RIP bro'.😢🤗❤️✌️
Stevie was a vessel. You said it, he made the guitar speak. Enjoy the rabbit hole Lee.
He was probably on it that night & they didn’t think he was going to wake up for the show but he did and went out and played like nobody ever has if you ask me that night! This performance stands out to me and that’s saying something cause he was always great !
In 87, Stevie nearly died as he was dropping powdered cocaine into Crown Royal, and it ate his stomach lining out. He was underweight , sick etc. he took a year off , cleaned up, joined 12 step, and beginning with the Nashville concert for Jerry Lewis Labor Day concert emerged clean and more powerful than ever, last album with Double Trouble was titled" IN STEP" a masterpiece. 3 years later he was gone. But not by addiction.
You assume correctly. This was before SRV got clean. He was high AF on coke during this show which is part of the reason he was sweating so much. He is the GOAT!
This is really prevalent in the Austin City Limits DVD which has 2 of his shows separated by 6 years and both sides of addiction. The ‘83 show he’s sweating profusely and clearly in the grips. By the ‘89 show he looks much healthier and allegedly got it under control, sadly only to die in the chopper crash about a year later.
I'm 60 and seen him live in the 80s in Sydney twice , never seen anyone since play with that much passion & talent
Just from watching this one performance I can tell the plays with more effort and emotion then 90% of everyone I've ever seen or heard. Insane.
Yes he was very special
I saw him down the hill in Melbourne, best concerts of my life, everything else since has been mediocre
🎸⚡My first time to your channel. When I saw it was Stevie Ray Vaughan, I stayed to watch you get baptized in a Texas Flood. You'd never know it from the monster player you see onstage, but off-stage Stevie was a very humble guy that everyone liked and most just flat out loved him. Stevie never, ever bragged about his talent. He said that it was a gift from God and that he worked hard to pay it back. Paid in full, Stevie. Paid In Full. Thanks for checking him out, and enjoy the journey ahead.
I saw SRV and Double Trouble with Stray Cats as opener in Memphis, TN. Later in the SRV set, Brian Setzer played THAT SRV stratocaster AND they both played together. Best guitar concert I ever saw.
I saw him on the last tour a few months before he died. It was a life-changing experience.
I keep watching Texas Flood reactions and crying every time.
Yeah me too…kinda weird, but thank you!
I thought I was the only one on earth.
Saw him with ALbert Collins doing a walk on after Stevie had played a concert that was sold out but he heard Albert was doing a show in town. It was soooo fucking good.
Aren't we so lucky we have this video. Him channeling his muse that night. The guitar wasn't an instrument, Stevie was...
Stevie was living in another realm. We are blessed to have been able to stand in his presence.
the "having to push your own jaw up" made me laugh, welcome aboard
Stevie (and the Bassist Tommy) were famously addicted to alcohol and cocaine. 1 hour before SRV stepped on this stage, he was unconscious, in a cocaine coma. Medical personnel were called in to give him vitamins and a bunch of IV fluids to rouse him (hence the extra sweat and his pale complexion. ) Tommy says this is their best performance on tape. They got sober 2-3 years later.
RIP, Stevie Ray Vaughan,
and thank you.
What I love most is SRV's "Number One" guitar (also called "First Wife"), the old, beat-up Fender Stratocaster he got at an Austin, TX music shop in 1974. SRV asked if he could trade his current Strat for the ragged-out Number One. The owner, Ray Hennig, agreed and said, "You're ripping yourself off," but SRV said (and knew), "It feels good Ray. It feels real good." And THAT is all that mattered. SRV proved the best playing came from the soul of both the player and the instrument, and SRV knew that guitar, felt that guitar, its history and what it could do, what he and that guitar could create together. I can't find the words to describe what I'm trying to say except that the two were, indeed, a match made in heaven. You're probably right about the reason for the sweating but I think the close atmosphere of the venue, the closeness of the lights played a part as well. I love watching SRV as much as hearing him!
As one of the lucky ones in the audience that night... we were AWESTRUCK. The Elmo was a small room and extremely warm.
Stevie did a duet with Jeff Healey you might look up.
Stage lights, pre-LED, are no joke. HOT HOT HOT!🥵
The El Mocambo is a little club in Toronto holds about 650 people yet it has hosted some of the biggest bands in the world Rolling stones ,Jimi Hendrix, U2 , Blondie and many more . There are several live recording from there as well from artists such as ,Big Walter Hunter (1973), The Amboy Dukes ( 1973 one of Ted Nugent's early bands) , Starz (1973, April Wine (1977), The Rolling Stones ( Love You Live 1977),Elvis Costello(1978) and many others.. This whole show is amazing Stevie was on a different planet that night in both the literal sense and spiritually . Some would say it was his best performance ever recorded on video. I'm sure people will ask you to do Voodoo Child (Jimmy Hendrix cover ) when you do lease watch the performance of it from this show because the Live on Austin City Limits is great (since there is no such thing as a bad performance from Stevie) it was a made for TV special so he was very limited on what he could do. The performances of Voodoo Child and 3rd stone from the sun he channels Jimmy and is about as close to watching Jimmy perform as yo can get
Yes, he beat his Cocaine addiction. You want more SRV. He was very versatile. Blues: Check out SRV with Johnny Clyde Copeland playing Roughest Place in Town, aka, Tin Pan Alley. Jazz instrumental: Riviera Paradise and Lenny. Rock: Voodoo Chile live at Austin City Limits. honorable mentions: Little Wing instrumental cover, Tightrope and Crossfire (after he got sober) and last but not least: Couldn't stand the Weather. I promise, you won't be disappointed.
Found SRV by accident, in a record shop back in August of 1983. The guy at the counter was playing the Texas Flood album, and after 15 or 20 minutes, i bought the Album. A month later my lady friend and I went to see SRV and the band open up a Jammy awards show in Miami. SRV was pretty much an unknown, but he litterally STUNNED the crowd! And he was the opening act to a has been Mitch Ryder, who i liked a LOT. After that show we went up to Cocoa Beach and see the band at a big club called Brassy's, and again, he stunned everyone there. I saw him 5 more times, with the last being in 1988. He never ever put on a bad show. The man gave 100% ALL THE TIME! He is one of the very few that never plays the same solos night to night. What ever he is feeling, that is what you get. There is one other guitar player out there that is another who plays for the moment every night. DEREK TRUCKS!! Derek is arguably the best guitar player out there. Absolute Endless ideas and creativity galore. The past 25 years, there is no one better! When SRV died in 1990, i had been looking for someone like him, and in 1998 i found him. Derek Trucks
Color me jealous💯 you saw him so many times! Once is life changing in itself
In 1987 i was fortunate to get a backstage pass when SRV played the Brevard County Fair. A very genuine guy as was the rest of the band! My lady friend at the time, had a friend take a photo of us two with the band and i never got a copy of the photo. For years i asked her about it after we parted, and she never had an answer. But i do remember exactly where i was, when i heard he had died in that Copter crash. I must say that bothered me for a long time. Funny i was a drummer, not a guitar player. But there was something about SRV that was bigger than life! @@harrietmiller3982
@@selmonb921 larger than life for sure✨🌟⭐️. Oh to have that photo as a most prized possession but you have the memories and that will always be with you. Stevie has said he had wanted to be a drummer when he was a kid but he didn't have any drums🙂. He actually did learn to play the drums and actually showed Chris Layton the shuffles and things he wanted and Chris was happy to learn. Talk about a true Band of Brothers💙🎸💙
Enjoy the rabbit hole of srv. He was an addict but finally got clean.... died in 1990 in helicopter crash. His whole concert is nonstop . Amazing...
Got to see Stevie when he was just starting out at the Rome Inn (and a few other places). I was literally dragged out of a sorority almost-orgy by a friend who said I "HAD" to come see this guy at the Rome Inn. I have never regretted it. As a sheer coincidence, I was driving home after a late night (early morning) work schedule down I-35 and came across Stevie filming a music video for "Texas Flood" just off the freeway.. It was hard to miss with all the lights, but curiosity got the better of me and I made my way to the site of all the commotion. I had no intention of intruding but somehow got the attention of the production crew and was eventually introduced to Stevie. He was very gracious, given the circumstances, but I quickly backed out of the scene since I really had no business being there. Be kind to those on the way up because you never know who you will meet on the way down. Class act all the way.
seriously - one of the 5 greatest rock / blues guitarists... ever. remember seeing him in the 80s and being blown away
One of the greatest musicians to ever walk the planet. I was blessed to hear him my one and only time in April 1990 - 4 months before he died. It was an emotional roller coaster that I remember fondly to this day. He was taken WAY too soon. Glad you're reacting to stuff like this.
His brother is great too. I was a regular at Antones in Austin during the 2000s...saw him many times with both Tommy and Chris there.
You ever heard of the Arc Angels?
I was lucky enough to see him at a out door festival in St. Paul MN. roughly a month before his crash. I feel you!
I was at the show the night of the crash, so damn sad
@@BlackSmokeDMax btw, I see your thumbnail. Have you ever heard the LA speed story?
@@Leogoth68 indeed, epic!
Everything Stervie Ray Vaughan ever did, get your ears & eyes on it, it's all beyond.....
You won't go wrong, that's a promise!!!!
LIFE WITHOUT YOU
TIN PAN ALLEY
AINT GONNA GIVE UP ON LOVE
Just to name a few to start with!!
LITERALLY EVERYTHING....YOU'LL LOVE IT ALL!!!!
I always like the look of the reactors when he whips it behind his back. :) I can almost see SRVs thought process, "I'm bored. I know! I'll play a song behind my back!."
Yes, SRV had an enormous drug and alcohol problem, however, he got clean in late 1986. He was a huge advocate for recovery. He never lost his musical ability after he got clean, he was still just as amazing. Everything he played live was pretty much improvised solos. He was one with the guitar and played through his soul. Some of my favorites of his, "Life Without You" live from Capitol Theatre, "Hideaway/Rude Mood" Live from Montreaux 1982, "Mary Had a Little Lamb" live from Austin in 1989, "Cold Shot" live from Austin 1989, "Leave My Girl Alone" live from Austin 1989, "Tin Pan Alley" live from Montreaux 1985 featuring Johnny Copeland. These are some to start you off. SRV is my favorite guitarist of all time. His voice is highly underrated too. Love him! Thanks for the awesome reaction.
Great to see your appreciation for SRV!! Living in Austin I was fortunate to see Stevie several times back in day!! I highly recommend checking out from the PBS Austin City Limits taping "Voodoo Child", "Tightrope", and "Riviera Paradise"!!!
Glad you enjoyed my friend! Can't wait to see voodoo child next! Gonna be epic, I can already tell. 😎
I would actually recommend Voodoo Child from the El Mocambo show, as well as "Third Stone From the Sun" and "Lenny".
His tone in that ACL performance was just too harsh.
I agree especially Riveria Paradise
I don't want Stevie to be remembered as an addict. He was much more than that! He was clean and sober the last four years of his life and helped many people with their sobriety. That is what he should be remembered for!!
He has many GREAT videos, he is AWESOME. Nobody like him, never will be again.
PUT ON YOUR SEATBELT for this MUST SEE/HEAR Classic,, Stevie Ray Vaughan "Couldn't Stand The Weather" (Official Music Video A MUST!!)
Me and my brother law scalped tix to see headline Robert Plant. We were blown away seeing SRV open the show. My bil turned to me and said “how tf is Plant gonna follow this?”,lol. ✌️❤️🎶
Every album, every song, is classic.
Love watching people react to this. Probably the greatest live performance by a guitarist ever! Watched this over a 100 times easy and it never gets old. Don't think I've ever watched him live and seen him hit a bum note. He's always perfect, like the guitar is an extension of his soul!
I saw this video first in 1991 when it was a rental at Blockbuster video in the music section on VHS....I've watched this whole show and this song in particular easily 2500 times...and my eyes still well up with tears and I can't control it. It has that type of effect on me and is basically my version of a religious experience
"He is channeling some higher spirits here man"! You've got that right son⭐️🌟✨🎸🎶💙‼️. All the premier guitarists in the world played with him from 1983 to 1990 and they all said the same thing. When he straps in he taps into that musical river and just flows wherever it takes him. No song is ever played the same way twice. No one plays with more passion and power. He has very large and strong hands for his frame and is bending .13 gauge strings to get that tone which you rightly pointed out is impeccable💯. You will really enjoy this SRV rabbit hole🐇🐇. Many great suggestions offered already and you can't go wrong except always do live versions. Watching him is half the magic and there are lots of surprises in store for you. I'll cast my vote for my favorite Riveria Paradise as performed at Austin City Limits 1989. Showcases his jazz chops, created after his own rehab and recovery dedicated to all those still suffering in any way. It is soothing balm for your soul and feels like a warm golden hug from this man's soul⭐️🌟✨. Subbing for more Stevie Ray🎸💙🎶‼️
@richardfarina8165 🎶💙🎸✌️we have great taste in music🎶
As always!!! Perfectly said Harriet!!!
@@conniehorton1981 ah thanks Connie🥰✌️💙🎶
@richardfarina8165 Yes!
While many "Shredders" use super light gauge strings, .09 or.08s on the high E string, SRV used .12 gauge strings! By the early 80's, Blues based Rock was no longer on the charts. Stevie burst on to the scene with his cover of Hendrix' "VooDoo Child" and mostly through his live Shows, helped revive the "Blues" for a younger generation.
You should also check out Jeff Healey. A blind blues guitarist from Toronto Canada. He lost his eyes to a rare form of cancer before a year old and started teaching himself to play guitar age 3. Being so young and small he couldn't hold a guitar properly so he found a rather unique way to play. I'd recommend starting with his earliest US TV appearance performing "See The Light" on Night Music 1988 (very popular for reactions). Then you can then double up and watch Stevie Ray Vaughn perform "Look At Little Sister" with Jeff Healey as a guest performer. Vaughn saw Healey playing at a Toronto blues bar on a night off while on tour in Canada. He invited Healey to be a guest performer on the televised show he was doing. Vaughn also contacted his label and told them they need to send somebody to sign this kid before somebody else does. They didn't, and Healey signed with different label several months later.
Brother you hit the nail on the head when you said he was “channeling a higher power.” About SRV, Eric Clapton said “ he was like an open channel, he never seem to dry up, or have to think about what he was gonna play next”
Stevie Ray VooDoo Child live one night in Austin Texas
It's easy to forget that he is actually up there, Playing an instrument because it's so flawless. Perfection is what you are witnessing, greatness, somebody who just feels it and let's his fingers go! I don't even think he knows where he's going next it just happens, he literally looks like he's on a ride himself!!
Stevie was fully recovered from his addiction issues at this time. He was even better straight. A few facts about Stevie. Strongest hands in the game. You, I'm sure know that most players are using 9-11 gauge strings. SRV was very often playing 13s. There are guys who weren't able to play SRVs guitar because they couldn't bend the strings. Stevie was sadly lost to us in a helicopter crash. The El Macambo was a hot box. Smallish place and almost no ventilation. Earlier SRV definitely played with the drug and alcohol sweats in full, but not here. Stevie's older brother Jimmy Vaughan is a hell of a guitar player too. Got to see Stevie a couple times and he drew so much on the reaction of the crowds. He could play the same set 3 nights in a row and every song might be 5 or 10 minutes longer or shorter than the night before. If you notice in this one he plays his intro and is stepping to the mic to sing and he looks up at the audience. A group of people had a big reaction and he stepped back and went on longer. Clapton, BB King and so many other greats have been quoted as saying SRV was the best ever. Playing what he called Texas Blues. I am gonna leave you a link to another live performance of his. The song is look at Little Sister. Watch for the broken string and how he deals with it. Happens at around 2:40 I think. You are also gonna hear one of the best piano solos ever lol. Good luck with the channel! ua-cam.com/video/8yWaZVchd6k/v-deo.html
He wasn't clean at this time. From the story I've heard, he was nearly comatose from mixing coke and whisky the morning of this show; he was revived in time for the show, and insisted on going on, but the effects of all the drugs/medications in his system is what caused the profuse sweating.
So happy to see you go for SRV. This one's a mind bender. I saw him twice and know his entire library. Stevie was special. Clapton said Stevie didn't play, he channeled. Austin City Limits Riviera Paradise or anything is good. Lights were hot as hell back then so tight clubs would bake musicians...plus he was on coke but never during performances. His band toured hard and they used it to keep going. Stevie almost died in early eighties from alcohol mixed with cocaine (a pick me up). Doctors told him he'd die if he didn't quit so he did and so did his band. They got better and better every year but he died in a helicopter crash in 1990. He and some of Clapton's people died right after he guess starred in a session with all great players, Clapton said SRV blew everyone off the stage that night and they were amazed how good he was. Then...gone. Shit day for many.
Yeah this is definitely a mind bender... that's putting It lightly my friend. He was in another realm here!!
I was at his last concert the night his helicopter crashed after the show at Alpine Valley Wisconsin August 26th 1990. The lineup was SRV, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray Stevie's brother Jimmie and Buddy Guy. RIP SRV!
I had to laugh about your comment of "never during performances". He started drinking at 6 years old. He was open about staying drunk and high literally constantly . His addiction was so severe here drank and did drugs before every performance, and even during some performances. In one of his biographies it was admitted that he would even have cocaine dissolved in Crown Royal onstage sitting on an amp and would drink it during the show. During his El Mocambo show he was passed out to the point they had to have doctors come and give him IVs to bring him around. He went on afterwards and performed one of his best shows. Thank God he got clean and sober for 4 years before he died.
He played 13 gauge strings for most of his career...13 gauge....who does that?!
For almost 17 years I ran front of house sound for various traveling bands and a band I was working with opened the show in a Ft Wayne Indiana theater for Stevie Ray , '85 , and after our set I watched his set from side stage 20 feet away , and let me attest to the unmitigated truth , well , you get the picture.At the show I mentioned , one of the most fantastic things that happened was watching the area down in front of the stage...I saw a 10 year old white boy and a 50 year old black woman both dancing and grooving like it was their last day on earth.The mans gift transcended all boundaries.
Check out his Austin City Limits performance from 1989, totally clean and at the top of game. He looked great, sounded great, was sober, stronger than ever and had a bright future ahead. But alas, gone from this world way too soon. I was lucky enough to see him twice. He was my generation's Jimi Hendrix.
His live version of Tin Pan Ally with Johnny Copeland is not to be missed
Check out his cover of Hendrix's Little Wing... pretty sure there's a great live version available
...and, yes...at that point in his life, he was probably still doing a lot of cocaine...he was legendary at that, too...(see the coffee story)...though he got sober before his tragic death
Yeah man, Babydoll and I saw him like 5times ( once with Jeff Beck).l was driving to work and I noticed guys here and there-crying like they just lost their mother.I turned on my radio...then I couldn't stop crying myself!!! Sad day in Dallas. 😢
3 things to know, he uses the thickest string out there, he was brought back from a coke induced coma that afternoon which is why he was sweating and that was considered his BEST performance
I'm not surprised that you were finding it hard to find the words. I guess that's what happens when you get blown away by the greatest performance I have ever seen.
Thanks for the reaction Stevie
He was one of a kind. Please come and see his best stage performance that we have ever seen. It will shoot your heart out.
"Stevie Ray Vaughan - Life Without You - 9/21/1985 - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ ”
One of a kind. Rip Stevie. The legend. Melissa Ward here yeah he had some demons but he did overcome them. A helicopter crash took his .life. more stuff at that same venue is available on the tube.
He's amazing, true blues man, watch ....life without you, he has a message of love
He took bits and pieces from the greats before him and his insane talent and brought it to a level most will never know dam he was good
Saw him once in the late 80s. I was so mesmerized I literally almost fell over once.
Eric Clapton describes hearing SRV for the first time, while driving his car.
He said he had to pull over immediately and finished listening to the song.
He got ahold of his people, and said "I've got to know who this guy is by the end of day!"
Eric is known as a blues (and Rock) aficionado, and he was totally blown away by Stevie's talent.
Stevie finally got to tour with Clapton, one of his guitar heroes, and was very sadly killed in a helicopter crash immediately following a show.
Maybe it's fitting that the last thing he did in this life was reaching the pinnacle of his career, and jamming with several of his heroes, as well as his brother Jimmie... 🙏
Damn life is so fucking cruel... but at least he went out on top!!
Every performance is an experience with Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble! Any performance from the 1989 Austin City Limits show is outstanding. My favorites are Voodoo Child, Couldn't Stand the Weather, Riviera Paradise, Cold Shot, Crossfire, Tightrope.......
Also well worth checking out is his performance of Tin Pan Alley with one of his idols, Johnny Copeland at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Iconic!
I was lucky enough to have seen him once in a small venue in Des Moines. It's on YT (audio only). He was sick but played anyway. Just sat on the edge of the stage and sweated it out. It was an epic and unique (even for him) performance.
I actually worked the couple shows with stevie ray as a stage hand check out the videos from the capital theater in Passaic nj
I was at the show with my friends Frank ,Steve and Marcel, when the video starts, we’re in the second shot with our backs to the camera just before they show the band, I’m in the pink T-shirt, I knew I wore it for a reason, I can actually find myself in the videos, great night
What a privilege as well as a blast to be there in person. ✌️💙🎶🎸
When you factor in swag, technicality and relevance, Stevie, Prince and Jimi are the top three EVER! Put them on a stage with anybody and those three are left standing.
SRV=GOAT 😁 speed, accuracy, feeling/channeling... SRV had it all and made it look effortless..he did this song after song night after night playing by feel/heart... some of the greatest guitarists of all time have said they felt like beginners on stage with SRV
GOAT-a masterclass, especially when you consider the gauge of the strings he used.
I LOVE IT! Your jaw drops open! Then when you reach up to shut your mouth with your hand, then your jaw starts dropping open again! You literally can't help it!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT WHEN I SEE THIS REACTION FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN BEFORE!
Just know that your reaction is 100% the very same as everyone else seeing him & hearing him for the first time!
He is, was & always will be the ABSOLUTE MASTER OF THE GUITAR!!!!!💜💜
AND HIS VOICE....💜💜
THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO SAY!!! SRV - THE MASTER OF ALL TIME!!!!!
The expression on your face @ 9:10...priceless! 😎👍🎸🎶
The best blues guitarist ever. His tributes to Jimi Hendrix by covering Little Wing and Voodoo Child are both epic.
Your face from the start to the finish is the best to watch. That shit changed your day
What you are looking at is the GOAT!!! He is sweating more than normal because A/C was not working in the club. I’ve seen him 3 times and every show was awesome!!! Also the slowest part of the song is a nod to Albert King.