I think Reese was at least partly responsible for SRV getting clean before he died. That’s what gave the world the absolute best SRV just before his untimely demise.
Sorry about your Son May he REST IN PEACE..If you want something cool to do. Put Headphones on Play this song sit back and close your eyes and just listen to It.
Played this for my father as he was slipping away. In his last hours he was very restless. But when he heard this, he completely calmed down. Not long after, that was it. This song was always special before that, but it’s beyond special now, for sure.
This is so beautiful to know... music has Always been soothing in so many ways... God bless you, for having played for your dad... gee... This got me emotional. ...
I am so very sorry for your loss. My precious husband passed away on Father's Day 2022, only five weeks after we learned he had lung cancer. That is when I discovered first hand that music calms those who are in transition, and makes their passing much easier for them. I hope that when my time comes to leave this life, someone will love me enough to let me leave in the peace that hearing a favorite song brings.
I've always thought that if Stevie were still alive (Rest his soul) jazz and laid back non-fluff easy listening is the direction he would've gone ... such a shame we never found out. I still miss him!
When Stevie dedicated the song to anyone who was suffering, he damned well meant what he said. I don't know if we were simply blessed to have him or if we were cursed to have lost him, but Stevie gave so much I guess we must have been blessed.
After he became clean and sober (and born again), he once said that we are put on this earth to help each other---his music was his way of doing that (especially when it came to stuff like this). Thanks for sharing your gift, SRV!
Truly, one of perhaps 5 most beautiful songs ever played by the best Guitar Player ever on this Earth, nobody else but Mr. Stevie Ray Vaughan crying, laughing and loving this 9 minutes and 13 seconds of pure joy at Austin City Limits. May God keep Stevie in our hearts forever!
There's a lot of times I drift off into other genres but always once a year I have to come back and listen to this and Little Wing by SRV. Damn do I wish he was still here.
@@tylerevans2789 For you it’s maybe once a year that you come back to listen to this, but for me it’s EVERY SINGLE DAY! ❤ it so much that I can’t help myself from getting lost in this SRV 🎸 instrumental, soothing and relaxing sound! I also wish he was still here with us - I’d buy tickets to see him in concert in a heartbeat if he was - such a loss of a young, talented musician 😥!
I must be honest. I admire deeply SRV, but it was only until I found this that I really enjoyed him. This turn he was taking before his dead really amazes me, and this song will remain one of my favourites for ever.
My brother called me at work to tell me we had lost yet another highly important and musical soul. I rushed to be we with him as my oldest brother (all musicians had passed a few years prior and then I lost him as well. So it's me without my my brothers. Thank God for the taste in music they provided that I can never lose. My first album at nine was Harvest because they wanted me to understand the hippie spirit. Thank you, my my brothers, Larry Davis 1955 and Eric Davis 1960. There is no death this song popped up today as I was screaming out to them for guidance loosing now our Mother. Life is challenging music saves.
He may be meeting you after that ending day though! And I am sure hendrix will be there too, just wait for me please before they start jammin It will not be Riviera paradise anymore.....just paradise ⭐❤️⭐
When my son was 19, he introduced me to SRV. He is now 3 months away from 50 and he still loves this music. In fact he owns at least 10 guitars and can play just as well, well not really but pretty close. Thank God for my son because at 70, I still love to groove with SVR. I hope to see him in heaven someday. I will...xoxo
@@jesusheals2 Well assuming SRV believed in Jesus's redemptive work....in heaven we won't really care who is there or not,,,I think that we'll just be happy to be there! Peace to all!
Thatta girl. I believe Stevie Ray found Jesus somewhere close to the end ... Ours is a merciful God, who gave him just enough time to clean up his life and come to his Savior. Time is running out. We'll see him sooner than people believe.
Not was....still is. Reese is alive and well and playing with Joe Bonamassa and on occasion Kenny Wayne Shepherd. And yeah, he can still make the keys talk.
Oh, he's faaaar and away not underrated. Anyone that listens to his performances will tell you that! BTW, that's quite the moniker you've chosen. Good thing you added the numbers so as not to be confused with the other guy!😅
There have been so few instruments as finely tuned as Stevie. He melded into his guitars. He didn't play music. He was music. Whatever was in his heart, came out through his hands perfectly. This is just beautiful.
Guitar players would know how hard to play this good while your tone is that clean. You have literally zero chance to make a mistake. Even the slightest note or mistake that doesn't belong to the song will reveal himself and sound HUGE. The man was an amazing guitar player. RIP Stevie.
The difficulty is not mainly technical. The real difficulty of art, after conquering technique for decades, is expression. And this piece is a the top of artistic expression, with few others.
If you look closely you'll see the action on the guitar is absurdly high...with a set of .013 high e. string ! Nobody on this planet could play this on that guitar ! I rember a long time ago reading in a guitar magazine he liked the high action and heavy strings because he wanted his guitar to fight back ! Truly a one of a kind musician ! He was something special and sorely missed !
Lisa, He is one of the great blues guitarists of our time. There would be no such thing as blues if not for emotion. Feelings are what all blues songs are about !
When I lived in Austin (86-92) I saw Stevie a number of times! My all time greatest show I went to was Nov. 89,at the Frank Erwin Center in Austn Stevie Ray Vaughan & Jeff Beck! They were both on fire that night for sure!
When he hits that harmonic and depresses the string behind the nut I immediately get tears........you can't watch him and not experience loss, then he makes the guitar cry and you have to cry with it.
Just thought the same thing. I learned guitar because of Dime, but SRV has kept my heart since my father showed me his tunes when I discovered music as a kid. This is such a great example of his mastery at guitar, he could do spastic playing so well I forget he could bridge R&B and even Jazz.
The first time I heard this, it literally gave me the chills. Turn out the lights, close your eyes, and let the music take you to another plane of existence.
So soulful, shaken but not stirred, Stevie. My Auntie was a straight BB King fan. When I was growing up that is all she played. When I got older, I heard Stevie, I was amazed! I took the tape to her and let me tell you, from my Aunt, she said, "A white man playing and singing like that, surely he's got that BB thang, he is a soul Brother! She was from the deep south, she knew the blues. She was simply amazed at Stevie. She became his number one fan after that. No higher compliment can I give than this of my Auntie's experience. She was moved by Stevie, and Stevie was justified as a blues artist to her. RIP Stevie, you are loved and you live in our hearts and minds.
This goes out to anyone suffering in anyway😔 depression..there's nothing worse imo that horrible empty homesick feeling that never goes away all..this masterpiece does help alot
my 6 year old daughter broke down in tears when she first watched this performance about 15 years after we lost Stevie Ray. I had explained to her Stevie’s personal comeback, the tragic circumstances surrounding his passing and what a great Texas legend he is. Peace Love and Merry Christmas 🎁 from Texas. May Stevie RIP
The Stratocaster is a difficult instrument to master and to say that Stevie made it look easy would be an understatement. He touched countless lives with this song when it was recorded just as he still does today. No exaggeration here. The man had a gift that could be seen, heard and felt in the soul and he shared it with everyone. I've read stories about some very well respected musicians who appeared humble and kind until a story eventually emerged that showed their true colors and busted their perfect image wide open, but not SRV. He battled his demons like many great artists but never, not a single time, did I ever read or hear anything about him being a jerk or anything less than the humble, kind and giving person we saw on stage. He was genuine. You don't have to like his music but if you listen to this song and don't get where I'm coming from then I feel sorry for you because you're missing one of life's greatest gifts.
He played with telephone cables as strings - anywhere from .012 to .017 depending on his finger strength at the time. The old guitar playing adage that the heavier the strings, the bigger the sound was certainly true in his case
The only thing i disagree with is the stratocaster claim you made at the start. Give SRV a cigar box guitar and a slide and hell still rock better than most. Its about mastering the guitar in general, nothing to do with the model.
Guilherme Gonçalves interesting analogy. I started out with 10s on a strat while most people would start out on 9s and that made a lot of difference regarding my playing. I remember how painful bending was on those strings when I was starting to build callouses.
I still remember the very first time I saw this, stoned af looking for something to watch on tv & I come across this guy playing the fuck outta his guitar on PBS, I fell in love instantly!
There has been hundreds of ACL episodes at this point, and I haven't seen them all, so I can't say that for sure, but I can't really imagine many, if any, being better.
I send to this to my genius,handsome, scientist son, Mike who was so cool I’m flattered forever. I’ll never be as cool as him. You are incredibly missed. Tears I love you Mike up there in heaven hugging God! Mwah! Love, Mom love to Meg, Mikey, and Oliver!!
Every time I hear this song I think of the nights my wife and I spent laying out on our boat staring up at the night sky with Riviera Paradise playing in the background. We were experiencing absolute peace. Sadly she passed away in 2010, and this still brings me back to those days.
I was introduced to SRV by my son. I've been a fan of Jazz my entire life, but this man's talents just blew me away. This is perhaps, no definitely, the most beautiful song that I've ever heard. It encompasses every human emotion , love, heartbreak, hope. I hope that everyone can agree.
Word. I listen to Jazz more than anything and this is by far my favorite work of SRV. The feeling that is conveyed by the melodic composition is truly heavenly. He is a musical genius
Every...Single...Note... perfect... not one out of place, missed, muffed, or mis-struck... the same is true with every piece of music I've heard of his. Immeasurable Talent...
Even if he played a note that was "off" or unintended, it would be bent it to his will and it would sound as if it belonged, mortals would struggle to find flaws in his music. You can tell the heavy strings he uses in this footage and if you play get an idea of the intensity of playing ultra-bright 13's and shredding your fingers for art. I used 11's and complain after teaching lessons....
@@musicilham I get it, but this is filmed in Austin after he had 'cleaned up '! Amazing but true my friend. This is at Zilker Park "Autitorium Shores ' right on Town Lake! Stevie was the best.!! Swaweeetness, Happy Birthday SRV!
@@tuleralph6031 He's been playing fairly regularly with JB. The concert at the Greek is unbelievable! Hard to believe it's the same guy until he hits the keys!
I was 6 years old and camping with my dad the first time I heard this song. It was a terrible storm that night and we were forced to spend the night in the car on an overlook. SRV Rivera Paradise then became my favorite song. I made him play it for ...2 hours straight, on a cassette tape mind you. We would play it and rewind it over and over, while the rain poured and lightning struck all around. I attribute this moment in life to be the main reason I play blues guitar now. This is a beautiful composition!
34 North Marketing Company I had a similar experience, only I was a little older, was stuck on I95 due to a huge accident ahead of us, and the song was “Cliffs of Dover” by Eric Johnson. My dad wasn’t into the guitar players I was all about at the time, but he LOVED that song, so we played it, rewound, played...for over an hour. Here’s to otherworldly talent, circumstance, and great dads everywhere!
SAD BUT TRUE : IN TURKEY, WHICH IS MY COUNTRY, THIS WONDERFUL PIECE IS COMMONLY USED IN MANY TV SHOWS, ESPECIALLY IN LOTTERY PROGRAMS & AS WELL AS GAME SHOWS, ( LIKE JEOPARDY ) WHILE WAITING FOR THE CONTESTANTS TO GIVE THEIR FINAL ANSWERS....SAD BUT TRUE...
If ever there was an artist that bore their soul by way of instrument, it was Stevie. He told stories and spoke to your heart and soul with his playing. R.I.P. Brother😎🙏☝️
I was sitting in a bar in Atlanta about 20 years ago and I heard this music and I was flabbergasted and I asked the bartender who this is? And he said this is Stevie Ray Vaughan into this day. This is the best eight minutes of music I’ve ever heard.
And I very seriously doubt that anyone will ever get remotely close to playing like he did. He felt everything he played. He played with such fervor, passion, soulfulness and effortless brute strength and never, ever seemed lost as to what he would play next. He was coming from someplace so deep and beautiful that there’s no one you can compare him to. God, I still miss him so very much. I will never get over his passing 😔
@@KaiserBlade no, im talking about RIGHT before that. I mean the little echo right before the first note of him hitting the nut and whammying the note.
Jesus, 30 something years later from having watched that episode of Austin City Limits, the shear artistry and musical virtuosity if Stevie Ray Vaughan playing this song still brings tears to my eyes. This performance of this piece of music by one of the best guitar players who ever lived, still is something transcendent.
"This one goes out to everybody who is still suffering in any way." Thirty-two years later, I still suffer your loss every time I hear you play, my friend.
I just finished saying goodbye to my Siberian dog buddy, Jett who had to be put down (cancer). Sitting in my car afterward, Riveria Paradise was on the stereo and I cannot say how it soothed my aching soul. Thanks Stevie. I needed that badly.
This song never fails to take you to a different place. A place of calming and relaxation. I always loved the smile Stevie flashed at Reese after he slayed that keyboard solo. And Stevie's smile at the very end is so bittersweet. To think he was gone less than a year after this performance
Timothy Howard This masterpiece does that! Some of Johnny Cash’s do that for me also. You just close your eyes and forget about things for awhile. R.I.P. Stevie We all love ya!
@@Taavi1337 If you don't like this keyboard solo, check out the one from the CD called "Sacred Sources". It's another live performance, but I don't know from which show, or from when.
@@ros3m4ries is there a reason why he would have it so high? I've always been taught that having it high is not good. Now I'm here wondering if someone on this level of guitarmanship like SRV has it so high, is it indeed a bad thing?
S.R.V. re-invented electric blues. He played every song from his heart and nailed every note! You will never hear the same version of a song twice from Stevie Ray. He is absolutely amazing!
I hear you brother, right next door here in AUGUSTA, GEORGIA......never heard this song before.....speechless, heard tons of Stevie, how I missed this ? Amazing.....anybody need MASTER tickets, let me know...?
![Stevie Ray Vaughan & Albert King - Blues At Sunrise [HQ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/JFxU7t3E63I/mqdefault.jpg)
I just can't get enough of Reese Wynans
I think Reese was at least partly responsible for SRV getting clean before he died. That’s what gave the world the absolute best SRV just before his untimely demise.
I played this song at my Son's funeral. He was 23 and this was one of his favorite songs!!❤
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Sorry about your Son May he REST IN PEACE..If you want something cool to do. Put Headphones on Play this song sit back and close your eyes and just listen to It.
My condolences for your loss my brother! May god bless his soul❤❤❤
Sorry about you Son Man ,be strong Man,,,,,,,,
Piano solo the best ❤❤❤
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This song is proof that SRV was a genius, and not a one trick pony. He played blues and that was his bread and butter but he could also play jazz.
And yet young people have no Clue about the Blues, or Guitar players.
You make an excellent point. I couldn't help but think that. God rest his soul.
HE DOES MAGIC WITH A GUITAR!!!
He puts his ❤, Spirit, his Soul in it for us!!!
@@ericmeyers5576 this is not jazz
We are all suffering. We miss you.
Played this for my father as he was slipping away. In his last hours he was very restless. But when he heard this, he completely calmed down. Not long after, that was it. This song was always special before that, but it’s beyond special now, for sure.
This is so beautiful to know... music has Always been soothing in so many ways... God bless you, for having played for your dad... gee... This got me emotional. ...
God bless you & your father.. 🙏🏻✌️
@poom nulong i can"t Understand what you wrote....
Thank you
I am so very sorry for your loss. My precious husband passed away on Father's Day 2022, only five weeks after we learned he had lung cancer. That is when I discovered first hand that music calms those who are in transition, and makes their passing much easier for them. I hope that when my time comes to leave this life, someone will love me enough to let me leave in the peace that hearing a favorite song brings.
❤️🙏
Probably the best version of this song..
2024. Still Sounds GREAT.. 🎧🎵🎶🔥💜🎧🎵🎶🔥💜
Always does. Old is Gold. Good old musics.
Always will
Right @@markbuckley3661
in my opinion, jazz was Steve's final destiny. Man it would have been so cool to see him play at 60.
And Jimi.
@@digitalimager4946 absolutely.
I've always thought that if Stevie were still alive (Rest his soul) jazz and laid back non-fluff easy listening is the direction he would've gone ... such a shame we never found out. I still miss him!
@@digitalimager4946 HELL YES! Like SRV Jimmy had already started on the jazz path.
Stevie was a bluesman thru and thru You ever hear Jimmy talk about him?
One of the best instrumental songs in universe.
He was just getting started. We love you Stevie. 💜
An absolute masterpiece
Absolutely! However, Lenny does it for me! Most beautiful instrumental I have ever heard!
@@scharryolds7989They're both beautiful beyond words.
@scharryolds7989 I'm sorry but who or what are you referring to when you say Lenny?
It hardly ever gets said, but... what a killer, killer band he had behind him
exactly
You ain't kidding...those guys are super and legendary...
yes ssir
Best of the best..all
My thoughts..
RIP Stevie Ray - died August 27, 1990 - What the world has missed the last 34 years
Imagine...if he had lived longer.
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Reese was on FIRE this night as well.
Riviera Paradise is Stevie's masterpiece.
Interisting chords! 🎶
what??
I think every song of Stevie its a masterpiece. But yes, thats a diferent wave
For me it's little wing. But this song is amazing still.
For me, it’s the this one and Tin Pan Alley. Both masterpieces 🙂
“This one goes out to everybody who’s still suffering in any way”
facts!
I needed this soul music to help to heal my blues. Women...
Soul. Can these vibrations help?
Yup, I'm crying now.
I read this was meant for Tonight Show host Johnny Carson who had just lost his son in a car accident
Is this what heaven sounds like…
Beautiful comment .
Well done you 😎
I'm counting on it!
His amazing talent just flowed from his soul! His being!
Yes. 🤲🏽
Not ordinary heaven, but ultra-heaven.
When Stevie dedicated the song to anyone who was suffering, he damned well meant what he said. I don't know if we were simply blessed to have him or if we were cursed to have lost him, but Stevie gave so much I guess we must have been blessed.
He was definitely unique and a source of inspiration for many of us. Wherever we are from, SRV had that special gift, to reach anyone's heart.
After he became clean and sober (and born again), he once said that we are put on this earth to help each other---his music was his way of doing that (especially when it came to stuff like this). Thanks for sharing your gift, SRV!
@@davidl570 right on
Blessed for sure
Blessed. Very blessed, we are.
Truly, one of perhaps 5 most beautiful songs ever played by the best Guitar Player ever on this Earth, nobody else but Mr. Stevie Ray Vaughan crying, laughing and loving this 9 minutes and 13 seconds of pure joy at Austin City Limits. May God keep Stevie in our hearts forever!
Still brings tears to my eyes, I saw him in MI the night before Alpine. No one did and no one will play like him or be anything like him.
2023 and we are all still admiring and loving SRV’s playing
3023 they're gonna be doing the same.
There's a lot of times I drift off into other genres but always once a year I have to come back and listen to this and Little Wing by SRV. Damn do I wish he was still here.
SRV is the greatest to ever flick a string imo
@@tylerevans2789 For you it’s maybe once a year that you come back to listen to this, but for me it’s EVERY SINGLE DAY! ❤ it so much that I can’t help myself from getting lost in this SRV 🎸 instrumental, soothing and relaxing sound! I also wish he was still here with us - I’d buy tickets to see him in concert in a heartbeat if he was - such a loss of a young, talented musician 😥!
We wont have another like him for 1,000 years
One of the most beautiful piece of music ever written...
A PEACEFUL CONFIRMATION
A LONGING IS IN THE STARS ..
increadible
better cuidar man ever...
better guitar man ever!!!!
I don't believe it was written on paper, but taken with him.
God, I love this song
What a privilege for the ones that saw SRV playing live.
I'm one and yes. You're right
It was a privilege.
RIP Stevie. Thanks for all the Love you passed our way
I did many times.
I did. Utterly magnificent.
That could well be the greatest guitar solo ever heard .
A “flex”from SRV for future young guitar players to understand what is possible.
I must be honest. I admire deeply SRV, but it was only until I found this that I really enjoyed him. This turn he was taking before his dead really amazes me, and this song will remain one of my favourites for ever.
My brother called me at work to tell me we had lost yet another highly important and musical soul. I rushed to be we with him as my oldest brother (all musicians had passed a few years prior and then I lost him as well. So it's me without my my brothers. Thank God for the taste in music they provided that I can never lose. My first album at nine was Harvest because they wanted me to understand the hippie spirit. Thank you, my my brothers, Larry Davis 1955 and Eric Davis 1960. There is no death this song popped up today as I was screaming out to them for guidance loosing now our Mother. Life is challenging music saves.
I live at the end of the world down in Chile, drinking a beer and the spirit of Steve Ray is here in a Punta Arenas bar in 2024
Cheers
Right there with you 🎉🎉🎉❤
Somos el mejor país de chile
Un brindis 🥃🥃 Salud.
enjoy a cold one! me listening from Coyhaique! cheers
If this man’s music isn’t playing at my funeral, I’m not going.
It’s going to be difficult for SRV to play music at your funeral
@@dms548689You’re either as dumb as a donkey or not as funny as you think you are. Probably both.
He may be meeting you after that ending day though!
And I am sure hendrix will be there too, just wait for me please before they start jammin
It will not be Riviera paradise anymore.....just paradise ⭐❤️⭐
@@dms548689 You’re either as dumb as a donkey or not as funny as you think you are. Probably both.
ME TOO
SRV’s Masterpiece…
SRV making the guitar sound liquid as if it was water. Incredible masterpiece.
I keep coming back to this video
When my son was 19, he introduced me to SRV. He is now 3 months away from 50 and he still loves this music. In fact he owns at least 10 guitars and can play just as well, well not really but pretty close. Thank God for my son because at 70, I still love to groove with SVR. I hope to see him in heaven someday. I will...xoxo
That is beautiful-and you absolutely will!!!!
@@jesusheals2 Well assuming SRV believed in Jesus's redemptive work....in heaven we won't really care who is there or not,,,I think that we'll just be happy to be there! Peace to all!
Oh, you are in for the most beautiful arrival in to Heaven that anyone could ask for!
Thatta girl. I believe Stevie Ray found Jesus somewhere close to the end ... Ours is a merciful God, who gave him just enough time to clean up his life and come to his Savior. Time is running out. We'll see him sooner than people believe.
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Reese was as proficient with the keys as Stevie was with the strings. And then you had Chris and Tommy flawlessly laying down the rhythm. What a band.
Not was....still is. Reese is alive and well and playing with Joe Bonamassa and on occasion Kenny Wayne Shepherd. And yeah, he can still make the keys talk.
Chris is Kenny Wayne Shepherd's drummer.
Seriously. I love this live version. Reese swings the solo wonderfully.
Why he is underrated
Oh, he's faaaar and away not underrated. Anyone that listens to his performances will tell you that!
BTW, that's quite the moniker you've chosen. Good thing you added the numbers so as not to be confused with the other guy!😅
There have been so few instruments as finely tuned as Stevie. He melded into his guitars. He didn't play music. He was music. Whatever was in his heart, came out through his hands perfectly. This is just beautiful.
Exactly!
Beautifully said.
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
What a lovely tribute .
Well done you .
Well spoken… timeless
Another incredible masterpiece. SRV you will never be forgotten.
Just incredible.
The heaven sound
Today you would be 70 years old. Great, the best STEVIE in the world...
And he would still be rocking it!
What year was this performance in Austin?
Best blues guitarist ever a legend
In his book, he said that this song is a prayer of sorts. A song from his soul.
In mine it says Johnny guitar watson..
what book is this?
@@harryyellowTexas Flood - The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughn
Amazing it cleanses the soul
❤🎉❤🎉❤
Now this is real music Ladies and Gentlemen. ......
Guitar players would know how hard to play this good while your tone is that clean. You have literally zero chance to make a mistake. Even the slightest note or mistake that doesn't belong to the song will reveal himself and sound HUGE. The man was an amazing guitar player. RIP Stevie.
It sounds like he has a pretty heavy noise pedal, and yet is still able to play such dynamics, crazy
That's why in my opinion you should try to learn every song on acoustic or at least on a really clean tone so you hear every mistake.
❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉
The difficulty is not mainly technical. The real difficulty of art, after conquering technique for decades, is expression. And this piece is a the top of artistic expression, with few others.
If you look closely you'll see the action on the guitar is absurdly high...with a set of .013 high e. string ! Nobody on this planet could play this on that guitar ! I rember a long time ago reading in a guitar magazine he liked the high action and heavy strings because he wanted his guitar to fight back ! Truly a one of a kind musician ! He was something special and sorely missed !
would have liked to hear Jimi's version.
"This goes out to everybody who's still suffering in any way"
the brothers in the "first reaction" videos should see this.
Ramonrey77 : Such a beautiful soul.
Whenever I'm down about something going on in my life..
I listen to this song and I will automatically feel much better.. o;)
💕 💞 💓 💗 💖
I suffer from Hemroids, Does this go out to me as well?
I’ve watched this literally 100 times….and i never get tired of it….Stevie just feels it…nothing short of amazing…. he’ll never die…
I never really thought of SRV being such an emotional jazz musician. Man, he makes me feel every note.
Lisa, He is one of the great blues guitarists of our time. There would be no such thing as blues if not for emotion. Feelings are what all blues songs are about !
Children-Children
It's music.now it will the
Underrated thing .
It's more about blues and feeling, not really jazz😅
I mean, he does feel every fucking note and that's so great
@@exovaprod6835
You can't see Johnny
Winter shake rattle &
roll every stroke
Well, jazz is derived from blues, so that makes sense…
When I shuffle off this mortal coil I would love to have this play as I drift away
I hope the audiences knew how lucky they were to witness the greatest guitarist in the history.
When I lived in Austin (86-92) I saw Stevie a number of times! My all time greatest show I went to was Nov. 89,at the Frank Erwin Center in Austn Stevie Ray Vaughan & Jeff Beck! They were both on fire that night for sure!
@@fredsrv fav song?
@@reuben433 ,Slow jam definitely Rivera Paradise, Fast jam Rude Mood!
@@fredsrv I think that pride and joy is his best song,but I love the solo on the youtube live version of look at little sister
Jahajajjaja
Stevie's music isn't played, it's FELT!!!😢❤
For sure
This song always makes me cry, makes life worth living, hearing the beautiful music we can make. We are so lucky footage of SRV exists. Legend.
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When he hits that harmonic and depresses the string behind the nut I immediately get tears........you can't watch him and not experience loss, then he makes the guitar cry and you have to cry with it.
@@MrMnchstr Hello 👋
Legit legend! Gone before his time !
Just thought the same thing. I learned guitar because of Dime, but SRV has kept my heart since my father showed me his tunes when I discovered music as a kid. This is such a great example of his mastery at guitar, he could do spastic playing so well I forget he could bridge R&B and even Jazz.
I love the way Stevie gives Reese a look with a smile after Reese's solo.
The first time I heard this, it literally gave me the chills. Turn out the lights, close your eyes, and let the music take you to another plane of existence.
Yes
Is anyone else’s entire body covered in goosebumps? Pure magic right here.
Was a living Master! how did he come up the feelings is unreal still ,and he play it
Every time since the first time
Nope...
Never again..music is lifeless these days..Ironic, huh?
yup goose bumps everytime miss you stevie
!!!What a trip¡¡¡ Greetings from Argentina
So soulful, shaken but not stirred, Stevie. My Auntie was a straight BB King fan. When I was growing up that is all she played. When I got older, I heard Stevie, I was amazed! I took the tape to her and let me tell you, from my Aunt, she said, "A white man playing and singing like that, surely he's got that BB thang, he is a soul Brother! She was from the deep south, she knew the blues. She was simply amazed at Stevie. She became his number one fan after that. No higher compliment can I give than this of my Auntie's experience. She was moved by Stevie, and Stevie was justified as a blues artist to her. RIP Stevie, you are loved and you live in our hearts and minds.
This goes out to anyone suffering in anyway😔 depression..there's nothing worse imo that horrible empty homesick feeling that never goes away all..this masterpiece does help alot
Been there. All this is is momentary and will pass. Don't give up.
hell yes, well said.
Jesus loves you... this much, I know
That man on keys has soul too.
He plays with Joe Bonamassa now, i watched him play just before a month here in Zürich. Outstanding!
I love that solo so much i feel like im cheating on stevie
@@aleksandarangelov6572 i got to see him with joe back in February
Reese Winans
He sure does but unfortunately he ain't got the feel like stevie does
my 6 year old daughter broke down in tears when she first watched this performance about 15 years after we lost Stevie Ray. I had explained to her Stevie’s personal comeback, the tragic circumstances surrounding his passing and what a great Texas legend he is. Peace Love and Merry Christmas 🎁 from Texas. May Stevie RIP
The Stratocaster is a difficult instrument to master and to say that Stevie made it look easy would be an understatement. He touched countless lives with this song when it was recorded just as he still does today. No exaggeration here. The man had a gift that could be seen, heard and felt in the soul and he shared it with everyone.
I've read stories about some very well respected musicians who appeared humble and kind until a story eventually emerged that showed their true colors and busted their perfect image wide open, but not SRV. He battled his demons like many great artists but never, not a single time, did I ever read or hear anything about him being a jerk or anything less than the humble, kind and giving person we saw on stage. He was genuine. You don't have to like his music but if you listen to this song and don't get where I'm coming from then I feel sorry for you because you're missing one of life's greatest gifts.
You need Rory Gallagher in your life...Jimi called him the best in the world for a reason. Master of the Stratocaster
@@netrioter Rorey was phenomenal. Another one gone too soon.
He played with telephone cables as strings - anywhere from .012 to .017 depending on his finger strength at the time. The old guitar playing adage that the heavier the strings, the bigger the sound was certainly true in his case
The only thing i disagree with is the stratocaster claim you made at the start. Give SRV a cigar box guitar and a slide and hell still rock better than most. Its about mastering the guitar in general, nothing to do with the model.
Guilherme Gonçalves interesting analogy. I started out with 10s on a strat while most people would start out on 9s and that made a lot of difference regarding my playing. I remember how painful bending was on those strings when I was starting to build callouses.
The playing and mix on this masterpiece is beyond flawless, it is other worldly.
The greatest Austin City Limits episode ever shown.
Michael Price. I agree. At least the best I have seen.
The one with Eric Johnson was close.....just close.
I still remember the very first time I saw this, stoned af looking for something to watch on tv & I come across this guy playing the fuck outta his guitar on PBS, I fell in love instantly!
There has been hundreds of ACL episodes at this point, and I haven't seen them all, so I can't say that for sure, but I can't really imagine many, if any, being better.
I love this from PBS --- Austin City Limits!!! Hope they don't take away PBS!!!! I TRULY MISS MR. STEVIE RAY💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 RIP
srv definitely pioneered a new way of playing
I send to this to my genius,handsome, scientist son, Mike who was so cool I’m flattered forever. I’ll never be as cool as him. You are incredibly missed. Tears I love you Mike up there in heaven hugging God! Mwah! Love, Mom love to Meg, Mikey, and Oliver!!
Isn't it great to know that we can come back and listen to this any time we are suffering in any way.
And i have time and again. Masterpiece
The dynamics and restraint kills me. He’s so moving in his playing.
Every time I hear this song I think of the nights my wife and I spent laying out on our boat staring up at the night sky with Riviera Paradise playing in the background. We were experiencing absolute peace. Sadly she passed away in 2010, and this still brings me back to those days.
I was introduced to SRV by my son. I've been a fan of Jazz my entire life, but this man's talents just blew me away. This is perhaps, no definitely, the most beautiful song that I've ever heard. It encompasses every human emotion , love, heartbreak, hope. I hope that everyone can agree.
I tend to agree. Jazz, blues.
It is the best yup
So sorry he had to die in a plame crash.
Word. I listen to Jazz more than anything and this is by far my favorite work of SRV. The feeling that is conveyed by the melodic composition is truly heavenly. He is a musical genius
We do!
Im 61 yrs old and hearing this for the 1st time, WOW!😮
Never too late. SRV will find a permanent place in your soul!💙💙
what rock have you been hiding under? 60 here..been a fan since 1983 Texas Flood "Lenny" is my favorite tune. RIP Stevie
Better late than never.
Welcome aboard, you will never be the same♥️
I was lucky enough to see him play his last concert before his accident, 7/21/90 at the Gorge Amphitheater
God bless Stevie Ray Vaughan
SRV's first words in this video define who he was...a humble, beautiful soul.
💕 💞 💓 💗 💖
Every...Single...Note... perfect... not one out of place, missed, muffed, or mis-struck... the same is true with every piece of music I've heard of his. Immeasurable Talent...
Even if he played a note that was "off" or unintended, it would be bent it to his will and it would sound as if it belonged, mortals would struggle to find flaws in his music. You can tell the heavy strings he uses in this footage and if you play get an idea of the intensity of playing ultra-bright 13's and shredding your fingers for art. I used 11's and complain after teaching lessons....
@@joshuaryanrichards man you can not really play clean even ur are a good player like srv or whatever
He does fudge a note at around 00:47 but recovers like a pro.
2:00
@@musicilham I get it, but this is filmed in Austin after he had 'cleaned up '! Amazing but true my friend. This is at Zilker Park "Autitorium Shores ' right on Town Lake!
Stevie was the best.!! Swaweeetness, Happy Birthday SRV!
Heard this dozens of times and still knocks me out . Never enough.
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That intro goes str8 thru my mind, body & soul....Dayum!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Perfect music...every note.
I know what you mean...
youre gay this shits mid
One of the best piano solos I’ve ever heard, just beautiful.
Reese Wynans chewed that piano up and spit it out.
Reese is still playing.
Lately was with Joe Bonamassa at red rocks.🎵👍
@@tuleralph6031 and he is STILL KILLING IT. Just love what he brings to both bands.
@@tuleralph6031 He's been playing fairly regularly with JB. The concert at the Greek is unbelievable! Hard to believe it's the same guy until he hits the keys!
Listen to “Crush” by bob Reynolds, it has a amazing piano solo 👍🏻 I love piano solos and I’m always looking for a good one ✌🏼
This one going out to everyone who’s still suffering in any way 💕
We Ukrainians appreciate your kind thought!
Searching for the comments because I couldn't remember the exact way he told it. Thanks
This is the song that the angels request constantly in heaven......
nice one Linda, first time listen to it..a paris feel ..he's chaming ever angel up there..
Some songs shouldn’t have a limit on “likes”, this is definitely one of them!!!
I was 6 years old and camping with my dad the first time I heard this song. It was a terrible storm that night and we were forced to spend the night in the car on an overlook. SRV Rivera Paradise then became my favorite song. I made him play it for ...2 hours straight, on a cassette tape mind you. We would play it and rewind it over and over, while the rain poured and lightning struck all around. I attribute this moment in life to be the main reason I play blues guitar now. This is a beautiful composition!
34 North Marketing Company I had a similar experience, only I was a little older, was stuck on I95 due to a huge accident ahead of us, and the song was “Cliffs of Dover” by Eric Johnson. My dad wasn’t into the guitar players I was all about at the time, but he LOVED that song, so we played it, rewound, played...for over an hour.
Here’s to otherworldly talent, circumstance, and great dads everywhere!
I used to do that to a cassette tape of tracks and lines by Eric Clapton ❤️
That’s a beautiful story
Do you think that Stevie's delicate plucks of the cords caused the lightning, makes you think!
Bro. thats a great story, thanks to share
Truth is suffering. What a beautiful song.
SAD BUT TRUE : IN TURKEY, WHICH IS MY COUNTRY, THIS WONDERFUL PIECE IS COMMONLY USED IN MANY TV SHOWS, ESPECIALLY IN LOTTERY PROGRAMS & AS WELL AS GAME SHOWS, ( LIKE JEOPARDY ) WHILE WAITING FOR THE CONTESTANTS TO GIVE THEIR FINAL ANSWERS....SAD BUT TRUE...
If ever there was an artist that bore their soul by way of instrument, it was Stevie. He told stories and spoke to your heart and soul with his playing. R.I.P. Brother😎🙏☝️
I was sitting in a bar in Atlanta about 20 years ago and I heard this music and I was flabbergasted and I asked the bartender who this is? And he said this is Stevie Ray Vaughan into this day. This is the best eight minutes of music I’ve ever heard.
At 5:40 I love how he just flows like water...I miss him. No one has ever come close to SRV.
He flows like a RIVER.... no?
Truth, he was unique
Just keeps going. At a furious pace!
Like a Texas Flood!
And I very seriously doubt that anyone will ever get remotely close to playing like he did. He felt everything he played. He played with such fervor, passion, soulfulness and effortless brute strength and never, ever seemed lost as to what he would play next. He was coming from someplace so deep and beautiful that there’s no one you can compare him to. God, I still miss him so very much. I will never get over his passing 😔
6:32 the sound of him hitting the bridge right before picking up the whammy bar and doing that note is so spine chilling it's ridiculous
That's picking above the nut. The bridge is at the bottom of the strings. But yes it's great.
@@KaiserBlade no, im talking about RIGHT before that. I mean the little echo right before the first note of him hitting the nut and whammying the note.
Jesus, 30 something years later from having watched that episode of Austin City Limits, the shear artistry and musical virtuosity if Stevie Ray Vaughan playing this song still brings tears to my eyes. This performance of this piece of music by one of the best guitar players who ever lived, still is something transcendent.
Stevie Is Playing This Now In Heaven.....
Plenty of tears here. 💕🥲💕 I miss SRV, lord knows I do.
I cry every time my friend! Gone way to soon!
"This one goes out to everybody who is still suffering in any way." Thirty-two years later, I still suffer your loss every time I hear you play, my friend.
Best jazz ever
One more time I will rise u w.my pray ers 🙏
That was beyond beautiful.
6:12-6:25. We get to SEE the fingers create the poetry!!!!! Thank you Stevie. I'm so happy I got to see you play twice in my life.
I just finished saying goodbye to my Siberian dog buddy, Jett who had to be put down (cancer). Sitting in my car afterward, Riveria Paradise was on the stereo and I cannot say how it soothed my aching soul. Thanks Stevie. I needed that badly.
I feel you, man! We lost two dear cats earlier this year.
The one time he slows it down, it's a masterclass for anyone.
Reeses piano is so mellow that it sounds like drops of water.
Look at the way he fingers the maple wood on the neck ..
caressing between the frets .,
Paying respect to the forest and the trees.. 🌲
What about Reese Wynans' keyboard's sublime magic? What a trio..!!❤
There are three musicians? Count them. There are Four Musicians on stage. Magical Performance.
This song never fails to take you to a different place. A place of calming and relaxation. I always loved the smile Stevie flashed at Reese after he slayed that keyboard solo. And Stevie's smile at the very end is so bittersweet. To think he was gone less than a year after this performance
Timothy Howard : It was so SRV to have said that!
Timothy Howard This masterpiece does that! Some of Johnny Cash’s do that for me also.
You just close your eyes and forget about things for awhile.
R.I.P. Stevie We all love ya!
Taavi1337 Disagree. The context and mood of the song was perfect for a keyboard solo of that quality.
@@Taavi1337 If you don't like this keyboard solo, check out the one from the CD called "Sacred Sources". It's another live performance, but I don't know from which show, or from when.
Yes it does- I put this one in my will for my kids to play at my memorial. This song always made feel grounded and peaceful
The camera angles and lighting in this recording really show how high his string action was. A true master of his craft.
Camera work is great!!!
First thing i notice was how ungodly high his action is
@@ros3m4ries is there a reason why he would have it so high? I've always been taught that having it high is not good.
Now I'm here wondering if someone on this level of guitarmanship like SRV has it so high, is it indeed a bad thing?
And 13-56 gauge strings, too!
@@patroski-mavoski no idea man, the only reason i can think of is that to avoid rattling with 13s
Had no idea he set his action so high.
How have we gotten away from this kind of music? RIP Stevie Ray.
too much sinth
Dave Allman Looks like you answered your own question.
world's getting dumber!!
Money
You're right, I never looked at it that.way...
Dear Lord, please bless everyone with health, happiness, and peace. May they always feel your love and guidance.
S.R.V. re-invented electric blues. He played every song from his heart and nailed every note! You will never hear the same version of a song twice from Stevie Ray. He is absolutely amazing!
Я полностью согласен
true dat
We never knew watching this in 1989 that we would lose him in the next year. It is one of my biggest regrets that I never saw him live.
As I sit here in nowhere Alabama by a fire sipping whiskey looking at the stars this song is perfect man
Dude, you still had access to the Internet in nowhere Alabama. Cool
We all know he's in his trailer drinking kool-aid out of a dirty mayonnaise jar.
that's the best place to sip whiskey... by an open fire
@@TheChaneSmoker Truth hurts 🤕 😆😆😆
I hear you brother, right next door here in AUGUSTA, GEORGIA......never heard this song before.....speechless, heard tons of Stevie, how I missed this ? Amazing.....anybody need MASTER tickets, let me know...?