I think this is why Stevie does such great covers. His guitar is is innovative yet still maintains a bluesy edge. He keeps things close to the melody and owns those lyrics too.
I remember watching this live back in the day. SRV was off of drugs and alcohol at this point, and his band was really on top of their game. Everything was looking up for them until just over a year later. The day he died was my first day of college, and a part of me died with him that day. He was my favorite guitar player at the time and I never really got over it. SRV RIP.
Same here. Saw him on Johnny Carson, clean & sober, just had a wierd feeling that he might not be around here much longer as he had come full circle. I was inconsolable as I had been major fan many years. Saw him @ San Diego County Fair @ N/C, he was obviously quite drunk but never missed a beat. All my friends thought of me as I had turned many of them onto SRV, you just gotta hear this guy!! Can't wait to see him again. RIP SRV😭
EVERY interview I have seen with SRV, he ALWAYS comes across as a genuine and considerate person. You dont fake that. Stevie, you left us far too soon.
Stevie Ray Vaughn was raised in a poor family. The old ragged guitar was from his childhood where he learned Blues from the Black Masters. He was welcomed as the Only White man that could ever play the blues like a black man. He understood the blues because it was his life growing up. He almost killed himself drinking so much that he was throwing up blood. He cleaned up and was on his last tour and took the wrong chopper. He died on impact in a burst of flames of a full tank in the chopper. SRV
Well, what can I say? His job here on earth was done, and now Heaven is enjoying some great blues! They say everything in heaven is perfect, and I know he fits right in! A reunion is waiting on us, and we'll meet again.....he said so, as did Jimi...."see ya in the next one, DON'T BE LATE!"
Here is the other side of the unfairness of life. The unavailability of jobs in the rust belt drove me to Austin just in time to see SRV on the verge of stardom. Standing in the midst of a crowd of regulars at Antone's it was easy to spot the other newcomers like myself. They would be looking around like they needed someone to confirm that what they were seeing and hearing was really happening. Over Stevie's music you could read their lips, "WTF". It wasn't long before famous musicians in town for their own gig would be showing up after hours to join him onstage when he was in town. To be there after the bartenders were gone and the doors were closed felt like the greatest of all honors.
@@larryh451 Great stuff there /We didn't see him in the SF Bay much until he was starting to tour clubs who knows where . I went to The Stone in SF .About 600 people max .A friend was insistant that we go . Lucky to snag a seat off to the side of the stage , but up close .. I was one of those guys looking around with the WTF ?
“Matched only by his playing” I disagree, his playing is the main draw. Don’t get me wrong, he was a great singer, but his playing was on a level untouchable by anyone else.
It’s amazing how when he was on stage playing he had such intensity and fire. Yet off stage sitting in that chair he’s so soft spoken and down to earth. It seems that you can tell he went to hell and back with drugs and alcohol. But then he was clean and sober and had his like in a good place and so centered. A real tragedy that he was taken when he had so much left to give. I can only imagine what he would have produced over a long career.
That part where Arsenio asks Stevie if he liked rap..i personally would have said hell no..but Stevie being the class act that he is said the right thing by saying " i like all kinds of music, there is room for everything, makes room for me too". In every interview i have seen him in no matter if he was high or clean and sober he always was calm, collective, had a smile on his face, and any time people would tell him how great he is he would be shy about it and direct what he learned from his heroes.
I have the right to like or dislike different styles of music. Now if you want to see a real attack on rap here it goes. For one rap is spelled wrong they forget the silent c in front of rap. And 2 i could play rap by putting a shoe in the dryer, grab a Dr Seuss book. Pull by pants halfway down, turn my hat backwards, grab my crotch and read the book out loud throwing curse words in now and then.
my parents took me to see him in 1989 in Baltimore. I was 14 and didn't know much about him at the time. he blew the roof of the place. his playing was so nasty and so natural. nobody touches him
I got to see him around that same time in Dallas, and he blew the roof off here too! He was electric! And the music flowed THROUGH him. He was amazing!
I saw him in 85 @ pier 6 Pavilion. I was 18 and a budding drum player and a girl I was dating her uncle took a bunch of us to see him and it was the best concert experience I've ever had! In fact I got Chris Layton's drumsticks that night and still have them in my collection all these years later! I cried like a baby when I heard he had died! It's a shame cause he had finally started enjoying life without the need for the drugs and booze. RIP Stevie!
Wăckĕrly lenny was his spouse that gave him the brown strat that he named lenny... that’s #1 his self proclaimed first wife, he said she screams for me not at me...
@Theo V...Ray Hennings Heart of Texas Music store on S.Lamar in Austin Ray gave Stevie that Guitar Mr Ray pick the guitar up in a deal with Christopher Cross..offered him any guitar in the store...On YOU TUBE there is Ray Henning yelling the story about Stevie the guitar and their Soecial Friendship anywho...missin Stevie Angels Band is Playing ! ol man way down in TX...JD
The good die young but in his case he pays homage to the greats before he passed. A household name in our home. Humility and class. A white Texan boy who loved the beautiful music of African Americans. Perfect. As a non American I thought it was perfect. Too bad that some people write this wonderful man off as a pretender. Up North, we love 'em. An American treasure.
@@shyba2011 me neither!! He was anything and everything but a pretender! Everyone of his heroes that was alive while he was playing ended up respecting him just as much as he respected them!
There are haters everywhere but srv was so much the real deal that even the black musicians he worshipped made him part of their groups. Go watch Albert king and srv and listen to Albert talk about how he taught him everything he knows from him, and how it's his turn to shine, and show the world the true power of blues music. If anything is sacred in this life as authentic as srv playing his guts out each and every second he touched a guitar then I don't know anything about music or life in general if someone thinks he is pretending to be a black blues man
@@aitf99 I saw his last show at Alpine Valley, Wis. Practically my backyard, when we woke up and heard the news of the crash we were devastated! Gone But Not Forgotten ✌
Arsenio was the real deal. Just like Steven. I was on the radio doing a car CAIRE show in84. And me and Jim Turner. Played honey bee. The phones exploded. Who was that. Man..
I'm seeing more and more old interviews with SRV showing up on the net and I'm always amazed at how humble and soft-spoken he was. He had such a giant presence on stage, but off stage he's always deflecting any admiration toward others (BB King, Hendrix, etc.).
How cool to see this after all these years really cool I believe a incredible high energy badass music man I am amazed time after time when I hear his music 🎵🎶 God made him to play and for us to injoy.We miss you Mr Stevie Ray Vaughan
RiRi Hope actually Buddy Guy did have something to say about that when he voted Stevie into the rock n roll hall fame as the greatest guitarist to have lived.
I was at the last show. Walking back to the car when I heard the first helicopter take off. Woke up the next morning to the news SRV died in a helicopter crash... Sad day...
Arsinio was the best host, at the time. His band was great, and he has always had eclectic, smart taste. He was especially happy to be there to watch SRV in his prime. Stevie was always a gentleman, and it was great after he cleaned up, he helped a few clean up by making it the cool thing to do(at the time), he saw the rare gift he had...I remember everyone was bummed when he died in that crash. RIP, SRV.
I love Stevie and its amazing that you have this guitar thats HUGE and a singing voice that could blare like a horn but when he spoke, he spoke softly. Such was the heart of that man. Soft spoken but all heart and soul
What a tragic story he was. Finally getting clean and kicking drugs and we lose him the way we did. Such a humble cat but a badass musician. Btw: what a band! Reese wynans is over 70 and still ripping it up with Joe Bonamassa.
No one else can ever ever stand in this guy's boots, but there is one guy that I follow that might get a similar musical journey. Check out Eric Gales.
Delight Schwartz Gales is a beast! If you look at his debut cd cover(which I had in 91), he’s paying tribute to SRV with his choice of hats. Awesome taste in guitar talent by the way.
One of the greatest performers of all time, incomparable soul and technique on the guitar and he overcame so much. Such an incredible loss for the world of music.
@@jaymorgan8017 trump is nothing but a zionist who does nothing but pander to Jews and their money. He constantly talks about low black, and latino unemployment but wont even stand by or mention the very people who got him into office and that is working class white Americans. This country is turning blue due to demographic change and trump does nothing about it.
Still can't get over that day in 1990. One of the saddest days of my life. I was working at an apartment complex on a service call. Some lady said have ya heard about the crash. I nodded my head and turned away cause I didn't want her to see me cry.
I was building a huge porch for a friend. We had just put all the rough posts in place....when it came over the radio that Stevie was gone. Never reacted to ANYthing else in my life like this, but I took my 36oz. hammer and I DESTROYED one of those 6x6 posts to splinters. Just smashed away for ten minutes....soooo fkn angry at the unfairness of it all. My co-workers just stood back and let me get it out. Finally, exhausted, I slammed my ass on the front steps.....as my buddy cracked me a beer, and said under his breath, "It should have been Clapton." We both fell out, and proceeded to drink and dance the night away. Rest In Rhythm SRV
Such a quiet, modest guy. He really spoke through his guitar. He's up there jamming with his heroes, (and mine), Jimi and BB. I so wish I had seem him live, and spend some time with him talking about music. For me, Stevie was the best rock/blues guitarist ever, period.
I saw him twice, Miami '85 and Wisconsin "86. He was clean for the in-step album as it is about him following the steps of A.A. Titles such as wall-of denial are examples of that. Apparently his fear was sobriety would hurt his playing. He learned otherwise and his skills markedly improved.
Tightrope was another one on that album Dealing with addiction... However I never put two into together about instep And of course the 12 steps he was following
Stevie was so humble & soft-spoken. He didn’t really have that TV/interview savvy, so Arsenio had to cut the interview a little short.... but what a performance: his guitar was his voice.
I wish that Stevie was here with us today so I could give him a big hug and thank him for all that he's allowed us the pleasure to have in our memories. Missing you S.R.V.!
Every time I watch a video of this genius playing, the same thought crosses my mind... “Gaaaawd Daaamn!!!... How’d anyone get that good on a guitar?!...”
I was at his last concert here in blossom music center in Ohio. I ended up being front row right side of stage. New to his music at 19 he played voodoo child and proud Mary in my face. I littertly prized him with my arms, saying I'm not worthy, the man changed my life. hearing of his passing the next day changed everything for the rest of my life. I can never explain how much his music means to me......
I was fortunate to have spent about 15 minutes with Stevie alone backstage on June 26. 1990. At a venue outside Detroit called Pine Knob. I cried like a baby when I heard the news 7:00 a.m. the next morning August 27th 1990. One of the biggest loss in music in my lifetime next to Hendrix.
There is Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and so many other great singer/guitar players, but Stevie Ray is in a class by himself. The Attitude. And the way it looks like his guitar is a part of his body.
We lost Greatness SO many years ago. He was So humble for the gifts he left us. I will be forever in awe of his seemingly effortless, but hard earned work.
I'm with everyone else here, SRV comes across as a really good guy, and kicks ass as a musician and singer. What a loss.😢 He should still be at it now.
A legend that performed and entertained his lifetime on blue's and rock..Then..left us as fast as he played all his gigs stevie Ray Vaughan and his strat played the Best music that was called sensational..RIP Stevie
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Who is still cranking up SRV in 2023?
I sure am....music today in general doesn't match up.
This guy!!!
2024 now, lol
The man put the blues engage the world and myself some hope 😎🎸
I am
Anybody disliking an SRV song doesn't know a damn thing about guitar. Legend!
Just thought I'd tell you stevie going to be featured on pbs.oct17 10am.central.austin city limits.
@Braylon Brennan okay bot
Agreed.. i don't know why there'd be even ONE thumbs down.. how? why??
@Joel Howard Bruh dont fall for that
The person that doesn't like SRV doesn't exist
Because of his guitar greatness everybody forgets that Stevie had such a great voice too
Nobody ever talks about his voice! It was like " honey over gravel"
I think this is why Stevie does such great covers. His guitar is is innovative yet still maintains a bluesy edge. He keeps things close to the melody and owns those lyrics too.
i loved him so much that i named my youngest daughter after him Stevie Re"Lopez
Right on, he had a fantastic voice and always sang perfectly live. I wonder if he had perfect pitch.
He never liked his voice but yeah, a vocal powerhouse
I remember watching this live back in the day. SRV was off of drugs and alcohol at this point, and his band was really on top of their game. Everything was looking up for them until just over a year later. The day he died was my first day of college, and a part of me died with him that day. He was my favorite guitar player at the time and I never really got over it. SRV RIP.
I never got over it myself. My favorite guitar player as well.
Thats why he only did the studio work with bowie and didnt go out on tour. His coke use was out of hand
bob kelly read the book genius
Same here. Saw him on Johnny Carson, clean & sober, just had a wierd feeling that he might not be around here much longer as he had come full circle. I was inconsolable as I had been major fan many years. Saw him @ San Diego County Fair @ N/C, he was obviously quite drunk but never missed a beat. All my friends thought of me as I had turned many of them onto SRV, you just gotta hear this guy!! Can't wait to see him again. RIP SRV😭
The Cool Cat with The Hat & The Strat 🤩
If I could bring back any deceased musician, it would be Stevie. He was awesome! One of if not the best guitarist ever.
hell yah
Rory Gallagher or Gary Moore would be nice also
Bob Marley.
Him and Randy Rhoads.
Hendrix and Stevie
I'm 74, and SRV still gives me the chills! One amazing musician, so sad to have lost him! Only the good die young!
I am 83 and I think he is perfect
When he plays Voodoo child he's in a trance!
Only tge best of the best
"Get there it's" killed him. His helicopter NEVER should have flown that day.
I'm old as fuck and get a boner with that strat tone
EVERY interview I have seen with SRV, he ALWAYS comes across as a genuine and considerate person. You dont fake that. Stevie, you left us far too soon.
Same here. He was so modest.
SuperAce5150 truly a humble man. . . "There's room for everybody "
I still cry
Stevie Ray Vaughn was raised in a poor family. The old ragged guitar was from his childhood where he learned Blues from the Black Masters. He was welcomed as the Only White man that could ever play the blues like a black man. He understood the blues because it was his life growing up. He almost killed himself drinking so much that he was throwing up blood. He cleaned up and was on his last tour and took the wrong chopper. He died on impact in a burst of flames of a full tank in the chopper. SRV
Derek Smith ...What year did he die? I had never heard of him...sad to say, but...Wow, he was great!!
The greatest guitar player who ever lived!!!
ALLEN COLLINS STEVE GAINS JIMMY HENDRIX RANDY ROADS EDDIE VAN HALEN ROY CLARK
Kevin I'm with you.
Hendrix 1st S.R.V. BEST.
@@alexxxx9221 you don't mention Clapton ?
@@shyba2011 I was mentioning the ones who past away😉👍😎
@@alexxxx9221 ok sorry about that. In that case shout out to B.B. KING.👍😎🐶
When ALbert King admires your playing, you can play.
Hide arseo Stevie don't hide
Have you ever heard their live jam session that was recorded in Ontario Canada I believe it was? Blues After Sunrise. Unbelievable brother!!
I wish stevie Ray was still here also. Saw him in 1988 in orono me.put on a he'll of a show.
He already did bro
And Albert sure should know
Miss the 80s so much. SRV #1.
Apart from a great guitar player,Stevie Ray was a good man - and he is missed.
He was so genuine and sweet and soft-spoken. I remember once wondering if he knew Jesus.
Lord knows, I certainly hope he did. I was so hurt when he died and that’s the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear of a loss; Was he Saved?
Shooooot Stevie was just warming up. He'd play 5 to 6 hrs gigs and never missed a beat. A true cool guy and so very humble.
his voice was unique and his guitar playing was amazing your missed Stevie always be remembered Rip to a grate lovely man xx
Been gone for over 30 years but still remembered. RIP Mr. Vaughan.
NEVER FORGOTTEN!💜
damn I wish Stevie Ray were still around today..
TREVORJ.BLUES89 I truly believe that he would be the GOAT if he were around. He and Eddie.
TJB_GTR he always is
Guitar_Music_Tube🎶 me too my man, me too
Yes me too. Greatest 🎸 in my lifetime
Guitar_Music_Tube🎶 mm
Every time I see these old videos of SRV I'm reminded of the unfairness of life.
Well, what can I say? His job here on earth was done, and now Heaven is enjoying some great blues! They say everything in heaven is perfect, and I know he fits right in! A reunion is waiting on us, and we'll meet again.....he said so, as did Jimi...."see ya in the next one, DON'T BE LATE!"
@Doug Richardson So true. Like losing Neil of RUSH this year - dammit.
me too, bro. on that awful day, i shed many tears
Here is the other side of the unfairness of life. The unavailability of jobs in the rust belt drove me to Austin just in time to see SRV on the verge of stardom. Standing in the midst of a crowd of regulars at Antone's it was easy to spot the other newcomers like myself. They would be looking around like they needed someone to confirm that what they were seeing and hearing was really happening. Over Stevie's music you could read their lips, "WTF". It wasn't long before famous musicians in town for their own gig would be showing up after hours to join him onstage when he was in town. To be there after the bartenders were gone and the doors were closed felt like the greatest of all honors.
@@larryh451 Great stuff there /We didn't see him in the SF Bay much until he was starting to tour clubs who knows where . I went to The Stone in SF .About 600 people max .A friend was insistant that we go . Lucky to snag a seat off to the side of the stage , but up close .. I was one of those guys looking around with the WTF ?
Plays monstrously, speaks softly
His voice got that subtle and lovable Texas drawl, just enough, he has the perfect vocal delivery matched only by his playing. RIP SRV
“Matched only by his playing”
I disagree, his playing is the main draw. Don’t get me wrong, he was a great singer, but his playing was on a level untouchable by anyone else.
No body could play like stevie ray Vaughan. Simply the best blues rock player,TEXAS PROUD TEXAS PRIDE GOD BLESS SRV
+Gary Allen Amen brother!!!
I get sad thinking about how he left this world but his music always takes me to another level. We miss you Stevie!
+Gary Allen Amen. Texas Loud, Texas Proud!
Guess you never got to see Johnny Winter!!
I did, but SRV was way better, sorry.
It’s amazing how when he was on stage playing he had such intensity and fire. Yet off stage sitting in that chair he’s so soft spoken and down to earth.
It seems that you can tell he went to hell and back with drugs and alcohol. But then he was clean and sober and had his like in a good place and so centered. A real tragedy that he was taken when he had so much left to give. I can only imagine what he would have produced over a long career.
The six people who disliked this video couldn't carry SRV's guitar pick with a wheel barrow!
it's now 31 folks with no taste....
Now 60. What a bunch of miserable bastards they must be.
Now 62 people are in need of a labotomy.
No shit
If a music video does not have Bieber in it, I vote down. It's my policy.
That part where Arsenio asks Stevie if he liked rap..i personally would have said hell no..but Stevie being the class act that he is said the right thing by saying " i like all kinds of music, there is room for everything, makes room for me too". In every interview i have seen him in no matter if he was high or clean and sober he always was calm, collective, had a smile on his face, and any time people would tell him how great he is he would be shy about it and direct what he learned from his heroes.
Could you imagine if Arsenio asked the NWA rap group if they liked Polka music?
Stevie made the guitar talk, scream,and cry. He played the hell out of it. He was good as BB King.
@Frank Lopez ok what did i say to deserve getting attacked? Of course youtube is full of trolls
I have the right to like or dislike different styles of music. Now if you want to see a real attack on rap here it goes. For one rap is spelled wrong they forget the silent c in front of rap. And 2 i could play rap by putting a shoe in the dryer, grab a Dr Seuss book. Pull by pants halfway down, turn my hat backwards, grab my crotch and read the book out loud throwing curse words in now and then.
@@odudi listen 2 93 til infinity by souls of mischief man change ur mindset
my parents took me to see him in 1989 in Baltimore. I was 14 and didn't know much about him at the time. he blew the roof of the place. his playing was so nasty and so natural. nobody touches him
Patrick Wagener Listening to him anytime is great but listening after getting baked is mind blowing
You must have had some pretty cool parents.. What an experience!
I got to see him around that same time in Dallas, and he blew the roof off here too! He was electric! And the music flowed THROUGH him. He was amazing!
I saw him in 85 @ pier 6 Pavilion. I was 18 and a budding drum player and a girl I was dating her uncle took a bunch of us to see him and it was the best concert experience I've ever had! In fact I got Chris Layton's drumsticks that night and still have them in my collection all these years later! I cried like a baby when I heard he had died! It's a shame cause he had finally started enjoying life without the need for the drugs and booze. RIP Stevie!
Nobody!!!
Stevie was so soft spoken and modest. He was great.
He came across as an insightful and thoughtful person; very intelligent. You don't become that good of a musician without high intelligence.
I love his responses, he is clear eyed, smiling and just makes me miss him more...there will never be another Stevie Ray......
💗💗💗
Yeah man….was fully on top his game and never played/sounded better
This is coming up on the anniversary of 31 years since his untimely passing. He was such a force, an unbelievable talent.
I think I'd say the best testament to how good he was would have to be how EASY he made it look. Just so flawless. Miss you, SRV.
A guitar player like Stevie come once in a life time. Simply the best 🎸
The late greatest SRV Stevie Ray Vaughn, I love him and miss him.
What a class act he was. All the way around a gentlemen>
He certainly was.
Such a nice man, humble, wonderful, never, ever get's old. He is one and only, one of the BEST talents EVER! LOVE SRV!!!
His style of playing, the timing, the type of pickups and amp, the sound coming from that weathered down strat.......can never be truly duplicated.
Plus the strings
Lenny.
Your so right... he’s the altoid of guitarist.
Wăckĕrly lenny was his spouse that gave him the brown strat that he named lenny... that’s #1 his self proclaimed first wife, he said she screams for me not at me...
@Theo V...Ray Hennings Heart of Texas Music store on S.Lamar in Austin Ray gave Stevie that Guitar Mr Ray pick the guitar up in a deal with Christopher Cross..offered him any guitar in the store...On YOU TUBE there is Ray Henning yelling the story about Stevie the guitar and their Soecial Friendship anywho...missin Stevie Angels Band is Playing ! ol man way down in TX...JD
SRV was such a sweet natured man, brilliant performer, and immortal talent. I was honored to have met him.
How did you meet him? Did you get to chat with him much?
Thank you SRV and Double Trouble.
It took him about 10 seconds to blow away and win over that crowd. SO good.
The good die young but in his case he pays homage to the greats before he passed. A household name in our home. Humility and class. A white Texan boy who loved the beautiful music of African Americans. Perfect.
As a non American I thought it was perfect. Too bad that some people write this wonderful man off as a pretender. Up North, we love 'em. An American treasure.
I don't know anyone calling SRV a pretender.
@@shyba2011 me neither!! He was anything and everything but a pretender! Everyone of his heroes that was alive while he was playing ended up respecting him just as much as he respected them!
There are haters everywhere but srv was so much the real deal that even the black musicians he worshipped made him part of their groups. Go watch Albert king and srv and listen to Albert talk about how he taught him everything he knows from him, and how it's his turn to shine, and show the world the true power of blues music. If anything is sacred in this life as authentic as srv playing his guts out each and every second he touched a guitar then I don't know anything about music or life in general if someone thinks he is pretending to be a black blues man
2019 and still missing you SRV, RIP brother
Heaven done called another blues stringer back home. Rip stevie; your passing is still mourned.
2019 and us blues junkies still wonder "what might have been" with this cat.... And yet, his catalog will live forever with us.
God damn it! We all were robbed of this great,man's talent
Yep
Amen to that. I still think about him. I was 19 when he passed and remember that day so clearly.
Hey we have the same last name 🤣🤣
@@aitf99 I saw his last show at Alpine Valley, Wis. Practically my backyard, when we woke up and heard the news of the crash we were devastated!
Gone But Not Forgotten ✌
@@scout805oh yeah...
I miss them so much , SRV , his band and even Arsenio's show too . The good days .
Arsenio was the real deal. Just like Steven. I was on the radio doing a car CAIRE show in84. And me and Jim Turner. Played honey bee. The phones exploded. Who was that. Man..
Recorded almost a year before he was killed, missed and never forgotten, R.I.P
I'm seeing more and more old interviews with SRV showing up on the net and I'm always amazed at how humble and soft-spoken he was. He had such a giant presence on stage, but off stage he's always deflecting any admiration toward others (BB King, Hendrix, etc.).
ancientpelican - Amen!!
RIP Stevie
How cool to see this after all these years really cool I believe a incredible high energy badass music man I am amazed time after time when I hear his music 🎵🎶 God made him to play and for us to injoy.We miss you Mr Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jimi and Stevie Ray Vaughan were in a different league than everybody else.
I think buddy guy would have something to say about that but stevie most certain carried the torch for the old guard at that time
Mark Cowart Jimi Hendrix and Stevie both were best
Clapton should be in every conversation. All different type of players, not one better th an the other.
Clapton is on record (along with credible witnesses) as calling Stevie the best guitarist he ever heard. But I do hear what you're saying.
RiRi Hope actually Buddy Guy did have something to say about that when he voted Stevie into the rock n roll hall fame as the greatest guitarist to have lived.
I can remember where and when he passed. I was crushed and still am.
Best ever
Saw him a couple months prior..opened for Joe Cocker. Thought it should've been the other way around
I was at the last show. Walking back to the car when I heard the first helicopter take off. Woke up the next morning to the news SRV died in a helicopter crash... Sad day...
Paul Vienne I was at his funeral 109 degrees hottest day on record in Dallas
Same, still hurting.
SRVs rhythm playing is impeccable. Most folks don't talk about that.
I would definitely bring back STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
Imagining the music we've missed...
Arsinio was the best host, at the time. His band was great, and he has always had eclectic, smart taste. He was especially happy to be there to watch SRV in his prime. Stevie was always a gentleman, and it was great after he cleaned up, he helped a few clean up by making it the cool thing to do(at the time), he saw the rare gift he had...I remember everyone was bummed when he died in that crash. RIP, SRV.
i was just sitting here thinking that Arsenio was one of the worst, most awkward late night hosts I've ever seen.
I love Stevie and its amazing that you have this guitar thats HUGE and a singing voice that could blare like a horn but when he spoke, he spoke softly. Such was the heart of that man. Soft spoken but all heart and soul
💗💗💗
What a tragic story he was. Finally getting clean and kicking drugs and we lose him the way we did. Such a humble cat but a badass musician.
Btw: what a band! Reese wynans is over 70 and still ripping it up with Joe Bonamassa.
And the drummer is now with Kenny Wayne Sheperd.
Stevie was awesome as usual, but Reese Wynans was on fire during House is a Rockin'. Love it!
Yeah, Reece was killing it!
So grateful I got to see him three times.
Not too many interviews around with Stevie. Really enjoyed seeing this.
With Stevie i don't know if i should stand up, sit down, or back away slowly. He is a drug. I have to keep coming back for more.
We lost a great one. Will never get a replacement.
No one else can ever ever stand in this guy's boots, but there is one guy that I follow that might get a similar musical journey. Check out Eric Gales.
Delight Schwartz Gales is a beast! If you look at his debut cd cover(which I had in 91), he’s paying tribute to SRV with his choice of hats. Awesome taste in guitar talent by the way.
Barry Cohen Just did. Thanks for pointing us to true guitar talent. I will be sure to stay abreast of this kid as he matures and develops musically.
Josh Smith is pretty nuts, I recommend checkin him out
Just watch SRV triple pick behind his back live at the El mocambo in Texas Flood. No one can hold a candle to him. Enjoy Pickin in Paradise Stevie 🎸🎶🎶
Arsenio was the man, ahead of his time
Stevie's style was his own--from his guitar playing to his clothes. Hard to believe he's been gone so long.
One of the greatest performers of all time, incomparable soul and technique on the guitar and he overcame so much. Such an incredible loss for the world of music.
I've admired his guitar playing and vocals for years, but until now, I never heard him speak before. What a humble soul.
What a legend that was taken from us way too soon. Stevie was a gentleman and an ambassador to Music. God Bless Stevie. Thanks for sharing
The 80s were the high water mark for mankind on so many levels. Its all been downhill ever since.
You're so wrong, just look at the drummer's suit.
Music definitely straight downhill. But at least we have Trump shredding some really rank government officials.. he's my SRV replacement fix..
@@jaymorgan8017 trump can get a gig with the prison band ,once they get used to him !!
@@jaymorgan8017 trump is nothing but a zionist who does nothing but pander to Jews and their money. He constantly talks about low black, and latino unemployment but wont even stand by or mention the very people who got him into office and that is working class white Americans. This country is turning blue due to demographic change and trump does nothing about it.
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Still can't get over that day in 1990. One of the saddest days of my life. I was working at an apartment complex on a service call. Some lady said have ya heard about the crash. I nodded my head and turned away cause I didn't want her to see me cry.
I was building a huge porch for a friend. We had just put all the rough posts in place....when it came over the radio that Stevie was gone. Never reacted to ANYthing else in my life like this, but I took my 36oz. hammer and I DESTROYED one of those 6x6 posts to splinters. Just smashed away for ten minutes....soooo fkn angry at the unfairness of it all.
My co-workers just stood back and let me get it out. Finally, exhausted, I slammed my ass on the front steps.....as my buddy cracked me a beer, and said under his breath, "It should have been Clapton." We both fell out, and proceeded to drink and dance the night away.
Rest In Rhythm SRV
The summer I turned 21. It was good.
RIP SRV. Wish you were still with us.
Such a quiet, modest guy. He really spoke through his guitar. He's up there jamming with his heroes, (and mine), Jimi and BB. I so wish I had seem him live, and spend some time with him talking about music. For me, Stevie was the best rock/blues guitarist ever, period.
So humble, for such a talented guy, He truly was a remarkable guitarist.
Gone but never NEVER forgotten
I saw him twice, Miami '85 and Wisconsin "86. He was clean for the in-step album as it is about him following the steps of A.A. Titles such as wall-of denial are examples of that. Apparently his fear was sobriety would hurt his playing. He learned otherwise and his skills markedly improved.
never see a man playing a guitar like that again!!!!!!!
He digs into that guitar neck like a rabid dog!
Amen brotha
You were at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin The Nite he died
Tightrope was another one on that album Dealing with addiction... However I never put two into together about instep And of course the 12 steps he was following
What a song and what a guitar player with a great voice. My favorite of Stevie's.
The man channeled the Blues and shared it with us. What a loss to the world.😢
Stevie was so humble & soft-spoken. He didn’t really have that TV/interview savvy, so Arsenio had to cut the interview a little short.... but what a performance: his guitar was his voice.
I wish that Stevie was here with us today so I could give him a big hug and thank him for all that he's allowed us the pleasure to have in our memories. Missing you S.R.V.!
Who's your influence?
"... everybody I've ever heard"
That's pretty insightful right there
Every time I watch a video of this genius playing, the same thought crosses my mind... “Gaaaawd Daaamn!!!... How’d anyone get that good on a guitar?!...”
I was at his last concert here in blossom music center in Ohio. I ended up being front row right side of stage. New to his music at 19 he played voodoo child and proud Mary in my face. I littertly prized him with my arms, saying I'm not worthy, the man changed my life. hearing of his passing the next day changed everything for the rest of my life. I can never explain how much his music means to me......
You can tell he was sober here.....every time I see him he is more amazing
He was all ours wasn't he??? Kids today will never know, except to watch these vids...Missed...
I was fortunate to have spent about 15 minutes with Stevie alone backstage on June 26. 1990. At a venue outside Detroit called Pine Knob. I cried like a baby when I heard the news 7:00 a.m. the next morning August 27th 1990. One of the biggest loss in music in my lifetime next to Hendrix.
There is Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and so many other great singer/guitar players, but Stevie Ray is in a class by himself. The Attitude. And the way it looks like his guitar is a part of his body.
We lost Greatness SO many years ago. He was So humble for the gifts he left us. I will be forever in awe of his seemingly effortless, but hard earned work.
I miss Stevie. What an incredible talent.
Every time
Every note
Everything
He ever wrote
Heart felt
Subtle and bold
Filled
With soul
Neils
Thanks for sharing. 2019 and I still miss this dude. Look at that smile, he was finally enjoying life..........
I wish I had gotten a chance to see him play
me too man
me 3; the more i watch his vids the more i realize how miraculous he was
Mitch Kincaid I Seen Him In Indianapolis Six Months Before He Died That Was An Awesome Show!!!
I was fortunate to see him play with Eric Clapton during Clapton's concert in Detroit way back in the day.
I saw him and his crew at Auditorium Shores in Austin around 1983...never forget it...
I'm with everyone else here, SRV comes across as a really good guy, and kicks ass as a musician and singer. What a loss.😢 He should still be at it now.
Incredible performance. Miss ya man
Stevie was a beautiful soul and one helluva guitar picker.
A legend that performed and entertained his lifetime on blue's and rock..Then..left us as fast as he played all his gigs stevie Ray Vaughan and his strat played the Best music that was called sensational..RIP Stevie
1st time I have ever heard this man talk...sounds like the most regular guy you could ever meet....except he bends strings like a beast
Saw him at the Wiltern theater right before he passed 🙁
7th row center seats!
Rest in peace Stevie ❤
One of the few guitarists who you know Jimi Hendrix would like.
He would've. He liked Terry Kath, too.
I have seen SRV live, on TH-cam and listened to his music since he first burst on the scene. My hair STILL stands on end when I hear Crossfire
Thank god we have all these high quality 1980s SRV videos to remember him by.
it was just a year after this show we lost him. i cried all day. i miss you srv
SRV is a national treasure. I’d love to have seen where his career might have gone.
Amazing performance he was so naturally musical and talented. No one else can play with his passion.
Stevie was the only guitar player that could wear a hat and still look fine and sexy he was such a genius📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣
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He was fine as wine !!
This is the man i met. This is the real Stevie Ray. We miss you brother. God rest your soul.
Man, I miss him and his Music!