I don't believe nowadays, in the 21st Century, that ANYONE could play GUITAR the way STEVIE RAY VAUGHN DID AND COULD. HE HAD, FOR ONE THING, INCREDIBLY STRONG HANDS. He had the Imagination and Tenacity to Soar Above the Clouds into Deepest and Highest Outer Space. He HAD NO LIMITS. NONE. HE DIDN'T LIMIT HIMSELF. HE SOARED.
Have you ever seen that video where Stevie breaks a string mid-song? His guitar tech brings him a new one and they swap it out without missing a beat and carry on with the song the whole time. Amazing!
I was at Stevie Ray Vaughn's last concert at Alpine Valley the night his helicopter crashed. The lineup was Eric Clapton, SRV, Robert Cray and Buddy Guy. I remember leaving the concert and saying to myself that I would never miss SRV if he was ever in my area again. Sadly I will never have that opportunity.
For all of the mountains of music I've listened to in my life of 62 years, I've NEVER witnessed anymore more AT ONE with his instrument than Stevie Ray Vaughan.
All my life I've been a Hendrix nut, and one day my friend John Fox called me over to listen to this new guy Steve Ray Von on his outrageous Quad stereo. At that time there were several good guitar players trying to fill Hendrix void, but they just didn't cut it... So my friend John qued up SRV Texas flood and cranked it till the roof about came off the house... I WAS BLOWN AWAY! And afterwards for my Birthday he invited me to see SRV live at the Palladium in LA... Back then at the Palladium there was no seating, if you arrived early, you could stand next to the stage. So, I got to see this guitar god play for over an hour, and he never moved from the same spot. He smoked & sweated while he was playing this amazing music and drank what looked like straight vodka in between songs. It was an experience I will never forget the rest of my life.
@@johnwriter8234 agreed. Stevie practiced his ass off, played in different bands for little to no money, and grew his talent innately and through stone cold hard frigging work. Something that seems to be in short supply today.
SRV used to play at a bar down the street from my home in Austin, Texas. One day, my girlfriend and I were riding a bike by the bar and stopped into for a cold Shiner beer. SRV was on stage with a host of bluesmen, including Buddy Guy. The barmaid said the bar was closed, but we begged for just one cold beer - it was hot as hell that day. She looked at Buddy, who nodded his head "yes." And we were treated to an hour of music by some of the greatest blues musicians of their day. Wow! We were so close to the stage, I could hear SRV's pick clicking on the strings. Magical. When Stevie played, you could imagine what it must have been like to see Jimi Hendrix back in the day. A force of nature, he was.
Stevie and I grew up in the same neighborhood...went to the same high school...stomped some of the same ground. We never crossed paths, as far as I know, but there was always a detectable hint of him around. I was just a teenager during his greatest years, but I am proud to have shared the same air with him. I only recently began playing guitar. I one day decided I should have a guitar hero - someone to aspire to. I knew there could be only one. Stevie Ray Vaughan.
I was going to see Ray Charles at a Seattle Festival and SRV was first act. We had no clue who he was. We were blown away by his talent as well as his band. Ray Charles stood in the wings dancing and loving how Stevie made his guitar sing so beautifully. He crowd went wild! We paid $7.50 to see them. We bought tickets to his upcoming tour but sadly he passed before could. RIP SWEET SRV
I had the privilege to see Stevie and BB King at the Greek in California shortly before he passed away and it was a experience!!! He's memorizing to watch play and no other words can describe what you're witnessing what you see and hear are not of this world....glad you guy's showed this because only hearing it isn't enough!!! Love your reactions.
I passed on an opportunity to see him live the night he died. The Alpine Valley music theater was only a 45 minute drive from where I lived. I didn't like big crowds and just thought there would be a future time in a smaller venue.... A regret....😢
I REALLY appreciate the way the guy in the middle admits that it's understandable how the older generation can say that music has degenerated from where it once was, and how everyone needs to see this particular video of Stevie. This is surely one of the greatest music performances ever captured on film! There's ALOT of Stevie's stuff on TH-cam and such---please check it out. NOBODY else played like he did! And he did it on a guitar that most other players couldn't physically handle because it had such heavy strings and high action. The way he played with utter physicality, feeling and technical virtuosity---along with that gritty, bluesy singing voice was mesmerizing. Moreover, he was a kind and humble man and a tremendous inspiration to many. Check out also some of the filmed interviews of him. My thanks to the guys who made this reaction video.
I agree with everything you've said and I also agree with everything the gentleman in the middle (Nick, I think his name is) said about music today. For that, he deserved my subscription to this channel. Stevie was a force to be reckoned with. Such a talent. They say that a star that burns twice as bright burns half as long and that was Stevie. Gone too soon.
Agree with everything you said. However, great music is still out there, you just have to search for it. It's definitely not played on the major stations for the most part. Search for it and support it locally, when possible. (covid)
Back around 96 I ordered this vhs from guitar player magazine, let my classically trained guitar teacher watch it and he just had to call and end to class and go smoke.
I got to see him twice, the last time was the night before he died. He just froze you in your place, just watching in awe. Even the legendary Eric Clapton said that watching SRV made him doubt his own playing skills. The dude was...The Dude.
Yeah I saw him twice..’84 and ‘86 here in Australia..both the best nights of my life, but the gig in 86 he was supported by his brothers band The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Stevie and Jimmie simultaneously played a double neck guitar and did Dick Dales pipeline..never forget it as long as I live.
@@SotonCueMan such a shame he had to pass. Makes me feel like the universe can't handle that much talent at one time, it had to balance out lol. Jokes aside it was a tragedy when he died, just as it was when Jimi and many others passed
As a blues aficionado and someone who lives in Texas, all I can say is when a blues legend, Eric Clapton says, “ he just channeled the blues” it’s not enough. When I fist saw him it was a the Montrose Blues Festival, he was the only performer without a recording contract. They booed him when he was announced and after his first song he slayed them. Made me proud to be a Texan…
Stevie was In Full Beast Mode, that night at El Mocambo. Thank God all that Greatness Got Recorded on Film! I consider it Actual Treasure. I would not sell my El Mocambo DVD for any amount of money! Stevie Felt Every Note and He Poured Out His Soul for all to hear and see. This is the hallmark of a True Blueman.
This is the best performance I've ever seen and blows the studio version away. He played on David Bowies "Let's Dance" btw if you want to watch what I say is the meanest blues duet ever - Tin Pan Alley with SRV and Johnny Copeland is baddddd
The one and only SRV! He was unbelievably talented! The concert was in June of 1990, shortly before his tragic death. It was an unforgettable, breezy, summer night in Indianapolis at what was then called Deer Creek Music Center.. Magical evening watching him play, I'll never forget it. RIP Stevie.
I had read this somewhere, from some notable blues guitarist, that SRV got "into the zone" when he began to play almost instantaneously when he began to play the very first song, whereas it takes some musicians several songs to "warm up."
"Stevie was an endless, open channel that music just poured out of. He made people who'd never touched a guitar in their life want to pick one up and start playing, and he made those of us who'd played with him live onstage before want to quit."....................Eric Clapton.
@@MrUnderdog-vn3zf , Look it up yourself mate. It's not that hard to find. In fact, you might even be able to find a clip here on TH-cam of Clapton saying it. Assuming I didn't add an extra "the" or "and" somewhere, it's a true quote I assure you.
A couple other snippets from Eric Clapton (paraphrased): Eric said the first time he heard Stevie play he was driving down the highway and he had to pull over to the side so he could listen. He said he needed to know who it was playing immediately, that day, and that need to know had only happened to him two or three times EVER. (note: he may have said 3 - 4 times, but this is Slow Hand talking, so still) Eric also said that even the best guitarists (musicians?) get lost in the music, where they have to stop and figure out where they want to take the song next but that it never happened with Stevie (I believe this was part of the interview referenced above). Eric also referenced Stevie as the best guitarist living (at the time). Y'all please bear in mind that I'm paraphrasing and that I may have gotten something a little bit wrong as it's been a few months since I clocked the interview.
@@stephanieprice5029 You're right on the money. It was Let's Dance by David Bowie when he was driving. I remember Eric saying Stevie never seemed lost, where to go, while playing.
I saw him at NY State Fair in 1986- an outdoor gig and a whole huge summer storm blew through during his gig. They paused the gig for a bit and a lot of the crowd left-we stayed! Best decision I ever made. Despite the rain and wind SRV came back out in his huge Native American head dress. We got right to the edge of the stage. Sounds weird, but I touched his boot as he blew through Testify. I just wanted to check to see if this cat was REAL! The sheer volume rattled my lungs! The playing- because they wanted him off the stage- was even faster than the album and spot on! 35 years later it still gets me emotional!
Thank you for reacting to Stevie Ray Vaughan. He is one of the Most Talented Blues Guitarists ever. He was amazing to see live. Hope you don't stop here, and continue to listen to his music.
The guy in red says, "He can't see the guitar". He couldn't see it before. . .lol. . He had his eyes closed, "feeling it". That's Stevie. Been listening to him since the 80's. Nobody like him. . Ever. The best!
Wait till you see life with out you at central theater in New Jersey 1985, he changes guitars, lost a tooth , and turned amps while playing the best song I have ever heard
Catch Lennie in this same venue she bought that guitar from a pawn shop and gave it to him for his birthday and he stayed up all night and wrote that song for her and played the completed song the following morning to her .
I’ve seen a lot of reactions to SRV on TH-cam and nobody has had the interpretation I’ve had of this song. I view the “flood” being his emotions of losing a lover and all the “telephone lines” being down is him dealing with the isolation of being alone. This song is so beautiful on a lyrical scale as well as SRV’s mastery of guitar.
I totally agree with your interpretation sir in fact I believe this is exactly what he was trying to convey in this rendition of this song 🎸🐐🎶🎤🙏R.I.P. S.R.V.🙏
Stevie was the GOAT. Period. Know this too, he couldn't read sheet music, he just played from his heart and soul. So you think that was sweat oozing from his pores? Nope, it wasn't. It was soul. Pure soul. I cried like a baby when Stevie was killed, less than 30 miles from where I lived. ALL music, not just blues music is better because of you. RIP brother Stevie. Your greatness lives on forever.
It really is like staring into the face of God. Stevie was, and always will be, a music god. Music and man become one. An awakening experience indeed. Spiritual. Thanks guys.
If you were blessed, you got to see SRV live! I was blessed, and we had an exceptional moment in Pittsburgh, on the river under a bridge in Southside! As Stevie was launching into a solo a train came past the tracks behind the stage and it was if SRV had planned it himself to show up at that moment! How he made it fit right in WAS MAGIC! That what Stevie was...he was MAGIC! 🤘😎
YES - THIS is 🎶 music. My Father cried the day SRV died. It came on the radio as I was walking into the living room. I was 19 and it was the first time I ever saw my larger than life Dad cry (which scared the piss out of me then - haha) but the announcement came on, he just stood there for a second, took two steps back to the couch and just sat down and cried 😢 my parents saw SRV live twice and I was lucky enough that they took me once. There are simply no words for seeing him live. Pure genius, total 🔥 It may sound mean but I'd trade numerous, numerous "musical artists" today for to have Stevie back 🙏❤️
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I don't believe nowadays, in the 21st Century, that ANYONE could play GUITAR the way STEVIE RAY VAUGHN DID AND COULD. HE HAD, FOR ONE THING, INCREDIBLY STRONG HANDS. He had the Imagination and Tenacity to Soar Above the Clouds into Deepest and Highest Outer Space. He HAD NO LIMITS. NONE. HE DIDN'T LIMIT HIMSELF. HE SOARED.
You don’t just “watch” Stevie Ray.. you EXPERIENCE Stevie Ray.
The greatest raw talent guitar player EVER!!!
Have you ever seen that video where Stevie breaks a string mid-song? His guitar tech brings him a new one and they swap it out without missing a beat and carry on with the song the whole time. Amazing!
I agree. 69 here. Best music ever. RIP Stevie. So young when he died- devastating and a great loss.
Just how insane that one of his strings breaking is to begin with since his strings are practiacally unplayable to most
One thing about SRV is that he could play a 20 min solo and leave you wanting more. This is Texas Blues at its best!
Best guitarist EVER!!! RIP SRV
I was at Stevie Ray Vaughn's last concert at Alpine Valley the night his helicopter crashed. The lineup was Eric Clapton, SRV, Robert Cray and Buddy Guy. I remember leaving the concert and saying to myself that I would never miss SRV if he was ever in my area again. Sadly I will never have that opportunity.
I remember where I was and what I felt on 9 -11.... When Stevie died I felt that same impact. I m-i-s-s him every day.
For all of the mountains of music I've listened to in my life of 62 years, I've NEVER witnessed anymore more AT ONE with his instrument than Stevie Ray Vaughan.
The GOAT transcended all genre’s. He’s not the best blues guitarist of all time, he was THE BEST PERIOD!
All my life I've been a Hendrix nut, and one day my friend John Fox called me over to listen to this new guy Steve Ray Von on his outrageous Quad stereo. At that time there were several good guitar players trying to fill Hendrix void, but they just didn't cut it... So my friend John qued up SRV Texas flood and cranked it till the roof about came off the house... I WAS BLOWN AWAY! And afterwards for my Birthday he invited me to see SRV live at the Palladium in LA... Back then at the Palladium there was no seating, if you arrived early, you could stand next to the stage. So, I got to see this guitar god play for over an hour, and he never moved from the same spot. He smoked & sweated while he was playing this amazing music and drank what looked like straight vodka in between songs. It was an experience I will never forget the rest of my life.
The most TALENTED Blues Guitarist to walk the Earth, SRV is a league of his own THE GOAT!!!
Agreed.
Miss him and his playing,he was the best bluesguitarist ever
100%
Hmm, well, there was also Gary Moore....
I'd have him second still to Hendrix. No one will ever meet Jimi Hendrix. SRV is a Legend though and I am a huge fan.
No auto tune, no over production, no dancers, no twerking, no scuzzy costumes. Only authentic hard earned talent.
No disrespect to musicians today but our generation was lucky as hell. Pure talent in spades.
...um..I DO DISRESPECT today's "music"
@@johnwriter8234 Today's noise is not considered music, just noise.
..and "WHAT" .. " Musicians??"
@@johnwriter8234 agreed. Stevie practiced his ass off, played in different bands for little to no money, and grew his talent innately and through stone cold hard frigging work. Something that seems to be in short supply today.
Yes sir, we were!
ALL OF THEM!!!! STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN IS, WAS & ALWAYS WILL BE THE ABSOLUTE UNDISPUTED BEST!!!!💜
I believe that to be the greatest live performance of anything in history.
i believe you are correct
The whole El Mocambo show is one of the best live shows ever, and this song is the greatest use of the guitar I have heard in my 58 years of life.
You are very close......
'Leave my little girl alone' live, SRV would be the correct answer
@@mcgaryboy8435 Not better than this. I hit the bullseye exactly. You are the one who is very close.
@@mcgaryboy8435 its good, the solo is insane, but something about texas flood just hits like a fucking train
so you're a few minutes into some of the best guitar ever and you realize...Holy Cr*p! He hasn't done the solo yet!
SRV used to play at a bar down the street from my home in Austin, Texas. One day, my girlfriend and I were riding a bike by the bar and stopped into for a cold Shiner beer. SRV was on stage with a host of bluesmen, including Buddy Guy. The barmaid said the bar was closed, but we begged for just one cold beer - it was hot as hell that day. She looked at Buddy, who nodded his head "yes." And we were treated to an hour of music by some of the greatest blues musicians of their day. Wow! We were so close to the stage, I could hear SRV's pick clicking on the strings. Magical. When Stevie played, you could imagine what it must have been like to see Jimi Hendrix back in the day. A force of nature, he was.
Stevie and I grew up in the same neighborhood...went to the same high school...stomped some of the same ground. We never crossed paths, as far as I know, but there was always a detectable hint of him around. I was just a teenager during his greatest years, but I am proud to have shared the same air with him. I only recently began playing guitar. I one day decided I should have a guitar hero - someone to aspire to. I knew there could be only one. Stevie Ray Vaughan.
I was going to see Ray Charles at a Seattle Festival and SRV was first act. We had no clue who he was. We were blown away by his talent as well as his band. Ray Charles stood in the wings dancing and loving how Stevie made his guitar sing so beautifully. He crowd went wild! We paid $7.50 to see them. We bought tickets to his upcoming tour but sadly he passed before could. RIP SWEET SRV
SRV, still blowing minds 31 years after fate snatched him away from us!
Yea, your right.
When I watch these reactions I wonder if the reactors realize that SRV died before many of them were born.
Dude you made me feel old I saw him live in 1989.
Ikr im still mourning him
Is amazing
I had the privilege to see Stevie and BB King at the Greek in California shortly before he passed away and it was a experience!!! He's memorizing to watch play and no other words can describe what you're witnessing what you see and hear are not of this world....glad you guy's showed this because only hearing it isn't enough!!! Love your reactions.
I am a child of the sixties. If there was ever a better guitarist than SRV I've never seen him.
Stevie was the most kind, gentle,humbled man you would have the pleasure to know. I miss him still, every day.
A grace injustice if Not Live!
Not just a master on guitar, but nobody, and I mean nobody had a better “stank” face than Stevie! I had tears in my eyes the day he died.
He didn't play blues. He was the damn blues!
I was (actually still am). I'm still not over it and expect never will be
I passed on an opportunity to see him live the night he died. The Alpine Valley music theater was only a 45 minute drive from where I lived. I didn't like big crowds and just thought there would be a future time in a smaller venue....
A regret....😢
I had to sit down. Shock and then tears. It was a terrible, terrible day 😢
I REALLY appreciate the way the guy in the middle admits that it's understandable how the older generation can say that music has degenerated from where it once was, and how everyone needs to see this particular video of Stevie. This is surely one of the greatest music performances ever captured on film! There's ALOT of Stevie's stuff on TH-cam and such---please check it out. NOBODY else played like he did! And he did it on a guitar that most other players couldn't physically handle because it had such heavy strings and high action. The way he played with utter physicality, feeling and technical virtuosity---along with that gritty, bluesy singing voice was mesmerizing. Moreover, he was a kind and humble man and a tremendous inspiration to many. Check out also some of the filmed interviews of him. My thanks to the guys who made this reaction video.
I agree with everything you've said and I also agree with everything the gentleman in the middle (Nick, I think his name is) said about music today. For that, he deserved my subscription to this channel. Stevie was a force to be reckoned with. Such a talent. They say that a star that burns twice as bright burns half as long and that was Stevie. Gone too soon.
Agree with everything you said. However, great music is still out there, you just have to search for it. It's definitely not played on the major stations for the most part. Search for it and support it locally, when possible. (covid)
Umm have you not seen. SRVs Sound check??? That's like watching a whole concert. And he had the flu and a sore throat. And had just woke up. Wow
Back around 96 I ordered this vhs from guitar player magazine, let my classically trained guitar teacher watch it and he just had to call and end to class and go smoke.
When Stevie plays, even the guitar sweats
It's not sweat.
It's wet.
I had the privilege seeing him at cardies bar Houston Texas 1981 will never forget
I got to see him twice, the last time was the night before he died. He just froze you in your place, just watching in awe. Even the legendary Eric Clapton said that watching SRV made him doubt his own playing skills. The dude was...The Dude.
Crazy raw texan talent.
Yeah I saw him twice..’84 and ‘86 here in Australia..both the best nights of my life, but the gig in 86 he was supported by his brothers band The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Stevie and Jimmie simultaneously played a double neck guitar and did Dick Dales pipeline..never forget it as long as I live.
Never got to see him, I had tickets for 10th September 1990 in London……… Still have the unused ticket……. RIP SRV GOAT……
The goat.
@@SotonCueMan such a shame he had to pass. Makes me feel like the universe can't handle that much talent at one time, it had to balance out lol. Jokes aside it was a tragedy when he died, just as it was when Jimi and many others passed
Best ever, saw him in Tampa I'm 88, stole the show!!
As a blues aficionado and someone who lives in Texas, all I can say is when a blues legend, Eric Clapton says, “ he just channeled the blues” it’s not enough. When I fist saw him it was a the Montrose Blues Festival, he was the only performer without a recording contract. They booed him when he was announced and after his first song he slayed them. Made me proud to be a Texan…
Died and went to Heaven first time I heard this. Cried like a baby when I heard he had died.
Was there for that show..people were in awe of this man the whole show
Welcome to church, Rev Stevie is about to heal your soul !
Thank you !
No lasers no fireworks no holloween makeup just great music, Anybody that saw Stevie live got their money's worth.
And we never forgot the first time we saw him live, we had to go again and again.
Stevie was In Full Beast Mode, that night at El Mocambo. Thank God all that Greatness Got Recorded on Film! I consider it Actual Treasure. I would not sell my El Mocambo DVD for any amount of money! Stevie Felt Every Note and He Poured Out His Soul for all to hear and see. This is the hallmark of a True Blueman.
G.O.A.T. Period! Ever!
He was an extra terrestrial entity. Nobody plays like this. Absolute unique.
The GOAT, SRV, simple fact!
He started playing guitar at 7 years old. Ive seen him live many times and it's even better. RIP SRV.
It doesn't get better than that plain and simple.. RIP stevie
The best part of the solo is that the guy in the middle knew whar was coming
The thing about it he never played a song the same way twice he free styles every time
This is the best performance I've ever seen and blows the studio version away. He played on David Bowies "Let's Dance" btw if you want to watch what I say is the meanest blues duet ever - Tin Pan Alley with SRV and Johnny Copeland is baddddd
The one and only SRV! He was unbelievably talented! The concert was in June of 1990, shortly before his tragic death. It was an unforgettable, breezy, summer night in Indianapolis at what was then called Deer Creek Music Center.. Magical evening watching him play, I'll never forget it. RIP Stevie.
I'm From Toronto and I know the Elmo as it's known. The Stones did a surprise show their once. It's this iconic unusual bar in Toronto with a history.
Stevie's on another level entirely. I saw him play in 1989 at the Starlight Bowl in San Diego...still the best live show I've ever seen.
Greatest musical generation the world has ever seen!🌏! Shook a planet!🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸
We saw them in concert many times back in the day ❤always gave his heart and soul
SRV, GOAT OF GOATS
This is one of the few times I love it when the video is stopped and discussed.
No words.. just pure raw talent!!
Guys this song got my subscription, SRV King of the dirty south, RIP brother !
I had read this somewhere, from some notable blues guitarist, that SRV got "into the zone" when he began to play almost instantaneously when he began to play the very first song, whereas it takes some musicians several songs to "warm up."
As a young Texas rock guitarist I thought I wanted to be Billy Gibbons when I grew up but - Then I saw SRV.
"Stevie was an endless, open channel that music just poured out of. He made people who'd never touched a guitar in their life want to pick one up and start playing, and he made those of us who'd played with him live onstage before want to quit."....................Eric Clapton.
Stevie could play bass and drums too.
If that's a true quote, it's the most beautiful compliment one legend could give to another ❤ I LOVE humility among amazing people 💕
@@MrUnderdog-vn3zf , Look it up yourself mate. It's not that hard to find. In fact, you might even be able to find a clip here on TH-cam of Clapton saying it. Assuming I didn't add an extra "the" or "and" somewhere, it's a true quote I assure you.
A couple other snippets from Eric Clapton (paraphrased): Eric said the first time he heard Stevie play he was driving down the highway and he had to pull over to the side so he could listen. He said he needed to know who it was playing immediately, that day, and that need to know had only happened to him two or three times EVER. (note: he may have said 3 - 4 times, but this is Slow Hand talking, so still) Eric also said that even the best guitarists (musicians?) get lost in the music, where they have to stop and figure out where they want to take the song next but that it never happened with Stevie (I believe this was part of the interview referenced above). Eric also referenced Stevie as the best guitarist living (at the time). Y'all please bear in mind that I'm paraphrasing and that I may have gotten something a little bit wrong as it's been a few months since I clocked the interview.
@@stephanieprice5029 You're right on the money. It was Let's Dance by David Bowie when he was driving.
I remember Eric saying Stevie never seemed lost, where to go, while playing.
Life without you live is incredible.
ALL OF THEM!!!! INCLUDING EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE SOMEONE RECORD 'UNOFFICIALLY'!!!!
I was fortunate enough to see SRV live 3 times and even hyperbole truly fails to describe his brilliance. RIP Stevie.
♥ Neil Peart also. 20+ times! :)
I’m so sorry I didn’t get to see him live.
Me too I seem him in 85 wow it was. More than awesome.y friend.
Me too. I seen him in 85
I saw him at NY State Fair in 1986- an outdoor gig and a whole huge summer storm blew through during his gig. They paused the gig for a bit and a lot of the crowd left-we stayed! Best decision I ever made. Despite the rain and wind SRV came back out in his huge Native American head dress. We got right to the edge of the stage. Sounds weird, but I touched his boot as he blew through Testify. I just wanted to check to see if this cat was REAL! The sheer volume rattled my lungs! The playing- because they wanted him off the stage- was even faster than the album and spot on! 35 years later it still gets me emotional!
John Mayer once described Stevie’s voice as “ Honey poured over gravel” that is the perfect explanation
To Good for our planet.
I will never forget the day he left us. I cried for a day
The El Mocambo is a legendary Toronto bar. The Stones played there. They did a surprise gig and called themselves the Cockroaches.
His guitar makes me feel!
Classic Texas Blues
Thank you for reacting to Stevie Ray Vaughan. He is one of the Most Talented Blues Guitarists ever. He was amazing to see live. Hope you don't stop here, and continue to listen to his music.
The guy in red says, "He can't see the guitar". He couldn't see it before. . .lol. . He had his eyes closed, "feeling it".
That's Stevie. Been listening to him since the 80's. Nobody like him. . Ever. The best!
Yes rip Stevie
13:20 😂🤣😂🤣😂 SRV just claimed another 3 souls!! 🎸🔥🔥🔥🔥
Wait till you see life with out you at central theater in New Jersey 1985, he changes guitars, lost a tooth , and turned amps while playing the best song I have ever heard
There's good, there's great and then there's Stevie. The guy was simply out of this world talented.
He's a once in 500 year freak of artistic talent.
Damn, we loved gettin' high af, drinking whiskey and listening to the new SRV albums!!!!!
That dude was special
Catch Lennie in this same venue she bought that guitar from a pawn shop and gave it to him for his birthday and he stayed up all night and wrote that song for her and played the completed song the following morning to her .
Stevie+guitar=Genius...!
Stevie ray was a badass
I’ve seen a lot of reactions to SRV on TH-cam and nobody has had the interpretation I’ve had of this song. I view the “flood” being his emotions of losing a lover and all the “telephone lines” being down is him dealing with the isolation of being alone. This song is so beautiful on a lyrical scale as well as SRV’s mastery of guitar.
I totally agree with your interpretation sir in fact I believe this is exactly what he was trying to convey in this rendition of this song 🎸🐐🎶🎤🙏R.I.P. S.R.V.🙏
Words just can't do this performance justice...😳
If not the greatest of all time.
Stevie was the GOAT. Period. Know this too, he couldn't read sheet music, he just played from his heart and soul. So you think that was sweat oozing from his pores? Nope, it wasn't. It was soul. Pure soul. I cried like a baby when Stevie was killed, less than 30 miles from where I lived. ALL music, not just blues music is better because of you. RIP brother Stevie. Your greatness lives on forever.
My mom loved bb king & stevie ray vaughan. we played her favorite song riviera paradise at her furneal a week ago,
It really is like staring into the face of God. Stevie was, and always will be, a music god. Music and man become one. An awakening experience indeed. Spiritual. Thanks guys.
Just in case you have not heard it said before:
THOSE WHO CAN SING - SING
THOSE WHO CAN PLAY - PLAY
THOSE WHO CAN SING & PLAY - ARE STEVIE RAY!!
Met Jimmy Vaughn in 2012. That was cool. Saw Stevie with the Colbras in 1980. I love them both as human beings and secondly as great guitar players.
That is music that will last forever
The greatest ever Dallas born lived in Austin RIP SRV WE MISS YOU
That guitar playing is straight nasty
If you were blessed, you got to see SRV live! I was blessed, and we had an exceptional moment in Pittsburgh, on the river under a bridge in Southside! As Stevie was launching into a solo a train came past the tracks behind the stage and it was if SRV had planned it himself to show up at that moment! How he made it fit right in WAS MAGIC! That what Stevie was...he was MAGIC! 🤘😎
The day he died, part of my soul went with him 💔
I saw SRV 5 times it was not enough. Miss him so much
At the point he goes behind his back, he pretty much just playing with his food. GOAT
He was just livin’ life by the drop.
NEVER be another SRV!! Makes your HEART ACHE that he's gone..... THANKS, FELLAS!!!
Eric Clapton said there are great guitarists then there is Stevie Ray Vaughan
YES - THIS is 🎶 music. My Father cried the day SRV died. It came on the radio as I was walking into the living room. I was 19 and it was the first time I ever saw my larger than life Dad cry (which scared the piss out of me then - haha) but the announcement came on, he just stood there for a second, took two steps back to the couch and just sat down and cried 😢 my parents saw SRV live twice and I was lucky enough that they took me once. There are simply no words for seeing him live. Pure genius, total 🔥 It may sound mean but I'd trade numerous, numerous "musical artists" today for to have Stevie back 🙏❤️
Don't Stevie Vaughn and Jimmy Vaughn sound like America. The soul of America through the music?
Stevie plugs his guitar into his soul
Rock Performance was murdered that night. R.I.P.
"they" did take him out ... along with the other talent icons ... they couldnt stupify "music"/harmonics while they were alive in this realm ...
Dude could manhandle those Mooring cable sized guitar strings! The greatest to ever do it!
I love it when people realize what is possible. Or possible for the select few. Stevie was the GOAT. R.I.P. brother.