SRV plays the song the way Hendrix wrote it as far as arrangement and turnaround but he did it his way.. Owning a theme while improvising over it is the best way to honor Hendrix because that's what Hendrix did..
I was living in Austin when he passed away and I can honestly tell you that I have never seen so much grief in one city over a musician. People were openly crying and there were so many memorials. Businesses put signs on their marquees displaying their love and sympathy. A part of the city died that day and has never returned. Stations that normally played pop music changed their play lists and played him. That is huge sign of respect. You earned a new sub. Well done!
Thanks! Yeah he was taken way too soon, he achieved so much with his short time here. Thankfully we have these videos show people can see for themselves to know there's no exaggerations on his playing.
Yes it did. I li ed in Dallas when JFK got killed. The whe city shut down and we t into a great mourning. I live in Austin and people did the same when Stevie died. It was a very sad day. I remember sensing a great feeling a great sense of loss.
I missed his show in Salem, only a month before his untimely demise. I can say we felt it here too, in Portland, OR. It was that ineffable feeling of loss (Jimi, Janis and Jim M., etc.) that just tears you up, but you know that life must go on...
Shredders are like machine guns but this guy's is playing like a sniper , one note one kill. Each time you smile it's cause you're hit in the heart. Do you agree ? It happens to me every time I listen to this song, it's not a cover it's enhanced 6strings poetry
STEF RICH Dude, SRV is like the holy baby of a machine gun and a sniper rifle, ten seconds, eighty notes, and millions of overkilled ears, and they all died in happiness.
wingsofpegasus yep, for sure Fil...incredible! He was a master at his craft! The emotion it sparks in me when I hear it is beyond words! Goosebumps! That's all I can say!
74dart man I think I read somewhere, Little Wing was not done as a future release. I think also it was recorded in Home studio of Jackson Brown when Texas Flood etc was being recorded by SRV and Double Trouble. Please let me know if anyone knows information my comment... Thx SRV💜🎵💜
@@Gamevet it's not about reverb it's about note selection. Little wing wasn't a blues song to me but stevie's is definitely a blues rendition which I do love
John B preach it john,you said it perfectly. Short and sweet. What i love most about Stevie was he was never trying to prove anything or outshine anyone. He was just doing what he loved
When Stevie played Voodoo Chile I thought OMG is this guy as good as Hendrix When I heard Little Wing - Question Answered , He was better , RIP ~ Jimi RIP ~ SRV Amazing , Intuitive Review !!
I’m a Jimi Hendrix fan, too. I am also a Stevie Ray fan as well. If anybody can play Hendrix it’s Stevie! I love how Stevie combines his style with Jimi’s & still sounds great! Both artists are prominent in this video!
Yes, indeed. I second the motion on that. I got to see Stevie a couple of times, living here in Austin. His playing was so frikking awesome, in your face, and would blow you away. By that time, I had gotten to see a few blues folks like Muddy, Albert (both) etc. I had also seen black dudes impersonate, or copy Jimi, that would do, and could do excellent copies (note for note).. even one guy I remember, he was this black cat, left handed, with bandana and white strat, upside down maple neck, along with some of Jimi's 'tricks', but, when the band left space for the impersonators to improvise, they came up short, there was no history in their playing. They hadn't studied the blues enough, if at all, with those old LPs. When I got the chance to see Stevie, I knew right away he was the real deal. He had not only done his homework....he LIVED his homework. Yeah, but, anyways, I agree with you. The first time I saw the El Macambo Video, I could see it in the comfort of my home, and I could clearly get wiped away by this driving force, like a locomotion train, pushing, yet giving Stevie the highwire to do his thang, he jumped right on that train, and played like nobody's business. He was the MAN.
Stevie took Little Wing and made it his own whilst honoring Jimi's original composition. Jimi would have been proud to have Stevie make it his own. I can only imagine seeing the two of them jamming together on stage playing this. Great review!
The legend of Stevie is so well deserved ! An incredibly gifted musician who loved the Blues , and put a piece of his soul in every note . I am also a Hendrix fan , and have been since the first time I heard him in 1967 ! Stevie is one of the only artists that I love to hear Jimi covers from .They both hold a place in my heart , I think of them often , a combination of sadness , and love for their music ! As far as I am concerned they are both Supernatural , both total commitment to their art ! The biggest thing I learned about playing guitar from both of them was to play what you love , play from the heart , and play so that the audience can feel the love you have for your instrument !!
SRV gave respect to Jimi and all the other Blues greats ......once he followed BB King on stage and he said nobody should ever follow the King and he said I will never never do a show like this again I will never follow the King of the Blues ......it is called respect ........... that was SRV respect for the music and the artist .................miss you SRV
Everything SRV is amazing, but this song is just an unreal rendition and I don't think anyone else could pull it off. To me, it's everything SRV is capable of perfectly placed into one epic live performance.
My son and I were listening to this in the car when he was a teenager in the 90s. We were talking about it and there is part of the song where the combination of notes is so fast and precise (not a musician so don't know what it is called). My son's head kind of snapped over to look at me, mouth agape, and he said 'What just happened there?'. He was truly amazed and I got the rare thrill, as the parent of a teenager, of seeing my teenager experience something new and wonderful. We had a bonding moment that I will never forget after 22 years. This song still blows me away.
Fate played with us. With his premature death, his fame remained intact. But the cruel doubt is to think how much more he could have contributed to the music, with his geniality.
I always dig your interpretations. Spot on! My father introduced me to Stevie Ray Vaughn live at the El Mocambo when I was a young kid. Been hooked ever since. Feel and style like no other. RiP
Wow, you are lucky. I only saw him Live once. I was working for Bill Graham Presents (BGP), in the Bay Area, and Steve Ray and Double Trouble headlined a New Years Eve, with Tower of Power, show at Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium in Oakland. It was the first time I got to work the stage, so I was very excited. I had heard of Stevie Ray at the time, but thought of it as "some Blues act". I got to flashlight SRV up the stairs and get him to the stage. Then I saw him play...........F**K!!! In hindsight, it was probably better that I didn't really appreciate him until I saw him play. I would've probably crapped my pants, guiding him up the stage stairs. I had a "Staff" T-Shirt, for that show, but it's long gone. I think it must have fed a lot of happy moths.
I was so fortunate to catch Stevie three times, the first being a club show in 1984. I was gutted when I heard he had passed away. I've seen a lot of players through the years but he had something special going on. Goosebumps indeed!
You were indeed blessed to see Stevie live. I kept thinking that I would catch one of his shows in Houston, but I waited too long. My boss used to see him often and tell me about his incendiary shows. I am friends with one of his cousins who tells wonderful stories about them as children. I'm glad that you got to see him live! Peace. Be safe.
Most excellent. This is why you are becoming my fav on TH-cam. I was fortunate enough to see SRV open for Joe Cocker in the most spectacular setting. Been to over a hundred concerts and that one is in my top 3. Perfect. Thanks.
Saw Stevie several times in Houston ,from his early days till his last tour. While his studio work is good,there is nothing like seeing him live. Only player that ever brought tears to my eyes from his playing and when I looked around,I was`nt the only one. I felt bad for other players who jammed with him,which Stevie loved to do, because he made many legends seem average by comparison.(Though he was much too humble to think that himself)
You said it perfectly. There's something that transcends the music and he manages to retain the soul of the track. Also "I'm not offended by him playing this song." That is so true... I experience that with so many artists and he is one of the few that manages to keep it powerful and raw.
This was always my favorite... Hanging with people in various places in times past, I was 17 when Stevie died amidst my inundation of LA Metal, but Stevie was like nothing else because he had the older tone from the generation previous but with as much and more brutal force and wizardry then anyone since. Being in that transitional era, various discussions would ask who was the best. I always said, "well, the guy that I know is the best, thinks Jimi Hendrix is the best". I always conjured up mental images of about a convergence of time with SRV and Hendrix together on the same stage playing this song. I always envisioned the occasion having to be the Jerry Lewis MDA telethon or something because it would have to be some monumental charity event... In the theater of the mind. I really do appreciate you doing this because many people who might not know SRV, have seen this because of you. What a gig! Not a man ever existed, that was better than Stevie Ray Vaughan. Guitars actually worshipped him!
Stevie had working man's hands and a working man's approach, but he could be delicate at the same time. And that's a throwback to when the great Blue's Cats grew up working farms and dirt. Everything about life was hard labor. I'm a 52 year old house painter that grew up in the country , and that has always been a part of my music. It can't be faked or replaced. It's that grit he has when he digs hard into those strings , BANG BANG BANG, like swinging a hammer. I mean this Cat could bend a 12 string. Not because he had to, but because he wanted to.
It's obvious why SRV won a Grammy for this cover (f/The Sky is Crying). Didn't matter who Stevie would cover... B. Guy, A. King, J. Hendrix, he could reinvent it with the special gift he had, adding a Superhuman Rarefied Virtuosity that no one, then or now can surpass!
I was 12 and not in Austin but still in Texas, it was the first time I saw my father cry. If god played he would play like SRV. I passed him on to my children. Rock on Stevie, we miss you
I feel blessed that I got to see Stevie live 5 times including the night he died at Alpine valley Wisc. Greatest and most intense blues guitarist EVER! A true gift from GOD, RIP
I think what set Stevie apart from a lot of other guitarists is that when he did a cover he was able to a style that was all Stevie, but still have the utmost respect for the artist. I also love his take on George Harrison's Tax man
I've seen videos of Hendrix live . Many of them ! I've seen Stevie live l couldn't say howmany times being as l live in Austin. All l can say was even when Stevie was high he was great live. After he cleaned up he was better!! There is no telling how great he might have been. We miss you Stevie!!
What’s unreal is I have dozens of gigs where he plays things unheard anywhere else. Some of the Fitzgeralds (Houston,TX) gigs from ‘80-‘82 are unreal, as is Kings Head, VA ‘80 and Groton,CT ‘80. Then you always have the song versions that stand alone, such as Life Without You from Montreux ‘85 and Tin Pan Alley from 4/1/80 at Steamboat 1874 in Austin. So many gems in his catalog! Amazing the people that got to witness this ascension to the pinnacle as it was happening. Witness to Greatness for sure
This is my all time favorite cover… don’t know how many times I’ve heard it, but it still gives me chills every time… and even sometimes brings a few tears. I don’t know how to explain it but this specific cover just hits me
Fil, I just had to go back and watch your reaction again for about the fourth time. I just love the way you talk about Stevie and him being "amazing!" He was! I probably already told you, my memory is faulty. I was so blessed to see him three times here in Texas. No words to describe the experience. Take care Fil 😊
I use to go see him long before he became famous he was always on fire I miss going to see him I even talk to him a couple of times back then before he was anybody
Dude, I LOVE your videos! It's strange how entertaining it can be to watch someone analyze musical performances. I guess it's that you're saying exactly what I'd say and I have nobody IRL to share that with. Most people don't get what makes these things so incredible. That said, this is one of my favorite SRV performances. He covers Voodoo Chile on a live album (audio only I think) and it's his best Hendrix cover, imo. He really channels what it meant to be Hendrix in that video. It's almost haunting, how perfectly he channels his feel. Like Jimi's soul meshed with his for that moment . It just oozed out of him. It give me the chills every time I hear it.
Thanks! Yeah Stevie is the best I've seen play Hendrix. He keeps it so authentic yet somehow still sounds different enough that you know it's him. This is the best I've seen since Hendrix played it himself.
Exactly! Everyone else seems to adulterate his tunes somehow, but Stevie was the one guy who could pull it off, yet still leave his mark on the performance.
So here's the thing. I bought "Are You Experienced" when it first came out when I was 13 years old. And through all the subsequent years I put Jimi at the top of the pantheon of guitarists to inspire me. In my view he was untouchable. In the late 80's I caught SRV live in concert near where I lived. He did 'Voodoo Chile' as an encore. I instantly got offended because...how dare he?!! That lasted for approximately 30 seconds until I realized that this man was not only replicating Jimi but taking it to a whole new level. Thanks for posting this Fil..I'd also recommend folks listen to SRV's Voodoo Chile as well.
he did voodoo chile a different way every time he played it but it always sounded identical. watch the "austin city limits one" he's wearing a turquoise shirt ,then there are two more videos one hes wearing black pants and multi colored shirt and another he has the solid white guitar ,all three versions he played some of the cords different but it sounds exactly the same. i think to SRV he was bored with and had to show off his talent.
I so agree with your analysis of SRV's guitar playing of Little Wing. Stevie was so phenomenal,as was of course Hendrix. I miss both of them very much 💕 I also loved watching you during the video. Music is a part of your soul, no doubt about it. At least we have great memories of them both, videos and recordings, and in person accounts of seeing them in concert. Thank you Fil , just love how you use your words to paint a beautiful picture of musical expressions of guitars and the legends that played them. You are on your way too..... keep playing the guitar and doing what is from your soul☮️♥️🎸
I know how he came up with a bunch of the phrases. He and Rocky Athas jammed their behinds off on this song. Rocky taught Stevie how to play this, and Stevie taught Rocky how to play House of the Rising Sun. Charley Wertz (
Thanks for posting. I loved your analysis of SRV giving his own touch to the song but not changing the sound of the original. You said in another analysis that SRV was channeling Hendrix. Very accurate explanation.
I dont know if this is the best Hendrix cover ever because I've heard some very good Voodoo Chile covers by him but this is definitely up there.What can i say, Stevie Ray was a genius like Hendrix,and i wouldn't want anyone else covering his songs but him.He's was the only artist who could do them justice.
I agree with that, Stevies covers are great. A lot of guitarists have tried, and failed. Even very well known guitarists, which just shows how special Stevie was.
How did I miss this. GOD, just so damn good. SRV just plays so effortlessly, he never seems to be thinking about what he is doing. He just seems to be enjoying listening to what he is playing. I second the comments about the shredding over songs. Awesome stuff.
Fair enough, but I think if you listen to Jimi's first, then Stevie's, it's pretty obvious, to me at least, that SRV's is a better version. Great channel by the way. Keep it up.
You must be high... Jimi's version has way more style than SRV. Stevie's version is good but nowhere near Jimi's creativity. SRV basically only plays one style while Jimi had a lot of different style's he'd do. Jimi was WAY more or original and creative than SRV. Stevie still great too of course but not on the same level as Jimi. Jimi was the originator, SRV the imitator - don't forget that!
I saw Jimi over 10 times and he was not as good live as people think. He was always stoned and fumbled a lot. The only time he was incredible was 1968 Hollywood bowl. Soft machine opened, then Vanilla Fudge came out and tore the Bowl down, just incredible. Hendrix came out and remarked that Fudge was so good he'd really have to play his "ass off". And he did. Not knocking him, just pointing out he was better in studio than live. SRV was as good live as in studio. We were blessed to have him as long as we did.
Yeah I haven't seen anything I'd consider bad or even off live by Stevie. Jimi did go a bit mad sometimes so there are times when he certainly wasn't as consistent.
The studio couldn't properly capture Stevie's magic. I feel his studio albums lack the punch that you hear when he's playing live. While I don't mind putting a Stevie record on every now and then, I'm consistenty putting on bootlegs. He's at his best when he's live and on stage!
BlackTalon 1 jimi was most definately a live act. Listen to berkley, Atlanta pop, any of the fillmore albums. He definately has his sloppy shows, but when he was on fire he was way beyond stevie atleast creatively
Hendrix definitely had some bad shows but he had some fantastic ones also... You mentioned the Hollywood Bowl but my God .... Monterey pop, Miami pop, Atlanta, the Fillmore shows with the Band of Gypsys, Royal Albert Hall show and people will still be listening to his version of the Banner at Woodstock 100 years from now... Not too shabby for a 4 year career......
BlackTalon 1 Jimi was inconsistent, probably because he was over-worked and underpaid. He got fed up playing his hit songs and doing gimmicks on stage. Suddenly he would do something amazing and jaw-droppingly beautiful like Villa Nova Junction at Woodstock. Filmore East concerts were amazing when he just stood still and played. If he lived he would have worked with Miles Davis and would have really evolved.
The emotional context of this cover is so strong that, even as a lay person like me who does not play guitar, I can hear and feel the love SRV had for his music . Fil, you explain it so well as always 🌟
I was damn lucky when I saw him play. I knew that I was in the presence of one the true greats of music. SRV had the entire joint in complete silence and awe for over 2hrs.
I never heard anyone break down SRV better than you . I don't play . But I've learned so much more about guitar watching you.. I hope everyone appreciates you. You very good at what you do !
I’m blessed and honored to have seen both Jimi and SRV live. Both were phenomenal and gave magical performances. I’d have to say though, that SRV is the GOAT but not by much. I do confess that I saw him more times having lived in Austin during his time there.
Great version. One of the things I like about the studio version of this song you can hear his tube amp buzzing in the background when he plays really softly. True master!
Would have liked to hear people like SRV & Hendrix live in person. Reason being mostly because they would have sounded to at least some degree different then the studio recordings & even live recordings because both get engineered in a studio, even the live ones get tweaked. If both of them walked into our homes, with exactly the same guitars & gear they used it surely would be different I think. Thanks for these vids, you have an interesting idea in doing these. All the best. :)
Saw srv 1 week before the chopper crash at meriweather post pavilion in Colombia Maryland. Will always remember that show and when the news broke. Gone but not forgotten. Music will be burnt into my brain forever. I do remember he played voodoo chile for encore. Thanks FIL keep me coming.
wingsofpegasus FIL that was truly a bad ass concert I witnessed. All music was tight. Brian setser and the stray cats opened he wasn't too shabby of a player
All due respect to Jimi but I've watched and listened over the years and his playing never grabbed my heart. Not anti Jimi at all but he could never get close to Stevie in my opinion.
In fairness to Jimi, we rarely got to hear him play when he wasn't high. Stevie's playing only got better with his sobriety, it's such a damn shame we lost him so soon after getting sober. I often wonder what Jimi would have sounded like had he gotten clean. Both were truly gifted & both taken far too soon.
I was only 6 when Hendrix passed away so I hadn't really known much about him. I did however come across Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1983 and enjoyed much of his career until his untimely passing. My mom had this on VHS, btw.
agreed, but then again, the same could be said of Hendrix and whoever his influences are, and their influences and so on and so on. So I've never held that against a player. I just take what I hear and see of SRV and it touches me in a way that no other guitarist can!
David, I love SRV also but let's face it... Jimi changed music... Listen to various tracks recorded in 1966 and 67 the listen to the Are You Experienced track.... Whole different ballgame.......
who wrote the song ? Jimi Hendrix. the problem with you guys is that you act like SRV invented the blues. I will take Albert king, Freddie king, bb king and Jimi Hendrix any day over SRV As well as other blues greats
It's funny you mention SRV's hands, as Hendrix had huge hands as well. I had the pleasure of meeting him in Hollywood years ago when he came to a gig I played at the Whiskey. After the show he came to our hotel for a party and, though I have fairly large hands, when I shook his hand I couldn't imagine how he could manage to fret one string at a time on a Strat. He was a very quiet and gentle guy offstage and not easy to strike up a conversation with. He kind of kept to himself and listened to the live tracks we had recorded at the show that night. I still have the drawing he did on one of the tape boxes while listening in headphones.
Stevie was an amazing artist!! We still love and miss you. You left us the awesome gift of joy and soul in your music! Rest in music heaven, Stevie Ray.
Oboy! There's a BUNCH of reactions videos to SRV! I was kind of apprehensive because 'Little Wing' is such a personal favorite, but this was totally awesome. And, as implored, I listened to the whole thing from the link...it got even better. Your channel is like stumbling into the cave in "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves"....filled with treasures. Hitting 'Subscribe' was the "Open Sesame"!
It depends what you're into I guess, Jimi did go off the beaten track now and again but he was the first guitarist I heard and made me want to play the guitar. He laid the foundation for players like Stevie, then Stevie took it onwards.
I'm all for Hendrix, but as typical on that side of the pond, you seem to stuck in reviewing exclusively only the first gear of SRV's slow Blues Songs?...Life by the Drop has more low gear soul then anything on SRV you've put out on SRV, maybe it's a tempo thing, but Thirds Stone from the Sun and Voodoo Childe are infinitely more compelling then this version of Little Wing?...More to the point, if we are even looking down these SRV roads, the spirit of SRV deserves to be flooded in his propper adulations, as boldly exhibited on the thunderous shuffling SRV cover song Mary Little Lamb from the 2nd Double Trouble Austin City Limits Show, thoroughly dissected, where his guitar hero genius is on full display?...8P
Totally agree. Voodoo Chile is terrific. And I found one other person in the world who appreciates Mary Had a Little Lamb as much as I to. That song has so much soul. SRV takes a nursery rhyme and turns it into a masterpiece. He's a genius.
Great critique. You did a good job of getting to the essence of what made SRV so great. He was powerful, yes, he was. In spite of that power he was able to control, control, control. Losing him so young was a tragedy.
Stevie gets in the zone like no-one else. I think this and the fact he revered Jimi so much is why no-one else covers Jimi so respectfully and beautifully. Live at El Mocambo DVD is a must for any SRV or plain guitar fan.
I was in dental school when he died 1989 or 90? Anyway, I cried for like an hour. I met my wife that year and still happily married. Stevie was set to come to Lubbock to the fall fair a few weeks later and I was gonna go. Never got to see him live.
Sad that you never got to see him live. I went to college just south of Austin, Texas and got to see him in small venues before he made it big. He could fill a small night club up at the mention of his name even then. I actually got to talk with him for about a minute one time. Very nice and a humble guy when it came to his talent.
When I lived in Texas I visited Stevie's grave a couple of times to pay my respects and appreciation. Left wild flowers and sprinkled Hopi blue corn meal around for blessings. His music will always live on.
SRV plays the song the way Hendrix wrote it as far as arrangement and turnaround but he did it his way.. Owning a theme while improvising over it is the best way to honor Hendrix because that's what Hendrix did..
Amen!
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I was living in Austin when he passed away and I can honestly tell you that I have never seen so much grief in one city over a musician. People were openly crying and there were so many memorials. Businesses put signs on their marquees displaying their love and sympathy. A part of the city died that day and has never returned. Stations that normally played pop music changed their play lists and played him. That is huge sign of respect. You earned a new sub. Well done!
Thanks! Yeah he was taken way too soon, he achieved so much with his short time here. Thankfully we have these videos show people can see for themselves to know there's no exaggerations on his playing.
Apparently you never heard of this guy named Elvis Presley.
Lenny still makes me cry every time
Yes it did. I li ed in Dallas when JFK got killed. The whe city shut down and we t into a great mourning. I live in Austin and people did the same when Stevie died. It was a very sad day. I remember sensing a great feeling a great sense of loss.
I missed his show in Salem, only a month before his untimely demise. I can say we felt it here too, in Portland, OR. It was that ineffable feeling of loss (Jimi, Janis and Jim M., etc.) that just tears you up, but you know that life must go on...
Shredders are like machine guns but this guy's is playing like a sniper , one note one kill. Each time you smile it's cause you're hit in the heart. Do you agree ?
It happens to me every time I listen to this song, it's not a cover it's enhanced 6strings poetry
Yeah I agree! I'll take one note played with feeling over 10,000 played with none!
STEF RICH Dude, SRV is like the holy baby of a machine gun and a sniper rifle, ten seconds, eighty notes, and millions of overkilled ears, and they all died in happiness.
That is a wonderful way to put it
Yeah, I felt it. You said it perfectly,.
Well Sed
It doesn't matter how many times I listen to Stevie Ray play this song, I get goosebumps! Always!!! He was my favorite guitarist of all time!👍😎🎸🎶
Yeah this is awesome!
wingsofpegasus yep, for sure Fil...incredible! He was a master at his craft! The emotion it sparks in me when I hear it is beyond words! Goosebumps! That's all I can say!
74dart man I think I read somewhere, Little Wing was not done as a future release. I think also it was recorded in Home studio of Jackson Brown when Texas Flood etc was being recorded by SRV and Double Trouble. Please let me know if anyone knows information my comment... Thx SRV💜🎵💜
Joanne Boor I never heard anything about that, but if I find something out, I'll surely let ya know!👍😀
I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets shivers listening to this
Stevie plays from a place of love. He's not trying to out play Jimi, he's hugging him.
The entire El Mocambo gig is such a gem. Must see.
Definitely!
Agreed! Built my blues tone around that live sound lol
Is that why I've watched it about 40 times?
@@lawrencetaylor4101 I've watched it 400 times!!!
@@jasonkeith9317 SRV live at El Mocambo Texas Flood is one of the greatest live guitar performances of all time!!!
JImi was and is still amazing to listen to. However in this case while he wrote this song, I think SRV absolutely perfected it .
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Exactly!
While I do love stevie's version, I just don't get the same sense of majesty from it as jimi's. Jimi's version was otherworldly imo
@@disturbed157 Jimi had a little bit more reverb in his version. Still, SRV nailed it.
@@Gamevet it's not about reverb it's about note selection. Little wing wasn't a blues song to me but stevie's is definitely a blues rendition which I do love
That's a player who has nothing to prove. Total mastery of the guitar. Love how the tension just builds,...
Yeah it's spot on.
John B preach it john,you said it perfectly. Short and sweet. What i love most about Stevie was he was never trying to prove anything or outshine anyone. He was just doing what he loved
When Stevie played Voodoo Chile I thought OMG is this guy as good as Hendrix
When I heard Little Wing - Question Answered , He was better ,
RIP ~ Jimi
RIP ~ SRV
Amazing , Intuitive Review !!
That was the phrase I was searching for, "Total Mastery." Thank you.
I’m a Jimi Hendrix fan, too. I am also a Stevie Ray fan as well. If anybody can play Hendrix it’s Stevie! I love how Stevie combines his style with Jimi’s & still sounds great! Both artists are prominent in this video!
Yeah he does an amazing job!
Lest we forget--One of the things that also made Double Trouble great was Chris and Tommy! They also knew how to preserve the original feel of songs.
Amen!
Yes, indeed. I second the motion on that. I got to see Stevie a couple of times, living here in Austin. His playing was so frikking awesome, in your face, and would blow you away. By that time, I had gotten to see a few blues folks like Muddy, Albert (both) etc. I had also seen black dudes impersonate, or copy Jimi, that would do, and could do excellent copies (note for note).. even one guy I remember, he was this black cat, left handed, with bandana and white strat, upside down maple neck, along with some of Jimi's 'tricks', but, when the band left space for the impersonators to improvise, they came up short, there was no history in their playing. They hadn't studied the blues enough, if at all, with those old LPs. When I got the chance to see Stevie, I knew right away he was the real deal. He had not only done his homework....he LIVED his homework.
Yeah, but, anyways, I agree with you. The first time I saw the El Macambo Video, I could see it in the comfort of my home, and I could clearly get wiped away by this driving force, like a locomotion train, pushing, yet giving Stevie the highwire to do his thang, he jumped right on that train, and played like nobody's business. He was the MAN.
Stevie took Little Wing and made it his own whilst honoring Jimi's original composition. Jimi would have been proud to have Stevie make it his own. I can only imagine seeing the two of them jamming together on stage playing this. Great review!
Thanks! Yeah it's awesome!
The legend of Stevie is so well deserved ! An incredibly gifted musician who loved the Blues , and put a piece of his soul in every note . I am also a Hendrix fan , and have been since the first time I heard him in 1967 ! Stevie is one of the only artists that I love to hear Jimi covers from .They both hold a place in my heart , I think of them often , a combination of sadness , and love for their music ! As far as I am concerned they are both Supernatural , both total commitment to their art ! The biggest thing I learned about playing guitar from both of them was to play what you love , play from the heart , and play so that the audience can feel the love you have for your instrument !!
SRV gave respect to Jimi and all the other Blues greats ......once he followed BB King on stage and he said nobody should ever follow the King and he said I will never never do a show like this again I will never follow the King of the Blues ......it is called respect ........... that was SRV respect for the music and the artist .................miss you SRV
Amen.
“Little Wing” is really SRV’s masterpiece. He played great all the time, but he handled this song so perfectly.
Everything SRV is amazing, but this song is just an unreal rendition and I don't think anyone else could pull it off. To me, it's everything SRV is capable of perfectly placed into one epic live performance.
My son and I were listening to this in the car when he was a teenager in the 90s. We were talking about it and there is part of the song where the combination of notes is so fast and precise (not a musician so don't know what it is called). My son's head kind of snapped over to look at me, mouth agape, and he said 'What just happened there?'. He was truly amazed and I got the rare thrill, as the parent of a teenager, of seeing my teenager experience something new and wonderful. We had a bonding moment that I will never forget after 22 years. This song still blows me away.
We are talking about "The Master". SRV was the most amazing guitar players of all time.
Amen!
Fate played with us. With his premature death, his fame remained intact. But the cruel doubt is to think how much more he could have contributed to the music, with his geniality.
By the way, I loved your channel.
Rock and Blues are in my veins.
damn right
I always dig your interpretations. Spot on! My father introduced me to Stevie Ray Vaughn live at the El Mocambo when I was a young kid. Been hooked ever since. Feel and style like no other. RiP
Thanks! Amen to that!
Wow, you are lucky. I only saw him Live once. I was working for Bill Graham Presents (BGP), in the Bay Area, and Steve Ray and Double Trouble headlined a New Years Eve, with Tower of Power, show at Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium in Oakland. It was the first time I got to work the stage, so I was very excited. I had heard of Stevie Ray at the time, but thought of it as "some Blues act". I got to flashlight SRV up the stairs and get him to the stage. Then I saw him play...........F**K!!! In hindsight, it was probably better that I didn't really appreciate him until I saw him play. I would've probably crapped my pants, guiding him up the stage stairs. I had a "Staff" T-Shirt, for that show, but it's long gone. I think it must have fed a lot of happy moths.
He was also a very gracious and kind person. Not full of himself.
Yeah sometimes the fame gets to people, not him.
I was so fortunate to catch Stevie three times, the first being a club show in 1984. I was gutted when I heard he had passed away. I've seen a lot of players through the years but he had something special going on. Goosebumps indeed!
Awesome!
You were indeed blessed to see Stevie live. I kept thinking that I would catch one of his shows in Houston, but I waited too long. My boss used to see him often and tell me about his incendiary shows. I am friends with one of his cousins who tells wonderful stories about them as children. I'm glad that you got to see him live! Peace. Be safe.
Most excellent. This is why you are becoming my fav on TH-cam. I was fortunate enough to see SRV open for Joe Cocker in the most spectacular setting. Been to over a hundred concerts and that one is in my top 3. Perfect. Thanks.
Saw Stevie several times in Houston ,from his early days till his last tour. While his studio work is good,there is nothing like seeing him live. Only player that ever brought tears to my eyes from his playing and when I looked around,I was`nt the only one. I felt bad for other players who jammed with him,which Stevie loved to do, because he made many legends seem average by comparison.(Though he was much too humble to think that himself)
Yeah he was a stand alone talent, what a player.
You know Jimi was looking down and smiling while watching Stevie play it! Stevie had the utmost respect for anyone he covered! RIP Jimi and Stevie!
You said it perfectly. There's something that transcends the music and he manages to retain the soul of the track. Also "I'm not offended by him playing this song." That is so true... I experience that with so many artists and he is one of the few that manages to keep it powerful and raw.
Amen!
This was always my favorite...
Hanging with people in various places in times past, I was 17 when Stevie died amidst my inundation of LA Metal, but Stevie was like nothing else because he had the older tone from the generation previous but with as much and more brutal force and wizardry then anyone since. Being in that transitional era, various discussions would ask who was the best. I always said, "well, the guy that I know is the best, thinks Jimi Hendrix is the best". I always conjured up mental images of about a convergence of time with SRV and Hendrix together on the same stage playing this song. I always envisioned the occasion having to be the Jerry Lewis MDA telethon or something because it would have to be some monumental charity event... In the theater of the mind.
I really do appreciate you doing this because many people who might not know SRV, have seen this because of you. What a gig!
Not a man ever existed, that was better than Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Guitars actually worshipped him!
Stevie had working man's hands and a working man's approach, but he could be delicate at the same time. And that's a throwback to when the great Blue's Cats grew up working farms and dirt. Everything about life was hard labor. I'm a 52 year old house painter that grew up in the country , and that has always been a part of my music. It can't be faked or replaced. It's that grit he has when he digs hard into those strings , BANG BANG BANG, like swinging a hammer. I mean this Cat could bend a 12 string. Not because he had to, but because he wanted to.
Yeah he gave that guitar something to worry about!
It's obvious why SRV won a Grammy for this cover (f/The Sky is Crying). Didn't matter who Stevie would cover... B. Guy, A. King, J. Hendrix, he could reinvent it with the special gift he had, adding a Superhuman Rarefied Virtuosity that no one, then or now can surpass!
Yeah he was special.
.....and all while having absolute reverence for the original artist.
I was 12 and not in Austin but still in Texas, it was the first time I saw my father cry. If god played he would play like SRV. I passed him on to my children. Rock on Stevie, we miss you
I feel blessed that I got to see Stevie live 5 times including the night he died at Alpine valley Wisc. Greatest and most intense blues guitarist EVER! A true gift from GOD, RIP
Wow cool!
I think what set Stevie apart from a lot of other guitarists is that when he did a cover he was able to a style that was all Stevie, but still have the utmost respect for the artist. I also love his take on George Harrison's Tax man
Yeah exactly, very few can do this if any since Stevie.
Little Wing, Third Stone From The Sun, Voodoo Chile. Another killer cover by SRV is him covering Stevie Wonder’s Superstition.
Thanks Matt, might do a vid in the future about it!
This version of this song started my 35+ year obsession with the guitar and Stevie. I very fortunate to have seen him live.
I've seen videos of Hendrix live . Many of them ! I've seen Stevie live l couldn't say howmany times being as l live in Austin. All l can say was even when Stevie was high he was great live. After he cleaned up he was better!! There is no telling how great he might have been. We miss you Stevie!!
What’s unreal is I have dozens of gigs where he plays things unheard anywhere else. Some of the Fitzgeralds (Houston,TX) gigs from ‘80-‘82 are unreal, as is Kings Head, VA ‘80 and Groton,CT ‘80. Then you always have the song versions that stand alone, such as Life Without You from Montreux ‘85 and Tin Pan Alley from 4/1/80 at Steamboat 1874 in Austin. So many gems in his catalog! Amazing the people that got to witness this ascension to the pinnacle as it was happening. Witness to Greatness for sure
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This is my all time favorite cover… don’t know how many times I’ve heard it, but it still gives me chills every time… and even sometimes brings a few tears. I don’t know how to explain it but this specific cover just hits me
I like SRV version better. Not that there's anything wrong with Hendrix version. SRV just takes me to another place.
Fil, I just had to go back and watch your reaction again for about the fourth time.
I just love the way you talk about Stevie and him being "amazing!"
He was! I probably already told you, my memory is faulty. I was so blessed to see him three times here in Texas. No words to describe the experience.
Take care Fil 😊
Cool! Thanks!
I use to go
see him long before he became famous he was always on fire I miss going to see him I even talk to him a couple of times back then before he was anybody
Cool!
ilostmymind- in dallas??
Stevie's solo in this video of "Little Wing" is absolutely amazing! i think him and Jimi have been jamming it in heaven
Dude, I LOVE your videos! It's strange how entertaining it can be to watch someone analyze musical performances. I guess it's that you're saying exactly what I'd say and I have nobody IRL to share that with. Most people don't get what makes these things so incredible.
That said, this is one of my favorite SRV performances. He covers Voodoo Chile on a live album (audio only I think) and it's his best Hendrix cover, imo. He really channels what it meant to be Hendrix in that video. It's almost haunting, how perfectly he channels his feel. Like Jimi's soul meshed with his for that moment . It just oozed out of him. It give me the chills every time I hear it.
Thanks! Yeah Stevie is the best I've seen play Hendrix. He keeps it so authentic yet somehow still sounds different enough that you know it's him. This is the best I've seen since Hendrix played it himself.
Exactly! Everyone else seems to adulterate his tunes somehow, but Stevie was the one guy who could pull it off, yet still leave his mark on the performance.
Every note is so perfect, feel and technique
Amen!
So here's the thing. I bought "Are You Experienced" when it first came out when I was 13 years old. And through all the subsequent years I put Jimi at the top of the pantheon of guitarists to inspire me. In my view he was untouchable. In the late 80's I caught SRV live in concert near where I lived. He did 'Voodoo Chile' as an encore. I instantly got offended because...how dare he?!! That lasted for approximately 30 seconds until I realized that this man was not only replicating Jimi but taking it to a whole new level. Thanks for posting this Fil..I'd also recommend folks listen to SRV's Voodoo Chile as well.
Yeah that's another great cover, maybe I'll post in the future too!
he did voodoo chile a different way every time he played it but it always sounded identical. watch the "austin city limits one" he's wearing a turquoise shirt ,then there are two more videos one hes wearing black pants and multi colored shirt and another he has the solid white guitar ,all three versions he played some of the cords different but it sounds exactly the same. i think to SRV he was bored with and had to show off his talent.
I so agree with your analysis of SRV's guitar playing of Little Wing. Stevie was so phenomenal,as was of course Hendrix. I miss both of them very much 💕 I also loved watching you during the video. Music is a part of your soul, no doubt about it. At least we have great memories of them both, videos and recordings, and in person accounts of seeing them in concert. Thank you Fil , just love how you use your words to paint a beautiful picture of musical expressions of guitars and the legends that played them. You are on your way too..... keep playing the guitar and doing what is from your soul☮️♥️🎸
Thanks for the kind words!
Except for SRV, I've never heard anybody play Little Wing (or Voodoo Child) without embarrassing themselves
Amen!
Leslie West does a pretty good Voodoo Child, and Red House for that matter
Don't forget Gary Moore's SMOKIN' performance of Red House on the 50 Years Of The Fender Stratocaster Video, one of the best I've ever seen!
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Besides Jimi that is. He was knowed to fuck up often he fix it but fuck up indeed
your all class young man thanks for kind words about SRV I truly miss his soulful playing
I know how he came up with a bunch of the phrases. He and Rocky Athas jammed their behinds off on this song. Rocky taught Stevie how to play this, and Stevie taught Rocky how to play House of the Rising Sun. Charley Wertz (
I don't doubt it!
You are SOOOO right, in everything you just said, thank you! Be Blessed😊
Thanks!
With all respect to Jimi, Stevie took this even higher
Not really.
Really, he didn't.
I think it's impossible to improve, but the way he played it was SO good it really shines.
No way
he took it down to earth if anything - or a cowboys version if you like - but in NO fucking way did he take it HIGHER are you out of your mind son
Thanks for posting. I loved your analysis of SRV giving his own touch to the song but not changing the sound of the original. You said in another analysis that SRV was channeling Hendrix. Very accurate explanation.
I've always liked the Stevie version better myself.
It's a great version!
Amazing SVR! The guy was a miracle! There's just no other way to put it.
Love him!!!
Amen!
I dont know if this is the best Hendrix cover ever because I've heard some very good Voodoo Chile covers by him but this is definitely up there.What can i say, Stevie Ray was a genius like Hendrix,and i wouldn't want anyone else covering his songs but him.He's was the only artist who could do them justice.
I agree with that, Stevies covers are great. A lot of guitarists have tried, and failed. Even very well known guitarists, which just shows how special Stevie was.
How did I miss this. GOD, just so damn good. SRV just plays so effortlessly, he never seems to be thinking about what he is doing. He just seems to be enjoying listening to what he is playing. I second the comments about the shredding over songs. Awesome stuff.
Its BETTER than Hendrix's version. WITHOUT A DOUBT. SRV is better than Hendrix. Some will call that heresy. But it's true. Sorry...
It's hard to say that as without the original composition by Hendrix, SRV would have nothing to play!
Fair enough, but I think if you listen to Jimi's first, then Stevie's, it's pretty obvious, to me at least, that SRV's is a better version. Great channel by the way. Keep it up.
You must be high... Jimi's version has way more style than SRV. Stevie's version is good but nowhere near Jimi's creativity. SRV basically only plays one style while Jimi had a lot of different style's he'd do. Jimi was WAY more or original and creative than SRV. Stevie still great too of course but not on the same level as Jimi. Jimi was the originator, SRV the imitator - don't forget that!
SRV ~ GOD ~ RIP
Hendrix was a better musician and guitarist...sorry.
Righteousness is all than should be said.. great analysis Fil.. as always! Spot on
I saw Jimi over 10 times and he was not as good live as people think. He was always stoned and fumbled a lot. The only time he was incredible was 1968 Hollywood bowl. Soft machine opened, then Vanilla Fudge came out and tore the Bowl down, just incredible. Hendrix came out and remarked that Fudge was so good he'd really have to play his "ass off". And he did. Not knocking him, just pointing out he was better in studio than live. SRV was as good live as in studio. We were blessed to have him as long as we did.
Yeah I haven't seen anything I'd consider bad or even off live by Stevie. Jimi did go a bit mad sometimes so there are times when he certainly wasn't as consistent.
The studio couldn't properly capture Stevie's magic. I feel his studio albums lack the punch that you hear when he's playing live. While I don't mind putting a Stevie record on every now and then, I'm consistenty putting on bootlegs. He's at his best when he's live and on stage!
BlackTalon 1 jimi was most definately a live act. Listen to berkley, Atlanta pop, any of the fillmore albums. He definately has his sloppy shows, but when he was on fire he was way beyond stevie atleast creatively
Hendrix definitely had some bad shows but he had some fantastic ones also... You mentioned the Hollywood Bowl but my God .... Monterey pop, Miami pop, Atlanta, the Fillmore shows with the Band of Gypsys, Royal Albert Hall show and people will still be listening to his version of the Banner at Woodstock 100 years from now... Not too shabby for a 4 year career......
BlackTalon 1 Jimi was inconsistent, probably because he was over-worked and underpaid. He got fed up playing his hit songs and doing gimmicks on stage.
Suddenly he would do something amazing and jaw-droppingly beautiful like Villa Nova Junction at Woodstock.
Filmore East concerts were amazing when he just stood still and played. If he lived he would have worked with Miles Davis and would have really evolved.
I think your observations are spot on. Love you Fil!
Hendrix and SRV are probably my two biggest inspirations for guitar
Amen!
Masterful... Both Jimi's and SRV's deaths we're both a tragic loss. Thankfully we still get to hear and share their wonderful gifts. Great post sir...
Amen.
The passion that Stevie Ray Vaughan possesses is so intense
The emotional context of this cover is so strong that, even as a lay person like me who does not play guitar, I can hear and feel the love SRV had for his music . Fil, you explain it so well as always 🌟
Thanks!
I love Stevie Ray Vaughan
Amen!
SRV is a Kmart discount Jimi Hendrix.
I was damn lucky when I saw him play. I knew that I was in the presence of one the true greats of music. SRV had the entire joint in complete silence and awe for over 2hrs.
Yes you were!
Yes this is an amazing cover. I like his singing voice better and I often find I enjoy his playing and interpretation more than Hendrix.
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I never heard anyone break down SRV better than you . I don't play . But I've learned so much more about guitar watching you.. I hope everyone appreciates you. You very good at what you do !
Thanks!
I personally think SVR plays it better than Hendrix, he totally makes it his own!
He’s a better guitarist than Hendrix
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I’m blessed and honored to have seen both Jimi and SRV live. Both were phenomenal and gave magical performances. I’d have to say though, that SRV is the GOAT but not by much. I do confess that I saw him more times having lived in Austin during his time there.
yes i agree ,SRV was great
Great version. One of the things I like about the studio version of this song you can hear his tube amp buzzing in the background when he plays really softly. True master!
Yeah this is the best cover version I've seen.
Virtuoso. That’s all he was. A pure master of the electric guitar.
Years ago in Reno, Nevada I met Jimi's cousin, Rikki Hendrix. He was at that time touring with his own cover band of Jimi's stuff.
Would have liked to hear people like SRV & Hendrix live in person. Reason being mostly because they would have sounded to at least some degree different then the studio recordings & even live recordings because both get engineered in a studio, even the live ones get tweaked. If both of them walked into our homes, with exactly the same guitars & gear they used it surely would be different I think. Thanks for these vids, you have an interesting idea in doing these. All the best. :)
Yeah that would have been cool!
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How cool would it be if Hendrix had kept living and he ended up jamming with Stevie Ray on recording?
Great analysis. So many don't seem to get what you said. Feel and expression is often more important than mere speed.
Man, I could listen to Stevie Ray Vaughn play guitar all day long. His version of Little Wing is the best in my opinion. I love Jimi as well.
Yeah I agree!
Saw srv 1 week before the chopper crash at meriweather post pavilion in Colombia Maryland. Will always remember that show and when the news broke. Gone but not forgotten. Music will be burnt into my brain forever. I do remember he played voodoo chile for encore. Thanks FIL keep me coming.
Yeah what a loss. Will do :)
wingsofpegasus FIL that was truly a bad ass concert I witnessed. All music was tight. Brian setser and the stray cats opened he wasn't too shabby of a player
nice you like, yea- great SRV, ever catch his version of "come on pt.3" ? cool commentary !
Thanks dude! I don't think so, I'll check it out!
Hell Yeah! It is incendiary.
I really appreciate your honesty, cheers mate!
All due respect to Jimi but I've watched and listened over the years and his playing never grabbed my heart. Not anti Jimi at all but he could never get close to Stevie in my opinion.
It's a difficult thing to nail down, Jimi wrote some great tunes!
wingsofpegasus I agree with that
He was the best.
In fairness to Jimi, we rarely got to hear him play when he wasn't high. Stevie's playing only got better with his sobriety, it's such a damn shame we lost him so soon after getting sober. I often wonder what Jimi would have sounded like had he gotten clean. Both were truly gifted & both taken far too soon.
I was only 6 when Hendrix passed away so I hadn't really known much about him. I did however come across Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1983 and enjoyed much of his career until his untimely passing. My mom had this on VHS, btw.
for my money, I'll take SRV over Hendrix every day of the week and twice on Sunday. It just doesn't get better than SRV!
They're both great players, without Jimi I think Stevie wouldn't have been the same.
agreed, but then again, the same could be said of Hendrix and whoever his influences are, and their influences and so on and so on. So I've never held that against a player. I just take what I hear and see of SRV and it touches me in a way that no other guitarist can!
You can tell by SRV's playing that he absolutely adored Jimi though. They both had that "fire" in their soul too.
David, I love SRV also but let's face it... Jimi changed music... Listen to various tracks recorded in 1966 and 67 the listen to the Are You Experienced track.... Whole different ballgame.......
who wrote the song ? Jimi Hendrix. the problem with you guys is that you act like SRV invented the blues. I will take Albert king, Freddie king, bb king and Jimi Hendrix any day over SRV As well as other blues greats
It's funny you mention SRV's hands, as Hendrix had huge hands as well. I had the pleasure of meeting him in Hollywood years ago when he came to a gig I played at the Whiskey. After the show he came to our hotel for a party and, though I have fairly large hands, when I shook his hand I couldn't imagine how he could manage to fret one string at a time on a Strat. He was a very quiet and gentle guy offstage and not easy to strike up a conversation with. He kind of kept to himself and listened to the live tracks we had recorded at the show that night. I still have the drawing he did on one of the tape boxes while listening in headphones.
That's awesome!
I think SRV was as soulful as Hendrix, or visa versa, but as far as playing style he has more in common with Albert Collins, fellow Texas bluesman.
Stevie was an amazing artist!! We still love and miss you. You left us the awesome gift of joy and soul in your music! Rest in music heaven, Stevie Ray.
Amen.
His hands ARE scary big!!
Yeah they really are!
Considering Stevie at best, was 5'6, it's crazy how big his hands are!!!
I'm 6'0 tall and my hands are big but they might still be smaller than his!
Oboy! There's a BUNCH of reactions videos to SRV! I was kind of apprehensive because 'Little Wing' is such a personal favorite, but this was totally awesome. And, as implored, I listened to the whole thing from the link...it got even better. Your channel is like stumbling into the cave in "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves"....filled with treasures. Hitting 'Subscribe' was the "Open Sesame"!
Thanks Lynn!
Stevie was the best! Amazing!
Amen Frank!
This is a beautiful instrumental of it. It's hypnotic.
I personally think SRVs playing is a million times more satisfying to the ears than Jimi's. Total personal opinion lol.
Something is wrong with you.
It depends what you're into I guess, Jimi did go off the beaten track now and again but he was the first guitarist I heard and made me want to play the guitar. He laid the foundation for players like Stevie, then Stevie took it onwards.
Shame
if it wasn't for Jimi Hendrix and all of the kings there wouldn't be an SRV so what is your point?
Absolutely. My favorite version of this song. Amazing!
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ohh my God - he was fantastic --- but Gary Moore made a few great Jimi covers as well :-)
Yeah that's true!
Again, great insight. Your part on his hands really explains a lot about how he got that distinct sound.
I'm all for Hendrix, but as typical on that side of the pond, you seem to stuck in reviewing exclusively only the first gear of SRV's slow Blues Songs?...Life by the Drop has more low gear soul then anything on SRV you've put out on SRV, maybe it's a tempo thing, but Thirds Stone from the Sun and Voodoo Childe are infinitely more compelling then this version of Little Wing?...More to the point, if we are even looking down these SRV roads, the spirit of SRV deserves to be flooded in his propper adulations, as boldly exhibited on the thunderous shuffling SRV cover song Mary Little Lamb from the 2nd Double Trouble Austin City Limits Show, thoroughly dissected, where his guitar hero genius is on full display?...8P
I just do whichever videos are suggested ☺
Totally agree. Voodoo Chile is terrific. And I found one other person in the world who appreciates Mary Had a Little Lamb as much as I to. That song has so much soul. SRV takes a nursery rhyme and turns it into a masterpiece. He's a genius.
Great critique. You did a good job of getting to the essence of what made SRV so great. He was powerful, yes, he was. In spite of that power he was able to control, control, control. Losing him so young was a tragedy.
Thanks Bruce!
I'm the only person who's not afraid to say SRV is BETTER than Hendrix.
If you think it, say it! 🤘
Cocky to say the only one but I agree
Stevie gets in the zone like no-one else. I think this and the fact he revered Jimi so much is why no-one else covers Jimi so respectfully and beautifully. Live at El Mocambo DVD is a must for any SRV or plain guitar fan.
I like Stevie Ray Vaughan because any white man please better than a black man
Have you seen my Nick Jonas video? It disproves your statement! 😂
No I'll have to watch it
For a much mellower version of "Little Wing" check out the Corrs unplugged version.
I was in dental school when he died 1989 or 90? Anyway, I cried for like an hour. I met my wife that year and still happily married. Stevie was set to come to Lubbock to the fall fair a few weeks later and I was gonna go. Never got to see him live.
Sad that you never got to see him live. I went to college just south of Austin, Texas and got to see him in small venues before he made it big. He could fill a small night club up at the mention of his name even then. I actually got to talk with him for about a minute one time. Very nice and a humble guy when it came to his talent.
When I lived in Texas I visited Stevie's grave a couple of times to pay my respects and appreciation. Left wild flowers and sprinkled Hopi blue corn meal around for blessings. His music will always live on.
I've been SRV'D! FAN FOR LIFE... MAY HIS MUSIC AND SOUL LIVE FOR EVER
Amen!
Seen him at the Hofstra U Playhouse on Long Island NY during the early eighties right before he hit the big time.
Awesome!