British guitarist analyses SRV - Is this the best Hendrix cover ever recorded live?
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- The legend that is SRV! Here's his live interpretation of Little Wing. What do you think?
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Stevie plays from a place of love. He's not trying to out play Jimi, he's hugging him.
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!
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.
I like SRV version better. Not that there's anything wrong with Hendrix version. SRV just takes me to another place.
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.
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.
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
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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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.
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??
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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yes i agree ,SRV was great
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.
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.
I was lucky enough to be at UT and we went to the Rome Inn,a small joint and we would sit ay the bar and listen in amazement and appreciation. Monday’s were Blue
Monday’s, $1 cover, $1 for Lonestars and, SRV and Double Trouble sometimes with Miss LuAnne. A part of my life I’ll never forget!
I still get sad everytime I think that he's still not here, we are watching the greatest guitar player that ever lived.
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I was lucky enough to see him live 6 times. The best player I have seen live. Kenny Wayne Sheppard is worth a reaction. Probably the next best I have seen live.
He was Fantastic, one of a kind... You can always tell the Great's as they become one with the Guitar and you really don't see just the artist or just guitar playing in the video as its all rolled into one ... And they also are not predictable in their playing like so many..
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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.
You nailed it explaining what’s missing from many covers of Hendrix. I went to a tribute to Jimi a few years back and was surprised by the guitar players who thought playing faster/louder/more distorted somehow captured the essence. Even Vernon Reid missed the boat. He’s a great guitarist in his own right but just didn’t get it. SRV got it completely.
Stevie never ceases to amaze. That man played straight from the soul and its something you see happening right before your eyes.
There are incredible technical guitarists out there that can play the hell out of what they were taught and make instrument a science.
What Stevie did can't be taught. When he closes his eyes, tilts his head back, you can actually see something else just take over. He just opens a channel from his soul to his fingers. That's why you don't really see any clones of him.
I will never forget the first time I heard and saw Stevie Ray play. It was his video "Couldn't Stand the Weather." The hardest thing about my divorce was splitting up our Stevie Ray collection.
I like to believe that Jimi and Stevie are in heaven trading licks!
As You Should, my Man! Legends!!!!
SRV you are truly missed !!!
Stevie could play any cover of Jimi and make me feel good about it, to say the least, especially Voodoo Child.
I agree!
This video makes it easy to imagine Stevie and Jimi sharing the stage together.
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SRV cover of Little Wing is packed with emotion. It's like a rollercoaster. It takes you up and down and almost leaves you feeling emotionally exhausted when it's over.
Yeah I agree!
This is my favorite Hendrix song and SRV's version is immaculate.
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I am sure Jimi Hendrix would appreciate it, knowing how great SRV is a blues player as he is himself
This footage is from the 1983 show in Toronto at the El Mocambo which I did attend at age 23. As much as I love SRV's cover of Hendrix's Little Wing and think it is indeed the best performance out there I still lean towards SRV's cover of Hendrix's Voodoo Chile (slight return). SRV brings the tune to a whole new level which in my opinion is much more of a dynamic performance. Jimi raised the bar for all guitarists but SRV took it up a few more notches indeed.
Yeah he introduced a new level of technique and feel to the blues. That's a hell of a combination!
Big fan of SRV. Little Wing has always been one one of my SRV favorites.
I just found an actual quote from Eric Clapton on the night Stevie was killed......I rest my case ;]
“The worst thing for me was that Stevie Ray had been sober for three years and was at his peak. When he played that night, he had all of us standing mere with our jaws dropped.” I mean, Robert Cray and Jimmie Vaughan and Buddy Guy were just watching in awe. There was no one better than him on this planet. Really unbelievable.”
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
My older brother played and got me.into guitar. Srv was his hero. The better i got the more i appreciated the genius and dedication masters like hendrix and srv possessed.
Yep!
Stevie makes it look so effortless.
Both Stevie and Jimi had amazing hands.
Beautiful song, Jimi wouldnt mind, Stevie's tribute is just awesome.
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I saw him live in 1984 believe it or not they had to change venues from larger to smaller, not enough tickets sold. 1954 1500 seat theater in green bay Wisconsin best ever performance. Stevie and Bill Hicks the best Texas ever produced.
Good analysis. Without being sacrilegious, I prefer this version to the original!
That was well said. SRV had the knowledge. He knew music and spoke through a guitar as easily as normal people control their vocal apparatus. But he also had remarkably physically strong fingers. He could easily force huge strings to do what he wanted. The guy is playing an E string of 13 or even 14, and just completely manhandling it, like it was Ted Nugent's 8 string.
Man, I would have loved seeing SRV live.
Dig, I just found this channel, and it's been a really good Experience, and I was wondering if you ever heard of a guitar player that does Jimi Hendrix named Randy Hanson ? IMHO he does a really good job.
He's already out here somewhere!
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
Own a DVD of 2 SRV concerts...at the end they have a documentary showing one of his guitars being made as Little Wing is played over the top. I can not listen to it without weeping...what a loss.
Yep ..beyond expectations SRV closes ones eyes and dream
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I googled this because I like this channel and I thought it would be cool if he reviewed Stevie’s Little Wing because he can appreciate the musicianship, and whaddya know...he DID 🙏 Also...check out Voodoo Child from same concert
Thanks!
The guy, cries, yells, wails and whispers, all in one song. He is genius
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Of course one reason he sounds so good on this song is he's a big fan, and had been playing this song since he was probably 10 years old.
Yeah!
I genuinely feel Stevie put his own stamp on the Hendrix material by building on a great foundation. I gave 3 or 4 recordings of Voodoo Chile in my collection and I love them all.
Yeah I agree!
Little Wing is such an epic song!!!!! Best drunk slow dance ever! It’s alright she said(sic)
A lot of people don’t cover Hendrix simply because it’s too hard to play - not because it’s “holy”. They don’t want to embarrasse themselves :)
Damn it Wigs of Pegasus, you got the best of the best smile on TH-cam! If I wasn't missing so many teeth, you would be in trouble! Haha cheers. Great videos
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Fil, Have you covered this song? would love to here your version. It's about time for someone to do it.
Check out his cover of Voodoo Child from this show, it’s amazing !!!
I saw SRV 4 times.I'm 70 years old and have been playing guitar since 1965.I always thought SRV was a much cleaner player than Hendrix.
I like your videos. You're knowledgeable, respectful and even gentle when you call bullshit. That's a rarity. I'm going to say something heretical, to anyone who loves the guitar icons of the 60's - 70's. SRV was a better musician than Hendrix, (whom I love.) His guitar playing has a vocal quality that gives shade, tone and modulation that none of the players of Hendrix's generation were able to pull off, at least not with any regularity. Watching SRV play is an absolute master class.
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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
I think Stevie’s best cover of Hendrix is Third Stone from the Sun.
If you know Hendrix’s studio recording of it, it is an abstract discorded composition full of weird sounds and technical tricks, that Stevie somehow was able to breakdown and master.
Jimi would have been most impressed by Little Wing and Voodoo Child, but as a player, he would have truly considered SRV a genius for pulling off Third Stone. ❤️🎸
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Why are people comparing? Did SRV played this to show he is better than Jimi? Cmon, grow up people
Ok...sidenote kid...stevie would put superglue on his fingers to stop the bledding... tons of superglue...there ya go, that's how
I would like to see someone lay a Jimi Hendrix down in a sound graph then lay the same song over it with Stevie Ray playing it, would love to see a visual comparison of the two.
Speaking of JH, I'd really like to see you analysis of JH's solo on Machine Gun , live at the Fillmore with Band of Gypsies. Classic.
Yeah same here but the copyrights won't allow it unfortunately!
i was listening to a vinyl album with Machine Gun on it and during one of the trills and wang bar combinations Jimi was playing,the needle got stuck and kept jumping back to the start of the trill.it was a wee while later i realized the needle was jumping and had thought Hendrix was fretting the 2 greatest notes ever hahahaha
Fil awesome, awesome I love how you use the word Dominate to describe Stevie's playing , just look at his hands, the veins on his hands are as big as a monster truck tire . If I can interest you in listening to Riviera Paradise probably Stevie's BEST playing ever! . listen and you will agree.
Thanks for the suggestion!
I think Gary Moore does an Outstanding tribute to Jimmy...maybe that one can be analyzed as well Fil 👋😎👍...
I can watch reaction videos to any other artist except SRV. Interrupting his playing is a sacrilege. I suggest letting the man play and then analyzing. I read the comments to get a sense of what was noted. But, really, it's always the same. SRV was simply the best.
This is an old video, I have newer ones with the guitar 🙂
interesting as usual.in all fairness, Jimi, being the genius of the two, wrote the song that has so much visceral power to begin w/ .Stevie Ray recognized it, and covered it. but Jimi didn't have to carry it thru w/ guitar playing. he didn't write an instrumental. he wasn't guitarslinging while recording it. Stevie Ray was a guitarslinger night and day. that's the difference .BTW, the studio version for which SRV won a Grammy, is superior. this cut of film ,although a great pleasure to listen to, wouldn't ever have warranted this conversation. it's a Gem, but when he went in that studio, he came out a Grammy winner! I think I remember Jimmie Vaughn praising the record ,big time.
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SRV is a musical god. No capital G but he’s damn close. He’s a freak and a genius ❤️
Stevie looked like he had massive hands !
Gods hands!!
Jimi's Little Wing is more psychedelic, SRV has a more bluesy, Texas feel to it, a bit more aggressive. I honestly believe Jimi would have approved.
fil- i've noticed that every time you do a srv analyis, your comment section really lights up.
Yeah it seems to, I think there are a lot more comments from the USA regarding Stevie which is cool.
wingsofpegasus Stevie's almost been gone for 28 years, but here in the states, he's still a pretty damn big deal!
Unknown Hinson aka Stuart Baker - you need to check him out !
Thanks for the suggestion Peter!
LOL that's Unknown Hanson like his daddy was a unknown oilfield worker "han" drifting through. At the top of birth certificates they have a box that reads, "father's name, if known". He took Brad Davis' place with Billy Bob Thornton for a while. I don't know how long, but Brad told me about it, Brad wanted to stay home for a while and be with his family.
Phillip Ward dribble on !
Peter Moore and who would you be? I've never heard of you, so you must be jealous. Insulting me won't change or improve anything about you, but if you must shine your behind, be my guest.
Peter Moore and by the way I met him at the funeral of Billy Bob Thornton's grandfather back in 1983. Billy and Rocky Burnett were touring with Neil Young, Donald Fagan and Walter Becker were there so he might have been helping them out. The best guitarist in the club was Lee Atwater, campaign director for George H.W. Bush. I wasn't very fond of my cousins the Bush family, but I had been friends with Lee since 1971. There was a great baseball pitcher named Dizzy Dean, after baseball he became a colour commentator for Major league baseball. He would always make a point of reminding everyone, "It ain't bragging if you can do it". So list your qualifications for judging me , so I can break your heart by telling you to kiss my ass, because if you were that quick to judge someone who you don't know from Adam, you can also go find a farm animal to blow. BTW I am Israel Stuart actually Charles Edward Saint Claire de Stuart IV Israel is a nickname. That's one of the reasons I know so many people, the main reason I know so many people was being at the right place at the right time. Christian Brooks who I've known since 1970 tells people that I stumble across more on accident in a week than most people search for in a lifetime. I inherited a hereditary seat on the board of directors with Royal Dutch Shell when I was five years old. So mister think you can piss me off with your lame remarks "Dribble On" lol
Was hoping you would do SRV cover of voodoo child
Either way he’s a beast
I will do at some point!
Song for you to review .., ROY BUCHANAN ...5string blues .... one his strings broke .. his engineer never noticed till end of recording .... cause it sounded so good .. so it was put out like that titled .. Roy Buchanans .. 5 string blues .... please listen ... and review if good enough for your taste ..
Roy is already out here somewhere!
I think he improved on the great Jimi Hendrix song
I think sometimes i think god forbid as a american jimi gets to much credit.I know what that sounds like but im that type of person.Stevie in my humble oppinion probably is as close as you can get ,and yet retain his own style,.I love your videos because you present a theme and make us think on it ,and for wandering displaced artists thats a very good thing lol.Any chance for a mick taylor,or rory galagher vid just saying ...ty for being cool ,and keep it fill m.
Yeah in the future!
I use to get the heebee jeebees when I would get within 20 feet of one of Rory, or Rusty Burn's guitars. I finally got to the point where I told Rusty to invest in Lysol and clean the fungus off. BTW Peter Green's 59 LP and his strat were nasty as hell too. He would wrap dirty clothes around them and let them flop around in car trunks. No guitar cases or suit cases for old Greenie, no sir ree.
Hi Fil,
SRV is amazing. Have you heard his cover of Voodoo Chile? It is out of this world. This may be blasphemy, but I think it was better than Hendrix's version. Hendrix performance contained a lot of distortion. It was intentional I know, but I found it irritating, especially after hearing how SRV covered the song. I found SRV's version better expresses the soul of the song without being distracted by all the noise. Any chance you could analyze this song. I personally prefer it to Little Wing by a lot.
Yeah I'll cover it in the future! I think it's very difficult to out do an original by the artist who composed it. Without the initial composing we wouldn't even have had this great cover, so it's a tough thing to rank!
Fil, I totally agree with you that it is difficult to out do the original artist. Especially if it's Jimi Hendrix! But that shows you just how great SRV is. Maybe it's my Anglo ear, or maybe how Jimi's bi-polar condition affected his music I can't relate to (using distortion). I used to like some distortion when I was younger, and when sound affects were novel. But nowadays give me a beautiful melody any day.
And btw, l love the name of your band. Sounds great and evokes great imagery.
Fil, SRV's cover of Voodoo Chile from Nashville ( th-cam.com/video/pe3G7p1Z-xU/w-d-xo.html ) . . . he plays half the song behind his back and has to deal with yet another broken string. This time a "D" string! About 6:12 in, you can hear where it pops. And if you know how to play Voodoo Chile, you know you need that D string! But the man improvises his way through it! Amazing. : )
The same spirit was in the two of them
legend has it they kept a fire extinguisher behind his amp in case his guitar spontaneously caught on fire mid song
Lol!
LOL never heard that one being told about Stevie. I was at Shreveport Music joking around with James and Jeff Burton and someone laughingly stated that at the Roy Orbison show Bruce Springsteen was looking for a fire extinguisher to put out James Burton's guitar.
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
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
I've always liked the Stevie version better myself.
It's a great version!
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...
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.
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
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!!!
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
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!
He was also a very gracious and kind person. Not full of himself.
Yeah sometimes the fame gets to people, not him.
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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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.
I love Stevie Ray Vaughan
Amen!
SRV is a Kmart discount Jimi Hendrix.
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
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!
Duane and Eric
Besides Jimi that is. He was knowed to fuck up often he fix it but fuck up indeed
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.
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 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.
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!