Amen. So very sorry for your loss. I knew him from maybe 1987. We had an instant connection. Our friendship was just beginning really, when he passed. Our last words were love yous. These reaction videos bring me such comfort and joy knowing Stevie is aware of all this love still coming his way. Hugs ❤Donna G
I agree 100%!!! But u know...In the beginning, he was a guitar player. He became a singer out of necessity when Lou Ann left the band. Then after picking their jaws off the floor from hearing him play, they dropped again but not before someone exclaimed "He can sing too!?? Then it hit home for Stevie that he might be that entire package that some record promoter or manager was jaw jackin' about a while back. "Hey, I can sing! Ha haaa!" So after his gigs he did a very smart thing. He went to a friend by the name of Angela Strehle a torchy blues specialist herself, to help him hone up his "new found" talent & coach out that natural & suprising but seriously sexy vibrato! And...wait for it.......the rest is history!
in the 80's when punk and hair bands ruled the day, Stevie was playing the blues because he loved it. He had loved it from when he first picked up a guitar. He never sold out when handlers tried to get him to change . They didn't realize how many people would come to love the blues Because of Stevie. So much love and respect for the man.
I'm 86 years old and I've been listening to and loving the blues since I was a teenager. I got introduced to blues listening to Gene Nobles late at night on WLAC in Nashville where I grew up. He played some blues along with boogie. There is something undefinable about SRV, it is as if he is from another realm, no one, and nothing approaches his genius. It is difficult for me to listen to him now because I keep thinking how he was taken away from us. I can't find a way to stop the tears welling up in my eyes every time I listen to hm. Thank you, Stevie for the wonderful gifts you left for us. Bob
God graced us with SRV for a few short years & then called him Home. When he played, he went to a special place & invited us to go on journey with him! In the words of Eric Clapton "...He was like an open channel & the music just flowed through him...He never seemed to dry up or wonder where was going to go..." Bonnie Raitt " The thing I remember most about Stevie was his PASSION for the Blues...I cut my chops touring with Buddy Guy & heard about this 'kid' who was tearing up the Blues & had to see him...He blew me away & we became good friends!"
Thank you for this wonderful comment.. thought i knew a lot at 41 years old.. if I ever see the day of turning 86 years old i will have a Heineken and think of this comment. Much love from the Netherlands
I hear you, I too am still in mourning. I can't help but wonder what his music would be like today after being sober for this long. I still remember the first time I heard him, it was Pride and Joy while driving through Guthrie OK around 7:00 pm.
When you hear the version with Johnny Copeland, Stevie sings Tin Pan Alley from an outsider looking in and Johnny sings from an insider perspective. Stevie has several guitars. In one performance, a string broke on his guitar, someone brought him a 2nd guitar and he never missed a beat! The man was the GOAT!
String busting had become his iconic trademark. Heck, watching him break strings, keep on playing, make his cool & casual side look to his guitar tech & never miss a beat or a verse as the fresh one is attached, (by René Martinez another master of his craft!) that alone is jaw dropping entertainment. It also attests to the skill of THE MASTER & in case u didn't know what the crown on his hat was for! I love u SRV, u will always be my mini maestro with a big awesome sound from your heart & a big sweet smile on your face!💙
His song "Ain't Gonna Give Up On Love" Live at the Capital Theatre is the best example of his vocals....& the solo is a face-melt. No pyro or great 'tricks'....just straight grown-folks blues.
In some of Stevie's live videos you can see 4 or 5 guitars tuned and ready to go. Stevie broke a lot of strings! RIP Stevie 😢🙏 you are the blues 🐐!🔥❤️✌️
You need to watch Stevie Ray Vaughn and Albert King in session. It is about an hour and a half long but it is a great interview giving some insight to the beginning of Steve's career. Also please check out his sound check video. The raw talent is on full display.
The absolute most emotion that I’ve seen SRV display is in his performance of “leave my girl alone” live at Austin city limits 1989. Not only does his guitar evoke such attitude, but his vocals do just as much. It’s a must watch
'NUMBER 1' was there too. He's just playing this one right now! Stevie has a few guitars that travel with him & he cycles through them as needed when he plays depending on situations, broken strings in the middle of performing, etc! I know it's a bit of a shock not seeing 'NUMBER 1' up front & center but this clip is taken from well into this concert💜!
Someone suggested that this is a Mississippi blues. For the record, Tin Pan Alley was a real place in New York City on 28th Street. The block between 5th and 6th Bas housed a collection of songwriters that pumped out much of the popular music that dominated the scenes of the late 1800s through the 1920s or so. This song was written by Bob Geddins and recorded by Jimmy Wilson during the early 50s. Geddins and Wilson were both West Coast bluesman out of San Francisco, though Geddins was from Texas and Wilson from New Orleans, originally. Now y'all know. God bless SRV, and everyone here helping keep the music alive
You get chills just listening to the intro of this song. It's so much better live than the recorded version. Saw Stevie Ray live and it's absolutely the biggest thrill I ever will have watching a man play the blues. Huge fan. I felt that reaction because I felt the same. Chills up my spine when he sings this song.
Stevie Ray Vaughan owned a lot of guitars. The guitar he is playing here is a Hamiltone Lurktamer Stratocaster, a custom Stratocaster-style guitar made for especially for Stevie. The old beat-up looking guitar he frequently played is a 1962/63 Fender Stratocaster affectionately called "Number One".
Aaawwwhhhh!!!! As GREAT as this is, you are truly missing out by not watching SRV do this same song with Johnny Copeland. That version even exceeds this one.
You are missing out on the legendary performance of this with Mr. Johnny Copeland...we would love to see you lose your mind seeing them together. But he sanging the hell out of this song & I am digging how he's making that guitar sing, damn I forgot about this version. If not mistaken SRV DIDN'T want to sing, glad he did. I don't like comparisons, can't we just enjoy them both? Awesome reaction.
I was backstage at the Armadillo World Headquarters when he got Tommy Shannon to quit playing with Johnny Winter and come play with him. I will never forget the look on his other bassist Jackie Newhouse when he realized he wasn't playing with Stevie anymore. Both bassist ended up back on 6th St playing again. Still my friends
Stevie had a collection of thirty (known) guitars, including a couple 6 string basses and one Steel Guitar, which he prized the most, because it was rumored to have been owned by Blind Boy Fuller.
Every performance by the greatest of them all is an EVENT.... None the same.... ALL UNIQUE! Just like The Man himself! It's so incredible ALL the people who do reviews have so much love for him.... How could you not??? He literally puts you right there with him at that very moment.... He's 1 of 1 ever made.... PERIOD!
Got to throw my hat in & say you HAVE to react to the version w/Johnny Copeland! Stevie’s always great but that version is a MASTERPIECE of a performance & you shouldn’t miss it.
Do some research on SRV. You'll be blown away! He's self taught and couldn't read music... AMAZING! Theres a " warm-up" video that you can watch that puts other musicians full concerts to shame. Check out the strings he uses on his guitars...they're heavy duty, thick gauge and he still breaks them....He was an amazing artist! The GOAT! RIP, Stevie. 🙏
Bro, I love your enthusiasm and desire to hear more of Stevie Ray's voice. Lou Ann Barton was his original singer until he was finally convinced that people also wanted to hear him sing... and dang it, he can SING!!&! 😎
I've actually did a couple shows with Stevie Ray Vaughan stagehand the best one was October 1985 Capital Theater Passaic New Jersey unbelievable concert got to meet him shake his hand sat through sound check what are human being I miss him a lot
"Life Without You" live at Capitol theater is my favorite SRV performance. Pay attention to the guitar there, lol. Also, Tin Pan Alley with Johnny Copeland is incredible.
It's fantastic seeing someone who really gets his talent. I'm gonna assume you never got to see him live. Gotta tell ya, it was the most powerful performances I've ever seen from any musician. The guy would steamroll the entire venue with emotion.
What's crazy is SRV didn't want to sing. Before Double Trouble, there was Triple Threat that included female vocalist Lou Ann Barton. She quit and everybody said, "who are we going to get to replace her"? SRV stepped up to the mic and the rest as they say, is history.
incredible. Like Jimi who thought he couldn’t sing and did his vocal recordings behind a screen. He’s so good. So expressive. And knows exactly how to sing to his playing, which is a real skill by itself. Does not get credit enough for being an A+ vocalist along with obvious all world guitar talent.
I agree with you 150%!! Years ago, when I first heard SRV, his voice floored me, not to mention his guitar. He was just the top of the heap for me. No one else is as bad as SRV, and I don't see that ever changing. Anything else you do of him is fine with me! But I love his live performance of "Life Without You" !
Stevie has another guitar that is white that was built by his friend Charlie who passed away and he wrote the most beautiful song to him called "Life without you." You've got to listen to his soft beautiful voice. 💔 RIP SRV🎸
The beat up one is Number One. I think this one was called the Main. White is Charly named after the guy he bought guitars from. Charly died of a heart attack. Lenny was bought by his wife and her friends for him for a birthday. He composed the song Lenny. He had Red, Yellow, Butter, and a plethora of others.
Stevie actually had several guitars. The one you are most familiar with is called "Number 1" and is his main bitch. He does use others for specific songs though. He had a guitar called Lenny that his wife gave to him that he used to play the song also named after her. The guitar in this video was given to him by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
About the guitars: he uses almost only Fender Strats through his whole career with very few exceptions, the one you saw in the Austin City Limits (Voodoo, Mary Had..) performances is called "number 1", is a '63 strat he's purchased in 1975, and has been the main guitar he played throughout his career, as you can see from the its conditions. The one in this video is a guitar no other than Billy Gibbons gifted him as an omage, in '84, but from '87 he hardy ever use it live. You can find almost all about his gears as it is well documented from various pages, and as the legend that surrounds him, his gears and instruments are almost a cult to know all about, as in many other cases, between guitarist. Have a nice one there mate, keep it up! :)
Sweet man 🎉Stevie has so many guitars. He can choose anyone. He wants any time at all. Love your show. Love your channel. Love you too. Rock on and Rock hard🤘✌️
Stevie has many guitars at every concert, as most musicians do. That one was made by a friend of his that had died. The song Life without You was written in his memory.
Hard to explain that magic he had from his shy, sweet personality, love for everyone he met, looks (little hubba hubba hottie!) to his natural talent & in between that evokes such emotion in all of us true fans to AND that he's educating millennials & youngins about American blues history which was something he was very passionate about.
SRV was one of those people that were meant to be heard onstage. Yes his studio albums were nothing short of epic . But onstage is where he really would shine . Keep watching the onstage stuff... many times better than the studio stuff !!
I've been waiting for this moment. Brother the funny thing is I think I know how this reaction will be perfectly after I watch, I will comment again . God bless ,you the best my brother!
You definitely need to hear 2 songs: "Life By The Drop" and "Tick Tock". Tick Tock is on The Vaughan Brothers album FAMILY STYLE. You'll understand when you hear 'em.
Tick Tock was played during Stevie's funeral. So many famous musicians were there, and what I noticed was that family, friends, fans and musicians all grieved together... no one famous that day... it was all for Stevie Ray ❤
For a long time I thought he was saying “living for the whiskeyology” which imo is a killer line. It’s actually “whiskey wine and gin” which is good too. 😂
Most guitarist have a rack of guitars at the ready when performing. While it's true he couldn't read music, his big brother Jimmy is a guitar player so it would be kinda silly to think that his brother didn't teach him the basics of music and playing.
1st go back and listen to Tin pan alley with Johnny Copland, then go watch life without you capitol theater NJ 1985 . I was raised up on SRV and the delta blues.
Just rewatched the Montreux documentary. You will definitely be glad you watched it. Both of them. The second one has the guys talking about how they heard about his helicopter crash. Heartbreaking.
He had a few guitars. SRV being his main, replaced the neck a few times. At shows he would play so hard he broke strings & would do guitar changes mid song without skipping a beat. At least 2 shows I attended he had a rack of guitars and would play a song while being handed all the guitars off the rack going from one to the next playing smoothe and steady. I miss him so much.
The one your talking about is named Lenny after his ex-wife and friends bought for his birthday when he couldn't afford to buy it. He had many guitars 🎸 and would charge depending on the sound he wanted. Sometimes even charge mid show if he felt the sound wasn't right or for a broken string which he did in Look Little Sister.
You need to check out Jeff Healey also. He was a blind guitarist /singer. Played the guitar flat on his lap. He did play with Stevie. Check out little sister with Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jeff Healey. It's amazing!!!
I've watched him play in the studio, in the bars. At the Armadillo World Headquarters at the Roam Inn on Blue Monday Soap Creek Saloon. Late night he would come by my place for shelter from the storm 🤠💕
That's "Hamiltone" he's using in this video. This looks like after he changed the amber colored knobs. There's a whole list of his different guitars he used. There's a whole page dedicated to them. It's a beautiful thing.
I get it bro I was there you got to even do the sound check there's a video out there it's called sound check Stevie Ray Vaughan check that one out enjoy the journey man he is the best
Some SRV facts: He was what we would call a child prodigy. He was playing very difficult pieces of music by the time he was 13 years old, such as covering some Chet Atkins songs. The blues was sorta considered a way of life back then, which meant drinking at dive bars and playing blues through and through to be the quintessential "Blues Man". this led him to becoming an alcoholic in his life and finding cocaine. He became such an addict that he would dissolve an 8-ball of coke in his morning whisky as a pick-me-up every day. He almost died from his partying. This event would lead him to turn his life around and become sober before he died in a helicopter crash. As I understand it, He swapped places with Eric Clapton to get onto the helicopter. A rookie pilot in a foggy night flew it directly into a hillside. The saddest day in music history in my opinion. He was beyond being amazing at the guitar. he was a pure conduit for his soul to express itself when playing the guitar. check out Lenny, and Rivera Paradise by him.
SRV had 3 or 4 guitars that he normally played. This one is a Hamilton that was custom made for him. You don't see him playing this one very much. Usually when he was playing something besides his beat up #One, that was previously owned by Christopher Cross, is because his tech was putting new strings on it or repairing it.
Delta Blues... Every now and then he'll break a string and have another one on standby... he also has a white one he plays... "Look At Little Sister" he breaks a string and switches during the song and doesn't miss a lick...
You should always watch Stevie live or you'll miss out on so much..I too agree with the others that you have to watch the version with Johnny Copeland...can you please add to the list : Ain't Gon Give Up On Love and Change It..both live from Capitol Theatre? 💞✌️🙏 I read in one of his books that he said...I'm a guitar player that has to sing...he was not comfortable with singing in the beginning
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Stevie was a friend of mine. I watched him play in many situations. He was a awesome person. Terribly missed by all of his friends 💔
Amen. So very sorry for your loss. I knew him from maybe 1987. We had an instant connection. Our friendship was just beginning really, when he passed. Our last words were love yous. These reaction videos bring me such comfort and joy knowing Stevie is aware of all this love still coming his way. Hugs ❤Donna G
What song and where when SRV broke his guitar string and switched sooooo smooth?
@@maddieme69that was “look at little sister live at Austin city limits”
Stevie's brilliant singing voice is criminally underrated!
I agree 100%!!! But u know...In the beginning, he was a guitar player. He became a singer out of necessity when Lou Ann left the band. Then after picking their jaws off the floor from hearing him play, they dropped again but not before someone exclaimed "He can sing too!?? Then it hit home for Stevie that he might be that entire package that some record promoter or manager was jaw jackin' about a while back. "Hey, I can sing! Ha haaa!" So after his gigs he did a very smart thing. He went to a friend by the name of Angela Strehle a torchy blues specialist herself, to help him hone up his "new found" talent & coach out that natural & suprising but seriously sexy vibrato! And...wait for it.......the rest is history!
in the 80's when punk and hair bands ruled the day, Stevie was playing the blues because he loved it. He had loved it from when he first picked up a guitar. He never sold out when handlers tried to get him to change . They didn't realize how many people would come to love the blues Because of Stevie. So much love and respect for the man.
I'm 86 years old and I've been listening to and loving the blues since I was a teenager. I got introduced to blues listening to Gene Nobles late at night on WLAC in Nashville where I grew up. He played some blues along with boogie. There is something undefinable about SRV, it is as if he is from another realm, no one, and nothing approaches his genius. It is difficult for me to listen to him now because I keep thinking how he was taken away from us. I can't find a way to stop the tears welling up in my eyes every time I listen to hm. Thank you, Stevie for the wonderful gifts you left for us.
Bob
God graced us with SRV for a few short years & then called him Home. When he played, he went to a special place & invited us to go on journey with him! In the words of Eric Clapton "...He was like an open channel & the music just flowed through him...He never seemed to dry up or wonder where was going to go..." Bonnie Raitt " The thing I remember most about Stevie was his PASSION for the Blues...I cut my chops touring with Buddy Guy & heard about this 'kid' who was tearing up the Blues & had to see him...He blew me away & we became good friends!"
Thank you for this wonderful comment.. thought i knew a lot at 41 years old.. if I ever see the day of turning 86 years old i will have a Heineken and think of this comment. Much love from the Netherlands
I hear you, I too am still in mourning. I can't help but wonder what his music would be like today after being sober for this long. I still remember the first time I heard him, it was Pride and Joy while driving through Guthrie OK around 7:00 pm.
Stevie was Texas blues. Dallas Tx
When you hear the version with Johnny Copeland, Stevie sings Tin Pan Alley from an outsider looking in and Johnny sings from an insider perspective. Stevie has several guitars. In one performance, a string broke on his guitar, someone brought him a 2nd guitar and he never missed a beat! The man was the GOAT!
String busting had become his iconic trademark. Heck, watching him break strings, keep on playing, make his cool & casual side look to his guitar tech & never miss a beat or a verse as the fresh one is attached, (by René Martinez another master of his craft!) that alone is jaw dropping entertainment. It also attests to the skill of THE MASTER & in case u didn't know what the crown on his hat was for! I love u SRV, u will always be my mini maestro with a big awesome sound from your heart & a big sweet smile on your face!💙
His song "Ain't Gonna Give Up On Love" Live at the Capital Theatre is the best example of his vocals....& the solo is a face-melt.
No pyro or great 'tricks'....just straight grown-folks blues.
THE GOAT OF GOATS! PERIOD! 😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
It is amazing that people with this much natural talent exist. Just mind blowing.
In some of Stevie's live videos you can see 4 or 5 guitars tuned and ready to go. Stevie broke a lot of strings! RIP Stevie 😢🙏 you are the blues 🐐!🔥❤️✌️
Have to react to the version with Johnny Copeland!!!
You need to watch Stevie Ray Vaughn and Albert King in session. It is about an hour and a half long but it is a great interview giving some insight to the beginning of Steve's career.
Also please check out his sound check video. The raw talent is on full display.
SRV is on another whole level, his beautiful music was taken from all of us way too soon!!!!!!
The absolute most emotion that I’ve seen SRV display is in his performance of “leave my girl alone” live at Austin city limits 1989. Not only does his guitar evoke such attitude, but his vocals do just as much. It’s a must watch
I've always said that if you want to hear an ANGRY guitar, listen to the exact one you mentioned here. 👍
YES,YES,YES!!!!!!!!
Top 4 or 5 of Stevie's on TH-cam!
My dude, I am a better human being because of the genius of SRV. Bless you for this. 🎸🔥
'NUMBER 1' was there too. He's just playing this one right now! Stevie has a few guitars that travel with him & he cycles through them as needed when he plays depending on situations, broken strings in the middle of performing, etc!
I know it's a bit of a shock not seeing 'NUMBER 1' up front & center but this clip is taken from well into this concert💜!
when he plays straight blues im in a trance
Stevie Ray is pure magic🤩🤩🤩
Someone suggested that this is a Mississippi blues. For the record, Tin Pan Alley was a real place in New York City on 28th Street. The block between 5th and 6th Bas housed a collection of songwriters that pumped out much of the popular music that dominated the scenes of the late 1800s through the 1920s or so. This song was written by Bob Geddins and recorded by Jimmy Wilson during the early 50s. Geddins and Wilson were both West Coast bluesman out of San Francisco, though Geddins was from Texas and Wilson from New Orleans, originally. Now y'all know. God bless SRV, and everyone here helping keep the music alive
Dang autoforkup. "5th and 6th Avenues"
You get chills just listening to the intro of this song. It's so much better live than the recorded version. Saw Stevie Ray live and it's absolutely the biggest thrill I ever will have watching a man play the blues. Huge fan. I felt that reaction because I felt the same. Chills up my spine when he sings this song.
I saw him in a bar in Georgetown in 1982 and saw him every time he was in the DC area. My favorite guitarist
Oh I really wished you had did the one with his friend Johnny Copland .
His voice is Blues Perfection. He was the chosen one to to be the heart and soul of the blues. A Magical soul. Love him.
SRV ~ 🎸🐐 THE goat of all goats
**Leave My Girl Alone at Austin City Limits 1989**
I’m a 55 yo Texan and I freakin love the blues. And I have loved Stevie Ray a lonnng time
Stevie Ray Vaughan owned a lot of guitars. The guitar he is playing here is a Hamiltone Lurktamer Stratocaster, a custom Stratocaster-style guitar made for especially for Stevie. The old beat-up looking guitar he frequently played is a 1962/63 Fender Stratocaster affectionately called "Number One".
Aaawwwhhhh!!!! As GREAT as this is, you are truly missing out by not watching SRV do this same song with Johnny Copeland. That version even exceeds this one.
You mean the one where Johnny can't remember the song and totally blows it? 😆
@@scotttrainer9704 yes!!! That one😂
Yep - that one is beyond belief
You’re right, that is THE one.
Even if you don’t react to it. Do watch the one with Johnny. It’s on another level. 🥰💯🔥🔥
You are missing out on the legendary performance of this with Mr. Johnny Copeland...we would love to see you lose your mind seeing them together. But he sanging the hell out of this song & I am digging how he's making that guitar sing, damn I forgot about this version. If not mistaken SRV DIDN'T want to sing, glad he did. I don't like comparisons, can't we just enjoy them both? Awesome reaction.
I was backstage at the Armadillo World Headquarters when he got Tommy Shannon to quit playing with Johnny Winter and come play with him. I will never forget the look on his other bassist Jackie Newhouse when he realized he wasn't playing with Stevie anymore. Both bassist ended up back on 6th St playing again. Still my friends
Seeing him play a song live is like watching Michelangelo painting in real time
Stevie had a collection of thirty (known) guitars, including a couple 6 string basses and one Steel Guitar, which he prized the most, because it was rumored to have been owned by Blind Boy Fuller.
THIRTY !!! That’s insane!
Every performance by the greatest of them all is an EVENT.... None the same.... ALL UNIQUE! Just like The Man himself! It's so incredible ALL the people who do reviews have so much love for him.... How could you not??? He literally puts you right there with him at that very moment.... He's 1 of 1 ever made.... PERIOD!
Thank you for being so excited about SRV. We love you for it.
Got to throw my hat in & say you HAVE to react to the version w/Johnny Copeland! Stevie’s always great but that version is a MASTERPIECE of a performance & you shouldn’t miss it.
It's because it hits your soul ❤✌
Do some research on SRV. You'll be blown away! He's self taught and couldn't read music... AMAZING! Theres a " warm-up" video that you can watch that puts other musicians full concerts to shame. Check out the strings he uses on his guitars...they're heavy duty, thick gauge and he still breaks them....He was an amazing artist! The GOAT! RIP, Stevie. 🙏
Check out the version he sings with Johnny Copeland, it's incredible!! Also, I absolutely loved your reaction! I feel the same way, lol.
Thanks again for reminding us SRV can sing. We who have been fans since the 80's didn't know he could sing. Thank God for you.
Thanks for showing srv again he is the Best ever.
Bro, I love your enthusiasm and desire to hear more of Stevie Ray's voice. Lou Ann Barton was his original singer until he was finally convinced that people also wanted to hear him sing... and dang it, he can SING!!&! 😎
I've actually did a couple shows with Stevie Ray Vaughan stagehand the best one was October 1985 Capital Theater Passaic New Jersey unbelievable concert got to meet him shake his hand sat through sound check what are human being I miss him a lot
"Life Without You" live at Capitol theater is my favorite SRV performance. Pay attention to the guitar there, lol.
Also, Tin Pan Alley with Johnny Copeland is incredible.
Life Without You is one of his best.
It's fantastic seeing someone who really gets his talent. I'm gonna assume you never got to see him live. Gotta tell ya, it was the most powerful performances I've ever seen from any musician. The guy would steamroll the entire venue with emotion.
1985... the year i graduated. The best music ever
This might be Mississippi blues but Stevie is all Texas.
What's crazy is SRV didn't want to sing. Before Double Trouble, there was Triple Threat that included female vocalist Lou Ann Barton. She quit and everybody said, "who are we going to get to replace her"? SRV stepped up to the mic and the rest as they say, is history.
incredible. Like Jimi who thought he couldn’t sing and did his vocal recordings behind a screen. He’s so good. So expressive. And knows exactly how to sing to his playing, which is a real skill by itself. Does not get credit enough for being an A+ vocalist along with obvious all world guitar talent.
I agree with you 150%!! Years ago, when I first heard SRV, his voice floored me, not to mention his guitar. He was just the top of the heap for me. No one else is as bad as SRV, and I don't see that ever changing. Anything else you do of him is fine with me! But I love his live performance of "Life Without You" !
And "the sky is crying ". Love SRV
Stevie has another guitar that is white that was built by his friend Charlie who passed away and he wrote the most beautiful song to him called "Life without you."
You've got to listen to his soft beautiful voice. 💔 RIP SRV🎸
Now listen to the version with SRV and Johnny Copeland. ❤ I love your reactions by the way
Life without you live in New Jersey is an absolute must your mind will be blown! RIP SRV
The beat up one is Number One. I think this one was called the Main. White is Charly named after the guy he bought guitars from. Charly died of a heart attack. Lenny was bought by his wife and her friends for him for a birthday. He composed the song Lenny. He had Red, Yellow, Butter, and a plethora of others.
Yes, this is The Main, a beautiful custom guitar made especially for Stevie. 🎸
Stevie actually had several guitars. The one you are most familiar with is called "Number 1" and is his main bitch. He does use others for specific songs though. He had a guitar called Lenny that his wife gave to him that he used to play the song also named after her. The guitar in this video was given to him by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
Supernatural Stevie.
About the guitars: he uses almost only Fender Strats through his whole career with very few exceptions, the one you saw in the Austin City Limits (Voodoo, Mary Had..) performances is called "number 1", is a '63 strat he's purchased in 1975, and has been the main guitar he played throughout his career, as you can see from the its conditions. The one in this video is a guitar no other than Billy Gibbons gifted him as an omage, in '84, but from '87 he hardy ever use it live. You can find almost all about his gears as it is well documented from various pages, and as the legend that surrounds him, his gears and instruments are almost a cult to know all about, as in many other cases, between guitarist.
Have a nice one there mate, keep it up! :)
“leave my girl alone” live at Austin city limits 1989
Sweet man 🎉Stevie has so many guitars. He can choose anyone. He wants any time at all. Love your show. Love your channel. Love you too. Rock on and Rock hard🤘✌️
Watching you react is as much fun as reliving his performances.
His best vocal imo. Not fair to be a top 5 GOAT guitarist and also be a killer blues vocalist.
Stevie has many guitars at every concert, as most musicians do. That one was made by a friend of his that had died. The song Life without You was written in his memory.
I fell in love with his voice when I first heard him just talking in an interview around 84. Then I listened to his music. Hooked ever since ❤
Hard to explain that magic he had from his shy, sweet personality, love for everyone he met, looks (little hubba hubba hottie!) to his natural talent & in between that evokes such emotion in all of us true fans to AND that he's educating millennials & youngins about American blues history which was something he was very passionate about.
He uses several guitars I know he has a solid white one and a red one too. Watch him make the guitar switch in" life without you" capitol theater 1985
I think so too. His voice is smooth and gritty.
That was a mild performance of that song for him there is versions with guitar solos that will blow your mind
He had a bunch of guitars But you can bet he had the one that had SRV on it
SRV was one of those people that were meant to be heard onstage. Yes his studio albums were nothing short of epic . But onstage is where he really would shine . Keep watching the onstage stuff... many times better than the studio stuff !!
I love your reactions! That's exactly how I feel!
Really enjoyed your reaction again. I agree with you that many overlook Stevie's voice because he is so good with a guitar. He had a great voice.
I've been waiting for this moment. Brother the funny thing is I think I know how this reaction will be perfectly after I watch, I will comment again . God bless ,you the best my brother!
If you check his wiki, there's a list of all his guitars and equipment.
You definitely need to hear 2 songs: "Life By The Drop" and "Tick Tock". Tick Tock is on The Vaughan Brothers album FAMILY STYLE. You'll understand when you hear 'em.
Tick Tock was played during Stevie's funeral. So many famous musicians were there, and what I noticed was that family, friends, fans and musicians all grieved together... no one famous that day... it was all for Stevie Ray ❤
You'll love SRV singing Dirty Pool at Montreux '82. My favorite!
That style of blues is In many of us😌
For a long time I thought he was saying “living for the whiskeyology” which imo is a killer line. It’s actually “whiskey wine and gin” which is good too. 😂
Most guitarist have a rack of guitars at the ready when performing.
While it's true he couldn't read music, his big brother Jimmy is a guitar player so it would be kinda silly to think that his brother didn't teach him the basics of music and playing.
He brought 13 guitar's with em every gig. His fav was #1. He loved Charlie his second fav. Hes playin' Lenny right now.
His best old, beat up guitar he calls, "The One".😢
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Loved that reaction.
That guitar was a gift from Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top).
he is top 5 all-time to me
1st go back and listen to Tin pan alley with Johnny Copland, then go watch life without you capitol theater NJ 1985 . I was raised up on SRV and the delta blues.
Just rewatched the Montreux documentary. You will definitely be glad you watched it. Both of them. The second one has the guys talking about how they heard about his helicopter crash. Heartbreaking.
He had a few guitars. SRV being his main, replaced the neck a few times. At shows he would play so hard he broke strings & would do guitar changes mid song without skipping a beat. At least 2 shows I attended he had a rack of guitars and would play a song while being handed all the guitars off the rack going from one to the next playing smoothe and steady. I miss him so much.
The one your talking about is named Lenny after his ex-wife and friends bought for his birthday when he couldn't afford to buy it. He had many guitars 🎸 and would charge depending on the sound he wanted. Sometimes even charge mid show if he felt the sound wasn't right or for a broken string which he did in Look Little Sister.
His vocals are amazing on "ain't gonna give up on love
You need to check out Jeff Healey also. He was a blind guitarist /singer. Played the guitar flat on his lap. He did play with Stevie. Check out little sister with Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jeff Healey. It's amazing!!!
I've watched him play in the studio, in the bars. At the Armadillo World Headquarters at the Roam Inn on Blue Monday Soap Creek Saloon. Late night he would come by my place for shelter from the storm 🤠💕
life without you at the capital theater is one of stevies best performances
That's "Hamiltone" he's using in this video. This looks like after he changed the amber colored knobs. There's a whole list of his different guitars he used. There's a whole page dedicated to them. It's a beautiful thing.
I get it bro I was there you got to even do the sound check there's a video out there it's called sound check Stevie Ray Vaughan check that one out enjoy the journey man he is the best
Some SRV facts:
He was what we would call a child prodigy. He was playing very difficult pieces of music by the time he was 13 years old, such as covering some Chet Atkins songs. The blues was sorta considered a way of life back then, which meant drinking at dive bars and playing blues through and through to be the quintessential "Blues Man". this led him to becoming an alcoholic in his life and finding cocaine. He became such an addict that he would dissolve an 8-ball of coke in his morning whisky as a pick-me-up every day. He almost died from his partying. This event would lead him to turn his life around and become sober before he died in a helicopter crash. As I understand it, He swapped places with Eric Clapton to get onto the helicopter. A rookie pilot in a foggy night flew it directly into a hillside. The saddest day in music history in my opinion.
He was beyond being amazing at the guitar. he was a pure conduit for his soul to express itself when playing the guitar.
check out Lenny, and Rivera Paradise by him.
SRV had 3 or 4 guitars that he normally played. This one is a Hamilton that was custom made for him. You don't see him playing this one very much. Usually when he was playing something besides his beat up #One, that was previously owned by Christopher Cross, is because his tech was putting new strings on it or repairing it.
You should have seen him live...he was AMAZING the 5 times I saw him in ATL. Watch Tin Pan Alley with Johnny Copeland...whoa
Anither great reaction! You should check out: couldn't stand the weather from the same concert in capitol theatre!
He is Texas blues!
Watch this song where he shares the stage with johnny copeland!!! They also do little sister together, an absolute must watch!!!
Magical
Delta Blues... Every now and then he'll break a string and have another one on standby... he also has a white one he plays... "Look At Little Sister" he breaks a string and switches during the song and doesn't miss a lick...
You should always watch Stevie live or you'll miss out on so much..I too agree with the others that you have to watch the version with Johnny Copeland...can you please add to the list : Ain't Gon Give Up On Love and Change It..both live from Capitol Theatre? 💞✌️🙏
I read in one of his books that he said...I'm a guitar player that has to sing...he was not comfortable with singing in the beginning
Definitely check out full version "Tin Pan Alley Live with Jonny Copeland"...doesn't cut short like this one.
Watch him sing 'Crossfire' live if you wanna see him vocalize!
It's never too late to learn! I picked up guitar at 27!