Yeah, very crowded top, depending on personal chemistry and style one likes. But SRV is def. at the very very top if we go by just pure skill and sound
I have come to the opinion that trying to come up with hard ratings list is corrosive to actually enjoying sh*. So I'll just say they're in the top range or otherwise... no need to get picky.
@@Songfugel I agree. Stevie is my personal favourite, but Eddie Van Halen also had some tremendous skill and helped evolve guitar playing - just like SVR. He doesn't get the recognition he deserves, imo.
SRV is definitely a rabbit hole to go down. They say the spring rains here in Texas is her crying for her lost sons. The years when it floods are when she has been listening to Stevie on the wind.
One night my dad called me into his and my moms room. He was sitting on the edge of the bed and had on Austin City Limits, SRV was the concert that night. He told me I needed to sit down and watch this with him. It absolutely blew my mind and was an important moment in the development of my musical taste. Its one of my favorite memories with my Dad, RIP Dad.
On a Sunday afternoon in 1980, Iwas channel surfing, and watched him do this on ACL. My mouth flew open, and I couldn't breathe. My dad came in, and asked what was wrong. I said I have never seen or heard anything like this. I saw SRV 3 times live, the last one was 2 weeks before he died. Your dad was right. in my mind, the greatest of all.
Have to mention that this is originally a Jimi Hendrix song. SRV does a lot of Hendrix covers, and he's probably the only player who can do them justice lol
I think Gary and Stevie are the only two that do Hendrix covers justice. I've been obsessed with Gary's live version of Voodoo Child lately, completely mind-melting.
I agree little wing live at El Mochambo is the acid test the Benchmark that guitarists have to reach I seriously don,r think any will surpass this performance
Stevie Ray Vaughan was awesome. He went to Stockard Jr. High as I did then on to Kimball High School. I attended his Funeral at Laurel Land Cemetary in Oak Cliff in Dallas where he and I are from. Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Brown and Stevie Wonder were there. I'm so glad I went. Wish there had been no funeral and he was still playing.
Your next experience should be "Texas Flood" performed at el Mocambo, followed by "Little Wing" at the same venue, then "Life Without You" performed at the Capitol Theatre. If you study him, he played with very heavy gauge strings and had them lifted high so that he could get the sound he was looking for. He was also "musically illiterate" as he could not read a lick of music. He was truly special.
I was fortunate enough to have my wife buy tickets to his concert at the Gorge Amphitheater for my 35th birthday. This was a month before he died. So grateful to have seen him live before he passed.
Jimi Hendrix was his idol, he went to Jimi's father and asked permission to do this song. Rumor has it Mr Hendrix gave Jimi's foot pedal to him. My favorite is Look Little Sister.
Had the great fortune to see him play in ’89, only a year before he died in a helicopter crash @ the age of 35, still not completely over it. Amazing, one-of-a-kind guitarist. RIP SRV.
You gotta know that when your on stage playing with and impressing BB King and Albert King you ARE one of the top 5 guitar players to ever live!! RIP SRV you were incredible!!
You haven't even touched the surface. Try SRV Texas Flood, live at El Mocambo.... you'll be even more amazed. Stevie is the GOAT Blues guitarist for a reason. The last concert I went to was the one at Alpine Valley, the night he died. I haven't felt like going to a concert since then. RIP, Sir.
I was there also. BAD fog. He came out and played "Sweet Home Chicago" with Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, his brother Jimmy Lee Vaughn and Buddy Guy as part of Clapton's encore.
I was fortunate enough to have seen SRV seven times before his untimely passing. This Austin City Limits show definitely illustrates that the world lost another great guitar player before his time. "The Lord done called another blues player back home". RIP SRV
I'm from Austin Texas. We have family that is close with Stevie's brother. He played at our family reunion a couple years back. Just as talented, but maybe not as creative? He covered this and all the other Stevie Ray hits to the tee. Love me some Stevie Ray Vaughn!
This is a Hendrix song but Stevie has added his own special Texas special sauce to it and made it his own with his amazing band along for the ride. It's obvious he loved Hendrix.
Jimi is the original but SRV raised the bar. "LIFE WITHOUT YOU" LIVE, "LENNY" Live, "Mary HAD A LITTLE LAMB" same gig you just viewed, "TEXAS FLOOD" LIVE El Macambo
I don't know about "raising the bar" since a LOT of Stevie was standing on the shoulders of giants - literally copping T Bone's licks and obviously Jimi's Strat thing, I'd say he added his "flavah" but wasn't as "original" as T Bone or Jimi. On a macro level though I would never say who is "better" on this planet in any time of history about any person or band; to me you either "make the club" or you didn't because after a certain "level" and it could be artistic or skill or both but once you're in the club nobody is good or bad - you are all unique and frankly bad ass. Who is better, Eddie or Jimi or Stevie? The answer is YES. ☮
SRV Unplugged....filmed not too long before he died. Watch him crank out "Rude Mood" on a 12 string and also belt out "Pride and Joy" all acoustic. Amazing!!
Interesting to see this as a reverse image. I talked a friend into going to see him just before he became famous around 40 years ago. Whenever I run into him, the 1st thing he does is thanks me for taking him with me to that concert.
As a kid of the 80’s, not a month goes by I don’t regret saving a couple of weeks of drinking money to go see SRV live at MSG before he passed. Top 5 guitarists of all time EASILY.
back when the drinking age in Texas was 18, then got raised to 19 for a few years before 21...sneaking in the bars to see Stevie play was a lot easier then. Trying to explain to my parents how I was going to put nearly 2k miles on the car just to go see the man play in Houston, not as easy... But what a treasure to have those memories now.
he stopped in occasionally to a lil blues club I worked at in Louisville called "Stages" he would pop in and jam for fun.. He was in there just a few days before the Helicopter accident that took him away from the world much too soon
I saw him twice. Class of '86, SRV saved the 80's for me with a few other artists. The show I saw had Jeff Beck open and they jammed together a long time at the end.
When you are growing up as a teen, you get exposed to the greats from the earlier generations, and sometimes you get jealous and start to wish you had your own greats. I , as someone who was a teen in the 80's, often looked upon Jimi Hendrix with awe, and it was he who I based my lament upon. He was a mythical creature. Yet it was Jimi who led me to another. I had heard of a guitarist who did a cover of "Little Wing," so I went to seek this man out. It turned out to be SRV. My lament soon disappeared, for in our midst, there was another great. One my generation could claim its own. But sadly, SRV was not long for this world, and he too would enter the realm of the mythical creature.
The candle that burns twice bright, burns twice fast. Unfortunately for Hendrix and SRV, it was fate instead of their own actions that made that hold true. Yet more proof that this world (and if there is a God, he as well), hates us and refuses joy to spread and flourish.
Rude Mood and Mary Had a Little Lamb. Check out both of these by SRV. I remember when I was around 6 or 7 asking my dad who the greatest guitarist ever was. He answered without hesitation Stevie Ray Vaughan. I had no idea who that was at that time. Sadly I didn't listen to my first SRV song until probably 10 years later, I was stuck on Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Eagles, CCR, and AC/DC, and since that moment I've never once doubted that SRV was the greatest ever. Ever time I watch this man play a guitar I'm blown away by how effortlessly he creates magic. Lost him way too soon.
I saw him live in 1983 and he just got better after that. A good friend saw his concert with Robert Cray and Eric Clapton, the day he died, and she said he played like he knew - best performance ever.
Stevie ask Jimi's Dad if he would give his permission to cover this iconic Hendrix song. Jimi's dad was thankful to the point he gave Stevie Jimi's WaWa Pedal which he's likely using right here.
B.B King said, “ I play in sentences, Stevie plays in paragraphs” ! The base player & drummer are phenomenal! Homage to Jimm Hendrix neither could read a single music note! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Perfection! Loved your reaction. Stevie was as kind, gentle and humble as he was talented. Please react to his version of “Tin Pan Alley” featuring Johnny Copeland, and then “Mary Had a Little Lamb” from Austin 1989. Thank you so much for giving my buddy his due. Donna G❤️
Jimi Hendrix was one of SRV's heroes. Went to Jimi's Father for permission to do this song and Jimi's father gave SRV Jimi's foot pedal that SRV used from that moment on. Also brought up in the Texas Blues scene and early on Albert King took him under his wing. Mr. King saw SRV's talent and helped him along the way and always stayed friends. SRV always showing him great respect. Now they are all gone. RIP
The part about him going to Jimi's father is completely untrue. That's a story that makes the rounds every so often and people share it, but it is not true. He wound up with Jimi's pedal because his brother (Jimmie Vaughan) opened for Hendrix and Hendrix's pedal was not working correctly, so he offered it to Jimmie in exchange for his plus some cash. Jimmie in turn gave it to Stevie.
I grew up with his music, it still shocks me that people don't know or haven't heard it. Thanks Dad and Mom for introducing me to all your music and letting me introduce you to mine. From Jazz to Folk to Punk to Country. All genre were in my house. Dad especially likes Texas music.
Saw him in Indianapolis right before he died and it slammed. Been to some great shows and this one remains the best groove of all time. Blasting guitar so hard strings broke three times and never missed a note. True genius...Perhaps, the best ever!
There has been a gorgeous and intimidating portrait of SRV hanging on the living room wall at my mother's since I was a child. Now that I've moved out of my mother's place and she's moved to a smaller one herself, the frame is now up on my own wall. The man was an absolute legend and was taken from this Earth too soon. Inarguably a #GuitarGOAT and one of the best to ever pick up the instrument. Please check out more videos from him, but you have to watch live to really appreciate why he was such a legend. #RIPSRV #RosesForStevie \m/
WOW!!! First reaction video That actually spelled the song correctly I am correctly I am so amazed. This song was originally done by Jimi Hendrix. However this is the only version That sounds like the original. He does embellish a little, but is keeping with the original intent. In fact it was like Jimi Hendrix himself was channeling through Stevie Ray Vaughan
I am mesmerized by this man's style: his hat, the way he manipulates that guitar, his passion, confidence, endurance, and on and on!! It's been said he started playing the guitar at seven years old. I think not. I think when he was in his mamma's belly he got a head-start and was strumming the umbilical cord. He's self-taught, too. Gifted as all heck! I'm sad he was taken from us so early in life. Can you imagine had he still been alive how is music would have branched out like nobody's business.
One reactor couple listening to this recently said "You know there is no sheet music to this. He's just playing it off the cuff." Could you imagine trying to read this on sheet music?
I love watching people hearing music I've always loved for the first time. Especially folks like you who understand what makes music good. It's like hearing it for the first time again myself. After your first reaction, mine was, "Oh, dude, just wait." So thanks for this. :) SRV was a legend. I still miss him and always will. Try his version of "Little Wing." Another Hendrix tune he made his own.
I agree! His face says sooo much! It gives me a thrill just seeing his reaction! Am so glad I found this guy and can follow him. It has renewed some of my long-ago infatuation with some legends!😊
Incredible talent. And his band kept up with him, they were great talents, too. Texas Flood is one of my favorites-- aw, they're all my favorites anything he played! ❤
I saw him open for the Moody Blues I want to say in 82 or 83. It was just before his big breakthrough. Everyone's jaws were dropped. I remember going to the men's room after his set and every one was just in awe saying "Did you see that?" "WTF?!" I'm so grateful I had the opportunity to see him live. Truly gifted and one of the top guitarist ever!
🙌👏‼️yeah! Stevie Ray🔥‼️. One of my favorite reactors finally witnessed a sliver of the greatness of my favorite artist🎸🎶‼️ It shows how deep is your musical knowledge and experience that within the first minute you said this was a master class and he came out of his mother with this talent. Truth💯 This is a great version but I encourage you to watch this song by him performed in Toyko in 1985. Even without reacting to it, you owe it to yourself to watch. Next level in free flowing creativity, and stellar musicianship. So Stevie is at home in the blues. He grew up teaching himself to play by listening to records by Albert King, BB King, many others. He doesn't read music but it doesn't matter cuz music reads him. He is an open channel that music flows through. He loses himself in sweet surrender and gets swept away in musical bliss and takes us all with him. More please✌️ always live performances as witnessing his playing has the most magic in it. BTW, your video image is reversed and is very distracting.
Perfect rabbit hole to go down. I did a year ago, bought a guitar a couple months later and found a new passion. Stevie, Gary Moore, and Hendrix - best to ever do it. And if you plan on checking out more of his music, I HIGHLY suggest "Little Wing" @ the El Mocambo, "Lenny" @ the El Mocambo, or "Life Without You" @ the Capitol Theatre. Absolutely mind blowing performances, almost incomprehensible.
We were fortunate enough to see Stevie Ray Vaughn perform in Halifax, NS, Canada back in 1988. He died in 1990. One of the best concerts I ever went to.
Stevie played with so much feeling its insane. You could literally be playing the same exact chords and notes and it would sound NOTHING like SRV. Cuz he had that groove, that touch, that sound!
Stevie is the greatest guitar virtuoso to have ever walked this planet, yes, even better than Hendrix... Side note: the "Wah-Wah" pedal you see him steppin on is the exact pedal that Jimi Hendrix used on stage many times, it was gifted to Stevie by the Hendrix family, and it now resides in an SVR display in a museum in Texas...
One of the other really great things about SRV - as much as he is clearly a master of his craft, get him up there playing with someone else and he fits into their song, he doesn't take it away. Much to our chagrin at times, perhaps, but super classy. He is definitely one to always pick the liver version when available, it is always better.
Saw Stevie live in 1985 in Seattle Washington actually got to shake the mans hand, when you get a chance you should check out “life with out you live at capital theater” guitar playing is next level and there is a message in the song that applies even todays social climate!!!!
Try this on for size. The man put on a sound check like most bands hope to end a full show. It looks like he just woke up and hasn't had his coffee yet ... until he straps on the guitar.
Life without you, is one of his most touching songs. Written for his good friend after his death, and played on the guitar that good friend made for Stevie.
He was the best & a kind and humble soul! Texas Flood live from the El Mocombo is incredible. He also has a performance with Jeff Healey, the song is Look At Little Sister & will have you dancing in your chair. For a performance that highlights his ability, his spirit & his singing & songwriting talent check out Life Without You from the Capitol Theater.
The guitar is not just an extension of his brain but his soul. Anyone can learn to technically play the notes but that soul? You either have it or you don't. Also, love your line "He came out of his mother with that guitar". I'm not sure if somebody pointed it out but he actually asked Jimi Hendrix's father if it would be ok to cover the song and Jimi's father gave him Jimi's Wah Wah pedal that is being used in this performance.
Love SRV!!!!! I discovered him too late in my life and never had the chance to see him live. The closest I got to it was seeing Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Double Trouble play SRV songs for a little over a hour. That was pretty good too!!!! LOL
I'm addicted to SRV reaction videos. a lot of people put it like my man here said "he came out of his mother this way" referring to his talent. what I don't hear often is that it's the fruit of A LOT OF PRACTICE. what SRV had that helped him to reach this inimaginable level, imho, apart from talent (obviously), was his love for the blues. over here in portugal we have a saying "the runner who runs for pleasure doesn't get tired". and SRV didn't get tired of playin, they say he played ALL THE TIME. thank you for this video!
As much as I love the Hendrix covers such as this and "Little Wing", when Stevie Ray plays Blues is where he is a sheer joy to watch. "Ain't gone and give up on Love" is one of my favorites. "May I have a talk with you" is another. But I find that most anything of his reaches inside of you. He seems to take you wherever he is, and I love going there with him every chance I get.
Hey it's the 78 year old grandma, welcome to the world of the greatest R&B guitarists to ever grace the stage, Believe it or not Stevie either could not or did not read music. Each song was played differently each time he played. This fantastic band was able to keep up with him no matter what, he once broke a string on his guitar, then changed guitars in mid performance, with the band never skipping a beat, it's on one of his videos. You must watch Texas flood, will blow you away.
I was fortunate to see him play in Cincinnati during the late 80s along w his brother Jimmy & Double Trouble. What a spectacular show! Absolutely insane! A month or so after the concert I found out that one of the guys I worked w was a good friend of SRV & that they were going on a fishing trip for walleye on lk Erie. He asked if I wanted to go pending Stevie's approval. Stevie said yes!!! Sadly Stevie meet his fate in the devastating plane crash before the fishing but I always thought how cool of him to allow someone he'd never meet go fishing w him. RIP SRV, legend!
You gotta listen to "Look at Little Sister" from the same show. I'd tell you what he manages to pull off in this performance but honestly, it's like a spoiler. Absolute legend on the guitar, died way too young.
HE'S BIGGEST , the best tribute ever given to Jimi Hendrix. There will never be anything like this again. SRV RIP , deep in my heart i can hear what You are tryed to tell us . He was a wizard on the guitar . He went to heaven too soon , to jam with Jimi ... listened by Angels of the first degree
Used to work in a small bar in Baton Rouge called Chief's back in the 70's. Stevie used to play there all the time when traveling between Texas and New Orleans. Would always do his set and finish last part of show doing Hendrix. Guy was so smooth while absolutely shredding it. He was also very cool with the staff. Really kind and gentle. Miss him
SRV is seriously one of the best guitarists who ever lived.
Ya, like top 3. With Jimmi and Van Halen.
Yeah, very crowded top, depending on personal chemistry and style one likes. But SRV is def. at the very very top if we go by just pure skill and sound
I have come to the opinion that trying to come up with hard ratings list is corrosive to actually enjoying sh*.
So I'll just say they're in the top range or otherwise... no need to get picky.
@@Songfugel I agree. Stevie is my personal favourite, but Eddie Van Halen also had some tremendous skill and helped evolve guitar playing - just like SVR. He doesn't get the recognition he deserves, imo.
He up there!
Robert Cray once said "There's going to be a lot of frustrated guitarists trying to pick up where Stevie left off". Truth.
+1 for Robert Cray!
He left off where jimi did in 1970 and just copied. Never took that next step. JS
@@jamescowan3651For me, I prefer SRV.
Robert Cray knew what he was talking about. The phenomenal Stevie Ray Vaughan.
SRV is definitely a rabbit hole to go down. They say the spring rains here in Texas is her crying for her lost sons. The years when it floods are when she has been listening to Stevie on the wind.
Yes, please react to Texas Flood at the El Macambo. It's a classic.
Oh man yeah, Stevie Ray Vaughn is a huge rabbit hole.. Jimi Hendrix is another one. Huge.
@@Blasserman That entire show is a classic.
Reading this, someone in SC tears falling .
Beautiful ♥️
You just fell down the SRV rabbit hole. Have fun. Best guitarist that ever graced the planet. RIP SRV.
One night my dad called me into his and my moms room. He was sitting on the edge of the bed and had on Austin City Limits, SRV was the concert that night. He told me I needed to sit down and watch this with him. It absolutely blew my mind and was an important moment in the development of my musical taste. Its one of my favorite memories with my Dad, RIP Dad.
What a great memory of your Dad. Miss mine a lot.
Hell yeah to your pops. RIP. What a unique experience. I have many that are similar growing up in TX and my pops being an ACL lover from way back!
On a Sunday afternoon in 1980, Iwas channel surfing, and watched him do this on ACL. My mouth flew open, and I couldn't breathe. My dad came in, and asked what was wrong. I said I have never seen or heard anything like this. I saw SRV 3 times live, the last one was 2 weeks before he died. Your dad was right. in my mind, the greatest of all.
Have to mention that this is originally a Jimi Hendrix song. SRV does a lot of Hendrix covers, and he's probably the only player who can do them justice lol
My favorite SRV hendrix covers has got to be Little Wing. Lboyd you gotta check out Little Wing.
do them justice and then blow it out of the water
Stevie is doin' this one lefty.
I think Gary and Stevie are the only two that do Hendrix covers justice. I've been obsessed with Gary's live version of Voodoo Child lately, completely mind-melting.
@@omniversalll Eric Gales is killer too. More modern style, but still very much blues. One of the most unique players around today.
His cover of Little Wing (again a Hendrix cover) is absolutely insane, and should be required listening for any music efficionado.
And he went to Mr. Hendrix senior and asked for permission to do Jimmy's music. Mr. Hendrix's Sr. gave him Jimmy's pedal which he used in his cover .
My favorite. Little Wing is a must-listen!
that is absolutely my favorite song ever. It's on every playlist I make.
I agree little wing live at El Mochambo is the acid test the Benchmark that guitarists have to reach I seriously don,r think any will surpass this performance
Stevie Ray Vaughan was awesome. He went to Stockard Jr. High as I did then on to Kimball High School. I attended his Funeral at Laurel Land Cemetary in Oak Cliff in Dallas where he and I are from. Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Brown and Stevie Wonder were there. I'm so glad I went. Wish there had been no funeral and he was still playing.
Your next experience should be "Texas Flood" performed at el Mocambo, followed by "Little Wing" at the same venue, then "Life Without You" performed at the Capitol Theatre. If you study him, he played with very heavy gauge strings and had them lifted high so that he could get the sound he was looking for. He was also "musically illiterate" as he could not read a lick of music. He was truly special.
Thank you ma'am for that bit of information.
I would add Little Sister Live at Austin City Limits
Also add Mary Had a Little Lamb.
What she said
100%!
I was fortunate enough to have my wife buy tickets to his concert at the Gorge Amphitheater for my 35th birthday. This was a month before he died. So grateful to have seen him live before he passed.
Jimi Hendrix was his idol, he went to Jimi's father and asked permission to do this song. Rumor has it Mr Hendrix gave Jimi's foot pedal to him. My favorite is Look Little Sister.
the one with jeff healey
I saw a picture of SRV and the caption said the scarf he was wearing around his neck had belonged to Jimi Hendrix.
You've selected one of the guitarists of all time.
Not only one of the guitarists but also one of the best guitarists! JK Cap'n, couldn't pass it up 😁
Yep...he's one of them alright!
Yep, 100%. Any rock/blues genre list ought to have him Top 5, no problem.
For me, he’s top 3 and certainly in the conversation for #1.
I would argue THE greatest!
straight facts
This guy should be on the radio. He's got one of the best speaking voices ive ever heard
Had the great fortune to see him play in ’89, only a year before he died in a helicopter crash @ the age of 35, still not completely over it. Amazing, one-of-a-kind guitarist. RIP SRV.
You gotta know that when your on stage playing with and impressing BB King and Albert King you ARE one of the top 5 guitar players to ever live!! RIP SRV you were incredible!!
I lived in Austin from '80 - '93 and saw SRV live at least 30 times until his untimely death in '90...amazing talent...truly missed...RIP Stevie
You haven't even touched the surface. Try SRV Texas Flood, live at El Mocambo.... you'll be even more amazed. Stevie is the GOAT Blues guitarist for a reason. The last concert I went to was the one at Alpine Valley, the night he died. I haven't felt like going to a concert since then. RIP, Sir.
I was there also. BAD fog. He came out and played "Sweet Home Chicago" with Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, his brother Jimmy Lee Vaughn and Buddy Guy as part of Clapton's encore.
I was fortunate enough to have seen SRV seven times before his untimely passing. This Austin City Limits show definitely illustrates that the world lost another great guitar player before his time. "The Lord done called another blues player back home". RIP SRV
I'm from Austin Texas. We have family that is close with Stevie's brother. He played at our family reunion a couple years back. Just as talented, but maybe not as creative? He covered this and all the other Stevie Ray hits to the tee. Love me some Stevie Ray Vaughn!
Jimmie Vaughan. I saw him with the Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1986.
Just saw Jimmie back in September with Clapton in Austin.
This is a Hendrix song but Stevie has added his own special Texas special sauce to it and made it his own with his amazing band along for the ride. It's obvious he loved Hendrix.
Major truth
Jimi is the original but SRV raised the bar. "LIFE WITHOUT YOU" LIVE, "LENNY" Live, "Mary HAD A LITTLE LAMB" same gig you just viewed, "TEXAS FLOOD" LIVE El Macambo
than wait tell you figure out who steve vai is
and u also have look at little sister with that amazing guitar switch
In terms of his great performances, those are the perfect suggestions!
@@johnroop9625 Great minds think alike! Lets hope he gets to them....
I don't know about "raising the bar" since a LOT of Stevie was standing on the shoulders of giants - literally copping T Bone's licks and obviously Jimi's Strat thing, I'd say he added his "flavah" but wasn't as "original" as T Bone or Jimi. On a macro level though I would never say who is "better" on this planet in any time of history about any person or band; to me you either "make the club" or you didn't because after a certain "level" and it could be artistic or skill or both but once you're in the club nobody is good or bad - you are all unique and frankly bad ass. Who is better, Eddie or Jimi or Stevie? The answer is YES. ☮
SRV Unplugged....filmed not too long before he died. Watch him crank out "Rude Mood" on a 12 string and also belt out "Pride and Joy" all acoustic. Amazing!!
Interesting to see this as a reverse image.
I talked a friend into going to see him just before he became famous around 40 years ago. Whenever I run into him, the 1st thing he does is thanks me for taking him with me to that concert.
Please dive into some more SRV. In my opinion, this isn’t even one of his better songs. His music is outstanding.
Jimi wrote the song, and Stevie idolized him, and now they're both jammin in heaven at the pearly gates lounge.
The best guitarist that ever walked the face of our planet. I'm proud he's a fellow Texan.
As a kid of the 80’s, not a month goes by I don’t regret saving a couple of weeks of drinking money to go see SRV live at MSG before he passed.
Top 5 guitarists of all time EASILY.
back when the drinking age in Texas was 18, then got raised to 19 for a few years before 21...sneaking in the bars to see Stevie play was a lot easier then. Trying to explain to my parents how I was going to put nearly 2k miles on the car just to go see the man play in Houston, not as easy... But what a treasure to have those memories now.
he stopped in occasionally to a lil blues club I worked at in Louisville called "Stages" he would pop in and jam for fun.. He was in there just a few days before the Helicopter accident that took him away from the world much too soon
I saw him twice. Class of '86, SRV saved the 80's for me with a few other artists. The show I saw had Jeff Beck open and they jammed together a long time at the end.
When you are growing up as a teen, you get exposed to the greats from the earlier generations, and sometimes you get jealous and start to wish you had your own greats. I , as someone who was a teen in the 80's, often looked upon Jimi Hendrix with awe, and it was he who I based my lament upon. He was a mythical creature. Yet it was Jimi who led me to another. I had heard of a guitarist who did a cover of "Little Wing," so I went to seek this man out. It turned out to be SRV. My lament soon disappeared, for in our midst, there was another great. One my generation could claim its own. But sadly, SRV was not long for this world, and he too would enter the realm of the mythical creature.
The candle that burns twice bright, burns twice fast.
Unfortunately for Hendrix and SRV, it was fate instead of their own actions that made that hold true. Yet more proof that this world (and if there is a God, he as well), hates us and refuses joy to spread and flourish.
Rude Mood and Mary Had a Little Lamb. Check out both of these by SRV. I remember when I was around 6 or 7 asking my dad who the greatest guitarist ever was. He answered without hesitation Stevie Ray Vaughan. I had no idea who that was at that time. Sadly I didn't listen to my first SRV song until probably 10 years later, I was stuck on Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Eagles, CCR, and AC/DC, and since that moment I've never once doubted that SRV was the greatest ever. Ever time I watch this man play a guitar I'm blown away by how effortlessly he creates magic. Lost him way too soon.
Yes we did. I heard someone say that his guitar had a direct line to his brain. Truth.
Eric Clapton gave his seat in the chopper to Stevie....we wouldn't have missed Clapton one quarter as much.
If you notice this video and the “Texas Flood” video you will see that he is also an ambidextrous guitar player!!! 🤯 GOAT
texas flood with albert king !! albert king x SRV is one of the best concerts i ever saw....sadly on youtube lol
especially at the El Mocambo🙃
@ Jason Moss What??? You're kidding, right? You do realize what you were seeing here is a mirror image?
I saw him live in 1983 and he just got better after that. A good friend saw his concert with Robert Cray and Eric Clapton, the day he died, and she said he played like he knew - best performance ever.
I couldn't write a better comment than "this man's guitar is an extension of his brain."
Id say, it's an extension of his soul.
Stevie ask Jimi's Dad if he would give his permission to cover this iconic Hendrix song. Jimi's dad was thankful to the point he gave Stevie Jimi's WaWa Pedal which he's likely using right here.
His cover of Hendrix's "Little Wing" is pretty unbelievable.
B.B King said, “ I play in sentences, Stevie plays in paragraphs” ! The base player & drummer are phenomenal! Homage to Jimm Hendrix neither could read a single music note! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
And both were incredible.
SRV is an absolute legend. His loss was a Rock and Roll tragedy with the likes of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and Leonard Skynyrd.
Perfection! Loved your reaction. Stevie was as kind, gentle and humble as he was talented. Please react to his version of “Tin Pan Alley” featuring Johnny Copeland, and then “Mary Had a Little Lamb” from Austin 1989. Thank you so much for giving my buddy his due. Donna G❤️
If I had to pick one song to listen to the rest of my life it just might be that version of Tin Pan Alley.
Agreed, with one side note: as amazing as the version with Copeland is, personally I prefer his life in Tokyo version, it's just incredible :D
DUDE..."Texas Flood,Live at El Macombo"!!! Greatest guitar performance on TH-cam,period!
SRV was my guitar hero growing up. He's still in my top 3 artists of all time. I love his voice and his guitar work is unmatched. Pure blue fire! .
I was privileged to see him three times live. Perfection ❤️
Jimi Hendrix was one of SRV's heroes. Went to Jimi's Father for permission to do this song and Jimi's father gave SRV Jimi's foot pedal that SRV used from that moment on. Also brought up in the Texas Blues scene and early on Albert King took him under his wing. Mr. King saw SRV's talent and helped him along the way and always stayed friends. SRV always showing him great respect. Now they are all gone. RIP
The part about him going to Jimi's father is completely untrue. That's a story that makes the rounds every so often and people share it, but it is not true. He wound up with Jimi's pedal because his brother (Jimmie Vaughan) opened for Hendrix and Hendrix's pedal was not working correctly, so he offered it to Jimmie in exchange for his plus some cash. Jimmie in turn gave it to Stevie.
@@barbarascotto3873 Wow did not realize Jimmie was even old enough to open for Jimi. Ahh, the truth may hurt, but it is what it is.
I can’t say how many times I have heard this tune, and it NEVER fails to give me chills!
His band was truly incredible in that they were able to adapt to wherever Stevie took the song, because it was a little different each time he played.
I grew up with his music, it still shocks me that people don't know or haven't heard it. Thanks Dad and Mom for introducing me to all your music and letting me introduce you to mine. From Jazz to Folk to Punk to Country. All genre were in my house. Dad especially likes Texas music.
Love it when young people discover great musicians like SRV. My heart swelled up with pride.
Was SO fun watching you enjoy this masterpiece!
Saw him in Indianapolis right before he died and it slammed. Been to some great shows and this one remains the best groove of all time. Blasting guitar so hard strings broke three times and never missed a note. True genius...Perhaps, the best ever!
SRV’s soul comes through his guitar. One of the all greatest ever.
There has been a gorgeous and intimidating portrait of SRV hanging on the living room wall at my mother's since I was a child. Now that I've moved out of my mother's place and she's moved to a smaller one herself, the frame is now up on my own wall. The man was an absolute legend and was taken from this Earth too soon. Inarguably a #GuitarGOAT and one of the best to ever pick up the instrument. Please check out more videos from him, but you have to watch live to really appreciate why he was such a legend. #RIPSRV #RosesForStevie \m/
SRV is the 🐐 of guitar players!!
I can't imagine how many hours this man spent with a guitar in his hand. Amazing talent, but the sheer work to reach this level blows my mind
Absolutely right and not said nearly enough. Obviously SRV put in the hours....the LONG hours to achieve this level of mastery.
Stevie is the master class. No one has ever been able to play like he could.
WOW!!! First reaction video That actually spelled the song correctly I am correctly I am so amazed.
This song was originally done by Jimi Hendrix. However this is the only version That sounds like the original. He does embellish a little, but is keeping with the original intent. In fact it was like Jimi Hendrix himself was channeling through Stevie Ray Vaughan
His performance of Texas Flood during his Austin City Limits show is legendary.
In my opinion the best cover of Hendrix. Played with very heavy gauge strings. Where he gets that great tone.
Yeah most people don’t realize the normal mortal man could not ever have the strength it took to play these songs with13s up to 17s gauge strings.
I am mesmerized by this man's style: his hat, the way he manipulates that guitar, his passion, confidence, endurance, and on and on!! It's been said he started playing the guitar at seven years old. I think not. I think when he was in his mamma's belly he got a head-start and was strumming the umbilical cord. He's self-taught, too. Gifted as all heck! I'm sad he was taken from us so early in life. Can you imagine had he still been alive how is music would have branched out like nobody's business.
One reactor couple listening to this recently said "You know there is no sheet music to this. He's just playing it off the cuff."
Could you imagine trying to read this on sheet music?
I love watching people hearing music I've always loved for the first time. Especially folks like you who understand what makes music good. It's like hearing it for the first time again myself. After your first reaction, mine was, "Oh, dude, just wait." So thanks for this. :) SRV was a legend. I still miss him and always will. Try his version of "Little Wing." Another Hendrix tune he made his own.
I agree! His face says sooo much! It gives me a thrill just seeing his reaction! Am so glad I found this guy and can follow him. It has renewed some of my long-ago infatuation with some legends!😊
When he plays his eyes roll back and the musical gods take him over. Check out Riviera Paradise live.
Incredible talent. And his band kept up with him, they were great talents, too. Texas Flood is one of my favorites-- aw, they're all my favorites anything he played! ❤
I saw him open for the Moody Blues I want to say in 82 or 83. It was just before his big breakthrough. Everyone's jaws were dropped. I remember going to the men's room after his set and every one was just in awe saying "Did you see that?" "WTF?!"
I'm so grateful I had the opportunity to see him live. Truly gifted and one of the top guitarist ever!
He is definitely masterclass.
🙌👏‼️yeah! Stevie Ray🔥‼️. One of my favorite reactors finally witnessed a sliver of the greatness of my favorite artist🎸🎶‼️ It shows how deep is your musical knowledge and experience that within the first minute you said this was a master class and he came out of his mother with this talent. Truth💯 This is a great version but I encourage you to watch this song by him performed in Toyko in 1985. Even without reacting to it, you owe it to yourself to watch. Next level in free flowing creativity, and stellar musicianship. So Stevie is at home in the blues. He grew up teaching himself to play by listening to records by Albert King, BB King, many others. He doesn't read music but it doesn't matter cuz music reads him. He is an open channel that music flows through. He loses himself in sweet surrender and gets swept away in musical bliss and takes us all with him. More please✌️ always live performances as witnessing his playing has the most magic in it. BTW, your video image is reversed and is very distracting.
Very well stated!! Rite on ,rite on ,rite on...
Perfect rabbit hole to go down. I did a year ago, bought a guitar a couple months later and found a new passion. Stevie, Gary Moore, and Hendrix - best to ever do it. And if you plan on checking out more of his music, I HIGHLY suggest "Little Wing" @ the El Mocambo, "Lenny" @ the El Mocambo, or "Life Without You" @ the Capitol Theatre. Absolutely mind blowing performances, almost incomprehensible.
"Texas Flood" live at El Macombo
"Life Without You" live at Capitol theater
In ten years time I went everywhere I could to see this man perform. We all knew then that we were seeing something special.
We were fortunate enough to see Stevie Ray Vaughn perform in Halifax, NS, Canada back in 1988. He died in 1990. One of the best concerts I ever went to.
Stevie played with so much feeling its insane. You could literally be playing the same exact chords and notes and it would sound NOTHING like SRV. Cuz he had that groove, that touch, that sound!
He had magic
The Greatest Guitarist of our time and, another Pride of Texas! RIP, Miss you every single day.
So much of SRV to discover.
Stevie is the greatest guitar virtuoso to have ever walked this planet, yes, even better than Hendrix...
Side note: the "Wah-Wah" pedal you see him steppin on is the exact pedal that Jimi Hendrix used on stage many times, it was gifted to Stevie by the Hendrix family, and it now resides in an SVR display in a museum in Texas...
One of the other really great things about SRV - as much as he is clearly a master of his craft, get him up there playing with someone else and he fits into their song, he doesn't take it away. Much to our chagrin at times, perhaps, but super classy. He is definitely one to always pick the liver version when available, it is always better.
Love your reaction, when we lost Stevie Ray was when the music truly died
I had the pleasure of seeing SRV live three times, back in the day. The crowd was silent and vibing, just like you. Amazing artist.
Saw Stevie live in 1985 in Seattle Washington actually got to shake the mans hand, when you get a chance you should check out “life with out you live at capital theater” guitar playing is next level and there is a message in the song that applies even todays social climate!!!!
Try this on for size. The man put on a sound check like most bands hope to end a full show. It looks like he just woke up and hasn't had his coffee yet ... until he straps on the guitar.
Life without you, is one of his most touching songs. Written for his good friend after his death, and played on the guitar that good friend made for Stevie.
He was the best & a kind and humble soul! Texas Flood live from the El Mocombo is incredible. He also has a performance with Jeff Healey, the song is Look At Little Sister & will have you dancing in your chair. For a performance that highlights his ability, his spirit & his singing & songwriting talent check out Life Without You from the Capitol Theater.
Great reaction video! Nobody covered Jimi like Stevie Ray! Heaven's got a helluva band! We miss both of em, and many more.
The guitar is not just an extension of his brain but his soul. Anyone can learn to technically play the notes but that soul? You either have it or you don't. Also, love your line "He came out of his mother with that guitar". I'm not sure if somebody pointed it out but he actually asked Jimi Hendrix's father if it would be ok to cover the song and Jimi's father gave him Jimi's Wah Wah pedal that is being used in this performance.
R.I.P to the greatest to ever hold a guitar. The soul and groove this man had was next to none in my opinion.
This is Stevie's tribute to Hendrix. Someone, in my opinion, who Stevie learned from, and surpassed.
Texas Flood Live at El Mocambo, you won't be disappointed. Stevie owns that room and his showmanship is outstanding during that gig
When I was 16 yrs old, 35 yrs ago, I got home at midnight, and this concert was just start ing
Love SRV!!!!! I discovered him too late in my life and never had the chance to see him live. The closest I got to it was seeing Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Double Trouble play SRV songs for a little over a hour. That was pretty good too!!!! LOL
One of the best tunes EVER
I'm addicted to SRV reaction videos. a lot of people put it like my man here said "he came out of his mother this way" referring to his talent. what I don't hear often is that it's the fruit of A LOT OF PRACTICE. what SRV had that helped him to reach this inimaginable level, imho, apart from talent (obviously), was his love for the blues. over here in portugal we have a saying "the runner who runs for pleasure doesn't get tired". and SRV didn't get tired of playin, they say he played ALL THE TIME. thank you for this video!
As much as I love the Hendrix covers such as this and "Little Wing", when Stevie Ray plays Blues is where he is a sheer joy to watch. "Ain't gone and give up on Love" is one of my favorites. "May I have a talk with you" is another. But I find that most anything of his reaches inside of you. He seems to take you wherever he is, and I love going there with him every chance I get.
Stevie really killed it when covering Jimi Hendrix's ,VOODOO CHILE. Both are awesome in their own way.
Hey it's the 78 year old grandma, welcome to the world of the greatest R&B guitarists to ever grace the stage, Believe it or not Stevie either could not or did not read music. Each song was played differently each time he played. This fantastic band was able to keep up with him no matter what, he once broke a string on his guitar, then changed guitars in mid performance, with the band never skipping a beat, it's on one of his videos. You must watch Texas flood, will blow you away.
I was fortunate to see him play in Cincinnati during the late 80s along w his brother Jimmy & Double Trouble. What a spectacular show! Absolutely insane!
A month or so after the concert I found out that one of the guys I worked w was a good friend of SRV & that they were going on a fishing trip for walleye on lk Erie. He asked if I wanted to go pending Stevie's approval. Stevie said yes!!!
Sadly Stevie meet his fate in the devastating plane crash before the fishing but I always thought how cool of him to allow someone he'd never meet go fishing w him.
RIP SRV, legend!
Pull out a thesaurus...
Next to BMF is SRV.
He is why I picked up a guitar.
"Texas Flood" and "Tin Pan Alley" are my personal favorites by him.
You gotta listen to "Look at Little Sister" from the same show. I'd tell you what he manages to pull off in this performance but honestly, it's like a spoiler. Absolute legend on the guitar, died way too young.
HE'S BIGGEST ,
the best tribute ever given to Jimi Hendrix.
There will never be anything like this again.
SRV RIP , deep in my heart i can hear what You are tryed to tell us .
He was a wizard on the guitar .
He went to heaven too soon , to jam with Jimi ... listened by Angels of the first degree
Tin Pan Alley live featuring Johnny Copeland with SR: is one of the best things you'll ever see in your life
Used to work in a small bar in Baton Rouge called Chief's back in the 70's. Stevie used to play there all the time when traveling between Texas and New Orleans. Would always do his set and finish last part of show doing Hendrix. Guy was so smooth while absolutely shredding it. He was also very cool with the staff. Really kind and gentle. Miss him
Hard to believe that anyone hasn't heard this???
He was a wonderful guitarist...sad he is gone. Great Hendrix song covered by SRV!
Life without you live is my favorite srv song/performance. Simply amazing!
Before the world recognized him, he played at my high school in 1980. He was the GOAT!...even then.
A Texas legend and one of the baddest to ever do it! RIP SRV. A super tight trio.