No truer words have ever been spoken. Stevie was absolutely astonishing live. Like as amazingly prodigious as he was in the studio, he was on another level live. Always drenched in sweat from minute goddamn one, always just going for it on a level I can only fathom.
@@chambeet yeah.. saw him three times. @Shryock SIU, Texas Flood LP..1500 people..bot 8 tickets 1st balcony center(50 ft away). Had friends that hadn't heard him yet. They still mumble to themselves. Outdoors twice. I guess Thank The Lord, not the last time. Stevie was always relentless
This man beautifully shredded the guitar for 9 minutes straight, eyes closed, even behind his back,, all while simultaneously delivering on point vocals. Insane
There's only one SRV and watching him shred those strings so magnificently is to my eyes and ears what a beautiful woman is to my manhood when we reach critical mass together. Watching SRV perform releases those same chemicals in my brain that snow does but without the drip.
Theres a reason why I consider this man the greatest to ever live. Sad thing is he used to get booed hard and hit with trash and beer bottles on stage before people opened their fkin eyes and ears.
Ya but like many other artists, my man had a little addiction. Some like the ups and others like the downs. Whether anyone will admit it , cocaine had a huge part of the influence in Vaughn's life and especially his music. He would not have played the same sober or on opiates.
Possibly the best live performance ever. Three guys on a stage; no light show, no lasers, no special effects, no smoke machine, no backup singers. Just pure unadulterated, raw talent, a love of their craft, and a gratitude for those who appreciate what they do.
Under-rated comment, to whom it may concern. Raw talent, with such a powerful connection/understanding of eachother in a 3 peice band... the best times of music 🎶
Me too Jimmy...I've lost a brother, a sister, and both parents...and it sucks not being able to talk to them face to face, but we do have long chats, Soul To Soul💔😍💖🎵🎶 p.s. my mama loved your brother!!!🤗
I had just finished a tour in South Korea in Dec. 1986 while in the Army and a real good buddy pick me up from the airport in Louisville KY, and he drove me directly to Nashville TN to see Stevie Ray at the Opry House at what was Opryland back then. Best concert I ever attended, and that place was built for acoustics.
When you first watch this, you are like, "wow that's very impressive and amazing". When you watch it some 20 times you are like "This is even deeper than I thought", and then you watch it some 100 times and you know that this is literally one of best and most amazing blues songs and performances of all time.
Fax that’s crazy I didn’t really think it was his best performance at first than I watched it like so many times and now my jaw is dropped every time I take a look at him play guitar on this video especially when u know how hard that is
What virtually no one gets is how hard it is to squeeze that much emotion into every note for that many minutes. When I've lost my way musically as a player I come back here.
I've been playing guitar for over 40 years now. If I live another 40 years (highly unlikely), practicing every day 12 hours straight, I would never even come remotely close to how amazingly he shreds through a solo...as he is playing it sight unseen behind his back. :)
Can we take a moment to appreciate Chris Layton (drums) and Tommy Shannon (bass). They are a CRIMINALLY underrated rhythm section. Seriously badass to hang with Stevie.
My dad introduced me to SRV when I was a kid, and now I'm 23, I've been playing guitar for 15 years, and I don't think I can ever thank my dad enough for showing me this concert. This guy has become my absolute idol for music in general and has only strengthened my love for this instrument. My dad also likes to watch this concert a lot, so if he sees this, I love you very much, old man.
so weird i needed to hear this. i’m the same age. got into playing young. this live show specifically was the first thing that ever got me inspired. i owe so much to my dad for teaching me, who is gone now but i watch these occasionally and im just so happy to experience it again. glad you got the same dude!
No auto tune, No ear piece, No editing and nothing digital. This badass mofo known as Stevie Ray Vaughan showed up with a beat up strat, plugged in, turned the volume up to max and freaking blew the roof off of the house with his amazing guitar and vocal skills. An atomic explosion of absolute perfection. The greatest pure raw talent that ever existed. Thank God for SRV ❤❤❤❤
Kipps Guitar: Dude….I was just making a point that his pure raw sound was amazing. A lot of the younger generation have grown up without listening to artists from the 70’s and 80’s. I’m with you my friend. I’m a 61 year old blues player to my core. I’m actually surprised that I even knew what auto tune is. I’m damn sure that the limited effects (tube screamer / wah wah pedals) that SRV used have rarely been used at an eardrum busting level. Gotta love it
I still find it hard to believe that he used to play 13-guage strings, and STILL managed to bend 'em like that! With the vibrato at the TOP of the bend... and he could still play so damn FAST! I struggle to get a vibrato at the top of a bend on 9-guage strings and can only dream about playing that fast! (And I play a Gibson, which has a shorter-scale neck than a Strat, which actually makes it easier to bend the strings!) 'Onya Stevie! You were the 'one and only! RIP mate!
@@joan9955 Are you sure about that? Sounds like a strange practice to use a different guage in the studio from what he uses onstage. It would make his 'concert' sound different, specifically 'thinner', from his studio sound... And he'd still have to get the same vibrato at the top of his bends in the studio, which wouldn't be easy with heavier strings.
Yeah,the slow blues is the most potent of all blues.The voice of a guitar cannot be equaled in pure ,raw feeling. Stevie's Texas Flood is one of the best.
I rarely post or comment on videos, as each person is entitled to their opinion based upon their unique life experiences. I have been blessed to listen to many many of the masters of my generation. I am from Texas and used to hang around Austin back in the day when SRV was a young man and played places like Antone’s, the Continental Club, Soap Creek, Fitzgerald’s in Houston, etc…SRV was different. You just heard the music flow from him. Every note, every riff, every time he bent the strings, it was so effortless and smooth. Others played the guitar, but Stevie’s music just happened. You stopped breathing sometimes and just absorbed the music. You felt the music. Nothing but pure joy flowing from the guitar. Zero hesitation, no missed notes, just smooth as honey. I often wondered just how many hours and hours he must have practiced over and over to play like that. If you ever want to see just how good SRV really was, watch the video of him and Albert King jamming and playing Texas Flood. Albert King is one of the truly gifted guitarist in history, but watch his admiration as he watches as Stevie plays!! At one point, he has to stand up and bring his A game because Albert King is getting embarrassed! Unbelievable! He brings everything he got from there and it is not even close. Albert knows it too if you watch his face! That’s how good Stevie Ray Vaughan was! Very very few in his class for sure! Certainly none any better! Rocketman
@@dobbandroach : Great voice. Great feel. But I'd put Buddy Guy above him in range and the religious experience of pure vocals. Watch a Buddy Guy concert, when he gets spiritual on the crowd. Stevie didn't have that. Jimi didn't have that, quite, either.
So tired of reading “wHo iS wAtCHiNG tHIs iN 2019” well duh this shit is timeless, people will be watching in 4019 with the same amount of awe that we have now
as a huge Stevie Ray fan (and someone who saw him a shit ton of times) he would scoff at claiming such a thing. So much of that performance has HENDRIX riffs all throughout it. I wouldn't so much call this blues and just ROCK.
You mean besides David Gilmore doing comfortably numb ? I did see him live opening for Hughy fucking Lewis but they had to make him get off the stage, I have a hard time drying my back off with a towel and he can play that guitar with his shoulder blades as good as any one else can play in the front
Pink Floyd is my favorite band ever. And even i say Stevie is better. David plays that shit perfect and makes it his bitch but Stevie.. .He spoke to that guitar. Soothed it and wooed it . There was nobody on this planet who could speak to a guitar like Stevie did. Many can wail and shred but none had his groove . I said what I said
Calling this man a musician is the biggest understatement. He's on a higher plane. He's plugged into something timeless, eternal. You look at it and think, "thats a guy with a guitar". You listen to it and you are transported away from this earth. It moves you in your bones, like witnessing your first baby being born. You can never be the same after hearing him. No words can describe it. He doesnt "play music". He bares his soul. Its all laid out there for you to hear it. The pain, the joy, the hurt, the disappointment. These feelings are so deep and powerful they can't be verbalized. But there he is, reaching into your soul and making you understand what it means to be alive. Thank you Stevie Ray.
Well said. I was fortunate enough to see him live 3-4 times back in the 80s. I was an instant fan after hearing him for the first time. His feeling in unmatched. His playing comes from much deeper than his fingers.
You would think after an intro that intense, he wouldn't have much left and nowhere to go for the rest of the song--and then he does this nuclear bomb performance that just comes out like he had it hiding behind his back all along. He is the greatest of all time for me.
I disagree. That was a master class on how to be a CONDUIT for the blues! He just opens the portal and says "use me". Hell, the man literally had dreams where angels showed him secret chord changes!
This was the only man, ever, that deciphered the language of Hendrix. And did it perfectly. No one compares to this man. And I don't think anyone ever will.
@@MAsWorld1 the italian to Hendrix french. Hendrix spoke with passion stevie puts an extra vowel on the end and waves his arms as he speaks and will kill you if you ask too many questions. 😅
It just never gets old. How he squeezes that much emotion into his vibrato I’ll never understand. The whole thing just feels ANGRY and passionate. It’s just so blues
I don't think he could have hit a bad note in this performance. He was possessed by some higher power or something. This was an absolutely perfect performance.
I saw Stevie love over two dozen times, and I remember hearing he died on my drive into work. I had to pull over and sit on the side of the road for about 20 minutes. Almost 30 years later and I still miss him every day!
El Mocambo is a small music venue in Toronto, couldn't have been more than a few hundred people in attendance, as it has been said many times before in the comments, thanks to those who had the foresight of filming this performance so that millions of people could enjoy the brilliance of SRV.
An even more historic concert happened there on the night of March 8, 1977 when mystery band the Cockroaches turned out to be the Rolling Stones, with April Wine opening. And even more shocking was the sight of the Prime Minister's wife Margaret Trudeau stepping out of Mick Jagger's limo on the night of her sixth wedding anniversary!!
As a regular at the El Mocambo, I had the pleasure of hearing him live. That one song alone felt like two hours. Never since, have I heard or seen anything close to this performance. Stevie strangled every single inch of that guitar. It is just what he did naturally.
@ nobody important.. His fingers were so strong because of the strings he used much much thicker then the regular ones, it's also a part of his unique sound
Even after watching this more than 100 times, it still remains to be one of the most enjoyable 10 minutes uploaded to youtube, and one of the most incredible guitar performances ever recorded... what a legend
I'm surprised his guitar didn't burst into flames. man, the music was sure coming out him like I've ever seen before. What I would give to have been there, whoah...
This needs to be in the National Archives and the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame as the BEST guitar performance in the history of mankind. This way it will be preserved and available for future generations to enjoy and be inspired by. It will NEVER get old watching this. NEVER! Stevie , We miss you and your music. Please know that as long as we survive as a civilization YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, The music you made will live forever as will your legacy as an inspiration to countless millions of musicians throughout time and eternity. You and Your music have achieved something few people throughout history will ever achieved, IMMORTALITY ! WELL DONE SIR! WELL DONE! R.I.P.!
This is called being fluent in guitar. It’s literally just an extension of his body at this point he just makes it say whatever he’s thinking. A true master.
I’ve seen hundreds of videos of Stevie playing. And after watching this one, I truly believe that in all those videos Stevie was holding back, playing conservatively, saving his energy, I just think he just let it all out while playing this song. Just let the damn break and have all his talent flood the room.
Check out Billy Strings if you haven't already.. In no way would I ever compare the 2, due to possibly every single thing about them is different besides their love for the guitar.. but Billy is one of the cleanest flat pickers that I have listened to.. Plays on an acoustic. Plays bluegrass but it's more of a hybrid bluegrass/rock or something. Definitely worth a listen for sure. Some songs I like are Home, Turmoil & Tinfoil, Meet me at the Creek, Dust in a Baggie.
I’ve watched this performance at least a hundred times, and it still makes me tear up sometimes because I truly feel as if I’m being transported to another universe for 9 minutes or so. It’s simply one of the greatest live performances ever given. My good friend and I did a charcoal rubbing of Stevie’s grave up in Oak Cliff back in the 90s. He’s my hero.
I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news. I broke down in the middle of town. cried so hard I couldn't see. miss him and Randy Rhoads tremendously!
I got to see Stevie Ray Vaughan 3 times fortunately , this version of this song at the El mocambo is hands-down the best recorded version of a live blues song ever.......IMO...RIP SRV
this one and the one in Tokyo is quite amazing too....full body chills, Stevie was unreal EDIT: I take back what I said, this is THE best performance of this song
I can't imagine how good it would feel just wanting to all of a sudden want to play behind your back I say yeah killer performance glad I got to see it seems to me it would be like seeing someone smash a guitar or something I'd relish that ;)
I am 23 years old. i found SRV within the past few months and i can definitively say I have heard nothing better. He speaks to my soul, I can't even explain it. I can listen this to this cat play forever aver and always find something new to love. He has single handedly gotten me through this covid shit. I genuinely cannot think of my life before this man. Just by finding him I have found artist I never would have thought of. Thank you SRV for everything you did for music. I will never be the same after finding you. It honestly breaks my heart that I will never get the chance to see you live. RIP. I know you are shedding with the greats up top.
If you play guitar, if you love the blues, if you love music, he's a legend amongst legends, I'm so glad you are here to help us carry blues, a true American art form, to the next century.
That's what the blues is all about. You will never grow tired of it. Lots of folks to listen to. Try Marcus King, a guy about your age if you haven't already. He's awesome I'm sure there are a million people on here who could tell you tons of folks to listen to. I got to see Stevie play. And I was just in the mood for some today
I don’t think the average person pays attention to what he’s doing with his right hand. He constantly changes the pickup switch and tone knobs during songs and does it so fast you barely see it if you’re not watching. The man was an anomaly. I’ve never seen another person reach in and pull the guts out of a Strat the way he could. Truly missed still today 🎸 🎵 ❤️
@@briscoesjug1026 it's so unreal man, if I spent the next ten years learning nonstop I don't think I could ever come close to his feel, it's like he's not even trying and it's just flowing out of him. I have also heard he was cooked out of his mind during this which probably added to how insane it was
There will never be another Stevie Ray Vaughan. No one will ever be this good. They can be technically amazing at guitar, perfect almost, but they can never emulate what SRV had. RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan 💝
I love this performance and entire video. SRV was an amazing guitarist, and it's so very sad that we lost him at such a young age. However, I don't go in for categorical statements about the best this and the best that. I certainly do understand your enthusiasm though.🙂👍🤙🏽
SRV is my fav guitarist and gets my adrenaline going more than anyone.. but from a technical standpoint we have guitarists like Guthrie Govan who are honestly in a different league
I am tragically very new to SRV only having discovering him just last week. In the 9:30 that this video took, I was convinced this is quite possibly the best music performance I've ever seen in my life. And I'm 39 years old and have been to tons of concerts. He is now my favourite guitarist of all time. So RAW. So much passion. I also developed a saying "if you're not sweating, are you really playing the blues?"
He inspired me to play, but the funny thing when I first heard him I thought he was another Jimi Hendrix playing with all that soul I figured he was black. Turns out he isn’t and is from oaklciff Dallas tx 💪🏾🎶🎶 rip
I just recently discovered him too in the past 3-4 months, for whatever reason. I am a fan of so much older music 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's, as well as some newer alternative rock. Very little, if anything, touches what this guy pours out performance after performance. What a blessing he was here when he was, but what a shame he passed at a far too young an age. On top, he had a heart of gold and conquered demons of drug/alcohol issues. This band, as well as him, needs more recognition. Stevie's guitar playing is vicious and is 100% passion. Unbelievable.
BB King once sat in and listened and after they played together shook his head side to side,and then bowed his head down towards SRV before calling him a black boy trapped in a white boys body... SRV died too soon,too young,and would've given us even more of the greatest blues songs,licks,and tunes ever laid down.. 34 years later and who knows how many songs, albums,inspirations and concerts he would've given us???!?!? 😢
I was there. Everyone's jaw was on the floor. i thought we were going to see David Bowie's guitar player. Then this. Toronto's El Mo was never the same.
Pianists still study Chopin's work with amazement and wonder, 170 years after his death. I've no doubt in 2090, guitarists will still study SRV's work with amazement and wonder.
I guarantee by that time all instruments will be wind based once frequency spectrums and tonal manipulation studies have developed. String instruments will be a quirky side interest
@@joshmuz9018 science has NOTHING to do with music in practice. All instruments are needed in different music scenarios.That is, if you know how to play them, feel the rhythm and have a soul that vibrates to the fuckin notes and silence between them man. WAKE THE FUCK UP. whoever wants to make music into science will be smacked over the head by talented musicians notes like Stevie's for instance and make them realise they know and feel nothing at all. Many hear music little listen and music isn't for the "many" anyway.
Imagine being a student, professor and god of a genre and instrument, and you still treat it all like your a kid in your garage just jamming out because you simply love playing and jamming with pals. No cheesy chord arrangements generated by the music executives for you to play, no worrying about playing the hits to sell records, no worrying about keeping the song under 4 minutes, no playing to click tracks. Just a guy who probably wore that same outfit off the tour bus- ate his morning bacon, eggs, toast and coffee at the local joint in them, and came on stage to share with that room his joy of playing; while literally leaving nothing left in the tank. Probably grabbed a burger and fries after the show, hopped in the bus with the band and went to the next bar or small joint to humbly blow more minds. Probably cost those folks 10 bucks and a couple beers to sit there and experience something they've never heard or experienced since. You don't get people this skilled, grounded and humble at the upper echelons of talent these days, that also have the creative domain to play whatever the hell they want, and share it so completely. We need this authenticity back.
Billy Strings. Marcus King. Tyler Childers. Shawn James. None of them can outplay Stevie, or be Stevie. But they have that kind of vibe you’re talking about.
This is, without a doubt, the GREATEST blues performance by a guitarist that has EVER been demonstrated in the history of the guitar. I have been playing music all my life, influencing my style after this legend. And there is NO WAY, anything compares close to this. Absolutely nothing. SRV is just a different breed. End of story.
Guys let’s be real …this is a rarity in life when one’s music/guitar playing is living and breathing ….you can feel it, it is as realavant today…it stays with you …and grows with you …
Happy 65th birthday (3rd October 2019) Stevie, the sky is still crying and Texas is still flooding and we are all still missing you and your incredible talent. 🎂
In 1991, TX governor Ann Richards declared October 3 (which would have been SRV's 37th birthday) Stevie Ray Vaughan Commemoration Day. Ann Richards wrote an article that appears in the booklet for the SRV box set. She also once said that saying, "God bless Texas" and, "God bless ZZ Top" is saying the same thing twice, so she knew a thing or two about this stuff.
There is a statue of Stevie on Lady Bird Lake in Austin, about a week ago Antifa scumbags spray painted and defaced it. If they get caught their time in the pen is gonna be hard time, and I mean it just like you think. Stevie was one of Texas's most incredible son's.
Sitting in front of the fireplace smoking my pipe sipping on an ice cold drink just soaking in the amount of soul pouring out of my speakers.....GOD is great, and thank him for every second we got to experience SRV.
I'm not even religious but Christ almighty this is beyond heavenly. Every time i come back to this it reveals something else i missed the first time. The greatest Texan to have ever lived!
I was touring Europe, 1990. Returned to London and staying with a friend from South Africa. Headed out to book for the STV concert which I had planned to be back for. My friend met me down the road. Returning from work, by chance. I explained I was heading out to by my ticket. He gave me the news.... Cold Shot was the first song I had heard from this man. And was blown away. And it was a Cold Shot indeed to heart of the sad end to this possibly greatest rock guitarist that ever lived.
At first when he started playing behind his back I was like oh cool a nice stage trick. But my jaw dropped when I heard him keep playing like that, absolute fucking legend
Greatest guitarist of all time and anyone who says otherwise either hasn’t truly listened to Stevie, hasn’t really watched Stevie, or simply doesn’t know what they’re talking about. Phenomenal voice too, might I add. Rarely gets the credit he deserves on that front. GOAT.
If this wasn’t recorded, nobody would believe this level of mastery is possible
incredible
No truer words have ever been spoken. Stevie was absolutely astonishing live. Like as amazingly prodigious as he was in the studio, he was on another level live. Always drenched in sweat from minute goddamn one, always just going for it on a level I can only fathom.
@@chambeet Absolutely man, he was hellova performer.
Stops Time
@@chambeet yeah.. saw him three times. @Shryock SIU, Texas Flood LP..1500 people..bot 8 tickets 1st balcony center(50 ft away). Had friends that hadn't heard him yet. They still mumble to themselves. Outdoors twice. I guess Thank The Lord, not the last time. Stevie was always relentless
I have no words.....other than I'm so glad this was filmed because no one would ever believe it....
Facts
Fax
That's called KILLIN IT!
Yes,,,,, Agreed.....So good to be able to view this so many years after we lost him.....G.day from Australia
Exactly my thought
This man beautifully shredded the guitar for 9 minutes straight, eyes closed, even behind his back,, all while simultaneously delivering on point vocals. Insane
There's only one SRV and watching him shred those strings so magnificently is to my eyes and ears what a beautiful woman is to my manhood when we reach critical mass together. Watching SRV perform releases those same chemicals in my brain that snow does but without the drip.
he’s the best there was
He had the gift…
Theres a reason why I consider this man the greatest to ever live. Sad thing is he used to get booed hard and hit with trash and beer bottles on stage before people opened their fkin eyes and ears.
It's amazing his eyes would even close with all the coke
I've been a Guitarist for 25 years. I can't even BEGIN to emulate this. I could train 8 hours a day and never pull this off. What a mind job.
You need cocaine, then you will achieve
whoever's idea was to film and capture this unbelievable moment deserves the nobel prize in humanity.
Verissimo!!!
an Oscar as well
,❤ we're lk @@martafigueiroadamaia4625
The early days of handycam tech
I love Stevie .@@Jengoboys603
Does anyone else watch the video while scrolling through the comment section to read the amount of appreciation shown for SRV?
Always..
yeah! and what about the dislikes? wtf
Raising my hand 🤚
@@janwilliams1781 everytime friend! :)
doing that right now
As an avid guitarist for the better part of 20 years, this video has inspired me to pursue a career in cooking.
LMFAO!!!!!! Turned me into a knitter. I bet he cant KNIT like me🧵🪡!!!!
Picked up a guitar last year, after this video, I settled for trimming bushes.
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This ^^^^
He was the GOAT! (Although Chet Atkins may give him a run for his $)
Don't feel bad, Eric Clapton had to leave a concert. He said that if he heard anymore, he would have never been able to go on stage again.
The fact that he was one of the greatest guitarists ever really overshadowed his great singing voice
And he actually wasn’t a fan of his singing voice at all, which shocks me
Tbh to me SRV's singing voice is kind of an acquired taste. For a long time I used to merely tolerate his singing because of his guitar skills.
First time I heard him I didn't know anything about him. I was walking down sixth street in Austin and there was a crowd outside a club listening.
Jimi Hendrix reincarnated.
Ya but like many other artists, my man had a little addiction. Some like the ups and others like the downs. Whether anyone will admit it , cocaine had a huge part of the influence in Vaughn's life and especially his music. He would not have played the same sober or on opiates.
Due to SRV's obvious, unquestioned guitar playing skills, I think his singing is overlooked. Man, he has pipes.
Its a compliment to his playing, guitar and voice in a marriage like no other 👍👍👍
I put him up there with BB King!
Love his voice man
moe B man... BB King could never play even close to this. This shit is another level. BB Kings skills were just average
Ayoooo Stevie has a pipe lmaoo
Possibly the best live performance ever. Three guys on a stage; no light show, no lasers, no special effects, no smoke machine, no backup singers. Just pure unadulterated, raw talent, a love of their craft, and a gratitude for those who appreciate what they do.
Absolutely! Beautifully said. I’m in love.
Under-rated comment, to whom it may concern.
Raw talent, with such a powerful connection/understanding of eachother in a 3 peice band... the best times of music 🎶
Yeah but it still needs more cowbell.
Okay boomer.
@@MrPDTaylor haha
"The world misses his music, I just miss my brother" -Jimmie Vaughan
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I am so very sorry, for this unspeakable grief you're enduring. There aren't words for it I'm sure. MB Georgia
Me too Jimmy...I've lost a brother, a sister, and both parents...and it sucks not being able to talk to them face to face, but we do have long
chats, Soul To Soul💔😍💖🎵🎶 p.s. my mama loved your brother!!!🤗
We all miss your Brother Jimmie,always will.I was trucking on I-294 coming around the Windy City when I heard the terrible news.RIP, SRV.
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Thank God someone recorded this video
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I had just finished a tour in South Korea in Dec. 1986 while in the Army and a real good buddy pick me up from the airport in Louisville KY, and he drove me directly to Nashville TN to see Stevie Ray at the Opry House at what was Opryland back then. Best concert I ever attended, and that place was built for acoustics.
My dad was at that concert too!!! Whenever I'm asked what musician I wish I could have seen play live, SRV is the one.
Nice.
That is a really awesome friend, glad you have someone like that.
That sounds like an amazing adventure.
Amen the best
When you first watch this, you are like, "wow that's very impressive and amazing". When you watch it some 20 times you are like "This is even deeper than I thought", and then you watch it some 100 times and you know that this is literally one of best and most amazing blues songs and performances of all time.
1000 plus times for me, then you run out of adjectives to properly describe what you are hearing.
Yes, yes it truly is!!
Fax that’s crazy I didn’t really think it was his best performance at first than I watched it like so many times and now my jaw is dropped every time I take a look at him play guitar on this video especially when u know how hard that is
Stevie is truly legendary
Totally 💯 fucking agree
What virtually no one gets is how hard it is to squeeze that much emotion into every note for that many minutes. When I've lost my way musically as a player I come back here.
Especially considering he isn’t even looking down at his fretboard at all. He’s got every step of every fret memorized. That in of itself is a feat
@@jaronsimon9305True but lots of mistakes and notes that shouldn't be there
@@tabularasa7775 Yeah but no one cares what you think with your negative stupid ass energy
@@tabularasa7775oh absolutely fuck off lol. Imagine criticizing SRV's guitar playing.
Not to mention the insane gauge of those strings.@@jaronsimon9305
I've been playing guitar for over 40 years now. If I live another 40 years (highly unlikely), practicing every day 12 hours straight, I would never even come remotely close to how amazingly he shreds through a solo...as he is playing it sight unseen behind his back. :)
Can we take a moment to appreciate Chris Layton (drums) and Tommy Shannon (bass). They are a CRIMINALLY underrated rhythm section. Seriously badass to hang with Stevie.
They did a killer job on this performance.
Those were my exact thoughts watching this video!
I'm sorry what.?
No doubt may 10 guys worldwide had a chance to hang with him.
An epic trio.
So much respect. I miss SRV. I always will. His creativity still brings me joy.
My dad introduced me to SRV when I was a kid, and now I'm 23, I've been playing guitar for 15 years, and I don't think I can ever thank my dad enough for showing me this concert. This guy has become my absolute idol for music in general and has only strengthened my love for this instrument.
My dad also likes to watch this concert a lot, so if he sees this, I love you very much, old man.
So wholesome - I hope dad sees this!!!!
so weird i needed to hear this. i’m the same age. got into playing young. this live show specifically was the first thing that ever got me inspired. i owe so much to my dad for teaching me, who is gone now but i watch these occasionally and im just so happy to experience it again. glad you got the same dude!
That is the sweetest thing ive seen on youtube in a while, i just found out the existence of this dude today, i’m definitely gonna listen some more
What an awesome thank you to your dad💪🏼. Well done man
W dad W son
No auto tune, No ear piece, No editing and nothing digital. This badass mofo known as Stevie Ray Vaughan showed up with a beat up strat, plugged in, turned the volume up to max and freaking blew the roof off of the house with his amazing guitar and vocal skills. An atomic explosion of absolute perfection. The greatest pure raw talent that ever existed. Thank God for SRV ❤❤❤❤
you forgot the amount of sweat. that's important
Why would you need auto tune for that style of blues growling? I don't get him at all but very clever
Kipps Guitar: Dude….I was just making a point that his pure raw sound was amazing. A lot of the younger generation have grown up without listening to artists from the 70’s and 80’s. I’m with you my friend. I’m a 61 year old blues player to my core. I’m actually surprised that I even knew what auto tune is. I’m damn sure that the limited effects (tube screamer / wah wah pedals) that SRV used have rarely been used at an eardrum busting level. Gotta love it
I wish I was born before just to see him live !
Guys guitar sold for 1.2 million at Sotheby's
It's almost the end of 2024, still the best thing on TH-cam.
in the top ten at least!
@@keithdoeskungfu I never tire of this masterpiece performance.
He was fucking beast mode
Can't argue with that
So very true !!❤❤
99.9% of his performances were with his eyes closed. His hands were in control and they made love to his guitar nightly. RIP SRV
He sold his soul
True, but also, would you open your eyes with sweat drippin like that?
I wish I was his guitar 🎸so he could make love to me 😂
@@aljohnson1191 yeah lol it wasn’t even him playing anymore
@@864deb1 💓💓💓
That guitar couldn't walk right for a week after. Sublime.
Lol! I saw the guitar smoking a cigarette too!!!
I bet not lol
And it's still in therapy...
Jelly legs 🎸 🦵
Kao devojka posle grupnog sexa
"I play the blues in sentences, Stevie Ray Vaughan plays it in paragraphs" - B.B. King
Whatever the hell that's supposed to mean lol. I get it's a compliment but man
Great listen to listen to on coke
Having been born in Texas and living in Memphis, it's refreshing to see these two names together.
@@QQ-nd1gn "I'm good. He's great." Not that hard to understand?
@@Deffected Well yes thank you, I got that, but still aweird way of putting it in my opinion
You dont listen to Stevie, you experience Stevie.
Amen 🙏
true
Damn right
You feel his soul in his music 🎶
A full display of a Fender Strat being pushed to its absolute limit.
And beyond lol
I still find it hard to believe that he used to play 13-guage strings, and STILL managed to bend 'em like that! With the vibrato at the TOP of the bend... and he could still play so damn FAST!
I struggle to get a vibrato at the top of a bend on 9-guage strings and can only dream about playing that fast! (And I play a Gibson, which has a shorter-scale neck than a Strat, which actually makes it easier to bend the strings!) 'Onya Stevie! You were the 'one and only! RIP mate!
@@theseustoo He had big hands.
@@theseustoounfortunately he only uses gauge 13 string in studio recording, he uses 10-11 gauge strings in live concerts
@@joan9955 Are you sure about that? Sounds like a strange practice to use a different guage in the studio from what he uses onstage. It would make his 'concert' sound different, specifically 'thinner', from his studio sound... And he'd still have to get the same vibrato at the top of his bends in the studio, which wouldn't be easy with heavier strings.
One of the greatest live guitar performances ever captured. Period.
Completely agree.
i put this on a top 2 list with one of machine gun takes at filmore east. (the take who is included in a cd realease) mind blowing both of it.
Yeah,the slow blues is the most potent of all blues.The voice of a guitar cannot be equaled in pure ,raw feeling. Stevie's Texas Flood is one of the best.
Nailed it 👍
Nothing like cracking a cold beer and cranking this up to 11 after a long stressful day at work. Thank SRV.
amen!
I rarely post or comment on videos, as each person is entitled to their opinion based upon their unique life experiences. I have been blessed to listen to many many of the masters of my generation. I am from Texas and used to hang around Austin back in the day when SRV was a young man and played places like Antone’s, the Continental Club, Soap Creek, Fitzgerald’s in Houston, etc…SRV was different. You just heard the music flow from him. Every note, every riff, every time he bent the strings, it was so effortless and smooth. Others played the guitar, but Stevie’s music just happened. You stopped breathing sometimes and just absorbed the music. You felt the music. Nothing but pure joy flowing from the guitar. Zero hesitation, no missed notes, just smooth as honey. I often wondered just how many hours and hours he must have practiced over and over to play like that. If you ever want to see just how good SRV really was, watch the video of him and Albert King jamming and playing Texas Flood. Albert King is one of the truly gifted guitarist in history, but watch his admiration as he watches as Stevie plays!! At one point, he has to stand up and bring his A game because Albert King is getting embarrassed! Unbelievable! He brings everything he got from there and it is not even close. Albert knows it too if you watch his face! That’s how good Stevie Ray Vaughan was! Very very few in his class for sure! Certainly none any better!
Rocketman
Enjoyed your post 💗SRV💗
This entire concert should be preserved as a milestone of the human race for future creatures to understand us, and what our souls are capable of.
It's prolly in the Library of congress. Ha imagine a future human race beyond music, labor, etc. Stumbling on it, sitting down and wax up,
Indeed should be within an archive of the most incredible artistic achievements of humanity.
Indeed it is, great stuff.
What a comment. I love this.
No doubt this song Alone can beat anyone else's full concert. And he didn't just play this song that night. Unreal!. RIP Stevie!
Just for these 10 minutes on that night, Stevie surpassed every single musician, dead or alive. SRV was absolutely untouchable here.
Yep u could never surpass this performance ever just an unbelievable performance by an absolute master.
John Coltrane would like to have a word with you.
Why rank geniuses of music and determine who's best? That's stupid on top of useless
I would say anytime he wad playing he just left great guitarists in his shredded dust.
Great. Not the best ever.
@@Twobarpsi what performance beats this lol
SRV is a guitar legend, but his vocal ability often goes unmentioned. He was an awesome singer, just WOW!
He didn't like his voice for some reason. He has one of my absolute favorite voices.
Great phrasing … so natural.
I saw them in 82 and he sounded like an 80 year old black man. He just kept getting better.
@@dobbandroach : Great voice. Great feel. But I'd put Buddy Guy above him in range and the religious experience of pure vocals. Watch a Buddy Guy concert, when he gets spiritual on the crowd. Stevie didn't have that. Jimi didn't have that, quite, either.
@@dobbandroach they said Hendrix hated the sound of his own voice also
This man's brain is literally melded to the art of guitar.
So tired of reading “wHo iS wAtCHiNG tHIs iN 2019” well duh this shit is timeless, people will be watching in 4019 with the same amount of awe that we have now
Best comment ever
Matt Baker 100%
It's the sweat, without the blood and tears.
I'm watching it now!! It's Nov. 21, 2019 at 12:18am
I only hope.
Who’s still here thinking this is the best live guitar performance of all time?
👍
Me.
I’ve seen a lot of stuff man, but this is the best thing I’ve ever seen.
Sick...
as a huge Stevie Ray fan (and someone who saw him a shit ton of times) he would scoff at claiming such a thing. So much of that performance has HENDRIX riffs all throughout it. I wouldn't so much call this blues and just ROCK.
Jerry Milton It’s blues
Arguably the single most insane guitar performance ever.
You mean besides David Gilmore doing comfortably numb ? I did see him live opening for Hughy fucking Lewis but they had to make him get off the stage, I have a hard time drying my back off with a towel and he can play that guitar with his shoulder blades as good as any one else can play in the front
@@emilymayden4175 David Gilmore’s got insane bending skills, but I think SRV’s overall the better player.
Pink Floyd is my favorite band ever. And even i say Stevie is better. David plays that shit perfect and makes it his bitch but Stevie.. .He spoke to that guitar. Soothed it and wooed it . There was nobody on this planet who could speak to a guitar like Stevie did. Many can wail and shred but none had his groove . I said what I said
@@Kill4kush20 Well said, brother.
Definitely one of the best. No arguing that. But there's a few other top competitors there you have to sort through first.
Calling this man a musician is the biggest understatement. He's on a higher plane. He's plugged into something timeless, eternal.
You look at it and think, "thats a guy with a guitar". You listen to it and you are transported away from this earth. It moves you in your bones, like witnessing your first baby being born.
You can never be the same after hearing him. No words can describe it. He doesnt "play music". He bares his soul. Its all laid out there for you to hear it. The pain, the joy, the hurt, the disappointment. These feelings are so deep and powerful they can't be verbalized. But there he is, reaching into your soul and making you understand what it means to be alive. Thank you Stevie Ray.
Well said. I was fortunate enough to see him live 3-4 times back in the 80s. I was an instant fan after hearing him for the first time. His feeling in unmatched. His playing comes from much deeper than his fingers.
Spot on
maybe he's just a good guitar player who likes to play. why lump all your drippy nonsense all over it?
@@DanPolettthat’s literally blues but alright
@@2k1caleb you got that right brother! Peace!
Truly one of the best musicians that ever walked the earth.
I agree he was one of a kind truly amazing
THE best!
Truly man
absolutely
One of Texas best I seen him in Austin.
You would think after an intro that intense, he wouldn't have much left and nowhere to go for the rest of the song--and then he does this nuclear bomb performance that just comes out like he had it hiding behind his back all along. He is the greatest of all time for me.
Long live SRV
100%
@@bobsaturday4273 yes
Me too! ✌🏼🔥
Haha, so true. Total destruction
And that, my friends, was a master class on how to play the blues
very few ever come to understand how to play guitar like this.
God class
I disagree. That was a master class on how to be a CONDUIT for the blues! He just opens the portal and says "use me". Hell, the man literally had dreams where angels showed him secret chord changes!
Superior Master class!
Ah legend class
It’s hard to believe no one will ever play like that again in history
People might disagree but imo this is the greatest live guitar performance ever
my personal favorite is Leave My Little Girl Alone at Austin City Limits
crossroads by cream is the greatest live performance ever. But this is damnnnn good
The best guitar performance I've seen is Steve Vai's 'Teeth of Hydra', it's the most impressive playing I've witnessed.
Oh no we definitely agree with you especially people like myself who have been playing guitar all my life
@@Star-Destroyer sorry sir I disagree furthermore f*** cream
This was the only man, ever, that deciphered the language of Hendrix. And did it perfectly. No one compares to this man. And I don't think anyone ever will.
"Deciphered the language of Hendrix" I've never heard it said any better than that Tony.
Call it "Texas Flood" if you will, but "Red House" be "Red House"
I will.
Different language but both Virtuosos forever
@@MAsWorld1 the italian to Hendrix french. Hendrix spoke with passion stevie puts an extra vowel on the end and waves his arms as he speaks and will kill you if you ask too many questions. 😅
My guitar watches this video when I'm not home.
"In Soviet Russia...."
Underrated comment 😂😂
That's like your girl sleeping with your best friend
lol
Same😂
It just never gets old. How he squeezes that much emotion into his vibrato I’ll never understand. The whole thing just feels ANGRY and passionate. It’s just so blues
I don't think he could have hit a bad note in this performance. He was possessed by some higher power or something. This was an absolutely perfect performance.
That higher powers called cocaine and whisky lolol :D
When put to good use, there are no bad notes.
That higher power being himself! Man, there will never be anyone like him.. EVER!
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Rick James
SRV would tear a hole in reality to a higher dimension on the regular. I concur with your assessment.
2020 here. Anyone else ? Wish SRV was here with us still.
I remember being a child and my parents telling me he died before I was born. I cried my eyes out!
Could you imagine the music
Awesome
I saw Stevie love over two dozen times, and I remember hearing he died on my drive into work. I had to pull over and sit on the side of the road for about 20 minutes. Almost 30 years later and I still miss him every day!
Yes him and Randy roads wow two greats!
That guitar needed a cigarette, new strings, and a fret job after that beatdown. Absolute talent. One of the best ever.
😂😂😂😂😂🤟🏼🤟🏼
Stevie broke a guitar string during a live performance but played it off as if nothing had happened.
That is the best description I have ever read.
You got that right 😂😂😂😂😂
Stevie Ray Vaughan Is the BEST EVER.
El Mocambo is a small music venue in Toronto, couldn't have been more than a few hundred people in attendance, as it has been said many times before in the comments, thanks to those who had the foresight of filming this performance so that millions of people could enjoy the brilliance of SRV.
Truth speaks
If there were a historical concert time machine, this is where I’d go…
Woodstock and Beethoven’s 9th premiere in Vienna would be my backup choices
An even more historic concert happened there on the night of March 8, 1977 when mystery band the Cockroaches turned out to be the Rolling Stones, with April Wine opening.
And even more shocking was the sight of the Prime Minister's wife Margaret Trudeau stepping out of Mick Jagger's limo on the night of her sixth wedding anniversary!!
As a regular at the El Mocambo, I had the pleasure of hearing him live. That one song alone felt like two hours. Never since, have I heard or seen anything close to this performance. Stevie strangled every single inch of that guitar. It is just what he did naturally.
I've read that his hands were so strong that he broke guitar necks with some frequency.
You are such a lucky bastard😁
@ nobody important..
His fingers were so strong because of the strings he used much much thicker then the regular ones, it's also a part of his unique sound
Pp Vk 13 gauge strings I think, at some point they were slightly different, but he basically strung an electric cattle fence on a guitar
Wow. Hope you can remember it!
That Strat is screaming: "I'm giving you everything I've got!!!", but Stevie wants more....
When he puts it down its cracking and smoking like its been in a furnace
That strat deserves the Medal Of Honor
i see vaughan playin' this piece and i wish i was that strat...and wish i was gay...and bein' raped like this
@@mytelecasterworld3336 You're not wrong, but you're NOT RIGHT
*why yall actin like the guitar can talk yall scarin me*
30 years today without Stevie, still one of the best acts to ever play...
30 years of magic that never happened. It hurts.
:(
He's freaking awesome on that guitar!!
True
Marshall Sorenson So right... Imagine what he would have dropped
Im watching someone play 8 years before I was born, 30 years later and it is the best thing I have ever seen.
Stevie Ray Vaughn " You are welcome "
Don't get laid much huh?
100% good lyrics
100% pure talent
100% nostalgia
100% one of a kind
100% missing SRV
100% Stevie never gets old
1000% Talent, one of the best who ever lived.
And the place is El Mocambo, not The El Mocambo (youtube title). Stevie would not go for redundancy.
Very well said!!!
I miss SRV so much!!
Back in the 2gram/1 fifth a day days.
Even after watching this more than 100 times, it still remains to be one of the most enjoyable 10 minutes uploaded to youtube, and one of the most incredible guitar performances ever recorded... what a legend
You're right man, just amazing
I'm surprised his guitar didn't burst into flames. man, the music was sure coming out him like I've ever seen before. What I would give to have been there, whoah...
Yeh I think he’s more famous in 2022. The power of his performance is beyond belief
He destroyed a million aspiring careers with this lol 40 YO vid
SRV is truly a light that burns too fast, too fiery, too bright. What an unbelievable master of the instrument.
This needs to be in the National Archives and the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame as the BEST guitar performance in the history of mankind. This way it will be preserved and available for future generations to enjoy and be inspired by. It will NEVER get old watching this. NEVER!
Stevie , We miss you and your music. Please know that as long as we survive as a civilization YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, The music you made will live forever as will your legacy as an inspiration to countless millions of musicians throughout time and eternity. You and Your music have achieved something few people throughout history will ever achieved, IMMORTALITY ! WELL DONE SIR! WELL DONE! R.I.P.!
Highly agreed. Needs a petition started.
Wasnt even top3
@@dvr1337 Go on then.........name some....??
I've seen this a dozen times and still can't believe my ears and eyes.
I totally agree!!
He Didn't Just Play The Guitar.....He Was The Guitar.......He Turned It Into Water.......And Rained It Down Over Us All....S.R.V...The Best.
The guitar was indeed an extension of his soul. I don't think I've ever seen someone as connected to their instrument as Stevie Ray was.
Well put
He flooded us
well described, rained like water, hes the GOAT
that was Jimi pissing on you for being so stupid
This is called being fluent in guitar. It’s literally just an extension of his body at this point he just makes it say whatever he’s thinking. A true master.
Totally. It’s cliche, but the music just flows through him. Like he’s a vessel.
i'll show you an extension
I’ve seen hundreds of videos of Stevie playing. And after watching this one, I truly believe that in all those videos Stevie was holding back, playing conservatively, saving his energy, I just think he just let it all out while playing this song. Just let the damn break and have all his talent flood the room.
Stevie’s the only guitarist I’ve ever seen where he can play like an absolute madman but EVERY SINGLE NOTE is still perfectly placed
Dimebag Darrell too ;)
Add Holdsworth, Metheny, Vai, and Scott Henderson to that list! But yeah he SLAYS here!
Wyatt Brownell Guthrie Govan probably has the best technique of any guitarist
Check out Billy Strings if you haven't already.. In no way would I ever compare the 2, due to possibly every single thing about them is different besides their love for the guitar.. but Billy is one of the cleanest flat pickers that I have listened to.. Plays on an acoustic. Plays bluegrass but it's more of a hybrid bluegrass/rock or something. Definitely worth a listen for sure. Some songs I like are Home, Turmoil & Tinfoil, Meet me at the Creek, Dust in a Baggie.
I’ve watched this performance at least a hundred times, and it still makes me tear up sometimes because I truly feel as if I’m being transported to another universe for 9 minutes or so. It’s simply one of the greatest live performances ever given. My good friend and I did a charcoal rubbing of Stevie’s grave up in Oak Cliff back in the 90s. He’s my hero.
I feel his pain when I listen to his music man, all the bad times get a big "fuck you" whenever I play this
He is my hero, always has been and always will be.
I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news. I broke down in the middle of town. cried so hard I couldn't see. miss him and Randy Rhoads tremendously!
He's a hero up in the mountains of BAJA!
By watching this performance and knowing about it, you've entered a new plane of existence. Congratulations.
Boeing, Delta?
The first few seconds of that guitar solo was insane!
This guy is untouchable.
AMEN, ALLALEUHA, AND PASS ANOTHER PACK OF GUITAR STRINGS.
@@CalvinClay-sk2tkMake that 12 gauge too.
probably the only one that could have given Jimi Hendrix a run for his money
"THE" Best live version of Texas flood ever recorded!
Exactly, I agree
Agreed
@@ShooterBrown JUST GREAT
You mean the best guitar performance ever recorded? ;)
@@valterjohansson6062 one of many. Stuff of legend.
I got to see Stevie Ray Vaughan 3 times fortunately , this version of this song at the El mocambo is hands-down the best recorded version of a live blues song ever.......IMO...RIP SRV
Jeeeeezzz I envy you. I wish I got to see SRV live. This is an amazing performance!!!!!
this one and the one in Tokyo is quite amazing too....full body chills, Stevie was unreal
EDIT: I take back what I said, this is THE best performance of this song
i was born well after his death and i’d give up just about anything to see him live once 😭
That’s got to be best piece of guitar playing I’ve ever seen.
And to top off the best performance ever, he starts playing behind his back better than 99% of players can play anyway.
I can't imagine how good it would feel just wanting to all of a sudden want to play behind your back I say yeah killer performance glad I got to see it seems to me it would be like seeing someone smash a guitar or something I'd relish that ;)
Timothy Jordan Exactly!🙏🏾👌🏾
and then he starts singing while shredding behind his back!!
breathtaking.
I saw him do this in a small club in Dallas in the early 80s and could not believe what I was seeing and hearing. Thank you, Stevie.
I am 23 years old. i found SRV within the past few months and i can definitively say I have heard nothing better. He speaks to my soul, I can't even explain it. I can listen this to this cat play forever aver and always find something new to love. He has single handedly gotten me through this covid shit. I genuinely cannot think of my life before this man. Just by finding him I have found artist I never would have thought of. Thank you SRV for everything you did for music. I will never be the same after finding you. It honestly breaks my heart that I will never get the chance to see you live. RIP. I know you are shedding with the greats up top.
the passion is real man!!
I'm 44 and i agree.
Jason Smith awesome! Stevie is an amazing “find” for someone your age. Check John Doe of X and Bob Mould....you’re welcome.
If you play guitar, if you love the blues, if you love music, he's a legend amongst legends, I'm so glad you are here to help us carry blues, a true American art form, to the next century.
That's what the blues is all about. You will never grow tired of it. Lots of folks to listen to. Try Marcus King, a guy about your age if you haven't already. He's awesome I'm sure there are a million people on here who could tell you tons of folks to listen to. I got to see Stevie play. And I was just in the mood for some today
He's connected to that guitar. It's hard to tell where the guitar ends and the man begins. Pure audio ecstasy.
This man played every set like his life depended on it, and it shows.
and made it look easy...SRV is the reason I believe in god...
I don’t think the average person pays attention to what he’s doing with his right hand. He constantly changes the pickup switch and tone knobs during songs and does it so fast you barely see it if you’re not watching. The man was an anomaly. I’ve never seen another person reach in and pull the guts out of a Strat the way he could. Truly missed still today 🎸 🎵 ❤️
SO freakin' true man. His control of the tone of that guitar is as good as it gets.
That happens when you're born with a guitar in your hand like Stevie was
@@briscoesjug1026 it's so unreal man, if I spent the next ten years learning nonstop I don't think I could ever come close to his feel, it's like he's not even trying and it's just flowing out of him. I have also heard he was cooked out of his mind during this which probably added to how insane it was
If that gets you going you should watch Jeff Beck's right hand!
@@molly_daly4066 all honesty Stevie only got better when he got sober if you can believe that it's the truth
There will never be another Stevie Ray Vaughan. No one will ever be this good. They can be technically amazing at guitar, perfect almost, but they can never emulate what SRV had.
RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan 💝
Three words -- National Historic Registry.
That's where this should go! One of the greatest blues performances of the modern era.
The best guitarist to ever walk this earth.
No debate possible.
Without doubt...
Certes, il était très bon, mais Johnny Winter ou Rory Gallagher entres autres, n'étaient pas des bras cassés non plus 😁🎶
I love this performance and entire video. SRV was an amazing guitarist, and it's so very sad that we lost him at such a young age. However, I don't go in for categorical statements about the best this and the best that. I certainly do understand your enthusiasm though.🙂👍🤙🏽
SRV is my fav guitarist and gets my adrenaline going more than anyone.. but from a technical standpoint we have guitarists like Guthrie Govan who are honestly in a different league
Watch Roy Buchanan play, When a Guitar Plays the Blues. You rethink your position. Roy Buchanan could school Eddie Van Halen and Jimi Hendrix.
I am tragically very new to SRV only having discovering him just last week. In the 9:30 that this video took, I was convinced this is quite possibly the best music performance I've ever seen in my life. And I'm 39 years old and have been to tons of concerts. He is now my favourite guitarist of all time. So RAW. So much passion. I also developed a saying "if you're not sweating, are you really playing the blues?"
Check out his little wing live performance if you haven´t seen it.
He inspired me to play, but the funny thing when I first heard him I thought he was another Jimi Hendrix playing with all that soul I figured he was black. Turns out he isn’t and is from oaklciff Dallas tx 💪🏾🎶🎶 rip
I just recently discovered him too in the past 3-4 months, for whatever reason. I am a fan of so much older music 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's, as well as some newer alternative rock. Very little, if anything, touches what this guy pours out performance after performance. What a blessing he was here when he was, but what a shame he passed at a far too young an age. On top, he had a heart of gold and conquered demons of drug/alcohol issues. This band, as well as him, needs more recognition. Stevie's guitar playing is vicious and is 100% passion. Unbelievable.
He's a true legend, indeed, my man. He also was sweating like crazy due to this extraordinarily high intake of cocaine and alcohol.
He was no joke. Saw him 2x.
First time I heard this played through a stereo I thought, "All three guitarists in this band are pretty good".
Lmfao kkskkkkkkkk. It's like listen to mississippi john hurt. 1 guitar, but sounds like 3.
Pretty good. Oh no fkn awesome
What an awesome surprise dude!
That's great way to put it.
Just one guitarist, and oh BTW, he's playing behind his back :D
That guitar ain't plugged into an amp... it's plugged into Stevie's soul.
So true man
Fuck wow
Nah, it’s plugged into both
it’s both
Jep
BB King once sat in and listened and after they played together shook his head side to side,and then bowed his head down towards SRV before calling him a black boy trapped in a white boys body... SRV died too soon,too young,and would've given us even more of the greatest blues songs,licks,and tunes ever laid down.. 34 years later and who knows how many songs, albums,inspirations and concerts he would've given us???!?!? 😢
That's a little racist
SRV was definitely black. He touched the soul like an old bluesman would.
Well said man Well said I'm 68 now and it still is bad ass.
I was there. Everyone's jaw was on the floor. i thought we were going to see David Bowie's guitar player. Then this. Toronto's El Mo was never the same.
Honest..you were there....?I hate you
China girl
@@arsuawsomness Let's Dance as well...
Holy shit
We are not worthy. I bet you have watched this video a few times then 😚
The single greatest guitar, singing performance caught on film. This is the top of the mountain everyone else is trying to climb.
Pianists still study Chopin's work with amazement and wonder, 170 years after his death. I've no doubt in 2090, guitarists will still study SRV's work with amazement and wonder.
people will study his work for as long as the guitar exists.
I guarantee by that time all instruments will be wind based once frequency spectrums and tonal manipulation studies have developed. String instruments will be a quirky side interest
@@joshmuz9018 Not going to happen. Unless the human ear evolves and the human attraction evolves in 170 years (lol) people will still play guitar
btm wtfb rust me man. I lovvvvveee guitar but it will .by 2056 all will be wind based, it’s science
@@joshmuz9018 science has NOTHING to do with music in practice. All instruments are needed in different music scenarios.That is, if you know how to play them, feel the rhythm and have a soul that vibrates to the fuckin notes and silence between them man. WAKE THE FUCK UP. whoever wants to make music into science will be smacked over the head by talented musicians notes like Stevie's for instance and make them realise they know and feel nothing at all. Many hear music little listen and music isn't for the "many" anyway.
5/4/24 "well it's flooding down in Texas"... brought me here... again... to catch those SRV licks...driving me insane.. Amen
That's exactly why I'm here - "it's floodin' down in Texas"
Imagine being a student, professor and god of a genre and instrument, and you still treat it all like your a kid in your garage just jamming out because you simply love playing and jamming with pals. No cheesy chord arrangements generated by the music executives for you to play, no worrying about playing the hits to sell records, no worrying about keeping the song under 4 minutes, no playing to click tracks. Just a guy who probably wore that same outfit off the tour bus- ate his morning bacon, eggs, toast and coffee at the local joint in them, and came on stage to share with that room his joy of playing; while literally leaving nothing left in the tank. Probably grabbed a burger and fries after the show, hopped in the bus with the band and went to the next bar or small joint to humbly blow more minds. Probably cost those folks 10 bucks and a couple beers to sit there and experience something they've never heard or experienced since.
You don't get people this skilled, grounded and humble at the upper echelons of talent these days, that also have the creative domain to play whatever the hell they want, and share it so completely. We need this authenticity back.
Superb comment.
Billy Strings. Marcus King. Tyler Childers. Shawn James. None of them can outplay Stevie, or be Stevie. But they have that kind of vibe you’re talking about.
Amen
They exist, but the music business is so fucked we don’t see them anymore. there are people out there keeping the faith.
Incredibly well said!!!
This is, without a doubt, the GREATEST blues performance by a guitarist that has EVER been demonstrated in the history of the guitar. I have been playing music all my life, influencing my style after this legend. And there is NO WAY, anything compares close to this. Absolutely nothing. SRV is just a different breed. End of story.
Agreed and he prolly took the devils Soul...bad bet that day for ole scratch
Gary Moore, Parisienne Walkways, live at Montreux 2010
He influences my son's style of playing a lot
@@roballen5718 Johnny Winter
Can't help but smile when he throws the guitar behind his back. Complete legend.
Guys let’s be real …this is a rarity in life when one’s music/guitar playing is living and breathing ….you can feel it, it is as realavant today…it stays with you …and grows with you …
Happy 65th birthday (3rd October 2019) Stevie, the sky is still crying and Texas is still flooding and we are all still missing you and your incredible talent. 🎂
Amen!
He would still be whoopin ass at 65, too....no doubt about it.
A libra like me. He was and still is my number one favourite guitarist of all time. A force to be reckoned with. RIP SRV.
Hello I see happiness ❤all around you,can I please share from it ?
@@jerrypark236 Share away
I was there and saw this live. Un-freaking-believeable.
You, sir, are in a very very elite club.
Wow thats insane 😃
one of the few
You have to be one of the luckiest people on earth. How big is that club? What was everyone's response after that happened?
Wow very nice! Seemed loud as fk lol. I would've been just absolutely stunned and in awe.
I'm a Florida boy, but Jesus I hope Texas has a State holiday for it's favorite son on the guitar. If it was up to me, I would.
In 1991, TX governor Ann Richards declared October 3 (which would have been SRV's 37th birthday) Stevie Ray Vaughan Commemoration Day. Ann Richards wrote an article that appears in the booklet for the SRV box set. She also once said that saying, "God bless Texas" and, "God bless ZZ Top" is saying the same thing twice, so she knew a thing or two about this stuff.
And Billy Gibbons
There is a statue of Stevie on Lady Bird Lake in Austin, about a week ago Antifa scumbags spray painted and defaced it. If they get caught their time in the pen is gonna be hard time, and I mean it just like you think. Stevie was one of Texas's most incredible son's.
@@m2goofy760 ahh man, that's just incredibly sad!!
Don’t forget Johnny winter...
Sitting in front of the fireplace smoking my pipe sipping on an ice cold drink just soaking in the amount of soul pouring out of my speakers.....GOD is great, and thank him for every second we got to experience SRV.
I'm not even religious but Christ almighty this is beyond heavenly. Every time i come back to this it reveals something else i missed the first time. The greatest Texan to have ever lived!
He has the same technique as Blind Lemon Jefferson 👍
I was touring Europe, 1990. Returned to London and staying with a friend from South Africa. Headed out to book for the STV concert which I had planned to be back for. My friend met me down the road. Returning from work, by chance. I explained I was heading out to by my ticket. He gave me the news....
Cold Shot was the first song I had heard from this man. And was blown away. And it was a Cold Shot indeed to heart of the sad end to this possibly greatest rock guitarist that ever lived.
This is hands down one of the greatest guitar performances of all time!
Agreed
The greatest performance ever recorded live. Nobody will ever or has ever played with the raw Intensity the Stevie did
I agree this is the greatest live performance I've ever seen.
That shit is pure magic
Hendrix ‘68 Winterland
Philip sayce does. Everytime!
Rob Wilson ever heard of death metal?
Feels odd to say but this man probably saved my life thus far. Thank for everything Stevie.
I can't believe there was a human alive this good at playing guitar.
Some would say there still are
There still are people alive this good. Google “old slow hand.”
Well you better believe.
I knew him, his was real.
@@romnumiv4 lol you comparing Clapton to this?
No words. RIP Stevie. Lucky to have seen him twice. I will never forget it
Me too, August 31st 1985 Commodore Ballroom. Simply unforgettable...RIP Stevie
Lucky dog 😎
I saw him too! In Austin. Where did you see him?
@@shawncicc1515 saw him at the Wiltern theatre in Los Angeles. Back to back nights. Buddy Miles played drums for the encore.
was at his last show
At first when he started playing behind his back I was like oh cool a nice stage trick. But my jaw dropped when I heard him keep playing like that, absolute fucking legend
It's not how he played but what he played. I know some people who can't those licks in front of them. He was a master, and one of my favorites.
I sorry, I meant can't play those licks.
Greatest guitarist of all time and anyone who says otherwise either hasn’t truly listened to Stevie, hasn’t really watched Stevie, or simply doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
Phenomenal voice too, might I add. Rarely gets the credit he deserves on that front.
GOAT.