Stevie's guitar was his whole life. He adored them like nothing else, especially "1959 First Wife a/k/a No. 1" That's why he was so good at his craft- he barely put it down. There are a couple of pictures of him with a guitar even when sleeping. ❤❤ Bless him. ❤ Still miss this legend in (2024)
This is one Stevie Ray Vaughan video that doesnt pop-up in recommended or SRV searches, in fact I got it because it popped-up on a different video I was watching and I clicked....never saw it or possibly one and I forgot....saved now!
Thanks for posting this vid I was there 20yrs old and totally in awe of SRV. I have told lot's of people over the years how he just turned up and blew us all away and i generally got the "yeah right look" i now have proof it actually happened Stevie will always be my No1 bluesman Gone to soon RIP
I was so fortunate to go to uni in Austin in the early 1980s (lived through the floods of 1981 that Stevie's singing about) and remember the first of many times I got to see SRV at the legendary blues club Antones, just a few short blocks from my student garage apt. I used to walk over and I'd stand in front of the stage, marveling at how he channeled his instrument, never thinking a moment but all pure instinct. He was a brilliant star that is still so sorely missed by all.
Texas Flood, originally released in 1958, though it may have been written quite a bit earlier. I don't mean to sound disrespectful, I'd just like to tie a few loose ends.
This was a Midge Marsden concert at Mainstreet. Stevie turned up after his own concert at the Auckland town hall. Midge and Stevie were mates Stevie just grabbed his guitar went on and played those 2 songs on a borrowed guitar no warm up or anything. Amazing I went to both gigs that night.
will joe correct. Like Mark said, Stevie had already played a show before this. So most of his gear was already sent ahead. The Riviera was still available for him to use. Thank goodness that it was too. Cause it's always fun to watch/hear Stevie on something other than a Strat!
I saw him in Auckland on this tour. I remember the red suit. But I saw him at Logan Campbell centre, not the Town Hall. It was LOUD. People in front were begging him to turn down a bit. Brilliant though. Halfway through one longer song he suddenly segued into 3Rd Stone from the Sun by Hendrix and Chris and Tommy followed within a few beats. Tinnitus for about three days afterwards!
@maekcunnningham1780 Wow ! I hope y’all realize how lucky you were to get to see the magician doin his thang. I would have given my right arm to be there. SRV, what can I say, he’s it, he is the man. I love SR so much words can’t even express. He was really a force to be reckoned with. It kills me when I hear ppl say “oh blues are out or it was just a cultural thing”. Ahhh, no way I’ve been listening to him since early 90’s ( never got to see him live😭”.) sure wished I had got to. He’s so incredible. I love watching him play little wing voodoo child and many other great tunes from my man Stevie. I certainly don’t want to offend anyone and although I do love jimi, to me Stevie just has this certain something that makes him better maybe it’s the fact that jimi’s version of little wing is like 3 min long but SRV”s is like almost 9 or 10, damn, his solo”a.couldn’t stand the weather is so awesome to. Really it’s impossible to just have 1 or 2 favorites but those came to my mind first but him being left handed holding his guitar upside down with the whammy bar up toward his face. I mean he wows my ass everytime . I try not to think to much about what happened to him it just hurts to bad. For me there just isn’t any denying that he is the magicical man. You lucky dogs, never forget how lucky you was to see him live. I’m jealous💜🤍❤️💙💚
There's no straits laying around Stevie Ray Vaughan that he doesn't get his hands on....you with me..Now this strait is Stevie's line of work..Sensational is what its called..Stevie is the Best playing the blue's and rock n roll..terrific singer and Double Trouble is terrific
"First started about 22 years ago, Professionally about 18 I guess , Just been having fun for quite a while" Interviewer "What made ya wanna do It"? "Just had too" SRV RIP
Stevie tried other sorts of jobs and they just didn't work out..so..the greatest thing was a guitar Jimmie Vaughan passed Stevie's way and Stevie took advantage at it and went to work learning the cords and strings..and become the legend he is now..thank God for Guitars ! And thank God for Stevie Ray Vaughan..
How does someone get to know an instrument so well. And what would i have to do to be inspired by god? Thank you for this video. And SRV I will love you and respect your talent forever.
I'd just turned 21 here in Invercargill when this gig took place and for all the tea in China why oh why I never bothered to travel to Auckland for it I'll never know. How bloody dumb was I then. Just gave myself an upper cut. And I was really into music back then. It all started for me in 1980 when I saw Mi-Sex play at the Invercargill Civic Theatre and boy did that gig go off - I've heard it from keyboards player Murray Burns (who was born and bred in Invercargill too!) say it was one of the loudest gigs they ever played. Then in 1983 I saw Cold Chisel play the Dunedin Town Hall. Saw Uriah Heep play Dunedin Town Hall April 25th '84, then saw Icehouse play Dunedin Town Hall on August 15th '84. Saw George Thorogood & The Destroyers play Dunedin Town Hall on December 8th '85, saw Dire Straits play Christchurch Lancaster Park on March 6th '86 (record crowd of 64,000), saw Jimmy Barnes play Dunedin Town Hall on July 11th '86, saw Crowded House play Dunedin Town Hall on July 9th '87, saw The Angels play the following week July 14th at Dunedin Town Hall '87, saw Pink Floyd play Wembley Stadium in London on my O.E. August 6th '88, saw the Screaming Blue Messiahs play Harlesden Mean Fiddler, London on September 2nd '88, saw U2 play Christchurch Lancaster Park on November 4th '89, saw The Jeff Healey Band play Dunedin Regent Theatre in 1991, and finally saw Tina Turner play Christchurch Lancaster Park on April 20th '97. But back to SRV play here at Mainstreet Auckland, WOW it must have been a total once in a lifetime gig. I am just so envious of all who saw that gig. You know I would almost give up all those gigs I saw to see SRV. I can so understand how it would have felt - 'mesmerising' - Stevie Ray was so good it seemed eerie and other-worldly'. It would have been a rather intimate gig as there wouldn't have been 10s of thousands of people attending. Sometimes gigs with a more intimate atmosphere are better than mega thousand crowds. WoW it must have been so special for NZ bassist Neil Edwards to play for SRV! I tend to wonder if SRV had a special feeling towards/for New Zealand. Don't really know why. Reading comments below and they are saying the gig blew them away so that is just sooooo coooool. Wasn't it cool SRV got to sample our nations #1 lager at the time Steinlager! I made up a saying for when consuming it with a few mates back then. See what you think of it...."Get slick liquored on Slimelonger". Well I thought it was rather original any way....Gee she was a bitter brew tho. Oh to finish, I seriously cannot believe there are 5 dislikes for this awesome vid. To those who did dislike it, you must all be trolls.
Blackscorpion1963 I like your comments, bought back some memories. Stevie spent quite a lot of time in NZ, had a Kiwi girlfriend for a long while. This gig was called "All Stars Play the Blues", featuring the who's who of NZ blues players, and was at Mainstreet in Upper Queen Street Auckland, sadly long pulled down. You could get 1500 or so in there on a good night. This was an awesome gig, I remember it well, Wilco Johnson was there too and he was on fire. From memory Stevie was not on the original bill, and I remember being surprised when he came on, and it was LOUD!. They recorded the concert for a TV special, and Id imagine that's where the vid comes from.
Willie Idle Cheers for your reply bro really interesting reading. I have heard of 'Mainstream' in Upper Queen Street Auckland and knew many starring acts featured playing there live. Pulled down? Typical of some of the dumb things we Kiwis do. I bet those walls of that building had some wicked stories to tell....also heard of the 'Gluepot' and it too was another well known venue for live bands and a great watering hole as well. I preferred listening to bands in taverns and pubs back in the '80s. Here in Inverz we had some great artists wander down our way and we really appreciated live gigs going 'off'. I also understand Australia is apparently where 'Pub Rock' became a genre of music! Well a culture at least back in the '70s & '80s. Once I started listening to 'Cold Chisel' over here in New Zealand, I really fell head over heels in love with the group and when I got the opportunity to see them play live at The Dunedin Town Hall in 1983, the experience blew my mind. Cold Chisel and another Australian 'Pub Rock' band 'The Angels' cut their teeth playing pubs and taverns throughout Australia and I also got the opportunity to see 'The Angels' play at the same venue in Dunedin in '87. I tended to believe Kiwi bands weren't as tough or as 'hardened' as their Aussie counterparts. If a band was playing live in a pub in Aussie back in those '70s & '80s, and the crowd or audience didn't like them, they'd throw empty and sometimes full beer cans at the band. Actually sometimes a band would have to play with a 'net' over the front of the band so that if cans of beer were thrown they'd hit the net and drop to the floor, rather than hitting the band members that they were targeted at. Don't believe the same 'culture' ever occurred over here in New Zealand. We are too polite. We might boo the/a band or sledge/heckle them, but never throw anything at them. Australian audiences were harder on bands and I wonder if that in turn led to the band/s being harder than Kiwi bands. I believed Aussie bands played a harder form of rock music than Kiwi bands. For example the 'hardest' rock band to come out of New Zealand in the '80s could have been Split Enz! or 'Th' Dudes'. Now they so were not a hard rock band compared to Aussie bands Cold Chisel, The Angles, and in my opinion the BEST and hardest rock band Australia ever produced; AC/DC. By your name I take it you are a Billy Idol fan; me too!
Blackscorpion1963 Good Old Invercargill, Rolling Stones played there in 1965, got pelted with tomatoes - true story!! "Mainstreet" was definitely the venue in Auckland, was a dive, but in a good way, definitely up there with the Gluepot. Kiwis lead the way for pub rock in Oz, started with the Invaders, Max Merritt and the Meteors, followed by bands like La De Das, Kevin Borich Express, Billy TK, Hello Sailor, and of course Dragon, not to mention unlikely pub rockers such as Toy Love and possibly Mi Sex. They are all harder than the Dudes or The Enz! Na, not really a fan of Billy Idol (its kind of an ironic name), but his guitarist Stevie Stevens is not too shabby!
Proof that its about the artist and not the instrument. His style would shine through a strat, an epiphone, or a dead piece of driftwood. But I don't get how 3 people dislike this. I mean, who in the hell would land on this video and think "oh god no, this is just rubbish!!"?
❤❤❤ Love it!… I saw him at Logan Campbell and just like you described😳😳😳I was Spellbound😂 amazing night, his brother was playing with him that night too, it was Magical 😍 Thanks for sharing👍
I love seeing these early clips of Stevie and then you scroll down and find nothing but great and awesome comments with nothing but positive feedback you guys are great RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan we will always love you man
The base guitarist is Neil Edwards, New Zealand muso and good guy. He probably filled in at the last minute and would have had no idea how significant this gig would become 30 years later.
Wow thanks so much! Never knew this footage existed. What a privilege to have been there! He surely was the greatest. Seems like to me there is this sort of competition among us fans, like we are all trying to out-decribe him, like we all want to be that one who says it best just how great he was... like we're all disciples, not just fans.
Stevie never ever lost his touch, even though he was admittedly impaired for years. He just got better after he cleaned up his act again admittedly. It takes a real man to do that Louis Ortiz. What is your claim to fame?
I have the full TV broadcast.... it was a Radio With Pictures special..... make contact with me if you want it..... this clip looks to be from the same source as mine
It's so nice to see him play, and on a different guitar. I love and play Strats, but like finding different tonalities. If I didn't notice it, I'm not sure I would've thought anything was different. No mistaking SRV's playing.
Stevie is just so amazing, so deep, never seen ANYONE else play like him, my fav 4 sure, but no disrespect to Jimi n Eddie Hazel cos these guys were all all on the same level, and if you don't know Eddie check out the incredible rhythmic lead and vocals on his version of California Dreamin'. We need need more music masters on this planet.. and all they give us is xfactor or some country's got talent, totally incomprehensible, well suppose its a money thang, respect to all, apart from the idiots that voted a thumbs down on this video
This was before Stevie went to rehab . This is a hurting Stevie I know because I know . Stevie was the best at playing guitar he played everyday at sometime in that day . RIP bud . You are missed more then you will know .
Stevie Ray Vaughanis right..He just had too..means he had to work and the job he had was not in Stevie's line of dreadful work..So..Guitar took the place of dreadful jobs..and Stevie practiced until he was fantastic at it..then..he needed money and he got guitar paying jobs on base for others until the right time come for him...Stevie learned the guitar really good for a career...After a few years..this is what Stevie Ray Vaughan sounds like..a legend ...RIP
That was cool.I never saw stevie play on that guitar before.You can tell that it wasnt setup for him,nor was he used to to it....that was cool though. it probally had 10 guage o soo on it.....big difference from the .13 guage he used.
I recall that I read that he was invited on stage to play a couple songs...this wasn't his show. I learned that from someone else's comment on another clip. What I DID learn on my own is that the '66 Epiphone he's playing was never the same afterward!! Seems that guitar had to go into rehab for two months for receiving a lethal dose of SRV!!!
I have always fantasized of hearing SVR play with Ray Charles, playing either this song, or Ray's song "In the Evening, When the Sun Goes Down". They are so similar, neither would have to change to play either. They both are the same color, though. Blue baby, blue.
From all accounts at the time it was an impromptu guest appearance. The show was an "All Stars Play The Blues" gig featuring the best of NZ blues and RnB veterans. The interview at the beginning is an excerpt from a much longer one with Midge Marsden who happened to be one of the artists in the All Stars lineup. I believe SRV married Midge's sister after that tour..
I can see why he loved playing with DT...I missed Tommy Shannon's bass on these. Even so, SRV is a channel! And you know he had to love being that close to the crowd. The energy exchange had to be off the charts! ARE THERE ANYMORE of this performance or did he only do two songs? Thanks for posting this from your long lost archives!
John N loved SRV so much h nearly had a nervous breakdown when his idol passed away. I've been continually counciling this shell of his former self ever since. He still does odd things like brushing his teeth with oatmeal and shaves hi under arms. So sad....
Yeah! Chris Sibbald Guitarist and Love of Sweet Sheryl Crow Still Got The Blues in my Heart! Still one of the Greatest Guitar musicians Stevie Ray Vaughan RIP my Friend!STV Ray Vaughan!Sherylove(www.sherylcrownews.com)17-9-2018+++
So true, with the exception of a little bit more grit on this guitar, it's all SRV! That being said, I do like the tone on that guitar. I can still tell the difference from when he's playing one of his strats.
And no one even mentioned that he is not playing his Strat on this one.. He is playing an EPIPHONE Sheraton!! Goes to show ya that it is 99% the guitar PLAYER and 1% guitar
WISH I HAD GONE TOO THIS SHOW .. WELL ITS GONA BE 22 YEARS THIS GREAT GUITARIST PASED AWAY COME THE 27/08/2012... HIS MUSIC`S GOING TOO LAST FOREVERE JUST LIKE ALL THE GREAT GUITARIST BEFROE HIM.. THIS MAN WILL LIVE IN MY HEART FOREVER R.I.P. STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
Finger can't make the sound. Sound of the electric guitar comes from the types of pickups from amps and from pedals. He has several amps always set in the same way and obviusly he always had the same sound. String also like with stevie had a great part in the sound
hey guys hate to break it to you, but thats probably a vintage epiphone and it has mini humbuckers. its still hard to sound like stevie on those, but not nearly as hard as using one of the new sheratons you'd pick up at a store.
also, i agree, hes like hendrix in one single thing(besides being a guitar maestro): they both were a channel for the instrument, they didnt think it just came forth.. cheers
Stevie and Chris Layton had just finished their show, and dropped in here and ripped out two s ongs with this borrowed guitar, it sounded like just like his Strat, anything he played was distinctly his unique style ! Auckland 1984
That actual tone is certainly different........no doubt with an overdriven humbucker crunch rather than that singing bell like single coil strat.......but that said......the formation and shape of the notes is pure SRV all the way and makes it sound very close to his beloved strat.
my guess is that he didn't bring his trusty ol starts all the way down to old aotearoa he woulda just ripped on that epiphone after borrowing it from a guitar shop. I worked for the nz rock shop and we were supplying tons of touring artists with gear.... just sayin. peace out
True. But he is also playing that cheap guitar through expensive amps. The player is always the most important part of tone, but a 100 dollar guitar through a 1000 dollar amp will sound better than a 1000 dollar guitar through a 100 dollar amp.
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Stevie's guitar was his whole life. He adored them like nothing else, especially "1959 First Wife a/k/a No. 1" That's why he was so good at his craft- he barely put it down. There are a couple of pictures of him with a guitar even when sleeping. ❤❤
Bless him. ❤
Still miss this legend in (2024)
One man once said that no mater what guitar Stevie would play that he will always sound like Stevie. Now I believe it. He truly is the best.
This is one Stevie Ray Vaughan video that doesnt pop-up in recommended or SRV searches, in fact I got it because it popped-up on a different video I was watching and I clicked....never saw it or possibly one and I forgot....saved now!
WOW! incredible find thanks!
Thanks for posting this vid I was there 20yrs old and totally in awe of SRV. I have told lot's of people over the years how he just turned up and blew us all away and i generally got the "yeah right look"
i now have proof it actually happened
Stevie will always be my No1 bluesman
Gone to soon RIP
I was so fortunate to go to uni in Austin in the early 1980s (lived through the floods of 1981 that Stevie's singing about) and remember the first of many times I got to see SRV at the legendary blues club Antones, just a few short blocks from my student garage apt. I used to walk over and I'd stand in front of the stage, marveling at how he channeled his instrument, never thinking a moment but all pure instinct. He was a brilliant star that is still so sorely missed by all.
Texas Flood, originally released in 1958, though it may have been written quite a bit earlier.
I don't mean to sound disrespectful, I'd just like to tie a few loose ends.
@@TheMidnightModder I was thinking the same thing. He covered this 26 year old song. It had nothing to do with rain in 1981.
This was a Midge Marsden concert at Mainstreet. Stevie turned up after his own concert at the Auckland town hall. Midge and Stevie were mates Stevie just grabbed his guitar went on and played those 2 songs on a borrowed guitar no warm up or anything. Amazing I went to both gigs that night.
will joe correct. Like Mark said, Stevie had already played a show before this. So most of his gear was already sent ahead. The Riviera was still available for him to use. Thank goodness that it was too. Cause it's always fun to watch/hear Stevie on something other than a Strat!
I saw him in Auckland on this tour. I remember the red suit. But I saw him at Logan Campbell centre, not the Town Hall. It was LOUD. People in front were begging him to turn down a bit. Brilliant though. Halfway through one longer song he suddenly segued into 3Rd Stone from the Sun by Hendrix and Chris and Tommy followed within a few beats. Tinnitus for about three days afterwards!
What a privilege to be there! Jeez Midge looks young. Stevie just laid into it so hard. Greatest ever.
He played Logan then main street with alstars play the blues
@maekcunnningham1780
Wow ! I hope y’all realize how lucky you were to get to see the magician doin his thang.
I would have given my right arm to be there. SRV, what can I say, he’s it, he is the man. I love SR so much words can’t even express. He was really a force to be reckoned with. It kills me when I hear ppl say “oh blues are out or it was just a cultural thing”. Ahhh, no way I’ve been listening to him since early 90’s ( never got to see him live😭”.) sure wished I had got to.
He’s so incredible. I love watching him play little wing voodoo child and many other great tunes from my man Stevie. I certainly don’t want to offend anyone and although I do love jimi, to me Stevie just has this certain something that makes him better maybe it’s the fact that jimi’s version of little wing is like 3 min long but SRV”s is like almost 9 or 10, damn, his solo”a.couldn’t stand the weather is so awesome to. Really it’s impossible to just have 1 or 2 favorites but those came to my mind first but him being left handed holding his guitar upside down with the whammy bar up toward his face. I mean he wows my ass everytime . I try not to think to much about what happened to him it just hurts to bad. For me there just isn’t any denying that he is the magicical man.
You lucky dogs, never forget how lucky you was to see him live. I’m jealous💜🤍❤️💙💚
Incredible performance. You could give Stevie any guitar and he'd sound great.
There's no straits laying around Stevie Ray Vaughan that he doesn't get his hands on....you with me..Now this strait is Stevie's line of work..Sensational is what its called..Stevie is the Best playing the blue's and rock n roll..terrific singer and Double Trouble is terrific
"First started about 22 years ago, Professionally about 18 I guess , Just been having fun for quite a while" Interviewer "What made ya wanna do It"? "Just had too"
SRV RIP
Stevie tried other sorts of jobs and they just didn't work out..so..the greatest thing was a guitar Jimmie Vaughan passed Stevie's way and Stevie took advantage at it and went to work learning the cords and strings..and become the legend he is now..thank God for Guitars ! And thank God for Stevie Ray Vaughan..
How does someone get to know an instrument so well. And what would i have to do to be inspired by god? Thank you for this video. And SRV I will love you and respect your talent forever.
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thankyou for this, there isnt that much early stevie out there its an inspiration
I'd just turned 21 here in Invercargill when this gig took place and for all the tea in China why oh why I never bothered to travel to Auckland for it I'll never know. How bloody dumb was I then. Just gave myself an upper cut. And I was really into music back then. It all started for me in 1980 when I saw Mi-Sex play at the Invercargill Civic Theatre and boy did that gig go off - I've heard it from keyboards player Murray Burns (who was born and bred in Invercargill too!) say it was one of the loudest gigs they ever played. Then in 1983 I saw Cold Chisel play the Dunedin Town Hall. Saw Uriah Heep play Dunedin Town Hall April 25th '84, then saw Icehouse play Dunedin Town Hall on August 15th '84. Saw George Thorogood & The Destroyers play Dunedin Town Hall on December 8th '85, saw Dire Straits play Christchurch Lancaster Park on March 6th '86 (record crowd of 64,000), saw Jimmy Barnes play Dunedin Town Hall on July 11th '86, saw Crowded House play Dunedin Town Hall on July 9th '87, saw The Angels play the following week July 14th at Dunedin Town Hall '87, saw Pink Floyd play Wembley Stadium in London on my O.E. August 6th '88, saw the Screaming Blue Messiahs play Harlesden Mean Fiddler, London on September 2nd '88, saw U2 play Christchurch Lancaster Park on November 4th '89, saw The Jeff Healey Band play Dunedin Regent Theatre in 1991, and finally saw Tina Turner play Christchurch Lancaster Park on April 20th '97. But back to SRV play here at Mainstreet Auckland, WOW it must have been a total once in a lifetime gig. I am just so envious of all who saw that gig. You know I would almost give up all those gigs I saw to see SRV. I can so understand how it would have felt - 'mesmerising' - Stevie Ray was so good it seemed eerie and other-worldly'. It would have been a rather intimate gig as there wouldn't have been 10s of thousands of people attending. Sometimes gigs with a more intimate atmosphere are better than mega thousand crowds. WoW it must have been so special for NZ bassist Neil Edwards to play for SRV! I tend to wonder if SRV had a special feeling towards/for New Zealand. Don't really know why. Reading comments below and they are saying the gig blew them away so that is just sooooo coooool. Wasn't it cool SRV got to sample our nations #1 lager at the time Steinlager! I made up a saying for when consuming it with a few mates back then. See what you think of it...."Get slick liquored on Slimelonger". Well I thought it was rather original any way....Gee she was a bitter brew tho. Oh to finish, I seriously cannot believe there are 5 dislikes for this awesome vid. To those who did dislike it, you must all be trolls.
Blackscorpion1963 I like your comments, bought back some memories. Stevie spent quite a lot of time in NZ, had a Kiwi girlfriend for a long while. This gig was called "All Stars Play the Blues", featuring the who's who of NZ blues players, and was at Mainstreet in Upper Queen Street Auckland, sadly long pulled down. You could get 1500 or so in there on a good night. This was an awesome gig, I remember it well, Wilco Johnson was there too and he was on fire. From memory Stevie was not on the original bill, and I remember being surprised when he came on, and it was LOUD!. They recorded the concert for a TV special, and Id imagine that's where the vid comes from.
Willie Idle Cheers for your reply bro really interesting reading. I have heard of 'Mainstream' in Upper Queen Street Auckland and knew many starring acts featured playing there live. Pulled down? Typical of some of the dumb things we Kiwis do. I bet those walls of that building had some wicked stories to tell....also heard of the 'Gluepot' and it too was another well known venue for live bands and a great watering hole as well. I preferred listening to bands in taverns and pubs back in the '80s. Here in Inverz we had some great artists wander down our way and we really appreciated live gigs going 'off'. I also understand Australia is apparently where 'Pub Rock' became a genre of music! Well a culture at least back in the '70s & '80s. Once I started listening to 'Cold Chisel' over here in New Zealand, I really fell head over heels in love with the group and when I got the opportunity to see them play live at The Dunedin Town Hall in 1983, the experience blew my mind. Cold Chisel and another Australian 'Pub Rock' band 'The Angels' cut their teeth playing pubs and taverns throughout Australia and I also got the opportunity to see 'The Angels' play at the same venue in Dunedin in '87. I tended to believe Kiwi bands weren't as tough or as 'hardened' as their Aussie counterparts. If a band was playing live in a pub in Aussie back in those '70s & '80s, and the crowd or audience didn't like them, they'd throw empty and sometimes full beer cans at the band. Actually sometimes a band would have to play with a 'net' over the front of the band so that if cans of beer were thrown they'd hit the net and drop to the floor, rather than hitting the band members that they were targeted at. Don't believe the same 'culture' ever occurred over here in New Zealand. We are too polite. We might boo the/a band or sledge/heckle them, but never throw anything at them. Australian audiences were harder on bands and I wonder if that in turn led to the band/s being harder than Kiwi bands. I believed Aussie bands played a harder form of rock music than Kiwi bands. For example the 'hardest' rock band to come out of New Zealand in the '80s could have been Split Enz! or 'Th' Dudes'. Now they so were not a hard rock band compared to Aussie bands Cold Chisel, The Angles, and in my opinion the BEST and hardest rock band Australia ever produced; AC/DC. By your name I take it you are a Billy Idol fan; me too!
Blackscorpion1963 Good Old Invercargill, Rolling Stones played there in 1965, got pelted with tomatoes - true story!! "Mainstreet" was definitely the venue in Auckland, was a dive, but in a good way, definitely up there with the Gluepot. Kiwis lead the way for pub rock in Oz, started with the Invaders, Max Merritt and the Meteors, followed by bands like La De Das, Kevin Borich Express, Billy TK, Hello Sailor, and of course Dragon, not to mention unlikely pub rockers such as Toy Love and possibly Mi Sex. They are all harder than the Dudes or The Enz! Na, not really a fan of Billy Idol (its kind of an ironic name), but his guitarist Stevie Stevens is not too shabby!
Proof that its about the artist and not the instrument. His style would shine through a strat, an epiphone, or a dead piece of driftwood. But I don't get how 3 people dislike this. I mean, who in the hell would land on this video and think "oh god no, this is just rubbish!!"?
I was there that night. At main street. An auckland club. All stars sing the blues. Freaking good memories. Legend
SENSATIONAL..the legend Stevie Ray Vaughan
❤❤❤ Love it!… I saw him at Logan Campbell and just like you described😳😳😳I was Spellbound😂 amazing night, his brother was playing with him that night too, it was Magical 😍 Thanks for sharing👍
Love his early years of playing he just had it..
First video l have seen without Shannon on stage with him. Great show!!!
I love seeing these early clips of Stevie and then you scroll down and find nothing but great and awesome comments with nothing but positive feedback you guys are great RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan we will always love you man
Nothing but the Blues
The base guitarist is Neil Edwards, New Zealand muso and good guy. He probably filled in at the last minute and would have had no idea how significant this gig would become 30 years later.
Willie Idle I remember Neil great muso
Wow thanks so much! Never knew this footage existed. What a privilege to have been there! He surely was the greatest. Seems like to me there is this sort of competition among us fans, like we are all trying to out-decribe him, like we all want to be that one who says it best just how great he was... like we're all disciples, not just fans.
If you go back before 1984 he sounded great, but after he started loosing his touch until he got sober, and after that he was truly the best.
Stevie never ever lost his touch, even though he was admittedly impaired for years. He just got better after he cleaned up his act again admittedly. It takes a real man to do that Louis Ortiz. What is your claim to fame?
I have the full TV broadcast.... it was a Radio With Pictures special..... make contact with me if you want it..... this clip looks to be from the same source as mine
It's so nice to see him play, and on a different guitar. I love and play Strats, but like finding different tonalities. If I didn't notice it, I'm not sure I would've thought anything was different. No mistaking SRV's playing.
He was just great
He sure was!! SRV was boss the second he stepped on stage.
SRV Texas flood & Pride and joy live in Auckland. Love Ya Stevie! RIP.
Two thbs WAY UP!!! Don't know who the four dislikes are, but I give them a "dislike!"
7 yrs later, I give you a 👍👍👍 for this comment!
Wow, he makes that Epi sound like a Strat!! I guess it all goes back to the tone in your hands argument. Pretty sweet video!
Stevie is just so amazing, so deep, never seen ANYONE else play like him, my fav 4 sure, but no disrespect to Jimi n Eddie Hazel cos these guys were all all on the same level, and if you don't know Eddie check out the incredible rhythmic lead and vocals on his version of California Dreamin'. We need need more music masters on this planet.. and all they give us is xfactor or some country's got talent, totally incomprehensible, well suppose its a money thang, respect to all, apart from the idiots that voted a thumbs down on this video
You're right. EVH SRV and Jimi are the greatest most influential players ever. All played with soul and a ton of feeling!
This was before Stevie went to rehab . This is a hurting Stevie I know because I know . Stevie was the best at playing guitar he played everyday at sometime in that day . RIP bud . You are missed more then you will know .
One of my best influences, His guitar is soul.
Stevie Ray Vaughanis right..He just had too..means he had to work and the job he had was not in Stevie's line of dreadful work..So..Guitar took the place of dreadful jobs..and Stevie practiced until he was fantastic at it..then..he needed money and he got guitar paying jobs on base for others until the right time come for him...Stevie learned the guitar really good for a career...After a few years..this is what Stevie Ray Vaughan sounds like..a legend ...RIP
The man ,true legend
That was cool.I never saw stevie play on that guitar before.You can tell that it wasnt setup for him,nor was he used to to it....that was cool though.
it probally had 10 guage o soo on it.....big difference from the .13 guage he used.
I recall that I read that he was invited on stage to play a couple songs...this wasn't his show. I learned that from someone else's comment on another clip. What I DID learn on my own is that the '66 Epiphone he's playing was never the same afterward!! Seems that guitar had to go into rehab for two months for receiving a lethal dose of SRV!!!
Soooo right in red Stevie!
Virginia Brandenburg oh yes
Huhuh good to see a Stieny can, he would be my absolute favourite guitarist of all time
Same here, My dad saw him live here @ the fair Oct 9, 1985
Great footage, but I'd sure love to see the rest of that interview!
You can tell he's struggling with the epiphone a little but still great none the less.
At this time, he wasn't at his best because of drugs, he played better sober...RIP SRV
I have always fantasized of hearing SVR play with Ray Charles, playing either this song, or Ray's song "In the Evening, When the Sun Goes Down". They are so similar, neither would have to change to play either. They both are the same color, though. Blue baby, blue.
Nice Riviera :) An Epiphone is all anyone needs :)
Noticed right away that he wasn't playing his usual Strat...what is that, an Epiphone??
Hell, SRV could make anything sound incredible!
From all accounts at the time it was an impromptu guest appearance. The show was an "All Stars Play The Blues" gig featuring the best of NZ blues and RnB veterans. The interview at the beginning is an excerpt from a much longer one with Midge Marsden who happened to be one of the artists in the All Stars lineup. I believe SRV married Midge's sister after that tour..
Yea im still wondering how he didnt break it
The date of this show is November 14th, 1984
Wow, never seen him play an ES before. It looks like strange haha. So used to seeing a strat in his hands.
don't hate on Epiphone, they make some pretty kick-ass guitars.
I can see why he loved playing with DT...I missed Tommy Shannon's bass on these. Even so, SRV is a channel! And you know he had to love being that close to the crowd. The energy exchange had to be off the charts! ARE THERE ANYMORE of this performance or did he only do two songs? Thanks for posting this from your long lost archives!
John N loved SRV so much h nearly had a nervous breakdown when his idol passed away. I've been continually counciling this shell of his former self ever since. He still does odd things like brushing his teeth with oatmeal and shaves hi under arms. So sad....
likewise, epic gig
Loving the can of Stienlarger at 2:59 sitting on his amp. Cant get much more kiwi than that!
The old green bottle tasted great. Now its shit.
Just now seeing this for the first time. Where is the rest of the show? PLEASE!!
Best way to forget the Blues is to
play them !
SRV'S guitar is sickning cool
He said he plays not with finesse, but like train wreck....love it, its not polite electric guitar.
He also plays with soul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nancy H.C.
Glad you agree with me!
Yeah! Chris Sibbald Guitarist and Love of Sweet Sheryl Crow Still Got The Blues in my Heart! Still one of the Greatest Guitar musicians Stevie Ray Vaughan RIP my Friend!STV Ray Vaughan!Sherylove(www.sherylcrownews.com)17-9-2018+++
So true, with the exception of a little bit more grit on this guitar, it's all SRV! That being said, I do like the tone on that guitar. I can still tell the difference from when he's playing one of his strats.
Stevie had just finished playing a show so I guess Tommy was either too tired or didn't want to make the trip over to play with Stevie and Chris
I think its actually a Riviera...but VERY close! AWESOME!!!
1966 epiphone
I missed Tommy Shannon!!
And no one even mentioned that he is not playing his Strat on this one.. He is playing an EPIPHONE Sheraton!! Goes to show ya that it is 99% the guitar PLAYER and 1% guitar
WISH I HAD GONE TOO THIS SHOW .. WELL ITS GONA BE 22 YEARS THIS GREAT GUITARIST PASED AWAY COME THE 27/08/2012... HIS MUSIC`S GOING TOO LAST FOREVERE JUST LIKE ALL THE GREAT GUITARIST BEFROE HIM.. THIS MAN WILL LIVE IN MY HEART FOREVER R.I.P. STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
@MOOKS65 2024- Just passed his 34th death anniversary last month. Still loving Stevie Ray ❤😢
It may have had to do with the fact that one of his heros played a similar guitar: Freddie King.
Its not the guitar that makes the Sound!
The Fingers makes the sound !
False. Tone comes from the pedal. But pedals are useless if you cannot muster the finger strength
Finger can't make the sound. Sound of the electric guitar comes from the types of pickups from amps and from pedals. He has several amps always set in the same way and obviusly he always had the same sound. String also like with stevie had a great part in the sound
Of course it is in the fingers. SRV would sound more like SRV with a cheap guitar and amp than for example you playing with the gear in this video
gIUSEPE cORTESE YES IN THE BENDS AND RIGHT HAND TOO YOUR RIGHT
Yep! Stevie Ray Vaughan's Calloused Fingers th-cam.com/video/2lOFYJTjMJk/w-d-xo.html
hey..anyone know why Tommy didn't make it? Neil sounds great though.. just wonderin'.....
Wow
Any idea of the bass player’s name in this? It’s obviously NOT Tommy Shannon
hey guys hate to break it to you, but thats probably a vintage epiphone and it has mini humbuckers. its still hard to sound like stevie on those, but not nearly as hard as using one of the new sheratons you'd pick up at a store.
also, i agree, hes like hendrix in one single thing(besides being a guitar maestro): they both were a channel for the instrument, they didnt think it just came forth.. cheers
@hounddogsblues Thank you. Never saw him play that guitar anywhere else. Maybe it was a loaner?
Stevie and Chris Layton had just finished their show, and dropped in here and ripped out two s
ongs with this borrowed guitar, it sounded like just like his Strat, anything he played was distinctly his unique style ! Auckland 1984
Yes, you are correct! I believe it is a mid sixties Riviera
Woah where’s the strat that’s epic
THIS!! WAS!! ONE!! BBAADD!! MMAANN!!!
That actual tone is certainly different........no doubt with an overdriven humbucker crunch rather than that singing bell like single coil strat.......but that said......the formation and shape of the notes is pure SRV all the way and makes it sound very close to his beloved strat.
Gone too soon...
LOL that was an April fools day joke I was doing the other day, I did the same thing on other dead artists videos!!! lmao APRIL FOOLS!! =)
and don't forget about the tubescreamer!
I really wish this guy would get back together with double trouble and put out a new record and put jack white to shame!
I am not a big fan of them guitars, but he sure makes it sound nice
Freddie ? Gibson ES 345 if im not mistaken
Freddie was Jimmie hero.Albert was Stevie
my guess is that he didn't bring his trusty ol starts all the way down to old aotearoa he woulda just ripped on that epiphone after borrowing it from a guitar shop. I worked for the nz rock shop and we were supplying tons of touring artists with gear.... just sayin. peace out
Where's Tommy Shannon?
SRV wood sound the same with a broom stick
True. But he is also playing that cheap guitar through expensive amps. The player is always the most important part of tone, but a 100 dollar guitar through a 1000 dollar amp will sound better than a 1000 dollar guitar through a 100 dollar amp.
Why isn't Tommy Shannon with him?
where was Tommy Shannon?
Any idea what guitar he is playing here? It kinda looks like a Danelectro he had.
its an 1966 epiphone riviera
I think that this one is a riviera, right?
Stevie died in a helicopter crash in 1990, so he can't get back with Double Trouble.
RIP Stevie
Goodbye Marketeers :)
Look up the storry about "lenny"
This is a very weirdo SRV clip, first of all he's using an epiphone and secondly he's guitar is tuned in E, not in Eb as he always played
Snare sounds funny
very funny :)
Diffrent bass player?
Similar, not exact...but who knows. I have no idea.
tommy shannon?
+Adrian Medina Yeah, that's the Redhead on traps.