I was an 18-year-old college freshman still settling into my first dorm room before classes even started when the news came. It was a crushing blow. My single greatest musical regret is never seeing him live - I thought I would have plenty of chances to catch him in concert, since he was clean and sober and healthier than he had ever been in his life. His loss hurts me more than any other musician that has been lost in my life - so cruelly ironic to die in a damn helicopter crash after giving up Crown Royal and cocaine for breakfast every morning. When I get to heaven, one of the first things I'm going to ask God is for the recordings of all the music we missed out on because He felt the need to take Stevie Ray from us when and how He did.
My mother was in love with him and his music. When I heard he had died, I had to call to make sure she was alright. I can only hope that when she died nine years later, she got to meet Stevie in the afterlife.
I saw SRV open for Robert Plant in 1988, and to this day it is one of the best performances I have ever seen. I count my blessings every day that I got to see this genius perform at the peak of his powers.
I saw the same show at the Montreal Forum! He got everyone on their feet the whole time and outshone Robert Plant's show completely. I also saw him again as the main act and Jeff Healey opened.
SRV’s talent was mind blowing. It never gets old watching these performances and I’ve seen them multiple times. He was just so damned great. Thanks La/Che for another excellent Saturday with Stevie. 🔥
His incredibly fluid and lighting fast playing, young guitarists think he must have been playing with the lightest gauge strings, just the opposite, he played thick strings and had his string action set high, still blows my mind, how in the heck was he able to get such silky smooth licks, from piano strings, on a guitar? Dude could probably peel an orange with his left hand
His hands--like Jimi's hands--were very large, with strong fingers...He occasionally would actually tear off one of his fingernails, when attacking the guitar like he did!
Which is also what caused him to have super thick calluses that would start to or completely tear off...Stevie would just SuperGlue them back on & continue playing..Just a couple more of so many ways & reasons why Stevie was not only a G.O.A.T.,, But definitly a true bada** as well!!...R.I.P. Stevie 🙏🔥❤️🔥
Riveria Paradise is another great Stevie Ray song that is sooooo good. Thanks, guys, for all the great music and hard work you put into your channel. Your views and commentary are greatly appreciated. Did you notice that SRV broke a string, when he left the stage for the guys to do solos he switched guitars.
The last song SRV performed before the helicopter crash was sweet home, Chicago, and Eric Clapton Buddy Guy Jimmy Vaughan and a couple more great blues performed this song and they all said that everyone could tell that SRV was special that night The guitar that he is playing in this video is like a 1959 finder stra and it was his favorite guitar A reporter asked him his first love and he said it was this guitar SRV said that this guitar talked for him not back to him like a woman
Consciousness was elevated/transcended this night in Austin, TX for Austin City Limits. We're so lucky the cameras were rolling. PBS is still fundraising off this performance to this day. This and a few other acts began the tradition of artists feeling the need to bring their "A" Game when doing ACL.
Every time I watch a SRV performing live, I have a small part of me that is waiting for 2 other guitarists to come out the bushes....SRV just fricking magic on the axe!
I am convinced that’s there isn’t another great player that when they saw SRV wasn’t mesmerized by the force he played with and the almost open channel he was. Just a badass
I saw SRV live outdoors in San Antonio back in the day. Eric Johnson (another awesome guitar player) opened up for him, then Eric came back for the last song or two with Stevie. It was so awesome! Dang man, I really miss SRV :(
I had the privilege to see SRV in 1986, with his brother Jimmy+ the Thunderbirds being his opening act. COULD NOT SIT DOWN!!! Once the music started, I was in the isle dancing through the whole concert! Stevie drives the vibe and takes you along with him ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Stevie was channeling as always. Some call it god or the universe but whatever it was it flowed through him to us in a spectacular and beautiful way. Every time I watch him live he gives me goosebumps and brings me joy. RIP Stevie, man you are so missed.
Like the gunslingers of yesteryear .. Stevie Ray brandishes his guitar the same as they did their Colt 45's. He was .. and STILL IS .. BAD ASS on guitar! Wonder how many noticed he had switched out guitars .. again?
You guys picked a special one to review this time.. Man seriously, who can hold a candle to SRV ??!! NO ONE in my opinion. Keep up the great work.!! Thanks for your selections and honest reviews. Keep it going... We love you both.!!!
I don't know if he broke a string but going to a drum solo by Chris was a perfect opportunity to switch guitars. That second guitar 'Butterscotch', also known as simply 'Scotch', was rumored to be the likely future replacement for his old trusty 'Main' or 'Number One', which he started with. It was getting worn out and hard to repair well enough for road use. Had Stevie lived long enough it's likely we would have seen the old relic, but one of a kind in tone, tobacco burst Main retired. Unfortunately that wasn't to be.
There are so many great players that I love and love to watch but there’s never been one that just blows me away and makes me watch like ARV did and still does. The sound, the power, passion, skill- just amazing - like a guitar Shaman.
Aloha gentleman. On the studio version. He's working hard . Very clear an precise. Probably one of his best. Changes are radical. Live is great always is but well you'll hear. Peace love out.
It is the best way to start your day, SRV breakfast, coffee and a hike!! It would have been incredible to see him grow older but you have to appreciate the 35 yrs he was here. Legendary performance🎶🎵🎸🎼
"Don't forget about Reese!" You damn well better not. Y'all ought to dig on the version of "Cold Shot" from this same show for that very reason - it's the rare SRV song where somebody else besides him plays the best solo. Even if you know the tune, you need to see this performance of it if you haven't. One of my very favorite sounds in all of music is a Hammond organ in the hands of a man who knows what to do with it, and ooooooh--WEE does Reese Wynans know what to do with it. Good gracious. Have mercy. That solo doesn't just get him an invite to the barbecue, it gets him invited to play at church on Sunday - and I don't mean the Southern Baptist church. One of the baddest solos you will ever hear on any instrument, but especially the beloved Hammond B3 organ.
This band was SO TIGHT!!! Of course: Stevie was a MAD MAN on guitar...but, his change-ups were INSANE...and, the other band members were SO GOOD at READING HIM!! In the way they worked, as one: they remind me of the GREATNESS of Led Zeppelin....this band was ANOTHER instance of people coming together at the right time and will most likely NEVER occur, again....SO GREAT! How can ANYONE listen to that and NOT wanna MOVE?? The JAM a PARTY!
To say he was the greatest doesn't even begin to describe his talent. He used the heaviest string gauge that was available. I never saw anyone play with the shear emotion and the rawness that was his style. He was truly magical. The day he died I felt like someone had ripped my heart out. I cried for two days because not just myself but everyone who he touched was robbed. He was finally sober and clean and his music was directly effected in how he had overcome his demons and it was displayed on stage and in the studio in a way that was as if he was literally born all over. Stevie was and will always be the greatest.
Austin City Limits concert..great gig since he did his absolute best in his home state and Austin is where he started...Kudos out to Double Trouble too they always get over looked
Before Double, they were Triple Threat with Lou Ann Barton on vocals. When Stevie would quit his job in bands, the leader often said, "Good! ". Not the normal response. But they knew he was not destined to play in someone else's bad.
Thanks guys! On your own time check out this song Live at Capitol Theater, they had time, where as Austin City Limits songs are shorter, cuz of TV time restraints. But the Live Capitol Theater performance the band gets to breath, and Reece years the colors of the keyboards! 😂..Any way thanks for making my days , better ones! Peace.
I know you guys are famous and everything now. But I'd LOVE to hangout with the two of you and have some drinks!! I'm in the same boat as you guys were. Although I knew about SRV. What I didn't know was what kinda music he played. I just thought he was another Jimi Hendrix, who I didn't care to much for. At the time I was a Boogie Boys, UTFO, Whodini, Fat Boys, Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash, Midnight Star kinda WHITE boy. Truly discovered SRV about the same time as you did. AND IT IS SOOOO F'N GOOD!!!! He is THE ABSOLUTE GREATEST OF ALL TIME, PERIOD. End of discussion!!! Now, if I can get you guys onto some Chris Stapleton.....WOW!!! Imagine for a minute that there was a musical artist with the vocal ability of Chris Stapleton and the guitar greatness of SRV......THE WORLD WOULD EXPLODE!!!
If ANYONE has NEVER seen the Official Music Video for this incredible track..I STRONGLY SUGGEST grabbing your raincoat & checking it out,, It is quite simply BADA**!! 🔥❤️🔥
Stevie is the GOAT! Came from a working class family in Oak Cliff TX, his dad was a drinker with a temper. His older brother Jimmy started playing guitar by ear when Stevie was 8 or 9; Stevie got very excited and began self-teaching soon afterward. He idolized Hendrix and all the blues greats. The boys used music as an escape, played in local clubs and bands. Jimmy left home at 15 to pursue a music career, already considered among the best in TX. Austin had become a proving ground for young artists & after Jimmy settled there, Stevie dropped out of high school to join the scene, sleeping on pool tables or couch surfing while playing local blues clubs. At the famous club Antone's, he got to sit in with & earned the respect of the great Albert King, who remained a friend and mentor. Jimmy's band, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, was the hot ticket in Austin; but Stevie developed his own fan base locally and eventually formed Triple Threat, which pared down to Double Trouble. They picked up a manager, played venues around the country, then internationally. Jackson Browne offered them free recording time at his studio where they cut the tracks that eventually became their first album Texas Flood.(They sent him a horse as a thank-you gift!)David Bowie used Stevie on his China Girl album which caught immediate attention and catapulted Stevie's into celebrity status but he declined a world tour to remain with his band. Then Texas Flood was released and the rest is history. He and DT played with BB King, Albert Collins, Jeff Beck, and others. Stevie nearly died from cocaine addiction & booze, but got clean & sober at age 31 and his music hit new heights. The performance here was at Austin City Limits, 1989. In 1990 at age 35, Stevie played as a guest on Eric Clapton's tour and left via helicopter with members of Clapton's entourage, when they crashed into a ski hill and all on board died instantly. He's buried in Oak Cliff, and there's a memorial statue of Stevie in Zilker Park in Austin. Jimmy still plays and won a Grammy about 4 years ago. He also accepted Stevie's induction into the R&R Hall of Fame.
Im so glad yall are doing another reaction to SRV. I really enjoyed your commentary on the other ones. Please do SRV and Jeff Healy "Little sister" its mind blowing
And more than 33 years later SRV is still blowing minds with his greatness!
Agree 💯
Amen brother
I was an 18-year-old college freshman still settling into my first dorm room before classes even started when the news came. It was a crushing blow. My single greatest musical regret is never seeing him live - I thought I would have plenty of chances to catch him in concert, since he was clean and sober and healthier than he had ever been in his life. His loss hurts me more than any other musician that has been lost in my life - so cruelly ironic to die in a damn helicopter crash after giving up Crown Royal and cocaine for breakfast every morning. When I get to heaven, one of the first things I'm going to ask God is for the recordings of all the music we missed out on because He felt the need to take Stevie Ray from us when and how He did.
My mother was in love with him and his music. When I heard he had died, I had to call to make sure she was alright.
I can only hope that when she died nine years later, she got to meet Stevie in the afterlife.
💙💙💙💙💙🙏🏻🙏🏻
I remember when he died such a tremendous loss !!!
G.O.A.T.
I saw SRV open for Robert Plant in 1988, and to this day it is one of the best performances I have ever seen. I count my blessings every day that I got to see this genius perform at the peak of his powers.
Was lucky to see him in a half empty hall about the same time with Greg Allman opening. Was about two people from the stage. Awesome show.
I saw the same show in Hartford. Fantastic concert.
I saw the same show at the Montreal Forum! He got everyone on their feet the whole time and outshone Robert Plant's show completely. I also saw him again as the main act and Jeff Healey opened.
I saw that gig in Toronto,Stevie was large that night,sorry Robert,a fact.
Wow i thought that was you at that show.
SRV ~ 🎸🐐 The goatiest goat in all of goatness
All I can add is "baaaa" ✌️😎
That band is tight.
SRV FOREVER!!!🥁☮☘
The Greatest by far and not even close.
Damn!! SRV is the GOAT!!
BADASS!!!!!!!😯
THE greatest guitarist ever
SRV’s talent was mind blowing. It never gets old watching these performances and I’ve seen them multiple times. He was just so damned great. Thanks La/Che for another excellent Saturday with Stevie. 🔥
You wanna vibe? Check out the cut.....Riveria Paradise
We love that one.
You can only imagine what music he would have produced, and what level he would have gotten too..... If he hadn't left so early.
Rock on SRV !!
This Album!!! This Song…busted car speakers and a speeding ticket. Memories!
Thank you for more SRV,
The 2nd guitar he played, he called it "Scotch". The keyboard player, Reece Wyans is now playing with Joe Bonamassa.
Did he break a string and switch guitars? I thought I saw a broken string but it wasn't real clear.
I don't think so, at least not on this one. Not really sure why he changed guitars.@@kjisnot
His incredibly fluid and lighting fast playing, young guitarists think he must have been playing with the lightest gauge strings, just the opposite, he played thick strings and had his string action set high, still blows my mind, how in the heck was he able to get such silky smooth licks, from piano strings, on a guitar? Dude could probably peel an orange with his left hand
His hands--like Jimi's hands--were very large, with strong fingers...He occasionally would actually tear off one of his fingernails, when attacking the guitar like he did!
Which is also what caused him to have super thick calluses that would start to or completely tear off...Stevie would just SuperGlue them back on & continue playing..Just a couple more of so many ways & reasons why Stevie was not only a G.O.A.T.,, But definitly a true bada** as well!!...R.I.P. Stevie 🙏🔥❤️🔥
Didn’t he change to 11 gauge strings or did it vary?
@@ikillzuepicly316 After becoming sober, yes, he did drop down to 11-gauge strings.
in the el mocambo show, you can see his palm gray, like when you rub iron on your hands
Riveria Paradise is another great Stevie Ray song that is sooooo good. Thanks, guys, for all the great music and hard work you put
into your channel. Your views and commentary are greatly appreciated. Did you notice that SRV broke a string, when he left the
stage for the guys to do solos he switched guitars.
One of my favorites! I miss him every day❤
They did this sooo much faster than the studio version! The adrenaline was through the roof!
The last song SRV performed before the helicopter crash was sweet home, Chicago, and Eric Clapton Buddy Guy Jimmy Vaughan and a couple more great blues performed this song and they all said that everyone could tell that SRV was special that night The guitar that he is playing in this video is like a 1959 finder stra and it was his favorite guitar A reporter asked him his first love and he said it was this guitar SRV said that this guitar talked for him not back to him like a woman
SRV was without question one of the finest blues players;but let us not forget the band.
They would be some stellar musicians there!
Consciousness was elevated/transcended this night in Austin, TX for Austin City Limits. We're so lucky the cameras were rolling. PBS is still fundraising off this performance to this day. This and a few other acts began the tradition of artists feeling the need to bring their "A" Game when doing ACL.
Stevie loved his band like brothers. He was also very generous and split his earnings evenly with them. That's the kind of man he was. 🎸🎸🎸
Before playing with Stevie, bassist Tommy Shannon was a member of another Texas guitarist Johnny Winter's group.
Amazing talent.
Stevie’s solo after the keyboard solo is the most badass guitar solo ever - he was on FIRE!
The F-ING GOAT!!!!!!!! SRV was AMAZING!!
That man, good God, what a loss.
So happy to see SRV back on the channel..pLEASE check out Leave my lil girl alone from this same show❤❤❤
Every time I watch a SRV performing live, I have a small part of me that is waiting for 2 other guitarists to come out the bushes....SRV just fricking magic on the axe!
I am convinced that’s there isn’t another great player that when they saw SRV wasn’t mesmerized by the force he played with and the almost open channel he was. Just a badass
Stevie tearing it up every song in the set🔥🔥🔥 Who does this? SRV! 🔥🔥🔥
Glad to see you guys again....SRV.... GOAT 🐐 thanks guys 👍💯
When ever I watch SRV I have a big smile on my face and when the song is over I get sad just thinking what if...
He plays like his guitar is a part of him!!!🎸🎸🎸🎸
What an incredible talent.So glad I saw him live a year before he passed. I cried that day. My favorite guitarist of all time.
He was on a whole other level after he got sober.
I saw SRV live outdoors in San Antonio back in the day. Eric Johnson (another awesome guitar player) opened up for him, then Eric came back for the last song or two with Stevie. It was so awesome!
Dang man, I really miss SRV :(
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how it's done!
I had the privilege to see SRV in 1986, with his brother Jimmy+ the Thunderbirds being his opening act. COULD NOT SIT DOWN!!! Once the music started, I was in the isle dancing through the whole concert! Stevie drives the vibe and takes you along with him ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Saw that tour. Mind blowing.
Saw that too in Richmond, Virginia if I am thinking of the right concert.
Hands down my favorite SRV song!
Stevie was channeling as always. Some call it god or the universe but whatever it was it flowed through him to us in a spectacular and beautiful way. Every time I watch him live he gives me goosebumps and brings me joy. RIP Stevie, man you are so missed.
Like the gunslingers of yesteryear .. Stevie Ray brandishes his guitar the same as they did their Colt 45's. He was .. and STILL IS .. BAD ASS on guitar! Wonder how many noticed he had switched out guitars .. again?
You guys picked a special one to review this time.. Man seriously, who can hold a candle to SRV ??!! NO ONE in my opinion. Keep up the great work.!! Thanks for your selections and honest reviews. Keep it going...
We love you both.!!!
I don't know if he broke a string but going to a drum solo by Chris was a perfect opportunity to switch guitars. That second guitar 'Butterscotch', also known as simply 'Scotch', was rumored to be the likely future replacement for his old trusty 'Main' or 'Number One', which he started with. It was getting worn out and hard to repair well enough for road use. Had Stevie lived long enough it's likely we would have seen the old relic, but one of a kind in tone, tobacco burst Main retired. Unfortunately that wasn't to be.
no broken string on this song. he just chose to switch guitars.
He's playing lead and rhythm at the same time!
Facts & Something he often did. 🔥
This was first one I heard from SRV.
That's why Stevie liked small crowds .being close to the action makes you feel like your in the middle holding an instrument too.
Imagine what he would have done. SRV was sooooo special. Rock on.
There are so many great players that I love and love to watch but there’s never been one that just blows me away and makes me watch like ARV did and still does. The sound, the power, passion, skill- just amazing - like a guitar Shaman.
He was so damn great! Loved him and miss him!
Aloha gentleman. On the studio version. He's working hard . Very clear an precise. Probably one of his best. Changes are radical. Live is great always is but well you'll hear. Peace love out.
🙏RIP STEVIE RAY🙏 💋💋💋💋💋💋
Have you guys reacted to Albert King/ Stevie Ray Vaughan- Born Under A Bad Sign?
It is the best way to start your day, SRV breakfast, coffee and a hike!! It would have been incredible to see him grow older but you have to appreciate the 35 yrs he was here. Legendary performance🎶🎵🎸🎼
Was fortunate enough to see his Vaughan-ness twice live. Unforgettable.
We all know that Stevie's fantastic but, you can't get by without noticing Tommy Shannon on bass. They are locked in together always.
I’ve seen it a thousand times and it never gets old. Love my Stevie!
"Don't forget about Reese!" You damn well better not. Y'all ought to dig on the version of "Cold Shot" from this same show for that very reason - it's the rare SRV song where somebody else besides him plays the best solo. Even if you know the tune, you need to see this performance of it if you haven't. One of my very favorite sounds in all of music is a Hammond organ in the hands of a man who knows what to do with it, and ooooooh--WEE does Reese Wynans know what to do with it. Good gracious. Have mercy. That solo doesn't just get him an invite to the barbecue, it gets him invited to play at church on Sunday - and I don't mean the Southern Baptist church. One of the baddest solos you will ever hear on any instrument, but especially the beloved Hammond B3 organ.
Reese was fortunate to play with two of the all time greatest guitarists when he went on to play with Joe Bonamassa.
And a smooth guitar change through the band intro for SRV’s solo. Sublime.
Great choice! My very favorite SRV performance right there.
He used 13 gauge string on his guitars which is the thickest you can get it takes a lot of hand strength to play
he was using "only" 11s this particular night.
Stevie could bring the funk man. I am sad for anyone that didn’t get to see him.
This band was SO TIGHT!!! Of course: Stevie was a MAD MAN on guitar...but, his change-ups were INSANE...and, the other band members were SO GOOD at READING HIM!! In the way they worked, as one: they remind me of the GREATNESS of Led Zeppelin....this band was ANOTHER instance of people coming together at the right time and will most likely NEVER occur, again....SO GREAT! How can ANYONE listen to that and NOT wanna MOVE?? The JAM a PARTY!
Raw, live music by human beings. Concept.
Maaaaann, I miss that guy!! Such a great talent. RIP Stevie.
WHAT A GREAT BAND, the guy's on keyboards, bass, drums were great and the guy on guitar not shabby either!
Nobody gives the credit to the bass player, drummer or the keyboard player except Stevie.
As a drummer... Boy I do lol. They were all awesome
Go Laa, Go Chee. God blesses Stevie, then Stevie blessed us….
To say he was the greatest doesn't even begin to describe his talent. He used the heaviest string gauge that was available. I never saw anyone play with the shear emotion and the rawness that was his style. He was truly magical. The day he died I felt like someone had ripped my heart out. I cried for two days because not just myself but everyone who he touched was robbed. He was finally sober and clean and his music was directly effected in how he had overcome his demons and it was displayed on stage and in the studio in a way that was as if he was literally born all over. Stevie was and will always be the greatest.
Just as amazing as it was when it came out
Austin City Limits concert..great gig since he did his absolute best in his home state and Austin is where he started...Kudos out to Double Trouble too they always get over looked
''PRIDE & JOY'' and "LOOK AT LITTLE SISTER".....!!!!
this is fire, and molten lava
Anything from this 89 show is amazing
This song was my introduction to my SRV addiction, saw the video for this song on MTV and immediately went to Musicland and bought the vinyl!
Yep. Same.
One of my SRV favorites. So glad you guys got to experience the live version from Austin... what a fun band to hang with
Before Double, they were Triple Threat with Lou Ann Barton on vocals. When Stevie would quit his job in bands, the leader often said, "Good! ".
Not the normal response. But they knew he was not destined to play in someone else's bad.
I believe that is the first time I've seen the drummer and bassist solo before
Thanks guys! On your own time check out this song Live at Capitol Theater, they had time, where as Austin City Limits songs are shorter, cuz of TV time restraints. But the Live Capitol Theater performance the band gets to breath, and Reece years the colors of the keyboards! 😂..Any way thanks for making my days , better ones! Peace.
This was a big radio hit for Stevie in 84.
Can't wait to see them watch DVD react to SRV's Leave my little girl alone!
I know you guys are famous and everything now. But I'd LOVE to hangout with the two of you and have some drinks!! I'm in the same boat as you guys were. Although I knew about SRV. What I didn't know was what kinda music he played. I just thought he was another Jimi Hendrix, who I didn't care to much for. At the time I was a Boogie Boys, UTFO, Whodini, Fat Boys, Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash, Midnight Star kinda WHITE boy. Truly discovered SRV about the same time as you did. AND IT IS SOOOO F'N GOOD!!!! He is THE ABSOLUTE GREATEST OF ALL TIME, PERIOD. End of discussion!!! Now, if I can get you guys onto some Chris Stapleton.....WOW!!! Imagine for a minute that there was a musical artist with the vocal ability of Chris Stapleton and the guitar greatness of SRV......THE WORLD WOULD EXPLODE!!!
Always has been one of my favorite SRV songs
If ANYONE has NEVER seen the Official Music Video for this incredible track..I STRONGLY SUGGEST grabbing your raincoat & checking it out,, It is quite simply BADA**!! 🔥❤️🔥
Spectacular! Funky! ❤
LEGEND!!!!!!!!
He switched guitars... didn't miss a beat... GOAT 🐐
I know nothing about Stevie Ray but if that song is anything to go by Whooha! ⭐️😁
Stevie is the GOAT! Came from a working class family in Oak Cliff TX, his dad was a drinker with a temper. His older brother Jimmy started playing guitar by ear when Stevie was 8 or 9; Stevie got very excited and began self-teaching soon afterward. He idolized Hendrix and all the blues greats. The boys used music as an escape, played in local clubs and bands. Jimmy left home at 15 to pursue a music career, already considered among the best in TX. Austin had become a proving ground for young artists & after Jimmy settled there, Stevie dropped out of high school to join the scene, sleeping on pool tables or couch surfing while playing local blues clubs. At the famous club Antone's, he got to sit in with & earned the respect of the great Albert King, who remained a friend and mentor. Jimmy's band, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, was the hot ticket in Austin; but Stevie developed his own fan base locally and eventually formed Triple Threat, which pared down to Double Trouble. They picked up a manager, played venues around the country, then internationally. Jackson Browne offered them free recording time at his studio where they cut the tracks that eventually became their first album Texas Flood.(They sent him a horse as a thank-you gift!)David Bowie used Stevie on his China Girl album which caught immediate attention and catapulted Stevie's into celebrity status but he declined a world tour to remain with his band. Then Texas Flood was released and the rest is history. He and DT played with BB King, Albert Collins, Jeff Beck, and others. Stevie nearly died from cocaine addiction & booze, but got clean & sober at age 31 and his music hit new heights. The performance here was at Austin City Limits, 1989. In 1990 at age 35, Stevie played as a guest on Eric Clapton's tour and left via helicopter with members of Clapton's entourage, when they crashed into a ski hill and all on board died instantly. He's buried in Oak Cliff, and there's a memorial statue of Stevie in Zilker Park in Austin. Jimmy still plays and won a Grammy about 4 years ago. He also accepted Stevie's induction into the R&R Hall of Fame.
@@melanieredfield9736 wow thanks for that💚 I’m in the UK which is probably why I don’t know about his music or story. But I do now. 😁⭐️
@@kevinaldridgeIt's a deep and satisfying rabbit hole to jump into.
I was lucky enough to see him play a couple of years before he died. An amazing show!
I think it is one of his top 3 songs….Saw Reece Waters with Joe Bonamassa last year,who he is with now,and he still kills it.
Fun fact: SRV would Super Glue the callouses on his fingers when they’d crack. Tough hands!
I saw him live three times and it was absolute fire. It's hard to believe he's already been gone for so long. This just really brings it back to life.
Hey guys SRV's band started out with him, a bassist and drummer. SRV and 2 others(double trouble).
👏🙌🎸🎶‼️I just started to search for new SRV reactions when you posted this! Thanks guys and great reactions as usual✌️💙. Always here for our Stevie🎸🎶
Me too kkk.
💯 here for all SRV❤️
Tommy Shannon played bass with Johnny and Edgar winter also in that gig they played Tobacco Road and be careful with a fool ! He was younger !!!!!
Im so glad yall are doing another reaction to SRV. I really enjoyed your commentary on the other ones. Please do SRV and Jeff Healy "Little sister" its mind blowing
For a really eye popping performance from Stevie Ray try Third Stone From The Sun at El Mocambo.
His right hand deserves a "best performance" Grammy for that song.