And then I heard STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN - Texas Flood Live Performance (REACTION)
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I was 6yrs old when Stevie died (1990). I'll never forget that moment. It's burned into my memory clear as day. I was riding home from a camping trip with my dad when the radio reported his death. My dad pulled the car over and quietly wept. The next 2hrs of the car drive home, my dad spent telling me all about SRV and playing all his music. My dad is gone now, and SRV will always hold the most special place in my heart. ♥️ Not just because of what an epic guitarist and singer he was, but because of that special memory with my dad.
I saw him 6 months before he died with BB King, the Godfather John Lee Hooker, Dr. John at the Long Beach Blues Festival at Costa Mesa fair grounds. What a Show! SRV was sober and didn’t miss a beat!
@@andygonzalez2664 So jealous! I was so young when he passed away, but I wish I could've seen him live just once!
I was 6 too and still knew we lost someone great. Sad time for everyone but especially us Texans. A part of Texas died with Stevie. RIP
I was only 4 so too young to remember. But I know my mom was devastated. I was born in Austin, texas born n raised. And my mom used to go see him play all the time at small clubs before he really got big. So she was a huge fan.
What an absolutely beautiful memory. I found Stevie through my daddy, too.
Stevie Ray Vaughan did things with the guitar that still aren’t really duplicated today.
… they'd probably be illegal .
If Stevie was playing this show today...in Canada as he is here...he would be in prison for sexual assault.
You are absolutely 💯 correct!! As a guitar player I can fake his riff but even transcribing computers can't transcribe is "Art "
Tim Henson is definitely doing some crazy stuff with guitar. A bit more technical, and not even close to the same amount of soul as Stevie.
Hendrix?
Stevie did a version of Little Sister with an amazing Canadian blues guitarist Jeff Healey. Jeff plays sitting down with the guitar on his lap as he is blind from cancer. Stevie's reaction to Jeff's solo is priceless.
I believe that Healey was blind from the age of 1, so it's not as if he became blind after learning how to play.
I only know Jeff Healy from Roadhouse. He plays that electric like you would a Dulcimer.
Sadly both gone. Jeff Healy lost his eyesight to cancer, and later his life.
Rip to two greats
"Stevie was an endless, open channel that music just poured out of. He made people who'd never touched a guitar in their life want to pick one up and start playing, and he made those of us who'd played live onstage with him before want to quit."..................Eric Clapton.
Amen.
BB KING said the same thing in an interview in the 80's...he said Stevie never ran out or dried out or tapered off...he was an open channel...it just flowed through him
I saw Stevie tight after his first album was released. I was floored. I bought my first guitar the next day.
Yeah u right....
Seen him live on a riverboat down in Nola in mid 80...
On the early morning of Monday, August 27 1990, American musician Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash near East Troy, Wisconsin, at age 35. He was one of the most influential blues guitarists of the 1980s, described by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as "the second coming of the blues".
I saw Stevie with Jeff Beck at the RPI Fieldhouse in Troy, NY, November, 1989 months before he passed. Tremendous show, I still have my ticket stub. Tragic, tragic loss.
Didn’t want to “thumbs up” this but…ya know. 😢
Kobi could have taken a lesson from that... don't make a habit of flying on helicopters. They're great for emergencies and rescues, and I take my hat off to those heroes that fly them for those purposes. But it's a risky business...
@@mr.knowitall6440 having flown fixed wing in USAF I can 100% agree. Helicopters are not meant to fly. They beat the air into submission.
@@Pilot545
The most experienced pilot I've known (tens of 1000's of hours), when overhearing a newscast saying the reason for a Marine helicopter crash "had not yet been determined", he just burst out laughing. When I asked why he was laughing, he said "those things don't need a reason to crash, they need a reason to stay in the air!". This guy flew GA aircraft nearly every day for a living, but wouldn't get on a helicopter. He said "90+% of helicopter crashes are mechanical failure. 90% of fixed wing crashes are pilot error. As the pilot, I can control that... but I can't control mechanical failure".
The first time I heard SRV i was walking through a lobby and when the song started coming out of the speakers on the reception desk, my body froze, physically. My feet felt like they had just stepped in hot tar. My neck cranked my head over in the direction of the speakers and I couldn't breathe for a second. It was Tin Pan Alley. I'll never forget that.
SRV is truly one of the great blues men of all time. I'm 73 and still have to listen to him once in a while to remind me of days past.
Fun fact: Stevie holds the award for THE best live guitar tone ever recorded. His Austin City Limits performance of his song " Rivera Paradise" on that fiesta red strat will break your mind some. Phrasing for days. Check him out doing a song called " Tin Pan Alley", super sickness. There's also a cool video of him WRECKING a 12 string acoustic jamming his hit " pride and joy ". Great vid man, glad you smart enough to be open to new experiences young blood. Stay up, keep em coming.
FUN FACT; SRV had bass frets installed onto his guitars.
Cool facts; didn't know either of the two listed here
You very rarely see footage of the fiesta red strat. Think it's a '56, had beautiful tone, not as snappy, but chimy, bright and full. Or maybe it was just the way he played that certain axe. Love the alpine white with the tortoiseshell guard also. Think Jimmie still plays with it.
@@thebuck1152 is this the video you are referring too.
@@thebuck1152 th-cam.com/video/3c_8VUL5jks/w-d-xo.html
"Oh ,and he sings?!" Giggle.
That first part wasn't a solo. It was an introduction. "Hi. I'm Stevie Ray Vaughn. This is how I roll. Have a seat while I see if I can get this guitar to catch on fire."🙃
I'm so grateful people saw what we had and memorialized it in these live videos. Losing Stevie sucked but we can still watch him and hear him and FEEL him. He floats into our ears and around our soul.
H*** I don't know who needed a cigarette more Stevie or the guitar
You said it all😢❤
well said, thank you.
When Stevie left us he was at of his game, "clean and sober" and poised to create another legendary chapter in music history!
His passing left a giant hole in my heart, and the only consolation that I have is there is a body of recordings especially of his live performances to sooth my soul...
Had you known he was no longer with us when you decided to react to this, you would be in tears like most of us through the whole song!
Fuck airplanes! Those assholes have robbed us of so much talent!
exactly ..
I get chills EVERY TIME I hear this song. SRV was one of the greats.
He is and was the Best
“I wonder if this cat is still playing today”.. crushed me man.. I remember it coming over the radio in Gatlinburg Tn, dad pulled the car over an that’s the first time I’d ever seen him cry.. he just sat an sobbed..
I remember where I was (working construction) , and cried too. Saw Stevie many times and he is my all time favorite guitarist
@@Christatum411 it tore me up too! I used to live right near where his helicopter went down in Wisconsin. That morning when I heard that his helicopter went down and he was definitely confirmed dead, I felt a piece of my life ripped out of me. I'm a big guy, but I'm also one who tends to cry pretty easily at things. I tell you the gods honest truth, I balled all morning.
@@Christatum411 mine too! Hands down..
I cried too. I was In my late 20's and thought this guy was God. He was something else..
Me too, I cried it hit so hard!
More talent in one drop of his sweat than in all of the boy bands put together
Saw him live when I was 13 and I just sat there in awe. No idea what i was listening to but I knew in my little mind this was something alien-like. Years later, heard him again in my uncles house off a vinyl and just sat there for the whole album….mesmerized!!
SRV will live rent-free in my mind for all eternity! #TexasBoy
Aw man, when you said “I wonder if this cat is still playing today,” I felt that. I grew up on his music and remember when he passed when I was young. I was so sad, as was my family. My mum and dad went and saw him a few months before he died, and they waited around after to say hey and he just invited them onto his tour bus and just hung out for hours. My mom thought to grab some pictures, which are now just dearly treasured cause it was such a cool moment. He was just a super sweet dude and I really wonder what he would’ve created if he’d lived.
Stevie is jamming with Jimi and others.
I felt that, too! It's like reliving the shock of his death all over again. I don't think I'll ever get over it. Life. Without. You, Stevie 😢😢😢
So happy that you, young man, have discovered the genius of Stevie Ray Vaughan. I'm so privileged to have witnessed his very last show at Alpine Valley back in 1990
A friend and I were at the concert he performed the night he crashed. We couldn’t believe the guy who had just performed for us was gone just like that. Very sad. He was so gifted and meant so much to so many.
This is the absolute finest live performance of this song, EVER!!!
Shit, of any song!
Stevie is no longer with us. He passed away in 1990.
No doubt, Texas Flood forever
No doubt, Texas Flood forever
Had the luck,of seeing Stevie shortly before his "explosion" on that Bowie hit. It was only him and his guitar. I was able to walk up and touch the stage, more like a platform, at this club in Austin. Stoned out of my gourd on some Hawaiian sens. He could solo forever and not bore you.
SRV played with the thickest stings. I can’t imagine the strength he had to make the music flow like that. Truly one of a kind taken way too early. The best
His cover of Voodoo Child, Live, is #Legend
Jimi wrote it, stevie showed us how to play it lol
He was one of the only people who can play vodoo child and not sound like their just playing riffs, Stevie took that song to the next level!
This version of srv Texas flood is up there at the very top of live tracks featuring sheer guitar skill and feel for the blues. Amazing licks. He was absolutely gifted.
Although Stevie was the best ever, many people don't know that he had an older brother that is also a great musician. Jimmie Vaughn formed a band called the Fabulous Thunderbirds and played with several other blues legends.
Loved the album Family Style they worked on together
Watching the 2 of them together on a double neck is amazing still
His drummer and bassist are amazing even today. They often play with Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
"Double Trouble" is the band. Chris Layton on drums and Reese Wynans on keyboards. I think Tommy Shannon on bass (pretty sure...having a senior moment 😄.)
I definitely felt a couple tears well up as Jay commented, when he said “I wonder if this cat’s still playing” cause the reason being I was at SRV’s last concert before the fatal crash at Alpine Valley Resort in WI. Greatest performance ever!! SRV made Eric Clapton look like an amateur indeed that night , triple-header show ( Robert Cray , SRV and Eric Clapton) , the crowd absolutely Loved SRV , he stole the show !! Proud to be Texan that night !!!
I was there that night 😭 and drive by that area often. 😢
If he was still playing today this dude would know him no doubt
Was gonna go that last time. My friend had tics and I could've bought one from him but had to work a hot job at the machine shop I was in.
My buddy Matt came back down from there, and we'd all heard already, but Matt was still crying.
Right on the edge of tears, and any mention of SRV for a while after and it would just make you relive the tragedy. 👍✌💐 still love Stevie Ray.. 🥀⚘
My uncle was there and brags everytime we talk about SRV
Caught this tour of one of the greatest guitarists of all time. SRV hailed from Texas and cut his teeth in the Austin Blues scene. He took all the best from everyone from T-bone Walker, Elmore, James, the 3 Kings, and Hendrix and delivered iut in a truly astounding energy that was always on. He was a fiend but didn't die a junkies death rather died in a freak accident that almost took Clapton and Buddy Guy as well. Alpine Valley knows the sorrow
So glad you have introduced your mind to one of the greatest guitarists to have ever lived! Note, I did say one of the greatest, there have been many. Unfortunately Stevie Ray Vaughan died in 1990. August I believe, in a helicopter crash. I was too young then but really wish I could have seen him play live. R.I.P Stevie you will always be missed.
respect for you doing this one Polo, you would have been blown away seeing it live. nothing like it. ever.
I’ve listened to SRV since he started up until this minute. If I had to have one artist to listen to the rest of my life it would be him. When you said, “He can make that guitar do whatever he wants it to,” Was the most perfect description of his playing. Thanks man.
Here in Texas, you hear this song a lot by a lot of different people, different ways, but his versions is always the best. Funny thing about blues songs is most of the time they get covered by everyone, period. But it seems like he was unanimously voted the best for it lol and they’re right! I grew up to this music, Houston/Gulfcoast area here. My favorite of his is you better leave my girl alone.
A close friend of mine and I where in Austin one weekend. We were chilling at a bar when around midnight, Stevie and a few friends came in to practice. They played off and on until 6 am. My friend has now passed on, but it was one our favorite life experiences. Stevie could make a guitar talk. May Stevie & Rick both RIP…🥰🥰🥰
I was lucky enough to see SRV live once, he was by FAR the best blues guitar player of all time in my opinion.
I will never forget the first time I heard this song. I was walking through Tower Records on a Friday night back in the early 80s and this song was playing on the store speaker system. Walked up to the front counter and they were playing the album on the turntable. I immediately bought a copy and that was my first intro to Steve Ray.
Polo,
I really appreciated your honesty. Can’t begin to tell you how much I enjoyed your facial expressions while listening to SRV. He was really special. I think had your parents had heard him play in their day, than those records too would have been passed on to you as well.
God Bless!
Your face looks happier after experiencing this clip from El Mocambo! The rest of his works are just as brilliant. “Not a clinker in the bunch “ as we used to say. His music is and has been my Go-to, my sister and I dance with grown kids and grandkids and I will listen and sing and dance with Stevie Ray Vaughn until I can’t. Yes, I have other music favorites, very diverse. SRV still gives me chills and smiles.
As a contrast, listen to Stevie's long take on Hendrix's Little Wing with no vocal. Dynamic range and expression exceptional!
That always makes me cry. You can hear how much passion is in that somg
That is epic. It is mesmerizing. It is alive.
BB King stated "I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed."
The highest praise he could ever give.
That BB King statement was in a whole other context. I remember the day he said it and where he was when he said it. I see what your doing though so I wont mention it anymore.
BB King also said, "I play like short phrases, Stevie plays flow on consciousness".
@@ehlersjim12 you mean “Stream of Consciousness”
I think it was a stupid thing to say. BB was good, but not even close to Stevie Ray! Couldn't hold his pick!
All the greats had Stevie on stage with them. Because he made them relevant again. And got them to make more money than they ever had. They all new Stevie blew all of them away 10 fold! Only some of them told the truth about him. He brought the blues back into main stream Moreno than it ever was! He was the greatest player ever to touch a guitar.Hendrix if alive may have really pasted everyone. STEVIE AND EVERYONE WORSHIPED JIMI AND RIGHTFULLY SOO!
Another once in a lifetime artist!! I also grew up listening and loving this man. Oh my, what sweet sweet music! Obviously born with guitar in hand. Now he is playing in heaven to the angels, yes!
I've heard him Play the song a lot of times but this is one of the hardest versions I've ever heard that guitar is still smoking today after this set
I watch him in awe and try to figure out how he gets so much music out of his guitar. He’s phenomenal.
My favorite is "Little Wing" that song is all strings
You need to watch the video of him warming up on TH-cam. It shows the incredible mastery he had of that guitar…and it’s like 6AM and he just got out of bed ! Long Live SRV!
The greatest to ever play. And still unmatched. RIP Stevie. Pleasure watching you react and getting to experience that for the first time.
I'm from Texas and I really enjoyed seeing you react to SRV. That's how I react every time I hear him to this day.
I got a chance to see him at Farm Aid II, back in the 80s. I will never forget that!
I just found your site when you did this review and have watched it probably a half dozen times. I still like your reaction. Well done!
What separated SRV from ordinary shredders was the extraordinary lyricism and expressiveness. Hearing him play made me apologize to my guitars.
Smiling...
Even for experienced blues listeners, Stevie Ray is just different. The super thick strings, the dimed out Fender amps, the big hands and mega technique, and finally the touch and the way he digs in hard into the strings. No one sounds like Stevie Ray Vaughn.
LOVE your reaction! It is almost exactly what I had the first time I heard him....he makes peoples eyes squint because he plays from the heart
Stevie on fire! Incredible talent and showmanship. Such a tragic loss. Gone far too soon.
I grew up in the Hendrick's era and the Stevie Ray days. Both were amazing. But, give me Stevie's blues any day. Love Stevie. Listened to him all of the time. I cried the day he died.
Always listen to him live. And preferably by himself. Anyone else, no matter how good they are, just get in the way. lol
"How do his hands not lock up". Stevie used really heavy gauge strings. He had amazingly strong hands. I got to see him 3 times, and it was always amazing. He's from Austin, TX
Sat with Stevie many times at a little club called Mother Blues in the 70's. So glad for the time. He was awesome.
Tin Pan Alley SRV with Johnny Copland live Montreux
I agree! Watch his old recordings especially on Austin City Limits where he shows he can play ANY form of music!
Hello Polo, Stevie Ray loved Jimi Hendrix. He felt the work of Jimi in his heart. Jimi was one of the most powerful influences in his life. But all blues musician's (guitarist's) that had that power, Stevie was after. I would love to see you do a reaction to Jeff Beck, cause we've ended as lovers, and she's a woman. They are fusion, but with a little funk. Yep from Texas. God! Muddy waters, Buddy Guy, and so many, I love. Thank You for burning that One!
Another legend gone too soon, but never forgotten. R.I.P. Stevie
Pure joy to see someone else find out who he is!
He learned from Hendrix 45's he got from behind the record store when he was a kid in. He plays with EIGHTEEN GAGE STRING and a super high action! I got to see him live a few times and it was as awesome as giving birth to my children, I shit you not. He wasn't made for the guitar, the guitar was made for him.
Ya, there is a studio version, album with the same name, recorded live in the studio ofc. SRV was like a river, a force of nature, like fed a stream of blues from above. He could play the same solo over and over reinventing it every time. You recognise the songs anywhere in his solos, yet never repetitive. SRV was behond this world, there is a party in heaven ever since that crash in Claptons helicopter 32 years ago.
I love how he continues the admiration and respect!
SRV was born and raised in not just Dallas, but South Dallas - Oak Cliff, TX. It wasn't the severe hood that it got in the late 90's at that time, but it was definitely not the "nice part of town." Stevie and his older brother, Jimmy went to Oak Cliff H.S. and hung out with another gem of a Texan - Stephen Tobolowsky (look him up too).
Also, you talked about SRV "outshining" his band. He never outshone Double Trouble. They were (and the band still is) one helluva group of musicians that perfectly complemented each other. Watch any of the live videos of SRV and you'll start to see it. You hear it around the 10:15 mark here when the bassist, Tommy Shannon, starts going off with doublets on that massive walking line he plays throughout the song. SRV was the showman, but it was the band that let him do it because they were such amazing players that could keep up with SRV and follow him no matter what he did.
I saw him at Red Rocks, probably late 80s. He was the opener for some punk rock girl band. After SRV was done with his set, all of the audience, maybe 6,000-9,000 got up and left. They saw who they came for. I looked back as we got to the top and the place was empty when the headliner was announced.
I was really proud of Colorado on that night.
Stevie Ray died August 27,1990, leaving a gig in a helicopter crash. Originally from Texas. This song, Texas Flood was from his first album of the same name. I always said Stevie didn’t play the guitar, he just followed the guitar wherever it went.
I love your reaction! SRV used the heaviest gauge strings on his guitar. He probably used a ton of super glue on the tips of his fingers when he was young(keeps blisters away). Check out 'life without you' live you'll love it.
I was there the night he died. East Troy Wisconsin. Robert Cray, Stevie Ray Vaughn, opened for Eric Clapton, everyone came out for the encore along with Buddy Guy and Jimmy Ray Vaughn. The show was incredible. I remember think I really need to see Stevie Ray Vaughn play again. And I was glad I ditched work to go to the show.
As for the night, it was foggy, you could barely see. We hung around for a couple of hours after the show because you couldn't get out of the parking lot. We saw off in a distance bright orange and yellow flashes through the fog. We had no idea it was from the helicopter crash. Didn't hear the terrible news until the next morning.
The great Albert King complimented SRV by saying he didn't just play the guitar with technical expertise, but he felt the music, that he became the music. That's very high praise. And SRV regarded Jimi Hendrix as a significant model for the guitarist he wanted to be. He achieved it!
I seen SRV and Eric Clapton play in Cincinnati Ohio before Stevie passed away. He was a beast!
Riverbend or at the Coliseum??
SRV still gives goosebumps after all this time. I can get lost in his playing. Ohh man he is mesmerizing!
Thanks for reacting to SRV!❤
Grandma's rock!!
Stevie Ray is the Alpha and Omega of blues!!! Greatest to ever pick up a guitar! Shine on you crazy diamond!!! R.I.P.
Love Stevie Ray and particularly this performance. Your reaction was priceless. Keep up the good work.
I was only 6 when he went down in that helicopter crash and I still knew we lost someone great. Sad time for everyone but especially us Texans. A part of Texas died with Stevie. RIP
And let us not forget to thank the good people of Toronto fpr having the sense to press record! And in such excellent quality, camera-wise and sound-wise.
PHENOMINAL ❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰 loved him all my life! I’m 70
I was 20 when he left this Earth, stationed in Germany. That wah-wah pedal that he steps on was given to him by Jimi Hendrix's father when Stevie visited with him to ask permission to cover Voodoo Child. As commented by others, he wasn't supposed to be on that helo, a fellow artist offered their seat up because they weren't ready to leave.
Was at his last show at Alpine. SRV and Clapton. The encore to the show was both guitarists on Sweet Home Chicago.
Stevie Ray Vaughan is from Texas. One of the few artists I prefer to see live.
SRV is THE 🐐 without question!!
Check out👇🎸
"Life Without You" (Live Capitol Theater)
Regarding pausing the video:
A little advice, you doesn't need to stop the whole video to say 3 words, start video, stop 10 seconds later to say 5 words. I watch 27 reactors and over 4 years have seen thousands of reactions. However, I've never seen anyone stop a video at least 25 times just to say a few short words. It's incredibly frustrating.
It is common to say a sentence or some short comment OVER the music. If you're going to stop the entire video try to do it at the end of a verse or chorus (preferably chorus) and then make your full comment. Run it back 5 seconds - and you're set up & good to go into the next verse.
With SRV, it's very difficult to find anyplace to stop! But stop, start, stop, start just to say a few words will drive subs away.
Try and find the video of Stevie Ray playing with Albert King. Albert was like his mentor and he marveled at what Stevie Ray had become. Stevie Ray was from Texas and become a great guitar legend but sadly died in a helicopter crash after playing in some legendary concert. Stevie Ray was a force of nature for sure.
I got to see SRV play in Knoxville, TN on Valentine's Day 2/14/1987. He was on fire the whole time 🔥
I saw SRV at the Meadowbrook Music Festival in Detroit in the 80's, and it is my most treasured concert. I feel privileged to have seen him. Gone far too soon.
When I was younger I would stay up and watch Austin City Limits and that's how I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan for the first time
New sub….courtesy of SRV. You’ve only scratched the surface of his greatness. Just a few suggestions for you:
Look at Little Sister
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Voodoo Child
All live performances at Austin City Limits. Any SRV reaction should be done only to live performances. It’s a rule…well not really but it def should be 🤣
I respect that rule
@@poloreacts27 watching this magical music create his music is mesmerizing and captivating. His passionate commitment to the music is evident in every performance. I only listen to him in my car, but otherwise I can never get my fill of watching him get swept away in the musical stream but fortunately he sweeps us away with him🎸🎶💙
Greatest guitar player of all time. Among masters like B.B. King and Eric Clapton, they called him the master. Died too soon.
its hard to find a blues video or any other video that can match the intensity he played with in this song. Ive watched it countless times and evrey time i say the same thing, holy shit that is unbelievable guitar playing
I furst saw SRV in Sesttle at the Bumbershoot Festival, at which piint all anyone knew about him was that David Biwie hired him for his Let's Dance sessions (Let's Dance, China Girl, Modern Love all feature him). When he came out on the stsge, my jaw hitbthe floor!
Some four years later, I was stationed in Germany. We waljed into a somber NCO club. The news? Eruc Clapton was dead, helicopter crash after a concert in Wisconsin. Some ten minutes later, the news came in to announce that itbwas Strvie Rsy, not Clapton, who died. I found myself in tears in the middle if the NCO club, and i didn't care what anyone thought. All I remember is reoeatedly asking, "Why him? Clapton has already done his thing! Why Stevie???" To this day, his music brings tears to my eyes.
This is the eleventee billionth time I have cried watching Texas Flood Live at the El Macambo
SRV got a toy guitar at 4 then a real one at 7. He was playing in bands at 13. He didn’t read music was self taught. He met and played with all the old blues greats, who all loved him like a son. He actually brought back a revival period of the legendary blues greats, who had a great time being on stage again, during the Rock and Roll times, with SRV onstage with them. They were heartbroken when he died so young.😢
Phenomenal it's all I can say is phenomenal
How much musical greatness is there in heaven?
When i got this record I played it for 3 days straight!!!
He is AMAZING....AMAZING....
Stevie is so much better than any other guitar player, it's not even measurable.
When Stevie played, it was like every guitarist, that ever lived and died before him, was reincarnated into him at the same time when he was born.
Stevie was regarded as one of the most influential musicians in the history of blues, and was one of the greatest guitarists of all time. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame said he was "the second coming of the blues". It was said, that Stevie was able to bridge the gap between blues and rock, like no other artist had been able to since the late '60s. This song, "Pride & Joy", and "Crossfire" are in all of my regular playlists.
I was fortunate to have seen him play live from about 30 feet away...1986. When he played ...the guitar was struggling to keep up with him.
The great Albert King sat down and played with Stevie Ray . . . if you know blues, you gotta be someone special if Albert King tells you "have a seat next to me"
RIP Stevie Ray. I missed seeing you play live.
I didn't discover stevie until after he died. His music is a force of nature
I'm a blues drummer, percussionist, 50 years now. I am crying listening to this, knowing he's dead.
Stevie Ray was the GOAT! The guitar was like an extension of himself. He also had one of the most unique voices. In most songs, the guitar supports the vocals, but with Stevie Ray the vocals supported the guitar.
9:04 he starts "bending" the tempo of his "solo" below the tempo of the drums then brings it up then short trip to the cresendo then he flips the guitar behind his back ... just lovely ...
I was three years old when he died in that chopper crash. My dad was a Marine, and tough and mean as hell. When my dad got home from work, he grabbed me, gave me a hug, and cried in the garage. I've seen him cry three times in my life, ever. He told me, "son, we've lost a piece of humanity today, and we will never get it back."
There are many people that say it's the only time they've seen John Lee Hooker cry, when he found out Stevie was gone.
Absolute.
Semper Fi to your dad
Damn…..what a story bro. I would comment on it but I can’t add anything to a story like that. 😢
Man your comment made me cry. I was lucky enough to see him
Am I the only one who tears up with a combination of joy and sorrow every time I hear SRV?
Nope❤
No sir/mam
Me too! Loved him!
No, you are not. Bittersweet.
As a child of the 60s and growing up in oak Cliff I had Stevie in the veins...his music tears at your soul and shreds your heart from the loss