Stevie Ray Vaughan: Texas Flood- Live at the El Mocambo: (Amazing Guitar- The finest): Reaction
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The first time I watched him perform, I couldn’t believe my ears. I made everyone shut up at the party and watch his performance on Austin City Limits on TV. Phenomenal performance.
Nicely done! Hope it was a good party.
The first time I ever saw him was live from about 20 feet away in Amarillo.
@@armadillotoe Lucky you!
@@armadillotoe I saw him in Knoxville with Lonnie Mack was right next to the stage Unreal is all i can say
Yeah, that Austin City Limits DVD is legendary, just so good... the difference between how SRV looks from the earlier to the later show is just stark... from eyes closed to being clean with eyes wide open and smiling... can't recommend that performance enough.
When Stevie was in this type of zone, seeing him play live was like a religous experience in a revival tent on a hot Saturday night down south somewhere. Stevie was the minister the scripture flowed effortlessly through, which allowed his guitar to speak in tongues!
I got to see him and Jeff Beck together in a little club in Daytona Beach. Heavenly.
@GBeret83 wow! Quite the colorful way of putting it! But hey, lol...I'm rockin' with it!!🤷🏼♀️😂 (He was a friend & I always enjoy hearing other people's descriptions of his 'it factor'... re his style, tone, presence & what places him in the stratosphere above all others!!👍😊)
You could not have hit the nail on the head any harder. My first two SRV shows were his last two shows. I was at Alpine Valley where that fog and dumb pilot took down that helicopter. That second to last show was one of the most spiritual experiences of my life. His performance was so incredible that Clapton came out and said "How in hell do I follow that?" And, then he said that Stevie was the greatest guitarist he had ever seen. It was truth. I love Clapton. And, I have seen him many times. But, my friends and I had to leave the show after Stevie's performance. We sat outside the venue in shock at the greatness we had just witnessed on that stage. I was touched spiritually by something during this song. I would experience this feeling only one other time in my 50 years and that came to me as I walked thru the doors of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. A flood of emotion is the best description I can provide to others. I've seen many hundreds of shows in my lifetime. Those SRV performances still sit alone on the top shelf.
Drummer,Chris Layton said that he & Stevie were same height(About 5'6)but,Stevie had the hands of a 6'1 guy! And,thick,strong fingers! Even physically,God BUILT SRV TO PLAY GUITAR!!!
Eddie Van Halen was only 5’5” tall and his hands were quite big as well…
I think Chris went on to drum for Kenny Wayne Shepard. Kenny's dad was Stevie's manager, as a young man he use to watch SRV play tagging along with his dad. Stevie was a big influence on Kenny. Check out Kenny, he's got some really good music.
Thank you for appreciating him. He was truly one with his guitar.
Absolute master
SRV=GOAT. 🤯💯
I have played guitar for more than 4 decades, big stages, small stages.
I am a student admirer of the greats in many genres.
Stevie is the GOAT in my estimation.
Hes a bonafide blues legend, I was blessed enough to see him play twice and for me this is the best blues guitar performance ever recorded. RIP SRV
I only take issue with the word 'blues' in the above post.
This whole concert is damn near the best performance of every song he’s done. It’s the number one concert I would choose to go back in time and see from any artist there ever was.
Checkout “Little Wing” and “Lenny” from this concert. Just mind blowing!
I'd love to hear little Wing!
@@TheThamesmen Y’all will not be disappointed. BTW… SRV’s version is all instrumental. I still f’ing love Jimi’s original version just as much!
@@TheThamesmen Yeah--Little Wing. You won't be dissappointed.
His Little Wing from that show is perhaps the single greatest guitar performance I’ve witnessed in all my days..
The pride of Texas and the GOAT of the blues RIP SRV
He was the master
I was lucky to see him during the Could'nt Stand the Weather tour on a snowy Valentines Day. Just awe inspiring show from start to finish. Encore he wore a full Native American war bonnet
How cool but not sure War Bonnets are political correct nowadays!
That entire concert is an amazing experience in guitar 🎸
Now this is more like it. No backing tracks, no ear pieces with click tracks so you don't get out of time. just 3 guys killing it led by the best. Lots of people are technically talented. But his lightening quick changes of tone and volume to attain a certain sound is unique to him. If you listen closely there are 15 0r 20 variations in the sound he's getting from that beat up strat. Not to much the absolute soul crushing emotion he plays with That translates through the guitar. The universe is not fair. Stevie was taken from us while Cold Play still walks the streets.
His older brother Jimmie said that Stevie would practice from the time he got home from school until dinner, then after until late into the night. As you can well imagine, his fingers would crack and bleed, so he would just superglue his fingertips and keep playing. Truly a phenomenal player in the truest sense of the word. I can remember vividly the moment I heard the news of his death - I had gone out to get takeout for lunch and I had just parked my car when the DJ reported it. I just sat there and cried.
Sorry Tim. I've had the same experience with musicians I've loved.
I was supposed to be at his last show at Alpine Valley and my now EX wife said I couldn’t go as I was leaving the house so I stayed home like a dick and the next day I just kept showing her all the newscasts talking about his death and she just rolled her eyes…notice I said EX wife…
@@Zenn-lg8fj sorry to hear, tragic on many fronts
Here's a couple more Master Classes:
Life Without You (Capitol Theater)
Mary Had a Little Lamb (Austin City Limits)
VooDoo Chile (Austin City Limits)
Stevie was a friend of mine...super nice, fun guy, great sense of humor but always, always a humble guy. He was a bluesman thru & thru (tho played some rock n roll). He had a guitar in his hand since he could toddle. I've seen him live many times in many places & venues. There's truly none better. Here's what puts him in the stratosphere above everybody else: Stevie can play/cover ANYBODY (He's studied, learned & played w/ the greats...of all styles...Texas Blues, Memphis style (B.B. King) & Chicago style blues...he spent quite a bit of time in Europe hanging out at pubs/clubs in London & other cities bc he wanted to learn European style electric blues. He enjoyed listening to all genres of music & always said that even if he didn't like it, he always learned something from it. What did he listen to on his own? A soul station on the radio!): But NOBODY to date has been able to play SRV style & skill. His sound is his own & is God-given. That's what makes him the goat!!😊 Enjoyed it guys!!👍
Lovely comment and what a privilege to have known him. Great insight and so sorry he is gone.
@@TheThamesmen Thanks! ABSOLUTELY! & NO DOUBT!! R i.p SRV♡ Y'all take good care!!👍
Next month will be 31 years since his death. Still can't believe there will never be any "new" SRV, ever.
I suppose we are in a slightly enviable position in that a lot of SRV is 'new' to us
I saw Stevie once live, I've got memories for a life time.
stevie the men!!!!!!!!!i remember this song......
Thanks for being here and take care.
this is more like it. i listen to this on a regular basis.
I can see why! Glad to hit one of your tracks. We do try to offer variety to keep it interesting for as many as possible
A great blues track is SRV with Johnny Copeland
Tin Pan Alley
This shows off another side of his vocals.
saw him 1989 el paso Balloon Fest ,, ten yards away greatest time of my life !!!
Epic. Really. Truly. Epic. That man and his guitar are one.
Agreed... Fluid
The music come from his soul and out his guitar..
It was divine for sure
Just subbed❤I was lucky enough to see Stevie open up for Robert Plant in Toronto in 1988 talk about a show full of blues😂 He seduced me with his guitar and then he Sang OMG smooth😂❤
Welcome and have a seat and beer. We do like to talk but love great music as well.
The more I watch this vid the more I'm thankful that someone caught it on film. What a treasure!
Truth
Fantastic, fabulous guitarist and a good singer too. And this from the man who was told as a boy he wasn't good enough for guitar lessons!
Never listen to your teachers!
His HANDS probably helped him play with as about as high a "action" physically POSSIBLE! GREAT BENDING!!!
John Mayer, who is no slouch with playing the blues said that people couldn't just pick up SRV's guitar and play it. He said he would maybe last a couple minutes and he would be spent. SRV put out shows lasting a couple of hours. Drive to the next venue and do it again.
By the way, the Double Trouble band were not just a few friends tossed together. The bassist, Tommy Shannon who was fantastic who played with the likes Johnny Winter and Muddy Waters.
You noticed in this live version of Texas Flood where SRV would end a bar or riff and step to the mic as if he were to sing and then step back and go further down the rabbit hole. It took a great band like those in Double Trouble to hang with it in seamless fashion.
@@allenjohns7604 Many people would call the strings that SRV used brake cables for a motorbike.
The El Mocambo is a bar in downtown Toronto, pretty famous, not very big, always sorry I missed this back then! Rolling Stones played there in '77.
Another authentic and thoughtful reaction, Alex and George! Thank you for such great vids. Be well!
Glad you like them! As you may tell we are having fun and love the community interactions so thank you
That was an encyclopedia of blues licks, boys! Saw him and Jeff Beck in Louisville in 1989, best concert ever!
Please do Little Wing from this same concert. 🔥
Think that is a great call as I, George, not seen that yet and would love to.
Stevie is tuned in somewhere only he can find for “Little Wing”. He is far away, and it’s maybe the most incredible thing I’ve ever seen from him. Pure art. This makes me laugh with amazement. “Little Wing” leaves me stunned and silent.
If I could like twice I would!!!
Well we have two channels now so you can subscribe twice!😜
🤠 SRV!!! 🎸🎸🎸🐐🐐🐐💙💙💙
Exactly, though when we first the expression GOAT we had to look it up as was confused as to why anyone would want to be called a Goat
@@TheThamesmen 🤠LOL🐐! 😂👍
He plays both lead and rythym like none have accomplished since with the thickest strings available, rumor has it he took them from a piano. was privileged to see him play 3 times.
Can tow a car with the strings he used! You were very lucky to have seen him live
Make sure you do the “Little Wing” from El Macombo!! The best. Have you yet done “Tin Pan Alley @ with Stevie Ray and Johnny Copeland? Pure Blues! Love you guys. Thanks for the love you’re showing Stevie Ray.
Donna G
Yep! Little Wing and Voodoo Child! Then couldn't Stand the Weather!
I like reaction videos, and of course Stevie. His performances are the only ones folks routinely applaud at the end. I don’t wonder why.
HA HA.... Cos he is better to watch than listen to... Once you SEE what he is doing then you understand why he sounds like that
Thanks for your reaction. Curious if you had Joe Bonnamasa in your guitar gods. Thanks for playing straight through.
SRV sound check. Amazing. Stevie walks in , looking like a pimp. Yawns as he wakes up. Picks a boog and shreds.
In a sound check. Amazing.
Looks like a Texan Pixie!
My all time favorite SRV. The dude can take a nursery rhyme and turn it into a funky guitar masterpiece. And he does Hendrix better than Hendrix.
Can we agree they were both amazing!
You have to see Stevie playing Voodoo Chile at "one night in Austin "! He bleeds his guitar for all it's worth.
Got to see him at the Charlie Daniels volunteer jam 10 in Nashville. Was up against the stage front and center.
Thats so cool!!
I was at his last concert at Alpine Valley he is truly the greatest talents I've ever seen. The night his helicopter crashed he was in his prime. It was foggy as hell that night and those helicopters had no business flying that night.
Wow how completely tragic. Thank you for sharing this with us. It was a complete stupid waste of amazing talent
One word, "Lenny"
That strat has a lot of miles on it. RIP SRV. ✌
SRV was the GOAT
Stevie Ray never played a song the same way twice. He freestyles and improvised on every single song. RIP Stevie Ray and Dusty Hill. Y'all make us Texans proud!
YALL :)
For a white dude this man plays some serious blues... I, an Aussie, discovered him way back in my youth and was seriously impressed. Only comparable with Robert Cray, in my mind and ear, who also passed too soon.
It's like a drummer that gets lost in a fill... You think Stevie's lost in a turnaround... But he never is!
Thanks for the comment and also thanks for being here and more soon. Thanks G&A
His greatest track. Not only did he play with 13 gauge strings, but I heard he had his necks frets were bass frets, and he had them re-fretted frequently, because he wore them down.
What a great show this was and I was fortunate enough to be "under the neon palms" to see it in person! The El Mo had great shows. Saw Rory Gallagher there twice and George Thorogood once as well.
Ok now you are just showing off! How cool!
Well done guys! 👏🏽 You'll remember the day you saw this performance!! R.I.P. to the 🐐!!! If you haven't already, you should have a look at Voodoo Child... it's a BANGER!!
I hope there is some place like heaven where he can jam with all those other greats that are gone. Side 3 of Rolling Stones Love You Live was also recorded in the Elmocombo (Elmo) in Toronto.
That would be cool!
The Elmo had some of the best music back in the 70's, 80's. I spent a lot of time there (upstairs and downstairs) but missed SRV and a few others :-(
@@CharCanuck14 hauling Leslie cabs and B3s up those stairs was the worst part of playing that room
@@patrickrea6574 I couldn't imagine that! Did you play upstairs?
@@CharCanuck14 I was a sound guy in the 80s and 90s. We rented gear to the bands and had to deliver
Hello, thank you for the video. I would like to see your reaction to the performances of Diana Ankudinova. This is a young singer, she has covers of famous songs, as well as her own songs.
I will check it out
Wonderful Job! Great track from an artist we lost too soon. Yes please add this to the Guitar Gods series. Right next to Paul Stanley!
Added!
You guys should have a look at Jeff Healey and SRV. Absolutely mind blowing. Cheers from 🇨🇦🤘
That is on our list for sure thank you for the reminder
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GOAT
you guys.....
No....... You!!
I hate watching any greatest guitar players or guitar Gods because Stevie Ray is always # 7, 10, whatever and never #1 but show me a video of anyone no matter who it is of them playing 13 gage strings and play a song like Voodoo Child 85% behind their backs, break a string and switch guitars without missing a beat, even 1 handed, their teeth, pick the guitar like he did all in one song. I have been making this challenge for yrs now and still waiting for it to happen 😆 love the reaction STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE GOAT
Plus Alvin Lee :)
You need to check out he's live cover of Jimi hendrix little wing.Its from El Mocambo gig aswell , one of my favourite songs to listen to and guitar playing is just amazing.
Hoping this will happen too as would love to check it out
To avoid a mass of people when the Stones played there, the marquee read "The April Wine".
The MASTER! The greatest Blues/Rock Guitarist ever. I'd like a £ for the amount of times i've watched this!
Intro is a loving T-Bone Walker Tribute....
ahhh
Stevie is making his guitar scream, "Help ME, Save Me, He's Killing Me," and then Stevie abuses the guitar even more. Yes, SRV was a Master.
From Finland power house Noora Louhimo and Steven Seagulls Piece Of My Heart Live 2021. ( Janis Joplin voice )
Should do Mary had a little lamb from the last show at the Austin City Lights also other great tracks
I also was incredibly fortunate to see him. Many times. I saw him at the Lone Star Cafe in NYC sat on a barstool about 10’ away from him. Also saw him double billed with Jeff Beck which was mind blowing. I miss Stevie Ray. I sometimes wonder what path he would have taken had he not died. Would he have branched away from blues at some point? Would he have veered toward jazz? Probably not.
Here in the south, we call this being" taken to church " its truly a religious experience to watch SRV performance live. Please do "life without you "capitol theater NJ 1985. See if you notice the guitar swap and broken tooth .
We did see this early on in the channel:
th-cam.com/video/xw5SeAwdnws/w-d-xo.html
Amazing
His guitar weighed 15 pounds as well. Just Great!
now that is an axe!
This angel is one of the best singers (incredible extremely low vocal) in the world!
Reactionaries, who have already made almost 7 thousand reactions (check my playlist) call her the queen of goosebumps!
I invite you to discover this wonderful talented young singer.
Please make reaction to Diana Ankudinova -
(rarest contralto with polyphonic overtones)
I was stunned to find that the first performance (Show "You are Super") I heard was when she was 14!!!!
She's now 18 and still developing. She sings in Russian, French, English, Spain and Arabic.
The covers she performed on that show are very popular on TH-cam. Many TH-camrs publish reactions on these performances, which include "Wicked Game", "Human", "Derniere Danse", "It's a Man's Man's Man's World", "Take On Me" and others.
Please react to one of Diana's songs and I promise she will surprise you.
th-cam.com/video/7jv-DQnf2UY/w-d-xo.html
⬆️ Wicked Game
Diana Ankudinova 😊👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥🎉💫💯
🎸💯🤯 Those Texas blues tho‼🔥🤟
SRV called his guitar "The One"!
RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan. ❤🕊🙏
His guitar was the one! as was he!
First comment...:-)
Winner winner Chicken dinner
SRV ~ 🎸🐐
**Voodoo Child at Starwood Theater in Nashville**
**Voodoo Child at Austin City Limits 1989**
**Tightrope at Austin City Limits 1989**
I would add Couldn’t Stand the Weather from Capital Theatre
Thanks for the tips. Much appreciated
@@TheThamesmen I absolutely love your reactions. Keep up the great work, guys! 🎸🤘
@@jackscott5593 thanks for that. Means a lot.
I was fortunate to see SRV open for Robert Plant. That was one night no one missed the opening act.
The El Mocambo is a 500 seat beer hall in Toronto. The list of artists who played there is impressive including The Stones, The Ramones and Elvis Costello.
OMG Plant and SRV.... The chosen one!
You have to watch Jeff Healey and Stevie Ray Vaughn live I believe at the El Mocombo
Look at Little Sister it will blow you away!!!!!!!!!
Others have said this - Do you have a link?
@@TheThamesmen just type in Stevie Ray Vaughan and jeff Healey look at little sister and it should pop up
You guys should do a reaction of Jeff Healey See the Light . The live version from Night Music 1988 is great.
Ohhh I forgot that name. Will check this out. Thanks for being here.
Wishbone Ash Tales of the Wise. Live Ducker A1. Published on Dec 21 2010. Outstanding twin guitar work. For your consideration. Oh yeah you can put me double down for SRV🎸
I slightly disagree in that I think "Life Without You" was more jaw dropping. And yes, I know you've already reacted to it. 👍
I think this is just as good but at this point for me Life Without you is still relatively new, I have been watching this one for years. One thing for sure I'll never get tired of either of them.
For a 2 hour guitar jam, try Insession with Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
I would like to suggest Life Without You written for his friend Charley Wirz who was a mentor and helped Stevie in how he designed his guitars and who died of a heart attack. It's my favorite song of his and has a beautiful message.
We did already and loved it. The vid is here th-cam.com/video/xw5SeAwdnws/w-d-xo.html
Hope you enjoy
Thanks for this. I'm not fan of SRV, but I enjoy of the headroom of his amazing gtr sound. I guess one reason got the sound is that he used 15" speaker elements instead of 12"?!?
Not a fan of Stevie?!? WHY? I hope what you mean is that you're not necessarily a blues fan. But to not love Stevie is something I cannot fathom. Please explain yourself.
@@alanberg5575 I am a blues fan - I even wrote a short university level study of the early days of B. I can't say why I'm not a fan of SRV. Maybe too much Hendrix connection...Maybe it is that I like the most acoustic (roots) blues. Roots blues is real blues for me. - However, I like the guitar sound of electric blues early times and especially the British Invasion time (original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green etc) Maybe SRV played too much compared to Peter Green to my taste... Anyway, because of the fandom of my amp designer and my taste I have 15" in my rig like SRV had. YEEEE.
@@yabby6550 Fair enough, Yabby. I certainly respect your opinion. Stevie's style may not have been everyone's personal taste. SRV's playing was sort of the blues on steroids---or HGH. But to me, he will always be the greatest, the way he combined unmatched physicality with such technical precision and control. He put everything he had into his playing, and his showmanship was as good as there was or is. Most important, however, was his kindness and humility. I love his interviews---particularly the ones from his post drug and alcohol years. Anyway, thank you Yabby for responding to me so swiftly. God bless!
i recommend "lenny" from El Mocambo & "Look At Lttle Sister" from Austin City Limits.
Great guitar playing the original studio version by Larry Davis is worth a listen
There are good players then there's great players then there's feeling he's from a different planet best player in the world handrex was great but nothing like this love nz
The extra gear!
Time to check out Tina s. Beethoven Moonlight Sonata 3rd Mov.
Saw him live 3 time, superlatives and hyperbole fail to capture his brilliance!
Really jealous. Never to be for us. Sucks
Please, make a reaction to the songs of the singer Diana Ankudinova.
SRV: THE GOAT. I am going to take this opportunity to again suggest *Eric Gales*. You both need to listen to him!!!! Yeah, I will keep annoying you about this, lol
I will check it out
Please make a reaction to Diana Ankudinova, you will be amazed at her voice. No wonder Diana is called the queen of goosebumps.
Listening now
Check out:
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live In Finland (1985 & 1988)
At 11.19 a man from the audience walks up to Stevie to shake his hand in the middle of a guitsr solo. Stevie shakes his hand continueing the solo with one hand, no problem.
HA HA really :) Brilliant
Tommy Shannon, the bassist claims in his book, this way Stevie's best taped performance. However, just before the show, he had to be medically roused from a cocaine induced coma. With fluids, and vitamins they got him to the stage and this is what happened. Hence the more than most sweating.
The best player, ever, by far. Sorry Hendrix fans.
2-3 years before he got sober.
Helene here. Hello gentlemen! I have a suggestion for a reaction. I don’t see where you have done any reactions to Joe Bonamassa, one of the greatest performing blue/rock guitarists in the world, and I think a solid contender for guitar god status. I think he is in the SRV mold, but he can also sound like Gary. Clarke Jr. or even Page, depending on the song. I would suggest as an intro to react to the live official video of “Going Down” from the Greek Theater. KILLER guitar, KILLER keyboards, KILLER brass…..KILLER band. I would provide the link but then this might get taken down by youtube…….They do that. You will both love it…I guarantee it. Have I ever steered you wrong? 😁 👋
This might seem slightly unbelievable but Alex managed to get into some sort of online spat with Joe Bonamassa. Not sure of details but may preclude us following that path!!
@@TheThamesmen OH NO! can he separate out the spat from the outstanding musician? Geez, wonder what happened. I’ve always heard that Joe is a very nice guy and he has done so much for the music community during the pandemic, raising money for out of work musicians online. I truly hope Alex can move past it or they can mend fences. If not, George, if you’re not familiar with this artist, please watch the video I referred to and tell me what you think. Please, I really want to know
@@TheThamesmen I meant to ask if there were any other artists that you or Alex are on the outs with, so I won’t suggest them? 😏
@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 A few :) Hope you're well. Alex here (Back in the ol USA)
I always wondered why Stevie Ray was so angry at that guitar, he absolutely throttles it but they always seemed to make up🥴
People shouldn't watch this genius play unless they understand music and have something smart to say. Just saying he put the guitar behind his back tells me they didn't hear what was going on.
13 guage strings!
6 grams of cocaine and a qt of whiskey a day for years, gets sober in the late 80's and then gets killed in a helicopter crash. RIP Stevie ❤️
He used piano wire for awhile
Just another incredible performance from SRV. When you consider he could do this with a nursery rhyme, he really was unlimited in ability. th-cam.com/video/WWU6hpPJG_c/w-d-xo.html
For your enjoyment have a squiz at these two greats, not the same level but some lovely blues, Carlos Santana and John Lee Hooker.
th-cam.com/video/Xox9J0FNjZ8/w-d-xo.html
Another fine reaction, more please!
I will watch this now..... just cos its you. It better be good :)
I know this..... this came off his album where his career had tanked, he'd gone all christian so he lent on others to get back... Which he did
@@TheThamesmen You are correct good sir, I found the two of them though always created well together, and Santana is always a pleasure to listen to. So I do hope you enjoyed hearing it again!
Regarder Danny Carey ces me qui drum mer
13 gauge guitar strings, like playing barbed wire
Are you called the Thamesmen because you used to be called the Originals and then the New Originals, first? Lol Spinal Tap
Maybe! Also we grew up my the River Thames. Our email does happen to be thenewthamesmen@gmail.com
Spinal Tap could be our favorite movie!