Watching Stevie perform, it always struck me as how casual & effortless his playing appeared. Obviously it wasn't, but he always made it look that way.
I saw him play in the 1980s at the Hartford Civic Center, he was touring with Robert Plant, opening for him in fact, and he blew Plant away. He was so good live... amazing guitarist and performer.
SRV is from my neighborhood (Oak Cliff in Dallas). Met him once at the mall. I had no idea he was this amazing when I met him, I was a kid back then listening to other genres...
Great reaction guys. I grew up listening to Hendrix and he broke new ground with his playing. And like most great contributions the masters make, a rare talent comes along that builds on the the works of the masters to take them to a new level. SRV's version is cleaner sounding to me but still carries the same emotion SRV style.- Hawk
The El Mocambo, 1983 Live Simulcast version of Voodoo Chile, and the '89 cover from Austin City Limits are bookend performances of his career. The ElMo cover was closest to Hendrix than anyone had ever gone, and the '89 ACL was the closest to Stevie than he had ever gone.
I've watched Tommy Shannon play for years, but this is the first time I've seen him play a jazz bass with a pick, primarily up-picking. Similar to Mike Levine of Triumph. I don't know who did it first, if one influenced the other, or if they were both influenced by an unknown 3td party. This sounded great!
Stevie did not have a sister. He only has a brother, Jimmie. You should stop going on all SRV's reactions and posting this lie. You need psychiatric help to be so desperate as to keep posting this lie so you can get some attention.
@@debbiegrubb6235 I was at the tribute to Stevie in Dallas with Jimmy and nobody ever mentioned sisters. I've known Jimmy's daughter since I was a kid.
