Metal Biker Dude Reacts - SRV Little Wing Live 

There isn't any debate about it, Stevie Ray Vaughan is the very best to have ever picked up a guitar, or ever will pick up a guitar, it's an absolute damn shame he died far before his time. The whole state of TEXAS still loves ya man. SRV 4 LIFE!!!!!

The only person who plays a Hendrix song better than Jimmy himself.......SRV...RIP

Being a guitar player you’ll really appreciate this. It is a direct quote from Eric Clapton on SRV. Kind of long but it tells you what his peers thought of him... Eric Clapton: I don't think anyone has commanded my respect more, to this day. The first time I heard Stevie Ray, I thought, "Whoever this is, he is going to shake the world." I was in my car and I remember thinking, I have to find out, before the day is over, who that guitar player is. That doesn't happen to me very often, that I get that way about listening to music. I mean, about three or four times in my life I've felt that way, in a car, listening to the radio, where I've stopped the car, pulled over, listened, and thought, I've got to find out before the end of the day, not, you know, sooner or later, but I have to know NOW who that is. ...and I remember being fascinated by the fact that he never, ever seemed to be...lost in any way...It was as though he never took a breather...or took a pause to think where he was gonna go next, it just flowed out of him. It's going to be a long time before anyone that brilliant will come along again. I didn't get to see or hear Stevie play near often enough, but every time I did I got chills and knew I was in the presence of greatness.He seemed to be an open channel and music just flowed through him. It never seemed to dry up. I have to tell this story: We played on the same bill on his last two gigs. On the first night, I watched his set for about half an hour and then I had to leave because I couldn't handle it!. I knew enough to know that his playing was just going to get better and better. His set had started, he was like two or three songs in, and I suddenly got this flash that I'd experienced before so many times whenever I'd seen him play, which was that he was like a channel. One of the purest channels I've ever seen, where everything he sang and played flowed straight down from heaven. Almost like one of those mystic Sufi guys with one finger pointing up and one finger down. That's what it was like to listen to. And I had to leave just to preserve some kind of sanity or confidence in myself.

Stevie didn't read music, he was self taught and played by ear! Amazing!!!!!!!!

The greatest display of guitar mastery in the history of this planet.... He was on his own level...

The G.O.A.T. hands down in my opinion. I like jimmy, but love stevie.

Jimi was the genius, but SRV was the MASTER!

I would love for you to watch his performance of Texas Flood Live at the El Mocambo. Its an absolute texas blues powerhouse song, and is an unbelievable display of his all around talent. Its from the same show as this one you just watched. Also, again from the same show, his song "Lenny" is just a beautiful guitar masterpiece that he had written for his then wife. It was the first time I had ever seen him play, and watching the "Lenny" video was a legitimate spiritual experience for me. It's the reason I love watching people react to SRV. I sort of get to vicariously live that moment again.

I am honored to say that I was at the final show. RIP SRV and thank you for the music.

He's fucking incredible RIP SRV

One of the if not the best guitarists to ever live.

shout out to Double Trouble, keeping up with Stevie was no mean trick. That double-time they do towards the end was something.

Saw him no less than a dozen times in concert. Just as amazing each and every time. G O A T !!!!!!

“Fuck you, you beautiful bastard.” Is exactly what I say when I listen to old SRV. R.I.P you absolute legend.

The only way to describe it: filthy SRV - the greatest ever!!!

Guitar god, genius. Say no more!!!!

I've had the honor to shoot 3 Presidents, Stones, so many others in my 40+ years as a magazine/editorial photographer. In a year or so I had known Stevie, I had never asked him to shoot some photos of him. Then I had THE dream. I have remembered having one other dream, in my entire life. Days after the dream, I was having lunch with Stevie in Whole Foods in Dallas. I had to tell him about the dream, but I did not know HOW. He looked at me and said, "spit it out, man!" I told Stevie "I had a dream. I have never had another dream in my life! I was "told," in the dream, I am supposed to take some photos of you, your mom, and Jana (fiance)." "Not for a record cover, tour poster, nothing commercial... just some nice photos of you & mom. And Janna. And Number One guitar!" When's the last time you 3 had some simple photos taken?" Stevie looked at me, chewing his food... smiled and said "Great idea! But getting all of us together at the same time... is next to impossible!" "You up for it if the gods make it happen?" "Sure, man he said. Great idea!" Time passed. One day I was in Califonia shooting an assignment, and I checked my answerphone. From the slightly laughing sound in his voice, I could tell Stevie was ginning. "I guess the Gods want this to happen. You got 2 hours in your studio on... and he said a date." End of message. The best day of my life. Those two hours in the studio. I had the lights, everything ready, except makeup, when the three of them arrived. After all makeup was on, I shot 10-12 photos of Stevie & mom. Next Jana & Stevie. That photo is my avatar on RU-vid, seen here, next to this post. Then, it was just SRV and me. Everyone else I had go to the far corner of my 2000+ sqft studio. My idea mind went blank. I had to stall for time. I had Stevie sitting on a plastic 4-gallon jug milk crate on the floor. #1 Guitar in hand. Then I said to him... "Stevie, close your eyes. You are sitting now in your most favorite place in the world. All by yourself. No one there but you. You have recently written your greatest song. Play that song now the greatest it will ever be played." Stevie looked at me, as my words wandered around inside his head, he bent his head low, and the song he started playing I do not believe I heard before, or since. Minutes later, I said, "that's it. I have some good photos. And you & Jana have to get to the airport now." Stevie picked up the guitar, body on his knee, the neck over his shoulder. Stevie looked at me and grinned. "Man... that was the best idea!" He bowed his head to me. I instinctively clicked the Hasselblad camera's shutter. Some days later he was dead... Probably the last studio photo session of SRV. I call the photo "The Final Bow of SRV". The Best Day of My Life.

“Texas Flood” Live at El Macombo!

I don't know enough cuss words to do justice to this other-worldly talent.

His hand strength must have been off the charts to bend that gauge of guitar strings.

SRV played .013's. According to Rene Martinez (SRV's guitar tech, and an industry legend himself) his set was composed of .013 - .015 - .019p - .028 - .038 - .058

The most powerful player I've ever heard......top of the mountain......

This is my FAVORITE SRV. Just because simply of the guitar greatness.

He just takes the air out of the whole room - every time. Something about Texas we damn sure some of the best guitarists in the world - Amazing

Dude !!!Texas Flood from the same concert, Best live performance EVER !!!!

SRV doesn't just wiz out scales like Joe Satriani -he feels the Blues and puts his soul into his guitar playing (which is a part of him, not separate). SRV demonstrates a master level of inflection and improvisation, all-the-while able to succinctly, perfectly, hit the pocket and ride there while building solo runs up and down the neck, 'then returning to sync into the pocket once again. Amazing!

He would actually break a string from time to time. I think there is a performance from Austin City Limits, where he changes guitars (because he broke a string) with out missing a note. Unbelievable he is the G. O. A. T.!!! I don't care who you throw up against him. If I was wrong on the performance, please let me know. Dude I love how you elaborated on the gauge of string...it adds to his lure, and legend!!!

not only did he use 13 gauge strings, but he also set the string height off the neck by a country mile to compensate for the intonation with those huge stings. John Mayer had one of the best descriptions of SR's playing I've ever heard... It was a "rage without the anger."

Stevie is a F'n BEAST. I just have to laugh when he takes his hands off and just slaps his axe around like it's nothin'. What a FREAKIN' MONSTER.

Tommy on bass was always right there in the groove with him. Fun fact: He played with Edgar Winter at Woodstock.

he was able to bend them 13s with his absolutely MASSIVE hands!

SRV❤❤❤ I saw him three times? I was so blessed. He was amazing ! I love him!!!

Plays with such raw passion and makes it seem completely effortless at the same time....simply otherworldly

Yes, like so many are saying Please do Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood, Live at the El Macambo! It's mind-blowing.

Only got to see him twice. We lost one of the seven wonders of the world when we lost Stevie. There will never be another.

This is a guitar masterpiece.

Only a experience guitar player can understand the true talent of SRV.

His guitars name is Number One, his wife. Perhaps the most famous strat on the planet now. When Fender first introduced the tribute replica it was priced at $25,000.00. Sold out before they were released.

Finally, someone reacts that can explain what I'm seeing. Great reaction video!

First time I have landed on your channel! This would seem like the first time you witnessed Stevie RY? I appreciated your technical knowledge and sharing it. So he actually played 13's up until he got sober. After rehabbing from long standing abuse issues, he was so grateful to be alive, healthy, and sober! He did use to lose his calloused fingertips and he had a whole method of harvesting palm skin to patch his tips and crazy glued the calluses back on. Gulp! But interestingly after sobriety he went down to 11's. He said it felt liking taking boxing gloves off and he could feel his fingers again! And yet when you hear him play for those years with his "boxing gloves" on he was so clear and crystal clean it was mind blowing. The intensity of his intimate relationship with music and guitar in particular is on another level‼️🎶.

I've watched this reaction probably 5 or 6 times, great review! Thank you!

Stevie could just transfer feelings through the guitar and just make it look so easy. Legend!!

SRV was the only one that could play such heavy strings and make them sound the way he did !! SRV greatest of all time no doubt !

That whole set at El Mocambo was incredible!

Yup. That’s sick. Thank you for your reaction.

30 years this year think of all the the great music we all missed out on

He's going up more than a note - he's going up 2 1/2 steps in places, which as you say, with the gauge of string he favored is just insane....

All I have to say is more Stevie please and thank you for your reaction.

Please react to Texas Flood Live at El Macombo. In my opinion it’s the greatest live performances with. Guitar I’ve seen. Plays behind his back better than anyone can play the conventional way. Trust me on this please! It will change your life and your subscribers lives as well! 😂

SRV leaves us speechless ..sick

On top of bending so well and accurately on those strings Stevie also does full cord vibrato, so he's bending multiple strings at once . . . Insanity

The Guitar Man, G.O.A.T!

Stevie had 1 inch holes in his finger's of his left hand when the calasis would fall off he would take bakin' powder and Super glue and glue em back on. He did his own skin grafting. He was my brother but he all made are jaws drop to the ground. He alway's had a guitar in his hand's. He would ride down the street and play his guitar down the road all over Dallas. When he was 8 year's old. He was something elseman.

Outstanding reaction. ❤️❤️SRV❤️❤️ He reaches inside you and pulls your fucking soul out every time.

I get emotional whenever I see this. So great.

Cables for guitar strings is right! lol Insane player...miss him

Saw him 3 times, phenomenal.

Stevie Ray the greatest yesterday,today and forever.

What I love most about this performance, is that Jimi only made the album version of this song less than three minutes. And it is the perfect little song. Then Stevie thought, “it could just loop around and around indefinitely” then the way this clip ends. I feel like whoever said “the music will return. . .” Was probably giving Stevie the signal for awhile, and his whole plan all along was to go as long as they let him and then finish with the ending to a whole other Jimi song. . . . It’s almost like jimi’s songs, the way Stevie sees them, are not separate from each other. You can start with one and end with another and Jimi is smiling from the clouds.

Ten Pan Ally live from Montreaux with Johnny Copeland is amazing! Always do live SRV!! You’ll never be disappointed!

If I am not mistaken, Eric Clapton said it was sometimes intimidating to play with him on stage because he was so good.

It was 1991 and I was was at work when the news came over the radio...I dropped everything and literally fell and cried. Nothing will ever hurt that much again except the master, kieth...why do these men have to be human?..

SRV used to tune down a fret like Hendrix, so if your going to have a go at those strings, tune down, it'll give you the tone and you 'might' not end up with Stumps. Amazing and Beautiful tribute Stevie.

Brilliant reaction vid, sir. I loved it. Thanks for sharing.

There is no one comparable to SRV. The great Eric Clapton once said he could only listen and watch Stevie for one or two songs before he had to leave or he would never be able to play a guitar again. Stevie was that amazing. SRV makes every human being want to pick up a guitar, and everyone who plays one just want to throw it into the corner.

Riviera Paradise is probably his most beautiful composition.

Please do more SRV Sir!!! Love your reactions!

THE best closing comments on a review of a guitarist EVER!!!!!

10/10 for your continued "you seein' this shit" expression. SRV was a monster guitarist!

Back in 84 I believe, my biker friends and I were watching MTV and SRV's Official vid of Cold Shot came on and we sat there and watched it with rapture almost. Our normal genre was Southern Rock; Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, ZZ Top etc. so SRV was a bit on the different genre but we fell in love with his style right away. When he came to town we all went, then went again the next time and then the 3rd time. We would have gone the 4th but he was killed! We were stunned over this unspeakable genius of an artist that hooked us from the beginning and then was taken from us. Thanks for your Reaction, it makes me very nostalgic. For a look at the new gen of rockers; the family of kids LILIAC kills it. Their LIVE performance of "Mars" is huge. Anyway we all need to support the new gen who is trying to keep our rock alive. Thanks. BTW, I love the way, Stevie uses his xtra long thumb around the neck like Jimi did. His secret weapon. lol He called that guitar his 1st wife.

I saw another video where they said he used 18 gauge strings. I looked that up and found from interviews with former band members that it truly was 18 gauge strings. WOW. That's like using piano wire on a guitar. How is it that he could break strings that thick?

Hendrix was the innovator and SRV is the standard that other guitarists are judged.

I has the pleasure of seeing him in concert in 1986

Not sure why he played 13s. I can't even imagine it. I've tried 12s just screwing around and could really only play chords. He would break the 13s as well. Ungoddamnbelievable. There will never be another.

One of the best breakdowns I've heard what SRV is doing. He is just doing it though. Legit guitar God.

Thanks for reacting to a true guitar genius! Still remember the first time I heard him on the radio back in '83! Please watch and react to his cotton club videos, either "Life without you" or "Voodoo chile", both are awesome recordings!!

When you are in the presence of greatness, no words are needed. You just shake your head and walk away with the feeling like you've been blessed to hear it.

Loved your reaction & commentary. Stevie added some tasty lines, but never lost the original vibe of the Hendrix track. He's sweatin' 'cuz he's really workin' hard. Such a beautiful song done right!

Thanks for the education! And LOL'ed when you said "Fuck you." It was appropriate. And let us not overlook Double Trouble, the best fucking rhythm section on the planet. It's appalling that he left us so soon, taking all that talent with him. I still miss him. Beautiful reaction ❣️ Also try Riviera Paradise. It will send you to another dimension...

Stevie played with 15s for a while before he didn’t want to keep beating his hands up. Lowest he ever went was 13s I believe. Dudes hands were of another world

Thanks for the video..I have LPs but never got to see him in person...love this so much

My favorite part of this performance is at 10:58 when he comes out of that trance and looks over at his bass player and smiles lol he has 100% complete control over his guitar and the sounds he made. He really was a master.

Its been nine months since the last SRV reaction!! I keep checking back but no luck lol. Would love for you to do Texas Flood live at El Macambo please🙏 Tick Tock... Time keeps on slipping into the future! Lol💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

Hi from your new subscriber in Charlotte, NC! Great reaction & vibe! You've just gotta love SRV's Texas blues! Stevie called his guitar "The One"!🔥🤘 RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan. ❤🕊🙏

That fuck you was perfect. Tommy Shannon(the base player) once remarked after Stevie died that many times , in the early days, when they were playing he would have panic attacks thinking Stevie got lost and Tommy thought that there was no way back, but every time Stevie would find his way back without missing a note.

Stevie is the G.O.A.T. and that is no exaggeration.

Makes me cry every single time..

Wish Jimmy could have been around to see him play his stuff.

He was an extension of his guitar. Or his guitar was an extension of him. Either way you want to see it doesn't change that Stevie Ray Vaughan is THE BEST GUITAR PLAYER OF ALL TIME! I had always given that to Jimi, but I have come to realize that Stevie Ray's UNEARTHLY solos are just so much crisper and just simply better than Jimi's UNEARTHLY solos. I can only imagine the wonderful sounds they play side by side on the other side. Thanks Jimi. Thanks Stevie Ray. Shred In Peace

You should check out his MTV Unplugged (the very first unplugged session btw), and watch what he can do with a 12string acoustic Guild!

Your reaction at 9:04 was perfect after that one hand magic.

Great reaction! Nice job on explaining some of the technical aspects. I knew about the heavy gauge (I thought he used 13...but can’t remember) but didn’t know about how the simple act of changing the volume changes the dynamics so much.

Besides playing 13’s, Stevie did something no other guitar player could master in the depths of playing, Stevie never became discordant.

No guitarist was ever more one with their ax than Stevie was. Eric Clapton said as much.

You might not have heard this but Stevie would start off his tours on 10 strings, but by the end of the tours he would be on 13's. He's been playing since he was 10. nd he's been ripping them since then, and playing til his fingers shredded, then sticking them back on and carrying on. He was a guitarist, extraordinaire.. A fucking legend.

It's good to hear a metal guy respect a blues rocker. I have heard that Stevie tuned to Eb, which would help a bit on string bending. One person mentioned that Stevie wasn't feeling much pain in those early days, making the heavier strings more tolerable to him. It's just somebody's thought. I have also read that he changed to lighter gauge strings, later on. No matter, his power and skill was way over the top, and would impress on any gauge strings. In addition, Clapton said that Stevie did a lot of on the spot improvisation. That is even more impressive to me. He continues to be a great inspiration to me.

I love how during the deepest of the deep end part of the song, the bass player literally stops playing to see what the drummer is doing and figure out what the hell he should be playing...hahaha

SRV was considered an idiot savant by several that knew him well. I was a fan of his & Jimmie in the 80s, from Dallas-FW to Austin & Corpus Christi. His idol was Hendrix. Love you Stevie...💔✌🏻RIP

There's a reason why many people consider him to be at the top tire of guitar players - not only technique but able to emote feelings to this degree puts him in a league by himself.

Dude,as a guitar player the 13"s are impossible but he also played all of his Strats.with high action! that made that bend unbelievable. also yes he did that tone done ,but if you look at his strumming hand ,I believe he tucked the pick in his has and finger picked for that low tone.graetest of all time, then and still today. The master of guitar.genius!!! rip SRV