Rise Of A Texas Bluesman | Stevie Ray Vaughan | Amplified 

Stevie's sound is like a key that fits the lock in my soul. I saw him 4 times, unbelievable. I still cry sometimes when i listen to him. What a tragic loss. RIP SRV.

His performance of Texas Flood at El Mocambo is the greatest blues guitar piece in Blues history.

There’s not enough attention brought to his singing voice. That growl! Always on pitch! Love it!

I'd only heard SRV once on Arsenio Hall Show. I was an instant fan and I wan't particularly into Blues. He had something no one else had before or since. I pulled over and cried when I heard the news. He was too damn good to lose so soon. The gold standard. Texas lightin' riffs. Smooth cruise blues.

As a Dallas kid we had our hero Stevie Ray was the reason I became a Texas Blues guitar musician and I've loved every second of it

Stevie Ray Vaughan is the greatest guitar player in the world has ever witnessed. 30 some years later I’m still sad that we lost him.

SRV was not one in a million or billion but ONE OF A KIND.. An endless skilled King!! Rip

As a huge fan of Stevie Ray Vaughn...his sound is meant for my soul. I dropped my daughter off for her first day of kindergarten, and on my way back home, I heard of his passing and had to pull over and cry before I could join traffic again. His work still gives me chills, and a lot of energy. My favorite music!

Best blues guitarist to ever walk the planet. He musically never ran out of things to say. RIP brother.

Reese Wynans said it best about Stevie Ray Vaughan. “He confronted his demons, and he won!”

I knew Stevie in the late 70s in Austin when he was just another guy on the street; we played together on my girlfriend's porch at her Christmas party. Great guy, gone too soon~

His playing is so inspiring. He's channeling something from another level.

This is Great! Thank you for the effort. It's valuable to learn about his development well before the final realisation of Double Trouble. I can still remember the first time I heard him on record, at University in Australia. I was blown away obviously, still am, and shall forever be.

I would love to have met him.Everyone that knew him said he was a very kind person.

SRV gave props to all guitar greats that inspired him and took it to the next level. This music soothes our souls. Part of us all. RIP brother🎸♥️🎶

Truly fantastic documentary, and very well done folks!!! Lovin' this insight into one of the best guitarists ever... Thanks for the quality content here on RU-vid!

Stevie saved my life. He helped me get off drugs. I don't need to talk about his music, ya'll do lots of that...I'm talking about his heart, his soul, his love. He saved my life and then he left. He never even asked for a thank you...all give and no take. He wasn't just a musician.....these days I try to pay it forward - as Stevie would.

R.I.P. Stevie Ray Vaughan, thank you for all the tunes and all the music and that super guitar playing! The best say you were the best! You are missed!

I got hooked the first time I heard his guitar playing long time ago (at least for me, time is relative) in 1986. Thanks for posting this one.

There Will NEVER Be Another STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN - Not In STYLE, Not In TALENT - Not In SPIRIT - Not In HEART! His Loss Was Immeasurable😥 Soul💞Soul, Sweet Stevie💗😘

I saw SRV on an Easter Sunday at Lee Park in Dallas. He came on and played with Jimmy’s band and, after the first song, you/we knew. After, when they were packing up, Butterfly, got on the mike and asked if someone could give “somebody” a ride home. Butterfly and I gave Steven a ride home to his moms place. RIP Steven ,RIP Butterfly.

Goes to show no matter how great you are, still takes a lot of luck and marketing to make it

By far my favorite guitar player. This man was and still is amazing. This world dearly misses him.

One of the most dynamic guitarist I’ve ever had the pleasure of hearing this brother is surely missed Rest In Power

Boy, if Stevie, could see Texas today. HORRIFYING!

im still astounded by his 1990 mtv performance , literally shredding on a 12 string.

I still remember the first time I heard him on vinyl. Late at night, some house party, and I was blown away. I miss him terribly.

He hasn't gone, he's still here. I like many others have young kids who are listening to him and playing guitar. My lad is 11 and he's bashing out Pride and Joy and Texas blues and more and he lives for Stevie, watching the videos and taking YT lessons etc etc. In my youth in the 60s and 70s it was Hendrix and a battered guitar and then the road but now he's probably far better than I ever was. Stevie has a timeless appeal and a special magic switch he turned on. Thanks SRV.

SRV was a titan. What they left out about Johnny Winter is his mammoth fluidity, he never ran out of musical ideas in his playing and his playing was like a conversation he was having. Lightnin Hopkins gives me chills every time I hear his work. A hero of mine in music.

I love that kids today are discovering the genius of SRV.

I remember where I was when I heard the news. I was nine, I was in the back seat of the car, my family and I were on a road trip for the weekend when we were listening to the radio and heard about the helicopter crash. As a 9-year-old musician I still was too young to understand how devastated the world was at that moment. Such a huge loss, but such a huge gift to the world. Long, long live the awesome and talented sound of Stevie Ray Vaughan. Thank you Stevie, you're still my greatest hero and we still miss you brother.

I got to see his last Canadian performance. A stroke of luck moved my whole group to an unsold section of the arena, that was right beside the stage. My opportunity to learn some of Stevie's tricks ended up completely wasted, because I was so awe struck, that I forgot to even look at his hands. He was 50 feet away from me, yet somehow, I missed it all.

Saw SRV at Kingswood music theater in Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 Greatest time of my life! Four encores and people would not let them leave the stage! I can only imagine where his popularity would have gone to! The "Texas Flood" of emotions that I feel when I hear SRV is intense!

the guitar is like an extension of his body. Nobody has such a complete mastering of the guitar. They might play the guitar but they dont feel the guitar.

This is an excellent documentary that needs to be kept front and center.

Im 58 years old, and one of Stevies biggest fan.. I remember playing his memorable Austin City Limits clip for my girlfriends son. He was HOOKED! He never seen anyone play guitar like that! I will never forget that night, or how this young man took to music after that. Long live Stevie!

Having been born and raised in Texas myself I followed the blues and was a follower of Stevie Ray Vaughn and double trouble who were in my opinion the very best Blues at the time Texas had to offer ~ I am still an avid fan and will always will be. Stevie and Jimmie are both Texas treasures. This documentary is by far my favorite on the Blues . Thanks for the memorable moments this brings back to me. Love and Prayer ❤❤❤ ~ jimi

I first saw Stevie while staying in Lubbock on my way to California. The year was 1979...a buddy lived in Lubbock and invited me to go and listen to some music. I asked who was playing? He said Stevie Ray Vaughn. I told him I'd go. We go to the club at 9 and the band was on break. A guy wearing a beret walked towards us and my friend told me, hey, that's Stevie. He approached and I asked him, 'How's it going, Stevie?' He replied, 'Shitty.' Besides my friend and I the audience consisted of 3 other people! He got up and played like it was Woodstock. Saw him every time I could thereafter.

The date of his death is wrong on the title credits. He didn’t die in 1983. Try 1993. I remember that day like it was yesterday. I was a work. The radio was on and it reported the crash of Eric Clapton’s helicopter. I was shocked to think we had lost one of the worlds greatest of all time. Then shortly after they corrected the story. I was stunned. I had seen Stevie a dozen times growing up in Texas. I first followed his brothers band, the Fab TBirds. That introduced me to Stevie. Wow. There was nothing like him playing. I had seen at a Juneteenth show in Houston. Blew the crowd away - here was a white boy playing the blues like no other. This was almost entirely black crowd not predisposed to going nuts about three white boys playing the blues. But they did. I became a huge fan and remained to this day.

Do not miss out on the bassist at the end playing along with Stevie and Albert. Ridiculously good.

Stevie Ray my favorite guitarist still today I miss him just think of what we missed out on all these years and what crushes me is life was cut short right after he chose life by sobering up we just never know. A fantastic guitarist with heavy heavy emotions and loved sharing them with the world he's the icon of blues music in his era and still today I been playing for near 30 years inspired by Jimmy Hendrix I had just starting listening to the blues came across Red House from Jimmy Hendrix and bought guitar wasn't real serious till a few months later heard The Sky Is Crying the very week I learned of Stevie Ray Vaughn he died.

Millions of young generation listen and are influenced by him. People change pickups, pedals string gauges, on and on everyday to sound like him…. There’s hundreds of reaction videos by young adults and they can’t even believe what they are hearing. and his music will never die. I know all the great blues players because of him…. My story is like Eric claptons. I remember the first time I heard him, where I was and the time I heard it. No other artist has ever done that since either…. I didn’t even like blues music and the on,y player I knew was BB King. I never listened to him but I knew who he was…

We see the relay of life in this documentary one musician passing the music to the next ! Fantastic 👍🏻

You really had to see SRV to believe what you are hearing is being played one guitarist! Simply the greatest. Live at the El Mocambo was the insanely perfect trifecta of tobacco, alcohol, and raw talent that is probably impossible to beat. Thee crossover artist of all time that introduced thousands of rock heads to the blues and the genesis of rock and roll. Thank you SRV for some unbelievable sound, and at the risk of sounding narcissistic, I'm jealous of that dude in the audience at the beginning of the last song "Wham" on El Mocambo and still pissed that I got robbed of at least 30 more years of unknown greatness. RIP SRV

Johnny Winter was in lampe Missouri in 1984. My parents went to the show and sat front row, two guys had to carry him out to the front of the stage, could barely stand, they said the first song was terrible, he was just too far out of it to even find the microphone. However 2nd song was better and by song 3 he was burning the place down. The pictures of him with the giant dragon tattoo were totally iconic.

One of the greatest! Still miss him. Will never forget when we lost him, so sad

I remember the first time I heard Stevie’s tune “Things That I Used To Do”. I was on a Greyhound bus heading to Chicago from my hometown in Dubuque, Iowa. I was around 17 years old and really getting into playing drums with various local bands. I had a friend who was like butter melting on a warm pan when he played guitar covers of ZZ Top and various other blues stuff. So I was accustomed to hearing very good guitar playing. But Stevie’s album Couldn’t Stand The Weather was a game changer. Stevie’s solos on “Things….” just turned my head around. The title track is incredible of course, as is “Stangs Thang” and the inimitable “Cold Shot”, but the other tune on that album that mesmerized me was “Tin Pan Alley”. His low, slow burn, dynamic landscapes, holding one note in tremolo for bars at a time at triple pianissimo and seamlessly finishing the phrases, just all of it…changed my young brain forever. Stevie truly made his guitar sing, like early Carlos Santana, who also left a permanent mark on me. These guitar players influenced me as a drummer, not only rhythmically but emotionally, which I hadn’t really been aware of experiencing yet. The effect became obvious with these guys. Stevie’s playing is still with me today, playing drums with two bands at fifty years old. He’s just over my shoulder every time. 👍

My one and only time seeing him play was at a small club a few blocks from where I lived in Houston. I'm not sure if I even knew who he was at that time. Needless to say, I was completely blown away by what I was hearing. After the set, I was talking to him and suggested we go over to my house and partake of some illicit substances I happened to have. He considered it and declined; the post-show females vying for his attention were undoubtedly more appealing than me and my dope. It's probably just as well; that life nearly did me in, and him too. I wish I had seen him again.

Legend. If anyone has earned and deserves the right to his legendary place, it is Stevie Ray Vaughan. He said his talent was a gift from God and that he was working hard to pay it back. Paid in Full, Stevie. Paid in Full.

At 1:31, someone describes Lou Ann Barton as a “limited vocalist” and an “average female singer.” ‘So unfair and so not accurate.

Folks, now THIS is what you call a DOCUMENTARY! By far, the best, most informative and thorough video about SRVs life!! Rest In Peace Stevie Ray Vaughan 🙏🏼. I named two of my sons after the man, …. YES TWO OF MY SONS ARE NAMED STEVIE RAY! Well, their middle names at least.

On August 26th 1990 at Alpine Valley Eric Clapton introduced Stevie as the Greatest guitar player in the world! He wasn't wrong. RIP Stevie

I worked at Alpine Valley as a stagehand IATSE before the SRV show we were locked out by management and I had moved on already but what I wanted to say was every night in the summer as I would leave the theater on my motorcycle the fog in the valley was intense, you couldn't see your hand in front of your face but once you got to the top of the hill it was clear. Once I heard the news I completely understood what happened. What a sad day.

Now that just blows my mind! I never knew Stevie did that solo on Let's Dance. Saying that in 2023! I wouldn't have guessed that in a million years, that is, until I listened to it after the fact. Fricking amazing to be that versatile. I mean, Stevie Ray Vaughan ripping a solo on a David Bowie track?? 😯

Stevie ray Vaughn is one of the greatest rock a n blues guitarist ever played. M ay you rest in peace stevie❤❤❤🎉you brother. Mrs biss Stevie Ray Vaughn died Ina helicopter crash in early 1990s another good song is called if the house is rocking don't bother knocking. ❤❤❤❤🎉😢😊

I saw SRV a few times and never got tired of watching, listening, feeling his energy. AMAZING …

I have no idea who the greatest guitarist of all time was I just know there was nobody better than Stevie See you on the other side brother

I graduated high school in 1979 and I moved to Austin from the mid-west to attend the University of Texas. I had a guitar and could play but couldn't afford the PA and other equipment that would allow me to play in a restaurant or a small club. I began to play and sing on 6th Street for change on week-ends. There were other street musicians spread out along the length of 6th Street. I always stood and played less than a block away from the Steamboat Club. I certainly remember SRV playing the Steamboat and lots of people being excited about it. I couldn't afford to go there, pay the cover, or buy any drinks. I was just a struggling college student and playing on the street (at least on Friday and Saturday nights) paid better than flipping burgers. But Stevie was there a lot and I missed a really good opportunity to see him play in person. I was able to see Jimmy Vaughan twice, but I never saw SRV in Austin and I was so close! It was a magical time for me but I was just trying to get through school and I had so much to learn about the rich, rich musical environment that was Austin at that time. But SRV was such a potent musical force that just hearing about him and the excitement he generated was enough for me to later seek out who he was and why he was so important.

I got to see Stevie at the Fox theater in St.Louis, MO!Wow!!!! He started jamin and we lit up a joint we were sitting in the 14row right in front of the stage, Stevie spoke directly to us and said come on guys be careful the man is all around us!At that tim!e you couldn't even smoke cigarettes,they were cracking down on second hand smoke.We hated cigarettes but we loved our weed!!! Stevie look at us and started laughing and said youall are hard headed! He started playing vodoo chile and we went nuts!!¡!!I,llnever forget it, one of the highlights of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!! He made eye contact and spoke directly to us,un real!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Stevie,RIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am 56 and I just started playing guitar about 7wks now and the Best is stevie,Jimi,Clapton, love Robin trower, and beck to and Jimi and Stevie r my favorites

I guess something I never thought about but give him respect for is that he could of just followed current trends and put on eyeliner and lipstick, bleached his hair and joined a hard rock/hair metal band which was much more marketable at the time. Instead he stuck with the music he really resonated with along with the unique style that was all his own and didn't cowtow for anyone.

He still is . I want you to look up St John Hunt and his music . Then look at his girlfriend/wife, then compare it all to SRV. There’s also a photo of St John Hunt with his grandson outdoors and you can see the tattoo removal of the Peacock SRV had. They all fake deaths , some are real , maybe , but this one was just a character kill off. He also plays UFO researcher LA Marzulli. Same person. They are professional actors . Remember that . 😮. This one I cracked back in 2007. Being a 40+ year musician . I can tell you without a doubt St John Hunt was once SRV. But see for yourself and do the research .

So many times while watching this I felt a lump in my throat and the tears well up.

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Amazing documentary, thanks for sharing this!

That whole thing with Montreux goes to show what a joke that festival was. What do those people know about the blues?! It’s like having a Cajun food festival in Scotland.😂

For what it's worth, the live video of SRV in 1980 that starts at 1:37:00 was shot by ME and belongs to ME, SRV was a friend of mine and I shot it with his permission. The documentary says "courtesy of John Kline Productions" but that isn't true. Not only is my name not spelled correctly, but I also DID NOT GIVE MY PERMISSION AND RECEIVED NO MONETARY COMPENSATION FOR THE VIDEO TO BE USED IN THIS DOCUMENTARY. I wasn't even asked. There is a copyright notice and my logo in the lower right-hand corner which has been cropped out. You can see the original video at the following link which I posted to my RU-vid channel on October 27, 2008. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7VZ3-NvOw0o.html

They only mentioned Lonny Mack only once in passing, during the documentary; but he and Stevie got together and recorded some great songs too. One of their duets was ' If you have to know.' So frickin awesome. Some of my absolute favorites, however a big stand out for me, is the acoustic 'life by the Drop' and that's really for Stevie's singing. It's a song that constantly plays in the back of my head, it just got absorbed, I guess.

I got to see him at The Spectrum in Philly with Jeff Beck. Best show I ever saw. And Beckola had Terry Bozzio on drums.... And weirdly ? SRV came to most folks attention by way of..... David Bowie ? 🚬😎

While I understand they are primarily interested in Texans, I feel that in their overuse of superlatives and in the case of Blind Lemon 'the 'first' to record, they are giving short shrift to artists of similar vintage such as Robert Johnson.

best documentary on Stevie ever... thanks

Stevie's music was able to bring people together. It is still capable and relevant today. Hopefully future generations will hear in his music the messages he conveyed. That music can penetrate the walls of society. It can break down barriers between people. It can foster community. Lyrics can say. Music can teach. Most importantly, how we treat each other changes the outcome of the future.

The rolling Stones could have signed Stevie Ray Vaughan and double trouble and declined. I think Mick Jagger knew that as a blues man he sucks and Stevie is the real deal.

"The Print" makes a lot of sense to me, I've experienced it🎵🎶

MAGNIFIC GUITAR PLAYER. NEVER BE ANOTHER S.R.V. R.I.P.

The beginning of this documentary says 1954- 1983. Immediately I figured that is year of birth and death. This iS WRONG of course because he died after I graduated highschool. Check your facts ... 1990. I saw his in 1989 with JEFF BECK at Arco in Sac. I drove there with my future husband. By your date I'd be 12.

Its about time a documentary on SRV was published. And its a good one. I remember the first time i heard him. It changed my life. I was a long haired ,guitar slingin head all of about 15 years old. I had a compilation of that 82 Montreux show on cassette tape. Good job amplified

born in the 60,s got to see apollo11 land on the mood grade2 by the time i was teenager & started work the Music Catchup never ends , vanda & young the easybeats (70s come back sydney stevie wright Evie prt.1.2.3 was awesome) and they got AC/DC started Angus jumping on the bed with a tennis racket in uniform his sister thatll be a good look in the band :)

Excellent video- Thanks for posting this! 🎶🙏🏽

How can this documentary not have a minute for ZZ Top? Great tribute to the amazing SRV but if you are talking Texas blues history you have to mention that little band from Texas…

SRV was/is the greatest live guitarist ever on the face of this Earth. Of course EVH & Jimi Hendrix would be playing with SRV in Heaven 24/7.

Roy Buchanan and Rory Gallagher were two other great guitarists who sadly never received the recognition their great talent deserved. Without doubt SRV and RG and RB could never be called commercial and didnt release 45s but all were amazing bluesmen..

If you ever want to hear a cool tune dedicated to Stevie check out “I Remember Stevie” by Andy Timmons. Pretty cool tune and if you really dig Stevie it’s a really cool tune.

The story I heard that was put around in england was that stevie had asked for too much money and bowie said no. Guess they couldn't stand someone turning bowie down.

Broke my heart the day he died.

Check out Stevie Ray Vaughn and Albert King In Session. It's a Canadian show made in 1983 of the two in a studio with Albert's band, and everything was done "off the cuff". The conversation between songs and the songs themselves they played was chosen as they recorded. There is both a video and a cd of the session. Albert King was Stevie's favorite bluesman, and I hope those who check it out, also further check out Albert King and his music. Great stuff.

I got to meet Stevie the day after Eeyore's April 1981. We got along and shared a love for Hendrix and the blues. What a beautiful, great musician 🎶🎵🤠☮️

This is incredible, legitimate and totally worthwhile, but's more lengthy than you might expect for RU-vid. I love it because I love SRV - I guess I'm saying don't plan on watching this in one sitting unless you have: - no job - no back problems - a yard service - a meal service - no spouse, bc they will leave you and take the kids - no kids In the end, it's worth it.

SRV was and always will be unsurpassed in his quality and style of guitar playing. RIP.

For Sure the Austin Music Scene was Smoking Hot when I visited back in '76-'78!! I did see Doug Sahm in late'76 at The Armadillo Club before getting sent to W.Germany from Ft.Hood,,but was back in Austin partying in Sept.'77

There's no denying stevie was a brilliant guitarist. Simply amazing

1hr 43 - monster tone!! Casual virtuosity and impeccable sense of swing/timing.

I love him so much! Stevie the man. Stevie the humanitarian. Stevie the overcomer. Stevie the singer, songwriter, musician. Stevie the greatest guitarist of all time! Stevie the Texas blues man. He knew Love was the meaning of this life. Listen to the little speeches he makes during his Life Without You song. R.I P. Thanks for all the Love you passed our way. ❤️

I’ve Loved This Man and His Guitar 🎸 since I was 6yo 1986 Las Vegas kid that was raised on this vinyl being played every Saturday am As well as Sade, Hall & Oates & Fleet Wood Mac in the car I would ask for Stevie in the am if it wasn’t on already when we’d start doing our weekend chores 10-11am ish and then the muzik would play for the next few hours while We did our thing cleaning and then when I was finally finished with the chores I’d just layback on the floor, hands behind My head & listen I Love some Stevie Ray Vaughan and have have since I 1st remember rockin it at 6yo I can remember Hall & Oates from all the way back at 4yo 1984 😊 Those were 2 My Favorites as a kid Sade was The Trifecta of My Young ears That I still listened to as a teenager and everyone through they were so tough & My friends would be like Awww Mannn…. C’Mon Bro…. This isn’t for Dudes 😒 Until started pushing our twenties and then they finally got it , or @ least started to just listen and have their confidence not to care what anyone thought of 3 Dudes playing Hall & Oates and/or Sade 😁 Then they realized that is The Real G ish Throw in some Al Green and You’re Rollin Stevie Ray is always Hard At any age He rocks 💪

I love Jimi, I love Stevie, I love Eddie

Elbert King was an influence on Stevie, you can hear Albert King In Stevie Ray Vaughan’s playing.

And he could sing well too!!

So much good about this documentary right up until the end and you fumbled the ball. Why wouldn’t you take 15 more minutes to finish ??? Sad ending for the greatest blues man ever. 😢

He did it the hard way, through hard work, and dedication,paid his dues to the blues,a seemingly forgotten work ethic amongst musicians today, unfortunately.A true legend,that was only getting better and better.

For a slightly different Vaughn anecdote, my siblings and I were spending one Christmas with our folks in their mountain community. It was either Christmas Eve or the night before that, but we were the only ones still up, and we decided to go out for a drink somewhere. We drove to a nearby town, and parked by the main bar there. As we walked down the hill toward the bar, we could hear Stevie Ray music coming up the hill from the bar. We walked into the bar, and discovered the music was live, and wasn't Stevie Ray Vaughn, but a band composed of Native American kids from North Dakota I think. They were amazing. They played several covers of Stevie Ray's, but also many of their own songs, which honestly sounded about as good as their covers (which were astonishing). The band's name was Indigenous, and I was surprised when they didn't make the big time in the next few years.