Stevie was born less than a year before me. Much like SRV, I started playing guitar at very early age, for me age 10 in 1965. We had a lot of the same influences, so when Stevie hit the scene, his music was familiar to me. The secret is that for us guitar players in the late 60’s early 70’s, word got around that if you wanted to get into next level blues chords, you had to get the Mickey Baker Jazz Guitar Volume 1. The Lenny chords are major 6 straight from the Mickey Baker book. Riviera Paradise, Superstitious, Walking the Tightrope, he’s using chords from Mickey Baker. I played guitar in my school jazz band in the early 70’s and the Baker book was my bible. First time I heard Lenny, I could play it in five minutes. It’s just a Mickey Baker major 6 moving up and down.
This was an awesome analysis right there, man. You're pointing out some really important stuff here, like no one before, please do more stuff like this! This truly is an awesome lesson. Really like how you're nailing all the Jimi influenced moments.
Wish I could get that "sting" that comes across on his B string 7h9 vibrato during the main riff. Something so simple yet so hard to duplicate like him.
