I just saw Jimmie in Denver in September opening for Clapton. Clapton brought him on for one number at the end of that show. That's the closest I'll ever get to seeing SRV.
man its so frustrating when people dont appreciate jimmie, absolutely love his guitar playing. His work with the thunderbirds, the tones the riffs such heavy in your face blues, I always believed a great guitar player is always at core a great rhythm player first.
I totally agree. There has never been a better example of two similar people being totally different individuals. They both had a lot of the same influences but I'm sure they each had a few different ones as well. People have to start realizing that they are two great and completely different guitarists who just so happen to be brothers.
Dear Jimmie, all these years later I still feel for you, man. Miss your little brother so much. Bless you for loving him. The two of you are what makes life worth living for so many of us. I still remember where I was when I read the news.
Oh how we all wish Stevie would have exited that helicopter with you Jimmie. What a fabulous artist and man he was. His missed all over the world. I can only imagine how much you miss him.
It's something you never forget no matter how many warm Miller's you had that night ..I was just a young man but it was awesome! The Pier was a great place to be in the Summer and SRV was a must be there show.
Just an incredible piece of guitar work by two titans of the blues, what I wouldn't give to have been in that audience that night! And the 13 people who thumbed down this video...well, I'm just sad for you.
This audience is sitting there jaws wide open stunned. I don't understand why there wasn't an uproar so loud you can still hear the echo in outer space! The switch was pure perfection.
I love that you get lead and rytham from one guitar, I'd goto a concert just for this, wish I'd of been able to see stevie but he died when I was 2, my parents said he was absolutely incredible, saw him open for a band they paid(Crosby, Stills, & Nash) to see and left his fan more then theirs. Back again to watch & listen: 03/02/2023 03/08/2023
I had the extreme honor of meeting Jimmie Vaughan about ten or so years ago, he was the coolest guy I met. I remember asking him Mr.Vaughan, can you sign my shirt. I still have the shirt to this day. That day was the coolest moment of my life. I also met Lou Ann Barton that day as well. She was a very nice lady, also had the honor of getting a picture with her. I didnt realize that I had just taken a photo with Miss Lou Ann until my dad told me who it was and I legit cried happy tears.
C'mon... it's flippin' Jimmie Ray & Stevie Ray. How fo you not watch this and notice the switch, follow them back and forth and feel like: "Holy $hit What just happened !?!?!?!"
WKYQ in Paducah Ky. Played southern rock and blues. Country western even some seger eagles and a new cat named mellencamp. Life was good in Crittenden county KY. As a kid. SRV and his brother are Cool.
I’m from Austin lived in Phoenix for awhile that’s when Stevie died. hardly anybody there knew who I was talking about. I cried like a little baby girl the day he died
Back in the old days of MTV actually being a music TV station (channel), they did a full New Year's Eve broadcast of a show from New Orleans of Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble. It was done on a riverboat. I don't remember the year - it might have been 1987, but I believe that's what this clip is from. I have it somewhere in a box in the garage on an old VHS tape.
That's great! I wish I had the oprtunity to watch him live. Actually everytime I listen to some performances like Live in texas/at El Mocambo that I also had in VHS I wish he was still here kickin' some asses like he always did. Thanks for the comment.
Jimmie is a fuckin master. He plays different speeds, and licks them his brother. His career took a big hit when Stevie died, he was heartbroken and it hurt him. He had left TFT to do the Vaughn Bros and after his death was alone. And I think he's spent a long time remembering Stevie and playing Stevies music, or tributes, and it's made him to many forgettable and untalented. He's neither.
Tom Bonnell As a mother and a grandmother, I've watched my 2 grown children spend time together and it warmed my soul. I can only imagine how their mother felt.
They both had the same large, powerful hands and look of pure concentration; this was maybe the most mind blowing guitar playing I have ever seen. My brain is still trying to take in the wonder I just saw. Brothers who will be together again some day.
it's so touch me so deep. i wish i could do that together with my little brother, you know i have a little bro too. but unfortunately, he like edm music
My uncle's used to play this song very perfusley. They were just as good if not better. Not knocking these boys down by any means, they're just as good to me. Stevie and his brother are by far the two best.. zz top right behind them from that big Texas underground. 💯
What on earth did these parents do in order to produce, not 1, but 2 guitar prodigies??? How is this humanly possible??? Once per generation, once per millennia??? WTF?!?!
Gave Jimmie a guitar early then regretted it. Played day and night, skipped school, etc. When he moved to better guitar gave hand me down to Stevie. They were sneaking into bars and clubs way under age to watch and play. Flunking in school, etc. Daddy beat the shit out of Martha (their mom) Jimmie, and Stevie...bad alcoholic. Jimmie ran away at 14. Few years later Stevie did the same cause his daddy was really trying to beat him to death to stop the playing. Pretty much raised themselves in Dallas and Austin. Jimmie was the hard ass with matinee idol looks. Stevie was a shy, gentle, delicate soul. Night and day. Moon and sun. They had some musicians in the family, but it was pure stubbornness and determination that moved those two. Cannot have one without the other. Theirs was a tumultuous relationship, but you can see when they play, in pictures, or videos that, after music, the other great love of their lives was each other...then everything and everyone else. Jimmie was never the same after Stevie died...for good the good mostly...but you can see Jimmie is walking wounded 31 years later. I only recently started really listening to Jimmie at 45. Stevie has been in my life since my early teens. I appreciate Jimmie more now and understand why Stevie said Jimmie was the better guitarist.
