Stevie Ray Vaughan - Best Guitar Player - Sound Check - What?! 

Ha. !!! Huh !!!! No doubt ! I met him in Austin Texas before he was signed on his 1rst. Record deal, and you’re right, he was pretty darn down to earth. Rock On !!!! Faubus

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Saw him on Austin City lights, a PBS show at the time. '87 I think... I was drunk, but OMG!!! White guy channels Jimmi?

Saw him at Lake Compounce weeks before he passed, we were both sober and he was Awesome. Flash and screaming!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHhhhaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ! HELL YEAAAAAAAAH !

I agree! ;)

foath mate

fastforward to the end then press replay

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That's because Hendrix had already died .

Damn right Eric.

@@Dad-Gad SRV is above Jimi

@@metalforever12085 How can u say that...Jimi died at age 27! The brilliance he showed then is incredible.

@@matahari953 and SRV died at 35. Your point?

Cosmoslogic Tedd music

Ya know..of all he famous people who've ever died in my lifetime, Stevie Ray Vaughn's death is the only one that actually shook me. I was so sad. He was amazing. I would stand there still, with my mouth open whenever he performed. Thank God we had time to spend with him in the world. R.I.P

Sad but true...

+Luar Rangel Someone got triggered easily...

+Luar Rangel Where did that come from?

It is a line in the song "Abraham, Martin and John" by Marvin Gaye. Nobody says a bad word about people who get old. I am old myself. And i am good fellow. Do not take life so serious, my friend. Life is important - but not serious. (Ron Smothermon)

He's saying are you an innovator? Did you push it to the limit? So much, as to change people's perceptions of what is possible? In whatever field you are in. Stevie did that....

Threat

This was incredibly corny

Michael Allen a

DAMD GREAT COMMENT, GREAT GUYS, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN @ BAND KEYBOARDIST. NO ONE CAN PLAY LIKE STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, NOBODY.SUCH A CARING MAN. FOREVER STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN SO POWERFUL.🤠💥

Tightest band ever...

@@bambakaninen GREATEST REPLY, FOREVER STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE BAND AND KEYBOARDIST.🤠🧡

@Glasmania I have a friend who's a really good guitarist, and he said pretty much the same thing. I asked him to watch this, since I was amazed how they could all just be chilling, yawning, having their morning coffee, and then SRV goes off like a rocket and the band comes in as if it's nothing. My friend worships SRV, but he said that this isn't really surprising... they're all pros, and they've done this hundreds of times together, so it really is no big deal for them.

@Brass neck Yeah, and the lick already WAS the signal, and if you're a competent player and practiced together with them for long enough, that should lock you together with the band. Also, I doubt that the band didn't know which song they're going to start with lol.

*all concerts 😂

It was better than most concerts back then too.

First time I’ve ever gotten chills from a ‘sound check’ 🙂 Rest In Peace, Stevie 🙏🏼

@@madsenmotorsports9950 thank you my feeling exactly.

@@cadeoneal8137 😂😂

I would love to know where this took place. I saw him in ‘87 at the historic Alabama Theater in downtown Birmingham. Small, intimate theater. This set reminds me of it. Small stage, wooden theater seats.

@@BL-lh1mi Small world I'm in TTown and know exactly where that theater is located. Unfortunately I wasn't in attendance for that performance. I have seen some great concerts in Bham both at the bjcc and oak mountain over the years.

Amen to that.

I was never inside SRV's head, but sometimes there's no need or wish to impress anyone. You just play good because you can, it sounds good to you, you feel good doing it. I guess it's obvious SRV liked the blues lol granted, some guys are show offs, but SRV looks a lot more like he was feeling it than he was a show off

@@segueoyuri I agree with you totally and perhaps using the word impress was not the best choice meant it to mean playing without an audience where there isn't as much pressure perhaps. But yes SRV seemed to play by feeling and instinct guided by heart and soul.

Beautifully stated.

But, but, that's a soundcheck?

20m now

@@sandwormgod0189 Bad to the bone, always number one in playing THE GUITARIST IN MY WORLD, and his extraordinary vocals forever.🤠

20 million now Sucka 🤘🤠🤘

What a pity that hes gone. I missed him just as much as i do bob marley. Both left us when they were so young...

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What you said.

Mungo Munro my list for the top 5 best guitarist is 1. Hendrix 2. Clapton 3. Page 4. SRV 5. Eddie Van Halen

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Stevie was the best. Axel Rose would've cussed everyone out and left.

This Is A GREAT Story! Sounds Just Like Stevie - Great Work Ethic - Huge Heart - Cared Deeply About What He Gave To Other People!! To Say He Is Missed Is Like Saying Having Oxygen To Breathe Is "Handy"....

Saw SRV at Pine Knob in Michigan in 1987. Every note was just amazing. He didn't throw anything away. When he plays a line he enunciates every note. And each one, each little nuance of those notes, they are fried in your head, you can't turn away. As good a musical performance as I ever saw. Prince was up there. I am not really able to think of anyone else who came close. I've seen a lot of shows. He had gotten clean when I saw him, it was a very uplifting kind of vibe at that show. It was churchy. He wanted to testify, he seemed like he really wanted us to know he was grateful to be clean, to be playing music. He had stuff on his mind. A lot of gratitude. It felt really special, it was way more than just some blues guitar flamethrower show. He really transcended expectations.

@@richardgrove7040 As a fan of Prince (I have all his albums), there are many guitarists more talented. You just left Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Carlos Santana, any guitarist you wish from Lynrd Skynrd, Buddy Guy, and SRV's Godfather: Albert King off that list. Now tell me there's not anyone on this list more talented &/or skillful than Prince.

Stevie hated singing actually so he may disagree 😂

I wouldn't say best blues vocalist. But definitely one of the most excellent blues guitar and improvisational players ever. I hear him in John mayer a lot

It's kinda hard to notice his bad ass vocals over his bad ass, supernatural guitar abilities.

@@tariqbailey3306 Not the best but certainly at the top.

His voice was totally original.

Exactly, those guys were one. That fact allowed Stevie to just flow even more freely knowing Double Trouble and company were holding it down

Double trouble is very underrated. They're awesome

Agree 100%

FROM YAWN TO FULL THROTTLE. Nailed it you did!

It's my understanding that they recorded all of their albums as one, as in they didn't record the individual parts and overlay they just played like they would at a show and recorded it. That's tight right there, go listen with that in mind and it gives a new appreciation to the albums.

Clapton once said something similar in an interview years after his death. "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."

I hear ya

HearHear!!

You’re probably a fine player, just have to find your own “spot” and please, don’t ever compare yourself to anyone else: *Every player is unique and so are you.* Now go lock yourself in somewhere and do nothing but play most all day every day until you think you’re “OK.” Truth is, no one ever thinks they’re all that good because the competition with yourself is the toughest “rival,” the highest standards you’ll ever aspire to: We’re just never satisfied with our own playing, truly. Enjoy yourself-it’s suppose to not only be a process of learning, discovering, mastering etc. but a deep joy. We loose that feeling when we kinda forget why we started doing this in the first place ;-)

Absolutely do I want to try to be him no I realize that's impossible

Hahahahaha

SRV visits Htown and goes shopping for Finals courtside attire, decides to wear it again for meaningless soundcheck.

Oh, I see you're out of the high-platform snake-skin-boots with the live gold-fish in the heel. Disappointing. Do you sell gold-fish boot-food food btw? I'm running out.

why only one , take the lot......

And this alone is worth reading comments on the internet! That was great!

Great point.

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Nice one bro!

He treats his practice like a performance in front of folks because he's a real musician. Not just serious about when an audience is there but serious about music he's playing all the time. They way he play when people are present is the way he always plays. He's the most expressive. If you're only into a crowd present when playing then you can't be a true hearted musician like SRV and you most likely won't sound good audience or not.

His brother Jimmie

Right one of the best blue's guitarist ever. RIP Stevie

Folks needs therapy!!! It ain't just a talk to nobody... THERAPY!!! ;o)

Omg Stevie is totally the best.imagine if he hadn't died so young?when I go to heaven he's one of the first people I want to find.just to hang out and listen to his awesomeness

It's too showy, too loud. How about that? I like them more like Garcia, with personality and emotion, pathos dripping with americana..... how is the technical part of guitar playing more important? It isn't, or otherwise we wouldn't need music to judge these guys, we'd just have them all go up and down the same scale, like robots. Same exact thing goes for Jon Mayer, he's technically brilliant and unbelievable skilled, but that really isn't the point. The beauty of the music is, and the style in which they express the music. Mayer simply shows off to much.

Ahhhhhhhhhhkakakakaakakkaakaka...

So true

I feel like I’m watching Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Something about that cat. Did he come back just to play guitar and sing the blues? He’s shy. This sound check is gold! 💕

Correction, this soundcheck blows 90% of all music completely out of the water, and that number even seems low.

Story was he just woke up drank his whiskey with cocaine in it walked out started shredding. I'm so glad he had gotten clean.

@@TheSarahbeach100 😯 but he did love to party. That’s the end for some of us eh? Nonetheless, his talent usurped it all …until it didn’t 😔

"You pimp lookin' wizard" You, Mr. Geisinger, have just added to my vocabulary.

Pimp looking wizard!! Lol! You win the internet!

True professionals all around

You literally had me snort water out my nose with that comment!😂😂

LOL!! Love it!!

Another big bang

Forever.

In 100 years they will turn this into a hologram & you can walk around him. Maybe in 10 years.

Go Stevie

For ever

I had the honor to see him play 9 times so many years ago now. I still get goose bumps when I listen to his amazing tone, and the emotion he played with. He played one show at a Polish American Beach club in Mass. He was going to play with the Stray Cats, who didn't show up. He played for three hours. It started pouring rain at one point. He stopped playing the song (Come on), and started playing Texas Flood. It was the best show I ever saw. People screaming, ten feet from the stage, and me staring. He looked around while playing some amazing licks, and looked right at me. He gave a thumbs up and a smile to this mesmerized guy, and then right back into it. A moment I won't ever forget.

Wow how lucky you were, and how interesting.

Yup Good old Greatwoods is like 25 minutes from my house. Now I think its the Comcast Center now. If you go there watch out for the ^%$ holes in the golf carts.

i live not far from the placed formally known as "Great Woods" in Mansfield, MA. great spot for concerts til today.

Same here. I live in Norton, and can usually hear who is playing. Not much good music these days.

Same here... probably my most viewed video on RU-vid

Yes

HE DOES IT IN HIS SLEEP!

@ginger. Precisely my EXACT thought. Sweet comment. Long live SRV.

D K Can I please like this comment 1,000,000,000,000,000 times???

Not to forget them fingers!

@@michaelstecher4028 LOL! Yea, no way they would show anything or anyone, getting fingered like that....

Super like 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Kek

His sound check is infinitely better than most live concerts nowadays.

You forgot that he picked his nose

@@yangerjamir0906 Great Comment.🤠

U266 Great comment about STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN'S soundtrack.🤠

100%

16 million now. Must be twice as good.

Damn near 17 now :-)

17m views as of today 9-14-18

5 years later: 7 million view. ROCK on. No doubt the best EVER.

18 million now

Lol! I concur!👍

Dan Brooks Lets say the sound did check out

Vocals way to low.

You think the vocals are okay??? WAY to low!!

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Come on, never heard a Bieber sound check? Stunning !

Bobby D Why the hell would i?

rurounisld because your a belieber :D

Didier Beeuwsaertsie Is thing real? I mean i didnt know much about music when i was teen but hey...

Sarcasm is lost on some people. :(

After we whooped and cheered and clapped and Stevie says “thanks a hella lot!”

So cool

You lucky bastard

Then you woke up, left your parents basement and made a bowl of Fruit Loops.

@@maxhenry9724 LOL

That was Paganini. There's only one Steve. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-s_oT7RuzuxA.html

Lmfao^

Now that was priceless! Rite on.

I heard that too

"I got a Fender of gold against your soul, 'cause I think I'm better than you"

If you played like SRV you wouldn't have to talk.

get an audio jack splitter and put a headset on her. She'll understand. Or like Joe said, learn to play like this.

@@Bedevere By the time he masters the guitar to the point of SRV he’ll be in his 80s!

@@dawsonwoolford9660 Well he better hurry up then!

lol found the wife guy

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But it was a good touch.

Deep...... Bone Marrow Deep......

Full massage

SRV pimpin' love potion baby!

SRV will reel you in like catching a ol blue cat / blues cat. GBSRV GLAD You was introduced ,good day all 😎🙏

Understand completely. Moving story. Thx

Should see his statue in Austin, right on the Colorado river. His feet get wet in flood stage though.

@@jamessweet5341 Think they did that on-purpose? '...because 'it's floodin' down in Texas'? His signature song. Still love watching his 'In Session' video with his Mentor: Albert King. Beaming with pride at his protege's success.

@@thisguy8916 It's only happened a couple of times but it's right at the highpoint of the flood zone, so they had to know it would happen.

Loved when he played with Clapton

@@charliewise1971 The only person who ever outplayed Clapton.

Nice!

You are so correct

No, 3 types. Him, EVERYONE else, then people like me who try and try but are still shit!

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Douglas Mills Stevie could! ❤️

Lol. Same here. I can play a lot of his stuff but dayyyyyuuuummmm...

Following a yawn !

Put yo ❤ n soul in the 6strings and play ... SRV cold shots all around... 1st solo burned the devils hands 😂r.i.p. Steve... crossroads party

that's one more time than I got to see him. Kinda just discovering SRV now. Wish I'd discovered him in my youth, I could've seen him too...

Saw him in ‘84 as well. He opened for Huey Lewis and the news. I don’t remember much about them that night, but I’ll never forget SRV!

A fine Human Being- R.I.P.

Hey PGeorge...I seen him in 86 in Spokane Opera House. He was headlining...Bonnie Raitt opened for him and after her show she came back out and played w/Stevie. My wife bought tickets for this 16.50 a piece and was center/4th row. She actually asked if she did good. She was unaware of what she was about to experience. She had only heard of him because I spoke about it and listened to him at home. So her gift was one that I still reach over and give her an occasional hug for. Fabulous show in a setting that had excellent sound...what a memory! I do indeed miss the man who brought the guitar back into the limelight in the midst of being bombarded by shitty new wave bands. he was a shining light in the music industry in the mid 80's.

Fasfeddy

You cant Rock a Cheetah Trench Coat uless you are SRV, DLR or Robert Plant, you dont even under stand that you hgave the option unless you are them and doing THAT

It turns out, you get to dress like a wizard if you actually are one.

A style all his own. Thankfully the kimono phase didn’t last. Sorry but that was terrible

AMEN ON THAT ``````

Dont worry its better than 99% all gigs ever

Que vous êtes bêtes avec vos commentaires. À la longue pas drôle et fatiguant

Ooooooo how does he do that ??? I have no words.

He was good but; noway was he the best guitarist. Sorry🤨

No one better.

He practiced. ALOT. It's said he slept with the guitar. But it does seem like the guitar is a part of him, like his arm.

I understand what you were going for with this comment but to say SRV was "talented" actually robs him of the recognition he deserves in my opinion. What you are seeing and hearing in this video is the culmination of thousands upon thousands of hours of hard work and dedication on the part of mister Stevie Ray Vaughn not even taking his band into account. Typically people that don't actually seriously play music have this nebulous concept of "talent". The reality is that noone is born able to play. Greats are made not born and SRV worked to an insane degree to bring this to us.

@@jackcoleman1784 This is the ultimate truth. All the talk of child prodigies and born with talent is bogus. The amount of hours they've put into "perfect" practice makes them look like geniuses. Highlight on the "perfect" "accurate" practice. because all musicians have certain things that they struggle with. So these items have to be worked on constantly and rigorously. There's no talent. It's just practice. Musicians are made by what they hear in their childhood (and are influenced by) and what they've worked on through their formative years.

Some more than others, I love the interview of Clapton talking about SRV's "gift"

All day every day it just is not the same

I agree he was born ready

Yep. The sound check was for the rest of the band.

You are so right, he was granted to play like that, and we were lucky to listen to him he is still living through his music...

this made me laugh out loud

Was ready :(

IDK about that. I saw Blanks 77 on my 17th birthday, in 1997 at GILMAN ST. IN BERKELY. Rene Wasted can sure wail on a guitar, and she was built like a LINE BACKER. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NCCrKaPCvA4.html

Eric, you had a a great dad! Honor his memory by becoming even better!

Sorry about your loss friend. Your dad had great taste in music

So sorry...

Your dad was rad if you feel that way about him. Cheers.

My condolences brother. 🙏

Nice observation. His band, too, was right tight with him. Awesome awesomeness.

Agreed, when he started playing Double Trouble were right onto it. They are all remarkable musicians.

nailed it!

colin-man yeates-clan

Amos Rod so

Same here. Drove 12 hours home from Minnesota back to Chicago, slept 2 hours and went to alpine valley for this show. On the way out we walked past those helicopters. Early the next morning I got the call

Congratulations, man! Hell of a devil on your back to throw off!

I saw his last show at Alpine too. Unfortunately, I was too Fucked up to remember much. I sobered up six months later. I knew he had sobered up a few years before he died. Great example, though too short of a life. Tragic.

I Saw Stevie @ One Of His Final Shows - w/Joe Cocker... Fiddlers Green, South Of Denver, About A Month & 1/2 Before He Died....You KNOW He Is THRILLED To Have Been An Inspiration In Your Recovery!!! He Inspired Bonnie Raitt's (& Countless Others!) Sobriety, Too! And I Didn't Even KNOW Bonnie Could GET Any BETTER Than She ALREADY WAS!!!😲 BUT SHE DID (....GRAMMYS GALORE & A LONG TIME WELL EARNED!!) ALCOHOL & DRUGS SMOTHER WHO A PERSON REALLY IS!! THEN TRIES HARD TO BREAK YOU DOWN & END YOUR LIFE!!😬😭 STEVIE INSPIRED SOOOO MANY OTHERS' SOBRIETY - MUSICIANS, PEOPLE HE KNEW, BIG BROTHER JIMMIE❤, FANS, FAMILY, STRANGERS, IT WAS HIS HEART!❤ HE HELPED SAVE SO MANY LIVES!! I AM AA & WAS ALWAYS SOBER @ HIS SHOWS....AND I NEVER KNEW ANYBODY WHO ACTUALLY WORE THEIR FIRST CHIP!!! BRAVO, STEVIE!!👏👏👏 HE WORKED HARD FOR HIS SOBRIETY, & INSPIRED HIS ENTIRE BAND, BIG BROTHER JIMMIE!..... HIS FANS, STRANGERS, EVERYBODY HE COULD REACH!! AND IT MEANT EVEYTHING TO HIM!! HIS MESSAGE WAS SO GENTLE - LIKE STEVIE - HIS STORY SO CLEAR & VISCERAL! I WAS SO PROUD OF HIM, & HIS COURAGE & EXAMPLE! SRV🙏😍😘

I STILL Do......!

Gotta love the white leopard coat...

Alabaster!!

No man ever could pull off a leopard coat and cowboy hat and look as effortless and cool as SRV. Everyone else would look like a clown.

It ain't braggin' if you can back it up...

Nice thought. He's been dead since 1980 something tho. Sorry. One of the best to play a guitar tho.

Wow 😢👍

Nice

amazing i cant imagine witnessing greatness like that

M Weiler... I saw him play once in 1983 when I was 13 yrs old. It was some sort of outdoor venue. I can't remember. I wanna say near Bouldin Creek? Any ideas? Was it called The Backyard? Help me remember.💡

@@kellicouch5883 The Backyard was in Bee Caves near where Bee Cave rd hits '71. I saw a lot of great shows there including Willie, ZZ Top but never Stevie. June of '83 is when Texas Flood came out so it easily could have been as they were hosting a lot of great shows in those days. Glad you got to see him play. It was beyond amazing. When he played Tin Pan Alley I always thought he would snap the next of that Stratocaster he would bend it so much. OK... so here is another great memory from those days. Antone's was up on Guadalupe just north of campus. The Fabulous Thunderbirds with Jimmy Vaughn and Kim Wilson were the house band. When guys like Robert Cray, BB King, Buddy Guy and so many others would come through Stevie would often show up about midnight if he didn't have a gig, they would lock the doors at 2:00 and stop selling alcohol but you could stay in and watch them jam till late in the morning... thanks for letting me ramble down memory lane.

I would have bought tickets to this sound check . Today's " music" lack any depth of soul and talent

Brent Robert correction, no one’ll ever do*

Brent Robert him opening a can of cat food probably sounded frikin great 👍🏻

Get in there and practice, i just got done, be inspired not defeated!

You can do it, and SRV proves you can. Also, he did it sober which I find amazing.

Brent Robert just watch, like stevie did, then master and be your OWN master my brother. SRV forever and the blues for ever

That's so cool 😍 but I never heard that.

Actually though that's more sad than cool.

@ela redde ''There are two types of guitar players, SRV and everyone else.''

I think he was an open channel for God myself.

@@robbieunderwood8349 We all "fall out of the canoe" at some point, that is not in doubt but, few get to become that good at anything in life. Now that part is sad.

LOL

that's wit and pith right there, you did a SRV level comment my friend

Def a comment worthy to be attached to SRV "WARM UP SESSION"

Thats a '61 Strat... That bitch is 13 years younger than he was at the time.

@DOG FACED DOGS \m/ 7 years younger (Stevie was born in '54)

What's wrong with Kanye West and Justin Bieber?....LOL Hahaha

@@tedmarakas2626 lmao trash

​@@tedmarakas2626they suck?

alxk78 - Truth. ^^

You might check out Oh with Chris Poland... That's how I feel when I'm at one of his shows.

I AM NOW LISTENING WITH MY MORNING COFFEE I TALK TO GOD THEN LET MUSIC SPEAK TO ME GOD LOVES WHEN WE ARE HAPPY AND DO WHAT WE WERE MEANT TO DO ON OUR JOURNEY BACK TO HIM AFTER THE FALL!

OH YAH I STARTED WITH VOODOO CHILE FIRST WHAT A WAY TO WAKE UP!

I really don't care if my neighbors like it or not! They are hearing it! I named my 94 Camaro Z28 Pride & Joy!

Like it or not let's introduce you to Mr. Stevie Ray Vaughn in case you haven't heard of him now ya have YW

Tysons Accosta can i say awww man and an amen

If you don’t like SRV then you probably won’t like me - and I’m okay with that!

That sounds kinky !!

Me too and I watch it again eventide it pops up!

I watch this like twice a momth

Actually, SRV gave his life to Christ at an early age, but the music lifestyle led him down a self destructive path and it was his recommitting himself to Jesus in the late 80's that gave him the strength to overcome drugs and alcohol. Here's a letter from his mother: www.srvrocks.com/links-marthavaughan.html

***** Did you bother to read the letter by SRV's mother? Yes he was an addict for a time, but he overcame it and turned his life around with the help of Christ. God's grace is something that unbelievers don't understand.

***** If you bothered to read the letter you would see a snip from SRV's private journal that his mother included which read:"God...I pray that I be cleansed/washed in the blood of Jesus Christ. Born again. I pray that I may be of use to you as you see fit. Help me that I may do my part. Amen." .........."God has been very good to me. He is good to all life. The willingness to try to work on my health is another and I am grateful for this opportunity." .........."Altho I can get confused about life and it's lessons, I can say that I am trying very hard to learn. I can see that I am learning how to care for others and for myself. Slowly sometimes, but surely nevertheless. I can play beautiful music. This is a gift that God has given me and a gift that I do my best to use for good and give it all I have. I am loved by many of God's children for this, and because it does show that I am trying to grow in this life. God saved me among so many and I must accept that he has a purpose for me. If I am good enough for God, I should be good enough for me. Thank you, God!"

"SRV and the Devil made a deal. We don t know what Stevie got. The Devil got guitar lessons"

+guitar78ish Damn you Christians are uptight man, take a hit from the joint and relaaaaaax maaaaan.

gcjbhar only musician I ever cried for.

IMO, when a musician dies at their peak, it can sometimes be a good thing. There are plenty of musicians who have lived long lives and continued to simply play rehashed versions of their own songs and covers of others. Basically a shell of their former shelves. It is true that SRV could have produced plenty of music that was at the same level. But, if he had not crashed, things would unquestionably be different than they are perceived today. Some musicians that I love/loved that died young are Morrison, Croce, Hendrix, Allman and plenty others. I think their status has been elevated because they died young, so we romanticize their works, because we know there will never be more. Like I said, this is just my opinion.

I agree totally!

We never had it. He was never really here on Earth.

I was at that event never forget the radio broadcast on the way home Clapton dodged that bullet thank God he was supposedly was going to fly with SRV that night flippen weather was foggy

LOL! I agree!

Amen

Your comment is perfect!

Not even Joe Bonamassa or Kenny Wayne Sheppard.

Best is always a subjective thing. I just have my own personal top ten, but not really a “best”. Besides Stevie (in no particular order): Gary Moore, Jeff Beck, Rory Gallagher, Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Bonamassa, Roy Buchanan, David Gilmore, Derek Trucks, Eric Clapton. Cheers.

No, he wasn't the best imo . He was very good and a great showman , but plenty before him were as good or better . SRV was in the right place at the right time. To me Johnny Winter is a true original and a better more interesting player .

Saw him in Oz playing with brother Jimmy when he was at the height of his personal issues and he was still amazing. An absolute Master!

I saw him in NZ not long after Couldnt Stand the Weather came out. This just scratches the surface. He was that good. And loud. Holy crap was it loud.

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I'm curious - what exactly were those words?

It helped me to see someone could do it.

When I Saw/Heard Stevie Live A Few Months Before He Died (w/Joe Cocker, No Less) - He Spoke To The Audience About His Sobriety & The Intense Journey He Had Just LIVED Thru...I Was Just STUNNED!! I Really Had Had NO Idea!!! But I Was Absoultely ELATED That He HAD Come Thru It & Was Sharing His Story! I Had Joined AA Years Before - But Hearing The Story Of A Life & Death Stuggle Like Stevie's From HIM ONSTAGE - From ANYONE Famous & Sucessful, From Any Musician, Was So UNHEARD Of - I Was Just SO Thrilled For Him! And I Remember Thinking As Stevie Spoke - I Hope At Least MOST People In This Crowd Are Really HEARING THIS!!! God Bless You, SRV!!🙏

He's Smilin' Down On Ya!❤🙏🎸

Auston Hell even Mrs Smith is better than bucket head lol.

He used to sleep with his guitar coming up, so maybe he COULD play better in his sleep...

Actually happened.. his wife woke up one night to him playing in his sleep

Amen brother!

Thats awesome.

GREATEST COMMENT EVER ABOUT STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN BEST DAMN GUITARIST EVER AND ALWAYS WILL BE. LOVED THE BAND, DOUBLE TROUBLE AND THE GUY THAT JAMMED ON HIS KEY BOARDS.🤠 MY FAVORITE BLUES GUITARIST EVER AND ALL THE GROUP HE WAS LOVED SO MUCH.

LOVED BY SO MANY.🤠🤠🤠

BEST DAMN COMMENT EVER. 🔥😖🤠🔥😖🤠🔥😖🤠

F! Rolling Stones list. In my opinion he is the best guitarist ever and there are many who are greats but not like him. He was just one with the guitar. So said he was taken away so early. I couldn't even image what he would be like today. Hope to hear him in heaven playing.

Mike Quintanilla best comment ever

Mike Quintanilla that is the best way to explain this 😂

Dude always showed ready to just jam. I remember watching him on 6th Street in Austin when he was a nobody and he would just f'cking get it. It was unbelievable... goosebumps kind of stuff.

hah hah.. jumps outa bed does a line and shot. finds his leopard fur coat and hat, walks outa his room sees roadie with gear van jumps in hits the bar and like you said crushes the most technical song you could imagine... only SRV

Mike Quintanilla ya got that right when your as great as SRV its easy to play the blues

scubarulz Great story thanks for sharing !

scubarulz I was at that show. I saw SRV a hand full of times in the Philly area in the 80's. The last time was 89 1st row at the Spectrum. The Fire Meets The Fury Tour with Jeff Beck. Check out the Facebook page;The Philadelphia Spectrum - A Tribute to all of the classic rock concerts

scubarulz you are lucky to have seen him live.

Darth Tom I saw him I think the same year at the Mann. Front Row. Everyone left because it stormed before the show, thinking it would be cancelled. Cleared up right before he went on. Stood right in front of him. He wore an all white suit and hat.

TiEDyeDEyeZ Just looked it up, it was '87. I was 17. Live Alive tour.

Dopey Dawg: I think there was a lot of jealousy of Stevie during his time. I’ve seen several old videos that appeared to have others try to show him up and put him down. Not naming names.

Take a deep dive into SRV a lot folks say he’s is the GOAT. Most of em fromTexas of course...but seriously for real buy all his albums and check him all the way out. There is a statue in downtown Austin Texas dedicated to this mostly obscure legend. If you like good music masterly preformed you will not be disappointed. Some of the things he does on guitar are mind boggling.

@@wisekittenspeaks5209 SAY THEIR NAMES

If Gary Moore isn't #1 the list is meaningless.

Eric Clapton gave an interview once and said after he heard SRV play, "that is was so loud and so right," but he also said he almost quit playing, because of how good SRV was and he would never be able to compete.

I PLAY POOL LOVE THAT STORY ALL HAVE BRUSHES WITH FAME AWESOME 4 STRING STORY HEARD GUITARISTS DO THAT GOTTA GO THRU LIFE GOES ON!!!!

Arent you the smoothest cat ever.....Bet THAT STORY IS A PROUD ONE... Im jelly...good on ya

@David Taber yep...like nuthin happened. On a beat up Strat...from his Soul. Too natural. Almost spooky. Energy vibe don’t often witness. @ a year later again in Amarillo w/Thoroughgood @ Moon Palace. Same thing. Anyone that saw him in the Texas dive bars tell ya the same. SRV, RHH, BG may have all been Robert Johnson disciples.

Awesome!!! What a story brother. Keep telling it.

The guitar was his cup of coffee he rolled out of bed grabbed his hat and coat and reached for his true love to start his day as always.

Stevie Let's his guitar do the talking for him. Buddy Guy or not...

BB King said, Steve was even better than me! Agreeee!

@@bubamaranovichok4901 100%

Dude just loves to play. Comes through in his sound which is a major contributor to his popularity. It’s just joyful.

And also with a cocaine and coffee ☕ brealfast

GREATEST COMMENT EVER FOR STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE BAND AND KEYBOARDIST. THANK YOU.🔥🤠🧡

@@barrontrump3943 So true later in life BEFORE HE WAS TAKEN FROM US. SUCH A TRAGEDY. HE GOT HELP BEACAME A GREAT GUITARIST AND BLUES, SINGER FOREVER..🤠🔥🧡😊💋

@@barrontrump3943 He beat it you do drugs? Give it up to the band they alll quit. Don't think the KEYBOARDIST did drugs, not sure.🤠🔥👍

@@barrontrump3943 he looks high as …. It was the 80’s man. Shreds it though.

I think I want that on a t-shirt.

Stevie Ray's best personal

Amen

So did his guitar!

his gigs were like having sex with th bleus... so..;)

And a shower! Lol.

Not to mention a cuddle!!

Why would the guitar want to die from the lethal tobacco drug!

Yes, I still have it to this day.He was one of the coolest people I ever met in the music industry.

Millions of dollars some of these entertainers put into their bullshit shows and NONE of them can compare to an SRV sound check like this!! A damn SOUND CHECK people!!!! Absolutely none of them can compare to this! RIP Stevie, we miss you so much. 😢💔🎸🎵

more talent than anyone currently playing or touring can in a year? Try in a lifetime.

Ummm... There are several who can match the guitarist abilities, not better, but just as good: Derek Trucks, John Mayer, and Kingfisher to name a few.

Polyphia I feel takes a lot of influence from SRV. They are a more modern take on blues, amazing nonetheless

@@brandon2930 They used to be good. I’m really disappointed with whatever the heck they’re coming up with these days. Haven’t liked their stuff since Muse :/

All depends stevie vs jimmy Like comparing black verses white. Who win its up to each his/ her own

I like hearing about other amazing guitarists.....run across someone I haven't heard....maybe......

Categorically, Every musician have different styles of expression however, you just cannot ignore the fact mastering one's instrument may require years to develop skills waaaaaay beyond the average. For example, some musicians may find it difficult to play complicated chords while others will struggle with it. RU-vid some Jimmy Hendrix.

Tiraniwen

La suerte del principiante no puede fallar.

Eerie thing is he kept saying he was on borrowed time.