We all know his guitar skills are sublime, but I feel his overall performance is often taken for granted. Stevie's style, writing skills, and voice are also one of kind! He passed way too soon! 👍✌
You from Dallas? Bands would play at the old sportatorium where wrestling was big in dallas. He'd come up there and jam with us or whoever was playing he liked that more personal feel of crowd. But he was really good people man . Oak cliff people. really nice shy dude! I'd see him coming in on their bus at truck stop three o'clock in the morning still holding that strat playing. Unless he was doing something in particular he never put that guitar down. Always playing. Repetition! Like spinning a ball on your finger. Never give up and never stop going at it you get good .
Caught in the Crossfire....SRV blew my mind the first time i heard him and I am forever a fan. My heart broke when he died far too soon. He is a legend.
Love how the host went to shake Stevie's hand and Stevie embraced him. Just a reflection of the openness of this great man. This is from Stevie's album In Step. Alot about his sobriety and the 12 Steps of AA are the inspiration for the title. He's my favorite all around.
Did you ever see the clip of Stevie playing Voodoo Child at the Cotton Club? It was before he got clean. But a fan walks up while he's playing and holds out his hand to shake hands. Stevie actually shakes his hand for a good 10 - 15 seconds, while he's still playing with his left hand.
I agree on that! Saw him 4 times 3 up front, first time spring of 1984. He was opening for Huey Lewis And The News....that's like when Jimi Hendrix opened for The Monkees. I miss those general admission ticket days. There will never be another like Stevie !!!
I saw SRV in Kalamazoo Michigan. He opened for Robert Plant and it was before anyone had heard of Stevie. Everybody was standing there blown away with their jaws on the floor! Glad I got to see him while he was still with us. ✌💀👍🧠🌌♾🎸🎼🎵🎶❤
This was the song that went #1 in the country! He was well on his way to being known for more than just the blues. His drummer Chris and keyboardist Reese wrote this song for him. A fantastic team. Miss that voice and that sound every day...
Jamel - This was hosted by David Sanborn. Sanborn is THE most prolific session alto saxophonist in history. From playing at Woodstock with Paul Butterfield to the Stones, Springsteen, Todd, and Bowie he was the go to Saxman for artists for 4 decades. His own solo stuff is amazing as well. He also hosted something called Sunday night where he showcased amazing artists from new to old. BTW, the drummer in this band, Omar Hakim was also one of the best fusion drummers in the biz. Most famously played with Weather Report, and other jazz combos but also with Bowie, Sting and many more.
I love seeing people Reacting to SRV and seeing how great he was. He is a legend in Texas, he is one of my inspirations to learn how to play guitar. love SRV and Love your Channel my dude.
HOLY MOLY....anytime I hear SRV my jets fire, and I am in another world!!!!! (( never heard of this show before, and never saw this particular vid before, WHAT A GREAT BAND ))
Shout out to the band.....they dropped right into those two new songs like they recorded them with Stevie. Top-tier session musicians giving Stevie all the love and respect.
I miss this man so much, it honestly hurts me that God took him way too soon Stevie Ray Vaughan was and always will be a LEGEND I love that younger generations find his music to be as EPIC as mine did ❤😢🙏
Fun facts: Whipper and Tommy wrote this, I believe while Stevie was in rehab. Stevie didn't like it much at first but it became their highest charting song. Travis walk is based on where he lived once. When he got out of rehab, he lived with his mother, Martha, for a while. He then moved to Travis Street in Dallas. The lady who lives there now is pretty cool. She's been known to let fans in to look around and she supposedly still has a couch that belonged to Stevie.
He just makes that guitar talk! I had stankface maximus for that whole solo! My grandma used to say the band was 'cookin' when they started going off like that.
Night Music was only on for a short time, and it was on late Friday night, so I didn't watch more than a few shows. Thanks for reacting to this because I've never seen this and it's a great performance! The host was David Sanborn, a sax player who was a regular guest on Late Nite w/David Letterman.
I love Stevie. He always seemed to play with only the most talented musicians, like all of these gentlemen! That bass player was definitely outstanding! He was really driving that thing!
SRV was such a great guitar player and artist...he was called home too early before finishing his tour on earth. We will miss you, but we know you are in a peaceful place now. RIP
His brother Jimmy Vaughn, formerly of the Fabulous Thunderbirds played second guitar on the album version. Hiram Bullock (RIP) is playing Jimmy’s parts. I’ve seen this clip before and it never gets old.
I watch Stevie Ray Vaughan play and on one hand I am so amazed and in awe of his playing ability on the other I am sooo depressed because it makes me realize how much better he is than I will ever be on the guitar...LOL
That entire ensemble's performance was EPIC! And Stevie is always EPIC! They all looked like they were having so much fun! That was excellent, Jamel! Thank you! ;-)
He was one of my husband's favorites. My husband and I got to see him at the Wax Museum, a relatively small venue in DC, just after his second album came out.
You can tell how Steve loved to play with other musicians and give them their due. And other musicians love to play with him because he was humble even in his brilliance and they recognized that brilliance. From Living Legends at the time like BB King, Albert King, Albert Lea, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Etc.
Thanks for picking this out. I am a big fan and had never seen this performance. I've seen another part of this show when he plays with Maria Mckee. Loved the comment he is going to make your face turn.
This is the same show you saw Jeff Healey on, hosted by alto sax legend David Sanborn. Both Sanborn and guitarist H.Bullock played in the band on David Letterman's Late Show in the 80's. If you look up Sanborn it lists around 50 albums he has played on, besides his own albums, and writing the music for 3 Lethal Weapons movies.
Glad you wrote this, saves me time 😁 Seen plenty from this show with Miles Davis, Marcus Miller, Bootsy etc. 'Straight to the Heart' by David Sanborn and Hiram on guitar.. So cool! 🎷 🎸 🎶 👍🏼
This is one of my favorite Stevie Ray Vaughan songs among some others. Thanks for doing this reaction since no matter which videos you react to whether they are music or even Bill Burr or other comedy reactions I enjoy your great sense of humor when you react to almost anything it's still fun and entertaining to watch your videos. Jamel is the funniest reactor since other reactors channels don't make me laugh as much as Jamel does nearly every time I watch his videos.
Damn I miss Stevie Ray Vaughn. I bought the Couldn't Stand The Weather cassette tape in a bargain bin for a dollar because it had the cover of Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) and was an instant fan. I called my friend up and told him about the album and he became an instant fan as well. My brother got to see SRV I would guess about thirty times, if he played five shows in or around Detroit my brother went to every one of them. I never got to see SRV live but thank God for videos. I know it's not the same but I will settle for them. Side note: Hiram Bullock used to play in the David Letterman Show Band. R.I.P to both SRV and HB. Now I'm going to watch your BB King reaction. R.I.P to BB as well.
Man...I miss Stevie Ray, so damned much. He was so frickin' talented and had so much more to show us. All these years later and I still listen to him! Ain't a lot of Bluesmen that come close to him. But my favourite musicians/band are on the wall to your right! Rush Still Rules!
The host is the great David Sanborn. Most of the musicians on stage were legends in their own right from various Jazz Fusion bands, solo work, and hundred of sessions each across multiple genres.
Srv and BB king done a show together and they told Stevie that BB would open for him and he got furious and told them BB King doesn't open for anybody and he done that with all the old blues legends
It never ceases to amaze me how something that other people would find difficult to do seems so effortless to him & other phenomenal musicians. We are so blessed to have these musical geniuses living amongst us.
Man, talk about the real deal. All the band members knew it, and they were great musicians themselves....but SRV was once in a lifetime kind of player.
He was meant to play guitar and he did it so effortlessly. Some musicians are way too arrogant about their skill level but, Stevie always allowed the whole band to shine.
Been listening to him since day 1 praying for 100 more years to listen to this talented gift from GOD which is what SRV was.Thank You Mr.Jamel.Rock On Bruthr.Luv the Reactions. BTW.. Get a chance hear Leave My Little Girl Alone.Mindblowing Good.
At first I didn't think you noticed the bass player braking the string on his bass, so I watched it again, should have known you'd catch it. Your reactions, even years later are absolutely priceless my brother.
Thanks Jamal, you are my spirit brother!! Makes me so very happy and so very sad when I listen to Stevie Ray, his music and the way he plays that guitar...!! Makes my soul sing. Was blessed and fortunate enough to see him live, twice. Amazing! Last show, Jeff Beck opened up for him, what a concert!!..
Crossfire was written by Double Trouble and Stevie Ray Vaughan's only #1 hit of his 7 yr career which to me was insane because there were so many great songs from Stevie Ray. Life Without You, Texas Flood, Tightrope, Pride And Joy just to name a few. With him being in The Austin Music Hall Of Fame, The Blues Hall Of Fame, 6 Grammys, 10 Austin Music Awards, 5 W.C.Handy Awards, Entertainer Of The Year, Instermental Of The Year and in 2015 The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. In only a 7 yr span you would think he would have had more #1 hits. STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN IS THE GOAT
I absolutely adore Stevie Ray Vaughan and I absolutely adore David Sanborn. I love to show because it was musicians hanging out with musicians and doing what musicians do.
I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan about 3 or 4 times around 1980 and 1981, when he was a regional star. One time he played for free at “The Pub” on the Rice University campus. There was very few people there and they were there to drink and socialize with a friend or a couple of single persons studying. I was able to get a table in front of Stevie Ray in the small place. Here he was playing and all the other patrons and the bartender oblivious to his playing.
Jamal. Those are all jazz music gods jamming with a guitar god. Legendary. The show was hosted by David Sanborn and he would invite musicians to jam with his jazz gods
