As i heard the story. the first time he played "Lenny" it was at a club in Austin and when the band took a break, he sat down on stage and began playing it solo without the rest of the band.
I just love this instrumental! .. Stevie's studio version kicks ass and there are a couple other LIVE versions that are equal in comparison ... Well, ALMOST equal. Even if you clipped out and combined the best parts from the studio and each LIVE cut .. the man himself couldn't beat this version. If you asked me which part of this LIVE performance is my favorite .. that's easy .. It is when Stevie Ray begins rockin' back 'n' forth, his strumming is picking up speed and he lays out another 'too short but sweet', killer guitar solo within a already killer 'guitar solo'. Hands down! RIP Stevie Ray .. RIP. 🌹
Sometimes there is only 1 best version of each song, and it sounds like this was it for Lenny. Although Live at El Macambo I hear is a notorious show on it's own
It’s before! Stevie didn’t have think the music poured out of him through the guitar ! ! ! Thank God he let us enjoy him as long as he did !!! He was Special ! ! !
This song was written for his wife, Lenora, who he called Lenny. The guitar he is playing it on was a gift from her and a couple of friends, which he named . . . . . "Lenny" and it is the ONLY guitar he played this song on.
It's impressive to remember that Stevie wasn't bending 9's, they were 13's. As far as his sweating goes, it has more to do with the size of the venue, and on stage air conditioning than his drug consumption, this night. The Elmo was a small stand up beer parlour, with a small stage. Also, this was 1983, and the lights were probably 1500 W.
lol, former smoker here, it's not really something you have to think about... though looking down and having the smoke come up in your face was never something i was fond of. This performance of Lenny has become my favorite Stevie song at the moment, the tone is so beautiful. He was a master.
The "bottom" end of a drum stick is fatter and wood instead of small plastic tips, therefore giving a different sound. I think basically all drummers use this technique at times
As a drummer almost all play that rim shot style with the tip of the stick on the head of the drum and bringing the shift down on the rim with your palm.
I believe it. He would mow the grass for mom and have that guitar round his neck. As soon as he was done he would sit on the front pourch and play. The neibors never minded he could play his guitar all day long if he wanted to. We had great neighbors.
