@@405adam No. On cocaine. Not judging just stating a fact. The guitar player in my band was the bartender at the Elmo. He was tasked with providing certain substances. Not casting shade - I love Stevie with all my heart. A massive influence on my career.
Ya think? Imagine going out with the little lady for a few drinks at some dive bar in downtown Toronto and walking into one of the greatest rock and roll performances of all time. I saw Jimi in his prime and he didn't have half this energy.
@@jeffgaumond4250thats amazing. I will never sit here and say that jimi wasnt amazing. I dont listen to any of his songs besides little wing. He was amazing, i wont deny that but hes not my style. Srv is my favorite guitarist of all time. I was born after both of them were long gone though. I love srvs versions of Jimi. Jimi set a standard, and srv exceeded it in my opinion. The same way the original assembly line ford set the standard for a car, but it had room for improvment. And just like 1980-90s cars are still amazing to this day, srv is that. Some say there are better cars/guitarists now but i disagree. Weird comparison but i think some will get what i mean.
My mom bought this live DVD to my father for is father's day. I was like 15, started guitar few month ago. After diner, we play it. My dad told me, you may like what you will see. Then I saw this guy, with a cool hat, walking on stage, and deliver a pure performance. I took the biggest slam in my face on my young life. I could not belive what I was watching. Pure energy, power, taste and control. For me they were like 2 or 3 guitar at the same time. I dont believe in any god, but this day I saw the light. I will remember this day forever. This change my life, complety. I remember watching this show, stand up, close to the TV, trying to understand what I was whatching. This shock me, like a trauma. From that day, I was SO deep into SRV. Day, night, anywhere, anytime, I was listening Stevie. Every single day, every single second of my life. I was whatching El Mocambo live, every single night for sleep. Every single night ! He made me the poor guitarist that I am today, but he also made me dream, and feel so much emotion. He was my best friend, my role model, my hero. And helped me to go though so much in my life. This live is exact meaning of soul. There is no live performance, of any kind so true, pure and powerfull. By growing up, you realise that you can't feel something, like the first time. First time are always special and don't last forever. But when I'm listening this live, even if I'm 34 now, I can feel this thing that shaken my soul this day. Thank you Stevie for what you bring to my life. And what you did on yours. You are the kind of soul that can change life forever. And there is no better way to use our time here.
Yes I agree. I can't find anything that tops El Macombo. I can always find some imperfections in most of his performances(which is normal) but this one is literally flawless from beginning to end..and I mean every song.
every time I get stuck and stale on the strat, I go look up an SRV lick. Then I am inspired again. Its the power and the perfect clarity and timing. Then....there is that tone. Man oh Man. What the world lost when he died
That he does so flawless, you never notice the absence of a rhythm guitar.. He just never falls off Especially the Howlin Wolf songs are great examples of that ability.. Tell me, Shake for me, You'll be mine...
Invented the true zone after many players claimed to have been in the zone. They were in kinder zone. He was the fucking professor of theoretical zone science.
LAWD HAVE MERCY!! Imagine up in rock and roll heaven, watching this going on, and then Ronnie Van Zant says something like how bout these mules right here?!
Some can bend and sustain using effects etc . Nobody grabs a note let’s it hang and then throws it like srv . It’s the player not the pedal etc . Srv next level emotion passion so yes I agree
Praise be to Thomas Edison and other inventors who brought the world sound recording technology with all its refinements along the way. Who knows what the next century will bring in sound engineering?
That tone boy! This is hands down the best live gig of his I’ve seen. Saw it for the first time on vhs when I was 13, I’m now 45 and it blows me away still to this day! There’s so many good blues players that have gone on to emulate Stevie but let’s be honest none of them really hold a candle to him when he’s in the mood he’s in at El Macambo! He’s simply in another realm when it comes to bluesmen! A god amongst men!
I'm not going to comment on Stevie's playing, we know he was a God, but props to whoever did the sound for this concert. I bought it last night and watched it all the way through and I"m now it almost sounds like a studio recording it's that good!
History repeats itself "they" say...OMG I dont know when this will ever be seen again so I will just savour it....and I did watch this years ago on VHS..hahaha the Canadian boys and girl enjoying there beers.
and they don't know $hit because history does not repeat it rhymes. I mean after all, did we get world war 1 twice..? - no. And we got a second one, bigger and badder than the first one and we've still got another one coming our way.
I simply Love SRV. Love the music but even moreso, I love watching him perform. So much feeling and compassion. I can listen to others but find myself going back to him right away. My favorite!
I saw him live 87? 3 .moths before s fatal crash. He is someone who things flow from other places directly thrluvh him..And it's just comes out. The the Ge real population. I know has this feels. Years ago.ike you are gifted. And everyone wants to hear you precisely. Est I can explain his powers
Srv is the friend you go to a party with and he tells you just have a drink and in end you are drunk. That didnt make sense. Srv is a fucking legend. El mocambo is where ive seen him get down most.
Every note Stevie ever played came from his HEART, powerful and passionate , I was fortunate to see him play Live and although many have tried to duplicate him ,they don't and never will come close and that's a FACT JACK
A piece of advice to music fans. I was supposed to see SRV in the late 80s but couldnt go and thought id catch the next one, I was in California when a buddy called to tell me he passed away. Same friend and I had tickets to see Danny Gatton and he killed himself not long before the show. And then the same damn thing happened with Roy Buchanan. So when an artist you love is coming to town, go, and dont make excuses. Life is short.
I passed in front of the El Mocambo this afternoon and this presentation came to mind. Lucky ones are those who were there during this amazing performance!
I saw SRV in April of 1986 at Monmouth College, which is down the road from me. I wasn't really into blues, but I saw a poster promoting the show and a friend of mine and I went. I can't say I enjoyed that show. I was intrigued though, by this guitar player who had such a mystery about him and certainly could play the blues with power. I was so young I was actually frightened by the adults there, especially the bikers and goths. It was SO loud, and I spent as much time watching the couple next to me make out as I did the show. Two things from that show stand out to me: I could swear SRV brought up another singer to do Little Wing. I also recall these beautiful blue lights going around the gym as SRV played Life Without You. At the time I only knew a handful of SRV's songs. Does anyone recall him ever using a guest singer on Little Wing, or the blue lights? Another friend secured a backstage pass- he didn't tell me and went by himself- and met SRV before the show. He said there were lots of people standing around drinking, but that when he told SRV he also played guitar, SRV handed him his guitar to play!!! I also recall the security guys chatting about how cool SRV was to them doing soundcheck. SRV was so loud that a friend of mine who lived near the college told me the sound kept him up!! Years later I learned a ton of kids from my school went tot he show. I went through the late 1980's learning guitar and SRV, after a little getting used to, became my favorite guitar player. Let me tell you, it was different then. It was all about the shredders like Yngwie, Eddie, and Satch and Vai. In many circles, blues players, even SRV, were looked down upon because they didn't have the technique, and people felt it was easy to play blues. It was hard to find SRV tabs, and hard to find SRV fans. I felt inhibited by what I was listening to and playing, and like others were scoffing at my choice of music. The Fab T Birds at least had hits, but their guitar player was looked down upon even more than SRV. I got by because of the praise SRV got in the guitar mags and from a couple of teachers of mine. They made me think I wasn't crazy. Things changed with In Step. Sadly, SRV needed hits in order to get the respect due his playing, songs, and voice. Now getting tickets was not easy, now hearing him on the radio was easy, and seeing him on MTV a breeze ( up til then MTV went with Michael Jackson)) A LOT more people heard him, and A LOT finally gave him a real listen. I mean, before In Step, the T Birds were more well known than SRV. So it sure is nice to see places like this where people are giving SRV the kudos he so deserves! He should have gotten this amount of respect in 1983!!! It makes me feel good to see my main man being idolized and looked up to for so many reasons. I saw SRV a number of times; at the Pier in NYC, Madison Square Garden with Jeff beck, at the Garden State Arts Center only days before his death (a scaffolding for a play fell on his guitars that night, fucking them up and barely missing Rene Martinez). The best was seeing him at the legendary Asbury Park club, the Stone Pony. It was right before In Step came out and I had to sneak in, being underage. I don't know why he played there because he could have sold out much bigger places. The Pony holds about 500. But what a place to see him; loud as hell, he was REALLY into the show, and it was the first time I heard the songs that would be on In Step. Anyway, thanks everyone for vindicating my belief, and giving SRV the credit he deserved in his lifetime.
Stevie's Number 1 Strat is like the Excalibur sword. Only King Arthur could pull it from the stone, and If anyone other than Stevie plugs in Number 1 to an amplifier it refuses to play or sing and its not made a single sound since Stevie passed away. Steve
This one performance turned me on to SVR. Jaw-dropping talent. Both super tight and fluidly relaxed at the same time. I didn't even know that could be a thing.
2:45 - 2:52 his homage to Buddy Guy. He listened to the best. He learned from his brother. But in the end nobody could touch him. He took it all to an impossible level...SRV ❤
STEVIE WAS IN A LEAGUE OF HIS OF HIS OWN ON THE GUITAR 🎸 A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL THAT IN MY OPINION AS A MUSICIAN NO ONE ELSE WILL EVER REACH RIP MY FRIEND
this shit is so insane. the perfection and clarity of those whole step perfect vibrato bends alone is so impressive - on 13’s, no less. legendary stuff. makes me proud to be an austinite
Everything in it: brut force bendings, singing distortion and subtile low volume picking, fast runs and super slow, endless sustain tones. But whatever he plays, it is always totally in groove. As if there was some sort of inner drummer under his skin.
I was lucky enough to pick up a genuine Earth III Black/White Notes guitar strap just like this one. I will wear it with pride and homage at my next gig! Hopefully some mojo will rub off on me! lol!!
Music (REAL music, that is) is nothing more than a language that speaks directly to the soul. No words required, just a gutsy narrative that can only be conveyed through Feel (and tons of self-discipline). It speaks volumes of both the Good and Bad in all of us. Stevie was a master interpreter when it came to that kind of thing.
No way to say this kindly...that is a cool lick but if you don't have a handle on it after 30 years your ears are failing you. He's working off the 6th for that little sparkle, it does sound cool.
WOW.........he certainly deserved to be famous as he worked so darn hard to get there. No one else will ever be as good as SRV. RIP SRV.........because we don't since you've been gone!
Stevie ray good school every other guitar player in the world on finger vibrato. No rhythm instrument, what a high wire act. just beyond belief crunchy tone in the best vibrato of all time.
The El Mocambo was a tiny club in Toronto that hosted mind blowing bands such SRV and the Stones in 77,its gone now but the memories stay forever.By the way SRV was on fire that night all caught on VHS....lol
