Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood (from Live at the El Mocambo) REACTION!! | OFFICE BLOKES REACT!! 

This is Pure Texas Blues, boys. SRV is a legend.

🤠 Stevie never could read music. He was self-taught and played by ear. Every performance was different and unique, and I believe he's the greatest guitarist who ever lived! 🎸💜👍

I'm a straight up metalhead, but I can always jam this guy. Best guitarist in the world to me.

This is what it looks like when someone is doing what he was born to do. RIP Stevie.

You guys should have seen my face when I found out SRV was white. I grew up in the 70's in the American south in the ghetto. I played guitar. I heard SRV on the radio and was blown away. I saved up some money to buy the album. I got to the record store, found the album. I stood there in shock starring at the cover for 10 minutes in disbelief. I had to confirm with the store employees that this was indeed the same SRV I heard on the radio!😂😂😂

I grew up in Austin, TX. When I was in high school, we used to sneak into Antoines Blues Bar and listen to a 19 yr old SRV rip the place up. What a gift he was.....what a childhood!

he's giving a clinic about how to play beautifully, freely without boundaries, while still technically playing over a common blues chord progression (dictated by the bass guitar primarily) edit: this is for the blokes, in case they were wondering lmao. i assume many SRV fans are privy to the style

His performance at El Mocambo is one of the best live performances I've heard.

SRV is the only celebrity that caused me to shed a tear when he died.

Marcus King was Stevie Ray Vaughan's mentor, they became best friends had toured all over the states in and Europe.

That's not sweat pouring from him, it's soul, pure soul. Stevie couldn't read sheet music, he just played from his heart and soul. Stevie was the GOAT. Period. And I cried like a baby when he was killed some 30 miles from where I lived then. He was the greatest pure guitarist ever, in my opinion. RIP Stevie. Your greatness lives on forever.

Hey guys. Quick data dump on Stevie. Sadly he died way too young in a helicopter crash after a gig one night. After several years of battling addictions to booze and drugs he was fully clean and sober. He had turned his life back around, and was playing as well as ever. He learned to play by watching his older brother who is a very fine guitarist as well. He had told Stevie never to touch his guitar when he wasn't home, but Stevie would take it out and play it anyway and is basically self taught. Many people in and out of the music biz believe Stevie is the best of all time. Eric Clapton said the first time he heard Stevie he was in his car and SRV was on the radio. Clapton had to pull over and listen for fear he crash his car not being able to concentrate, and thought about going home and smashing his own guitar. A group of bluesmen and other guitarists were doing a show and a reporter asked them (jokingly since they were among the greatest themselves) who was the best. B.B. King spoke up and said well Stevie Ray is amazing and they all agreed. What Mike was saying about this music being unscripted is true. It was said that if you saw Stevie 3 different nights he would play the same song 3 different ways. Sometimes longer or shorter depending on how the crowd was reacting. Check out a live video of him doing Little Sister. Enjoy!!!!

I can't believe you guys don't know about SRV! He's considered one of the greatest if not THE greatest guitarists in history, watch more of his live stuff and I guarantee you'll become fans

I saw Stevie 4 times and every show was totally different, but each just AWESOME. The first time only about 50 people showed up, but after that he gained a huge audience here in the States.

A couple of things. Yes, there were “naughty substances” involved. At the time of this performance, SRV was still using a lot of coke and would continue to take shots of whiskey with coke added during the shows. The performances before he got clean and sober were legendary and very intense. I was lucky to see him play many times around Austin back in those days. He was a true prodigious talent, maybe the best intuitive guitar player I’ve ever seen live. He was like a conduit that music flowed through. He was never lost in a song, even during lengthy improvised sections. Never a clunky transition or searching for where to go next. That’s a rare thing. There are people who can compose and perform more impressive music than what SRV did with the blues, but put them in a jam session and see who shines as a true talent and not just a rehearsed guitar hero.

He makes my top 5 of entertainers I never saw and regret. So damn good.

Scuttle buttin' has one of the most insane riffs he's ever played. Like I don't know how his fingers didn't fall off.

Almost 31 years since we lost Stevie... RIP

One of the best blues guys to ever walk. If he had lived, there's no telling how great he'd be now. We'd all love to play like Stevie. I'm only 43 so maybe when I grow up.

"He's a good guitar player", that's the understatement of the Century, doesn't get ANY better than SRV, was in Austin during the late 80's early 90's, had the absolute pleasure of seeing him, mind blowing.

Nobody in the entire world could play with the intensity of Stevie Ray Vaughan.

As a Texan I can tell you that SRV is Texas royalty.

"I'd love to play guitar like that." No one will ever play guitar like that in my life time.

Stevie Ray The Sky Is Crying. There's just something about the blues and he was brilliant.

He's a good guitar player. Understatement of forever!!

Stoneface while SRV puts the guitar behind his back and melts the stage. I thought this was reaction, wtf?

SRV “Coldshot” and “Tightrope”. You’re welcome

There would be no metal or rock without the blues. Most rockers/metalheads are huge blues fans.

SRV's music 🎶 is timeless

Saying, "He's a good guitar player." is like saying, "Fred Astaire could dance a little."

I'm a music connoisseur. Music is my life and I love all genre's and SRV is by far, no question about it, my favorite all-time across all genre artist. He only had a 7 year career as a known artist when he died, and yet he's regarded as one of the best. And the catalog of music he left us in such a short period is amazing. The only thing more amazing is how Daz can watch this with such a look of being unimpressed by what he's hearing and seeing! I mean aside from the fact he can play like nobody's business, did you not see him playing lights out behind his back WHILE singing? Lol! ;-) I've seen this vid literally hundreds of times and I still get amazed.

These guys display the full range of human emotions from A to B.

Goat.........Period. Life long Player here. Goat. Watch that Whole show. Amazing. RIP Stevie.

Love Office Bloke Mike starting to squeeze one eye on the solos. He wanted to be it. Jesus I hope Dazz it at least tapping his foot. Don't be afraid to show the emotion boys. Cheers!

Ok, that settles it. I want to be British. As an American, I CANNOT just sit and listen to this song without moving. Don't know how you boys kept it under control.

You have just watched, quite possibly, the greatest guitar player to ever live!

I was actually acquainted with him in our early, early years (shows my age). Can't say enough about his awesome talent. Dallas loves our Stevie!!

The epitome of understatement at 4:50: "He's a good guitar player."

It amazes me not only that Stevie could play behind his back, but doing that and NEVER hitting a bum note is unbelievable to me.

Saw him perform at the wellington Town Hall, New Zealand, along with his big brothers and his band the fabulous thunderbirds back in the mid 80's. He was the best as far I'm concerned. Rest in peace stevie.

SRV covered Little Wing. Yes SRV does Hendrix!

you absolutely have to react to his cover of voodoo Child by Hendrix!!

I have to say that was a rather subdued reaction, you guys. This is considered by more than a few folks---myself included---as perhaps the greatest guitar performance ever captured on film.

I wasn't born when he was around or died but I'm from Austin, TX where he pretty much hung his hat, my dad showed me all his music when I was growing up & he is a state legend to this day even has a statue by the lake here.

Awesome reaction guys. Stevie ray vaughn life without you live at the Capitol theater 1985 is awesome you guys will love it.

What an experience it would have been to see SRV at the El Mocambo on Spadina Avenue in Toronto. Probably sat at most a couple of hundred people. Venue was upstairs where it could get pretty warm, so Stevie's really sweating it here. Attracted some big names like the Rolling Stones.

Texan here. I can remember in my 20s when I would hit the bars on the weekends. I'd come home afterwards, throw on SRV and have a couple more beers. Dude was a legend.

Well one things for damn sure we're not getting much of a reaction out of you three lol!

Stevie Ray the pride of Oak Cliff a suburb of Dallas, Texas. You can drive around and see murals of Stevie Ray on buildings. It’s awesome see that he is remembered for the legend he was.🎸

He played notoriously heavy guitar strings which just adds to his mystique and skill. Other guitarists are surprised to find out he played 13’s. His manager said his hands were so strong he could actually bend the neck slightly when he got into it. Very cool, humble guy. It was one of those horrible moments when we found out that he had died. I was having an unusually great day until that news hit me. I just wanted to get my workday over, go home, get drunk and listen to STEVIE RAY the rest of the night. That’s exactly what happened. Here in San Antonio, the local radio rock DJ played nothing but him for the rest of the night. I’ll never forget that day. Sorry to be a bummer but my mind went there just now. It’s better to celebrate the the music and legacy he so strongly worked to achieve. One of a kind, that guy. A TEXAS son.

Late to the party gentelman but wanted to let you if you don't already know yes a few things "chemicals" were involved when he played here but I was blessed to have seen him shortly before he died so he was sober. I have to say seeing him in a small venue he played the same or better sober he was mesmorizing to watch and I was heartbroken when I heard he died I cried knowing that we lost not only the GOAT but a beautiful human being which as you read about him you'll find out...a terrible loss to his family and all that knew him including millions of fans who loved him!!! RIP SRV 🙏 ❤🎸 I'm glad you enjoyed this😊

Dallas tx Born lived in Austin tx RIP SRV the best the guitarist ever

Stevie is and will always be the GOAT! He is the one person who has passed away that I would love to see.

Welcome gentlemen. I last saw this man live over thirty years ago and there hasn't been anyone close to being as good.

Also gotta listen to "Little Wing" or "Pride and Joy" by SRV.

NOBODY ever did it better. SRV was head and shoulders above all and it was no secret! cool to hear your still listening to Marcus King he's right up at the top these days with Derek Trucks of The Tedeschi Trucks Band. substances you say Stevie had his no doubt and at this stage in life he was out of his mind on blow but got himself clean and sober and was at the top of his game when the end came in the helicopter crash in 1990. RIP SRV.

I'm always impressed by the great guitarists, but none of them make my jaw drop the way live Stevie Ray does.

I believe this was recorded before Stevie got sober, so he was probably drunk and/or on cocaine, yet still played like this!

When Stevie finished playing, the guitar needed a cigarette.

Seen SRV in the 80s on Valentines day in Knoxville Tn. One of the best shows ever had to pick my jaw off the ground several times that night. The mans in class all his own RIP

Stevie Ray is one of a very few guitarists that I would call a master.

Did anyone else yell at their computer, "Hey... he's playing behind his back!" You know trying to get a reaction to that from these blokes?

Oh SRV a fellow Texan who rocked the world with his guitar playing .

I SEEN HIM 5 TIMES DURING HIS LAST FEW YEARS .. WHEN EVER HE CAME TO NEW ENGLAND WE WOULD FIND A WAY TO SEE GET TICKETS AND SEE HIM.... BEST SHOW WAS AN OLD MOVIE THEATER 2ND ROW CENTER STAGE.. HE BROKE A STRING PLAYING LITTLE WING AND THE RODIE WAS THEIR HOLDING ANOTHER GUITAR FOR HIM SO FAST HE GRABBED IT AND KEPT ON PLAYING WHILE THE RODIE TOOK CARE OF THE REST NEVER MISSED A NOTE.. TRUELY AMAZING , AND WAS, STILL IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE ONE OF THE GREATEST EVER..AND MY PERSONAL NUMBER 1 ON MY LIST

I'm glad that you all did this song i got to see him live in 86 and he was definitely my favorite guitarist before he passed.You are missed very much R.I.P. Stevie Ray 👍

Okay, look up Stevie Ray Vaughn "Soundcheck" just woke up, half asleep, smoking a cigarette. Picks up a guitar cold and proceeds to shred for 18+ minutes a performance that done by anyone else would have them pumped up screaming " that was my best set ever!!" But Stevie- "I was just warming up....."

Yea! First for once! SRV is the GOAT...and so are the blokes!

SRV ‘s guitar was his third arm. He felt his way thru music. No thinking just playing. He never checked his fingers. Eyes closed all the way through

I agree with the others. SRV is the greatest master of the guitar ever. Complete control of the instrument.

Not to worry about the Theory lessons. Stevie Ray famously talked about the fact that he couldn't read music at all, and when he thought about the 'rules' too much it messed him up. This is pure self taught brilliance.

There's nothing like a delta blues for your soul man just reaches in and grabs you and you can't get it out

Im from Dallas, where SRV was born and grew up (Oak Cliff), and I live in Austin now, where he was, up until recently, worshipped as a sort of music deity. Ive always called his style dirty blues, or pervy blues.

Voodoo Child live from Austin City Limits Fffnnn amazing

While Jimmy was a genius, Stevie was a master. (Stevie switches to his back, not a single reaction from any of you) Do you realize what he did, how difficult that is and how easy he made it look and sound? He played better behind his back than 95% of guitar players played in front.

SRV is a legend, but look up Jimmy Vaughn and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, his brother is another legend of blues. Both in the rock and roll hall of fame.

No drugs at that time. Stevie had issues for awhile but quit them completely in fact advocating against them. To bad he died in a helicopter crash. There is a statue of him in Austin Texas

He played the guitar on David Bowie's Dance. Stevie Ray Vaughn style of music is called Texas Blues.

SRV is brilliant. Total GOAT. I love his music.

Stevie was with no doubt the GOAT! I cannot believe that none of you were totally blown away especially when he threw the guitar behind his back and played with the exact same mind-blowing skill as he did with it in front? Really? do any of you have any idea just how hard that is and not only that, but he had his strings higher off the pickup than normal and that makes it so much harder to play physically and technically. He was truly the Greatest Of All Time and it kind of shows that none of you have any idea what a GREAT Guitarist is!!!

The blues speaks to us because we all secretly want to be that mysterious quiet brooding guy drinking alone in a dark corner of the bar, looks like he's been through it and hard as nails... The "He's got stories but I doubt you wanna hear 'em..." kinda dude...

Wow. I've never before seen a RU-vid reactor not even blink the first time they saw Stevie Ray whip the guitar to behind his back and keep playing like a madman. And we got no reaction from any of the 3! Possibly a slight smile from behind his hand from one, but if you didn't have the SRV vid feed you'd never know when they saw the switch. Maybe if Stevie Ray was jumping up and down on a pogo stick while playing behind his back? What does it take to impress these guys?

Okay guys... you've wandered into a world you have no idea the depth of. Keep in mind that this performance was live w/ a 3 man band. Also, the magic of music is the breadth of its emotion. Limiting your exposure (purposely or by happenstance) results in a cancelation of the richness of the medium.The broader your exposure, the greater your appreciation. Only a fool limits their diet and proclaims they have a valid opinion of the menu. Every genre plays a part. BTW, w/ regard to live blues performances, it would do you guys well to watch ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UgrBn072lMU.html ...Just sayin'.

Stevie played the guitar like it owed him money,,

Thankfully I got to see him play. Incredible!!! Never going to forget it. No one else could possibly replace him.

Mann I’ve drank a lot a beer through the years listening to SRV , good for y’all enjoy. Texas here.

GOAT!

I only made it to the El Mocambo once right before it closed in the late 80s. It had a vide to it that you don't find anymore. The Gasworks was similar before it closed a few years later (the re-opened Gasworks was a shadow of its former self and the El Mo was a dance club last time I was in T.O.).

If you dont know SRV, you've been missing a LEGEND. A GENIUS. He was EPIC. BRILLIANT. "THE" Master Class. We lost an American ICON, a HERO when we lost him. The Music World has never been... & will never be... the same. 🙏 💔 🇺🇲 ✌

Texas Legend

RIP Stevie Ray. He died in a helicopter crash on August 27th 1990 for those who are new to his music. Very much loved by his fans....

Such a RIDICULOUSLY talented musician and such a shame he died so tragically and so young only 35 years old 2 years younger than I am now

I have that same guitar strap. Stevie Ray Vaughn is one of my biggest guitar idols

This man was so good it defies logic.

His brother Jimmy who played for the Fabulous Thunderbirds says when they were kids Stevie would practice until he'd Shred the calluses off of his fingers and he just crazy glue them back on and go back to practicing that's how you get to play guitar like that

I saw him live at Evansville Indiana, a young metal head has his musical direction spun, he opened doors. SRV was killed in a terrible helicopter accident at Alpine Valley, Troy Wisconsin after a show there. In 92 I went to see the Grateful Dead at Deer Creek 🦌 NE of Indianapolis and they blew the doors down, my musical interests expanded along with my mind lol. SRV was a killer show, he'd just gotten clean, was working 12 steps during the show...the roads a monster, he blew me away. Please do Billy Strings, not Dust In A Baggie though, everyone does that. John Prine, wsg Iris Dement In Spite of Ourselves, he was stolen from us by COVID19 so fucking sad. He was an outspoken Veteran, anti war and wrote beautiful music that spoke to you, made ya laugh, think and smile. Made me cry, shocked me but this crap has been ...you all know.

This is still the best video evidence of alien life on Earth that I've ever seen.

I love watching people learn of the GOAT

Stevie Ray is the blues!!!!

There are no posers in the Blues! Grew up with the greatest Rock and Rock/Blues artists ever but the Blues brings something intangible to a song. SRV has so much soul and his tone is unmistakable! I can't believe you guys are not familiar with his work! He's the Blues GOAT at the late 20th century.

I don't know who might have covered this, but I doubt they could do it justice. I used to live in Austin, and probably saw him live about a dozen times. A Texas legend.