Jamel_AKA_Jamal. Jamel, you've been playing some wild and exotic stuff lately. It's time to take that step across the line into Bizarre-O-Land. Please give a listen to "Aladdin Sane" by David Bowie. Starts out so smooth and chill, and then......
We all know Stevie brought that outer space vibe as perfectly as Jimi. But can we discuss Tommy Shannon holding down that Noel Redding bass rhythm and Chris Layton absolutely KILLING IT on that Mitch Mitchell drum part. Layton's drums are Fantastic!
They went on to play with Storyville and Malford Milligan on vocals. It was a highly underrated band with great songs like "Bluest Eyes". Everyone in that band was legit and well known in Austin music circles as well as touring musicians.
@@Easy_Skanking yep my friend Mike Ingalls played with them for a while early 2000's pretty nice guys always on local radio doing benefit concerts and being the rhythm section for all kinds of folks
When the original Hendrix records came out, other guitarists drove themselves nuts trying to figure out how he made some of these crazy sounds. What you see SRV doing is how Jimi played it.
Stevie Ray believed that when Jimi died, a piece of his soul went into Stevie's body. For real. They were musical soulmates if ever there were any. Stevie and Albert King, too.
You think it's crazy then, imagine how crazy everybody thought Jimi Hendrix was nearly 20 years earlier. All of Stevie's theatrics are a straight homage to Jimi and his stage show.
GOOD TO KNOW! The riff with the octaves is also played by Jaco Pastorius in his Slang solo and I always wondered who played it first, Stevie or Jaco. Jaco was also a big Hendrix fan so it all makes sense now.
Stevie Ray did a masterful job. It's appropriate to talk about Hendrix here. SRV's homage to Hendrix was not just doing his song, but also doing a lot of Hendrix's tricks and motions with the guitar. And putting his own virtuosity on it. Hendrix was the first guitarist to explore outer space, which opened a new world.
@@TheDivayenta A nod to his buddy Dick Dale, the Original Surf Guitarist, who was dying of cancer at the time......but ended up living until only a coupla years ago.... NOT a jab at Surf Music, as it might seem....
A nod to his buddy Dick Dale, who was dying of cancer at the time......but ended up living until only a coupla years ago.... NOT a jab at Surf Music, as it might seem....
Jamel: @7:30 The person "hiding" behind the amp isn't hiding. He's one of the stage hands there to keep Stevie Ray from knocking the amp over as he plays. This song isn't Stevie Ray, or Jimi, beating up on the guitar. This is them creating the sounds of space and a space ship. It's all intentional. This is a sound painting rather than traditional music or a song structure. They're using a technique called feedback to produce all the wild sounds you hear. The sound coming out of the amplifier speaker causes the guitar strings to vibrate (like they are being played by a human hand.) This is then feedback to the amplifier through the guitar cable and out the speaker again. This produces the high pitch squeals you hear.
If you want to hear what a guitar solo that could cut a man's throat sounds like, listen to that song. It's one of the downright angriest guitar solos I've ever heard. It sounds exactly like somebody who caught you with his woman.
Good old Hendrix song; sounds trippy because Jimi's music WAS trippy and very innovative. I've been suggesting Jimi's music for some time, (Axis Bold as Love and Electric Ladyland albums) but I know they're highly copyrighted. Good investment to buy them, imo. An important part of any good music library. You've got to see his performance of "Wild Thing" at the Monterey Pop Festival where Jimi lights his guitar on fire.
SRV is the ONLY one who could do this most difficult Hendrix song any justice. With his ultimate control of his Stratocaster, his amps and feedback SRV nailed a lot of the original sounds Hendrix recorded back in the day that I thought nobody could replicate... then came along SRV. R.I.P. to both. I know they are up there comparing notes and jamming'.
SRV is the only guitar player I've ever heard do Hendrix justice. Though one other guitar player comes close and might be a surprise for some but John Frusciante almost gets there.
Wasn't that the Monterey Pop Festival where he set his guitar on fire? Lots of SRV's musicality came from Hendrix and I think SRV may be one of the few to play it and get it. He even may have surpassed him in some regards. It's a shame we lost both too young.
I mean JIMI is the man, my favorite but I can't find a live performance anywhere and I wonder if he ever did the song live. That said, if you look closely at THIS performance you can see the spirit of JIMI enter the body of SRV❗😉
Jamel: It's about an alien space ship visiting Earth (third stone from the sun) and all those weird sounds are the sounds of the space ship. Stevie Ray does not sing the lyrics here but here are Jimi's lyrics for this song. Starfleet to scoutship Please give your position, over I'm in orbit around the third planet From the star called the Sun, over May this be Earth? Over Positive it is known To have some form of intelligent species, over I think we should take a look Strange beautiful grass of green With your majestic silver seas Your mysterious mountains I'd wish to see closer May I land my kinky machine Although your world wonders me With your majestic superior cackling hen Your a people I do not understand So to you I wish to put an end And you'll never hear surf music again This song is from the album "Are You Experienced? (UK)", "The Essential Jimi Hendrix, Volumes One And Two" and "Are You Experienced? (US)".
@@marymargaretmoore9034 You're welcome. I figured the lyrics would help Jamel understand the song and what is going on here. I, too, wishJamel could react to all of Jimi's music but his estate keeps tight hold of the copyrights and I understand that.
@@StevenMichals0812 You're welcome. Jimi recorded the first verse, starfleet to scoutship..., at a faster recording speed so when played back at normal speed the voice is slowed down and sounds "woozy," for the lack of a better word, and distorted.
Rather SRV and Dick Dale....the Original Surf Guitarist.... And since Dick Dale and Hendrix were good friends, and 3rd Stone paid homage to him, it's only fitting to react to that version!!!
This song is a wild trip. Love your reaction lmao The thing he was doing with the guitar is a nod to a legendary moment that his idol, Jimi Hendrix, did while performing Wild Thing at the Monterey Pop Festival where he did a lot of crazy shit with his guitar like this. Legends
I was stunned to see that he done all this to his No1 guitar - that's not a spare/backup . It's his main Instrument. Somehow he manages to throw it around without breaking it. Wow.
Jimi had SO much he was just getting ready to show us. The jazz influences that appealed to him as he grew tired of the show acrobatics, never really got the chance to flower before he died. He did put together some combos and orchestras to work with, and the Band of Gypsies were also much more musically talented in the rhythm section and started to do some exploratory freakouts like this song hints at. Wild stuff!
Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of those artists that is an enigma. You don’t hear a lot about him, but people speak fondly of him when asked. He is an amazing musician! Don’t forget to go back to these songs that you missed, Jamel: Band: Rare Earth. Song: (I Know) I’m Losing You. The 11 minute version. (Great organ in this!) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hINtx2E6y6s.html Band: Average White Band Songs: School Boy Crush(that bass will get you!), Work to Do, A Love of Your Own( that saxophone will bring you home!)this live version is amazing, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6F2MZ3CIvd4.html , Cut the Cake(one of the best live songs ever right here) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HNP2L1lnpFE.html
"Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of those artists that is an enigma. You don’t hear a lot about him, but people speak fondly of him when asked. He is an amazing musician!" Kinda like Billy Strings.......
This is Stevie Ray paying homage to Jimi Hendrix and for his performance at the Monterrey Pop Festival in 1967. IMHO Stevie is the GOAT of guitar players.
While i agree that Hendrix and SRV are AMONG the GOAT guitar players, there are plenty of them still around....and who are not with us anymore..... Roy Clark could arguably be called the GOAT..........in any genre.... And, BMFS is right there with them and is still rising... The shit he does on an ACOUSTIC guitar is amazing..... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fJmzS_Redh8.html Watch the whole clip, but the real action starts at 8.00......... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ilm2qeJndWo.html End of story.
This song clip was part of the concert at the El Mocambo Club in Toronto in 1983, the entire performance is sublime. It has been released on video (VHS/DVD) and back in the 1990s, it was released on "import" or "bootleg" CDs from Europe. Two of the European titles released were "G-Ray" and "Hawk on Fire," which captures this performance on CD format.
I had the good fortune to experience SRV, I think in Feb of 1985, about 15 feet from front of audience, live at the COL ballroom in ol Davenport Iowa, where the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Holly played. That was my awakening to the blues. RIP, SRV and my best buddy Rhonda, who was there with me, she passed 12 hours ago.
It's funny that Joe Diffie did a song called 'Third Rock From the Sun' that is a great track....SRV was definitely the star of his band, but can we take a minute and appreciate how great his bass player and drummer are?...one of the best rhythm sections ever right there...
This is an awesome and complex song. You know he had so much fun doing this one. Don’t see many reactors doing this one. It is well deserved to be heard!
KGMA JAMEL SRV 🎸I remembered his managers had to trek him down New Zealand to get his A in G for a concert back in USA .Him and Joe Walsh were to busy having great time .
I was so happy when I saw a new SRV from you‼️ I had never seen this one before either! Too much whew. That guitar he called his first wife. He had such a bond and emotion behind that relationship. He said that his "first wife" would scream for him and not at him. 🤟
I saw SRV 2 nights in a row in 1983. At the Moonshadow Saloon in Atlanta and at the University of Georgia student union the next night. He was incredible!
Jamal...I've been a subscriber for a looooong time and you really made my day, seriously! So there's 2 Chicago LIVE reactions from Tanglewood 1970 that I know you'll appreciate, not THIS animated but Tery Kath is on a different level, a guy JIMI himself said was THE BEST. "Make me Smile" and 25 or 6 to 4 a d yes, you did the studio version of the latter but the live version is sure to BLOW YOU MIND! Not only can Tery Kath PLAY the guitar but can sing, what a voice and what a loss❗
SRV did a great job covering this. Original was by The Jimi Hendrix Experience from their album Are You Experienced (1967). SRV was clearly a huge fan of Hendrix.
This is probably the best review I’ve seen you do, brother. You genuinely enjoyed that video so much (as did everyone, I’m sure). I had actually never seen SRV do this song, and had only heard Jimi do it. I think Stevie is one of the few guitarists who can duplicate Hendrix’ unique sound and style to such a degree of excellence. Thanks for reacting to this video.
SRV was a huge Hendrix fan... it shows the confidence SRV had and doing a cover of Hendrix classics! Not a copycat version but a tribute to the original with a spin that is all SRV! Don't forget the original, listen to the cover and appreciate them both!
Stevie Ray and Jimi Hendrix really transformed the art of music, it was unprecedented! Both were incredible artists! Not many can reproduce their music.
Love your channel and SRV! In case you haven’t heard, SRV’s album Texas Flood is going into the 2021 Grammy Hall of Fame. I was so glad to hear it getting that recognition ❤️.
Something to keep in mind... this is only the outro section of the song by Hendrix. There is a whole melodic spacey section with lyrics at the beginning that adds more context to the whole tune. SRV was a huge Hendrix fan and this was a fine tribute to his idol with an added nod to Jimi’s performance at Monterey Pop.
WOW! At first, I thought he was about to work the tremolo off; later, I wondered if the manufacturers used that performance as a proof of durability ad.
