Stevie Ray Vaughan Voodoo Child Reaction 

To play Hendrix and get close takes a damn good guitarist. To play Hendrix right takes a genius. To take Hendrix to the next level and mess with it takes Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Jimi Hendrix was an innovator, stevie ray vaughan perfected those innovations...

Stevie Ray Vaughan is the BEST...hands down!!!

SRV plays like the guitar is part of him. God gifted

SRV! GOD! 🔥🔥🔥He's adjusting the volume -tone on the nobs as he gos on a down stroke on the strings! INSANE!👏👏👏

Stevie Ray Vaughn is the best guitar player of all time.

Yeah...a lot of musicians would say "give me the music sheet so i can learn to play it",,,,Stevie just says "play it again" and goes by ear....you could travel the world 10 times over and not find a talent like him....I've been under his spell for decades now!

Jimmy would be in awe of the way Stevie played his song, “Voodoo Child”.

Hendrix was the original blues/rock innovator with soul and feel. SRV perfected blues/rock with soul and feel but added technical perfection. I took guitar lessons as a teenager and didn’t have the talent so I gave it up. SRV is the most naturally gifted guitarist there ever was in my opinion. I compare him to Michael Jordan. Natural talent and work ethic like no other. That’s how a G.O.A.T. comes to be!

SRV and Double Trouble don't get enough credit as a band. All that sound from one guitar, one bass, and drums is insane.

When Stevie played, it was as if he and his guitar were one. It was if each note he stroked came from his soul and his soul felt every note.

You watch him play and it doesn't look like he's trying. It's just so much God given skill and talent. Damn he was great!

That man is the reason I decided to learn guitar. Stevie is my hero.

Thank you for covering SRV. Living in Austin, Texas I had the opportunity to see Stevie several times back in the day (RIP, Stevie). This show was recorded at Austin City Limits, the longest running music show in the history of television. I worked in the concert business for 23 years, and had the opportunity to meet Stevie backstage at Prince's Purple Rain Tour in 1985. I mention it to say that Stevie was so gracious and appreciative of the recognition given to him. Again, thank you for your great reaction!!!

Unlike many other guitarists from the 80's who would do cover's of Jimi Hendrix SRV always showed respect for Jimi and his music. SRV added his flair but he always stayed within the pocket of the original.

SRV is so smooth that he dropped his pick twice and he still didn't miss a beat!

"Serious" doesn't begin to describe SRV. That's a serious understatement PS: Love the way you just shake your head with a blank look at the end, lol.

Stevie's "flow" is so amazing. It just comes out as naturally as other people talk. Even the great BB King said that he could manage phrases, but that Stevie played in paragraphs.

He's been gone almost 30 years now (hard to believe) , and although there are a lot of good players today, nobody matches him...NONE!

SRV is the G.O.A.T!! Glad you finally discovered him.

I got “Electric Ladyland” by Jimi Hendrix when I was 14 & was blown away. SRV was part of the Austin live music scene in the 70s & 80s, where he & his brother Jimmy (of The Fabulous Thunderbirds) would frequently play at Antoine’s. I love & respect Jimi (SRV’s idol), but Stevie Ray was practically a homeboy for me.

Jimi and Stevie didn’t die, God just wanted guitar lessons! ^_^

SRV is the best who ever lived

for the ones that did'nt know, Voodoo child was written and recorded in 1968 by Jimi Hendrix @sSMQ ground breaking over 50 years ago by the most influential mucisian in pop and even jazz music, not one guitar player today in this world who is not inspired by Jimi, not the greatest technician due to all kinds of substances but by far the most original guitar player but still got chills when SRV plays this tune i think that stevie plays it as jimi would have done if he was still alive today. a deep bow to both musicians who both shook the world

I like both versions and styles. There is no 'better,' only 'different' - and good.

You had the perfect reaction to srv. Takes the wind out of ya. Had the pleasure of seeing him a handful of times... Carnegie Hall, South Street seaport in NYC in the mid 80's. Those memories will never leave me.

I agree with the assessment. Jimi was in my youth and was the guitar player to beat considered that way by the likes of Eric Clapton and Pete Townsend. BUT, when Stevie came along I was blown away and have been a Stevie fan ever since. In my humble opinion he has the beatings of Jimi.

SRV can't be touched. Sorry Jimi.

Half of the Stevie Ray Vaughn experience is watching him play.

SRV can literally light a match with those fingers 4 real!!!!

SRV was,is,always be the greatest ever. The music just happened it was astonishing to watch him play he didn’t even have to think about it.He was the perfect example of a person doing what they were born to do.Hands down better than all the rest.

SRV played on 13 gauge. OMG. I grew up with him, every Saturday morning my momma (from Texas) played him to get the household moving. (Settled in Iowa.) She had tickets to his next concert before the helicopter crash. I've passed it on to my daughter. Little Wing, Tin Pan Alley, Texas Flood, The Sky is Crying, Ain't Gonna Give Up On Love. I could go on. Check out SRV and Double Trouble Live at Montreaux. They did it twice. The first time was a rocky reception. The second time, everyone finally got it. Also, MTV unplugged SRV is great.

Jimi with a Texas Twang.

Superb rifts, pure magic on that 6 string. I'm gonna have to download this again Voodooooooo!

Jimi I'm sure is proud to see how Stevie took it to another level! Your reaction was right on. I think they're jamming together looking down on us as we remember the indelible impression they made on us and we are all smiling. Prayers, Peace love and hope.

Stevie or Jimi? That's like choosing one of your children.

If jimi wrote voodoo child, stevie ray owns it..

Hi from the UK. I stumbled on to SRV by accident a couple of months ago and my 1st number was Texas Flood. Having been a Clapton fan for decades I was absolutely struck dumb by what I saw and heard, I could not believe that this incredible talent passed me by. Listen to Lenny live at El Macombo. Cheers

Stevie's version of VooDoo Chile was uptempo from Jimi's performance of it which heightens the intensity. Stevie always said that people shouldn't be afraid to play Hendrixes music -- it needed to still be performed live to keep the music and Jimi's genius alive. BTW, Stevie carried a polaroid picture of Hendrix in his wallet for years. Stevie wore out a pressing of Electric Ladyland playing it over and over to memorize the guitar work.

Jimi was the genius, SRV was the MASTER!

SRV Little Wing! Blow your mind! Great Reaction.

Also there's a couple of great ones with him and his mentor Albert King, they are doing a session together that would have aired on some television station back then, when Stevie was young Albert King would allow him up on stage to jam with his band in a fully black club. Albert King says in one of the sessions that he never imagined Stevie becoming this great of a blues player, and SRV ultimately became one of the best blues guitarists of all time!

Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton were Double Trouble and together with Stevie were, I think, one of the tightest bands - EVER! Tommy met Stevie when Stevie was a young boy. His bass playing just complimented everything Stevie did.

You must react to Tin Pan Alley with Stevie and Johnny Copeland. Get ready to have your soul ripped out and handed back to you! That is the best blues duo performance EVER imo. Trust me, you won't be disappointed!

That's like ask'n someone what kid you love most! How do you pick between Jimi and Stevie? You can't, you just listen and try to absorb every note. Two of the greatest guitar players of all time, playing the greatest blues guitar song of all time. R.I.P guys, wherever you are, we all miss you both, dearly.

Dude .. you gotta see Tightrope live in Austin Tx same show as this one FREAKIN AMAZING !

I’m so lucky that I got to see him TWICE! I also saw his brother Jimmie in a small venue and got to meet him!

You think thats intense, live in concert is even better 👍great reaction😀

Stevie is self taught he learned by listening he is without a doubt the best EVER

I heard as soon as the show ended that SRV's guitar called the cops to report it had been assaulted.

A sonic onslaught from start to finish!!! An amazing performance. Percussion and bass outstanding! WOW!

Notice he is playing both lead and rhythm...just like Jimmy Page!

Stevie Ray's version of Voodoo Child is absolutely the best. His right hand ... aaand ... his left hand never pauses... never stops . R.I.P. Stevie... you are dearly missed and never forgotten my friend! 👍👍👍🤠

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN was definitely a Jewel!!! My favorite guitarist of all time, he was gifted from childhood from what I've read about him he even slept with his guitar as a child. I looked into his inspirations and YOU SHOULD TOO, ALBERT KIND, BB KING, ALBERT COLLINS and of course JIMI HENDRIX. all simply AMAZING Also on your free time you should check out his brothers tribute to STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN " SIX STRINGS DOWN" has some Guitar Greats in on that and to me it was very heartfelt, actually a year jerker for me. I Love STEVIE RAY he is missed but has lefted a hell of a LEGACY!!💜💜💜🎸🎸🎸

How can anyone who loves music choose between Stevie and Jimmy? Arguably the two greatest guitarists ever. I can't/won't choose.....I'll love them both. Cheers. PS, Stevie was a far superior vocalist though.

I have watched this video a hundred times on my own or with a reaction and laugh every time. When I see someone who is using every bit of their gift in any endeavor I am thrilled. I hope I'm using mine. It is amazing and watching others' reactions is just so much fun! Thanks.

I saw him at his last show at Alpine Valley ..he eas legendary that night. I woke up to the news that his helicopter had crashed..terrible loss.

Dont loose count of the fact that SRV played with 12-gauge, thick strings. Those almost 2-note bends that he does are enough to make your fingernails bleed. Best ever Hendrix cover. He stayed true to the original feel while still infusing his own SRV identity. Brilliant in every sense of the word. Also, shout out to the band. That base player laid out some nice ground for Stevie to do his thing.

Riviera Paradise by SRV shows yet another side of his genius

Love what the drummer is doing behind SRV's second verse vocals. And, before that, the rhythmic groove they all put down before he starts the second verse (6:39). Just out-freaking-standing.

Stevie, hands down. My top three picks are Stevie, Jimi and Eddie Van Halen. I can identify Stevie within a few notes. His brother Jimmy is up there as well. Jimi and Jimmy were his biggest influences, after all.

Privileged to see SRV three times back in the day. First time, he wasn't big yet but for the next two he was and seeing him in person was magic. He was a force of nature. Surely you've listened to Pride and Joy by now. Rock on!

I think it's only fair to make some distinctions when comparing Jimi to anybody. 1) Jimi was an incredibly humble and soft spoken man. You can see it in his many interviews. Many interviewers (and fans) at the time were calling him the greatest guitarist of all time. Every time Jimi was told this in interviews (as a compliment), he denied that he was, really didn't like the comparisons, and always gave credit to the many great guitarists out there. 2) SRV was another great guitarist. He was an incredible technician on the guitar as we can see from this video. Jimi's guitar playing wasn't as technical, because the beauty of Jimi's playing was it's rawness and his creativity. Jimi was RAW. 3) SRV's version of Voodoo Chile (slight return) was sped up which played into his incredible technical ability. Jimi's original of Voodoo Chile (slight return) was slower and raw. 5) Older and newer fans don't fall into the "who is a better guitarist" comparison. I think both Jimi and Stevie wouldn't appreciate it. But wouldn't it have been great if we could have seen them perform Voodoo Chile (slight return), on stage, together! Love 'em both.

My mother taught herself to play the Piano from a young age(5 years) & to this day she plays but she has never learnt to read music she also started a career singing @ the age of 48 & hasn't looked back. I think you are born with the talent, gift from god?

I don’t rank humans. Especially because I know how much SRV loved Hendrix. SRV was older than me, and I can remember ( I was in Elementary School) exactly the where I was, and how I felt when I found out that Hendrix was dead...) When SRV died, you can imagine how it felt. Devastated. It’s FUN to see people get turned on to SRV !!

Check out "life without you" 09/21/1985, it's another amazing performance! I've listened to SRV a long time and just recently came across this performance..and it's my New favorite!! Enjoy my friend!

B. B. King: "I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed."

One of few who could hold a candle to Jimi, with pride (and joy)! I would have loved to see him live! One of the best ever!

I put myself to sleep to this dvd as a kid every night of my life through high school. This guy saved my life as to what one individual is capable of doing. Set a good example for me and many others. Just sucks to see people reacting this way instead of just buying a guitar and playing along. Anyone can do it...it just takes time that many people aren’t willing to spend.

SRV - Lenny live at mocambo (he went beastmode in that venue apparently)

Shoulda done the El Macombo version, imo, the best version of this song. SRV just did no wrong at El Macombo!!!

Enjoyed the reaction video brother . You hit it on the head . I'm a musician who also don't read music . It comes from your soul . It is a feeling . It's the best feeling in the world . It's likened to the way you feel when you hear a good song like this one , and you can almost feel the same emotion that the artist is feeling while performing it ...

Stevie stayed true to the bones of the song; he just put the SRV touch on it!

Just found this video and had to comment I was at Alpine Valley the night SRV died. Drove from the concert in East Troy to Waukesha. Very foggy night. Heard the next morning at work that Stevie's helicopter had crashed into the ski slope. I went into my office and bawled my eyes out. To this day, i find it hard to see him so alive in these videos. Plus now we've lost Jeff Healy also. And the guitars gently weep.

Not long after Stevie died I read an article that stated, 'If Jimi is king, then Stevie Ray is the only true heir to the throne'.

Great reaction man, you're quickly becoming my favourite reactor. I would love for you to check out The Jeff Healey Band "See the Light". Jeff was a great Canadian guitarist who was blind and played sitting down with the guitar flat on his lap. SRV was a big fan of Jeff, there's a great video of them playing Stevie's "Look at Little Sister", unfortunately cancer took him in 2008. subbed.

Stevie Ray made this his own, I love the original but his version I think is better. We lost a huge talent when he died. The world was denied so much more brilliance from him. R.I.P

SENSATIONAL..a legend in his own MAkING..Stevie Ray Vaughan handles that guitar like holding a spoon and feeding hisself..Doesnt need a bib so no cleanup..singing is fabulous..No one can come close to overtopping Stevie on that guitar..Stevie is so missed, and wont be forgotten

Stevie was an incredible technician. Second to none. JImi was raw. So inventive on the guitar with his visionary creativity. Stevie's music was blues/rock. Jimi was a blues/rock/psychedelic talent. Listen to Jimi's Electric Ladyland double album set (Crosstown Traffic, Voodoo Chile and Voodoo Child slight return, Burning of the Midnight Lamp, Rainy Day Dream Away, Gypsy Eyes, House Burnin' Down, Come On Part 1, All Along the Watchtower). NO ONE has EVER made music like that. Never will. Stevie and Jimi wouldn't care for comparisons. They are different and unique in their own way. Enjoy them both!

Love that Jimmy wrote this song so Stevie could perfect it

Love your enthusiasm. Keep up the great work! This is one of my all time favourite clips of SRV. It's as if he's actually taming a wild guitar. Never fails to give me chills. Pump the volume right up and it's a great way to clean out your speakers.

As a Texan Stevie Ray Vaughn is an icon! He showed the world that we are not all horses and guns! Lol, good to see the he has transcends time and and distance!

Pride and joy, cold shot, life without you, crossfire, the house is a rockin, is an ok start man. You wont regret ZZ Top, promise!

Pride & Joy SVR

Stevie also never had a set list for any live performances as well as not being able to read music. I feel it was because of his very early age of drug addiction. Quitting HS to move to Austin, Music Capital Of America, which is the largest music festival & it just went on this past weekend. Hundreds of bands play 24/7 during it & hundreds of thousands of fans attend it each year. He lived an extremely hard life way before getting that first record deal. And he finally beat addiction and died not that long after being sober. A very special person who as most of us Texans are very humble in how most grew up with very few things. I grew up on a small dairy farm in East Tx. The youngest of 4 boys and we all started running the dairy at a very young age as our Dad always had another job to be at. But I wouldn’t trade the hardships & work ethic for anything. You learn to make it and survive in life when your truly given very little in life. But my Mom made sure we were well fed from a huge garden and a beef steer butchered each yr along with pigs & chickens we raised & ate frequently. She made sure we had ironed shirts & jeans for school. The story of my Dad & Mom’s raising & what all they dealt with & went threw during Ww2 is incredible to go threw and persevere. The same was said for SRV. it’s just how things were in the 50’s & 60’s for him and us at those times. I bought myself from earned money my first drum kit when I was 5 for $15. The jobs I did for other people in our tiny community was long to earn money to purchase the things we wanted but our parents couldn’t or wouldn’t buy us growing up. They had it way harder than my brothers & I. So that cycle of life pretty much carried over to us. Went threw school and played all of Only 3 sports our tiny school offered to some what not have to work as much on the farm if practicing or playing a game. But we actually loved playing as much as getting out of some work. Either way we were & stayed very busy all year long as the summers were really worse than the school yrs. We had to milk for other dairymen when we had our 16th birthday to buy our first car. And milk for others in high school to afford gas & other things. I made $28 bucks a week & I drove a lot of miles each week & bought other things as well off of $28. I moved out at 16 as well & completed HS & I worked 3 part time jobs to pay for an apartment & bills with my best friend. Getting very little sleep & going 100 mph everyday. And I loved every minute of it as it carried over when my wife & I married at 21.just had our 38th. We have 3 grown & married kids & 10 grandchildren so far. Our youngest & his wife have a 2 yr old son. The first to carry on our last name. As our 2 others are women. The oldest has 5. 4 she delivered & 1 is adopted from Ethiopia. And our younger daughter & husband have 4 boys like me & my 3 brothers my brother Chuck who was 3 yrs older than me passed away about 4 yrs ago. Sorry to go on but family heritage & how things were then growing up made us in who we are and most are survivors. I know Stevie Ray was one as well.

I seen this video of SRV a year ago for the 1st time, to this day it still makes me feel like I have more soul in my heart than before, SRV music goes straight into my heart,, god love it,

Jimmy Hendricks was great, SRV is the G.O.A.T.

Stevie Ray Vaughan is absolutely the G.O.A.T., no doubt about it!!!

Unplugged in MTV srv with 12 string guitar play all 3 of them

My favorite guitarist ever was & will always be SRV !!! Little Wing, Couldn't Stand The Weather, Pride And Joy, Crossfire, Look At Little Sister, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Dirty Pool, Tightrope, & The Sky Is Crying are all 25's on a 10 scale & Give Me Back My Wig & Come On Pt. 3 will always make you smile, but Riviera Paradise is hands down his smoothest song & my personal favorite (I put it on repeat when I sleep, it's almost a religious experience)! They recorded it in one take with only one light on low in the room, & the engineer was worried they were going to run out of tape. When SRV ended the song, the tape ran out & stopped; pure magic !!!

Yep, Stevie said he couldn't read a note of music. He did feel the music. Eric Clapton called Stevie an open channel for music.

I saw Stevie Ray 3 times. Just wow! Unbelievable talent

There is no question - Stevie Ray Vaughn! I am from Texas and not biased at all! He IS THE GOAT!

Thanks for sharing my buddy with a new audience!❤️

SRV ALL THE WAY! He’s able to remain true to Hendrix’s version, yet put that SRV style into it. The man is a LEGEND! Another talent taken from us too soon. An inspiration to so many!

SRV dropped the pick twice during that and to say he doesn't miss a beat is an understatement. RIP man ... The drummer is fkin amazing as well pfft

saw him in 1988-89 opened for robert plant at maple leaf gardens in toronto canada still can remember it

Also, played with thicker gauged strings. His finger have got to be calloused

Jimi first thought of it but Stevie went beyond it, also please consider Jeff Healy and his song confidence man (who was blind) and played his guitar sitting down and laying it flat across his lap watch live performances first very amazing. I have never commented on any channel on RU-vid before but your reaction is very honest I've watched that video of Stevie several times and even watch the original performance on Austin city limits on PBS back in the 1980's and my reaction is exactly the same way as yours all these years later good luck with your Channel

He not only played this song he took it to a higher level and perfected it