Stevie Ray Vaughn - Breaks a String During SOLO | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION! 

SRV is the only artist I've ever seen take a Hendrix song, make it his own and drop killer riffs on top of it without destroying the song.

Stevie's tech was the legendary Rene Martinez. He's absolutely phenomenal, and the man who made Stevie's signature fat tone possible. Something to watch in Stevie's live performances is his right hand. Folks pay a lot of attention to his left hand on the fret board, but his right hand is almost always just as busy. He was so fast and smooth at adjusting volume, tone, and working that pickup selector switch while he was playing, most folks don't even notice he did it unless they're specifically looking for it. Fortunately the camera crew at this performance on Austin City Limits did an excellent job of covering him from various angles, so if you watch him closely (in this video or Voodoo Child,) you'll see how he works the entire instrument.

People wonder who the real GOATs are….it's Stevie for sure!

I had the absolute privilege to be at Austin City Limits that night and saw that happen live. The entire audience was stunned. Interesting fact Stevie used heavier gauge strings so when he pops a string you know how hard he's hittin it. I recommend watching that entire performance. It was amazing ! He truly was the best blues guitarist ever. A master of the instrument.

I'd hate to recommend doing another live version of the same song, but there's a version of "Look At Little Sister" with SRV and Jeff Healey that absolutely kills. Healey goes absolutely ham on the guitar, and shows himself to be the equal of SRV. So good.

I was lucky to see him live when he opened for Robert Plant. My brother in law turned to me at one point and said how tf is Plant gonna follow this? We were right down in front, having scalped tix about 10 minutes before the show. We knew of SRV from the radio but had no idea how amazing he was in person. He sat on the edge of the stage at one point, and just talked for about 15 minutes, on how blessed his life was after getting sober. He spoke straight from his heart and no doubt he saved a life or two that night. He was all about life and I was blown away watching him play behind his back. RIP SRV! ✌️♥️🎶

And he used the heaviest strings available for guitars... he was a BEAST!

That's why he's The G.O.A.T.

How he came back on the 1 before he had the guitar fully secure with the strap was amazing. He like used his right arm/elbow to create leverage to come in on the one for rhythm. And did it all so seamlessly! So cool

Anything is great by him, I grew up near Jimmy and Stevie and got to see them both early on before making it big, great loss to music when passed away and such a sweet man

I'm a huge SRV fan. He's on a level all his own for sure. All the members of Double Trouble are great musicians as well. If you are playing with one of the greatest guitarist you can't be just good or it will stick out like a sore thumb. Keyboards, drums and bass these guys are amazing as well.

Stevie Ray Vaughan Live @ the Mocambo… “Lenny” is an instrumental Stevie wrote for his wife. Intense Blues that oozes feel. If a person doesn’t feel the blues in this tune .. their already dead haha

I saw him in concert a couple of times. Once I won front row seats, and no one could understand why I was so excited. The venue was half empty. I was spellbound the entire time. It was like watching someone channel music from the ether through himself into that guitar. I can't think of a better way to describe it.

Never saw that before, absolutely insane, dude didn't miss a beat. Truly one of the greats.

Yes the man was the greatest hands down, changing a guitar 🎸 while still playing and playing it behind your back, no one could ever touch this man, 😭 RIP SRV I love him❤

His band was fucking phenomenal as well, and he knew it.

In the early 80's I attended a concert by The Moody Blues. The opening act was an unknown guitarist named Stevie Ray Vaughn. He tore the roof off the stadium and it was all anyone could talk about. I felt sorry for the Moody Blues, who were absolutely incredible, but couldn't compete with his fire.

Stevie was in the zone!!! Also take into consideration that this was him taping a live performance for Austin City Limits, which was a really big deal for him, since he really got his start in the dive bars in Austin in the 70’s.

That live in Austin concert was stellar. Stevie was clean and at the top of his game. Also shout out to Double Trouble who is so overshadowed by Stevie but incredible musicians themselves. That keys solo was bonkers!

Proof that we have, in fact, been visited by a superior being from another planet.

I'm still, to this day, thankful that I got a chance to see him live.

SRV is absolutely one of the most amazing performers as well as a genius on the guitar. That said, you have not yet touched on another of the world class blues guitarists who is not to be missed..I'm talking about Gary Moore. Although I love SRV, no one I've ever seen has the absolute mastery of his instrument like Gary. Please, do yourselves a favor and check him out..The Loner, Parisienne Walkways, The Messiah will Come Again, take your pick, but DON'T pass him by! Thanks for all you do, and have a great Holiday Season!!

Epic performance and smooth swap-out! Next SRV should be “Couldn’t Stand the Weather” or “Cold Shot.”

GOOOOOOOD MORNING A&A FAMILY!!! ☮️❤️♾️❄️

Totally agree that SRV is the GOAT guitarist. Plus, his blues style of music just puts the cherry on top.

It's a great opportunity to request Jeff Healey "See The Light" from Night Music 1988. It's another S-Tier/orange slice performance you must see. Then later you can check out Jeff and Stevie playing "Look At Little Sister" live.

I'm so fortunate in that I grew up in Austin going to the club scene-it was a 18 year old drinking law and saw SRV in many of the pre Double Trouble bands-probably saw him 30 times over the years-. I bought him a beer and chatted with him at the Rome Inn on 29th Street in around 78 or 79. Shake his hand and is soooo massive and strong that it wraps around your hand like an envelope. Super chill at the time I bought him a beer. First time I saw him was at tiny bar on 6th street in maybe 76 or 77. He was two years older than me and miles and miles ahead of my guitar playing friends. Double Trouble would play on Thursday and the TBirds (Jimmie Vaughan on Guitar) on Tuesday-something like that. Austin was much smaller then 250,000 and the club scene was great-a community

It's time for you to hit his later, bigger hits; the songs that crossed him over to mainstream rock radio, without sacrificing a note, tone or style of playing. Several came from his phenomenal 1989 album, In Step. Order to listen to: "Crossfire" (the big radio hit), "Tightrope", "The House Is Rockin'" (all three SLAMMERS) and for a complete change of pace, the gorgeous, soulful, elegiac "Riviera Paradise" (perhaps the finest SRV guitarwork on record).

Love SRV. One of the best ever. As guitarists, y'all are cheating yourselves if you don't get into Terry Kath, Chicago's lead guitarist until his death in 1978. You should do their entire first album on Patreon. As guitarists, if you r not amazed something is wrong. One of the best. Might be the fastest of all.

One of his best performances. So good to see him clean and together. Top of his game. We miss you Stevie.

You guys gotta check out the Montreux jazz festival 1985 with Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Copeland doing Tin Pan alley incredible performance!

Stevie, like many great rock guitarists (Clapton, Beck, Page) was heavily influenced by Albert King, one the legendary "Three Kings of the Blues" (the others being B.B. and Freddie). And one of the greatest recorded guitar treasures is a video/CD release of Albert and Stevie playing together, recorded live for TV in 1983. Incredible song list ("Born Under a Bad Sign", ''Stormy Monday", "Pride and Joy", "Texas Flood"), and to actually see them play together, and the respect and awe Stevie shows for his idol, is an iconic experience. Please hit some of those performances!

It's such a pity that most reaction channels don't react to Stevie Ray's performance of TIGHTROPE from this Austin show. It is incredible, containing some of the most scorching lead guitar playing you will ever hear. If you haven't heard it, then you shouldn't waste a moment, you are really missing out.

Reese Wynans has played with many great musicians but his 4 years with Stevie Ray and Double Trouble were some of his best work. He was also Joe Bonamassa's keyboard player for awhile and he, Tommy Shannon, and Chris Layton played on Kenny Wayne Shepherd's Trouble Is album. Another killer solo by him is on the live video of Pride And Joy at the Montreaux Music Festival. 👍🤘✌️

When I was at the University of Michigan in the fall of 85, Stevie played at Hill auditorium. By the time I got around to getting tickets, all that was left were obstructed views. I passed. I sat outside the side stage doors the whole show. I could hear pretty good. Afterwards I went to the outside back stage doors where the bus had pulled up. There was about 3 feet between the stage doors and the bus doors. For 2 hours a few of us waited while he, um, relaxed. When he came out, my Pentax was ready I caught a pic of him, blinded by my flash. He was wasted. That pic burned up in a fire 24 years later. But it's all in my memory. He was the greatest. I was in the coffee shop of the 2nd Combat Communication Group at Patrick AFB, Fl, during Desert Shield, when we heard the news of his death. There wasn't a dry eye in the place.

Stevie Ray is the height for me. It just doesn’t get better. There’s a clip here on RU-vid of B.B. King literally changing a string during a song. Never stops. amazing.

SRV was so smooth, RIP. He did blues on another level, did Hendrix (Voodoo Chile, Little Wing), even Stevie Wonder (Superstition). You should check out those tunes. S tier!

He's a total pro but have to say I've seen a guitarist actually change a broken string himself while singing and never stopping the song. Now that's pro.

SRV was a guitar GOD. I was lucky enough to see him live twice, including one show when I was less than fifteen feet away from him for the whole show. RIP to a legend.

He is sorely, sorely missed... RIP Stevie Ray.. we love you in Texas!

My usual sad contribution to Stevie videos. I saw him the night before he died. It was a great night... we were trippin'... Jeff Healey made a surprise appearance... the party lasted that night and part of the next day. We finally passed out and we woke up, it was to the news of his death.

S.R.V was a musical magician! No one could touch his style of playing!

You guys really need to check out "Mary had a little lamb" live from the same show as this performance. He turns this nursery rhyme into a blues masterpiece.

You guys NEED to watch him live playing "Riviera Paradise" from Austin City Limits.

There is a version of this song with S.R.V. and blind guitarist Jeff Healey. Also see Jeff Healey's "See The Light" from Night Music in 1988. The story goes that Stevie Ray would rip a callous almost off the end of a finger while playing, and then Krazy Glue it back on between sets.

Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble 'Live From Austin Texas'' is one of the few concert tapes I own.

Next try Johnny Lang, Lie to Me.

That’s about as smooth as it gets. What a legend.

I had the great privilege to see Stevie in concert. My jaw was down to the floor through the whole show. He was amazing. Never saw anything like that before or since.

This Austin concert was his very best. His rendition of Voodoo Childe and Lil' Sister are just AMAZING. (Stevie was also clean and sober. He looks so healthy.). RIP, SRV.

I love how Stevie pulls the chord on the broken guitar himself because he knows the tech guys got him

I love him so much I still get choked up watching him. It’s easier to just listen to him. He was an amazing man that had so much more to give us.

Love love love seeing SRV. I could watch those hands play all day and night. He was on a level all by himself. Still miss him all the time; such a loss. That was not his brother swapping out that guitar... His brother is the phenomenal Jimmy Vaughn.

♥♥♥ I saw Stevie at Red Rocks in 1989 - almost exactly a year before he passed. I was so thankful I got to see him... terrible loss. ♥♥♥ One of the best concerts I've ever seen. ♥♥♥

was able to meet tommy shannon and chris layton (when they started storyville), and showed them my SRV tattoo...they loved it and were the nicest guys. i saw stevie twice. i got the tatt the day after he died. so sad....one of the true tragedies in music, that he was just getting started and we missed so much future music from him...R.I.P. SRV. he's my GOAT too, alex.

SRV has been my favorite guitarist for a long time. He's not only a musical genius but has that incredible charisma without even trying, his charisma comes thru his playing and singing. You should react to SRV playing with the legendary Albert King.

I was so lucky to see him play for free at an outdoor concert in Austin in 1982. He blew everyone away. Later, I saw him at a blues club called Antone’s, on NYE. Man, those were some exciting times, to see SRV back then.

Tin Pan Alley (with Johnny Copeland) - a complete masterpiece showcasing his voice and his guitar.

Its the permanent "stank" face and head nods for me. That's how you know yall are enjoying it. Great reaction.

I was fortunate enough to see SRV during his In Step Tour on August 29, 1989 almost exactly one year before his tragic death. Someone left a tour shirt on my seat and never came back for it!✌🏻

I'm glad you two discussed that amazing pianist 🎹! And, of course, SRV excels in coolness 😎, and musicianship. 🎸 Love, love, love seeing SRV in action! 😻

And when he plays behind his back it's just unreal, he was one with the guitar. And most of the time he plays with his eyes closed, so yeah, just remarkable.

Texas Blues is Stevie Ray...loved watching him on local TV in Abilene, he was frequently on Austin City Limits

Stevie's keyboardist, Reese Wynans, is featured prominently on 2 other songs from this same Austin City Limits show.. "Mary Had A Little Lamb" and "Couldn't Stand the Weather". In the latter, each bandmember is highlighted. I'm thrilled that you came back to SRV. Please do more! Btw, you're right. Stevie was SO cool. What's amazing is that he was also the kindest, most humble man you could ever hope to meet. The author of one of his biographies said he interviewed over a hundred people who knew Stevie for his book & the most commonly used words to describe him were "sweet, kind & humble". Imagine being so talented, achieving fame & success, conquering his addictions and still being that kind of person who always went out of his way to help others. He was admirable in so many ways & that needs to be remembered.💙☮💙

Reese Winans on the piano...a bad ass! I love watching SRV since I feel like he had complete mastery over his instrument. I loved his distinctive voice too.

I saw Stevie Ray Vaughn and his band opening for the Moody Blues in Calgary, greatest concert of my life.

SRV was so dialed in that he did not miss a beat while the tech was attaching the strap back on the guitar! So cool. SRV is my favorite frontman/guitar player.

Andy looked like he was going to explode ! Awesome reaction to the keyboards.

His brother played in the Fabulous Thunderbirds. They were pretty good, too. Songs like WRAP IT UP, POWERFUL STUFF, TUFF ENUFF. You should give them at least a listen , if nothing else, on your own.

SO glad I got to see him live one time -- in 1982 or 83 he opened for The Moody Blues at Madison Square Garden. He had just released his first album and no one had ever heard of him. Then he played Hendix's "Voodoo Chile" and I almost fell out of my seat.

This is from his second show at Austin City Limits. I got to see him live a few months before he was taken from us. It was the most incredible show I've ever attended. He was co-headlining with Joe Cocker. It's been 32 years, and it's still one of the greatest experiences of my life. Rock on, gentlemen.

This is the Austin, Texas magic. Love SRV, MEMORY ETERNAL🌷

Please do some more Stevie Ray Vaughan the one song I really love is “Mary had a Little Lamb” live in Austin that’s a phenomenal performance!!

This was from Austin City Limits and they had added Reece Wynan's on keyboard...love Stevie! Only saw him once in Aug. 86 in Dallas and he was incredible!!

Definitely "Couldn't Stand the Weather" live at Capitol Theater. The whole band was on fire.

That was a awesome guitar swap!!! Pretty smooth What a badass!🤘🤘🤘

Stevie Ray Vaughn Shes my pride and joy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know you've seen him do Voodoo Child, but you need to see him do it live at the El Mocambo. Iconic. Chills. In this clip he's clean and sober, you can tell the difference from before 1987.

Gotta give Props to the Stagehand who Helped with the Guitar Change. Stevie Ray Vaughn has so many Songs to Choose From, & Everyone has their Favorites. Here's a Couple of mines, "Pride And Joy", "Crossfire", Tightrope".

Just by listening,you couldn't even tell he popped a string(and wouldn't know about the guitar swap)unless you saw it happen.Every time I see a new reaction notification,I click it just to see the reaction to it.Honestly,Reese Wynans has to be the best keyboardist ever.You literally couldn't focus on the blur that was his fingers.

What a tone SRV had one of the best tones out there,glad I got to see one of his shows back in the day.

Couldn’t agree more about keyboardist Reese Wynans. Also you have to react to the live version of “Tin Pan Alley” with SRV & Johnny Copeland. A really amazing performance showcasing Stevie’s storytelling. A fave!!!

Hey guys I saw Stevie in concert at the Civic in Fargo ND just months before he died. It was a NIGHT I will never forget! He will always be the best guitarist ever born in my book! I'm a 62 year old woman and I was a teenager during the 70's OMG I could tell you stories I watched Edgar Winter's group do Frankenstein live at Dakota jam with Nazareth, Head East hell I was wasted at that concert! Watched ZZ Top so many times during the Sturgis, SD motorcycle rallies those were so freaking wild times lol. You guys would have loved the 70's! I truly enjoy watching your reaction to some of the greatest music ever produced - Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, ACDC, so freaking many! The days of parting in a smoke hazed house, people dropping acid YEA man those where the days. Hey don't let my crazy parting days fool you I still ended up with three degrees, and A.A.S degree in HR, Bachelor Degree in Business, and an MBA lol I partied hard to get all that! Andy and Alex you guys are great and again I f__king love your show!

I still remember the day he died at Alpine Valley, WI. Tragic ending to a masterful talent. RIP SRV!!

You just know they practiced that more than once. True professionals. Sign of greatness: do the work before you go on stage so that you make something difficult look easy.

1983 I went to see the Moody Blues. Opening act some guy I had never heard of before. Stevie Ray Vaughn. Words can't describe how blown away I was. I've seen some opening acts on the verge of stardom over the years, but nothing compared to Stevie. I was fortunate enough to see him 6 more times before he was so tragically taken from us. Each time I was left in awe by his talent. You might want to check out Kenny Wayne Shepherd as well. IMHO the most criminally underrated guitar player out there now. Keep up the good work guys.

The two show combined Austin City Limits SRV show is a must-own... just so good. He looked SO good on that later show that this is from.... RIP SRV! Double Trouble was SO good... just an amazing band...

You have never seen someone change a string on the sly until you have laid your eyes on the greatness that is RORY GALLAGHER. It is magic. Also, I had the pleasure of seeing Stevie once. Fabulous !!! Gone way too soon.💚💙💜

I just worked with Reese Wynans when he gigged here a few weeks ago with Joe Bonamassa at the Van Wezel in Sarasota...hung out right before the show and talked about his time playing with Stevie in Double Trouble. I love my job....

Stevie was the Bomb !!!! G.O.A.T !!!! 😍🎸👌🔥🔥🔥

Robert Cray opened for Stevie, and then Clapton played. In Michigan. Stevie died that night from a helicopter. Robert Cray, from Lakewood, Wa (Tacoma)... in my high school (Lakes High)... He taught me more in 10 minutes than I had learned in 10 years. At a kegger, of course. :-)

Reese Wynans on keyboards! His best ever solo is on Riviera Paradise (imo) on this same concert. Reese has played for Johnny Winter, SRV, and currently for Joe Bonamassa. As a side note Double Trouble's bassist Tommy Shannon also played for Johnny Winter

Great performance. Its soo crazy that the transition was soo smooth.

I was fortunate to have seen him about 9 months before he died, up in Worcester, MA. It was Stevie's tour, with Jeff Beck as "special guest", yet he had so much respect for Jeff that he alternated opening with him each night of the tour. On the night that I saw them, Stevie was the opening act. It was fucking awesome.

I saw SRV in 1986 on the Soul to Soul tour. At Milwaukee Summerfest. With his brother's band, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, opening. The encore featured he and Jimmie playing on one double-necked guitar. Great concert.

I am 65 ,playing guitar 55 years and Vaughn is never lost playing lead .. never !

My favorite of all his songs. Pure joy!

Wish I could like this 100 times. Nothing brings me joy like SRV at his best. Check out the video of him playing Pipeline with his brother Jimmie Vaughan.

Reece ( the keyboard player), plays with Joe Banamassa now. Still killing it in the keys.

Hey guys, a string breaking does not phase SRV at all. He still dosent miss a beat. He’s was is and always will be the coolest and the best.