This Dude Is INCREDIBLE | Stevie Ray Vaughan - Voodoo Chile LIVE | Reaction 

Stevie didn’t plug his guitar into an amp. He plugged it into his soul.

“Tin Pan Alley” live with Johnny Copeland is 100% a pure lesson in blues perfection! The sound in the video is very, very good and their voices really project. Of course Copeland is a legend but SRV’s guitar playing is just from another planet!

There is a sound check video of Stevie where he walks out in a white leopard overcoat. Totally cold he breaks out into some of the hottest blues licks you ever heard. Better than the vast majority of concerts from other people. SRV was incredible.

Man, I hope you are giving this music to all around you. Teach them true musical art. No beats, no bars, no over production, no lip syncing, no auto tune, no dancers, just WORK AND TALENT.

When you're in the presence of such greatness, you don't want to miss anything this man plays! I saw him 4 times and was totally in awe and flabbergasted watching him play. We gave him standing ovations after every single song! Getting up and dancing would've taken away from witnessing what he was doing. Believe me, SRV could feel the love and RESPECT from all of the audiences I was in. He was amazing!!! And very loved by his fans.

SRV - The BEST guitarist to ever walk the face of the Earth!!! STV, RIP!! ❤️🎶

The audience is sitting in shock and amazement. Everyone is watching his hands. I read somewhere that people would bring binoculars so they could watch his hands. I'm the same way - I sit transfixed just watching his fingers flying over the strings. His clothing was usually Tex-Mex, totally cool. Also he never played a song the same way twice, so check out everything you can find on him, it's all out-of-this-world.

When Stevie was playing, people were mesmerized.

Stevie ray was Clapton's favorite guitar player. That's no joke

If you want to hear more of his singing - 'Life Without You' live at the Capitol Theater in NJ. 9/21/85. 'Tin Pan Alley' with Johnny Copeland and 'Aint Gone N Give up on Love' both at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1985. highly recommend those two.

Hendrix died when Stevie was 16.He never got to see him play, but his older brother Jimmie opened a show for Hendrix. This was filmed for Austin City Limits and I believe they asked the audience to keep it down a bit so they could get good sound on tape. You should watch some other live performances. They get into it big time.

They say SRV played with the thickest strings available and still broke them. He was a vessel from a super power that they used him to channel music through because he played so effortlessly.

SRV stood on Jimi’s shoulders. And he took it to another level. 🚀

Stevie was magical.....no discussion necessary

And this is LIVE. nothing added just pure talent

He's wearing an Oriental kimono.... This was taped live for the tv show Austin City Limits, in Austin Texas, from their studio on the University of Texas campus in Studio 6A... Since 2011, it has been taped at The Moody Theatre. Beacause it's taped for tv, they don't want people jumpin all over the place lol. It's usually shown on PBS on Saturday nights. They feature all kinds of genres of music. Great show. Being that Stevie is from the area, he has many friends and family in attendance, as well as industry execs checking him out. This is 1983, his first performance on ACL. See his return engagement in 1989. Blows the roof off the joint.

And today the younger generation watch through their cell phones while filming. We actually sat and enjoyed, especially the blues, but reacted different to rock and roll back in my generation and still do today at shows.

HOPE THIS ANSWERS SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.....Born and raised in Dallas, Vaughan began playing guitar at age seven, initially inspired by his elder brother, Jimmie Vaughan. In 1972, he dropped out of high school and moved to Austin, where he began to gain a following after playing gigs on the local club circuit. Vaughan joined forces with Tommy Shannon on bass and Chris Layton on drums as Double Trouble in 1978 and established it as part of the Austin music scene; it soon became one of the most popular acts in Texas. He performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1982, where David Bowie saw him play. Bowie contacted him for a studio gig that resulted in Vaughan playing blues guitar on the album Let's Dance (1983), before being discovered by John Hammond who interested major label Epic Records in signing Vaughan and his band to a record deal. Within months, they achieved mainstream success for the critically acclaimed debut album Texas Flood. With a series of successful network television appearances and extensive concert tours, Vaughan became the leading figure in the blues revival of the 1980s. Playing his guitar behind his back or plucking the strings with his teeth as Jimi Hendrix did, he earned fame in Europe, which later resulted in breakthroughs for guitar players like Robert Cray, Jeff Healey, Robben Ford, and Walter Trout, amongst others. During the majority of his life, Vaughan struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction. He also struggled with the personal and professional pressures of fame and his marriage to Lenora "Lenny" Bailey. He successfully completed rehabilitation and began touring again with Double Trouble in November 1986. His fourth and final studio album In Step reached number 33 in the United States in 1989; it was one of Vaughan's most critically and commercially successful releases and included his only number-one hit, "Crossfire". He became one of the world's most highly demanded blues performers, and he headlined Madison Square Garden in 1989 and the Beale Street Music Festival in 1990. On August 27, 1990, Vaughan and four others were killed in a helicopter crash in East Troy, Wisconsin, after performing with Double Trouble at Alpine Valley Music Theatre. An investigation concluded that the cause of the accident was pilot error

All of Stevie's work is incredible

Stevie was not well here in his 1983 appearance on Austin City Limits. It's his 1989 appearance & rendition of "Voodoo Child" (on Austin City Limits) that you need to see & react to. He was clean, sober, healthy & happy & you can hear & even see the difference. Plus it's the most requested version. Stevie was always great but you can tell the difference. We'd love to see you do that one!💙☮💙☮💙

SRV ~ 🎸🐐 THE goat of all goats This was recorded at Austin City Limits TV studio, but yes, Stevie played stadiums and arenas. Jimi came on the scene, as we know him today, in about '67 and he died in '70. Stevie came on the scene in '83 and died in '90. They never met, regardless of what some of your subs have said. Stevie had and played many guitars, but the one you're referring too was his number one go-to axe. Double Trouble: Chris Layton - Drums Tommy Shannon - Bass Reese Wynans - Keys Absolute MUST-SEE Stevie vids: **Life Without You at Capitol Theater ** **Leave My Girl Alone at Austin City Limits 1989** **Ain't Gone N Give Up On Love at Capitol Theater**

Stevie idolize Hendrix and he wore the scarfs when he first started out in honor of Hendrix. Another fact about Stevie is he did not stage clothes and street clothes what ever he would wear on stage he would also wear it out in public.

Yes, he played stadiums. I saw him at Cynthia Woods Pavillion in Houston a couple of months before he passed. Freakin' legend! Love love love me some Stevie Ray!

There is a great Canadian documentary that is one and a half hours long with Him and one of his mentors Albert King. Just the 2 of them talking about old times and playing songs. It is a must-see and hear! You will get to know Stevie pretty well. Yes, he was a soft-spoken man. Enjoy!

They are in awe and want to take in every note played. He plays every note and fret and doesn’t cut corners.

About Stevie sitting - I saw him play twice in the 80's and it was like the audience was so focused on watching his every move they watched intently but quietly it seemed so as not to disturb the performance, at least thats how I perceived it. Ill never forget seeing him live, I was floored when he was lost in the helicopter crash.

Everytime I hear Stevie, I try to hide my ‘stank face.’ All of these years of listening to him and it never gets old.

Bro this man can play the same song 10:20 whatever times in a row and each time it would be different the main chords yes but when he goes off it's always different as I said before I work two shows with him the best one is the Capital Theater in Passaic New Jersey I work there as a stage hand actually met him terrific human being that me he is the goat

Back in the day,you did sit down in a lot of concert venues ,and people didn't scream,hoot or make noise during the performance because it was considered rude to other people wanting to hear and to the performer.Audiences waited to the end of the songs to clap.

Stevie sounds like his guitar hero Albert King. When you listen to Albert King you immediately hear Stevie. He loved Albert King and Albert loved Stevie.

There is a video of him doing an 18 minute sound check just up from a nap. its EPIC

I should not have to point out just how good the band behind him is. They just go with the flow the entire time without missing a single note or beat.

The drummer is Chris Layton. Last time I saw him he was playing with Kenny Wayne Shepard. They might be touring this year I think that he is going to be in Atlanta soon. I didn't get to see Stevie or Jimi live but Kenny is extremely talented. He met Stevie and said that he was greatly influenced by him. Stevie live at the el macambo is mandatory. He called that guitar his first wife. It was his number one favorite. He also did a number of interviews that you can Google. One of the great things about Stevie was that gave credit to the ones who came before. He found the man who wrote Texas flood and gave him money out his pocket because the man had not received his royalties. Also when some people play the music slams you in your seat and holds you there. You don't realize that you are holding your breath until the music stops and you exhale...

Just an observation: That shirt he is wearing is one that Hendrix wore when he was on the Dick Cavett Show back in the seventies ! If you watch Hendrix at Woostock you will notice the diamond ear studs he had which didn't come into style for men for another 10 years.

I saw Stevie 3 times and believe me nobody was sitting on their hands.

Someone asked Stevie where he got his clothes, He replied with a straight face, " Mostly at truck stops."

You lament being born too late to see them perform live and I get it. Same with me and many musicians I love. But we’re lucky to be born after their time on this earth and not before. We have an incredible wealth of great musicians to enjoy. Good vid.

Please react to Pride And Joy. This was Stevie's signature song.

Saw him 4x. The first two were in small venues of maybe 2500 people. Third time was double that and the last time was in I believe 1989 or 1990 and he was playing in front of 15,000. Best seats we had were for our second show where we had 3rd row just to the right of center stage. That was back about 1984 when Couldn't Stand the Weather had just come out. He walked out and sat on an amplifier right in front of his, put his head down and broke into Tin Pan Alley. He never once lifted his head. Just played. Everyone was in awe. For the encore, he came back out on stage with a full length, floor touching Comanche Indian head dress and shuffled around playing Scuttle Buttin'. And as far as folks not reacting during the shows, I think it was because we were just blown away. It was like Hendrix reincarnated. Stevie was a jaw dropper. We yelled and cheered, but you had to be broken out of your trance. We were hypnotized and mesmerized.

Love this live version 😍🙏

You have got to give props to the drummer for keeping the beat! Stevie was awesome and I love his music. No others have risen to the top to match him or over take him. He was also known to have changed a broken guitar string while playing. There is a video on RU-vid that shows it.

Have I been living under a rock all these years? Lord have mercy! This man was phenomenal! When I get to Heaven, and as Jesus is escorting me to my mansion, I'm going to ask Him if we could make a stop at Stevie Ray Vaughans pad first! So sad that he was taken too soon from us but what a musical genius and a legend! Whew! The man is on fire!!! As far as who is the best, as another content creator said about SRV, "Stevie Ray brought his own soul!" There is no one like him and never will be, as far as I'm concerned!!! Thanks for sharing this video!!!!

It's probably been mentioned already, but Stevie's onstage wardrobe is his everyday clothes. Whatever dude would perform in is just what he wore all the time. Style for days.

The shirts he wears on stage most of the time is a Kimono. Has no buttons just a belt. I figured he wore them because they were least restrictive, gave him room to do his thang!!! You really need to watch the full El Mocambo show from 1983. It will blow your socks off !!!

Jimmy was a hero to Stevie... NO one could do Jimmy other than Stevie and do it justice ... end of story. There are Loads of great guitarists out there but Stevie was, and is the GOAT! Never be another like him. sad indeed.

This is Austin City Limits. An outdoor Austin venue that has live artists for decades now. They broadcast it live on TV as Austin City Limits. Famous TV show, famous venue. Everyone has played there. It’s one of the longest broadcasting shows on TV. It’s been around forever. Live Music is one of THE things Austin is known for.

In this environment, you just sit back and say WOW. You have a lot to learn about SRV.

If the people aren’t dancing is because they’re hypnotized by his performance, that’s all it is 👍🏼

If you want to hear him talk please react to Life Without You live at The Capitol Theatre..he talks in the middle of the song with a beautiful message💞✌️

This was his 1983 appearance on Austin City Limits which is a PBS concert show. He also appeared on the show in 1989 and did this same song. I personally prefer the 1989 performance. Drummer is Chris Layton. Bassist is Tommy Shannon. Show is not in a stadium. I heard a Chris Layton interview where he said that most performers had stage clothes and everyday clothes but Stevie dressed like that all the time.

His keyboard player is out of this world too

Yeah that's what took him out flying to all them stadiums and playing rest in peace Stevie Ray Vaughan if the only toured in buses he'd be here right now

Stevie's play was Nasty.. 😳❤️

I really like watching you enjoying Stevie Ray. He was a masterful musician that I have enjoyed for years. It is nice to know that there are like minded souls out there!

Drummer is Chris Layton bass Tommy Shannon. They are the duo that makeup double trouble. After SRV they joined another band called Storyville. Check out “Good Day for the Blues” by Storyville to hear some other great work by Double Trouble!!!

We took it for granted...and we were stoned.

“I don’t play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I’m breaking out of jail!”

He absolutely was doing stadiums. I saw him at a ton of smaller places, but also he and Jeff Beck playing at the Erwin Center stadium in Austin.

In the day there was dancing music and then there was listening and jamming music. Stevie had both in his arsenal.

SRV's blues creds and virtuosity is both other-worldly... and unmatched. If there be "guitar gods", then he be one.

Whoever told you that back in the day people just sat still and enjoyed the music like a lump on a log, didn't know what they were talking about. This video is from a taping of the PBS television show "Austin City Limits" and the audience is told what they can and can't do during the taping. Same thing for the other videos where you saw the people sitting still, I'd bet anything they were every one, a tv show.. If they did anything to cause a distraction or commotion during a live recording of a TV show, they would have been removed from the studio . Look at ANY concert footage and you can see all the dancing, singing, clapping and having a good time you want to see. Concerts were wild as heck back in the day, not wild as in violent, but wild as in everyone was there to hear good music and to have some fun at the same time. I should know, I went to every one I possibly could. When you see people sitting in chairs behaving themselves, you are NOT watching a concert. You are watching a tv audience that has been instructed on what's tolerated while they are filming. Technology was not what it is today either, I'm sure they had to limit the amount of background noise. None of that applied at rock concerts, or concerts of any other genre,

He called that guitar Number 1

I started going to see Stevie in various clubs in Austin 🇨🇱 in the mid to late 70's. He played all over Austin and you could see him for a $2.00 cover! I would scream and holler after the song was over but while he was playing I sat there mesmerized at the sounds he pulled out of that guitar and watching his fingerwork. I'd look around and see most of the crowd leaning forward, eyes wide, and open mouthed in amazement. Stevie could give you goosebumps and make you cry while you were smiling. Last time I saw him was '85 on the Texas Flood tour. He will always be my blues guitar 🐐! Great reaction!😁❤️✌️

This show is in Austin Texas. It's a studio that has a back drop that looks like the city of Austin at night. The show is called... "Austin City Limits" It host local musicians of all types of music... Country, rock, blues etc... Stevie has at least 2 appearances on Austin City Limits that I know of. This is the earlier show in the 80s and there is a later show. This is a great show but I love his last show there. His last show he had gotten clean of cocaine addiction and is playing completely sober. You can see how healthy and happy he looks on the later show. The version of voodoo Chile on the second show is amazing.... You should check a song call " Riviera Paradise" on that last Austin City Limits show... He's amazing

They were taping a tv show. They couldn't clap until told to.

This is from a TV show called "Austin City Limits" It has a small stage that looks like outside but is just a set. There are probably 250 - 300 people in audience and a little more subdued than an actual concert. This guitar is his #1 as he calls it and yes he plays other guitars. Mostly Stratocasters but seen him play a custom guitar that has strat style with a Hamilton neck.

Stevie played a lot of hendrix and did it in way way that no others could. As a kid, I remember listening to the radio late one night in the early/mid eighties to a live show and being blown away by some guy I never heard of. It turned out to be Stevie.

It is like he is the guitar and the guitar is him

I love elements of his guitar playing in this version and the prominence of the drums, but my favorite renditions are from his other Austin City Limits concert with him in black jeans and leather vest, and the version at the El Mocambo!!!

I was told that T.V. shows instructed the audience to wait till the end and stay seated! This looks to be a T.V. studio!

This concert looks like it took place at Austin City Limits; which you can look up online about. He was an incredible player and he is truly missed. You might check out Superstition that's another great song he does.

I saw him restring a guitar in the middle of playing it. I kid you not, I could not believe it. I saw BB King do that one time, but BB was letting others carry the song and then broke back into the groove. SRV did it in the middle of playing a song, but that guitar is just like another part of his body. He often times will tune his guitar in the middle of playing it. Sometimes he was bending the strings so hard that they would stretch and he had to tweak them.

The sitting down depends on the venue. Smaller venues with fixed seating really weren't conducive to standing during a concert. As far as the guitar goes he played other ones, but that one was his favorite. There is at least 1 video out there were an important string breaks, he continues playing while a guitar tech brings out a new guitar. Without missing a beat he swaps to the new guitar. Yes SRV had swag, and style. He even came out dressed like a Pimp sometimes. That is just a Scarf around his neck. They sometimes looked like Ascots, but were mainly just Scarfs. Keeps the sweat from running down your neck.

He played licks that never been played before.

A lot of the chords and riffs he did remind me of the old school players from way back in the day. They made a particular sound that is unforgettable. Thanks.

Have you heard Hendrix play All Along The Watchtower? I think he did this song at The Woodstock.

he was known for wearing Kimonos .. Japanese style shirt. i believe this was filmed during an episode of Austin City Limits tv show. Drummer, Chris "Whipper" Layton.. he now plays with Kenny Wayne Sheppard (check him out, he's a mini-stevie ray vaughan)

Stevie had many guitars-when a string broke in mid song he would continue to play until another one was supplied.The article around is neck is called an ascot.

Chris Layton, one of the great blues drummers of all time. Stevies wearing a Japanese Komodo. Listen to a live broadcast called “The Fire Meets The Fury”. In ‘89 just months before he died. Its amazing so much more if you can imagine these songs getting better they did, even his singing is more intense, look it up. Fire!

Stevie Ray Vaughn would have been about16 years old and unknown when Jimi Hendrix died so it's not likely Hendrix was even aware of SRV's existence.

SRV sings a lot on 'Life Without You', a song written by SRV. It's not a major blues song but it's my favorite live show....the one at Capitol Theater.

I watch reaction videos because I love to see and hear the reactions when people discover music from my past. It's fun!

He played and recorded at Carnegie Hall. To small clubs. I seen him at waterloo village In New Jersey.

One of my favorite things about Stevie is you can find all the recordings of any song of his you choose...Listen to all of them and not a single time will he play the song the exact same way... Never... His brother Jimmy famously said Stevie never played it the same once, much less twice.

His original training and interest in guitar started very young and was from the old time blues people from the south. And his brother Jimmie as well

Absolutely beautiful music. Much respect, this is music.

A couple of months ago I went to a blues concert featuring Buddy Guy and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. The guy next to me (who I didn't know) was really into it and asked me "is that Stevie Ray Vaughn's drummer?" I said I didn't know but it looked like him. So I Googled it and it said Chris Layton was in Double Trouble and now drums for Kenny Wayne Shepherd. They were awesome.

Stevie's mother and I were close friends. I stayed over several times in 2007. In her guest room closet hung some of his clothes. One jacket i remember in particular was a charcoal denim that looked like Jackson Pollock got a hold of it. I've never seen a picture of him wearing it, but I sure wish I could.

No one stood up and danced was because they were mesmerized and we’re just watching him and watching his hands

Chris Layton is the drummer, Tommy Shannon is the bass player, later Reese Wynans joined on keyboards. Awesome crew. Layton and Shannon went on to play with Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Wynans plays for Joe Bonamassa. KWS- blue on black Bonamassa- mountain time Check those out. Kenny was a guitar prodigy that hit mainstream in ‘96. With a song deja voodoo. He met Stevie when he was young and went from there.

The people didn't want to miss a thing! They were stunned, lol

Jimi came first!! He invented the ground Stevie stands on.

Don't overlook LEAVE MY LITTLE GIRL ALONE from Austin city limits '89, great vocals btw, like everyone else does! Also, Jimmie was late 60s early 70s, Stevie was early 80s to 90 when he died! Not same time!

Texas pride and treasure.... his cousin was my best friend.

From my history of going to gigs I've sat down and been in the pit many times and the pit is great its an experience but when you sit you just get mesmerised by the artists and their music its 2 different experiences to me

He was proud of his eccentric look.

Like St. MIchael's sword that Stratocaster brings light into the world.♥😎

I agree sitting at a concert is torture!! Dancing in my seat😎

Ok. This guy was Amazing. The real reason people sat down, and weren't jumping around, was because the guy was playing so incredibly well they didn't want to miss Anything. They were" taking it all in". Same with hendrix, or any other Great player. People are there to see a true artist, they didn't go to the show to jump around like a bunch of kids at a birthday party.

Chris Layton on drums; Tommy Shannon on bass; Reese Wynans on keyboard starting in 1985 Can hear his voice better on this song in 1989 One Night In Austin and in 1987 in Nashville