Sadly, I was at Stevie Ray Vaughn's last concert the night his helicopter crashed after the show at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin August 26th 1990. The fog was so bad that we stopped and got a hotel room on the way home. The next morning when I got the horrible news I was devastated. The lineup was SRV, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Stevie's brother Jimmie and Buddy Guy. RIP SRV!

@musiclover9361

8 ай бұрын

Reports at the time said that Jeff Healey was also on the bill. Is that your recollection?

@billschabot7188

8 ай бұрын

I saw him in Dallas a couple months before the crash. It was him, BB King, Joe Cocker and Melissa Etheridge. He was my favorite

@kevinmalone2218

8 ай бұрын

@@musiclover9361 Jeff Healey played with them the night before at Alpine Valley.

@ericraguckis3397

8 ай бұрын

Me also and the day before in Michigan

@musiclover9361

8 ай бұрын

@@ericraguckis3397 the day before, the gig was also at Alpine Valley, not in Michigan.

Fun fact, the foot pedal he is using in the beginning of the song was given to him by Jimi Hendrix family when he showed up on their doorstep and humbly asked if he could cover Jimmy’s song they give him the foot pedal and their blessing. And he did Mr. Jim Hendrix like nobody else could’ve do . Rest in peace, Stevie

@user-dc2tp3tk1m

4 ай бұрын

Your one of a very few people that has commented on that and to be honest with you I was thinking and I've not seen anyone else other than me comment on. Good to see comments when people know what they're talking about .

I miss him so much 😢SRV was such a talent, not just because of his skill (which is unmatched in my opinion) but because it was just a joy to watch him play. You just sat there in awe . What a great guy as well. RIP Stevie. We miss you! Great video guys!!❤

Always a treat to listen and watch SRV!

Love SRV's version, you can still hear it's pure Jimi, but it is also pure Stevie. Great reaction.

THIS is the video your guitar watches when you are not home. I think Stevie is the only guitarist who can do justice to Jimi’s playing. You ought to listen to Stevie’s cover of Little Wing. Number One---yeah, Stevie treated her bad. But rumor is, she liked it, lol. Hard to believe the old scarred gal is worth a cool million now. She used to belong to Christopher Cross and was real pretty back then. That was the Austin City Limits 1989 show. What I would have given to have been there. This was his last appearance on the show. He died almost a year later. Stevie Ray was amazing, but when he got clean & sober, he was truly a force to be reckoned with…. BTW, he began drinking when he was 7 until he was 30. He started using drugs as a teen, again up until he was 30. Got to where he had to pour his c0caine into a shot of whiskey for breakfast. He was not a big man, he was maybe 5 foot 7, but he could probably take enough in that one shot of whiskey to k!ll a giant. Thank g-d, he got clean the last 4 years of his life. The other guys in the band HAD to be on their toes with Stevie. He couldn’t read music, so he played by ear and every time he played a song, it was a little different from the last time he played. But, yeah, the drums and bass where tighter than a clam’s @$$hole, lol! Chris “Whipper” Layton (drums) and Tommy Shannon on bass. Tommy played at Woodstock with Johnny Winter. They were both amazing. Interesting factoid #1: Stevie was using Jimi Hendrix’s wah pedal (and an Ibanez Tube Screamer). Way back when Stevie’s brother Jimmy was the hot young guitar player in Dallas, his band got to open for Jimi when he came to Fort Worth. Jimi’s wah pedal was broken, so he borrowed Jimmy’s for the show. A few months afterwards, Jimmy gets a package from Jimi. Jimi had his old broken wah pedal fixed and gave it to Jimmy in appreciation. How frickin cool is THAT?? Jimmy eventually gave it to Stevie because Stevie idolized Jimi (Stevie also wore a couple of Jimi’s scarves in older videos. Factoid #2: SRV and the gang went and played a show at a prison one summer (not sure where though). Trouble is, the equipment truck got lost on the way there. Luckily, they still had enough equipment to play, but Stevies effect pedals were not part of it. As they are playing in the 100 degree heat, one of the inmates shouts, “Play Voodoo Child!!” Stevie: “Cant. All the Voodoo is in the truck!"

@musikbyjh

8 ай бұрын

This was one of the BEST comments I've ever seen - no joke. The first line had me in tears laughing!!! Thanks so much for the (really helpful and interesting) info. Please keep coming back with more comments!!! Thank you for being here. ✌🏽🤘🏽

SRV is a guitar GOD! A real guitar player’s guitarist. And the drum and bass were certainly keeping it strong behind. The Austin City Limit’s shows (on PBS) has some amazing musicians play and always has great sound. Love this so much. RIP Stevie Ray! 🎸❤️🎶

I was so fortunate to see him play live twice, you guys should definitely check out his other tunes especially the song "Texas Flood Live At Elmocambo" -- its the best slow blues guitar number you will EVER see.

Stevie Ray Vaughn did a great cover of this song. He is one of the best guitar players of all time. RIP Stevie

Austin city limits. Tv show. I was there. Perfection is the only way to describe it.

And that bass player is absolutely laying’ it down!

The bass player is Tommy Shannon. He was the bassist for Johnny Winter before Double Trouble.

@daveman_50

8 ай бұрын

Yeah... check him out on Johnny Winter's first album, 'Progressive Blues Experiment', recorded live at the Vulcan Gas Company in Austin.

@gramps6334

8 ай бұрын

@@daveman_50 if you have seen the Live Tobacco Road video with Johnny and Edgar, Tommy is the bassist on there also. Great player.

Legend has it that was Jimi's pedal, loaned by his family.

This is live on the “Austin City limits” stage….they have hosted thousands of bands..they also have a KZread page and are featured on PBS allot

This is from Austin City Limits, one of the best long time music shows ever. The show is still going on PBS.

Bass player is Tommy Shannon who played his early days with Johnny and Edgar Winter.

SRV was an icon and guitar master. I mourn the loss of that talent from this world. His rendition of "Voodoo Child" is one of my all time favorites. Thanks for doing this song.

I was in high school when Jimi Hendrix hit the music world. We were all dumb founded by what we were watching and listening too. Holy crap, he changed the music world as we knew it. For 40 years I wondered what it would sound like to hear Jimi at 50 years old. Now it's been over 30 years since we lost Stevie and I wonder the same thing . I won't say who's the GOAT between those 2. All I'll say is, I, like millions of other music lovers, we've all been fortunate to live in a time where we got to hear both of them play when they were at their best. How lucky we are.

This is from the TV show 'Austin City Limits'. He appeared on the show twice, once when he was just starting to become famous and this one, right before he was sadly killed.

I Love this. I grew up learning guitar from these types of riffs . The drummer for Stevie is amazing, right? It's hard to find a drummer who doesn't miss like that. ASIDE: As a guitarist/pianist, Stevie is one of my favorite pickers/shredders of all time. I just get excited because you both notice everything. I really do love and appreciate all of your comments! More Home Free lol

@danivansuperstar

8 ай бұрын

Sorry If I sound crazy on my comments here. I just always feel like I'm that "weird commenter." I assure you I'm not. I just hear things randomly about certain songs and then I comment randomly as well. Thanks for always listening to my shizzle. I really appreciate you guys. Thank you.

@musikbyjh

8 ай бұрын

Dani! No you don't sound crazy!!! We love you and your comments, so keep them coming!!! The channel wouldn't be the same without you and we love learning more and more about your background! Hugs, Jillian (& Jeremy)

@danivansuperstar

8 ай бұрын

Aww Hugs back :) Love you guys!

Don't forget that this is only one song of the concert.. I seen him in 1986 and he played for 2hours ..it was awesome

@rebeccarose already said it. One of the last things my dad got me was the VCR tape of this performance, because he knew how much I loved it, & SRV. You guys crushed my soul with this, but in the best of ways. He also bought me my first guitar & amp when I turned 11, with lessons over the summer, with the promise of buying me a better guitar & amp if he saw that I was serious. A couple of years later, he made good on his promise. I'm 50 years old now, & still jammin'. I think of my dad almost every time I pick up one of my 3 axes. Thank you for contributing to keeping the amazing excellence of SRV alive. Keep on Rockin'. 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

A thought just came to my mind as I was watching this. The two people who many consider the best of all time, Jimmi and Stevie, have something else in common. Both were self taught, (although Stevie definitely had mentors), and neither of them could read music. At all. I guess when you are a conduit direct to the gods of music, not much else matters.

have ya ever checked out "25 or 6 to 4" live from Tanglewood? Chicago 1970. The late Terry Kath in my opinion could run circles around any guitar player.

Definitely the GOAT!

The GOAT OF GOATS!😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I was so lucky. After he performed we did a show but wrong he was an angel. So lucky for me

The GOAT. Austin city limits.

You should check out the videos where he breaks a string and switches out mid set and never misses a beat. There are a few of those videos out there.

It’s from the Austin City Limits show 🔥

It was on PBS LIVE from Austin TX.

He was so hard on those guitars, he strung them with piano wire. If you watch the end, where he's using the bar, you can see how white his hand turns.

@JustAnotherBlader

8 ай бұрын

Lmfao that is a myth that is total BS and has been said of many guitar players including Kurt Cobain. It is not even possible to wire a piano wire in a Strat, SRV used regular guitar strings usually in the 13 gauge ballpark but as high as 18. This is from his own interview from 1983.

This is from AUSTIN CITY LIMITS a popular show on PBS for decades featuring some of the best to ever live or pass through Texas.

@mikefetterman6782

7 ай бұрын

on the floor in front of him is his WAH WAH, his TUBE SCREAMER, and a ROTOSPHERE pedal (the one he is wobbling from).

That is a lot of power for a 3 piece band. Live from Austin City Limits. Tommy Shannon on bass was also the bass player for Johnnie Winter. He played a bit of guitar too and his twin brother Edgar played a bit of everything.

I was lucky enough to see Stevie in 1988 open up for Robert Plant in Toronto😂❤Just subbed.Much love from Canada❤️🇨🇦

@musikbyjh

7 ай бұрын

So amazing!! What an incredible memory. And welcome!!! So happy to have you here!! ❤️🥷

I was a Blues DJ for my college's radio station -- WRUV, 50,000 watts. I had the displeasure of announcing his death on my show.

@musikbyjh

8 ай бұрын

Oh no, that had to be so tough. :(

as a Texan srv and the winter brothers and many more Austin Tx has a statue of SRV

His bass player Tommy Shannon use to play for Johnny Winter and now plays for Joe Bonamassa. Jim

That guitar was Stevie's "No. 1", a million dollars couldn't buy it, today.

You need to listen to Tightrope ,and Leave My Girl Alone from that same show

It was Austin City Limits. One of the longest running music shows ever.

The tv show is called "Austin City Limits." You should check out their archives. Its a who's who of the greatest musicians that EVER lived. Its on PBS

Guitar Center sold a perfect SRV replica of this guitar for $55,000.00. It sold in less than one month in Springfield, Missouri no less.

Yes, the Austin City Limits show is a very important piece of musical history, but you all are missing out by not checking out the El Mocambo show from Toronto, before he really hit it big. This song in particular hits even harder at the slower pace from that night in 1983.

A cool reaction video, how about doing a reaction video to the greatest guitar player you never heard of. Rory Gallagher - Shin Kicker live at Montreux 1979. Jimi was once asked how does it feel being the greatest guitar player in the world, Jimi said he doesn't know they would have to ask Rory Gallagher. Rory's concerts where very high energy with amazing guitar playing, Rory sold over 30 million albums thru the 1970's. Thank you and enjoy!

Did you know that .Hendrix was Stevie's idle . Jimmy's dad gave Stevie's brother the wah pedal he had used, Stevie used it the rest of his carrier. Its the one he is using in this video. And Stevie remastered jimmy's whole catalog. Then released it with all proceeds going to the Hendrix family. I grew up in Dallas. I never got to hear him play before he hit the big time. But did hear rumors of this Quiet kid in a local band that was blowing peoples minds . Did get to see him live many times after he became big. Stevie loved playing in his hometown. He was a down to earth kind of shy guy . But man put that guitar in his hands and the magic always happened.

Somewhere up in heaven, you have Jimi , Stevie, Ray and Jeff Beck are smiling at each other saying let’s do this.

@artbagley1406

7 ай бұрын

Hey there, BillC.5861 ... Please don't leave out Duane Allman and Johnny Winter in that heavenly group!!!

@billc.5861

7 ай бұрын

Well artbangly as I believe the song goes “ if there’s a Rock n Roll heaven, they must have a hell of a band” There’s so many incredible musicians and singers have left us science I’ve been running around this big blue marble but those are the guitarist that I thought of first , gut yeah Jonny was one of my earliest favorites as a young teenager …….. besides John & George of course. But I play drums so what do I know. lol.

@user-zq5jd7ee9n

6 ай бұрын

Guarantee you hendrix is not in heaven. You don't go to heaven just because you're a good guitar player. That sinful MFr is nowhere near heaven. Duane Allman, either. You people can't refuse a relationship with Jesus and think you'll be in heaven just because people like your music. Does NOT work that way.

@billc.5861

6 ай бұрын

Hal thank you for your deep spiritual beliefs but myself and the other person we’re just having a light hearted conversation that pertain to the lyrics of an old song and good guitar players Take a deep breath and have a fantastic day.

@user-zq5jd7ee9n

6 ай бұрын

@@billc.5861 Yeah, lots of people have a "light hearted convo" about their favorite folks being in heaven. See it all the time. The problem is, is that the comment is just ignorant. So yeah, you comment, I comment etc.... That's the way it works.....

It was on Austin City limits when the show was worth watching.

Sound guys have said that when he would come out to do sound checks, he'd play for like 30 minutes and it was better than the show. I'm usually a Friday Fry but I love me some SRV so I had to watch, thanks! Hi Ninja, see you guys on Friday

@jimwilcox2964

8 ай бұрын

The sound check video where it looks like he just walked in and didnt bother to take off his coat

Believe this was on broadcast tv (PBS) -- Austin City Limits, one of the most under-rated music shows on the boob-tube back in the day. SRV was directly channeling Jimi that night! Chris Layton (drums) and Tommy Shannon (bass, via Johnny Winters' bands) complete "SRV and Double Trouble." Later, a keyboardist joined in -- Reese Wynans; check out the video for the song "Look at Little Sister," as it shows all 4 playing their hearts out (and it has the smoothest-ever guitar switch-out you'll see on stage during the song). I'll go ahead and mention a "must hear" of SRV's: live at El Mocambo "Texas Flood." Be prepared to freak-out!!!

it was in Austin Tx

Third stone from the sun.

This was recorded at Austin City Limits.

It was his final performance on Austin City Limits

🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸

The PBS television program AUSTIN CITY LIMITS. Not real sure if it’s still a thing though. Also in Austin Texas there is a statue of him on the bank of the Colorado River that runs the city. I have made the pilgrimage to pay my respects

@harrietmiller3982

8 ай бұрын

Yes Austin City Limits is still going strong and is the longest running PBS show ever.

@Tbirdhaynes

8 ай бұрын

@@harrietmiller3982 oh very cool. Thanks for the knowledge. ✌️

@harrietmiller3982

8 ай бұрын

@@Tbirdhaynes visiting his statue is on my bucket list💙✌️

@Tbirdhaynes

8 ай бұрын

@@harrietmiller3982 most excellent! There are other cool things to see and do in Austin also. Totally off topic and you may have already been able to do this but I also tell people that if in any financially possible way you can, every American should see Yellowstone National Park at least once in their life.

@itchyandred4131

8 ай бұрын

FYI Austin City limits was started by Willie Nelson ✌️

The show is Austin City Limits.

Watch his Texas Flood live at El Mocambo if you have net seen it. Best blues guitar work I have ever seen. I like SRV better than Hendrix.

@musikbyjh

8 ай бұрын

So good! check out my reaction when you have time: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h3Zkxahpgr2_ZLw.htmlsi=xyFrHJ1PjFv7tvPh

Austin City Limits is a show that comes on PBS and is the longest-running music series in American television history. Dig a little and enjoy what you find. Great reaction to the best guitar player ever. By the way, I think he almost always used a plectrum as he used extremely heavy guitar strings.

Seen him 5 times homeskilt

Drummer Chris Layton, Bass Tommy Shannon, they eventually added keyboardist Resse Wynans. The funny thing is, Stevie Ray Vaughan didn’t actually play just one set of strings. He actually played as light as 12s and as heavy as 17s at one point, but for most of his career, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s main guitars, his Number One and Lenny that are super legendary, were strung up with 13s-which is probably what you’ve heard of when you heard about Stevie Ray Vaughan’s guitar string gauges in the past. What you may not have heard of is that Stevie Ray Vaughan’s 13s weren’t your normal 13s. If you go to a guitar store and ask for a set of 13s for electric guitar, the chances are, the gauges inside that set are going to look a lot like a set of 13s for acoustic. Most likely, they’re going to go something like 13, 17, 26 wound for the third string, 36, 46, and 56. (Side note, Stevie Ray Vaughan is hardly the only famous guitarist to use a custom set of strings. Everyone from Jimi Hendrix to David Gilmore, Billy Gibbons, Tony Iommi, and many, many more have used very, very customized gauged sets of strings in order to dial in their setup for exactly how they play the guitar.)

If you want to know how much his guitar has been around, watch Third Stone From The Sun at El Mocambo…

Stevie is my top 2 all time guitarist, he play like that guitar is just an extension on his body. Y'all got to checkout Texas Flood live at El Mocambo it's amazing.

@musikbyjh

8 ай бұрын

Thanks, Ginger!! I've done Texas Flood, please check it out when you have time: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h3Zkxahpgr2_ZLw.htmlsi=kHISc1iUwi_tf4pR

"Stevie was an endless, open channel that music just poured out of. He made people who'd never touched a guitar in their life want to pick one up and start playing, and he made those of us who'd played with him live onstage before want to quit."................Eric Clapton.

BBKing said that Stevie was blacker than any musician on the planet ,, nobody held a candle to Stevie.. only one Stevie .,.and oh yeah .. he couldn't read music.., he did not have to he was transmitting straight from the universe

"Texas Flood" Live at the El Mocambo. Top Teer.

@musikbyjh

7 ай бұрын

I've done it, thank you!

I was at the one before stump

SRV = THE G.O.A.T.

It is a t.v. show. Live from Austin City Limits.

In an interview with BB King on KZread he said Jimi Hendrix could play Jimi Hendrix and that is it. BB King tried to sit and do a set with Jimi Hendrix he could play the notes but he could not play the music and that Jimi Hendrix had no talent for the Blues. He said about Stevie Ray Vaughan that man could play anybody's music not just his own perfectly. I would still love to see them both on stage today. I also wish Jimi Hendrix would have sobered out he would have gotten a lot better.

This was Austin city limits TV show it has hosted a lot of great performances by many artists.

check out his version of little wing

WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY TOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCCCCCCHHHHHHHHH LEAD IN..................... GEESHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! ♥♥♥ “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ~ Romans 15:13

@musikbyjh

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for giving me a shot! ✌🏽

Austin City Limits is the venue, and that’s a 1959 Fender Strat

There is an interesting video done by the luthier who works on Willy Nelson's guitar. Willy spends a fortune to keep that guitar going.

You can't dress like Stevie Ray unless you know you're a badass

Try listening to Stevie and Albert King jamming, out of this world crazy good.

RIP G O A T

He also used 13 gauge strings exclusively! Wonder why? 😁

@user-zq5jd7ee9n

6 ай бұрын

Not that night. He used 11s during this show.

Most definitely Austin City Limits

His initials used to be on the upper left of #1 (favorite guitar)...wore'm out and dropped them lower... Entertaining Upload! 👍 Edit- Trios ALWAYS rock Watch them watch each other...Just say'n...

The wa petal he's usein' belonged to Jimi Hendrix. ❤❤❤❤

likely...LIVE at Austin City Limits...show

Yes he used a pic and was known to use the butt end because it was stiffer. He was hell on a pic as I believe you might of seen when he bent over to pic one up? Not sure

I think that's Austin City Limits.

Next react rush xanadu live 1981

Austin City Limits

The only person to play hendrix better than hendrix. That might be on a cruise ship.the bassist is very good. You should listen and watch Texas flood live. There's the MTV acoustic performance that's incredible. If you watch him and hendrix play the 12 string SRV blows hendrix out of the water.

Not SNL, Austin City Limits, If you get a chance watch the whole show, Double Trouble at its best.

Please check out Roy Buchanan.

Austin City Limits maybe?

@5:40 is one of the rare (maybe only) times you'll ever see Stevie make a mistake on stage. He stumbles on the lyrics coming into the verse and then (I believe) at 5:50 maybe out of anger or frustration that he flubbed the lyrics (on National TV) get's a little too busy in his phrasing. Besides breaking a string or knocking his guitar out of tune it's the only legit "mistake" I've ever seen him make/.

Stevie's been my favorite musician for the last 40 years. No disrespect to Hendrix but Stevie plays like Jimi wished he could play. Voodoo Child is probably my least favorite of Stevie's ( cover ) songs but most likely that's because I've heard/seen it SOOOO much. That doesn't mean I won't watch again. 🤘😆👍I've always heard that Stevie's never played a song the exact same way so that makes it all that more impressive what the band is doing.

I was, and always will be a huge fan, of Jimi Hendrix. But, IMHO, Stevie Ray Vaughan is better than Jimi. Jimi was a great innovator. He made sounds come out of a guitar, that no one else even thought of trying. Without Jimi, we may never have had guys like Stevie. RIP gentlemen.

It’s Austin City Limits…that the show they wore at! PBC Broadcasting…oh yeah his version is Better!😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

PBS used to do a show from Austin, TX. It was called Austin City Limits. This is from the show that SRV did. The bass player is Tommy Shannon. He is an outstanding player in his own right.

used a pick, his strings were 13's

@user-zq5jd7ee9n

6 ай бұрын

Not that night. he used 11s during this show.

LOVE the reaction!! :) Maybe check out NEIL PEART Buddy Rich HONOR??? :) ♥ “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ~ Romans 15:13

@musikbyjh

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Lost way to young! jimi hendrix eat your heart out!!!! peace

@wolfe6220

8 ай бұрын

Everytime a thunderstorm starts up, I'm thinking it must be Stevie and Jimi up there jamming...

Hendrix may have been more creative, but Stevie was a much better, cleaner, more musical player who, unlike Hendrix, rarely descended into cacophony. Stevie makes a lot of Hendrx vastly more listenable. This song is a case in point.