The greatest guitarist who ever lived, he wasn't a player, he and the guitar were one, he was a conduit to the music which just flowed through his hands, he could play anything.

@bigtasty8401

4 жыл бұрын

Bonamassa and Satriani are in that category.

@bigtasty8401

4 жыл бұрын

@Jeff Fowler I'm not a guitarist so it's tougher for me to argue but i know some phenomenal guitarists that would argue that Bonamassa and Walter Trout are possibly the best ever.

@brettd530

4 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@rayreyes91

4 жыл бұрын

randy rhoads > SRV.. but both are great

@johntremmel3949

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe best blues guitarist .... maybe!

He's a guitar god. I met him once decades ago, really sweet and really humble. He has been missed all these years.

@lawless688

2 жыл бұрын

Once this life with through, I will Embrace God, Jesus, then the Holy Spirit, and then I'm going to go looking for Stevie.

@sidanx7887

Жыл бұрын

That’s so awesome

Props to Chris Layton on drums, and Tommy Shannon on bass. There's a wall of thunderous sound coming off that stage, and it's only 3 people. The definition of the term Power Trio!

@watchthis7767

4 жыл бұрын

Blues-Rock Vault double trouble tighter then a new pair of boots!

@marcoe.6987

2 жыл бұрын

Good call!

When be bends down, he's adjusting his effects pedals.

@TheDeadStretch

4 жыл бұрын

The legendary Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer pedal. Also his brother Jimmy Vaughan is still alive and is an equally impressive Blues player. Though I bet his lessons are crazy expensive.

@dawnbailey910

4 жыл бұрын

Us Oak Cliffers are very proud of our one and only SRV

@dawnbailey910

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheDeadStretch Jimmy can't hold a candle to Stevie

@stogiewankenobie9537

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@revolutiongaming970

4 жыл бұрын

He also dropped his pick

He was actually adjusting one of the knobs on his pedals. The tone wasn't quite right for him. Another fun fact, Stevie was legendary for his strong hands. You'll see he has his eyes closed about 90% of the time if not more. He used 13 gauge strings which are some of the thickest and are difficult to bend but he would still break strings.

@ozmassb2594

4 жыл бұрын

Stevie Ray “ Big Meaty Claws “ Vaughan

@DanielOrion74

4 жыл бұрын

Dude's guitar was strung with friggin telephone cables; insanely thick strings.

@movieswithmatticus5469

4 жыл бұрын

He usually tunes his guitar a half step down.

@richardrejmer8721

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. . I normally play 9 gauge strings and occasionally 10 gauge. . SRV used to do those HUGE two whole tone string bends on 13's!! That's like bending concrete rebar with your fingers!!

@drobichaud1000

3 жыл бұрын

shut up mario. and stop saying "fun fact" like a douche.

Stevie Ray Vaughn, aka: MR. Austin City Limits. That has to be the best live performance by any musician, of any kind of style. You are in my opinion, o e of the greatest, if not the greatest guitarist of all time. That guitar from that video is in a museum in a glass casing, along with all his memorabilia. Go rest high on that mountain Stevie Ray, your .music will never die , neither will your memory. G.O.A.T.😇🥰🤣💯💥🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

u really out here introducing me to whole new genres tho.. i have never heard of this dude, but u right, he straight dope!

@allendixon1044

4 жыл бұрын

Dial mad he was one of the baddest ever that's for a fact I would recommend Crossfire Stevie Ray Vaughan doing Crossfire listen to that

@MrShadowFlame34

4 жыл бұрын

@@allendixon1044 i agree crossfire is a good one to listen to and pride and joy

@joaoaugustolandim

3 жыл бұрын

It gives me joy to know about people discovering new genres!

@moniquepriester9351

3 жыл бұрын

He was & is still the GOAT.. I'm not listening to SRV.. his guitar was addicted to the music Hall of Fame..

@martintramil8084

3 жыл бұрын

SRV was 35 when he died in 1990, this particular song is him paying homage to one of his "idols:" James Marshall Hendrix aka Jimi Hendrix. This song is from the Jimi Hendrix Experience-Electric Ladyland album 1969 "Voodoo Child (Slight Return.)" I was four when Jimi passed in '70... and I did see SRV three times in the late '80's. Another Cat you may wanna check out for Rock/Blues music is Gary Moore, maybe "King Of The Blues," a song Gary wrote for the "King Of The Blues"... Mr. Albert King... one of the Three Kings: BB, Freddy & Albert. Good to see this music still being listened to in 2021, cheers and keep it Rockin'!

Stevie was adjusting the knobs on his foot peddle. He was a perfectionist. This is one of those rare performances when he didn't break a string. He used the heaviest gauge strings available, designed to not break, but he broke them on a regular basis. You can see him bending the s...t out of them on the close ups.

You've watched the best guitarist, to have lived. There has been and will never be anyone like him .

Legit guitar God. This level does not happen that often and leaves us way too soon.

Stevie Ray was a SWEETHEART! ❤MY STEVIE RAY.

He didn't even have to look at the guitar man he felt the music rolling through him and it was God Given

He liked playing in small bars where he might not be recognized. One night playing the calluses on his fingers came off and his fingers were bleeding, he super glued them back on and went back out and kept playing. That's love of music.

Yes, I watched him live and talk to him. He was a man that loves at what do. He loves the blues. He had hart and soul in his music. He died the year I graduated high school 1990. The first guitar was given to him by his brother was named "Jimbo" a 1951 Fender "Nocaster". The SRV guitar is named "Number One". His brother has the guitar now. His brothers name is Jimmie. RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan. A brother love is for life.

He's the only celebrity, sports, film or music that i almost cried when he died.

The Pride of Texas! To date, the best Guitarist ever. No master guitarist can match his level of: difficulty, clarity, sound, and in doing all, utilizing (out of necessity) the heaviest gauge guitar wires, and still break ‘em. RIP GREAT ONE.

Prince isn’t even in the same category as Stevie.....”real talk”.

@lumbeeman01

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly, and I am a HUGE prince fan and while prince is actually a very underrated guitarist and was one of the best.... SRV is in a tier by himself.

@watchthis7767

4 жыл бұрын

Prince is an amazing guitarist, songwriter and performer. But, as far as guitar playing alone, I agree, Stevie’s got him beat. For me Stevie and Jimi are in a class all by themselves. No disrespect to Prince, Clapton, Gibbons, Page, May or any of the other legends, but I think they’d even agree.

@GBlues1

4 жыл бұрын

John Perry no Prince isn’t an amazing guitarist. He could play, but he couldn’t land on the root note, on the beat, to save his life. His solo, the one everyone talks about, his Rock n roll hall of fame solo was absolute trash. Didn’t follow the rhythm or the music at all. It was just about him trying to show off, and all he showed was his Ass. Great songwriter? Matter of opinion. Mediocre guitar player... I’d say it’s observable. Just my take.

@timholton6551

4 жыл бұрын

SRV AND JIMI that's it! Lol

@shawncurtis6997

3 жыл бұрын

@@watchthis7767 Eric Clapton was asked about how it felt to be the world’s best guitarist. His response: “I don’t know. Ask Prince.”

I will never forget that morning in 1990 when I woke up and heard the horrible news. Rest In Peace.

@johnsmith-xh6je

4 жыл бұрын

Me too what a loss

Stevie don’t be playing around, you guys should hear Look at little sister by him! So amazing.

@Bpeake86

4 жыл бұрын

Rafael Felan that’s it. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Little Stevie Ray Vaughan, fact, his last concert has at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, in a small town in Wisconsin called East Troy, and I'm very blessed to say I was there😁✌

@patrickarts9091

4 жыл бұрын

Same here, couldn't believe how foggy it was. it took 2 1/2 hrs to get there, 7 hrs to get home. We had to stop the car and walk up to the signs to see if it was our exit. Why anyone tryed to fly is beyond me.

@toddwagester5412

4 жыл бұрын

@@patrickarts9091 yeah, it sucked the radio in the van didn't work so I didn't even know about the crash till I got home and when I was giving my sister a t-shirt from the concert and she started crying, I was clueless, and my birthday the next day, dude that sucked.

@BlackSmokeDMax

4 жыл бұрын

I remember driving back to Madison that night from the concert. Such a great, then terrible, night.

@toddwagester5412

4 жыл бұрын

@@BlackSmokeDMax you know, I just try to think of it like this, Hendrix needed someone to jam with 😁✌

@toddwagester5412

4 жыл бұрын

I kinda gotta laugh a bit, I guess over the years I forgot where it started, but, Voodoo Child is what really started my liking most cover tunes better then the originals😃✌

Bb king called stevie ray vaughan the greatest guitar player ever in any music as did Eddie van halen said as well

Love Saint Stevie forever! He played that guitar with his whole body and soul.

Prince and Stevie playing together in Heaven now. RIP Prince and Stevie.

The greatest. His passion is unbelievable. He felt every note he played.

@scarletjohnston741

3 жыл бұрын

Every note literally ran through his veins. God I miss his incredible magic. I was fortunate enough to see him live a few months before he died. I was in a trance the whole time.

His band, "Double Trouble" played right with him so give them credit too.

Pride and Joy ❤️from Stevie Ray Vaughn!!

"If I don't see you in this world See ya in the next one Don't be late Don't be late" Chilling....considering his early, untimely and tragic death. Legend, greatest person to ever pick up a guitar, kind, compassionate human being...... So happy and proud to say I got to see him live 5 times.

When he covered Jimi Hendrix tunes he did them serious justice!!!!!!

Let the church say amen, "you gonna learn today"....In my opinion the best ever

Celebration of Blues and Soul Texas Flood. Amazing performance.

I see where a few people say he bends down to adjust the knobs on his foot pedals to tweak the guitar tone, but that's what the foot pedal itself is for. When he's bending down it's to quickly grab himself a new guitar pick as he had just broken the one he was using. Right there on the floor in front of him is a little rack holding a boatload of them as he breaks so many throughout each song and show. Great reaction, I was fortunate enough myself to see him live two weeks before his fateful helicopter crash.... I'll never forget that show...

To say Stevie is talented is a colossal understatement. Stevie was one of those rare, once in a generation, supremely gifted people that were born to do what they do. Stevie idolized the great blues players of his time and those that came before him. Whenever he would play with the likes of B.B. King, Albert King and, Johnny Copeland and the rest he always showed them the greatest respect and admiration. Stevie was a very humble person. He received the highest honor, praise and respect from the best blues players of his era during his time on earth. Stevie was heavily influenced by Jimmy Hendrix and all of the greatest black blues players during his time, but his greatest influence and mentor was Albert King. Stevie idolized Albert. He would spend as much time with Albert as he could so that he could learn how to play like Albert. Rock guitar legend, Eric Clapton was so impressed by Stevie’s talent that when he was scheduled to play after Stevie during a blues concert Eric, refused to go on. When asked why he wouldn’t go on, Eric said, “How do you follow that?” Eric said, “I have never seen a man more at one with his ax than Stevie Ray Vaughn is. Stevie received high praise from B.B. King, Albert Collins, Howlin’ Wolf and so many other great blues players. It was at the time of Stevie’s death that he was finally receiving the national recognition that he deserved. Two weeks before Stevie died in that helicopter crash my brother saw Stevie at a blues concert that had Joe Cocker head lining with Stevie and Double Trouble backing him up. My brother didn’t know who Stevie was before the concert and when he described his concert experience to me he said Joe was good, but Stevie Ray Vaughn blew him and the rest of the crowd away.

My personal favorite 🎸 thanks mom and dad for having me grow up on this!

I grew up in Austin & Stevie was Austin. As a child he would listen to the black delta blues & Chicago blues guitarists & play note for note & the made it his own. He heard Hendrix & he became his idol. In this performance he had got clean from drugs & found God, then died in the heli accident. He used to get so coked up, sometimes he had to be helped to the stage, but when they put his guitar in his hands he would play like he was sober & channel Hendrix through his fingers.

Tin Pan Alley with Johnny Copeland and Stevie Ray Vaughan! If you want to see where Stevie Ray is in his element, Texas Blues is where it is! It's one of the greatest performances I've ever seen!

@MosaicRose99

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! :)

@bonniefaulconer2080

3 жыл бұрын

Yep ❤❤❤

@JeffJeff-8404

2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree...I was gonna type it but saw ya beat me too it...👍

The goat period Stevie was taken too soon imagine what still could have been

SRV was not only about his playing but also his guitar setup with crazy thick strings and his amazing guitar TONE.... one of a kind..... simply amazing. Died in helicopter crash on tour with Eric Clapton who was in the other helicopter that made it ok.

He was from Dallas, he is truly an Icon and in my opinion..... The GOAT!! He is missed. The Man and his guitar were ONE! He was born to play the strings!! RIP Stevie!!!👍🏽

I still tear up talking about his passing 31 years ago. I remember where I was when I heard. RIP Stevie--so much love and respect.

SRV is the GOAT. So amazing to watch. He never played Voodoo Chile the same way twice. This is my all-time fave, lightning fast version. I think he was sober during this time after getting treatment. Another legend gone too soon. RIP

He’s that good, people never hear how good that drummer is.

Gone way too soon!! RIP SRV!! and my Brother, y'all are so right about those bottles!! THEY ARE THE BEST!!! 👍👍👍🤜🤛😊😊

No, he did not drop anything...he bent down to adjust the knobs on one of his foot pedals on the floor....and fyi...the face is called "stank face" 😉😬

SRV is proof that the candle that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. RIP SRV

When I first visited Austin TX I jogged around the whole city and randomly came across a SRV statue. I knew then I loved this city

Dont come knocking when u see the party rocking

That's the most solid bass I've heard in a while. He and the drummer are tight as hell.

Stevie playing “Texas Flood” live at the El Mocambo is a must see and hear.

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Austin City Limits, live 81 or 83, Voodoo Child cover the. Greatest blues guitarist and singer, ever! This is a Hendrix cover. Bowie had him play on his Let's dance , album. Then asked him to join his band. SRV turned him down!!😮😮 Greatest guitarist ever!! Died young, leaving the Montreux Jazz Festival, in a terrible helicopter crash. RIP to SRV. U should watch all his Austin City Limits, concerts! Ironically, first time he went to Montreaux, he was booed mercilessly, they felt he wasn't Jazz enough! When he went back in 95, he was treated as the reigning god of the show! And then he died...if u watch just one more of his vids, it should be from this show, Texas Flood! His look, blues voice, guitar ability, showmanship... God purpose built this man to play the Blues! There's been a lot of great guitarists , but combined with his voice, look, presence, voice, showmanship and ability , there's only him. Besides Eddie Van Halens' Frankenstein guitar, this is the most valuable guitar on the planet, and his brother, Jimmy Vaughn, has it! If u asked people for a list of top 20 guitarist all time, most people's would be very similar. But if u said, out of that list, who's complete... stage showmanship, ability, presence, perfect voice to the music, no thinking or delay in his freestyle, song writing, etc., There's only SRV! I've always said, Prince was a brutal guitarist, he does a live version of While my guitar Gently Weeps. With like 10 of the best living guitarists , and he smokes them all! But he could learn guitar and showmanship all over, from SRV!

Adjusting his tone, I'm so happy you guys have experienced SRV, once I heard SRV for the first time, I've been a fan since... Prince was bad, but SRV was a virtuoso, the GOAT.. He kept Jimi's sound and still added his own, that's super hard to do at the same time when covering someone else song.

Stevie n guitar melted together as one!!

He died Aug. 27th 1990...not the 28th. Died in the mountains of East Troy, Wisconsin in a helicopter crash just minutes after finishing a concert. SRV was invited to that concert by Eric Clapton...who was supposed to be on the same copter as SRV. When Clapton saw SRV for the first time in 1983, SRV opened for Clapton's world tour beginning in Clapton's home town of London. Clapton had never heard of SRV before and when he went into the audience to listen to Stevie Ray, he immediately canceled the world tour. He said "He's the best guitarist I've seen..." and walked away like he'd seen a ghost, I SAW that interview and the concert on BBC in 1983.

I saw him play twice back in the day in Illinois Ill never forget it, noone sat down for almost two hours. It was like watching a God play guitar. I got the news at work when he died, we were stunned for about five minutes. Stevies the best blues/soul player ive ever seen.

Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter crash over East Troy, Wisconsin on August 27, 1990 at age 35. He is buried at Laurel Land Memorial Park which is located in Dallas, Texas. He was and still is a legend, Rest In Peace SRV!!!

At the end of the song when he switched style, he was playing to his idol, Jimi Hendrix, in Jimi's style of play. A lot of people debate who was better. SRV would have despised that. He loved and was probably Jimi's biggest fan.

@larryg7126

4 жыл бұрын

I agree Stevie would be appalled to be compared to Jimi as being better. He certainty was as good and had much better pedals and equipment plus had Jimi as an example of where to go with his sound which owes more to a number of blues masters than to Jimi. For me one is not better than the other they are both next level.

@briandrummond8446

4 жыл бұрын

@@larryg7126 Well said, sir.

@larryg7126

4 жыл бұрын

@@briandrummond8446 Thank you, I never get the need people have to have one supreme person to compare all others too. Its enough that someone is great, there are so many fantastic musicians, let's just enjoy them and the music they create.

@briandrummond8446

4 жыл бұрын

@@larryg7126 I agree. There are so many excellent musicians/guitarists out there. Some of my favorites are SRV, Hendrix, Page, Slash, Angus, B.B., Santana, Eddie Van Halen, just to name a few. I enjoy every one of them and couldn't possibly rank them. I dont see how anyone could.

@briandrummond8446

4 жыл бұрын

@@larryg7126 I do think what made this particular performance by SRV so great was that he played the end of the song in honor of Hendrix. Its rare that you see legendary musicians play in tribute to each other. When it happens, there is something magical and so very emotional that happens. To me, anyway.

I saw him play live 3 times....each time was like a religious experience....when he played the fabric of time and space bent towards him and you could not look away....sweet and humble off stage....a God onstage....Eric Clapton said he was the greatest blues guitarist he'd ever seen....and he played with Jimi....he is still missed.....once in a century kind of genius....they should blast his music out into space so the aliens know we're cool....RIP SRV....

@nataliekelley7942

4 жыл бұрын

Jealous, Lol

SRV - LEGEND. Greatest all time. GREAT reaction as usual from you guys.

I have a long list of favorite guitarists, and at the top (of the list) is Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. I had many chances to see him perform live, but unfortunately put it off and then it was too late. I've heard that he was a very humble man, never bragging about his talent and always giving credit to the great blues musicians who he learned from. R.I.P. Stevie

Saw him three times in concert. Amazing every time.

Prince , SRV , Eddie Van Halen & Terry Kath ....Jamming in Heaven !!!

Prince and SRV had very similar influences growing up. Good ear!! 🔥🔥👊👊

Stevie Ray was one of my 2 favorites. PRINCE was an amazing all around artist and could kill the guitar. For any doubters watch his COACHELLA performance of, "CREEP" it's mind blowing

Goosebumps. About the millionth time.

That guitar was an extension of his body. Unbelievable talent. We lost a good one when SRV died.

I was blessed to see him a few times & had tix to see his next performance here in Phx, a month or so before he died in that helicopter crash. 😭😠 He was set to play at the AZ State Fair. We, instead, had a kegger party in his honor, blaring his music all night. He was taken from us too soon! ❤️

Hey guys i was a stage hand at the capitol theater in Passaic N.J when Stevie Ray played. i was like 15 feet away on the side of the stage while he played. actually meet him during sound check and after the show. He was a great man. if u have not checked it out u should. Stevie Ray at the Capitol theater in Passaic N.J October 1985.

So happy to see y'all enjoying STEVIE RAY VAUGHN he was a very special man! This was one of his last shows before he passed I would love to see you do his live TIN PAN ALLEY WITH JOHNNY COPELAND. AMAZING BLUES MASTERPIECE 💜💜💜

I can't feel anything but good vibes!!! Give the drummer some . True reactions Half , yes that's his guitar 😂.

I can't get enough of your reaction videos. The diversity is just awesome! All I have to give is my love for you both! Keep entertaining please. Much love ❤️ ❤️

Watching this musical genius, made me think of all the computerized music we have today & how fewer kids are playing instruments. Makes me worried for the future of music! At this rate, a day will come where instruments will be a thing of the past & there's nothing like watching a musician play an instrument like it's an extension of their body & soul! We gotta keep encouraging the youth of today & tomorrow to play instruments!

He always had control of the sound on stage.... He would always say jimmy hendricks was the greatest that what made him play. He was just amazing

I went to one of his concerts and I just stood there and cried like a baby through the whole concert. It was like I was in the presence of god. The video doesn’t do it justice. Being there in person was unbelievable. Best concert I’ve ever been to in my life. I quit going to concerts after that night cause I knew I would never see another one as good as this. Unbelievable !!! I know he dropped his pick once and picked it up without missing a beat.

If steve was alive and still playing today he would be the ABSOLUTE GOAT!

August 27 will be 30 years since Stevie passed! What a brilliant player!

His face is where the music come from...

Greatest guitar player of all time...bar none!!!

That’s our Texas Pride & Joy!!!!!

He is one with the universe...

I think he’s adjusting his equipment, tweaking his sound mid performance, which is crazy because he doesn’t miss a beat doing it. If you haven’t seen it. He switches guitars mid performance in a few videos because he breaks his string. Still doesn’t miss a beat. Dude was legendary.

SRV and Jimi. Both were soo talented. Period. And their band members were very talented as well.

Most guitarists make faces or move their heads weirdly while they play. It lets all the tension, while playing,, to come out from somewhere other than their hands. There are many funny faces and head movements to be seen.

in one video you can see the string break and he doesn't miss a beat.💚

His bass player is awesome. Listen to it again and pay attention to the bass.

Jeff Healey blue Jean blues 💙... another epic song and guitarist... he was blind and played on his lap...

PRINCE was Fantastic- STEVIE RAY was Remarkable. 9:35-40 is some serious Voodoo sound, and Stevie is the Witch Doctor. Whenever I see the image of that iconic black hat overshadowing that famous face, I get chills. 11:50-12:00. RIP, King SRV.

Great music never dies or gets old, only better

Read an article about SRV. His manager said he needed to started playing with his eyes open to connect with the audience. He would play entire songs with his eyes closed!!

@claireburling8547

11 ай бұрын

He was connecting his soul to his guitar, looking inside himself. God bless SRV.❤

It goes down!!!!!!

He's dropping his pick and picking it up without missing a beat.

I was fortunate enough to see him live in the late 80’s before he died. It was amazing!! He’s the only one who could have dared to play Jimi Hendrix and could pull it off!

She is soooo kewl...what it do!, what it do! awesome! Stevie had a huge huge mojo bag, and he can dump it on ya... and when he dropped down...he was adjusting an effects pedal.. stomp box... ...Jimi Hendrix of course....also tore this song up... Soul flyin out them fingers...

You better leave my little girl alone by Stevie Ray is absolutely insane! You won’t see anyone play the blues better! You won’t be sorry:) Nice reaction fam!

Stevie was so good when he got done playing even his Guitar needed a cigarette.

I saw SRV in a lil pub In Virginia Beach. Only 150 peeps there. Then I went to 9 more of his shows. He died same day as my grandmother and me and my brother cried a lot that day. He was the best!

You can’t learn to play like SRV! This is a God given talent this man had and there will never be another!

I remember when he died, greatist guitarist ever. He would have been great getting older.

You need to hear Stevie Ray Vaughan “pride and joy”

@tonymontgomery5827

4 жыл бұрын

The story behind that song is the best backstory in music history.

@drobichaud1000

3 жыл бұрын

you need to shut your pie hole

@deanarjones9114

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite of his

The pride of Austin Texas baby!

Goosebumps for me as always watching the G.O.A.T!!

Austin City Limits. My mom took me to this show for my birthday. Long live the Texas legend!!!