@ Jim Underwood: It's a lot of work playing in a blues trio, a rock trio, that sort of thing. SRV probably took the example of Jimi Hendrix, who'd done it and was one of his greatest influences. It always impressed the heck out of me as a young guitar player, sitting there with my Strat and my Fender amp, playing and trying to sort out how Stevie did the backing and lead parts of "Pride and Joy" at the same time. Based on an old boogie-woogie piano riff, Stevie played the bass parts with his LH thumb (helps to have large hands to do that!) and RH down-strokes with his pick, and most of the treble or lead figure with his fretting hand fingers and up-strokes with the pick. It's one of his most-famous guitar parts, and for good reason - it simulates two guitars playing at once, and sounds hip as can be. That guy was such a genius on the instrument, and his musical conception - his way of thinking about and playing music - was just amazing and wonderful. It just devastated me when he died so young. Still does. One of my favorite memories was seeing him perform live back in the day during the mid-late 1980s, at the old and now-defunct Poplar Creek Outdoor Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, IL. SRV was always respectful of his influences and blues heroes, and he often had them guest with him on stage. That show, Otis Rush - the man whose famous song provided the name for the group "Double Trouble" - came up and they played together. Tore down the house, of course! Not only was Stevie amazing, so were his band, Double Trouble. Unlike a lot of popular music cats, Stevie could play jazz legitimately, and he proved it by doing a version of the old Kenny Burrell chestnut, "Chitlins Con Carne," which was wonderful. And his famous and haunting instrumental "Lenny," has jazzy chords and riffs throughout.
I wouldn't call Hendrix a good singer, but I also can't imagine his music being sung by anyone else. Perhaps that's also the reason SRV left out the vocals on his Little Wing cover...
I met him in Dallas Fort Worth airport in 1987. He was kind enough to listen to me gush like a little girl about his playing. He shook my hand and told me he appreciated it. Some guy walked up after Stevie left and said, " Is he somebody famous?" I said, 'Hell yeah! Famous to me." Stevie was a genuinely nice guy. I wept like a baby when he died. R.I.P. Stevie.
After reading his biography I can say this was the kind of guy he was: always open to people who wanted to show him appreciation. Best guitar player ever, powerful voice and all around truly a great guy.
I'm a huge fan of his, as well as a guitarist. I realized a few years ago, years after I heard Stevie, was that because I will always have new stuff to learn. Therefore, the guitar can never truly be mastered. Stevie was extremely close though.
- Overdooo - in their own ways I think theyre both great contenders for as close to Mastery as humans can get in a lifetime. Knopfler can play finger style better than anyone ever without a doubt. SRV is a master at attacking the guitar with a heavy but beautiful sound. Very different sounds.
Worked for him 2 weeks b4 he died...awesome human being...he tried the 12th step on me...didnt understand till i had my own breakdown...im sure he would be proud of me now...miss him..nicest man...
This is the greatest reward for someone in the program. To help someone else like someone helped them. No other feeling like it in the world. You just saved someone's life. Share it in his honor.
Stevie shows us admitting our weakness is sometimes our strength when talking about finding sobriety his music made me pick up a guitar and put down the bottle 3 years ago he is still touching people after death with the words in this video
And he'd probably tell you if he can do it anybody can do it. I just watched the lost interview he said he was doing drugs and alcohol since he was like 8 he was 32 in that interview for a normal drinker that had just one was 3 or 4 to him it made him have a thirst for more and the only thing that stopped it was his breakdown like he said in this interview the Dr's said he had a stomach of a 65 year old I could only imagine what his liver was like.
Yeah it wasn't just the alcohol that got him it was certainly the cocaine as well. Stevie's go to before he went on stage with have two or three shots each one with about a gram of coke in it and he just bang them down and go on stage! If you've ever ingested cocaine orally in a drink or whatever man it tears your stomach to shreds! It hurts like a bitch until the numbing thing comes in. Definitely not a long-term thing!
A remember showing Rude Mood to a friend who was big on Yngwie Malmsteen - he said "but he's just playing a blues, I could do that". About a week later I went round there again and he was really pissed off: "I can't get this f***ing thing to sound right, it's insanely hard." Yes, yes it is.
@@wafflcoptr Noooo, listen to players like Tony Iommi, and Dimebag Darrell, two of the best "metal" guitarists of all time, and both have heavy blues/southern rock influences. They both sweat innovative technique, rooted in blues, and with their own evolution of things.
@@killval849 those two are literally the two best metal guitarists (and Sabbath was far more rooted in rock than metal when they started) because they never lost the blues in their style. Most metal guitarists sound so soulless when they play, it's like machinery, it's just not rooted in the soul, in that intangible feeling we all feel, it sounds dispassionate and empty. I've always felt the best guitarists always have a blues background.
@@wafflcoptr I feel that’s more of a subjective thing, it can’t definitely be said that blues guitarists are objectively better than metal guitarists. Both styles are an outpouring of emotion, metal just manifests itself in speed and intricate patterns. I’m thinking Marty Friedman, Randy Rhoads, even some of Kirk Hammet’s stuff (Fade to Black)
I'd like to point out how rare it is to hear Stevie's guitar tone without any backing instruments. To me it's one of the most unique and recognizable guitar Tones and also the most difficult to replicate
Eric Clapton once said, when he first seen him in London... quote, I went home after the concert, not sure if I could go on playing, I was that Blown Away by his ability.... I think that is the same way all of us that play the blues, feel about SRV. His voice and his style just amazing. This man's Talent will literally last as long as there is a human on earth
@ 70's Tunes: My goodness, poor Eric Clapton. He discovered a spiritual brother in Duane Allman, his running partner for "Layla" et al.,and then loses him to a motorcycle accident. Time passes, and he meets a new musical brother in SRV, and loses him to a helicopter crash. There were others, too, so many wonderful talents who left us much too soon.
@@GeorgiaBoy1961 same with hendrix, he was a really good friend of clapton and they were supposed to play together the day he died and clapton even brought him a left handed strat just for him. he has really had bad luck and it’s unfortunate how many great talents we’ve lost so young
william johnson Who said that just because he died god doesn't exist? I said if there was a god he would be alive. either way there is no god. walk through a children's hospital and see a 7 year old dying of cancer and tell me there is a god.
You know, In my 40 years I've never actually heard SRV talk, only sing. Sounds nothing like I thought he would. Best blues guitarist that ever lived... Hell best guitar player in any genre. I wish he were still with us!
He was so damn good. Even really good guitar players can sound a little flat playing on their own but srv had such power in his playing, really a unique and identifiable sound. He was a special player. It's nice to see the change in his personality here after getting sober too
Everyone stop and think, how many artists have existed with such resilience? Do we have any today? Will there ever be any other that not only blows people out of the water with flawless skill, and still remaining humble? Such an over-comer, and man worthy of the title “legend”. What I love about Stevie, you not only hear his music, but you feel it.
This ain't a guitar lesson, it's a LIFE lesson, from a legend.🖤 And watching his pick hand flying back and forth is such an aesthetic sometimes. Rest in paradise🖤
A master of the Stratocaster! Stevie Ray Vaughn's skill is amazing. Saw him several times in concert and each time he put on a great concert. RIP Stevie Ray Vaughn! Your music will live on forever.
The picking hand is so important...a lot of the greats say its 80% of the playing....its the motor, if you can't feed your fretting hand ..what are you left with ?....slides and pulloffs ,hammers ..only get you so far on tbe guitar and while they create their own character in sound ...the best player's have a great picking hand and don't just rely on that alone
@@markbraxton1289 The more hundreds of hours you play guitar , the more you realize it's the one that sets you back , fingering strings gets easy but picking , that's the bitch
I love Stevie not just because of his guitar playing but because of his humility. He openly admitted he needed help when he hit rock bottom. He was a man of passion!
At 1:36 he demonstrates Clapton style vibrato, with the palm of hand released from the back of the neck and his finger rigid with the whole hand going up and down. Stevie knew his shit on guitar and had his whole “thing” put together extremly well. We are lucky we got to witness it…. RIP SRV
Christ!!!....Stevie was a beast!!!.....and its clearly apparent that he is 100% clean and sober in this interview...after all these years it's fair to still say " what a loss"....
One of the most tragic losses in music history! Only got to see him once, but what he did with a guitar....so effortlessly, will never be matched. Sure, there are some great guitar players out there, but SRV was a "one-off" creation.
He emursed himself in the blues. His influences were many. He showed his respect to the old guard by learning their riffs and then expanding on them. This clip shows just one aspect of his ability. He played with passion, joy, ferocity and tenderness. He was one of a kind. Miss him. RIP stevie
He was absolutely one of the cleanest fastest best guitar players that ever lived forget all this distortion the fact that he played so clean the fact that he never made a mistake if he did you could hear it as he didn’t use much distortion at all he was the best he is sorely missed by guitar players all around the world
Only just getting into Stevie’s music , not only a master player but comes across as a genuine nice guy , RIP Stevie an thanks for the amazing gift you gave to us all .
@@mattfraser3452 Maybe, he's just very young and is just starting his journey into the Blues, or perhaps circumstance simply SRV-blocked him hard until now. Either way, I believe, that you and me both can agree, that getting into SRV's music, whether it's late in life or not, is an absolute win? 🙂 With that said, though, I'm also a bit curious as to what led to the discovery of Stevie Ray Vaughan for good ol' Martin. And whether it happened late in his life or not. 🤷♂
An honest man. Honest to himself regarding his health, honest about HIS music, honest to his fans. He was gone way to soon, dammit. He should be touring once the Covid crap has dissipated. I miss musicians who are so true to themselves. Rest in Peace.
I saw Stevie when he was virtually unknown 83 or 1984 in Denver ..He opened for the Moody Blues. And then saw him again 86 or 1987, stood front stage.. watched him up close. This all happened in Germany ......I remember that he was sweating profusely and kickin ass with Double Trouble 1987 All I can think of now is that I saw him when he was Troubled....
There are many artists that have died too early and I very often get melancholic when thinking of different artist dying too young and what they could've done if they have lived to grow old. However, SRV's death really bothers me, and maybe even the one that bothers me the most. He had overcome his drug and alcohol addiction and he was standing on the launch pad for world domination as a blues/rock guitarist/artist, and then he died in a helicopter accident. It's makes me so sad. He had so much to give the world and I felt it as a deep personal loss when he died and I still do so many years later. What a wonderful artist. R.I.P. Steve Ray Vaughan.
1. dont visit modern guitar teachers. 2. play concert every night. 3. take drugs and drink a lot 4. avoid spotify. take vinyl, listen,learn and play 5. ask god for more talent
@@lifesonsrv9702 how do you think he got there in the first place? It has nothing to do with technique. It's all about the vibe and feeling and energy of a high. Take acid and tell me it doesn't make more sense where Hendrix was coming from, etc. I'm not advocating drugs necessarily, everyone who's going to push those boundaries has to find where the line is drawn and they usually learn that the hard way, but drugs have their place as a source of inspiration and many, many artists who partook of them will attest to that. The problem is they will destroy you if you go too far, it's always a risk you're taking
@@Rainydaydreamaway7 I don't disagree with you at all, depends on the drug though. Stimulants, at least in my case, never really do much in the way of opening up new avenues of creativity. For a long time Stevie didn't seem hampered by his coke habit, but towards the end of his using days it most definitely did affect his playing negatively. And those last few years of his life, not only was he playing the best guitar of his life, you could also tell he was so much happier.
I spent a lot of time in Austin back in the 1980s. Saw Stevie many many times. He is highly respected among folks that were around him. Very humble and a nice guy. It does not seem like 33 years since we lost him . Hard to believe.
Amazing musician. He's one of the few that becomes music when he preforms. Even just sitting alone there with the interviewer every time Stevie plays he performs! Awesome
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God I Miss This Man!!!, He was a True Blues Legend!!!, a Once in a Melinnium Talent!!!, The Music just Flowed Out of Him so Effortlessly!!!, and Besides His Incredible Guitar Prowess, Stevie had an Incredible Voice for The Blues!!!!, Thank You Stevie Ray, for all The Incredible Music that You left the World!!!!
I had the privilege of experiencing SRV live in concert w/Jeff Beck on December 2, 1989 at Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA. I was 17. I've seen quite a few legendary bands live, but this is the only concert date that I'll never forget. We lost Stevie the following Summer. Just before the show started, the arena went completely dark and then the stage lights came on as they launched into "When The House Is a Rockin". That was 28 years ago and I still haven't heard, felt, or experienced that kind of tone, stage presence, musicianship or mastery of blues guitar since. And I imagine I never will again. He also spoke (albeit indirectly) about how God delivered him from his addictions, which inspired me to clean up my act. Life changing. Best. Concert. Ever. See you in heaven SRV.
I hate to tell you this but that will never happen to a guitar with any kind of normal use no matter how hard you practice. That was done on purpose or through some kind of neglect, abuse, or other drug induced activity.
The music and soul....just poured out of him like an endless river. His instrumental cover of "Little Wing" is the most complete and soulful example of blues guitar ever recorded.
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This guy only had 36 years on earth and yet he had reached a level of skill other professionals would still struggle to achieve if they had 100 years. It feels as if he could play every song in existence on the spot, and make it better.
I saw him play live in 1988, I was in the first line in front of the stage, his sound was as big as 10 guitars at the same time. Each new song he changed the pick and threw the old into the audience. I got one. The last song he played was voodoo chile, during which he pulled the SRV's tremolo so hard that he broke it and he slipped back towards the drums.
I remember seeing this the first time it was on TV and thinking the interviewer was clueless then. Stevie could have got really pissed by the guys ignorance, but true gentleman he was he persevered and played some great stuff. RIP SRV.
What makes SRV's playing here so unbelievably special is its musical expression coupled with such incredible precision and speed..!!. One of the true guitar greats taken from us far too soon 🎸🎸
I saw him live at Landover Maryland near Washington DC. It is an amphitheater and that is one of the best guitar playing that I ever witnessed. I’m surprise his hands doesn’t lock up RIP.
I bought his very first album...... and every subsequent album up to his death. Everything good that can be said about him has already been said on here. All I can say is he was just utterly awesome. R.I.P. SRV..... great guy, great picker, and fellow Texan🎸
The Lesson here is no matter How Hi or how long Drugs continued his will won in the end, Take control is the only way forward, Thank God we got a few more yrs of SRV, he inspired improvement in thousands b4 the tragedy his all mighty touch & massive talent is ethereal, just imagine God's band, the talents would have jams beyond reality, We did lose Stevie way too young a gift to music, that we treasure for his Tenacity to beat consumption, Bless his talent & life lesson, 🖖🤔 Apologies 4 emotions 😌👍
@@allgunsblazed9106 Wow I did make mess of that, thanks man, glad to fix it b4 I check out, fighting 4 life daily now, & still digging SRV, always Mr Smooth but sad flying takes so many 4 Heavens big band, Imagine that makes it easier to cope with the injustice of loosing these huge gifts to music 😣 Sorry 4 misunderstanding. 🖐️🙄
hes amazing and i love him. but don't you think Jimi Hendrix is the greatest? i mean hes definitely A great but Jimi's ability to innovation and invent is what puts him ahead of the pack in my opinion. (no shade, genuinely just wanna have a conversation about it)
@grady.713 Hendrix was a glorified covers artist. Sure he improvised and innovatived over a lot of those covers, but... there are 10 year olds out there today that can play Jimi note for note. There are less than a handful of greats that can come close to playing SRV note for note.
I would give anything to have just sat down and had a conversation with Stevie, he seems to have been so much more than just one of the best, or the best guitarist to have ever lived. He was one cool cat! 🎸👑
Do you know when you feel like you’re making good progress on Guitar, you feel proud of yourself! Then you watch SRV on this video play, and you realise “I have a long long way to go!’ RIP SRV
This man heavily inspired me as a kid in my bedroom trying to play like him. I was in 8th grade on hearing of his death while on my school bus. His music still lives on in us all who love him.
You'll always be missed The man loved the guitar and it showed every time he picked it up. That's what it takes talent, rhythm and most more than anything practice and Stevie had it all. Rest in peace
I was fortunate enough to meet this man way back when at a place called mother blues back in the day what a humble guy and he'll live forever that's all I can say about that
The power in his left hand was absolutely amazing... He used thick as hell .12 gauge strings to get his big fat sound .... They were thick like bridge cables but He strangled them like they were banjo strings. ... Stevie was The Bruce Lee Of Blues Guitar.
Just the way he compared both playing styles and then just go on to play Rude Mood... A guitar hero that I've never bothered paying attention to for all these years... May You Rest In Piece SRV, and thanks for the music you brought us!
It sucks man. I’m only a teenager and I never really listened to him until recently. It’s crazy that he died 30 years ago. I’d kill to see him live, but that’s just how it is. Plus, imagine how much more music and joy he’d of produced in the last three decades. If there’s a heaven, I really hope he’s looking down and seeing all the joy and inspiration he’s still spreading today.
@@lyzardking5036 ... I was 17 when I saw him at the James L Knight Center in Miami- what a night! Do yourself a favor, go buy this www.amazon.com/Stevie-Ray-Vaughan-Double-Trouble/dp/B0002SPPSC/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2AP2LJ1O39VPH&dchild=1&keywords=stevie+ray+vaughan+live+at+montreux&qid=1599790035&sprefix=stevie+ray+vaughan+live%2Caps%2C163&sr=8-2 be the best 12 bucks you ever spent.
Well I didn't get into stevie till he had died but better late than never I spose.......just love his sound, skill, style and everything. Good voice to
Ive been listening to SRV for at least 25 years. Ive been on youtube for at least 15 years. And somehow I'm just seeing this 15 years after it was uploaded. Thank you, my algorithmic masters.
I was there with a friend at Newcastle City Hall , 21 June 1988 . The venue capacity meant it wasn't a huge crowd - I was at the front , just to the left of the centre of the stage - I could rest my arms out on the stage floor . I remember him talking about his nightmare with substances - something that plagued me also , later in life (not now!)
I love how he says, "We've been nominated like seven times." Most musicians would say, "I." Class act.
So true.
Gotta remember, he never wanted to be a singer, just a guitar player.
You’re hanging with the wrong cats
In our band we say we 😝🤫🤫
Check super secret band out you won’t be disappointed
He also said “our version” instead of “my” he was truly humble
He was respectful in every way!!
Man his voice is criminally underrated. So unique and gritty and instantly recognizable.
Totally. His voice was a perfect match to his guitar.
Absolutely!!!! Wonderful singer!!
schof1212 Agreed, soulfull singer indeed. Is there anybody else?
Blues players aren't tryin to sing. They gut it out till it's time to solo. hahaha!
His voice actually grabbed me before his guitar did.
Dude sounds like an entire band just playing solo. Unreal
It´s just what I was about to comment. Unreal indeed.
Yea ur right. I’ve never noticed before.
Stevie ray said it's in how you play
Cause he plays lead and rhythm at the same time like Hendrix
@ Jim Underwood: It's a lot of work playing in a blues trio, a rock trio, that sort of thing. SRV probably took the example of Jimi Hendrix, who'd done it and was one of his greatest influences. It always impressed the heck out of me as a young guitar player, sitting there with my Strat and my Fender amp, playing and trying to sort out how Stevie did the backing and lead parts of "Pride and Joy" at the same time.
Based on an old boogie-woogie piano riff, Stevie played the bass parts with his LH thumb (helps to have large hands to do that!) and RH down-strokes with his pick, and most of the treble or lead figure with his fretting hand fingers and up-strokes with the pick. It's one of his most-famous guitar parts, and for good reason - it simulates two guitars playing at once, and sounds hip as can be.
That guy was such a genius on the instrument, and his musical conception - his way of thinking about and playing music - was just amazing and wonderful. It just devastated me when he died so young. Still does. One of my favorite memories was seeing him perform live back in the day during the mid-late 1980s, at the old and now-defunct Poplar Creek Outdoor Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, IL.
SRV was always respectful of his influences and blues heroes, and he often had them guest with him on stage. That show, Otis Rush - the man whose famous song provided the name for the group "Double Trouble" - came up and they played together. Tore down the house, of course! Not only was Stevie amazing, so were his band, Double Trouble.
Unlike a lot of popular music cats, Stevie could play jazz legitimately, and he proved it by doing a version of the old Kenny Burrell chestnut, "Chitlins Con Carne," which was wonderful. And his famous and haunting instrumental "Lenny," has jazzy chords and riffs throughout.
He plays so well that people often forget how good singer he is. Just as Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix
I wouldn't call Hendrix a good singer, but I also can't imagine his music being sung by anyone else. Perhaps that's also the reason SRV left out the vocals on his Little Wing cover...
@Justin M to each their own my dude, but I doubt people are ever going to reflect on Jimi's music for his 'vocal chops' lmao
OwenMajor13 I agree, he isn’t a top tier singer but his voice worked for his music and no one else could do it how he did
@@fendershredder1185 you've just paraphrased my comment lol that's what I meant when I said I couldn't imagine anyone else singing his songs.
@@owenmajor1314 I agree Jimi wasn't a great singer but he wasn't terrible either his voice is unique and instantly recognizable
I met him in Dallas Fort Worth airport in 1987. He was kind enough to listen to me gush like a little girl about his playing. He shook my hand and told me he appreciated it. Some guy walked up after Stevie left and said, " Is he somebody famous?" I said, 'Hell yeah! Famous to me." Stevie was a genuinely nice guy. I wept like a baby when he died. R.I.P. Stevie.
My father in law met him and didn't know who he was. Just knew he was "some guitar player"
I wish I could have shook his hand. I'm crying now. RIP SRV.
“Stevie ray vaughn is dead, and we can’t get Bon Jovi on a f***in helicopter”
After reading his biography I can say this was the kind of guy he was: always open to people who wanted to show him appreciation. Best guitar player ever, powerful voice and all around truly a great guy.
@@norco4life518 hate Bon Jovi songs!
This is a man who truly mastered his instrument
He could probably palm a medicine ball with those mitts of his.
For Sure
I'm a huge fan of his, as well as a guitarist. I realized a few years ago, years after I heard Stevie, was that because I will always have new stuff to learn. Therefore, the guitar can never truly be mastered. Stevie was extremely close though.
I'd Mark Knopfler comes closer to mastery.
- Overdooo - in their own ways I think theyre both great contenders for as close to Mastery as humans can get in a lifetime. Knopfler can play finger style better than anyone ever without a doubt. SRV is a master at attacking the guitar with a heavy but beautiful sound. Very different sounds.
Worked for him 2 weeks b4 he died...awesome human being...he tried the 12th step on me...didnt understand till i had my own breakdown...im sure he would be proud of me now...miss him..nicest man...
Like me, you met a legend that treated you equally .
Keep strong and honour him for that Sir.
Respect Brother
Nah
This is the greatest reward for someone in the program. To help someone else like someone helped them. No other feeling like it in the world. You just saved someone's life. Share it in his honor.
Stevie shows us admitting our weakness is sometimes our strength when talking about finding sobriety his music made me pick up a guitar and put down the bottle 3 years ago he is still touching people after death with the words in this video
And he'd probably tell you if he can do it anybody can do it. I just watched the lost interview he said he was doing drugs and alcohol since he was like 8 he was 32 in that interview for a normal drinker that had just one was 3 or 4 to him it made him have a thirst for more and the only thing that stopped it was his breakdown like he said in this interview the Dr's said he had a stomach of a 65 year old I could only imagine what his liver was like.
Yeah it wasn't just the alcohol that got him it was certainly the cocaine as well. Stevie's go to before he went on stage with have two or three shots each one with about a gram of coke in it and he just bang them down and go on stage! If you've ever ingested cocaine orally in a drink or whatever man it tears your stomach to shreds! It hurts like a bitch until the numbing thing comes in. Definitely not a long-term thing!
God Bless You Brother
He could truly play a guitar like ringin' a bell.
ThinkerThunker I saw him play a few times earlier in his career. I think he truly was the GOAT.
He rang that bell with style.
Go Stevie go, go
Perry B The best is Hendrix , without Hendrix SRV would be nothing.
He shouldn't have talked so much about lame ass personal issues, he needs to cut that out
A remember showing Rude Mood to a friend who was big on Yngwie Malmsteen - he said "but he's just playing a blues, I could do that". About a week later I went round there again and he was really pissed off: "I can't get this f***ing thing to sound right, it's insanely hard."
Yes, yes it is.
It's the other way around. Metal is just pentatonic sweeps for the most part. Blues is not even just about technique, if you can't swing, it's shit.
@@wafflcoptr Noooo, listen to players like Tony Iommi, and Dimebag Darrell, two of the best "metal" guitarists of all time, and both have heavy blues/southern rock influences. They both sweat innovative technique, rooted in blues, and with their own evolution of things.
@@killval849 those two are literally the two best metal guitarists (and Sabbath was far more rooted in rock than metal when they started) because they never lost the blues in their style. Most metal guitarists sound so soulless when they play, it's like machinery, it's just not rooted in the soul, in that intangible feeling we all feel, it sounds dispassionate and empty. I've always felt the best guitarists always have a blues background.
@@wafflcoptr I feel that’s more of a subjective thing, it can’t definitely be said that blues guitarists are objectively better than metal guitarists. Both styles are an outpouring of emotion, metal just manifests itself in speed and intricate patterns. I’m thinking Marty Friedman, Randy Rhoads, even some of Kirk Hammet’s stuff (Fade to Black)
Im sick of metal shredding assholes, i want more people like mr.vaughn to appear..
Hard to believe but its coming up to 32 years since his passing. Still can't be matched, still inspires today. The best blues player ever. RIP SRV.
This video was uploaded 16 years after his passing, and it's been 16 years of this video being uploaded
Better than Buddy Guy?
@@ciseva SRV died in Aug 1990, which is 32 years ago. Where were you?
@@ericlarousse1149 Yes, better than Buddy Guy
Yes, I think so😁 @@michaelholmes9153
I'd like to point out how rare it is to hear Stevie's guitar tone without any backing instruments. To me it's one of the most unique and recognizable guitar Tones and also the most difficult to replicate
Buckethead entered the chat lol
Definitely 💯 👍
My mom was his psych nurse in treatment. He was a supremely spiritual dude. RIP Bro man
Really??
Did he sell his soul?
@@p4pking393 ofc not
@@p4pking393
Go touch some grass, you virgin.
@@p4pking393 yes. To me
He's so humble and humanize anytime he speaks about anything. He seems so chill and down to earth and real...
Zeke Meyer as are most people from Austin TX I've found. Super nice chill people there.
He does but try not to judge a person purley based on how they appear on the screen.
Zeke Meyer he was
A lot like Roy Buchanan, humble & genious
In Gods Kingdom Now 🙏
Whos still listening in 2024 get some
I’m right here. 💯
Eric Clapton once said, when he first seen him in London... quote, I went home after the concert, not sure if I could go on playing, I was that Blown Away by his ability.... I think that is the same way all of us that play the blues, feel about SRV. His voice and his style just amazing. This man's Talent will literally last as long as there is a human on earth
@ 70's Tunes: My goodness, poor Eric Clapton. He discovered a spiritual brother in Duane Allman, his running partner for "Layla" et al.,and then loses him to a motorcycle accident. Time passes, and he meets a new musical brother in SRV, and loses him to a helicopter crash. There were others, too, so many wonderful talents who left us much too soon.
@@GeorgiaBoy1961 same with hendrix, he was a really good friend of clapton and they were supposed to play together the day he died and clapton even brought him a left handed strat just for him. he has really had bad luck and it’s unfortunate how many great talents we’ve lost so young
@@Max-dr6rz lesson being; don't befriend Clapton?
@@obiwanudonnome814 haaaaaaa!
Hendrix, SRV and Prince are the Three Guitarists I have heard other legends say they inspired them to go home work on their craft.
Stevie was a beautiful person. God bless SRV.
Aaron Prince RIP
Aaron Prince If there really was a god Stevie would still be alive..
Oh please, all people die. Just because SRV died doesn't mean God doesn't exist.
How do you know?
william johnson Who said that just because he died god doesn't exist? I said if there was a god he would be alive.
either way there is no god. walk through a children's hospital and see a 7 year old dying of cancer and tell me there is a god.
Clapton always said Stevie was the only guitarist that just seemed to have music and creativity flow out of him seamlessly.
i believe he called Stevie an "open channel."
I think SRV came back as 10 year old Taj Farrant. czcams.com/video/E0eACoei1eo/video.html
Better than Hendrix all day long!...
@@jeffrobodine1850 lol
Did he?
'I woke up one morning... on a tour bus." even his everyday speech is phrased like a blues.
"...in Germany." It really is surreal.
You know, In my 40 years I've never actually heard SRV talk, only sing. Sounds nothing like I thought he would. Best blues guitarist that ever lived... Hell best guitar player in any genre. I wish he were still with us!
He fought his demons.
Beat them.
Dies in a helicopter crash.
Im sorry, but that will never NOT depress and sadden me. Love ya, Stevie.
jonnyrocketballs69 How exactly is that funny? Nothing but devastating
Haha who's the loser now?
:slips on banana peel:
+Mitch Farkas Yeah, I remember exactly where I was when the news came over the radio.
Mitch Farkas i feel ya
We all gotta go sometime somehow. He's still a great inspiration, now it's our turn.
He was so damn good. Even really good guitar players can sound a little flat playing on their own but srv had such power in his playing, really a unique and identifiable sound. He was a special player. It's nice to see the change in his personality here after getting sober too
mrpicky510 his right hand is the unsung hero
By most accounts, he was always very gracious towards others, even when he was using.
His ability to mimic Eric's early vibrato is uncanny
Copying a vibrato is easy. Developing your own is tough because it might not sound good or sound like someone else.
@@chrisking6695 “copying vibrato is easy” aight post your take
@@Bubdiddly it's litterally wiggling a note dont act like its anything mystical
@@itsliketryingtofitapowerst1860 obviously you don’t play guitar
@@chrisking6695 steve vai wants to know your location
Everyone stop and think, how many artists have existed with such resilience? Do we have any today? Will there ever be any other that not only blows people out of the water with flawless skill, and still remaining humble? Such an over-comer, and man worthy of the title “legend”. What I love about Stevie, you not only hear his music, but you feel it.
I love him. He's got an adorable childlike way about him. RIP Stevie.
He certainly does! He is enormously appealing just when he's talking.
"I'll make it through this if I ask for help." Words to live by
Alot of times, asking for help, is one of the hardest parts. This is so true....
This ain't a guitar lesson, it's a LIFE lesson, from a legend.🖤
And watching his pick hand flying back and forth is such an aesthetic sometimes.
Rest in paradise🖤
A master of the Stratocaster! Stevie Ray Vaughn's skill is amazing. Saw him several times in concert and each time he put on a great concert. RIP Stevie Ray Vaughn! Your music will live on forever.
His left hand is magic, but honestly his right hand is on another level
Right hand: Fucking roadrunner possesed his hand
Left hand: Stronger than thor
Best right hand ever, been saying that for 30 years.
The right hand!!! I’ve been watching his old solos and seeing the way he strums out a solo and switches pickups mid note without missing a beat.
The picking hand is so important...a lot of the greats say its 80% of the playing....its the motor, if you can't feed your fretting hand ..what are you left with ?....slides and pulloffs ,hammers ..only get you so far on tbe guitar and while they create their own character in sound ...the best player's have a great picking hand and don't just rely on that alone
@@markbraxton1289 The more hundreds of hours you play guitar , the more you realize it's the one that sets you back , fingering strings gets easy but picking , that's the bitch
I love Stevie not just because of his guitar playing but because of his humility. He openly admitted he needed help when he hit rock bottom. He was a man of passion!
He is so precise in his playing and still so soulful, really interesting.
At 1:36 he demonstrates Clapton style vibrato, with the palm of hand released from the back of the neck and his finger rigid with the whole hand going up and down. Stevie knew his shit on guitar and had his whole “thing” put together extremly well. We are lucky we got to witness it…. RIP SRV
Christ!!!....Stevie was a beast!!!.....and its clearly apparent that he is 100% clean and sober in this interview...after all these years it's fair to still say " what a loss"....
Seriously? He sounds drunk to me through almost this whole thing.
That's a Texas drawl
HeROsiNhEaVeN Man. You’re not lying.
cree8vision Lol..a Texas drawl=sounding drunk
He was sober and clean. Sad that he was taken away from us so soon after this interview. 💔 Truly one of the greatest of all time. 🎸
he was so skilled and his tone is guitartone is unmatched. and additionally he had this great voice.
lets not forget the best damn rhythm section in the business
Such a badass on guitar. As Clapton said, he comes up with ideas and they don’t end.
Saw this live on tv in the 80’s aged 16. Now I’m almost 50 and still can’t play rude mood with anything approaching authenticity. Rip SRV !
I. Hate. Helicopters.
I told Taj Farrant last month; "Taj. NO HELICOPTER"S please!"
@Raleigh Denton don't take a plane
@Raleigh Denton so many great artists have died in plane crashes, maybe take a plane nowadays but not back then
I rode one in the Navy once upon a time..ship to ship transport....never again my friend...ever!!!
And motorcycles :(
One of the most tragic losses in music history! Only got to see him once, but what he did with a guitar....so effortlessly, will never be matched. Sure, there are some great guitar players out there, but SRV was a "one-off" creation.
He emursed himself in the blues. His influences were many. He showed his respect to the old guard by learning their riffs and then expanding on them. This clip shows just one aspect of his ability.
He played with passion, joy, ferocity and tenderness.
He was one of a kind.
Miss him.
RIP stevie
He was absolutely one of the cleanest fastest best guitar players that ever lived forget all this distortion the fact that he played so clean the fact that he never made a mistake if he did you could hear it as he didn’t use much distortion at all he was the best he is sorely missed by guitar players all around the world
What a wonderful warm and honest individual he was. Brilliant guitar player.
Plot twist: the interviewer just wanted a private show
Hell I’d love to have been there
Sounds kinda gay
Who wouldn't want a private show with him
Only just getting into Stevie’s music , not only a master player but comes across as a genuine nice guy , RIP Stevie an thanks for the amazing gift you gave to us all .
You been living under a rock ?
Not meaning to be rude , really what's been the destruction ?
@@mattfraser3452 Maybe, he's just very young and is just starting his journey into the Blues, or perhaps circumstance simply SRV-blocked him hard until now.
Either way, I believe, that you and me both can agree, that getting into SRV's music, whether it's late in life or not, is an absolute win? 🙂
With that said, though, I'm also a bit curious as to what led to the discovery of Stevie Ray Vaughan for good ol' Martin. And whether it happened late in his life or not. 🤷♂
RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 - August 27, 1990), aged 35
You will always be remembered as a legend.
His passion for the blues and the guitar just comes through so powerfully in his playing. Genuine guitar hero.
A very humble man but clearly a master of his craft!
An honest man. Honest to himself regarding his health, honest about HIS music, honest to his fans. He was gone way to soon, dammit. He should be touring once the Covid crap has dissipated. I miss musicians who are so true to themselves. Rest in Peace.
SRV a great guitar hero of all times. I saw him at North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague and it was awesome super concert. R.I.P.
I saw Stevie when he was virtually unknown 83 or 1984 in Denver ..He opened for the Moody Blues. And then saw him again 86 or 1987, stood front stage.. watched him up close. This all happened in Germany ......I remember that he was sweating profusely and kickin ass with Double Trouble 1987 All I can think of now is that I saw him when he was Troubled....
I saw him open for the Moody blues also. When they come on we left. He played Lenny sitting on the edge of the stage in the dark unreal!
Miss this guy tremendously.
There are many artists that have died too early and I very often get melancholic when thinking of different artist dying too young and what they could've done if they have lived to grow old. However, SRV's death really bothers me, and maybe even the one that bothers me the most. He had overcome his drug and alcohol addiction and he was standing on the launch pad for world domination as a blues/rock guitarist/artist, and then he died in a helicopter accident. It's makes me so sad. He had so much to give the world and I felt it as a deep personal loss when he died and I still do so many years later. What a wonderful artist.
R.I.P. Steve Ray Vaughan.
Yep it bothers me to this very day ! All the music we’ve been cheated out of ! One of saddest day of my life that day in 1990 😢
Damn his noodling is better then me after 40 yrs of playing. He will never be replaced. The goat!
SRV was not only 'One Of The Best Guitarist In The World', but also The greatest human being that blessed us with his awesome God given talent!
Valerie Corey everything but that last part. He worked hard to get where he did.
How to play like Stevie Ray... go buy yourself a brand new Strat and play it until it looks like Stevie’s.
Good one, but you forgot step 1 - be touched by the hand of God,
1. dont visit modern guitar teachers. 2. play concert every night. 3. take drugs and drink a lot 4. avoid spotify. take vinyl, listen,learn and play 5. ask god for more talent
@@christianhuber3480 Nah, Stevie only just got better with his playing after he got cleaned up. Went to a whole new level.
@@lifesonsrv9702 how do you think he got there in the first place? It has nothing to do with technique. It's all about the vibe and feeling and energy of a high. Take acid and tell me it doesn't make more sense where Hendrix was coming from, etc. I'm not advocating drugs necessarily, everyone who's going to push those boundaries has to find where the line is drawn and they usually learn that the hard way, but drugs have their place as a source of inspiration and many, many artists who partook of them will attest to that. The problem is they will destroy you if you go too far, it's always a risk you're taking
@@Rainydaydreamaway7 I don't disagree with you at all, depends on the drug though. Stimulants, at least in my case, never really do much in the way of opening up new avenues of creativity. For a long time Stevie didn't seem hampered by his coke habit, but towards the end of his using days it most definitely did affect his playing negatively. And those last few years of his life, not only was he playing the best guitar of his life, you could also tell he was so much happier.
Purely God given talent. The speed, quickness. Behind his back and not miss a beat. Such a tragic loss.
I spent a lot of time in Austin back in the 1980s. Saw Stevie many many times. He is highly respected among folks that were around him. Very humble and a nice guy. It does not seem like 33 years since we lost him . Hard to believe.
Anyone who bends 13's is bigger than life RIP Stevie
Jimmy Landa u can say that again.
When you down tune it's not that difficult.
And breaks them, Never forget he broke 13 and 14 gage strings lol
Lmao true, but its called practice, i play 7-14 hours a day and i can put a push pin on my fingertips without it going through....
@@andygomez1556 14 hrs ? yeah yeah.....
Amazing musician. He's one of the few that becomes music when he preforms. Even just sitting alone there with the interviewer every time Stevie plays he performs! Awesome
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I noticed that too: his eyes deaden as his soul passes through the guitar
I think SRV came back as 10 year old Taj Farrant. czcams.com/video/E0eACoei1eo/video.html
God I Miss This Man!!!, He was a True Blues Legend!!!, a Once in a Melinnium Talent!!!, The Music just Flowed Out of Him so Effortlessly!!!, and Besides His Incredible Guitar Prowess, Stevie had an Incredible Voice for The Blues!!!!, Thank You Stevie Ray, for all The Incredible Music that You left the World!!!!
Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix must be Rocking on heaven on a “ Rude mood “
I had the privilege of experiencing SRV live in concert w/Jeff Beck on December 2, 1989 at Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA. I was 17. I've seen quite a few legendary bands live, but this is the only concert date that I'll never forget. We lost Stevie the following Summer. Just before the show started, the arena went completely dark and then the stage lights came on as they launched into "When The House Is a Rockin". That was 28 years ago and I still haven't heard, felt, or experienced that kind of tone, stage presence, musicianship or mastery of blues guitar since. And I imagine I never will again. He also spoke (albeit indirectly) about how God delivered him from his addictions, which inspired me to clean up my act. Life changing. Best. Concert. Ever. See you in heaven SRV.
Mark Brocke very eloquently put, he left the same impression on me. SRV AND (1 day soon)-SIR-Jeff Beck on the same night? You are a very LUCKY person.
I saw that tour in Houston. It was a school night so we left after Stevie, didn’t see jeff beck but I wasn’t disappointed
If SRV can't inspire you, you're far too out of control. Glad you made it dude.
When was the last time he ever just strummed a regular “G” chord.
Probably his first birthday when he was gifted a gilded axe from god.
He plays a regular G chord in this very video while playing ”Rude Mood”.
@@ristokaijanto it's a b7
When he was with your mom and it was a G string.....lol
I hate to tell you this but that will never happen to a guitar with any kind of normal use no matter how hard you practice. That was done on purpose or through some kind of neglect, abuse, or other drug induced activity.
"The only way to win is to give up."
Dude already blew my mind with his guitar. Now he's blowing my mind with his life stories.
Yeah man. That was very profound.
The music and soul....just poured out of him like an endless river. His instrumental cover of "Little Wing" is the most complete and soulful example of blues guitar ever recorded.
I have to agree
Instead of "guitar lesson" change it to "takes you to school"
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So true
What happens in school? Lessons. You're an idiot, and not clever. The 738+ uneducated assholes, who approved of your comment, are the same.
@Tv 5150 You're no different from all the idiots who approved of his ignorant slobbery.
@@CooManTunesrelax man, people here is just joking, not calling for your pedancy
This guy only had 36 years on earth and yet he had reached a level of skill other professionals would still struggle to achieve if they had 100 years. It feels as if he could play every song in existence on the spot, and make it better.
imagine being that guitar and having your tingles fondled by those hands all day long
Man I wish my tingles could be fondled like that 😔
Bruh.
Bruh
By far the greatest blues-rock guitarist of all times. RIP, Stevie, we miss you, man.
3:00 Stevie breaks reality
haha made me smile, thx :-)
The genius from my hometown Dallas, Texas!
And moved to my town around 1972.
Austin
I saw him play live in 1988, I was in the first line in front of the stage, his sound was as big as 10 guitars at the same time. Each new song he changed the pick and threw the old into the audience. I got one. The last song he played was voodoo chile, during which he pulled the SRV's tremolo so hard that he broke it and he slipped back towards the drums.
Man this is gold!!! SRV The best blues guitarist to ever live!! Just my opinion. RIP Stevie we miss ya!!
First time I've heard him speak! Awesome guy.
I remember seeing this the first time it was on TV and thinking the interviewer was clueless then. Stevie could have got really pissed by the guys ignorance, but true gentleman he was he persevered and played some great stuff. RIP SRV.
Yeh the “Mersey Beat “ remark was an early indicator
@@polar199 Yeah, lecturing SRV in blues. Lol
What makes SRV's playing here so unbelievably special is its musical expression coupled with such incredible precision and speed..!!.
One of the true guitar greats taken from us far too soon 🎸🎸
I saw him live at Landover Maryland near Washington DC. It is an amphitheater and that is one of the best guitar playing that I ever witnessed. I’m surprise his hands doesn’t lock up RIP.
I bought his very first album...... and every subsequent album up
to his death. Everything good that can be said about him has already been said on here. All I can say is he was just utterly awesome.
R.I.P. SRV..... great guy, great picker, and fellow Texan🎸
The only "lesson" here is that we'll never be as good as he was.
Well then lesson learned😂
The Lesson here is no matter How Hi or how long Drugs continued his will won in the end, Take control is the only way forward, Thank God we got a few more yrs of SRV, he inspired improvement in thousands b4 the tragedy his all mighty touch & massive talent is ethereal, just imagine God's band, the talents would have jams beyond reality, We did lose Stevie way too young a gift to music, that we treasure for his Tenacity to beat consumption, Bless his talent & life lesson, 🖖🤔 Apologies 4 emotions 😌👍
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@johngarin8290 drugs didn't win though, he died in a helicopter crash
@@allgunsblazed9106 Wow I did make mess of that, thanks man, glad to fix it b4 I check out, fighting 4 life daily now, & still digging SRV, always Mr Smooth but sad flying takes so many 4 Heavens big band, Imagine that makes it easier to cope with the injustice of loosing these huge gifts to music 😣 Sorry 4 misunderstanding. 🖐️🙄
After listening and watching Stevie Play and sing, I am just amazed.
I miss SRV, got to see him live many times, he was just awesome.
Guy is amazing! Awesome to hear just his playing. Just incredible.
This is literally the first time I’ve ever heard Stevie speak. He’s a good ole boy. Or was. So sad he’s gone, what could have been.
Incredible guitarist and incredible man. watching him play just gives you chills
The greatest guitar player ever, still to this day. The level of understanding and skill that man possessed is unfathomable. 🤘🤘
hes amazing and i love him. but don't you think Jimi Hendrix is the greatest? i mean hes definitely A great but Jimi's ability to innovation and invent is what puts him ahead of the pack in my opinion.
(no shade, genuinely just wanna have a conversation about it)
@@grady.713 I do not think Hendrix is the greatest
@grady.713 Hendrix was a glorified covers artist. Sure he improvised and innovatived over a lot of those covers, but... there are 10 year olds out there today that can play Jimi note for note. There are less than a handful of greats that can come close to playing SRV note for note.
7 minutes of ARV is just not enough time. Truly one of the best ever RIP
Stevie looks up and thanks God for playing with Wonder. I look up and thank God for the wonder of Stevie . Love every note he's ever played. RIP SRV
Saying that’s a guitar lesson is like saying E=mc2 is a lesson about energy.
Underrated comment
Accurate as fuck
Not really. And in what context is this even a lesson?
@@sillysausage4549 The context of... the name of the video??
@@dreugh424 yeah, except it really isn't a lesson
I would give anything to have just sat down and had a conversation with Stevie, he seems to have been so much more than just one of the best, or the best guitarist to have ever lived. He was one cool cat! 🎸👑
Even more important than the guitar lesson is the lesson of life he taught us here.
LEGENDS LIVE FOREVER 🎸🎤
Do you know when you feel like you’re making good progress on Guitar, you feel proud of yourself!
Then you watch SRV on this video play, and you realise “I have a long long way to go!’
RIP SRV
You’ll never get there.... but go your own way and have fun!
After watching this , I used my guitars to warm up my house.
This man heavily inspired me as a kid in my bedroom trying to play like him. I was in 8th grade on hearing of his death while on my school bus. His music still lives on in us all who love him.
You'll always be missed The man loved the guitar and it showed every time he picked it up. That's what it takes talent, rhythm and most more than anything practice and Stevie had it all. Rest in peace
I was fortunate enough to meet this man way back when at a place called mother blues back in the day what a humble guy and he'll live forever that's all I can say about that
The power in his left hand was absolutely amazing... He used thick as hell .12 gauge strings to get his big fat sound .... They were thick like bridge cables but He strangled them like they were banjo strings. ... Stevie was The Bruce Lee Of Blues Guitar.
Mark Marsh .13 actually sir
WOW .... ever try to bend 13's? ... impossible.
Mark Marsh the only thing that may help is that Steve played in E flat and the strings get a little but loose
Exactly bro!
Right hand wizard
Just the way he compared both playing styles and then just go on to play Rude Mood...
A guitar hero that I've never bothered paying attention to for all these years...
May You Rest In Piece SRV, and thanks for the music you brought us!
Every time I see Stevie it makes me sad 😌
How am I just seeing this now...I've been a huge fan for years - miss Stevie greatly!
My God I wish he was still with us. Imagine how wonderful that would be.
It sucks man. I’m only a teenager and I never really listened to him until recently. It’s crazy that he died 30 years ago. I’d kill to see him live, but that’s just how it is. Plus, imagine how much more music and joy he’d of produced in the last three decades. If there’s a heaven, I really hope he’s looking down and seeing all the joy and inspiration he’s still spreading today.
@@lyzardking5036 ... I was 17 when I saw him at the James L Knight Center in Miami- what a night! Do yourself a favor, go buy this
www.amazon.com/Stevie-Ray-Vaughan-Double-Trouble/dp/B0002SPPSC/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2AP2LJ1O39VPH&dchild=1&keywords=stevie+ray+vaughan+live+at+montreux&qid=1599790035&sprefix=stevie+ray+vaughan+live%2Caps%2C163&sr=8-2
be the best 12 bucks you ever spent.
LyzardKing 503 same
Well I didn't get into stevie till he had died but better late than never I spose.......just love his sound, skill, style and everything. Good voice to
Ive been listening to SRV for at least 25 years. Ive been on youtube for at least 15 years. And somehow I'm just seeing this 15 years after it was uploaded. Thank you, my algorithmic masters.
I was there with a friend at Newcastle City Hall , 21 June 1988 . The venue capacity meant it wasn't a huge crowd - I was at the front , just to the left of the centre of the stage - I could rest my arms out on the stage floor . I remember him talking about his nightmare with substances - something that plagued me also , later in life (not now!)