As a kid I got this show on VHS as a Christmas present from my father. Initially I was kind of disappointed, a relatively cheap VHS tape of some guy I had never heard of (yeah I was kinda spoiled at the time). But when I eventually sat down to watch it, it changed my life. I was like...what is this? How is this possible? Some years later he got me a more than decent acoustic guitar and the Eric Clapton Unplugged tabs-book with it. The Live at the El Mocambo VHS is still the best gift I ever got.
yes! my dad put the VHS of this on for me when I was about 14. I still remember watching it thinking, "what the....fuck". I had seen virtuoso guitarists before but SRV did something special here. stripped down, no distortion effects etc and just a 3 piece. Such a great tone too. My dad made me love this shit for life
I also got this (on DVD though) as a Christmas present from my dad. I too was disappointed, because I had been planning to buy the Montreaux album, but my dad's coworker told him to find this. Said he'd seen every concert video from SRV, and that this was the best. Still haven't seen/heard better.
@@travisprugh6347 I see it in all it's eargasmic sensations and am swimming in in all SRV's out of this earthly talent both on the guilty and his brilliant vocals.
This video changed my life forever. I was into my 4th year learning guitar and i was into metal and metal only. Then 1 day a friend brought by this video. At first after looking at the box i told my friend "you know i hate country" cause of the name on the box and the hat that i was looking at. My friend said just watch 1 song then we can do something else. Well just a few seconds into the song till the end of the video of everyone screaming for more i was paralized at what i just saw. My friend needed a snow shovel to pick my jaw off the floor. From that point on metal was dropped and SRV and blues became my focus.
odudi Nice story odudi! I play a lot of rock and alternative music.and i loved it,just 4 chords and Some riffs in between. Then i met srv ........ I only play srv from that day on.
I've often sat and just watched the audience thinking my they had no idea what they were about to witness the best to ever do it doing just about as well as he could do it he was so out of his mind that night such face melting guitar playing
When you get a performer like SRV, it's honestly hard to find a single show where he wasn't on the ball like nobody's business. This show, however, was on another level. Something was burning hotter in him than usual, and it makes a contender for one of the best concerts of all time. Incredible stuff.
did he or the band ever make the same kind of comment about this gig? I completely agree with you. glad I got to see him both times he played in Halifax, NS (!!).
Lol, something was burning in him that night for sure! Whiskey and cocaine. Agreed, this show is my favorite, I got the DVD and watching it on the 50 inch screen is great.
Hendrix blew minds, then EVH, and then came SRV! This concert is the best electric guitar performance from beginning to end EVER! Any genre....SRV was channeling God or something!
I agree and I'm a dyed in the wool Eddie guy, seen VH 16 times and every time he Blew my mind...Was supposed to be at the SRV show at Alpine Valley where his helo crashed but couldn't go ,one of my Biggest regrets because I never got the chance to see him Live..At least we have recordings of his Genius...
He was channeling a lot of cocaine into his nostrils, I'll tell you what. Bro was a menace to society and an absolute legend to play this insanely well whilst probably a stiff breeze away from cardiac detonation.
Yessir Like a railroad bar to the forehead. Boom Although, I was blessed to see him 5 times and he always opened with Scuttlebuttin. Either way, its an F5 start!
No shit man. Stevie was a fucking hurricane. I've never heard a live SRV performance where he doesn't basically torch every God damn guitar slinger you have ever heard or seen within 90 seconds! Everything he gave us was straight from his sole 🙏
I firmly believe that when you have an intense, burning desire deep in the pit of your heart to play the music you love, it translates to your playing style. SRV was and is a prime and perfect example of that.
Seen'em both,Hendrix will always be the master innovator.SRV will always be the master of the instrument.Saw him live 4 times, small clubs to the old Colluseum in Houston. Moved me and every girlfriend I took with me to tears of joy every time. Have seen all the greats, he's the best ever. Miss him so much...
Seen EVH, Zappa, Vai, Beck, Clapton, Buckethead, Wylde, Johnson, Satriani, Nugent, Gilmour, and many others. Nobody could knock an audience off its feet like SRV.
You know, there are a lot of musicians that I like which I'll never get to see live because they've passed away, and for the most part I'm fine with it, their performances are still here on CZcams or anywhere else on the internet, and that's enough for me. With Stevie Ray Vaughan, though, everytime I see him playing live, I just wish from the bottom of my heart that I could've seen him, just one single time and it would have been enough for the rest of my life. He was a great player and he inspires me everytime I hear him.
Bro stevie makes me feel alive. He was put here to be a bad mamma jamma and that's what he did. Then he got sober abd died in a horrific freak accident. Sucks so bad
I used to get stoned out of my gourd with my friends and watch El Mocambo in my little piece of shit town when I was younger. It was hands down the most exciting thing to do.
I never understood how people said you had to feel the music with jazz as it never did anything for me, then I heard this on the friday night rock show and it made sense right away. Jazz still does nothing for me, but the blues, oh yes.
Scott Matheson Ive been playing for 23 years now , and just About now i think i can play Some great tunes. SRV has always been a big influence for me and i started off with the shuffles and Some easy licks. On a great day after playing at least 3 hours i actually am capable of playing a riff like he did. Dont get me wrong , im not saying i am a great guitar player .and i play with 0.11. Nevertheless i was happy. I finally did it☺️ Then i look at HIM playing , especially at el mocambo, and i realise what a one of a kind guitar player he was. Its just unbelieveble how he throws out lick after lick , bends the 0.13 all with such ease and soul , power and feeling. Best guitar player to have ever lived. I love you Stevie. Thanx.
like all good musicians, he didn't just play the music, he felt the music, its pure catarsis. It was this very version of the song on the friday night rock show when I was kid that made me understand what my grandparents used to say about their love of jazz, that you had to feel the music, and even though it's a different genre of music this and SRV (sadly after he died) open my ears.
He was so freaking beautiful and talented he was his music 🎉after he died I could listen or watch anything on him because it hurt so much I miss him daily and believe me he keeps me going in my ear buds in my car in my house thank you Stevie for making music that makes my whole body move and heart sing you are missed and loved and no one has made me feel this music like the great SRV ❤
That entire performance was absolutely devoid of a single missed note. No string slipped off the end of a fret. No errors anywhere. It's absolutely uncanny. I'm talking about the whole show, not just this song. If you just listen to the audio only you can't even tell when he's playing behind his back. I saw him live. It was amazing, obviously, but this particular show is absolutely unnatural.
never saw him live...but agree. Have watched El Macombo over and over...its just totally ON. I feel it all coming through the music and tone. I can't imagine what it felt like to be 15ft away watching it.
Once I discovered this show I watched countless times ! I think it’s the best guitar performance I’ve ever seen ! And I’ve seen a lot of them ! This show he was dead on it almost looks like sometimes he has to slow himself down so the guitar can catch up! I’m not a musician but I love music ! Probably sounds crazy but to me that’s just what it looks like this particular show !
Stevie Ray Vaughan is not only a legend but..a showsman on what he can do..A great guitar player and performer which can never fade away..Stevie made it happen when so many just wish it to happen..U with me?
I feel very fortunate. I got to see him a year before he died. 3rd row at Merriwether Post Pavilion on the “In Step” tour. Stevie and the boys were on fire. I will never forget it.
Epic!!!!! It's the only word that I can find to describe that performance at the Elmo. I was fortunate to have seen Stevie on two other occasions but the evening of July 11 1983 was like no other. Great full to have been there.Thank you:)
6th grade in 1996 watched this on VHS.. My grandma made me grilled cheese with fruit punch daily.. Still love El Mocambo at 36 years old in 2019. Granparents and father have passed but i still love SRV. Hope my son likes his music.
Just passing 30 years since his death, I wish there was more recognition to the gross amount of talent and passion he processed. Imagine what he, his brother Jimmie and Double Trouble would have contributed together if he never took the seat on the Helicopter. Maybe more amazing is the amount of respect and humility he always showed towards others along the way. Such a damn shame so many were robbed of the chance to witness this in person.
Saw him live 3 times. The third time was at the Benson and Hedges Blues festival in Los Angeles with Irma Thomas, Dr.John, John Lee Hooker, Joe Cocker, and BB King, in 1990. The man NEVER disappointed. I took off work and cried like a baby all day when I heard of his death on the radio. LONG LIVE STEVIE!!
Lol you wouldn't get away with that nowadays, naming a music festival after a brand of cigarettes. When I smoked I was always a Benson and hedges guy myself. It makes sense SRV would play at something called that. He always had a cigarette with him on stage. As you can see in this video. He puts it between the strings on the headstock to keep it in place. It's a tone-cigarette. Like tone-wood, cigarettes add brilliant tone to the guitar, as long as they're good quality cigarettes. OK that was a bad joke but you know what I mean
@@duffman18 All true duffman. And I actually dug your cig joke. 😝 Stevie was SO the man!! STILL one of my worst memories hearing that on KLOS morning radio, on the way to work in L.A. What a loss to music. God bless. ☺
No doubt one of the Best concert ever of of a genius guitarist playing a Strat . The first one for me being Hendrix at the Royal Albert Hall and his famous "STONE FREE". Listen to that one if you have the chance , and the sky will fall on your head !!
J'avais plein d'amis qui me disaient que le gars nommé Vomi Rillette était un des plus grands guitaristes du Lac St-Jean. Un jour ce vomi du Lac St-Jean s'est mis à vomir sur Stevie Ray Vaughan et il a perdu toute crédibilité à mes yeux surtout que ça coïncidait avec son ex-femme en Europe qui lui demandait de l'aider financièrement à subvenir aux besoins de ses enfants qu'il avait abandonnés en Europe... Voici le très grandiose SRV dans toute sa splendeur.
This was the bible in my house as a baby and for many years...I remember watching in disbelief like it was magic...Now i can learn his songs by ear...No one will ever play with the confidence,conviction and intensity that srv did...Plus his respect for the game and those before him showed in everything he did...Even if you do learn his music its never gonna quite sound like him...that 59 strat with that unique neck, his fat strings and his soul man....rip fellow Texan guitarist..we arent worthy haha.
The rhythm guitarist of an SRV tribute band (Pride & Joy) told me I HAD to get this tape. This was around 1992, south shore of Boston, and I forget his name (the lead guitarist was named Sam Gentile, great playa). He was absolutely right, the recording of this show is an historical document. RIP Stevie
I don’t know how Mr. Stevie only has 163,000 subs he should have 163 million subs because there’s got to be that many guitar players in the world that need to take notes on how to actually play the guitar properly.
this show has one of the greatest sounds I've ever heard... He was such a great guitar player that even on his bad days, he was awesome! WISH HE WAS HERE!!!
As a kid I got this show on VHS as a Christmas present from my father. Initially I was kind of disappointed, a relatively cheap VHS tape of some guy I had never heard of (yeah I was kinda spoiled at the time). But when I eventually sat down to watch it, it changed my life. I was like...what is this? How is this possible? Some years later he got me a more than decent acoustic guitar and the Eric Clapton Unplugged tabs-book with it. The Live at the El Mocambo VHS is still the best gift I ever got.
Father knows best (which is also a fabulous 1950's TV series, well worth re-watching).
yes! my dad put the VHS of this on for me when I was about 14. I still remember watching it thinking, "what the....fuck". I had seen virtuoso guitarists before but SRV did something special here. stripped down, no distortion effects etc and just a 3 piece. Such a great tone too. My dad made me love this shit for life
I also got this (on DVD though) as a Christmas present from my dad. I too was disappointed, because I had been planning to buy the Montreaux album, but my dad's coworker told him to find this. Said he'd seen every concert video from SRV, and that this was the best. Still haven't seen/heard better.
I unfortunately lost my VHS copy in a flood in 07, (ironic).
Your dad is a legend
Tommy and Chris one of the best rhythm units in rock history, solid and anchored deep behind Stevie
❤❤❤
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Complimentary to the melody, and so locked in I love it
Put them together what a memorable sound
I love how Chris looks bored most of the time playing, it's just that effortless to own the pocket!
I can't believe there is anyone who would thumb this down, no matter your musical tastes. This is a magical performance.
well we cant see it anymore now so...
@@travisprugh6347 I see it in all it's eargasmic sensations and am swimming in in all SRV's out of this earthly talent both on the guilty and his brilliant vocals.
Stevie givin them the stank face!
Thumbs down for the outfit mate
This video changed my life forever. I was into my 4th year learning guitar and i was into metal and metal only. Then 1 day a friend brought by this video. At first after looking at the box i told my friend "you know i hate country" cause of the name on the box and the hat that i was looking at. My friend said just watch 1 song then we can do something else. Well just a few seconds into the song till the end of the video of everyone screaming for more i was paralized at what i just saw. My friend needed a snow shovel to pick my jaw off the floor. From that point on metal was dropped and SRV and blues became my focus.
odudi
Nice story odudi!
I play a lot of rock and alternative music.and i loved it,just 4 chords and Some riffs in between.
Then i met srv ........
I only play srv from that day on.
Metal is the start genre for everyone, but SRV is the music you will play forever.
metal is a fantastic genre with lots of things to learn too tho
Dropped metal? Damn that's cold. Could have expanded with both imo
I love happy ending stories!
Smartest thing I ever did was to queue up all night to get front row seats to see Stevie & his brother Jimmy.
I don’t care who your favorite guitarist is or what’s your favorite genre…this is hands down the best guitar performance ever!
Underrated words mate
delivered by the worst dressed man in rock
Only a select few knew what they were witnessing that night. This is insane
The select few that got in the door....
@@benbarclay5546 That would be me. By far the best performance I've ever seen by anyone, anywhere
I've often sat and just watched the audience thinking my they had no idea what they were about to witness the best to ever do it doing just about as well as he could do it he was so out of his mind that night such face melting guitar playing
When you get a performer like SRV, it's honestly hard to find a single show where he wasn't on the ball like nobody's business. This show, however, was on another level. Something was burning hotter in him than usual, and it makes a contender for one of the best concerts of all time. Incredible stuff.
Amen
he loved music for sure
did he or the band ever make the same kind of comment about this gig? I completely agree with you. glad I got to see him both times he played in Halifax, NS (!!).
Lol, something was burning in him that night for sure! Whiskey and cocaine. Agreed, this show is my favorite, I got the DVD and watching it on the 50 inch screen is great.
ITD,S because he is clean and the real master was awakening. dam shame we lost srv. r.i p. srv
Hendrix blew minds, then EVH, and then came SRV! This concert is the best electric guitar performance from beginning to end EVER! Any genre....SRV was channeling God or something!
💯💯💯💯💯
True words.
I agree and I'm a dyed in the wool Eddie guy, seen VH 16 times and every time he Blew my mind...Was supposed to be at the SRV show at Alpine Valley where his helo crashed but couldn't go ,one of my Biggest regrets because I never got the chance to see him Live..At least we have recordings of his Genius...
He was channeling a lot of cocaine into his nostrils, I'll tell you what. Bro was a menace to society and an absolute legend to play this insanely well whilst probably a stiff breeze away from cardiac detonation.
‘I use heavy gauge strings, tune it down, turn it up, and floor it.’ - SRV
Yep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was part of how he got his sound. The rumor was, his strings were so thick, that many guitarists had a hard time bending them.
One of the best performances ever captured on film.
RIP SRV gone 30 years now.
Now it’s 32 years since he died.
I saw him live in Davenport, Iowa months before he died. Rest in peace Stevie. You are surely missed ✌️
If there is a Rock n Roll Heaven you are surely rocking with some great musicians.
And it is still hard to grasp that he is not with us anymore. 😔
But we can always celebrate what a master he was/in his playing.🙏
i was at a guitar store when i heard that he had passed. ill never forget that day
2:40 He managed to do the over hand slide without burning his hand with the cig. Now that's talent!
I was wondering what that was. Well I guess his playing kept it burning
I guess that's how your supposed to open a show!🔥🤘🏼🎸
🤙🏻
Yessir
Like a railroad bar to the forehead.
Boom
Although, I was blessed to see him 5 times and he always opened with Scuttlebuttin. Either way, its an F5 start!
Only if you are possesed by his spirit... otherwise just play "come as you are"
No shit man. Stevie was a fucking hurricane. I've never heard a live SRV performance where he doesn't basically torch every God damn guitar slinger you have ever heard or seen within 90 seconds! Everything he gave us was straight from his sole 🙏
Fuck yeah ✌
I firmly believe that when you have an intense, burning desire deep in the pit of your heart to play the music you love, it translates to your playing style. SRV was and is a prime and perfect example of that.
Ryan Brown well said bro.
Ryan Brow
Yes one of a kind.Love you Stevie.
Yes.
Very true indeed
If anyone ever asks me "who's the greatest guitarist of all time" I show them this video.
And then you say "SRV was extremely talented, but he'd be nothing without Jimi"
Asher, Sadboi, Thiccboi He would have been different.. For sure, but “nothing” is a bit strong...
Seen'em both,Hendrix will always be the master innovator.SRV will always be the master of the instrument.Saw him live 4 times, small clubs to the old Colluseum in Houston. Moved me and every girlfriend I took with me to tears of joy every time. Have seen all the greats, he's the best ever. Miss him so much...
Seen EVH, Zappa, Vai, Beck, Clapton, Buckethead, Wylde, Johnson, Satriani, Nugent, Gilmour, and many others. Nobody could knock an audience off its feet like SRV.
If anything cements this guy as one of the Greatest Guitarists of all time, it's this performance.
SRV isnt the only one ripping it up. The drummer and basist are going million miles an hour
You know, there are a lot of musicians that I like which I'll never get to see live because they've passed away, and for the most part I'm fine with it, their performances are still here on CZcams or anywhere else on the internet, and that's enough for me. With Stevie Ray Vaughan, though, everytime I see him playing live, I just wish from the bottom of my heart that I could've seen him, just one single time and it would have been enough for the rest of my life. He was a great player and he inspires me everytime I hear him.
Check out rory gallagher he's dead but great.
Bro stevie makes me feel alive. He was put here to be a bad mamma jamma and that's what he did. Then he got sober abd died in a horrific freak accident. Sucks so bad
Same for me along with Hendrix
@@Science_Always_Wins pilots fault for it
@@rickyriederer7459 still an accident
Certain people are gifted beyond comprehension. I'm not a religious man, but SRV was absolutely touched by God. By all Gods.
I used to get stoned out of my gourd with my friends and watch El Mocambo in my little piece of shit town when I was younger. It was hands down the most exciting thing to do.
HAHA! I did the same exact thing in my little piece of shit town growing up.
I did the same thing and 20 years later still doing it. And if I’m alive 20 years from now I’ll probably still be doing the same damn thing.
I never understood how people said you had to feel the music with jazz as it never did anything for me, then I heard this on the friday night rock show and it made sense right away. Jazz still does nothing for me, but the blues, oh yes.
This concert makes me cry every time. The very best live music ever. Texas Flood is ❤️❤️❤️RIP
So fluid and confident. The licks just poured out one after another faultlessly and burning with the fire of pure unadulterated soul and commitment.
Scott Matheson
Ive been playing for 23 years now , and just About now i think i can play Some great tunes.
SRV has always been a big influence for me and i started off with the shuffles and Some easy licks.
On a great day after playing at least 3 hours i actually am capable of playing a riff like he did.
Dont get me wrong , im not saying i am a great guitar player .and i play with 0.11.
Nevertheless i was happy. I finally did it☺️
Then i look at HIM playing , especially at el mocambo, and i realise what a one of a kind guitar player he was.
Its just unbelieveble how he throws out lick after lick , bends the 0.13 all with such ease and soul , power and feeling.
Best guitar player to have ever lived.
I love you Stevie.
Thanx.
like all good musicians, he didn't just play the music, he felt the music, its pure catarsis. It was this very version of the song on the friday night rock show when I was kid that made me understand what my grandparents used to say about their love of jazz, that you had to feel the music, and even though it's a different genre of music this and SRV (sadly after he died) open my ears.
Years of practice and playing gig after gig
Bien résumé Scott.
He was so freaking beautiful and talented he was his music 🎉after he died I could listen or watch anything on him because it hurt so much I miss him daily and believe me he keeps me going in my ear buds in my car in my house thank you Stevie for making music that makes my whole body move and heart sing you are missed and loved and no one has made me feel this music like the great SRV ❤
Those people at that show didn’t know what hit them. It was like a hurricane of sound, skill and emotion.
That cigarette was unlit when he started...
Can you really blame him? After seeing stevie play the guitar like that I would've lit myself too... you know when someone needs a smoke
I love that his 'testifying,' needed no words! It leaves me breathless, yearning, & of course crying!!! So incredibly unparalleled!!!
THE 3 MADE THE BEST TEAM EVER. GO STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE FOREVER @ DOUBLE TROUBLE.
That entire performance was absolutely devoid of a single missed note. No string slipped off the end of a fret. No errors anywhere. It's absolutely uncanny. I'm talking about the whole show, not just this song. If you just listen to the audio only you can't even tell when he's playing behind his back.
I saw him live. It was amazing, obviously, but this particular show is absolutely unnatural.
never saw him live...but agree. Have watched El Macombo over and over...its just totally ON. I feel it all coming through the music and tone. I can't imagine what it felt like to be 15ft away watching it.
The legendary El Mocambo concert , an extra~ordinary , out of body performance of Stevie & Double Trouble , it was just so unreal !
wherers the dvd
@@stephenodonnell8023 I owned it 15-16 years ago, in high school. T'was a bible of sorts.
I don't know how they made this sound from a three people band. Amazing.
Almost like Cream-all consummate pros. That’s how great they were. 😊 3:03
Remember Hendrix did it too. With Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell
33 years later still can't get over his loss what a epic tragedy.....
Once I discovered this show I watched countless times ! I think it’s the best guitar performance I’ve ever seen ! And I’ve seen a lot of them ! This show he was dead on it almost looks like sometimes he has to slow himself down so the guitar can catch up! I’m not a musician but I love music ! Probably sounds crazy but to me that’s just what it looks like this particular show !
I'll never forget when I was a teenager and I pressed play on the dvd of SRV's El Mocambo! My mind was blown away in the first 30 seconds.
Saddens the hell out of me that he’s gone. All these years later Stevie can still bring out these emotions.
The best guitar tone out of all of his recordings IMO.
Agreed!
Tones to make the angels start woodsheddin' .
Shred it up and keep me coming back for more from Austin Texas "Jimi" Ray Vaughan
Only Stevie could make that chaos sound like a symphony. Amazing.
Stevie Ray Vaughan is not only a legend but..a showsman on what he can do..A great guitar player and performer which can never fade away..Stevie made it happen when so many just wish it to happen..U with me?
I was very fond of blues before I saw the unplugged cover of this and just an understatement my jaw dropped
Imagine, no, he did this by ear. When was the last time you made pancakes without a recipe.
Absolute freak of fucking nature this guy! Man did i watch the HELL out of this show when i discovered it.
They called him hurricane Vaughan for a reason. Because he fucking played like one. My God what a monumental talent!!
the drumming was so nice, like a real friend (-; .
That’s a goddamned opening number
Great video of the best guitar player in the world! Thank you
Stevie not messing around here - gets directly to shredding. Damn. What a first song!
fuck it, I'm gonna invent a time machine just so I can go back & be there to experience the show live with my own eyes & ears
Eric Von Beagleburger can I reserve a travel spot in advance?
I don’t have many regrets in life but not going and seeing SRV live is one of them.
Haha! The drummers face at :23..”oh shit, I guess he wants it at this tempo tonight…here we go!”
I feel very fortunate. I got to see him a year before he died. 3rd row at Merriwether Post Pavilion on the “In Step” tour. Stevie and the boys were on fire. I will never forget it.
STEVIE IS MY SR-71 OF GUITARISTS. DOUBLE TROUBLE ARE THE ROCK SOLID FOUNDATION
Epic!!!!! It's the only word that I can find to describe that performance at the Elmo. I was fortunate to have seen Stevie on two other occasions but the evening of July 11 1983 was like no other. Great full to have been there.Thank you:)
6th grade in 1996 watched this on VHS.. My grandma made me grilled cheese with fruit punch daily.. Still love El Mocambo at 36 years old in 2019. Granparents and father have passed but i still love SRV. Hope my son likes his music.
Those slick dance moves while playing
lol, that was the FIRST song of the night? Those in attendance were melted in the opening moments and it continued the rest of the night.
Just passing 30 years since his death, I wish there was more recognition to the gross amount of talent and passion he processed. Imagine what he, his brother Jimmie and Double Trouble would have contributed together if he never took the seat on the Helicopter. Maybe more amazing is the amount of respect and humility he always showed towards others along the way. Such a damn shame so many were robbed of the chance to witness this in person.
Saw him live 3 times. The third time was at the Benson and Hedges Blues festival in Los Angeles with Irma Thomas, Dr.John, John Lee Hooker, Joe Cocker, and BB King, in 1990. The man NEVER disappointed. I took off work and cried like a baby all day when I heard of his death on the radio. LONG LIVE STEVIE!!
Lol you wouldn't get away with that nowadays, naming a music festival after a brand of cigarettes. When I smoked I was always a Benson and hedges guy myself. It makes sense SRV would play at something called that. He always had a cigarette with him on stage. As you can see in this video. He puts it between the strings on the headstock to keep it in place. It's a tone-cigarette. Like tone-wood, cigarettes add brilliant tone to the guitar, as long as they're good quality cigarettes. OK that was a bad joke but you know what I mean
@@duffman18 All true duffman. And I actually dug your cig joke. 😝 Stevie was SO the man!! STILL one of my worst memories hearing that on KLOS morning radio, on the way to work in L.A. What a loss to music. God bless. ☺
No doubt one of the Best concert ever of of a genius guitarist playing a Strat . The first one for me being Hendrix at the Royal Albert Hall and his famous "STONE FREE". Listen to that one if you have the chance , and the sky will fall on your head !!
Baddest of all TIME!!! No Regerts!
Stevie is Stevie.. simply the best IMO..only 2 guitarists can do what they do..SRV and EVH! RIP Both
Love a rhythm section that stays tight and doesn't move while craziness is happening around them
And you know that It IS so difficult to do it
J'avais plein d'amis qui me disaient que le gars nommé Vomi Rillette était un des plus grands guitaristes du Lac St-Jean. Un jour ce vomi du Lac St-Jean s'est mis à vomir sur Stevie Ray Vaughan et il a perdu toute crédibilité à mes yeux surtout que ça coïncidait avec son ex-femme en Europe qui lui demandait de l'aider financièrement à subvenir aux besoins de ses enfants qu'il avait abandonnés en Europe... Voici le très grandiose SRV dans toute sa splendeur.
What a performance from the whole band OMG!!
1:14. That lick kills me every time. TONE!
...and then right afterward he hammers those 16th notes, bends up and drops into the fattest vibrato. Real power in his hands.
I feel like my back is going to snap and it feels so good
Only a handful of ppl can come out swinging like SRV & still knock you out w/ every tune.
Yeah he wasn't fucking around. He came to do damage
I have this concert on VHS tape. Still one of my favorites! SRV, young, raw and fierce!
This was the bible in my house as a baby and for many years...I remember watching in disbelief like it was magic...Now i can learn his songs by ear...No one will ever play with the confidence,conviction and intensity that srv did...Plus his respect for the game and those before him showed in everything he did...Even if you do learn his music its never gonna quite sound like him...that 59 strat with that unique neck, his fat strings and his soul man....rip fellow Texan guitarist..we arent worthy haha.
The rhythm guitarist of an SRV tribute band (Pride & Joy) told me I HAD to get this tape. This was around 1992, south shore of Boston, and I forget his name (the lead guitarist was named Sam Gentile, great playa). He was absolutely right, the recording of this show is an historical document. RIP Stevie
Dio Cristo quanta potenza. ❤️
Smokin SRV, on fire, coming at ya with everything he's got! Just....WOW!
SRV is an absolute god and I could spend hours raving about him in this video, but damn are Double Trouble laying it down too. What a killer band.
Tommy and Chris fucking right on Stevie's heels, bringing the thunder behind his guitar pyrotechnics. Incredible
This show is BEYOND Insane at what SRV and his Talent was. Glad I saw him over 30x Live. LOVE!!!
I would give every penny I have ever made to have been there
I don’t know how Mr. Stevie only has 163,000 subs he should have 163 million subs because there’s got to be that many guitar players in the world that need to take notes on how to actually play the guitar properly.
And that is how you open a show !!
1:37 that smile says it everything ❤️🔥🎸
this show has one of the greatest sounds I've ever heard... He was such a great guitar player that even on his bad days, he was awesome! WISH HE WAS HERE!!!
texas electric guitar massacre. hurricane blues.
Fucking PERFECT description!
You said the perfect word: Massacre. Nothing as begin a show with a rock 👽
Hurricane blues love it
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God I miss this Man!!!
This artist was one of a kind. I saw him perform, but the video doesn’t capture his unbelievable connection with his guitar!
Right from lift off he had me....35 years ago. Just doesn’t get better than SRV.
Ahh and then so excited starts right after... blues legend.
A month after her died I saw double trouble with Charlie sexton and Stevie's brother on vocals. They rocked but it was an odd , sad night.
This is one of the best guitar,bass,drum combos I've ever heard in my entire life and they started with that🔥🔥🔥🔥
Relentless!
That, my friends, is how you, KILL IT!
Something about the way he walks out in that little dance thing is so fascinating to me
I'm so blessed I SAW STEVIE LIVE IN 1984!! Best part of being 55. Lol ❤❤❤ RIP !!
Holy shit balls! Unreal!
Any time I watch this I think that theses guys in the audience are the real chosen people.
SRV=GOD
I think one the greatest self taught guitar players of all time
Steve Something : Self-Taught?!
The Geatest! ❤️✌🏾
Bass... A great underrated guy!
Sweet Stevie Ray killin it...
❤❤❤
It's time for TESTIMONY. IM IN.
Outrageous Guitar technique
Good lord it's so effortless. Pure magic.
TONE FOR DAYYYYYYYSSSSS 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏