AWESOME ~ SRV & Brother Jimmy (new window)

:_(

If only.....

Man oh man. I had tix to his show a few weeks before he died. We went to tons of shows, I'd never seen him though. The day before the show, one of my best friends caught her husband cheating, after being married 15 years. I gave her our tickets to go see him so she'd feel better.....after all, I could always see him the next time he came to town.

//life is short. Kiss the ones you love.

I had the privilege of seeing Stevie play 5 times. One of the shows, he played Voodoo Chile last, crowd going haywire. Then he came out and played this song as an encore. I've never heard a mass of people get so quiet so fast, you could have heard a pin drop.

Stevie had so much magic. Riviera Paradise, Amarillo TX ^

Godscrack: If only.....

fark you Godscrack.

What a dick.
Yeah I know it's fark.com, and i know you're a dick.

had tickets to the show the night of the crash ... was supposed to be my first 'big name' concert ...

And now I am a dumbass.

Sorry, man.

lsc78 fark you Godscrack.

I bet you took that picture wrong. It's from this thread ^

Now run along son.

Godscrack: lsc78 fark you Godscrack.

I bet you took that picture wrong. It's from this thread ^

Now run along son.

I did at first. Like I said, sorry.

Got to see the man twice. He was good.
So, the day he died I made up this joke:
Why did Stevie Ray's copter crash? It couldn't stand the weather!
Bada boom...
Still good after all this time.

darkhorse23: Man oh man. I had tix to his show a few weeks before he died. We went to tons of shows, I'd never seen him though. The day before the show, one of my best friends caught her husband cheating, after being married 15 years. I gave her our tickets to go see him so she'd feel better.....after all, I could always see him the next time he came to town.

//life is short. Kiss the ones you love.

Limited budget and all, but I chose George Thorogood with the intent of seeing Stevie his next go round.

Man, I've regretted that decision for a long time. Not that George didn't put on a great show, but dammit.

Got sloppy drunk when I heard the news.

In another news, there are people who I can have a beer with, who didn't exist when SRV died.

/Old age sucks.

i remember reading/hearing that Clapton could've/would've been on that flight that Stevie was on, the one that crashed.
is that true?

Link (new window)

I was too young to know about Stevie while he was alive, but I discovered him about 98. I know it's popular to put Hendrix on the guitar god pedestal, but I've always thought SRV was the best player I've ever heard. Not just because of his amazing skills, but he played that Fender with every fiber in his body. Clapton had a good quote about him. He said something like "Stevie was like an open channel, the music just flowed through him so effortlessly."

I remember that being the summer after I graduated high school. I came home one morning after spending the night throwing freight at the grocery store I worked at and turned on MTV where John Norris was reporting what had happened the night before. I didn't know who SRV was at the time and never really got into him until I saw the VH1 Legends special on him in '97. He turned out to be one of the reasons I picked up a guitar.

The dept head of my major in college was a huge SRV fan. Had tickets to see him a week after the crash. Told me that a year later, toured around Texas to see all the dive bars that SRV had played in. Cool guy. Spent a few nights drinking a few brews and jamming on SRV tunes with him when I should have been studying.

/on my second DVD of Live at El Mocumbo
//his music still gives me goosebumps

I know it's popular to put Hendrix on the guitar god pedestal

heh heh...
Little boy

Was at the show - SRV stole all the thunder from Clapton and Robert Cray just sucked.

/Feel like that was just yesterday....

Snuck in to see him the last time he played Antone's in Austin, I was 16. It was the best show I have ever seen in my life.

It still kills me every time I hear Voodoo Chile and Riviera Paradise. Thanks for the link, Godscrack.

I got to see him when he opened for Dire Straights and it was everything I hoped it would be. Still one of my most remembered concerts.

Still love watching the old Austin City Limits show where I first was introduced to him.

Saw him in Knoxville on Valentines Day in 1987, at the old Alumni Gym at UT. Lonnie Mack also appeared. Hell of a show.


I remember where I was when I heard the news about his crash. Hard to believe it's been 18 years.

Working in the industry at that time, I got a call from a friend who was working the show that night about the accident well before it hit the news. I saw my boss tear up when I told him. He did so again when Jimmie Vaughan came up to our offices a few months later.

For all is problems, Stevie had that effect on people who heard his music, especially live.

I saw him for the first time with Joe Satriani. Satriani was technically perfect. But there was something magical about what SRV could do with even a single note.

There is a DVD that has his Austin City Limits performances that bookended his career. This is a must see for anyone who never had the opportunity to see him live.

Third_Uncle_Eno: i remember reading/hearing that Clapton could've/would've been on that flight that Stevie was on, the one that crashed.
is that true?


Actually, it would have been Nathan East (Clapton's bass player) and Clapton's manager instead of SRV and his manager.

I wasn't old enough to see him live, unfortunately, but when I was 14 or 15 ('91 or so) I cashed my first ever paycheck and went into a small run down record store after work that day. I had heard of SRV, but was really not all that familiar with him. Something about the album covers kind of caught me, so I took a chance and picked up Couldn't Stand the Weather and In Step on CD. I played the shiat out of those, and SRV is the reason I started listening to and still love blues. His live performances (at least the ones i've seen on video) were amazing and the sounds coming out of that beat up old strat still stirs something up in me. There will NEVER be anyone who can replace him. Nobody has the feeling or emotion that I get from Stevie.

I hope he's up there jamming with his "godfather", Albert King right now.

My very first concert was in Corpus Christi,TX way back in 1981. It was Stevie Ray opening up for Cheap Trick. Cheap trick was the shiat back then but I can still remember Stevie up on that stage. He was the first of what would become my lifelong love with live shows.

Third_Uncle_Eno: i remember reading/hearing that Clapton could've/would've been on that flight that Stevie was on, the one that crashed.
is that true?

I wish.

I know exactly where I was when I heard the news. I cried.

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There I said it. Cue the Hendrix Homers...

I saw him play in July of 1990. His set absolutely destroyed. By that time, I had really gotten into his music. He died a month later. I can't believe that was 18 years ago.

I knew there was a reason I was in a funk this morning. Damn. Remember it like it was yesterday. The local college radio station had a "SRV Lunch" program...scheduled a month in advance. So I thought nothing of it as I drove home for lunch, hearing nothing but SRV. Then the news hit. Damn. Went home, strapped on my Strat, didn't go back to work.

You know, I never really cared that much for SRV. I didn't think he sucked or anything, but I could have taken him or left him. The guy played box scales and sang kinda ok.

Then I watched him one day on Austin City Limits and he floored me. I finally "got it". The guy did some incredible stuff while making it look incredibly easy - the true sign of a master if you ask me.

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There I said it. Cue the Hendrix Homers...


Nothing to do with Hendrix, but that's just a stupid statement. And, I'm sure SRV would have disagreed with you, considering that he admitted he copped his licks from Albert King, Hendrix, Albert Collins, and others.

Greatest guitarist to ever live? You must be a fan of magazine polls with ridiculous proclamations like that. Music isn't a competition....

"I mean ... Stevie Ray Vaughan is dead, and we can't get Jon Bon Jovi on a helicopter ..."

/Denis Leary

SRV >> (Clapton + Hendrix)^100.

Before my time, would have loved to see him live.

Cerwin3302: THE GREATEST GUITARIST TO EVER LIVE!!!!


There I said it. Cue the Hendrix Homers...

I mean, he was ok,.....

MAN O MAN has it been that long
I friend owed me for some shiat and gave me 2 tickets to the Kalamazoo show.
got a free ride down for the extra ticket
found some friends going the wrong way and got them back on track
got to the fairgrounds and he was already started
"if the house is rocking" playing in the background,the sweet smell of the fair in the air
I had seen Stevie before this but man this night was special!
and that was before I heard the news on Monday:(
Rip in peace

Much like with Jimi, I wonder what kind of music Stevie Ray would've blessed us with if he'd stuck around longer. I'm thinking he might've gone off in a jazzier direction. Or maybe some acoustic stuff. I'm sure he could have pulled it off.

Sucks that so many of the great ones leave us too soon. Hendrix, SRV, Sean Costello, Micheal Brecker, Bill Evans. They all had far more to contribute.

Oh, and PYROY, that whole wishing Clapton dead thing is epic dumbassery. I will no doubt be told to "lighten up, Frances" etc., but just because the majority thinks it's cool to be a dick, doesn't mean it actually is.

what's all the hoopla all about? he was just a blues guitarist. i don't get all the fellatio.

shut up troll

metzjames: shut up troll

Is that to me? I'm asking fans what they like about him. Seems like when his name is mentioned, people go nuts. What's it all about? Why is he better than any other blues guitarist? Or is he?

Troll ... ha. Take it easy sparky.

hehheheh
I guess you've never heard him or seen him live?

metzjames: hehheheh
I guess you've never heard him or seen him live?

Yeah, I have. I saw his ACL performance. He's good. I just don't get the god-like worship. I've never understood the same about Hendrix either.

I mean, when it comes to just pure blues licks and "shredding" etc., what makes him better than, say, Warren Haynes or Dwayne Allman (more rock than blues guys, but in a "here, play Little Wing contest" would we even be able to tell them apart?)?

bassmonkeee: You must be a fan of magazine polls with ridiculous proclamations like that. Music isn't a competition....

Wish more people (musicians included) understood this.

WaltzingMathilda: metzjames: hehheheh
I guess you've never heard him or seen him live?

Yeah, I have. I saw his ACL performance. He's good. I just don't get the god-like worship. I've never understood the same about Hendrix either.

I mean, when it comes to just pure blues licks and "shredding" etc., what makes him better than, say, Warren Haynes or Dwayne Allman (more rock than blues guys, but in a "here, play Little Wing contest" would we even be able to tell them apart?)?

Tone, inventiveness, style.

All intangible and unquantifiable I know but if you are a player (as am I) or just a blues fan you know whats up.

Comparing SRV to Warren Haynes is like comparing Keith Richards to Rikki Rocket.

Desquamation: bassmonkeee: You must be a fan of magazine polls with ridiculous proclamations like that. Music isn't a competition....

Wish more people (musicians included) understood this.

Yep. Especially musicians.

The only fond memories I have from being stationed at Ft Hood were being close enough to Austin to see SRV play in his own backyard, and seeing Pantera at the Woodstock when they were just starting out.

/And the Bunny club

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There I said it. Cue the Hendrix Homers...

You can actually like both.......

Check out the video at 7:33. Un-farking-real!!!!1!