His live version of this song in "Live at El Mocambo" is the holy grail of live guitar performances. This particular performance isn't his best or even in his top 3 live versions of this song (believe it or not).

Yeah everyone is right - the performance "Live at El Mocambo" is definitely worth hearing and will be well received by your subscribers!!🔥🎸🔥🎸

If you think that was sick, you really need to see Texas Flood Live at El Macambo. This was nothing . This was an appetizer.

I totally agree on " Live at the El Macombo,,,Texas Flood,,,he slays it ,,totally unreal!

Any of his stuff is killer but I think his version of Texas flood from live at the El Macambo is the one you really need to check out

Yes, his live @ El Mocambo version is much much better! But Stevie is the bomb no matter what! 🥰

Hey the guitar is a Hamiltone Custom build. It was gifted to Stevie by Billy Gibbons of ZZtop fame. He maybe was using this due to his #1 being damaged in a stage accident.

As great as this was it is an Abbreviated version, to truly appreciate this you should listen to your commenters when they say watch the Live At El Macombo performance of this song, check out his cover of Little Wing Live At El Macombo it’s nothing like Hendrix’s original version….did I mention Live At El Macombo! 😆🎸🎸

The El Macombo version is the one every fan loves to share with others. A re-do would be fine with us.☮

That must be what his guitar looked like before he started playing Third Stone From The Sun, aka While My Guitar Technician Gently Weeps.

El Macombo Texas flood is the one you need to watch

SRV brought me here... and I like your personality... and what you have to say, so... Subscribed! Please keep going with SRV... thank you!💙💙💙 Lovely reaction!!

Guitar is custom made Hamiltone strat-style that was given to him from Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. You need to check the El Mocambo version of Texas Flood. You'll be glad you did!

You have got to check out Stevie Ray Vaughn's Life Without You at the Capitol Theater, NJ. He wrote this song about his friend. This is a must see along with a legendary performance of Tin Pan Alley with Johnny Copeland, another must see. Also know that Stevie Ray plays with a high gauge string, I forget how high, but guitarists usually comment on how unbelievable it is that Stevie Ray could bend that gauge as he does. Please react to both of these.

Another great reaction. I think I'm detecting what has happened to so many of us...you listen to SRV and it just becomes addictive. What an amazing performer and I dug that you mentioned how he left everything out on the stage. That is both a commitment to his music and his audience and a testimony to Stevie and the dedication to his art. Really glad you've done this deep dive into his music. Thanks.

He never plays the same song the same way. Listen to all LIVE versions of all his songs, its listening to the same song but like hearing it for the first time again. Texas flood live from el moncambo is the best version of this song in my opinion

His Mom said the hardest part of giving Birth to him was the Guitar..

you didn't listen "Live at El mocambo"

The bass player is Tommy Shannon from Edgar and Johnny Winter’s bands, I think you asked yesterday. Chris Layton plays drums. This is their victory lap return to Montreux Jazz Festival, where they were booed 3 years before as the first unsigned band to play there. But they’d met David Bowie there, who hired Stevie to play on his ‘Let’s Dance’ album, and Jackson Browne, who gave them free studio time, where they just played their standard set through twice and had their first album, ‘Texas Flood’. When Stevie was truly “on”, he’d almost go into a trance, tap into the music source, hold on, and let it play through him. I was blessed to see him play many times, and I’ve never seen anything like it. It felt like God was present, because no man could play like that, not in Stevie, but playing through him. I don’t know how else to describe it. Before the El Mocambo show, which is the best I’ve seen recorded to show that trancelike state he’d get into, Chris and Tommy said they couldn’t wake him up. Then he popped up and walked out onto the stage and started playing. He plays a lot of early stuff, a lot of Hendrix, his couple of hits, but everything is unbelievable. “Texas Flood”, of course, is definitive, but his cover of Hendrix’s “Little Wing” at El Mocambo is maybe the most beautiful, unsettling, emotional thing I’ve ever seen him do that was recorded.

Ditto on the El Macombo version, BUT, “Tin Pan Alley” from this show was killer! Check THAT out. It features Johnny Copeland.

You should listen to "Riviera Paradise." Stevie recorded his part of the song in one take at the end of a recording session. The song wound up being the last track on the last studio album produced during Stevie's lifetime. Stevie said he wrote the song "for all of the people who are hurting."

With SRV you can do every video back to back and then want to start over again.

He is a true Texas Gunslinger!! That Strat was his weapon!!!😎⭐⭐⭐

You are chasing greatness and you might just get there. SRV WAS great he had a husky sandy voice and guitar chops and the heart and soul of the blues. I don’t know what matters to you but Stevie matters. Thick strings and grit and soul and fire. Hope you get somewhere but Stevie arrived

Someone else may have already said this, but he play 13 gauge strings. Massive finger strength!

Tommy Shannon is a monster blues bass player. Chris Layton is an incredible drummer. There is nothing I can say about the absolute greatness of SRV that has not been said before. As a bass player , Tommy Shannon is just rock solid in every aspect of playing bass.

SRV is a true guitar great!

SRV ~ 🎸🐐 THE goat of all goats If you'll react to the versions we suggest, you'll see him do stuff that is above next level. I'm talking other-wordly shit. **Texas Flood at El Macambo** **Life Without You at Capitol Theater ** **Voodoo Child at Starwood Theater in Nashville** **Anything from Austin City Limits 1989**

Lenny or Little Wing live at the El Mocambo are out of this world!

"Live at El Mocambo" is the proper one to watch🤣

I always loved Lenny Little Wing and Riviera Paradise,,, back in the day I was fortunate enough to see Stevie three times .His sound was so explosively it would take a couple songs just to get your head wrapped around the immense power of it.

Wtf listened to the wrong version of the song the el mocambo version is probably the greatest guitar performance of all time

Life Without You at the Capitol Theatre is incredible.

I just posted on your “Look at Little Sister” video that his “Unplugged” session is unbelievable. His mastery of the 12 string is incredible. I’ll add that if you love blues, he does a song with Angela Strehli, and his brother Jimmy called “Don’t Fall for me Baby” that is a must listen.

Go check his 'Riviera Paradise' piece, man. Game changing, jazz chops. And most notably, a glass-breaking, crystal tone (studio version - I'm not sure of a really clear-sounding live rec).

Next, check out what he can do with “Mary had a Little Lamb”. He could floor you with a children’s song ! Then go check out what Jeff Healey could do.

Even if you don't do a second reaction video of this from "Live at El Mocambo" you owe it to yourself to experience it. As noted in another comment, "probably the greatest guitar performance of all time..." is not too strong. I still laugh and cry at the same time watching it.....really....

Another video of his you’d really enjoy is sound check. It’s about 20 minutes and he does a few different styles. That would give you more of what you’re looking for.

SRV Archive origins of the Hamiltone.... "Hamiltone Lurktamer Stratocaster “The Main” This was a custom Stratocaster-style guitar made for Stevie by James Hamilton in Buffalo, NY. It was presented to Vaughan by James as a gift from Billy Gibbons on April 29, 1984. This guitar features a 2-piece maple body and a 3-piece "neck-through body" design. It also originally had EMG preamped pickups, but Stevie didn't like the pickups in it. His next music video was about to be made, which was "Couldn't Stand the Weather" and he didn't want to get Number One wet during filming, so he used the Hamiltone for filming. During the recording of this video the pickups were damaged, and soon after replaced with vintage Fender single-coils. The EMG pickups and Gibson style amber top hat knobs were changed in June 1984.

I seen an interview with his brother Jimmy of the fabulous thunderbirds fame , but he tells one story of how when they were young Stevie Ray would practice tell he would shread the calluses off his fingers and then crazy glue them back on and go back to practicing , you should check out his brother Jimmy and the fabulous thunderbirds

This one is good but the best version is love at El Macombo

EL MOCAMBO EL MOCAMBO!!!

As others have said, watch the El Mocambo performace - the behind the back there is even smoother. Also Little Wing at El Mocambo is sick.

If you like this you should check out Jeff Healey "See the Light" night music 1988. He is a blind guitarist that plays like Stevie Ray Vaughn, but he plays the Guitar like a piano. Plus I bet you have neer seen a blind guy play with his teeth. Stevie Ray Vaughn founded Jeff Healey.

Yeah, as "bewl" said, you "His live version of this song in "Live at El Mocambo" is the holy grail of live guitar performances". There was a reason I (and others) mentioned that myself. I noticed in this one that he's not using his standard SRV Strat.

There some fun in watching “Pipeline” with his brother Jimmie.

The guitar is a custom Hamiltone Lurktamer, I believe.

SRV used the biggest strings possible. Strings that would break your fingers on a bend.

Watch "Live at El Mocambo"!!!

If you can play, you can play behind yer back.... Thank you for not freaking over the playing behind the back... I admit... The transition he made is the smoothest I've ever seen, and worthy of note... But as a serious off and on Professional guitarist of over 50 years... With a penchant for Blues/Boogie.... I'm here to tell you..As you prolly know...Once you can play with yer eye's closed [Something every budding guitar player should practice] You can play behind yer back... Been doin' it since I was 13 years old.... Thing is... Most people... Like Hendrix... Would just pull it up behind their head... Difference with SRV is the strap swap at the tail of the ax...And he did it smooth as silk... Things like that are cool and look good on stage, but that's all it is, is 'eye candy' for the 'uninitiated'... What made SRV SRV, is the simple fact that he played a guitar like no one else has, before, or since... And may well never again... Wade

Not only is his performance better at El Mocambo better, but the video production is better. I don't know what this guy's attraction with the snare drum is

you gtta check out tin pan alley from the same concert as this...with jonny Copeland...a absoluteley masterclass by stevie

I believe that is the guitar that Billy Gibbons had custom made for him.

He never played it the same way twice, he would just go into it and played how he felt that night. Thumbs up (without messing up the current '666' count')

The guitar was a special custom one off given to him by Billy Gibbons

Like everyone else in the comments. Need to be live at El Mocambo

El Mocambo. That's the gold standard. Night and day difference between this and that.

Listen to Live at the El Mocambo.

You might like to react to Stevie playing Stang's Swang. It's a really nice instrumental jazz piece. It's a great song.

You should check out Tin Pan Alley with Johnny Copeland at this same concert 1985 Montreaux

You seem to not want to see the, Live at El Mocambo, version?

Srv song's its not only blues like most people know actually, try to listen Srv's Live version one of this song's, couldnt stand the weather, riviera paradise, lenny, wall of Denial, or tight rope

Also check out his voodoo Chile from same concert he plays the song completely different but worth watching

Live at El Mocambo for sure - 100% agree with others here.

These were rough days for Stevie...

So you didn't see his best of this song, so now you asked for an original in the Voodoo Child reaction, so, as I suggested there also, "Life Without You" is his best on YT IMO. "Mary Had A Little Lamb:, yea the nursery rhyme, live from Austin is my second favorite by him. There are no bad SRV performances!

Live at Macambo.

Life without you, please ? You'll not be disappointed

This is the third different live version of Texas flood I've seen-this one I would rate as third best-one by the shout factory would be rated #2 where Stevie breaks a string after he goes behind the back-changes guitar and continues playing behind his back with the second guitar-however the Best version is the Live at the Mocambo version there is not as much cutting away from Stevie-he's dripping buckets of sweat and the behind the back move is seen more clearly and closeup.

It’s a custom made by Jim Hamilton a present from Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top

You have got to check out El macombo...!!!!!

1985 capital theatre life without you is a SRV original song and not his normal blues little more jazz but still SRV

Texas flood Live at El mocambo

Great version by the legendary SRV the original version by Larry Davis is worth a listen

vevo, flagship, Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood (from Live at the El Mocambo), performance of a life time, it will change everything you thought you ever knew about blues guitar. how old are you son??? you sound like a chap to me which is what we in the south sometimes refer to as kids, a word i'm sure stevie was well familiar with given where he was from. you got some stuff to learn boy and only years can do it, just ask anybody around.

El Mocambo, dude. It was an epic, out of body-like performance. This one here is only so-so.

Stevie gave everything, and if you research, his strings were like cables,9's and 10's

As far as original stuff I think his best was off his last album. I'd suggest tightrope and crossfire from Austin city limits.

I also think, for your personal edification, you must watch Texas Flood from Live at the El Mocambo. It will blow this performance of the song out of the water and amaze you even more. This performance is good, but this is a pared down version of the Live from the El Mocambo version. Not sure if you picked this version for song length, but you've cheated yourself out of the very best live version of this song.

as far as rewatching his transition to behind his back he has other videos doing that where it's a much smother transition that one he seamed to have some trouble with the strap

There's a great biography on video, I think it's on Amazon Prime

The goat

The guitar was a gift from Billy Gibbons from ZZ TOP.

I just got here - did anybody else mention the El Macambo?

You should check out his sound check video that's great you get a felling for who he is with his band

When I was a teenager playing guitar it was people like Stevie Ray Vaughan who made me reeeeally humble about my skill level. Still does but it's far less painful now lmao I wouldn't do this without strap locks, but it looks like he uses the neck to pull down and level the guitar once he swings it behind... yeah, thumb over the top.

I've never watched this version before, but by the first commentary I can tell this is maybe a 7 out of 10 compared to the version from Live at El Mocambo. Another SRV song to check out is Scuttle Buttin'. I spent a couple of weeks just trying to learn how to play just the main riff and getting it to sound "close".

SRV is one of my all time favorites but if you get a chance please give Gary Moore "The Messiah will come again" Live at Montreux

He's guitar is a Hamilton special made.

You should do Stevie ray vaughan little wing at the el mocambo

This is the slowed-down for the slow people version, the live version at El Mocambo is hands down the better version.

If you’re a guitar truist, check out SRV’s Riviera Paradise on Austin City Limits. He dabbles in jazz on that song and the tone is insane!!!

WTF Texas Flood @ El Macombo 1983 Toronto, Canada most comments you asked for more of SRV made it clear to reaction at The El Macombo

Lol - Drink every time you see El Mocambo in the comments!

Still calling you out on the Mick Mars opening . Don't make us wait too long .

check out stevie on a 12 string accoustic on mtv unplugged phenomenal

Hi my friend my name is Gary Thomas I’m 71 years old and I love Listening to classic rock. I wish I could find your Jimi Hendrix tape to put this mote But I will cross my fingers and hope that you see this. You asked for some suggestions and I would suggest you listen to machine gun off of his live at the Fillmore Album. I think you will like it and I believe it shows his true genius. Thanks a lot and please send me a comment if you can

Watch the rest of the concert the visions he does a very different

Yeah that one custom made as you know what i mean the action is incrediblly so close it seems it can play by itself right .

Dude! You lunched. You should have done El Macambo.