I'm sitting here wondering how many SRV fans are smirking along with me early in the video. We're all thinking, just you wait dude, just wait

It always amazes me how many people have never heard of Stevie before. And while it's certainly a matter of opinion, in my eyes he was unquestionably the greatest guitarist that ever lived---AND was a really sweet and humble guy. God bless his legacy!

This guy can play is a major understatement

HIs technique was brilliant, his bends was pitch perfect when they needed to be, blue when they needed to be, never missed a beat, he could shread, and still tons of feeling. I miss him so.

He's known as the GOAT for a reason. Stevie's not just a good guitarist - he's one of the best of all time - the bar many of today's guitarists reach for. Love watching this!

He threw the behind the back thing in just to see if he could dazzle the crowd while he strangled his guitar with it's own strings... Pure Talent RIP Stevie Ray.

For context, this is a dude that jammed so hard both David Bowie and Elton John heard him on the radio and went "Holy shit... I must know the name of that man."

Welcome to Stevie land . STRAP IN , HOLD ON .....your in for it now !!!!!! He is self taught , could not read music . And IS the BEST guitar player of ALL TIME !!! He never played a piece the same way twice , So every time is like the first time . Rest in piece brother .

THE GREATEST GUITARIST WHO EVER LIVED!! That's what you just watched!! Watch/listen to anything & everything you can get your hand's on that Stevie Ray Vaughan ever played!! You will never be disappointed!! Absolutely FABULOUS!! Every note, every time!- R. I. P. - S. R. V. He is not gone, he is just away!!!

Absolutely AMAZING this guy is

Best who ever lived right there 🐐

Congratulations, you just discovered the BEST Guitarist that ever walked the planet!

🤠 Greetings from Texas! That's our angel - SRV!!! 👍👼😇🎸🎸🎸

Stevie Ray is a Texas boy, saw him several times live, and we claim him as a Texas son, Texas treasure! Great reaction brother!

One of the best. Ever. Crazy guitar skills that will never be matched.

SRV is the definition of SWAG and GOAT.

I was blessed to have seen this man twice before he died. I was at his last show at Alpine Valley the night his helicopter crashed. People who have just now became aware of his absolute greatness ask why the crowds that Stevie played for didn't seem to be enjoying the performances but believe me were were in total amazement....we couldn't believe what we were witnessing...and what it FELT like to hear that in person.

Next thing you need to see is him playing "Voodoo Child", specifically the video that's live in Austin 1989. Good clear footage. You'll know it's the right one if he's dressed in black. Best Blues guitarist ever imo and, by all accounts, one of the kindest, most humble human beings you'd ever want to meet. We lost something special when we lost him, in more ways than one. Stevie Ray & his music are a gift. So glad you're discovering him.💙

I live for watching reaction channels do "Texas Flood" just for that moment when SRV plays behind his back. Never disappoints (both SRV and the reactor). "Is this real?" was pretty much my reaction the first time I saw him do this live. Was so lucky I got to see him in concert a few times. RIP to the GOAT SRV!

He is a talent that shows up nay once in a lifetime….

The Greatest Guitarist To Ever Walk This Planet..R.I.P. Stevie..Thanks For All You Gave Us..Gone But Definitely Not Forgotten.

I am actually in tears here.....the guitar was part of him....an extension of him. The music flowed through him. He was taken from us way too soon. R.I.P. Stevie Ray

That's just good ol' TEXAS 🇨🇱 blues! Stevie Ray was the 🐐!🔥🔥🔥💯😁❤✌

Stevie is and always will be THE G.O.A.T. Hands down!

I've been watching lots of these reactions to Stevie's Texas Flood performance for years and I see everybody in disbelief when he chucks the guitar behind his back and you all get the same stare and gobsmacked look as you watch the master do his thing. It happens to everyone, and it makes me feel proud and excited watching people watch the master for the first time, I got the same feeling 30 years ago when I first saw this gig....welcome to the club, now your journey to Stevie's greatness starts, great vid

So how many people are sitting watching this about half way through, before he plays behind his back, watching you freak out over Stevies playing, saying "And wait there is more!"?

The GOAT. There WILL NEVER be another as good. I love when he goes behind the back and to see the new listeners jaws drop open in amazement.

Back in the 70s I was fortunate to have been sitting in a bar in Austin where various local musicians would drop in and jam. On this particular night a young Stevie Ray strolled in and began to play. I knew right then that he was a super star. RIP Stevie Ray.

Considered by many, including myself, to be the best ever! Winner of a slew of awards, a bunch of grammys, first white person to be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame & voted into the Rock and Roll Hall Fame by over 18 million people. Major influence to a whole generation of top guitarists. Admired & idolized by all the greats that came before. Referred to as legendary by the likes of Albert King, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, B. B. King & anybody else you can think of. Beat drugs & booze and helped countless others to do the same. A great musician & a good soul. Now playing in heaven with the angels. Killed in a chopper crash in late August, 1990 leaving a concert. Such a tragedy for the world! He was poised on the brink of superstardom.

I honestly believe that he does NOT have one song/performance that is not inspiring and entertaining to watch and listen to without praising him. I envy your position that you’re about to witness every performance for the first time, but honestly every video I’ve seen of him I’ve watched dozens of times and I can say I never get tired of watching them. In fact, they only get more like able the more you watch them. I could recommend one video, but really ANY that you watch is fire!! One of my favorites is “Mary Had A Little Lamb live in Austin “ you get to also watch one of the top keyboardist in Reese Wynans!! Put magic.

Stevie Ray was asked "what do you want to play tonight?? Blues? Blues Rock? Electric Blues? Texas Blues" ?? Stevie then responded "yes"

Little wing...his brother said he goes into a light trance, usually from the first lick, but always during first song, and holds the zone until it's over. Music comes through him.

I got to see him preform in person, awesomeness at it's greatest

He was equally awesome on every album! The world lost a treasure!

I loved your reaction, that's exactly how I reacted when I first saw it. Jaw dropped, total shock, all the way through! Now I gotta catch a Texas Flood reaction video at least once a day. It's like spreading the gospel! GOAT! No exception.

No one can doubt that Stevie did what he was born to do.

SRV puts his best into every performance. He is my favorite. This song is a blues standard in Texas that was originally recorded in 1958 by Larry Davis. Stevie makes it his own. Oh and his last name is like "lawn" with a "v". Thanks for the reaction.

RIP Stevie, we all miss you terribly :(

Sing+playing the quitar like a briliant lunatic+ behinde back.Super heavy even for greatest players.RIP

I saw him play twice in the 80's and yes, he really was that great. Best blues guitar performance ever recorded.

Reactions to this performance are the best thing on the Internet. 😎

Your face when he put it behind his back 😂😂😂😂 priceless

In my opinion, this is the greatest live guitar performance of all time. Not to mention he can sing!

D...So Glad You Discovered STEVIE..He IS The GOAT..Always Thought, If I Could Be An Inanimate Object, I Would Be His Guitar, I Can Only Imagine.....ENJOY This New Journey.....

Missed him by a few months...😢 He is a direct Channel from god that gave this profound guitarists'guitarist his gifts and he shared it with ALL of us! Can I get an Amen, shalom, shaloom, namaste? ✌️💜🎶🎸

You've now been exposed to THE guitar GOAT. There is no one that comes close and probably never will be. A once in a millennium talent!

Greatest live performance of all Time!

The lead guitarist in my cover band showed me the whole “ live at Elmacombo “ video in like 1999, 2000…. The coke and road schedule kinda blur things, but I remember actually almost crying in joy in my amazement of the talent God can place upon a man, the first time I saw that live performance.

Many think this was the best slow blues performance ever recorded.

There's nothing more ENTERTAINING than watching someone discover SRV FOR THE FIRST TIME .

There is a reason he was the GOAT! I had the privilege to see him 3X!

Welcome to the wonderful world of Stevie Ray Vaughan

Watching a new generation of young people discover SRV and his mastery of the guitar has become my favorite pastime lately. They cant believe it. 😂

The Greatest Live Guitar Performance of all Time!!

Best S.R.V. Texas flood reaction so far an I watch all of them. God bless you sir.

Stevie writes the story and then possesses the guitar to tell that story 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

"Whoa, what the f..k did I just watch" one of the finest blues oriented guitarists ever. we lost him too soon RIP SRV 10/3/54 - 8/27/90

You just watched the man sitting on the throne of the guitar gods. Once in a lifetime guitar player.

You will NEVER BE DISAPPOINTED WATCHING HIM EVER!!!!! EVERYTHING YOU WATCH YOU WILL LOVE!!! HE WILL HAVE YOU IN STEVIE'S WORLD!!!

This comes from the glory days of Texas music when it was still filled with all kinds of soul. Stevie is to Texas what B.B. King is to the rest of the world. As a life-long Austinite I can sadly admit that you won't find music like this too often in Austin nowadays.

I saw this concert on HBO back in 1983. I was 26 years old at the time...Stevie Ray Vaughan still dropping Jaws 38 years later

He was one of the best that the world had to offer..

The guitar was still singing and playing even after he set it down. Stevie was one of a kind and was way before his time. Wish he was still here with us still. R.I.P Stevie Ray Vaughan

Oh how we miss you Stevie Ray! Texas blues Baybee

When you said I like good guitarists before the vid all I could do was 😆 and 🙂. Welcome to the world of SRV

And to think he did that with such high action and thicker strings is amazing to me. That may have been the first time he played that song behind his back. Not sure. But he just decided to try it. An amazing man. RIP Stevie.

Sadly we lost in on August 27,2990 in a helicopter crash at the age of 35 he had so many great songs and videos I don’t think you could find a bad one .

You should have seen your face when he threw his guitar around to his back. It was priceless! I was privileged to see this genius 3 times. Can you imagine seeing him in person? It was an experience to day the least. 😎

The best thing about srv reactions is that everyone is TOTALLY GOBSMACKED even BEFORE he even puts the guitar BEHIND his back, LOL....I love it so, great reaction...I’m now subbed

Stevie once said something that is very telling. if I start to think about what I'm playing i start to lose it. That's the sign of a true musician

Stevie Ray -a man possessed...a true classic...Ty man for the share

I'm 75 years old. I have only been listening to Stevie Ray Vaughan for about 8 years.. and from the very beginning I noticed that he almost always has his favorite old guitar with him ...then at first it dawned on me that his old guitar must be Possessed....or that he himself was Possessed AND THEN I realized that to be that good They must BOTH be Possessed and it is a miracle that they found each other to Create these Magical Sounds together !

Definitely Greatest of all Time stuff. Blues/Rock. Many of the great blues guitarist, Evan Clapton thought he was the best. RIP SVR

love your reaction to Stevie Ray Vaughan he is the goat he is a legend in Texas and especially in Dallas Texas God just lent him to us for a minute then he said hey that's enough come on back. RIP. you should watch the documentary on him and his brother also plays and he's in the documentary also. you will love it because you'll learn why he's so good.❤️💯👍🏽👏🏽

When you said “This is gonna be good” all I could think was you sir are a master of understatement 😀 Welcome to SRV greatness

Check out his performance of “Voodoo Child” from the same venue, El Mocambo. Just straight up, Mozart on an electric guitar brilliance. He was made to play guitar and thankfully for us all, we got to see him do so for his short life..

Stevie is the Pride And Joy of Texas. I grew up there and personally I've always been an outsider and thought I really disliked everything about my state and heritage when I was younger. But when I see Stevie I see all the best attributes of the Texas spirit embodied. There's no pretense, only feeling, and an incomprehensible strength that's almost too much for most people.

I own that video, live at the El Macambo. Blows me away every time I watch it and I have had it for years. Awesome rhythm section too.

Every reaction video for this song is the same. People are stupefied by his supernatural skill. I love it.

That rhythm section is no joke

That’s the GOAT you just watched. There are plenty greats but it’s downhill from here.

The bad thing about being a Stevie Ray fan is that after hearing and seeing him play, no other guitar player, no matter how good, will be able to play like he did. There's just no that has ever come close

Stevie Ray Vaughan was a guitar 🎸beast. He played with 13 gauge strings which tore up his fingertips. When his callouses would come off, he'd just Super Glue them back on and keep playing. He never played a song the same way twice. A lot of his sweating back then was due to mass quantities of cocaine. He got clean awhile before he was killed. I honestly thought his drugged out performances were stellar. We love him and miss him here in Texas. RIP Stevie Ray ❤

Serious prodigy …..I think he is the best to ever do it ….miss him ….. he was so unbelievably original when he came out I literally was an awe ❤️

Stevie didn't PLAY guitar, he MADE LOVE to it !

Yeah that guitar was just an extension of his soul. Wouldn’t even have to look at what he is playing, he just does it. One of the greatest to ever live. SRV!!!

his guitar was another appendage to him ! BLISTERING!

Welcome to the world of Mr Stevie Ray Vaughn!!!

Love it !! Me too... and I've watched it hundreds of times !! SRV is sorely missed.

This video right here is the reason why I now own a copy of every live performance that I could possibly find R.I.P. S R V

"Life Without You" live at the Capitol theater is a drop the mike performance! You'll thank me after.

Stevie Ray is and always will be the king rest in peace SRV I love you

Holy mackerel indeed!! I've watched that one LOTS of times.

Best reaction dude! I’ve been listening to SRV since the 80’s and i still get chills and tears when I see this!

Stevie Ray Vaughan was a man of focus, commitment and Sheer Fucking Will. The stories about this man, if anything are watered down.

He's not playing a guitar; he's playing his soul. GOAT !

I always love watching people listen to him for the first time 🤯

Losing Stevie was such a tremendous loss to the music community not to mention his fans and of course to his family, friends and those closest to him. As you can see by the comments his fans feel very emotional about him....

Stevie is absolutely the very best ever!!

Another great video with SRV and blind guitarist Jeff Healey - "Look at Little Sister".