@David Taber is acutally not a 59. Just the electronics are

I was thinking the same thing. It’s amazing how faithful he was to his go too’s because I’d imagine they tried enticing him with many others over the years.

@@benallmark9671 theres no point though. as a guitar player, you find the guitar that does everything you want it to do and you stick with it. hence the name “number one”

It's a masiv brutal sound and rhythm. Thx for posting!!!

The tone sounds fine to me hhaa

tone still sounds as amazing as ever

u actually was that close to srv the greatest of all time blues king?

Sounds real

Tommy was still with Edgar winter not that long after he played woodstock

Unfortunatley this comment is very bliss in that aspect

I was there too....I remember the RAIN.... loved it !

Donny Hathaway.

Brian Johnson wore it better

Tommy Shannon

I personally dont think anybody ever looked cooler playing a guitar...he was so intense, but he laid back relaxed at same time...Take time to watch Pipeline video, with Stevie and Dick Dale playing, Stevie looked ten times cooler

@@anonjohnson3194 UH....NO. Tank tops ruined the fit

littlebuddyd ...

That's awesome !!!

It's not made up, my band used to play there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_World_Headquarters

Kearney Dillon that's what always tripped me out about him he was kinda small in stature and had these huge hands he was AMAZING LIVE ! SAW HIM SEVERAL TIMES LIVE AMAZING !

@@ellenanderson9535 ❤amen lord bless bless you guys and blessings will come to bless you guys amen!

@@ellenanderson9535he was born to play im telling you

You have that right on, but let's not forget Lou Ann Barton, had the pleasure to have had dinner with her a couple years back.what a lady!

Hell yeah, Fat Dawgs....

There were some great bands that played at Fat Dawgs. The Planets, Peyote just to name a few

Hmm...I know a little about Peyote...I was married to the guitar player...still live with him...My last name is Buchanan; )

Wow. So young!

Man thanks for putting this up John! This is my favorite era of SRV, raw as its gets! As a blues player its like seeing Hendrix for the first time but in the blues genre. Thanks again!

That honestly gives me hope as a 25 year old guitarist/producer/artist doing diy. Hope to be as good as srv

Kind of fitting SRV’s fame started to soar when he turned 27; same age as when Jimi Hendrix passed away in 1970. Talk about passing the torch.

I'm a 27 year old truck driver with a damn fender in the back and I'm a damn man with a damn Cascadia

Actually, he was 25 years, 7 months, 9 days old.

Hi John Cline...Yikes! I've been schooled, LOL. But he still looked like a baby teenager up there. Nice to meet you, John.

Hi Claire, it wasn't my intention to "school" you, I just wanted to make his playing seem even more amazing by revealing he was only 25 years old! Nice to meet you, too, Claire!

Hey John, I added the 'Lol' so U wud kno it was all in fun. I was so excited over that video, I didn't stop to do the math! Can I put a question 2U? I'm certain UR familiar with that huge green turquoise necklace Stevie wore so often. (called a squash blossom) I heard thru comments he was wearing it at his time of death(may he RIP). Also that it was found by brother Jimmy Lee, at the crash site, the next day. Do U kno if there's any truth in that? I haven't yet read the biography, but intend to, soon. Regards John

I knew you were having fun! I remember SRV's squash blossom necklace, Jimmie didn't find the necklace himself but someone found it and brought it to him while he was at the crash site. It is true according to Jimmie Vaughan himself. www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-31-ca-595-story.html ------------------------------------------------ It was the morning of Aug. 27 when Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35, died on a foggy hillside near Alpine Valley, Wis. The pilot and three other passengers--including rock booking agent Bobby Brooks--also were killed. Only hours before the crash, the brothers--two of Texas blues-rock’s most talented and popular guitarists--had joined in a rollicking encore jam with Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy and Robert Cray at the conclusion of a two-day blues-rock festival at Alpine Valley in which Stevie and his band, Double Trouble, had been featured. Jimmie had flown in to join his brother at the show, the two riding a high as they had recently completed recording “Family Style,” their first album together--something that had been a dream for both throughout Jimmie’s 15-year stint in the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie’s acclaimed ‘80s solo career. “We’d never done that, not since we were kids at home just sitting in our bedroom with guitars,” Jimmie said of the making of the album. But after Alpine Valley, in a scene reminiscent of Buddy Holly’s ill-fated last flight in 1959, Stevie was offered and accepted the one remaining seat in the first helicopter taking the performers and crew back to Chicago. “A lot of times when you’re through with a gig and excited, sometimes it’s good to just get out of there and take a hot bath and relax,” Jimmie said, trying to explain his brother’s haste. Jimmie’s flight got him back to Chicago in the early morning hours, unaware of the tragedy. It wasn’t until Stevie’s manager woke Jimmie at 6 a.m. that he learned the news. First thinking it was a joke, but soon devastated, Jimmie went to the crash site. “We were so tore up, as you can imagine. We then went back to the (concert site) that day, calling people and making arrangements backstage--in shock,” he said. “And I kept praying and thinking to myself, you know, ‘Give me a sign or something that he’s OK, or make sense out of this, or something .’ “So we were in the car leaving, and this guy comes running, said ‘Wait! Wait!’ . . . So they come up on a jeep and they had this,” Vaughan said, fingering an ornate silver cross on a heavy chain around his neck. “They found it, right the minute before we were leaving,” he said. “That’s what Stevie had on. It’s a Coptic cross that he wore. He wore it for years, every day. It was pretty. . . .” His voice trailed off as he tried to describe the feeling of finding a sign of hope in the middle of his sorrow. And then he smiled. “It’s just been one thing after another like that since then,” he said.

the guitar may have been the only one that knew

Now she sits alone waiting for 2 hands and I got those hands

Rumor has it that that Guitar #1 Strat was owned by Christopher Cross who sold it to the music store there in Austin then Steavie bought it.And then it was shredded like no other shredder could shred "blues cheese",or "sharp chedda" there was neva a betta shredda than SRV.

Rumor

Yes....I agree....I still struggle with that after all these years! The world is suffering without his wonderful energy that was so full of positive energy into the known universe!

He flipped a coin with Eric Clapton for the helicopter ride, so we would have lost either way. 😔

If only the pilot had actually been grounded like he should have been. How hevwas still able to fly is beyond me. His license should have been suspended.

Sad but true! But also true is his gifts in such a short time! The big what if....

Clear Adventure Is that actually true? That’s the story of Ritchie Valens, big bopper & buddy holly

drakejdf chek out jimi hendrix he derived alot from him

technically there is no "current footage" since he's been dead 28 years..

Current footage??

Stevie was the definitive encyclopedia of the blues. No one could do what he did.

So agree. How do you honor such a man ? It's impossible but to love, love, love him.

I went to tech - where was this?

@@briantoplessbar4685 Buddy Holly Park, on the north end of the city

You lucky man

11 years later there’s a lot more now. Wish he was still here

Dare I say that might have been because back in these days his set up wasn't fancy. Many people don't realize that in the mid 80s and up to his death he not only experimented with multiple amps he often used many amps on stage. I think here he's captivated maybe by the simplicity yet the monstrous sounds he's pulling out of his guitar and amps.

1980! great

Hey Christy

he might be skinny, but look at the size of his hands they're x2 the normal mans sizes, i dont know if they got big from heavy gauges of, they already started that way but he gots hand meat, maybe not this video but i others your can tell you wouldnt liked to be punched in the face by him.......

Damn! Double Vibroverb onslaught!

Wow amazing !!!

U work w him. Cool af

Fat Dawgs!

Saw a Hubert times at Fat Dawgs. I knew he was going somewhere. How could he not?

I saw him at Fat Dawgs once. I was on the front front row right under him. My gawd he was something.

pacificvibe This IS the earliest known video of SRV. I shot it in 1980 when he was 25 years-old.

Thanks so much for doing so. He is such an inspiration to me and finding things like this make my day.

John Cline Do you know if in this video he is playing 'his guitar' pre being beat up?

It looks like it is.

Yes, this is "Number One" before it became worn from playing.

Nobody will ever play like or be SRV. He was brilliant and humble.

It had an insanely dark sunburst compared to most sunbursts.

Before his big initials on the pickguard.

Your comment made me cry to be honest

You're very welcome

Well, he wasn't exactly a legend yet. Lubbock locals could catch him playing Fat Dawg's bar pretty often.

wow i saw tesla at fat dogs & i went to all of the tornado jams i remember one of them when it was knee high in mud