When i listen to SRV ,so do my neighbors .

A piece of advice to music fans. I was supposed to see SRV in the late 80s but couldnt go and thought id catch the next one, I was in California when a buddy called to tell me he passed away. Same friend and I had tickets to see Danny Gatton and he killed himself not long before the show. And then the same damn thing happened with Roy Buchanan. So when an artist you love is coming to town, go, and dont make excuses. Life is short.

That crowd had no idea how lucky they were watching history in the making

Simply put, this entire El Mocambo show is otherworldly.

He plays rythm and lead guitar at the same time...

So you learn guitar cause of this guy, then watch him play and despair

SRV was in the zone that night..drugs and alcohol had nothing to do with it because he played out of this world no matter what he was on or off of. I played guitar for a bit over 30 years and this video got me into blues and i never looked back. Why did Stevie have to die???...now we are stuck with that hack John Mayer.

Fuck me this is my absolute favourite song from the set list, actually it's a tie between Texas flood the first Stevie Ray video I ever saw.

i've never seen Stevie so crazy and agressive like at El Mocambo, he killed it!

The lick starting at 2:21 is one of the most beautiful he ever played and it should be part of the general education of all guitarist.

every time I get stuck and stale on the strat, I go look up an SRV lick. Then I am inspired again. Its the power and the perfect clarity and timing. Then....there is that tone. Man oh Man. What the world lost when he died

My mom bought this live DVD to my father for is father's day. I was like 15, started guitar few month ago. After diner, we play it. My dad told me, you may like what you will see. Then I saw this guy, with a cool hat, walking on stage, and deliver a pure performance. I took the biggest slam in my face on my young life. I could not belive what I was watching. Pure energy, power, taste and control. For me they were like 2 or 3 guitar at the same time. I dont believe in any god, but this day I saw the light. I will remember this day forever. This change my life, complety. I remember watching this show, stand up, close to the TV, trying to understand what I was whatching. This shock me, like a trauma. From that day, I was SO deep into SRV. Day, night, anywhere, anytime, I was listening Stevie. Every single day, every single second of my life. I was whatching El Mocambo live, every single night for sleep. Every single night ! He made me the poor guitarist that I am today, but he also made me dream, and feel so much emotion. He was my best friend, my role model, my hero. And helped me to go though so much in my life. This live is exact meaning of soul. There is no live performance, of any kind so true, pure and powerfull. By growing up, you realise that you can't feel something, like the first time. First time are always special and don't last forever. But when I'm listening this live, even if I'm 34 now, I can feel this thing that shaken my soul this day. Thank you Stevie for what you bring to my life. And what you did on yours. You are the kind of soul that can change life forever. And there is no better way to use our time here.

He had giant Meat hooks for hands designed by God to mutilate fretboards. Divine Tools articulated perfectly, a majestic window and a connection, allowing us to see inside his soul and path to his his heart. And he communicated perfectly. Thank you Stevie and thank you God for blessing us with ears so we can hear this dam good shit.

anybody who downvotes Stevie deserves cement shoes

The downvotes are from people that couldn't get excited even after winning a million dollars.

He was a rhythm player….on the smaller strings. Never heard another player stay in this sort of groove for this long

The man who has had the most control over the instrument known as guitar just so happened to play the 12 bar blues and be known as Stevie Ray Vaughan.

You can hear the seed that grew into "Cold Shot" at 2:22. Amazing.

That is, with a doubt, his most impressive performance that has been caught on tape. He was on FIRE, that night. Does NOT get better than that. His version of Texas Flood that he played that night is the greatest slow blues performance ever performed in the history of performing. 😬😵🙆😁 A little Cackling Karmella word salad, there.

Everyone's obviously focused and jazzed about SRV, but I think Double Trouble played really well on this song.

I saw SRV in April of 1986 at Monmouth College, which is down the road from me. I wasn't really into blues, but I saw a poster promoting the show and a friend of mine and I went. I can't say I enjoyed that show. I was intrigued though, by this guitar player who had such a mystery about him and certainly could play the blues with power. I was so young I was actually frightened by the adults there, especially the bikers and goths. It was SO loud, and I spent as much time watching the couple next to me make out as I did the show. Two things from that show stand out to me: I could swear SRV brought up another singer to do Little Wing. I also recall these beautiful blue lights going around the gym as SRV played Life Without You. At the time I only knew a handful of SRV's songs. Does anyone recall him ever using a guest singer on Little Wing, or the blue lights? Another friend secured a backstage pass- he didn't tell me and went by himself- and met SRV before the show. He said there were lots of people standing around drinking, but that when he told SRV he also played guitar, SRV handed him his guitar to play!!! I also recall the security guys chatting about how cool SRV was to them doing soundcheck. SRV was so loud that a friend of mine who lived near the college told me the sound kept him up!! Years later I learned a ton of kids from my school went tot he show. I went through the late 1980's learning guitar and SRV, after a little getting used to, became my favorite guitar player. Let me tell you, it was different then. It was all about the shredders like Yngwie, Eddie, and Satch and Vai. In many circles, blues players, even SRV, were looked down upon because they didn't have the technique, and people felt it was easy to play blues. It was hard to find SRV tabs, and hard to find SRV fans. I felt inhibited by what I was listening to and playing, and like others were scoffing at my choice of music. The Fab T Birds at least had hits, but their guitar player was looked down upon even more than SRV. I got by because of the praise SRV got in the guitar mags and from a couple of teachers of mine. They made me think I wasn't crazy. Things changed with In Step. Sadly, SRV needed hits in order to get the respect due his playing, songs, and voice. Now getting tickets was not easy, now hearing him on the radio was easy, and seeing him on MTV a breeze ( up til then MTV went with Michael Jackson)) A LOT more people heard him, and A LOT finally gave him a real listen. I mean, before In Step, the T Birds were more well known than SRV. So it sure is nice to see places like this where people are giving SRV the kudos he so deserves! He should have gotten this amount of respect in 1983!!! It makes me feel good to see my main man being idolized and looked up to for so many reasons. I saw SRV a number of times; at the Pier in NYC, Madison Square Garden with Jeff beck, at the Garden State Arts Center only days before his death (a scaffolding for a play fell on his guitars that night, fucking them up and barely missing Rene Martinez). The best was seeing him at the legendary Asbury Park club, the Stone Pony. It was right before In Step came out and I had to sneak in, being underage. I don't know why he played there because he could have sold out much bigger places. The Pony holds about 500. But what a place to see him; loud as hell, he was REALLY into the show, and it was the first time I heard the songs that would be on In Step. Anyway, thanks everyone for vindicating my belief, and giving SRV the credit he deserved in his lifetime.

Stevie's Performance at El Mocambo was his best of his entire career.. he was high as a horse but still an overwhlemng performance

It’s been 18 years of playing guitar on and off, I’m so close to figuring this song out by watching it and listening. I feel so good right now.

After watching countless hours of Srv footage I am entirely sure that no one can bend a note like he does.

Seriously, anybody that gives this a 👎 knows nothing - and I mean nothing - about playing the guitar.

You need to watch his gigs at El Mocambo, this is his best concert in my opinion.

SRV must have been using some kind of futuristic facial recognition technology that would subtly adjust his tone based on his facial expression

I was lucky enough to pick up a genuine Earth III Black/White Notes guitar strap just like this one. I will wear it with pride and homage at my next gig! Hopefully some mojo will rub off on me! lol!!

True story...I was carrying my friend's 3 year old into my house. As we got near my desktop, this video was playing. The baby's eyes bulged wide, his mouth dropped open, and he farted into my arm. He literally almost shit his pants the first time he saw SRV play!😎

Around the 2:00 mark Tommy has an expression on his face like it says "dang that just happened" and looks like he is trying to hide his excitement.....well it fits the song.

2:45 - 2:52 his homage to Buddy Guy. He listened to the best. He learned from his brother. But in the end nobody could touch him. He took it all to an impossible level...SRV ❤

This was Stevie’s finest live performance

So are the dislikes by mistake?... your in a bad mood if you cant realize this talent

Srv is the friend you go to a party with and he tells you just have a drink and in end you are drunk. That didnt make sense. Srv is a fucking legend. El mocambo is where ive seen him get down most.

3:43 Stevie " damn that note nasty "

That's the zone! He's in the ZONE fellas!

That tone boy! This is hands down the best live gig of his I’ve seen. Saw it for the first time on vhs when I was 13, I’m now 45 and it blows me away still to this day! There’s so many good blues players that have gone on to emulate Stevie but let’s be honest none of them really hold a candle to him when he’s in the mood he’s in at El Macambo! He’s simply in another realm when it comes to bluesmen! A god amongst men!

Does anyone else think this sounds ALMOST the exact same as what he plays for Lou Ann Barton's cover of "You Can Have My Husband?" Love SRV!

His tone just hits you like a tidal wave and carries you off to a better place .truly one of a kind SRV was just on another level

The 30th anniversary of his death was two days ago. Rest in peace, big guy. You changed my life.

I NEVER get tired of this performance !!! My man was totally in the zone that night.

Live at the El Mocambo is a live video by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. The film was recorded at the El Mocambo club in Toronto, Ontario on July 20, 1983, during the band's Texas Flood Tour. It was also released as a DVD on December 21, 1999, with interviews from drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon. 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

I'm drunk as fuck listening to the GOAT. IM NOT EVEN MAD ABOUT THE HANG OVER TOMORROW

No one talks about the lick starting at 1:16 it’s so magical it makes my ears explode of happiness

Everything in it: brut force bendings, singing distortion and subtile low volume picking, fast runs and super slow, endless sustain tones. But whatever he plays, it is always totally in groove. As if there was some sort of inner drummer under his skin.

Im gonna tell theres not to many "ahh haa!" Moments when you playing guitar, but when i could play this, it was the first time where i thought "ok! Im getting pretty good at this" I kept that thought to myself btw

The guitarist from Texas like Stevie Ray Johnny Winter Billy Gibbons Eric Johnson all were incredibly passionate about their focus with originality that gave guitarist a goal to reach Janis Joplin was from the Lone Star state as well 😂❤

He is the master of the "call and response" of the blues. Playing lead and rhythm parts at the same time.

Stevie is literally tourturing that Fender Strat at 3:20-3:35, and that Strat is taking it, like the real guitar that it is.

Stevie's Number 1 Strat is like the Excalibur sword. Only King Arthur could pull it from the stone, and If anyone other than Stevie plugs in Number 1 to an amplifier it refuses to play or sing and its not made a single sound since Stevie passed away. Steve

sorry but... after 2:15 those licks or so beautiful .the feel is unreal!

He was playing at home. On fire. In his thirties? Wotever. The man was the man. Thanks for posting this one too.

Check out the guy in the audience at the very end. LITERALLY slack-jawed and shaking his head at what he just witnessed.

I'm not going to comment on Stevie's playing, we know he was a God, but props to whoever did the sound for this concert. I bought it last night and watched it all the way through and I"m now it almost sounds like a studio recording it's that good!

175 dislikes????? That's 175 confused and very strange individuals. SRV the immortal spirit of the stratocaster. RIP, LOVE ALWAYS YOU GOOD TEXAN.

The guy at 3:30 was heading to the can and got stopped in his tracks. He knew he was whitnessing history.

This one performance turned me on to SVR. Jaw-dropping talent. Both super tight and fluidly relaxed at the same time. I didn't even know that could be a thing.

Ladies and gentlemen, we've pre-empted the Apocalypse to bring you Stevie Ray Vaughan in concert.

The lick stevie plays from 1:17-19 has eluded me for 30yrs... no one on boo tube covers it/..

NEVER will there be another, we lost him, but he left us SO much. Thanks STEVIE, your talent was a gift from GOD to the world.❤

The amps are literally going to catch fire from how hot the tubes are…

I simply Love SRV. Love the music but even moreso, I love watching him perform. So much feeling and compassion. I can listen to others but find myself going back to him right away. My favorite!

3:24 his vibrato is like a machine, just perfect, i wonder who thaught him that.

this shit is so insane. the perfection and clarity of those whole step perfect vibrato bends alone is so impressive - on 13’s, no less. legendary stuff. makes me proud to be an austinite

I`m out of words. Jawdropping performance.

Stevie Ray hitting those bends on thirteen gauge strings.

There are great guitar players dead and alive but only one god stop disrespecting and maybe the blessing of music will be bestowed on you.learn respect

The El Mocambo was a tiny club in Toronto that hosted mind blowing bands such SRV and the Stones in 77,its gone now but the memories stay forever.By the way SRV was on fire that night all caught on VHS....lol

I just don't have words to describe this level of guitar playing, other than awesome, which seems inadequate. Best guitar player ever.

The guitar needed some serious therapy after that type of abuse. Stevie was a SAVAGE!!!

People listening to Stevie make "stank faces" too. He was a wizard on that strat.

Every note Stevie ever played came from his HEART, powerful and passionate , I was fortunate to see him play Live and although many have tried to duplicate him ,they don't and never will come close and that's a FACT JACK

Stevie's vibrato was unmatched...the great one doing his thang...🎸🎸🎸

So much of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s sound comes from dragging the pick across those muted baling wire strings he used. Nobody’s guitar playing has so much guts like his.

Bluesy, jazzy, rock, the tone...this dude had it ALL.

What's up that's my man and my baby and when he sings Riviera Paradise it tells me this one's for me when you're feeling down and out you go Stevie🥰

I bought #1 today at Guitar Center!! Ive got one! It only took 20 years but i Finally have #1. The neck of the guitar feels like you are holding a baseball bat!

Those double-stops! That palm muting! Those bends! Damn, rave on, Stevie Ray Vaughn!

Jeez that shift to cold shot is a blessing 2:21

If one were to rip the audio from the dvd, and if one were to then listen to this track in one's car, and one were to turn it up very loud, well... that would be fine with me.

I believe number 1 was buried with Stevie. He slept with that guitar . Hard to believe Jimmy would lay him to rest without it.

In my opinion thé El Mocambo live was one or his best performance!

TURN IT up to "11" Stevie on the Marshalls...

Best Stink Face ever, Stevie was out to rip the strings off and give us the joy of his talent

An open channel to the Soul

Burnt a hole in this recording on VHS. Just a beast

When i came home from work,my bass guitar was listening to SRV.

I thought this was Cold Shot. I have this on VHS, but I have not watched it in many years.

This whole performance was otherworldly, but the speed and accuracy of his drop down at 2:36 is just absurd

The tone that people would kill for...

Yeh the solos are great but that "Thank you so very much." gets me everytime.

The definition of Texas Blues. Guitar God. Bad Ass. Legend. The man who changed the world...SRV. I am a witness. Thank you forever.

Stevie ray good school every other guitar player in the world on finger vibrato. No rhythm instrument, what a high wire act. just beyond belief crunchy tone in the best vibrato of all time.

My Brother was delivering pizza in 82 or 83 ( not sure exactly) This was in Charlottesville,VA and he went to the Holiday Inn at the time and knocked on the door and wow it was Stevie Ray Vaughn!! my brother said he was one of the nicest people whom he had ever met my bro being a guitar player saw his no1 guitar on the bed and told Stevie he was a guitar player and he said go ahead play it if you want. My brother was blown away. He offered my bro a tip and my brother said meeting you was tip enough! My mother was a huge fan of Stevie and my bro got an autograph for her. truly a star that left us to soon!!!

Saturday morning, bag of chips, El Mocambo. What more could I ever wish for?

One of his best concerts ever filmed. Most of his shows was never recorded so this is a matter of opinion.

Music (REAL music, that is) is nothing more than a language that speaks directly to the soul. No words required, just a gutsy narrative that can only be conveyed through Feel (and tons of self-discipline). It speaks volumes of both the Good and Bad in all of us. Stevie was a master interpreter when it came to that kind of thing.

My dad saw Stevie In concert after his Tokyo concert here In Utah @ the state fair October 9, 1985. 6 days after his 31st birthday.

It feels like there's a point in So Exited where he tells the crowd that he's amazing - just have fun and boogie

Stevie keeps me up too late too often.