He was really good. But I would say Jimi Hendrix is maybe a little better.

@@MrUtenn27 .. And vastly more ORIGINAL!!!!

@@MrUtenn27 in my opinion as song writer jimi maybe a bit better but i think stevies guitar skills and ability to never run out of idea and being open channel is untouchable

I could watch this 1000x and still blows my mind! And I'm married to a killer guitarist...but dammmmnnn. He introduced me to SRV.

I would agree, except I’m a tad more favorable too Carlos Santana.

I agree, Dennis!!

I am 54 years old and seeing the reactions and facial expressions on this young mans face, yeah he gets it. lmao

My thoughts. I am 58 years young.

:)

Dennis I agree man. I love seeing these guys get it.

Been a huge fan since as long as i can remember

Me too. I used to work "the pit" at concerts when I was in college. So SRV was like 3 feet from me for easily an hour. After the set, my co-worker was exactly like "MRM" (amazed). I had known what I was getting into. Definitely one of the top 4-5 concerts I've ever witnessed (and I've worked at or attended personally a couple hundred). This was on NOV 5, 1983 and he OPENED for the Moody Blues.

I am colorblind on two accounts: spiritually and physically. I didn't notice either. And I hope that you have a home, food, clothes and good health as well. God will provide. Just ask Him. You will be amazed.

@@DNYaw Amen!

Bang on

i listened to Motown in the 60s when I was a kid, and dammit that was the best music around

Aw, it takes one to know 1!

One ? The guy used 13's for strings and absolutely made those 6 pit bulls perform exactly as he told them with those huge hands of his. SVR is unsurpassed by anyone. Unequalled by anyone. Simply the greatest of all time.

Amen to that

I used to know two brothers that would almost come to blows segueing over who was better, SRV or Jimmi Hendricks. I used to love saying in their presences...” Who’s the best guys? Always would start a row haha

That should say arguing *

When Stevie was asked if he was better than Hendrix he said I can play it but Jimi wrote it.

This is my favorite

Yep....just like a jukebox. Able to repeat the same things over and over. Not a ounce of ORIGINALITY in him. No one can ever say that he could not play but he is truly the Elvis Presley of the Blues.

@@FramrodLiggins Why, bless your heart!

You are a lucky man!!

Stevie died too soon!!!! Much too soon.......,

patron40silver he was the best.

you doing alright sis?

Only one musician made the guitar sing and that BB King mate lol

stfu fuck eric clapton!!!!! JIMI UPSET HIM IN 60'S HE GOT ON STAGE TO PLAY WITH HIM PUT HIM TO SHAME LITERALLY N A TRY STORY JIMI IS THE GOD OF THE 4 GREAT GUITARISTS!!!..........CLAPTON LIKE LED ZEPPLIN JUST THIEVES!!!!!!! did it the real way like very few you cant immitate hendrix he was a revelation, in music a revolution in guitar that started punk, metal, alt rock grunge!!!! legend man!!!! on srv does jimi close and proud!!!!! guitar legends from grandfather, father son all inspired by jimi, stevie ray vaughan!!! JOE SATRIANI! AND STEVE VAI!!! HOLY TRINITY BUT YA CAN NEVER THROW OUT THE NAME I STILL CAN'T SAY RIGHT LOL, yngwie malmsteen, SO THESE Are great grandfather to son jimi is simply above them as they admit he is at the top of their list!!! jim is not father he is the god before him, chuck berry no one heard that guitar style! before that blues was my man recorded his music here in texas everyone stole from him cough, clapton and led zepplin!!!!! mr. robert johnson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the perhaps god of gods......but jimi just changed it all like buddy holly did creating the traditional now days 4 piece band!!!! then godfather of heavy metal, halford!!! inspired by queen actually but created the true havy metal voice though zepplin was the proto type hate em but admit that! jpriest too are the father of the soloing dueling guitars that all learned fast n followed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!iron maiden came in 2nd after hearing jpriest! R.I.P. SRV!!!!!!!!!! DIED LIKE RANDY RHOADES A CITY WAY BOTH LEGENDS RANDY IS THE GRAND KID OF THE 4/5 MENTIONED.....

Beautifully said!

Santana made his heal Satriani made his dream Zappa made his Exclamation points in a Funeral dirge.

And sneaking in under the radar, with equal talent is Rory Gallagher. He made his guitar scream,sing and cry.

It's always much eaiser Coping from a Master-- listen to Jimi Hendrix

Check out Toby Lee...... you’ll believe in reincarnation if you didn’t before.

@@MsKK909 🌍 Will do..💯

@UFOlici 🌍 Chuck Berry is the 1st.... But Jimi Hendrix is THE Guitar God...🧐🧐😳😳😮

@@cgall4444 🌍 That Part..💯❣️

Right!

Oh Hell yea I bet they are both jamming away somewhere right now with Janice on lead vocals

coyoteken1000 that would be a show to see.

p craig does anyone know if this guy got his mind blown by original?,maybe he'd like to make a comparison between the 2.

Gabrielle Fagan, not sure, kinda hope so! Great musicians appreciate great compositions and people like Jimi and SRV express their talent effortlessly.

#truestory bro

Hey don't forget Jimi Hendrix too.

@@lorif.4585 She said "one of the." Why do people always read into things. If this was a video of Jimi Hendrix playing guitar and she still said Stevie is one of the greatest, then you would have a point. SMH

@@ModeratelyAmused yeah that's a possibility you could be right.

Thy G.O.A.T

​@@lorif.4585: I'll bet that "one of" would mean Jimi too. But Jimi isn't the subject of this video clip

JH was his biggest idol.

HELZ YEAH!!

was just sayin that same thing

Jimi wrote that song, actually. You may find it on "Electric Ladyland", labelled as "slight return", there are two versions in Jimi's album and both are KILLERS !

@@MrKafein 🌍 I had to come see if anyone had "enlightened" Tye Smith about Jimi Hendrix & the "original" version of Voodoo Child. I do love SRV, and his catalog of great music. Listening his version vs. Jimi's.... Is just like how Tye says he really don't like to watch a "movie" about a person, after seeing real-life documentary footage of that person. Jimi Hendrix is THE Guitar God, period.!!!! And this isn't even MY opinion. This is what EVERY World famous SuperStar guitar player says.... Jimi Hendrix is the Michael Jordan of axe playing. Tye says he's never seen anyone play the guitar like this..... Would someone please let Tye know that he NEEDS to do a FEW reaction vids on THE guitar God, Jimi Hendrix. And to buckle up first, cause his mind will be BLOWN AWAY...

How fortunate you are & what a great memory...If only I could have seen him live!!!

Not really there's one better and that's Jimi Hendrix 😀 and SRV is next 😊

@@georgepowell3029 SRV is King.

STEVIE RAY VAUGHN

I believe that there are a few better guitar players but as for the entire package there is no one better.

@@georgepowell3029 🌍 Amen, Amen, AMEN..💯👏👏👏👏👏

He switched to 8's or 9's toward the end of his life according to his guitsr tech. Im not sure if its true but I remember reading it somewhere

On the VH1 special on SRV's life, they stated "when he was in high school, he would play at a Dallas club at night. It was a 10 PM to 6 AM gig with 10 minute break per hour. SRV would play so hard and so long his calluses would rip open and he'd have to crazy glue um so he could keep on playing. Than he'd get done at 6 AM and get ready to go to school. He was 17 year's old".

Right as he was cleaning up his act, getting straight, appreciating life itself so much ... I still remember EXACTLY where I was when I heard he had died in that helicopter crash ... I was driving northbound on 205 near the Otty Road exit, almost home to Outer SE Portland. First, shock, then profound sadness for Stevie and his family and friends. 💔😢

As I told me wife the other day, God took him home because he wanted to hear him play everyday

I had pretty much the same experience.

I grew up In Oak Cliff TX and my Grandmother baby sited him and his older brother Jimmy,,, she only new they played rock and roll,,,, such a tragedy

"One of" the greatest guitar players.... and yes, taken waay too soon!

agreed

Knuckles Dragon True that.

Knuckles Dragon Well said!!! Exactly what I was thinking but you took the words out of my mouth!! Rock On!!

A lot of times people are stopping them in segments to get around copyright infringement bots.

Little Wing.

Same here

I think he played by Ear. He changed a lot on the sounds effects on the guitar Jimmy gave him.

Would have loved to have seen Hendrix

Can you imagine if these 2 ever were able to jam together on the same stage. My goodness the sky would fall apart and cracks would appear all over the earth.@LatinLad13

I saw Hendrix live a couple times and SRV once. I know this is sacrilege, but I think SRV was the better musician. I think this is that rare example of the disciple surpassing the master.

@Point Dexter I couldn't disagree more, but hell, that's what the internet is for, right?

@@jonathanbartron3658 SRV is the best guitarist of the rock era, period. The thing about Hendrix though, is that he INVENTED a lot of this. Hendrix was a great innovator, but SRV was the greatest player.

Annette Nave I’m 49 and was lucky to have seen SRV back in 89@ the Concord Pavilion here in Northern California with the Fabulous Thunderbirds , watching him shred the guitar was truly mesmerizing.

Listen to David bowie "let's dance"..... 🎶🎶🎶😅

Yeah my damn head would have exploded being there can't believe those folks are just sitting still

@@brandonmcquiddy3471 probably because they are in aw.

Heads are explodin

They were in the presence of greatness and knew it. When somebody does something that amazing you STFU and absorb yourself in it.

That's Austin City Limits. It's set up for broadcast. There is rarely dancing going on because it messes up the recording and it was a pretty cramped space. It kinda is a church for music.

Greg Ward A few years ago I was on one of these pages, and some douche bag said Stevie had meat hooks for hands. Stevie’s hands were like vice grips. They say that when he shook your hand, you felt like he could crush it if he wanted to. I think sadly though he’s more famous now, than when he was alive. He’s truly a legend!!!!

You've surrounded yourself with wise and good people lol. A friend of mine said SRV was bad and called it country and now he is a Kalashnikov weilding communist.

JoPa GeRi , that's just ignorance or jealousy. His huge hands were Gods gift to his natural ability to make his guitar absolute sing. You watch his bends, the gauge of strings he could use because of his huge strong hands was why he could make his sound what it was. Technically he was flawless. Tone, rhythm. Seriously. No one really mentions how he and double trouble were so tight. One motion, look. They always knew what to do. They were incredible

JoPa GeRi well probably not. But I think Stevie would even say I hope so. I read about him turning down being on bowies video lets dance. Just wasn't him. He was more than just a dude that played guitar. He was to music let having to breath. I think there's some little girl or boy that will come along and be able to respectfully play stevies music. Like he respectfully did Jimmies. I have to add , its very very rare for someone to play someone else's music . keep true to the original but throw their ownslant on it too.

JoPa GeRi That's true. There was something bout stevie though. Like every note he felt it in his bones. Mayer is really good. Don't get me wrong. But Stevie had this.....I'm playing and allowing you to watch. If that makes sense

And I’m old enough to have seen all the good bands! Lol

I loved when he would play on after popping a string!

My god yes

Lynn Denney that was the same year I last saw him live...'88 at The Pier in NYC. Still remember every minute of that show.

@@matthewparker3888 And as a musician i can testify that doing it on a Stratocaster... the closest thing to impossible that mankind has ever dared to imagine

Same here

I agree. I once saw Stevie's eyes roll back so only the whites showed and I swear something else took over and played through him. Astounding to say the least.

And roar like demon...saw him live twice...he was a blues god...

that's one hell of a proper comment! Very nice!

Lol nailed it

He and Jimi both were. They didn't strap on a guitar, they melded with an instrument to convey their soul and its intentions, through it. Some can learn to play the notes, but very few can use it as a medium to express their thoughts, feelings or message. This is a skill set that only the two of them had, in my opinion. Touched by the hand of God himself, for us to enjoy and take in with amazement and awe of the ability to exhibit every sinew of sorrow, angst, joy and despair, these messengers wish to display for us, through their music. A gift is what has been presented to us, by them.

Agreed. SRV Channeled the blues.

Well said indeed

You nailed it, Brother.

I am an ol' dude, 72. Stevie is the shciezen! Master of the instrument, master of the mood. Make the mood, with the instrument, his voice, his talent. Mr music, mister blues. Period. I majored in music in Austin at UT. (Trumpet player) Stevie had it in spades and then two more decks of cards.

Thank you Laura K, he did borrow, nurture and lift every blues riff up to a place only a very small few could ever do!

If you grew up in Texas, especially in the 80s, you listened to or at the very least heard of SRV. So much talent!!!!

Thanks, Laura..At 62, Stevie's fate still deeply haunts me also..It's comforting to see this young fella appreciating his jams..May MUSIC forever bind ALL listeners tightly together..

EGlideKid hard to imagine jimi was only 25! And you just know he played it with his eyes shut!

Amen

Just a little trivia fact about Jimi Hendrix he was a left handed guitar player. only back when he was playing there was no such thing as a left handed guitar.

jlschult45 ... That's fake trivia.... I can tell you this because I have a 1963 left handed Stratocaster.

There were two songs that people usually get confused. They were both on Hendrix's last studio album, Electric Ladyland. The first was called 'Voodoo Chile' and it was (IMHO) rather unremarkable, which is why I suspect most people don't know it. The second one, on the B-side, is called Voodoo Child (Slight Return). (Note the "Child" in this song as opposed to "Chile" in the first one.) This is the song with which people are most familiar, thanks in large part to SRV.

I remember Clapton saying in a documentary that most of the guitar guys of his day would go into a solo, including himself, get lost in it and had to figure out how to get back to the song. He went on saying that that never happens with Stevie Ray Vaughan. He knows exactly where he is at all times and all he does is just channel.

Thanks for the debt

No way!! You killed my bucket list then. I saw him, but not so intimately.

R/thathappened

I am from Louisville and never heard that.

Yeah my late best friend Mark and I pulled in the lot right as srv was pulling his guitar out of the car...you might remember mark lol he was the guy firing the fat doubles... Awesome night. Two really cool guys gone way too soon.

totally agree. I play 5 instruments and can't read music.

Modern Renaissance Man I learned drums from watching my cousin play in church and the trumpet from watching and listening to another church member. Still don't know how to read music and I'm 53 years old.

Hey man, if you get a chance then check out " I'll play the blues for you " by Joe Bonnammassa on you tube. I think you'll like it. If you like good heartfelt music then try some of Keith Whitley's songs too. Good to see the younger generation listening to older songs. Music is a universal language that everyone can enjoy regardless of race , creed or the color of our skin. God looks at what's on the inside and so should we. Steve Perry's song called " When you love a Woman " is another that I think you would enjoy. I love all kinds of music from Motown to country to even some of this modern stuff. Just depends on the words and the beat. Anyway have a great day and let me know what you think of some of those songs if you listen to any of them. God bless you and yours.

What they need to do is go out to wherever musicians hang out near them and sit on plastic buckets, busking on street corners for tips. You find some really amazing talent like that, but they'll never be famous 'cause they ain't perty 'nuff, or they're too "controversial." [GASP!]

😱😱Thats Awesome man!

I got to meet him once myself and let me tell you that cat was a true Texas gentleman. He had HUGE hands, like baseball mitts. Powerful as all get out.

My neighbor was good friends with him

+Avalon I noticed his large hands too, they dwarf the neck. Also, with most of the really good players it almost appears as if the guitar is part of their body (Jeff Beck to name another one).

I love that version with Stevie and Jeff Healey. Never got the chance to see Stevie but I did see Jeff Healey. Amazing!

Steel Curtain both in heaven

How you been sis!

Modern Renaissance Man doin alright, thanks for askin! Hope you are as well!

Wow!That must have been great to see Stevie perform in San Marcos. I was just a teenager and graduated from San Marcos High. 1981-1982 my last year and never got to see him play live but when he became known he was all over the place in the news shows and MTV! Great soul he was! Was shocked when he died in that tragic helicopter crash! Gone way too soon. Where did Stevie play when you saw him in San Marcos? Was it Cheatham Street Warehouse maybe?

I saw SRV open for Robert Plant in 89 and it was awesome.