It’s been so long, but it’s been exactly 40 years since Stevie performed live at the el mocambo on July 20, 1983, he was such an amazing player and every note he played there came from his soul

Tommy is the man. Phenomenally talented but such a humble and nice person.

I was at this guys first show playing for voodoo blue. Crazy talent. The closest thing to SRV we will get ever.

Tommy's love of SRV is one thing but his dedication to knowing and understanding all the nuances of what made SRV playing is what sets him apart from others. Its just cool to watch him do his thing.

When Tommy came out to Nacogdoches, Texas, I got to play Norbert. He was apprehensive to let a kid play it (can’t blame him) but I he let me do it and he told me to keep up the playing. A really great moment for me🎸

Such an awesome video, I’d love to see another one showing his amps and pedals. I’ve been a huge fan of Tommy’s for many years. He’s such a phenomenal talent, and an incredibly hard working musician he deserves a ton of recognition, thank you for doing this video!

Fantastic, what a treasure Tommy is. I've always rated SRV the best blues guitarist ever and to have Tommy doing his thing is brilliant. Thank you!

Wow, what a fantastic collection, playing, and talent Tommy has. Really glad I watched this video. Thanks 👍😎

Absolutely the closest SRV sound and playing I’ve heard since SRV. He’s with us when you play his music! Brilliant player, humble and blessed. 🎸

I feel this guy, Gary Moore and Stevie Ray Vaughan are my heroes too. Both very unique guitar players and very inspiring as well.

Thank you so much for doing these videos. Tommy is a wonderful soul and deserves all the good attention, promotion, and praise you are providing. I love him as a brother, and know his dedication and relentless pursuit to honor his heroes has been unfortunately attacked by others. You are helping show the guitar world how giving, humble, and respectful he REALLY is... Yes he is an amazing musician, and he is an even more amazing and noble human. Hence, why I thank you for featuring Tommy on your channel. Hope to meet you at the Dallas Guitar Show next year!

Awesome collection of guitars, really dig his number one Strat, definitely has sentimental value to it. Thanks for sharing Chris.

Folks having the licks, tone (almost) from SRV are a dime a dozen-they all impress.Tommy, IMHO, has a kindred connection to the well SRV drew from. Great player, just as important, humble!

Tommy is so nice. What a dude and what a player! Love to see more stuff with him.

Wow, Tommy is amazing! Cool and humble also. You just earned another fan and I'm looking forward to hearing more of your awesome playing!!!

TK is a true gentleman! I’ve known him for years….I’ve taken lessons from him. I can tell ya that whenever I played his SRV copy, it sounded nothing like when he plays it! Texas Flood is one of the most booked bands we have here in D/FW. He’s such a beautiful person!

Thanks, I've been waiting for a video like this, seeing what Tommy's playing and the collection he has, I've always seen him playing his number 1 when I go see him live, would've like to seen what his bass player has, dude is a phenomenal player geez

Thank you and the band for doing what you do. Gonna see you guys in few weeks in Des Plaines IL Just may be the highlight of my summer :) Can't wait!

Wow! Great interview and so cool... Thanks guys!

Keep the flame alive Tommy… I’ve been a fan for years. 🔥

Tommy is national treasure, thanks for taking care of him :)

such a cool and humble guy .and a great player .

I've got a Tim Davis no.1, too! Really enjoyed this, been following Tommy since I was a kid. What a great player!

Awesome collection of vintage Fender. Thanks for letting us have a little peek inside your lair. Really, amazing display of guitars and playing!! 🎸

I've seen his band a few times and even had the opportunity to speak to Tommy. He's genuinely a good dude.

Awsome guitar player, Stevie and Gary are 2 of my heros as well. Superb guitar collection 👌

Tommy is the best! He is the sweetest person ever. Amazing guitar player, actually my favorite one these days!

Was fortunate enough to see Tommy and company during a visit to Dallas. Amazing player and the show was fantastic. Hopefully I have another chance to see him again when I go back to visit family.

TOM KAT IS GOLD! That boy utterly Channel's Stevie, rest in peace SRV!

Those Fender WRHB pickups sound fantastic Out-of-Phase (sound good in-phase too).

Very expressive player! Love his number two Strat’s sound! 🙏

Tommy is Super Kool plays so fluently and clean can sing with the best of them to he is the complete Stevie Ray Vaughan package keep on Rockin Tommy 😎🤟🤟🎶💯

Thanks for this video!! I join the request that you make one with Tommy's gear, pedals and amps that he currently uses, his audio is devastating! greetings from Argentina.

Having met and talked with Tommy at several clubs in the Dallas area I can tell you he is a very humble, extremely kind and accessible person as well as one of the best Texas Blues players. It's really hard to not think you are watching Stevie play when Tommy comes to life on his guitar. If you've never seen one of his live shows, do so, you won't be sorry.

Tommy’s humor is just so genuine

Hey it's Mimi!!! Love that chicks videos man, she can play the blues with the best of em'!!! She's most definetly spent some time grinding like the rest of us 😂😂. Awesome video, I wasn't familiar with Tommy coming into this so thanks for that! It's always fun to check out a new player. Especially when they play a different style/genre from your own normal style/genre.

Stevie would be very proud of your talent! Singing and jamming ⚡️🎸⚡️🎙️

So glad someone is keeping that torch lit and in such fine fashion

Crazy talent here. But such a nice down to earth guy! And beautiful guitars! Thanks for the video, it's awesome to see Tommy in his natural habitat. Büszkék vagyunk rád Tomi! :D

Fantastic playing Tommy❤

What a nice guy, and a great guitar collection. Thanks for sharing.

Can you all get a big screen SRV movie motion picture started? of course Tommy as SRV, and so on… Tommy’s a beast, Chris you’re phenomenal too.💥🔥💥🔥

Wow this guy can really channel the SRV vibe, great job

The guitar playing at the end of that video was FIRE! OMG, this cat must be seen and heard MORE! I want more of this guitar player. Please, make it so.

Have that same les paul, and love it! Been following Tommy for years, killer artist. Next time you're in texas, would love to jam with ya chris!

Crazy SRV maniacs. I'm sick with it too....;) Best regards. All guitars in good hands sound like a dream.

When my son was 4, he was the ultimate natural relic craftsman. I shouldn have let him handle a few more of my strats, but he retired when he was about 8.

Really nice playing, thank you.

Wow! Superb Video. What a cool guy and great player Tommy is. 💥 Which Amp did he use to demonstrate his guitars? Sounds pretty good. 👌

Great player! Nice guitars too!

Not many capture the essence of SRV’s playing but Tommy, IMHO, is the number one here.

They played at a Christmas on the square thing in Wills Point Tx about 6 years ago i guess. It was freezing and there maybe 10 people watching. They played like it was packed audience. After the show he let my then 14 year old hold #1 and pointed out the little details, talked amps and sound. Got some pictures with him. I'd never heard of them at that point, but I'm a fan for life. Awesome dude, awesome band.

Thank you so much for this !!! I love Tommy and this video is so cool! I hope there will be more with his amps and pedals.What did he use in this video?

nice. That signature smirk reveals when something good is comin'.

My and my son got to meet Tommy at a show in Kemah Texas. Really nice guy took a picture with my kid, who is learning guitar. I am a big fan, And now so is my teenager

Awesome player! Cool guitars!

This was great, thank you for sharing. I've not watched the entire video you, I'm really curious as to what Mr. Katona is using for amplification.

Tommy I love your playing just fantastic.thanks for sharing

It was like I was visiting him again. :) I miss you my brother. Much love.

This video is so cool. I always wondered where his guitars came from.

Tommy is a BEAST! I'm one of those nerds who likes to know what picks and strings he uses (I see he uses the round side of the pick like SRV and so many other blues players). What gauge string and picks please.

Keep up the good work Pawn

I love that SRV poster on his wall.

His tone is almost exact a true great in his own right 😊

Your an amazing player Tommy!🎸

Great guy! Id love to see him play so Gary Moore tunes live. Nice collection, too!

Love this guy. GC show is unreal.

Awesome playing! Great SRV number one… but those saddles! 😅😂

This is my guitar dream, to hang out and play with other players in this kind of context :D

I mean I know a beat up looking guitar is eye catching to the audience and your in all,But the string Guage and tension of SRV

Another great video thanks.

Awesome thanks for sharing cool info!

Tommy Katona is a great guy, he can certainly play, I really like his ability to sound like his guitar heroes, that is not an easy thing to do, especially when those heroes were probably some of the worlds most talented guitarists.👏🎸

I have a phase switch on all my guitars too I love it.

Tommy has to start his own KZfaq channel “!!!!!! There would no be a better SRV player and probably teacher.

The Stevie Ray Vaughan guitar is when The Relic craze started. Everybody wanted their strat to look like that but they didn't want to wait 30 years.

I'm digging the red TF shirt. Tommy, I never got to see Stevie live. Like you, when I see you play it takes me to him.

This guy is "channeling" SRV when playing....spooky good!!

I kept seeing smoke there must be a fire 🔥 some where ! The young man can burn the neck off his guitar ! Texas Flash !

Tommy the best❤

Nice job to both of you!

Awsome Gibson Greenie, Gary would approve I'm sure. Midnight blues is my favorite song .

Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, just getting it done.

Very nice playing, I miss SRV and Gary Moore.👍🤘

Hey Tommy hope to see you guys soon at Hub and 121 or the Grandscape, hopefully I’ll get to run a show for you guys. I was watching this video and wondered and I’m sure you have heard of or even been to Charley’s guitar shop. They have been around for ages.

Seems like a genuinely nice guy✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Fantastic replicas of some of my favourite guitars. Whar model of Bare Knuckle pickups are in that Gary Moore Les Paul? They sound incredible

You carry the torch for those Six Stringed Gunn Fighters that are gone to Heaven my Blues Brother Cowboy

Hey Tommy! Truth is I been following you forever, yeah I do SRV but nobody like you brother! Gotta say never seen you play a Gary Moore lick/riff in my life I been both owning big fan (seeing him live far back as Corridors as well as Blues shows) and owned Les Pauls since teenager years!!!! Gotta request.... play some Gary Moore for us all, got no doubts you can do!! Me also huge Thin Lizzy fan I'm old been playing for decades!

i love tommy so much omg hes fucking amazing

68 SRV 4X12 and a 68 2x15 metal handle cab are being restored baffle on 2x15 was not right or made of correct material so im doing those this week had to get specific cheese head screws and parts in so the 2x15 wont blow with EVS and the 4x12 has white label Rolas in it 80 watters and he used it and his 15 loaded marshall cab for the Marshall Major head or back up for Dumble Cab if it went down the 80s could handle the 150 watts.. I also brought the aqua suede 50 watt small special which is two channel D clone with original parts but two clean channels more voiced like SSS then ODS.. The head was made at my Grandmothers farm in Texas in 2013 it has el 34s in it which are a bit cleaner for that sound but it can be biased for kt66 or 6l6 and we put bias ports on back so you dont have to take it apart to swamp tubes or bias it. Thats for sale also about 50 miles south of Dallas if you all are looking to buy other items that were Stevies the 4x12 cab was his I bought it on south lamar in Austin in the 80s and the guy who Stevie gave the cab too as a gift had lost it and he told me Stevie gave it too him Jack Morgan of the Crawl out of New Orleans had it. But I got it next door to Saxon pub there. Tommy Shannon remembered the 4x12 cab as it has happy birth day Texas on the back .... I dont have a way to bring it all into Dallas to show you or let you play it but if you all were down for a road Trip this week once I get teh cabs together maybe come check them out play the amps and cabs. Tommy has the number ....has email and I sent photos today of the small special D clone its here also now...

Great video thank u! ❤

I'm so glad you guys have a relationship cause we all got the love for stevie ray vaughan

19:39 wow!

Awesome. Can you do a video of his amps and pedalboard?

Thanks, Tommy! (and Chris). Maybe someone else already asked, but what string gauge is Tommy using on his Strats? Thx

Tommy Katona, you're the Boss!!!!

Nice shot behind there from Tracy Anne Hart!

Damn straight! I’ve made my own strats and a tele with thin laquer finishes so they’ll relic naturally. I’m damn good at relicing but it takes so much time and patience.

Amazing guitars! Thanks for sharing them. I also love Tommy’s accent - he clearly picked up that Texas twang. I would also like to nominate “Tommy’s Tower of Tone” as a possible room name. 😊