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Bloozcrooz 01-12-2011 04:41 PM
Just sifting through Stevie vids and saw this little piece of SRV breaking a string at about 2:30 into it. Not really a big deal just jammin.

Lisnaholic 01-12-2011 05:06 PM
Very cool, the way he swaps instruments without a pause in the music. The guy on keyboards can really play too !

Bloozcrooz 01-12-2011 05:49 PM
Reese Wynans is definatley one heck of a keyboard player. He joined SRV and the band around 1985. Toured with them right up until the day music died(the second time). The first time in my opinion was Hendrix. Contrary to who the song was actually written about. At any rate the keyboard pays a nice compliment to a few songs they released in the past.

Bloozcrooz 02-12-2011 06:20 PM
Another little piece of SRV caught on tape. Looks like the road definatley took its toll on him in this interview. Still I enjoy to watch whatever footage is availible on this stratomaster.

ddp 02-13-2011 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Boozinbloozin (Post 1003097)
Another little piece of SRV caught on tape. Looks like the road definatley took its toll on him in this interview. Still I enjoy to watch whatever footage is availible on this stratomaster.
Thanks for sharing that. Some amazing playing that video especially the last tune. I wish I knew where to get the whole performance that it is from.

Anybody know?

nic0le 03-19-2011 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by fidelityfiend (Post 163017)
When you master a craft as he did you don't have to be innovative. SRV is one of the top ten guitarists ever bar none. Not just blues guitar - he was a giant - all the greats (Clapton, Page, Beck (Jeff Beck), Blackmore, B.B. King etc etc have all stated that he was one of the best ever.

according to who? rolling stone magazine ? lol

srv did one thing amazingly, ill give him that..

...he brought blues to an audience that were being pounded with MTV's constant rotation of snazzy mc hammer and snap! videos when most of the popular music crowds of the world didnt know what real texas blues sounded like...srv introduced people and record companies to unheard of sales figures and to a sound...thats all..

he made a living..he died tragically...but he was no originator..and whoever says that srv is in some top 10 or 50 list of guitar players can take the list and push it aside...

cuz even vaughan, if he were today, would say its a crock..lol

Howard the Duck 03-19-2011 09:42 AM
it was SRV and Johnny Winter that got me into the blues

but they can't beat the first electrified bluesers like Muddy Waters or Howlin' Wolf

or even the acoustic ones like Robert Johnson

Bloozcrooz 03-29-2011 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by nic0le (Post 1020619)
according to who? rolling stone magazine ? lol

srv did one thing amazingly, ill give him that..

...he brought blues to an audience that were being pounded with MTV's constant rotation of snazzy mc hammer and snap! videos when most of the popular music crowds of the world didnt know what real texas blues sounded like...srv introduced people and record companies to unheard of sales figures and to a sound...thats all..

he made a living..he died tragically...but he was no originator..and whoever says that srv is in some top 10 or 50 list of guitar players can take the list and push it aside...

cuz even vaughan, if he were today, would say its a crock..lol
I guess since this person is no longer on MB it doesnt matter. After reading this post I can see why.

Bloozcrooz 06-15-2011 05:10 PM
Surfing youtube and watched Srv's testify with one of his extradordinary 12 string guita performances.

FRED HALE SR. 06-15-2011 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Boozinbloozin (Post 1071231)
Surfing youtube and watched Srv's testify with one of his extradordinary 12 string guita performances.
I remember that Unplugged. Him and Satriani were lights out. My favorite video I have is of the Montreux festival trips in 82 and 85. Crowd boo'ed SRV the very first time he played there and he played his ass off. David Bowie came back stage and walked into the guys feeling sorry for themselves and said it was the greatest blues set he'd ever seen. I also enjoyed Live at El Mocambo but the Montreux fest really showed how he change from 82 to 85. We'll never know but perhaps he could have been the greatest blues guitarist ever, he was just beginning.

Necromancer 06-15-2011 05:55 PM
^That is some nice 12-string work & video^

Two of my (recently) favorite singles are Rivera Paradise & Telephone Song.
Riviera Paradise shows the softer touch to Vaughan s technique, And Telephone Song reveals (simply) good blues rock.


Bloozcrooz 06-15-2011 06:16 PM
Man appreciate those posts! Couple different vids I had not seen yet in there and I never get tired of hearing SRV. Personally I like the more aggresive string attacking violent bravado inflicting Stevie more so than the smoothe side of him. Dont get me wrong any and all of his music I have a deep respect for but I like the more soulful sound of him belting out cries with his strat the most.

Necromancer 06-15-2011 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Boozinbloozin (Post 1071260)
Man appreciate those posts! Couple different vids I had not seen yet in there and I never get tired of hearing SRV. Personally I like the more aggresive string attacking violent bravado inflicting Stevie more so than the smoothe side of him. Dont get me wrong any and all of his music I have a deep respect for but I like the more soulful sound of him belting out cries with his strat the most.
Telephone Song has some very funk bass guitar, maybe blues/funk/rock would be a better description that particular single. I like the way that he imposes compression and tremolo on the lead solo. The keyboard solo and keys accents on the single Rivera Paradise are just as inspiring musically.

Rivera Paradise: This is a soulful instrumental. After a full day of recording material for the album, Stevie asked his producer to leave the tape running and to turn down the lights. All alone, he recorded the guitar track on his Fender Strat. Double Trouble added the backing later, including an organ/keyboard foundation from Reese Wynans.
source: Riviera Paradise by Stevie Ray Vaughan Songfacts

Bloozcrooz 06-16-2011 11:11 PM
He was off to such a good start in this song and I hate that it got cut short. Sadly they didnt film the second take cause I would have liked to have been able to see the entirety of that song performed. The other versions that are out there just dont have the same feeling that he was capturing with just his acoustic and mic to me. It took me the longest to figure out why he stopped right before the chorus but comments on the video said that he broke a string and its just not in focus enough to be able to see it. Who knows...

Neapolitan 06-17-2011 10:32 PM
I'm so use to the way Country Blues guitar players approach the acoustic 12 string, Stevie playing was different, some of the things he does reminds me of Jimi.

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Originally Posted by Songfacts
"Life Without You" was a song Stevie wrote after the untimely death of his great friend and mentor Charley Wirz. the song shows his love for Charley and how much he truly missed him. The White Stratocaster Vaughan played that was fitted with Danelectro Lipstick Tube Pickups was made by Wirz with the help of Stevie's Guitar Tech Rene Martinez.

Bloozcrooz 06-17-2011 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Neapolitan (Post 1072691)
I'm so use to the way Country Blues guitar players approach the acoustic 12 string, Stevie playing was different, some of the things he does reminds me of Jimi.
Didnt know that...kind of weird that he when the song starts out he says "Well Hello Baby", no disrespect to Stevie, but I always thought it was about a female.
Still another great SRV classic I enjoy listening to along with the countless others.

Peace Frog 06-18-2011 02:06 PM
Never got anything from him other than Texas Flood which was pretty good. What other albums are good?

Dr_Rez 06-18-2011 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Peace Frog (Post 1072951)
Never got anything from him other than Texas Flood which was pretty good. What other albums are good?
All of them.

Stevie Ray Vaughan discography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

richie1 06-18-2011 04:03 PM
I had the pleasure of seeing Stevie play in Gainesville, FL back in the early/mid '80's. The guy was simply amazing. Great memories.

richie1 06-18-2011 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by richie1 (Post 1073017)
I had the pleasure of seeing Stevie play in Gainesville, FL back in the early/mid '80's. The guy was simply amazing. Great memories.
Just looked up the date. September 30, 1983 On the Texas Flood tour.

blastingas10 08-08-2011 11:30 AM
Where is the Hendrix thread?

Dr_Rez 08-08-2011 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by blastingas10 (Post 1093612)
Where is the Hendrix thread?
Search is your friend.

http://www.musicbanter.com/rock-n-ro...i-hendrix.html

Chula Vista 10-24-2015 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by simonplaysguitar (Post 1646112)
Maybe the greatest to have ever lived.
Greatest at what? Even in his genre he's far from the greatest. Dude was a coked up version of the King's, Hendrix, and Guy.

Music_Spin 01-11-2016 02:51 PM
A classic! One of the greatest ever!

Check out his first few albums.

GetOffMyLawnKid 09-09-2018 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1646118)
Greatest at what? Even in his genre he's far from the greatest. Dude was a coked up version of the King's, Hendrix, and Guy.
Sounds personal. I feel he technically surpassed all three by a huge margin and could have schooled them all live imo.

I guarantee any of your favorite guitarist would be nervous at the thought of having to follow a SRV set.

Frownland 09-09-2018 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by GetOffMyLawnKid (Post 1995472)
Sounds personal. I feel he technically surpassed all three by a huge margin and could have schooled them all live imo.
No no no no no no no my good sir. Hendrix was an absolute god for every moment that his hands made contact with a guitar. SRV was a fine musician and I bet that his live performances were energetic and fun as hell, but Hendrix's performances came straight from his bones. Right down to the marrow. Livid passion that SRV could only dream of and I bet he'd agree with me on that.

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I guarantee any of your favorite guitarist would be nervous at the thought of having to follow a SRV set.
Nothing would make Keiji Haino nervous, but he might wonder about the odd concert pairing :laughing:.

GetOffMyLawnKid 09-09-2018 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1995495)
No no no no no no no my good sir. Hendrix was an absolute god for every moment that his hands made contact with a guitar. SRV was a fine musician and I bet that his live performances were energetic and fun as hell, but Hendrix's performances came straight from his bones. Right down to the marrow. Livid passion that SRV could only dream of and I bet he'd agree with me on that.
I love Hendrix just as much as the next guy and he is an extremely influential guitarist, but he could be extremely sloppy and all over-the-place live. I believe SRV played Hendrix's Voodoo Chile better than Hendrix did and it's his song. Of course SRV would agree with you because Jimi inspired him and he was very humble when it came to guitarist he respected. He also watered down his playing when he played with his idols.



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Nothing would make Keiji Haino nervous, but he might wonder about the odd concert pairing :laughing:.
I hope you're not talking about this guy. Even Joni Mitchell could run circles around this dude on guitar. Yikes! :shycouch:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGRJ8lrDvlw

Muso Goodshot 11-26-2018 01:59 PM
There is no way SRV is better than Hendrix, and he would probably be the first to say that, he loved Hendrix himself.

But he's still a **** hot guitarist, theres no doubt about that.

GetOffMyLawnKid 02-10-2019 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Muso Goodshot (Post 2018532)
There is no way SRV is better than Hendrix, and he would probably be the first to say that, he loved Hendrix himself.

But he's still a **** hot guitarist, theres no doubt about that.
Hendrix had the better music and was more inspirational and a trend setter, I'll give you that, but was known to be a sloppy and lazy player that overused the fuzz box. SRV was just more technical and clean and that's to be expected because by the 80s a few guitarist had surpassed Hendrix. Hendrix was just more experimental and made better music but he was not a better guitarist by any stretch. Either way, I probably wouldn't put Hendrix or SRV in the top 10 all time unless we are talking about top 10 inspirational guitarist then Jimi would be number 1.

Lisnaholic 02-11-2019 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by GetOffMyLawnKid (Post 1995558)
I hope you're not talking about this guy. Even Joni Mitchell could run circles around this dude on guitar. Yikes! :shycouch:
^ Welcome to MB, GOMLK :wave:, and welcome to that vast and startling world: Frownland's musical enthusiasms. If you want a tip from an old hand, get out now, quick and shut the door behind you! ;)

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Originally Posted by Muso Goodshot (Post 2018532)
There is no way SRV is better than Hendrix, and he would probably be the first to say that, he loved Hendrix himself.
^ Welcome to you too, Muso! :wave: It's alway good to meet a new blues enthusiast here, but these "better than" contests only go so far really as so much is down to personal taste. For what it's worth, this is my own take on SRV:-

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 959510)
From what I`ve read, SRV sounds like a really nice guy; a sincere performer with a deep commitment to his music,an enviable guitar technique and the good sense to stay accessible to his audience.

Sad then that I have to go along with some of the negative comments on this thread.The Texas Flood album, for instance, has some great playing but always leaves me wanting something more. The problem, in my opinion, is the short-and-sweet format of the songs : a lot of them are only 3 mins long and include lyrics that distract from the guitar work. Maybe that`s down to the record company trying to shoe-horn SRV into their idea of a palatable formula, or maybe it`s down to my limited tolerance for banal lyrics.

Whatever the case, perhaps someone can suggest an SRV album where the guitar solos open out a bit more, in the style of Tin Pan Alley or Lenny ? In return, if you like languid, lengthly explorations of electric blues, I can strongly recommend Roy Buchanan. His Second Album and Millenium Collection feature 6-minute instrumentals of poignant, hard-edged, searing guitar that take you so far out from the main tune that you forget which track you`re listening to - and I guess that is what I`ve never yet got from SRV.
Eight years later, and I'm still waiting for that SRV album with long rambling solos.

Plankton 02-11-2019 09:50 AM
SRV's style was gritty, no-frills and rooted in the blues, much like his influences and he kept that approach to his playing and songwriting. He didn't do much much branching out like Buchanan did, beyond the songs you mention, but he kept true to the Tex Mex and delta blues style which is basic, short songs. There are a few exceptions from each album, and flashes of him reaching for his next logical conclusion in his musicians journey, but you really won't get a full 'albums' worth of that kind of material, so waiting for anything of that sort would be fruitless.

Lisnaholic 02-11-2019 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2042682)
SRV's style was gritty, no-frills and rooted in the blues, much like his influences and he kept that approach to his playing and songwriting. He didn't do much much branching out like Buchanan did, beyond the songs you mention, but he kept true to the Tex Mex and delta blues style which is basic, short songs. There are a few exceptions from each album, and flashes of him reaching for his next logical conclusion in his musicians journey, but you really won't get a full 'albums' worth of that kind of material, so waiting for anything of that sort would be fruitless.
^ Thanks Plankton, nice clip - that's just the kind of blues I like, and quite a change of style for SRV. Also thanks for your summation of his material, which is precisely the kind of info I was after: my wait for that missing SRV album is officially closed.

Lisnaholic 02-11-2019 05:56 PM
^ :laughing: If you want to reduce it so uncharitably, then Yes. I like a blues song to be long enough that at some point I can turn off my mind, relax and float downstream. Here's Pete's Blues, which fairly demonstrates what I like:

Oriphiel 02-12-2019 05:35 AM
Lisna just doesn't like his Blues songs to pull out before the climax. You'd think elph would be able to relate to that.

OccultHawk 02-12-2019 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2042811)
wait what your problem with SRV is that he's not wanky enough
lol

He’s the Kenny G of the blues.

Frownland 02-13-2019 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2043077)
lol

He’s the Kenny G of the blues.
What's the dope **** that Kenny G is clearly aping though?

OccultHawk 02-13-2019 01:43 AM
Satchmo

GetOffMyLawnKid 02-18-2019 10:35 PM
Did someone say Kenny G? I immediately get naked when I see that name.

Lisnaholic 02-19-2019 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by GetOffMyLawnKid (Post 2044445)
Did someone say Kenny G? I immediately get naked when I see that name.
^ :eek: What musician do we have to mention to induce you to put your clothes back on?

*checks rule book about posting while naked*

GetOffMyLawnKid 05-26-2023 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 2044473)
^ :eek: What musician do we have to mention to induce you to put your clothes back on?

*checks rule book about posting while naked*
I don't discriminate so I can't think of one musician I couldn't get naked to.


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