A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan (1996) - Eric Clapton

[guitarldh19]

Eric Clapton cant even hold up a candle to Stevie even though Clapton has his own style he lacks the fierce power, strength, and passion that Stevie had for his music. I think this is a prime reason I can listen to Stevie millions of times without getting tired of hearing him because his music says so much, and his passion shows through his music. Clapton in my opinion is very weak as a guitarist even though he did write so many great songs there is no comparison, SRV was always top notch!

[BATENKILL]

Damn eat your fucking heart out!!!!!!!

[sedmikrasky1]

feels like heaven

[medina1965]

SRV the Greatest Ever, Eric Clap one of the Great's in his own way i'am just glad I got to see them both in my life time. it's some Bad Ass Guitar Playing I tell You. that's for Damm sure

Long live the Blues......

[TexasWhitetails1]

Erics guitar playing is just annoying to me, SRV made his guitar talk and is just like nobody else.

[JLaLomia90]

@TexasWhitetails1 True, no one can copy Stevie Ray. That man was fuckin guitar slayer.

[timzp]

I have never understood the attraction of Clapton. I dont feel him. I dont think he has any stage presence or soul. Just my opinion.

[CallMeMister99]

@timzp Are you deaf? Seriously?

[timzp]

@CallMeMister99 Pardon!!

[6Madmonk6]

@timzp Its because he sold his soul to the devil to play like that

[timzp]

@6Madmonk6 How very cliche

[hungerstriker27]

srv... an american blues master.... and eric... the british master

[CallMeMister99]

It's a family-show folks, can we PLEASE keep the potty-mouthed comments off the page, and just appreciate the magic of the music?

[Ninjapenguin89]

@CallMeMister99 That's quite an optimistic outlook on Youtube, or indeed, The Web in general.

[wrigleyx]

wow, as killer as Master Stevie!

[Andyvswild]

If eric clapton thinks it's loud and used to run two plexi stacks stevie must have played f'ing loud!

[MrMashfield]

1 FUCKING DISLIKE?!? WHO WAS IT? WHO FUCKING WAS IT?

[thatgasolinesmell]

@MrMashfield (In the words of R. Lee Ermey in the movie Full metal Jacket) WHO SAID THAT!? WHO THE FUCK SAID THAT!? WHO'S THE SLIMY LITTLE COMEDY TWINKLE TOED COCKSUCKER DOWN HERE WHO JUST SIGNED HIS OWN DEATH WARRANT!! NOBODY HUH? THE FAIRY FUCKING GODMOTHER SAID IT!! OUTSTANDING! I WILL PT YOU ALL UNTIL YOU FUCKING DIE!! I WILL PT YOU ALL UNTIL YOUR ASSHOLES ARE SUCKING BUTTERMILK!! WAS IT YOU YOU SCROUNGY LOOKING FUCK!?

[ELIASsandberg]

@MrMashfield It was me. Sorry

[justcruzzinn]

@MrMashfield it was the RAP idiot dude from the hood...thats who disliked this....

[kenroy916]

@MrMashfield the exact words that went through my head when I saw that! you sir are some kind of sorcerer.. XD!!

[rallyivan1234]

Clapton was, is and will be the best British blues guitarist obviously ... after Rory Gallagher.

[JesterxMailman81]

@rallyivan1234 Rory was Irish....

[rallyivan1234]

@JesterxMailman81 I mean, the United Kingdom.

[chromeheart65]

@rallyivan1234 how about peter green

[rallyivan1234]

@chromeheart65 Peter Green is a good guitarist, but lacks dynamics and emotion.

[kopilit]

@rallyivan1234 Dynamics can be argued but there's a lot of emotion in Greens playing .

[rallyivan1234]

@kopilit You are right, his work with Fleetwood Mac was amazing.



[FullSpecs]

@ftwfckyea Nice Troll...well played.

[alheiradrive]

@ftwfckyea You are wrong man, simple wrong!

[GuitarPhi1]

@ftwfckyea are you retarded Joe Satriani isn't good he just plays fast according to Jeff Beck he has no soul what jeff sucks too go somewhere else Clapton and SRV are great let me see you form the super group in the world moron

[ftwfckyea]

@GuitarPhi1 justin bieber, r u serious, wow what a come back. go play ur boring 3 chord shit that impresses ur mom

[JesterxMailman81]

@GuitarPhi1 holy shit STOP TALKING ABOUT HIM

[1957raidernation]

to my DJ ex-wife glenda c. brown this song go's out to you.....love rick...

[LesterC33]

hi cleopatra143, no eric's mum met up with an american serviceman during the war, but had split from him by the time eric was born in 1945. So as having a child out of wedlock was still frowned upon back then, eric's grandparents brought him up as their own, till he was about 9 or 10 years old & his mum came back into his life. Which is when he found out the woman he thought was his sister, was actually his mum, & the people he thought were his mum & dad, were actually his grandparents!

[440John]

@LesterC33 Clapton's dad was a Canadian from what I've read.

[LesterC33]

there are numerous great guitarists, but as far as i'm concerned, SRV stands head & shoulders above them all, as the greatest guitarist of all time. he took what clapton & hendrix were doing in the 1960's & took it to a whole new level. clapton's description of SRV as an open channel, couldn't be more accurate, SRV'S playing was just seamless, like clapton says, he never froze or seemed to lose his way on stage, it was just effortless guitar playing, RIP SRV, we love you man!

[metart93]

@LesterC33 "he took it to a whole new level."How? I love SRV, I firmly defend that he had an ocean of talent... but I can't get behind that statement, as a matter of fact I would almost say he did the opposite, that is, he brought back Hendrix and Clapton's explorations away from the blues... back to the blues. I believe both Clapton and Hendrix did more between 66 and 70 in terms exploring what the guitarists role could be and what the instrument had to offer than SRV did in his whole career.

[LesterC33]

to me, stevie ray vaughan will always be the best guitarist that ever lived but if any white man has the right to play the blues, it's eric clapton. after all the crap he's had in his life & what he's been through in his 67 years, the drink & drug addiction, the loss of his son & so many close friends, + discovering as a child that the woman he thought was his sister was actually his mum & that the people he called his mum & dad were actually his grandparents, that's the epitome of the blues

[cleopatra143]

@LesterC33 Are you sure you aren't confusing Clapton with Keith Richards? Pretty sure Keith's "sister" was his mom.

[MrStreetofdreams]

@cleopatra143 What he said about Eric's life is true. He thought his was his sister.

[viorcustom]

One of the best,but srv is the one and only

[acousticguitarfan]

The best!

[femmeetVerte]

My favourite musician playing one of my favourite musicians. Cloud 9, where Stevie is, I am certain!

[donfiliberto]

Blue di Pinto

[Deciblaster]

Is this "red house" ? Well, eric clapton's version of it?

[RAIDERFLORES]

we are all blue at times in our life so why are others criticizing clapton for bring british and white for being blue? i didnt know the blues was segregated o thats right its not

[RAIDERFLORES]

i have no idea why people are stupid enough to compare arguably the greatest guitarists ever and trying to see who is better. we all know no one will touch hendrix so y make connections with anybody to him. y do people hate clapton because he is a blues musician just let him play he does beautiful things with the guitar i doubt any of you can think of. SRV and Clapton styles were different so its hard to compare the two. so stop being ignorant mindless trollers and acually think before you type

[40carlosmc]

like a boss

[RobLoweIsTheMan]

They're both douchebags: the limey and the Redneck. Stevie Ray YAWN deserved that helicopter rotor up his ass.

[jonahtran1]

I'm sorry but Eric just doesn't have it. He doesn't have that drive other greats have like Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, or SRV. I mean you couldn't see those three doing anything else. Could you see Jeff sitting behind a desk pushing pencils all day? Hell no. If I passed Eric on the street and had no idea who he was, I'd mistake him for an accountant. I don't know about anyone else, but this guy doesn't speak to me at all and didn't do SRV a whole lot of justice playing this.

[nathanhough1]

@jonahtran1 Your an idoit!

[RobLoweIsTheMan]

@nathanhough1 Wrong "you're" there Nathan Hoe.

[40carlosmc]

@jonahtran1 you have to listen with your ears, not with your eyes.

[jonahtran1]

@40carlosmc My point was that Eric Clapton doesn't have what the others have. He doesn't have the aggressiveness Stevie had nor the emotion Jeff had. You think I base a guitar player's talent on looks? Hell. If I did that I'd say Lightnin Hopkins or Johnny Winter would make a better hobo than a guitar player. And we all know that's not true. But I just don't get why people love Eric. He's got no business playing blues because, come on, what does a 60 year old englishman have to be blue about?

[disturbed157]

@jonahtran1 everyone experiences pain in life. is there a certain time limit that he was "allowed" to play blues after his son's death (for example). he is recognized as a great blues player and has jammed with the best of the blues players

[jonahtran1]

@disturbed157 A real blues player has constant pain in their life and it never even stopped. Yeah. Everyone's experienced bad times in their lives. But imagine being a black guy in the 1930's. Don't you think that's a little more reason to actually be "blue" about something? Eric tries too hard to be like that. He doesn't seem to be influenced by the blues, he seems to try and replicate it.

[kajundaddy1]

@disturbed157 COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER!!!!!!!!! 5*****

[amabee2002]

I miss steve, I seen him In Moncton what a gig

[MrMashfield]

@amabee2002 I'm very jealous, I have absolutely fallen in love with the blues and especially Stevie's music, makes me sad when great musicians like Stevie, Muddy Waters and others die young/prematurely and now the music industry is just so saturated with crap. I'm so glad that you can still buy SRV's music from iTunes etc. because I'm just too bored with modern music now. I wish I lived during his time to experience it first hand though :'(

[Vikt0rEremita]

be the Open.

[vhfgtiuoiu]

Assume this was an SRV originally??? if not can someone tell me who wrote it and the correct title please.

[henkvanderlaak]

Clapton is like a German car: flawless technique, but utterly uninspiring.

I'd take a single note of BB over a million notes of Clapton any day.

[vhfgtiuoiu]

@henkvanderlaak  I agree , but bluesbreakers?? Come on now credit where it's deserved...

[henkvanderlaak]

@vhfgtiuoiu Yeah, that wasn't too shabby. But even there, in my opinion he ranks behind Coco Montoya and Walter Trout, two of my favorites.

[4shaken]

@henkvanderlaak lol. you MUST be joking.

[jonahtran1]

@henkvanderlaak Nice words, but of the guys of his time I'd replace BB with Jeff Beck. Of the Yardbird guitar players, he, in my opinion, was the best. Some people will say Eric or Jimmy, but Jeff is just a raw innovator.

[lmbfr01]

it can not get any better

[MrTheRev007]

SRV would be proud!

[wrigleyx]

the blues, lesson one: Clapton!

[FaTaLCODclan]

0 dislikes, thts right bitch

[40carlosmc]

so fluid

[TheBreen36]

Here is "GOD" talking about SRV. Eric Clapton: I think, um, the best way to describe it was just to sit to-to be to have been in my shoes in the dressing room watching the monitor and so I could sit in my dressing room with the door open and hear him from the stage and see him on the TV, knowing I had to go out later and play and what was happening was I was actually so bowled over and-and so in love with this guy that was playing on stage from the heart completely, you know that I started to f

[te2257]

Amazing... almost like hearing SRV through Eric Clapton. Really greate tribute!

[shredmaster100]

cool to see clapton on it and he does play well here

[matoe66]

holy shit he plays like stevie ray, now thats a tribute

[wrigleyx]

wow Clapton is a blues master

[onkelbuke]

thanks for the upload 

[TheVinyl420]

god damn!

[billgator2005]

i can never imagine an early clapton run from any guitarist then or now...

[billgator2005]

listen to some old clapton when he was hungry for it.. this ISN'T early clapton...it's like someone else named EC....case n point: live sittin' on top of the world goodbye cream..live stormy monday john mayall...

[atomic3939]

@billgator2005 The last truly great performance i've seen by Eric Clapton was on the "Cream" reunion tour (dvd). I can't remember if it was filmed in London or New York.....but it was an amazing performance.

[geteese]

I just wonder the immense tribute Clapton will get when he dies. The only musician inducted 3 different times in the Rock n roll Hal of fame. Clapton is a genius!!

[kidd0218]

@geteese It will a sad day indeed. STOP I dont want to talk about or even think about when it happens! :s

[RobLoweIsTheMan]

@geteese You do realize that the Jonas Brothers have been inducted 4 times? Get with the times ya tard.

[usojas1]

@RobLoweIsTheMan sorry, but geteese have said Clapton is the only MUSICIAN inducted 3 times in the rock'n roll hall of fame, and the jonas brothers aren't musicians

[RobLoweIsTheMan]

@usojas1 Umm excuse me but this, "Eric Clapton" is not talented at all. I'm an expert when it comes to the history records of musicians and artists; The Jonas Brothers were inducted 3 times into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Now just let people who actually know what they're talk about be on here.

[llg1960]

@RobLoweIsTheMan: YOU ARE AN IDIOT!

[deandavis8987]

@RobLoweIsTheMan "ummm" if you're such an expert why do you use claptons name in quotes as if you've never heard of him? by the way the jonas brothers suck, and so do you for mentioning their name. @40carlosmc - i suggest you read any single page of claptons biography and i think you'll understand why he plays the blues. btw theres a reason hes called SLOW HAND, dumbass.

[suim2007]

@RobLoweIsTheMan Troll On brother, people are still dumb enough to give you the time of day

[AFINTO]

@geteese Well... I like to think he's immortal! Being god and all...

[pageplantpoli]

@geteese First of all, the Hall of Fame as well as things like Grammy's are mostly horse$hit......When Clapton stopped doing drugs, he decided he didn't want to play blues anymore... seriously? does journeyman sound like blues/rock ?? It's pop... FYI: Remember, Duane Allman was the man behind Layla.

[dbarrois1]

Bad to the bone! 

[bgw316]

@geteese I know that no matter what I will be doing. I will pay my respects with my guitar just like tens of hundreds of popular musicians would. 

[1358531]

@geteese actually, stephen stills was inducted three different times as well. but you're absolutely right in Clapton being a genius.

[charvel1959]

Its different strokes for different folks! its never been a competition! The only competition should be with yourself to always work hard to be your best, after that it down to what the great maker gives you.

[facundozxt]

para mi este es el orden,JIMY HENDRIX, ERIC CLAPTON, STEVE RAY VAUGHAN, JIMY PAGE, ALVIN LEE,BB KING, RICHIE BLACKMORE,RANDY ROADS,

[dumbletone]

ISN'T IT A DUMBLE CLAPTON IS PLAYING THROUGH ???!!!!

[cpfc001]

Eric Clapton was and probably still is an inspiration to many musicians and guitarists, his influence on the resurgence of the 60's British blues/rock movement is incomparable and gave rise to many great guitarists to follow..

He is ONE of the true greats, lets leave it that !!!

[alijav091]

@cpfc001 if you would listen to cream, ud understand where jimi hendrix and all the rock/blues/psychedelic greats are coming from.. nothing compares to the intensity of his playing during his tenure with cream.. period

[spaghetto41]

omfg

[lagodog]

They are all great and unique in their own way, thats the beauty of being a true artist!!! They would all love to play together, and be thrilled to do so!! Each in their own way, each on their own frets!!

[earlbroussardjr]

Why compare who is the best? In this matter, just a good friend paying tribute to another friend!!!

[beerguy1969]

Clapton is not the best but he is one of the best

[kurosakisamakun]

awsome

[RICHARDS9000]

Clapton is god!!!

[scottcog1]

love love love it

[mathisond]

They go one after another, mind you the best blues players (left) in the world, in tribute to one of their own. What a great group.

[StinkinBadger]

Fuckin Eric SHREDS..!!!

[TLUSTOPRD]

No dislike - this is the power of god fellas.

[Behindblueeyesinca]

What a compliment this video is.......... Eric Clapton is a true gentleman, and such comments from him are a true testament to Stevie Ray Vaughn's legacy. One of the best speaking highly of one of the best..............

[hofstadt7]

what asshole try to judge?

[herrdruhl]

great! Cool to see Tommy Shannon too.

[papasieg]

there is no BEST they are all good

[Tynes1112]

How have I never seen this?!?!?!?!?

[ryttersken]

Must say this is effing amaizing!

Great sound great technique great flow just like SRV!!!

Ohh god i just looove blues!

[mitchtickler]

Clapton has a Sweeter softer touch! Stevie was a bit more 'angsty' but an Awesome version none the less...

[Schnabse]

talking about SRV. My kids, when they where relly young, always asked me to put on the song of the man that makes his guitar talk....and they still like it today

no more to say

[babalvg]

they don't make music like this anymore... what a shame! I could listen to that guitar all day.

[edbigtruck]

You know you are an awesome guitar player when the man who was called God stopped his Car to listen and find out who you are. R I P SRV .

[francesco100594]

Who says the best is Clapton, who says is SRV, well...I'M THE BEST!

[cgabler91191]

Awesome version of this song! Great tribute to SRV, by a legend himself.

[zolomasta1969]

Are people really going to fight about who was the better guitarist on a tribute video to the great SRV, how petty can you be? seriously stfu theres nothing to be said except what a great video this is

[Slugg0matic]

Clapton is a class act and a real professional, and more than comfortable enough in his own skin to give kuddos to SRV for the kind of guitar player he was.

I never saw SRV live but I have spoken to many lucky people over the years who did and they all said the same thing. "He burned the stage to the ground." I never heard anyone say anything less about one of his shows.

[kmars21]

Clapton is a living legand and that can never be taken from him..he's secure enough to be able to say what he thinks of Stevies playing and it is obvious that he was blown away by it. For him to say he almost couldnt go on after him is the highest honor he could give him. Until the day he died Stevie played with the fire that Clapton played with when he was 21..I think that may be what impressed him.

[heathclif83]

@usojas1 They're both  Awesome , Just Different style's. Who'de they Idolize"? BB KIng~!!!

[FenderFrencher]

In every way shape and form, Eric Clapton and SRV are different in their playing skills. Eric Clapton is the god of guitar from the fact he's been around since the 60s, but SRV will always be remembered as the most "rift your face off, what the f*ck happened to me, gut feeling" blues king of the world. Mix the two, and this is what happens. By far the best Clapton guitar picking I've ever heard heard him play... RIP Stevie

[verdmetsfan]

clapton may not be as good as SRV but damn does he have some skills

[AshburnFilmWorks]

To the people in here saying that Eric Clapton is better than SRV......... Eric Clapton just said, in his own words, at the end of this video that he had to psych himself up just to be able to go on stage after SRV, because otherwise he wouldn't have been able to follow him and would have "run away". And that was at Eric Clapton's OWN show (Alpine Valley).

Ding ding ding ding ding..... how much more proof do you need?

[jumpmanJB23]

@AshburnFilmWorks you're clueless.......he said that bc hes humble and really liked Stevie. stevie would say the same thing about Clapton I asure you.....grow up

[AshburnFilmWorks]

@jumpmanJB23

First off, you're the one who is clueless. I was responding to the many ignorant comments by SRV-haters that have been posted on several videos about Clapton being "better", when I said that right here in this video EC says that he had to walk away just to "preserve some sanity" in order to get on stage after SRV's set. IN HIS OWN WORDS, IN THIS VIDEO. Listen much?

Second, kid, you are in no position to tell ME to grow up.

[jumpmanJB23]

@AshburnFilmWorksFirst i dont care who you're responding to he said that because he likes srv and is a humble man period. he did NOT say he was better than him. i dont give a shit about thos srv haters theyre stupid if they dislike stevie. second your comment was very immature and if you dont see that then you are indeed. plain and simple.

[AshburnFilmWorks]

@jumpmanJB23

I never wrote at any point that Clapton said he was better. Again, I posted the comment in response to those who WERE saying that, but you took that the wrong way and completely blew things out of proportion. Second, you're the one telling people they are "clueless" and "immature" because of a difference in opinion (which we don't even have anyway, making things even more absurd). That's immaturity.

[jumpmanJB23]

@AshburnFilmWorks so ding ding ding wasnt emplying stevie is better than eric. just look at it from someone elses perspective. and there is plenty people saying stevies is better than eric too. whatever if you werent saying that eric said stevie was better then fine just obviously looked like it. I did blow it out of proportion but i was just tired of seeing people comparing and putting down guitar legends.

[AshburnFilmWorks]

@jumpmanJB23

I hate it too, which is why I posted that comment to anyone who bashed SRV saying that EC is better. The logic being that, if EC is "better than SRV", then why would he have to psych himself up just to go on stage after him? If he's "better", if he's "god", then he would have just gone on stage and one-upped SRV without hesitation. But that's not what happened.

I posted the comment as a sort of be-all, end-all thing.

[jumpmanJB23]

@AshburnFilmWorks ok back to my first point, for the fifth time he doesnt really he is a really big fan of srv and building him up thats why he says this. a very humble guy. everyone has their opinion on who is the best you cant really be wrong

[AshburnFilmWorks]

@jumpmanJB23

He doesn't really what?

[jumpmanJB23]

@AshburnFilmWorks HAVE to psych himself up just to go out there.

[AshburnFilmWorks]

@jumpmanJB23

Not only DID he say that, but he paused and then CONFIRMED it by saying "I'm not joking". I can understand disagreeing on certain things, but what he said isn't up for debate. It's a major interview and he said it.

[jumpmanJB23]

@AshburnFilmWorks ok keep believing that.

[t3golf]

Clapton's "From the Cradle" album is what got me into the blues about 8 years ago, and I'm super thankful for it. Stevie's "Texas Flood" is what ignited an insatiable lust to play the blues. It's amazing the difference between the two (vocals, tone, style, versatility, etc) but like so many have said, the undeniable connection is the music. Thank God for the blues!

[YoCyrus87]

SRV "An open Channel" that is the best description i have ever heard. It really did flow out of him just like Clapton said.

[davelister30]

Clapton..."Ive got to find out who that is on the radio right now".. Hmm Clapton asks that question, how fucking intimidated must have he been?

[geoff101001]

@davelister30 clapton isn't intimidated by anyone except for when he heard hendrix, but they both became best of friends in the end anyhow that stuff doesn't matter to him, hes def one of the best along with hendrix!

[davelister30]

I couldnt give a shit how many views, I know and Clapton knows who was the best, for fucks sake Albert King knew.... guess who that was, some small town Texas kid.

FUCKING DEVASTATED AT HIS LOSS! HOW DOES IT GET ANY BETTER? KEEP PRACTICING, KIDS. SRV WOULDVE WANTED IT LIKE THAT.

[rfd73]

You are wrong in saying that the best player in the world is Clapton, I think instead he was giving tribute to the real "best of the world" ever

[IrvingCNC]

@rfd73 totally agree with you...

[IrvingCNC]

@rfd73 totally agree with you... Stevie never lowered his intensity.... 

[RKL1958]

@rfd73 Wrong. Clapton is the best ever.

[snakeweirdo]

@rfd73 There is no best in the world. Music is subjective, dude.

[oramikleepunk]

@rfd73 I agree with you.It was a blues tribute.Whoever made that comment isn't a true fan of the blues.

[dickran2142battle]

its NOT FUCKING EASY TO SEE THAT STEVIEW IS NOT ON STAGE!

[esbramakopf]

even with srv's bass player

[smithy657]

only 1.470 views what the fuck this is far to hidden ... JESUS PLAYING GODS TUNE.. IMMENSE!!!!!

[facubarca]

Very emotive.

RIP SRV