Great video - SRV on top form & backed by excellent musicians. Imagine the studio album that these guys could have made together. Hiram Bullock, playing rhythm here, was also a great guitarist (check out the guitar solo & outro that he played on the studio version of "Little Wing" from Sting's 1987 album "Nothing Like The Sun").
Sooo sad that both the guitarist in this clip both passed away at such young age. SRV was IMHO the best white blues / rock guitarist with a signature sound and fab playing skills. No shredding bull shit just plain blues / rock chops and a great bluessy voice. The other guitar player here, Hiram Bullock, too, was a great guitar player. He sadly passed away in 2008 at the age of 53 )-:
This is one of the most rockin performances I've ever seen or heard. I wonder if the players all realized it at the time. This is what rock music should be. Notice it's not all dynamically compressed down to 4dB between the louds and quiets (what few there are), proving the point that even loud music needs a quiet bottom side with much headroom, and demonstrating to anyone with ears and brain that the way the Satanic music industry has led us is into compression is 100% unequivocally wrong.
@33rdPatriot you mean binereal beats? send me a message if you want to elaborate more, im someone whos interested in this stuff and wonder myself if the satanic industry is responsible for his death..
@CORACUPCAKE My response was "loaded" one. I hope people will read Dr. Len Horowitz' MUSICAL CULT CONTROL, and also read Alex Constantine's WAR ON ROCK AND ROLL, and also watch G. CRAIGE LEWIS' TRUTH BEHIND HIP HOP, and also read DAVE MCGOWAN's research into the LAUREL CANYON MUSIC SCENE - to truly understand the dark influences behind _all_ modern music, including the corrupted musical scale itself.
@CORACUPCAKE There's also the great videos on here from JOHN TODD about the satanic influence in rock and roll, and also the video series SOLD THEIR SOULS FOR ROCK AND ROLL - it is mind-blowing in the extreme, overloads with evidence, thousands of examples, showing how we've all been influenced by dark and sinister forces thru popular music. website VIGILANT CITIZEN .com has great analyses of LADY GAGA and all other popular performers. Unbelievable.
@33rdPatriot im aware of vigilant citizen and a lot of the satanic cult backgrounds.. iv looked a lot into tupac particularly, i was thinking they killed stevie ray vaughan as well... did they suggest stevie ray vaughan was killed by them/ a part of all of that? thanks for your responses... glad to see other people are awake
@33rdPatriot i think you will actually find this interesting since were talking about this stuff, on this video watch?v=Em_ugIiK42o&list=FLST45jkoXamNHDb3ZMRHiAw&index=1&feature=plpp_video
at 1:05 in the video you can see that he has a bracelet with snakes which can mean a lot... this was also when he was on drugs i think. he may have cleaned up and broke free from any ways they were trying to corrupt him, and then they may have killed him for breaking rules.
if he were alive today and for god-knows-what reason wanted to enter the X-Factor, SRV wouldn't even get past the preliminary auditions. why? cause he isn't going to sing a cover of some lowest common denominator cheesy bullshit that's fresh in the public's memory, he's not going to bang on about being from a broken home, doesn't have a relative in a wheelchair and isn't twelve. therefore the X-Factor is worthless aside from an industry marketing conveyor belt.
Dunno if its true or not but i heard he used Bass strings for the 3 bottom strings on his guitars?? is that right? must have been so hard to Bend.....
@Nem33 To get his signature tone, Stevie tuned down a semitone and experimented with different string gauges, generally using heavy gauge GHS strings - 0.013, 0.015, 0.019 (unwound), 0.028, 0.038, 0.058. If his fingers weren't holding up he'd compromise with a 0.012 to 0.058 set although at one point Stevie even strung his guitar with 0.018 to 0.074 !
@q2w3bn876 He has played a baritone double neck guitar before in novelty situations (guest jams), but it's essentially not possible to string a typical short 24" scale guitar with a 74 and be tuned down only a semitone. The strings wouldn't even fit in the nut either. That big a string set is for a baritone guitar. For comparison, metal band Meshuggah play 8 string guitars with 30" scale, thickest string is a .70 tuned to F#. This reference to the string sizes he used is half info.
@KyoMao It was in fact a helicopter crash (27/8-1990). Clapton was in fact planning on going on the same flight but luckily didn't. Sooo sad that SRV died at such youg age. He was a GREAT GREAT guitar player and one of the biggest !
I believe that is Omar Hakim on drums, Don Alias on percussion, Hiram Bullock on guitar and Tom Barney on bass. Not sure who the keyboardist is. Jools Holland? I don't know.
This is one of the best and most intense live performances I have ever seen on video of any musician, of any kind of music, anywhere. Is it a coincidence that Stevie is wearing a cross and quoting Jesus?
@jimmyGreenwood On keys was Philippe Saisse,,, Good muso. Reminds me of Eric Johnson, bit quirky but a skilled individual. Had some smooth grooves but his earlier recordings, though considering the decade, had too much synth! Some cool sounds still.
Dude never got the credit for his teriffic vocal work, (imo). Just listen to his voice here; very clear, crisp, great texture, volume and POWER. SRV knocked it out!!!!!!
This is one of the tightest rock songs to ever show up on the television screen. Anyone who saw this back in the day was watching history in the making. SRV is backed by a killer band, and it just seems to propel him to another level.
I could say SRV was "brilliant," "incomparable," "amazing,"...can I instead just say he was BADASS? :) I'm in awe....it's like he "is" the guitar. One of a kind...the best guitarist who ever lived, in my opinion.
The other guitar player on stage is having his butt rocked right off by the power and greatness that IS Stveie Ray. I love it!
This wipes the floor with any of the cookie-cutter no talent bullcrap on the charts today. Play this for Simon Cowell and show his lousy ass who the real deal "American Idol" really is. We need Stevie Ray today like people in hell need ice water!
@BloozeDaddy76 The late Hiram Bullock is not having his butt rocked off. He's onstage with SRV and doing the right thing by holding down rhythm and doubling the bass. I think it is cool that he tuned his low-E down to Eb and left the rest of his guitar in E then adjusted the chords (1:38 to see one). That's a professional.
BTW, he played guitar with several great musicians including Sanborn, Joel, Sting, Metheny, Pastorius, Simon, and recorded with Steely Dan.
@carlball1 - GREAT pick there! I had to pick up my strat and tune the low E down halfstep, just to check it out. You're spot on right. And yep, Hiram plays perfectly here.
@BloozeDaddy76 The other player is Hiram Bullock, a great guitar player...Guitar player of the letterman show, and he played also with Will Lee, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller..tuff guy, believe me.
@BloozeDaddy76 that "other" guitar player - is the mighty Hiram Bullock - a jazz/funk great that can play anything you ant, and put his spin onto it. he is supporting SRV - doing the right thing. and yes - pretty much no one touches SRV on the blues! the power, the tone, the phrasing !
Needed a good shot of the very special and wonderful SRV after my rant about that a***h**** Malaysian official saying God created animals for man to use for experimentation. I feel a whole lot better after hearing this.
Thanks for uploading this! This is from David Sanborn's show "Night Music" (Show 201) with Omar Hakim (drums), Nathan East (bass), Philippe Saisse (keys), Hiram Bullock (guitar),
Look up "Sunday Night" on wikipedia. This version is much better quality than the others versions of this show youtube so thanks again!
One thing I would like to point out is the year on the info tab. 1986??? REALLYYYY!!!??!?!?!??? .... Crossfire wasnt released until 1989 on the In Step album.
God I miss his work.
lathoroughbred 1 week ago
Great video - SRV on top form & backed by excellent musicians. Imagine the studio album that these guys could have made together. Hiram Bullock, playing rhythm here, was also a great guitarist (check out the guitar solo & outro that he played on the studio version of "Little Wing" from Sting's 1987 album "Nothing Like The Sun").
NormanZavlandid1066 1 week ago
this is the best version of crossfire i've seen
BayouBluesMan 3 weeks ago
Sooo sad that both the guitarist in this clip both passed away at such young age. SRV was IMHO the best white blues / rock guitarist with a signature sound and fab playing skills. No shredding bull shit just plain blues / rock chops and a great bluessy voice. The other guitar player here, Hiram Bullock, too, was a great guitar player. He sadly passed away in 2008 at the age of 53 )-:
q2w3bn876 1 month ago
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JustAintthatWay 3 months ago
This is one of the most rockin performances I've ever seen or heard. I wonder if the players all realized it at the time. This is what rock music should be. Notice it's not all dynamically compressed down to 4dB between the louds and quiets (what few there are), proving the point that even loud music needs a quiet bottom side with much headroom, and demonstrating to anyone with ears and brain that the way the Satanic music industry has led us is into compression is 100% unequivocally wrong.
33rdPatriot 3 months ago
@33rdPatriot you mean binereal beats? send me a message if you want to elaborate more, im someone whos interested in this stuff and wonder myself if the satanic industry is responsible for his death..
CORACUPCAKE 3 weeks ago
@CORACUPCAKE My response was "loaded" one. I hope people will read Dr. Len Horowitz' MUSICAL CULT CONTROL, and also read Alex Constantine's WAR ON ROCK AND ROLL, and also watch G. CRAIGE LEWIS' TRUTH BEHIND HIP HOP, and also read DAVE MCGOWAN's research into the LAUREL CANYON MUSIC SCENE - to truly understand the dark influences behind _all_ modern music, including the corrupted musical scale itself.
33rdPatriot 3 weeks ago
@CORACUPCAKE There's also the great videos on here from JOHN TODD about the satanic influence in rock and roll, and also the video series SOLD THEIR SOULS FOR ROCK AND ROLL - it is mind-blowing in the extreme, overloads with evidence, thousands of examples, showing how we've all been influenced by dark and sinister forces thru popular music. website VIGILANT CITIZEN .com has great analyses of LADY GAGA and all other popular performers. Unbelievable.
33rdPatriot 3 weeks ago
@33rdPatriot im aware of vigilant citizen and a lot of the satanic cult backgrounds.. iv looked a lot into tupac particularly, i was thinking they killed stevie ray vaughan as well... did they suggest stevie ray vaughan was killed by them/ a part of all of that? thanks for your responses... glad to see other people are awake
CORACUPCAKE 3 weeks ago
@33rdPatriot i think you will actually find this interesting since were talking about this stuff, on this video watch?v=Em_ugIiK42o&list=FLST45jkoXamNHDb3ZMRHiAw&index=1&feature=plpp_video
at 1:05 in the video you can see that he has a bracelet with snakes which can mean a lot... this was also when he was on drugs i think. he may have cleaned up and broke free from any ways they were trying to corrupt him, and then they may have killed him for breaking rules.
CORACUPCAKE 3 weeks ago
Listening to SRV is one of the reasons I picked up the guitar in the first place
tomhurlburt84 3 months ago
The "HYAH" @ 4:00 is fucking badass
TheBinff 4 months ago
The other stringers do NOT want in the Crossfire with the Great SRV
twolf811 4 months ago
if he were alive today and for god-knows-what reason wanted to enter the X-Factor, SRV wouldn't even get past the preliminary auditions. why? cause he isn't going to sing a cover of some lowest common denominator cheesy bullshit that's fresh in the public's memory, he's not going to bang on about being from a broken home, doesn't have a relative in a wheelchair and isn't twelve. therefore the X-Factor is worthless aside from an industry marketing conveyor belt.
noisyneil 4 months ago
Dunno if its true or not but i heard he used Bass strings for the 3 bottom strings on his guitars?? is that right? must have been so hard to Bend.....
InHisShadow57 5 months ago
@InHisShadow57 That's not right, but all his strings were pretty thick gauge.
Nem33 2 months ago
@Nem33 To get his signature tone, Stevie tuned down a semitone and experimented with different string gauges, generally using heavy gauge GHS strings - 0.013, 0.015, 0.019 (unwound), 0.028, 0.038, 0.058. If his fingers weren't holding up he'd compromise with a 0.012 to 0.058 set although at one point Stevie even strung his guitar with 0.018 to 0.074 !
q2w3bn876 1 month ago
@q2w3bn876 He has played a baritone double neck guitar before in novelty situations (guest jams), but it's essentially not possible to string a typical short 24" scale guitar with a 74 and be tuned down only a semitone. The strings wouldn't even fit in the nut either. That big a string set is for a baritone guitar. For comparison, metal band Meshuggah play 8 string guitars with 30" scale, thickest string is a .70 tuned to F#. This reference to the string sizes he used is half info.
Nem33 1 month ago
Sucks that he died in that plane crash.
KyoMao 5 months ago
@KyoMao It was in fact a helicopter crash (27/8-1990). Clapton was in fact planning on going on the same flight but luckily didn't. Sooo sad that SRV died at such youg age. He was a GREAT GREAT guitar player and one of the biggest !
q2w3bn876 1 month ago
srsly... dem be sum FUNKY nigghuhs! 8o SRSLY!!
mcalfredon 5 months ago
total badass, wonder what my favorite musician (kurt cobain) would say about stevie , wish they were in an interview together
BayouBluesMan 7 months ago
@BayouBluesMan kurt and stevie ?? fucking apples and oranges dude, that would be like asking jesus if he liked mexican food........
get it?
pro tip: cobain does not equal BLUES !
fzappa007 4 months ago
the ending omg just jammin
soloben2471 7 months ago
Great song...aint it the truth ;)
thatisMRS2u 7 months ago
RIP Hiram... and Busta you brought the Talking Heads to a different level... Tina was good ...but man ......you and Adrian Belew connected ....
redifreddy14 7 months ago
There aren't many guitarists you can classify as "one of the greatest who ever lived" but this man is one of them.
loganlgr26 8 months ago
3:46 is freakin orgasmic
enzomdrums 8 months ago
Wow what a shame...only 35
RamTerritory 8 months ago
what dumbass would dislike. ? Really ?
tpdenman 9 months ago
1:52 - 2:34 = musical orgasm, SRV one and only
BaLoo84bg 10 months ago
tight rhythm section!
LazyRockers 10 months ago
That tingle in your cheeks is your face getting shredded off! Damn. May be the tightest and most provocative performance ever aired. Stuff of legend.
6StringsDownForever 10 months ago 3
@kmp1967yt thank you very much for the information.
bouwmr 10 months ago
2:02-2:15. Glorious.
Pr3lude9 11 months ago
I believe that is Omar Hakim on drums, Don Alias on percussion, Hiram Bullock on guitar and Tom Barney on bass. Not sure who the keyboardist is. Jools Holland? I don't know.
This is one of the best and most intense live performances I have ever seen on video of any musician, of any kind of music, anywhere. Is it a coincidence that Stevie is wearing a cross and quoting Jesus?
jimmyGreenwood 11 months ago
@jimmyGreenwood On keys was Philippe Saisse,,, Good muso. Reminds me of Eric Johnson, bit quirky but a skilled individual. Had some smooth grooves but his earlier recordings, though considering the decade, had too much synth! Some cool sounds still.
sirswift23 8 months ago
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jimmyGreenwood 11 months ago
OMG, this video is SO good! SRV blows my mind every time I hear him play, even if it's the same song over and over.
2:25 - 2:40 is some of the grooviest music ever recorded.
pwnasaurus11 11 months ago
Dat groove! This is what music's supposed to sound like.
Also look at that bassist slappin' the hell out of his guitar near the end, hehe
Karthrim 11 months ago
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Karthrim 11 months ago
Very cool!!!!!
bigbobbydahmer 1 year ago
The always wonderful, the "Great Stevie Ray Vaughan"! God bless your soul
luiscaesar 1 year ago
@bouwmr Yo man, this was a one time only because SRV was a guest in a program called 'Night Music'
this black guitarist you see is the old guitarist of Marcus miller his band, who played for Miles Davis before he went solo. very good musicians!!
RTBM 1 year ago
Who the hell are those niggers!!!! ha ha jk. lol
zzpatrick1 1 year ago 2
@bouwmr True ...... kinda like early Funkadelic.
TheHawkExperiment 1 year ago
Bad Boy !!!
TheHawkExperiment 1 year ago
Dude never got the credit for his teriffic vocal work, (imo). Just listen to his voice here; very clear, crisp, great texture, volume and POWER. SRV knocked it out!!!!!!
BluesDaddy411 1 year ago
0:48 This is why I LOVE SRV. Just those little upstrokes, and small twangs he throws in sounds so f-ing sweet.
Pr3lude9 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
too many black people!!!
payson13 1 year ago
This is one of the tightest rock songs to ever show up on the television screen. Anyone who saw this back in the day was watching history in the making. SRV is backed by a killer band, and it just seems to propel him to another level.
corbusier17 1 year ago 2
I could say SRV was "brilliant," "incomparable," "amazing,"...can I instead just say he was BADASS? :) I'm in awe....it's like he "is" the guitar. One of a kind...the best guitarist who ever lived, in my opinion.
JulieB1023 1 year ago
The guitar in this is AMAZING
GossipxoGirlxoxoxoxo 1 year ago
One of the comments below said the bass player was Nathan East. Same guy who has been playing with Clapton for years? Cool.
jhnstn1 1 year ago
@jhnstn1 Pretty sure it was Tom Barney. Nathan would have been slapping a 5-string Yammie
carlball1 1 year ago
The other guitar player on stage is having his butt rocked right off by the power and greatness that IS Stveie Ray. I love it!
This wipes the floor with any of the cookie-cutter no talent bullcrap on the charts today. Play this for Simon Cowell and show his lousy ass who the real deal "American Idol" really is. We need Stevie Ray today like people in hell need ice water!
BloozeDaddy76 1 year ago 16
@BloozeDaddy76 what about everyone else? i mean they're having they're butts rocked off just as much by him as the other guitar player, right?
ryanmacdaddy1000 1 year ago
@ryanmacdaddy1000 Omar Hakim is one of the greatest drummers in the world and is the man responsible for making that performance rock so well.
carlball1 1 year ago
@BloozeDaddy76 The late Hiram Bullock is not having his butt rocked off. He's onstage with SRV and doing the right thing by holding down rhythm and doubling the bass. I think it is cool that he tuned his low-E down to Eb and left the rest of his guitar in E then adjusted the chords (1:38 to see one). That's a professional.
BTW, he played guitar with several great musicians including Sanborn, Joel, Sting, Metheny, Pastorius, Simon, and recorded with Steely Dan.
carlball1 1 year ago 4
@carlball1 - GREAT pick there! I had to pick up my strat and tune the low E down halfstep, just to check it out. You're spot on right. And yep, Hiram plays perfectly here.
tjalla 1 year ago
@BloozeDaddy76 The other player is Hiram Bullock, a great guitar player...Guitar player of the letterman show, and he played also with Will Lee, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller..tuff guy, believe me.
EggTheBox 1 year ago
@BloozeDaddy76 Isn't that Robert Cray up there with him? I wouldn't compare them but I miss Stevie too...
MontgomerylandFunk 11 months ago
@MontgomerylandFunk Hiram Bullock
radcam69 11 months ago
@BloozeDaddy76 that "other" guitar player - is the mighty Hiram Bullock - a jazz/funk great that can play anything you ant, and put his spin onto it. he is supporting SRV - doing the right thing. and yes - pretty much no one touches SRV on the blues! the power, the tone, the phrasing !
MacReviewzOnline 9 months ago
What a sound!!
ajjvisser 1 year ago
Great guitar solo plus wonderful band, I miss both great late guitar teachers.
nozomu1967 1 year ago
This band absolutely owns Double trouble!
Spidey2391 1 year ago 2
Damn he could bend!! and he used heavy strings.
greenmean1 1 year ago
This man was a MONSTER! DAMN! but this wasn't SNL this was David Sanborn's Sunday night show(Night Music) on NBC, I saw the first run.
greenmean1 1 year ago
@greenmean1
Hi Randy ,thanks for the comment! Sunday night show(Night Music) !?
OK !
kmp1967yt 1 year ago
@kmp1967yt you're welcome Ken.
greenmean1 1 year ago
Shee-it! This is by FAR the best rendition ever!!! I got slobber all over the keyboard dammit!
zapdelivers 1 year ago
dammm..my headphones just got busted
waynechanhaoran 1 year ago 2
I would give my soul to be up on stage with the Legend! i wouldn't care if they had me playing the triangle!!
tablax 1 year ago
How can anyone say Stevie is overrated? Look at that solo!!!!!!! HONESTLY, HOW CAN ANYONE THINK THAT!!!
legumes12 1 year ago
@legumes12 anyone whos says Stevie was overrated is a fool, and has no ear for music and no appreciation for great musicians
greenmean1 1 year ago
SRV is the blackest guy up there:)
itwasallgoodinthe70s 1 year ago 23
@itwasallgoodinthe70s thats too funny
stratplayer5769 8 months ago
this is THE SHIT what a drummer, what a reverb sound, Stevie really kicks some asses there
beavercreak 1 year ago
All I can say is "WOW!"
jeffreyclarencebrown 1 year ago
SSSWWEEEEEET !!!
701Charles 1 year ago
that drummer is fucking tight!!
crackernazi 1 year ago
Needed a good shot of the very special and wonderful SRV after my rant about that a***h**** Malaysian official saying God created animals for man to use for experimentation. I feel a whole lot better after hearing this.
dolliegirlcat 1 year ago
this cracks me up...the band looks hella happy to be jammin' w/ jimmy
butch8773 1 year ago
@butch8773 You mean Stevie right?
legumes12 1 year ago
@butch8773 You mean Stevie?
hvrock13 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading this! This is from David Sanborn's show "Night Music" (Show 201) with Omar Hakim (drums), Nathan East (bass), Philippe Saisse (keys), Hiram Bullock (guitar),
Look up "Sunday Night" on wikipedia. This version is much better quality than the others versions of this show youtube so thanks again!
texasjazzmusic 1 year ago
@texasjazzmusic : That's Marcus Miller on bass and don't forget Don Alias on congas & percussion.
robertdeltajohnson 1 year ago
saw stevie in montreal crossfire was a killer he opened up for robert plant
ledballone 1 year ago
man that brother playing rythem is having the time of his life........i know i woulda if i coulda jamm'd with stevie.
XxMafiaSoljaxX 1 year ago
is it two vibroverbs or two super reverbs he got on stage here?
BluesThor 1 year ago
love the head banging going on from the bass player. Night at the Rocksberry! haha
DaMan8080 1 year ago 2
saw stevie in montreal he opened up for robert plant the song i loved was CROSSFIRE killer show r i p mr vaughn
ledballone 1 year ago
RIP Stevie.
keefek 1 year ago
I love Stevie so much. He's my hero
4lifeguitar 2 years ago
srv greatest guitarist ever.
TookieGenesis 2 years ago
After hendrix..i never saw someone play with so much soul...it´s a shame he is gone..
jmmn 2 years ago
if you like SRV, check out Rory Gallagher, one hell of a blues guitarist and one of my favorite
emanrocker1323 2 years ago 2
@emanrocker1323 I agree, boyo. Rory Gallagher is my absolute favourite musician, ever. :)
Perezco 1 year ago
Fucking amazing
DwayneJKing 2 years ago
Ooops ! damn, It's my fault.
Yea, It's 1989 !! Thanks !
kmp1967yt 2 years ago
One thing I would like to point out is the year on the info tab. 1986??? REALLYYYY!!!??!?!?!??? .... Crossfire wasnt released until 1989 on the In Step album.
dhutchinson86 2 years ago
This hits me like a punch in the gut. You can't go wrong with an all black rhythm section. Tighter, more soulful.
maigles 2 years ago 2
only 865 views. wow
acousticelectricdude 2 years ago
Hep me! SRV was smokin' hott!
kelaine100 2 years ago
Lawdy Oh! Stevie Ray is always perfect.
keefek 2 years ago
First one to leave a comment. wow...
Anyway whats up with the band?
Wheres Tommy ,and Chris?
turnthatshitdown 2 years ago