Stevie Ray Vaughan-Sweet Home Chicago (live 26.08.90) pt 2

[MultiKZB]

Never saw Stevie Ray Vaughn...probably could have as our paths criss crossed many times in California and Texas...too caught up in my own "stuff"...thank heavens for technology and those of you who are good enough to post this genius!!  He is as relevant today as he was while alive. RIP, Stevie Ray...

[oliolion]

Why did that moron crash his plane, I hate him

[winnyone]

I was there the night before & the fog was bad then also. SRV was so good...I remember i just wanted to sit and watch & listen...was really special like i had never seen before. And that was it.

[Rydin6]

The reason Jimi is glorified is cause he took the blues to the next level. He may not have been the absolute best technical player, but he had the soul of blues within him just like these other phenoms. He just played it on a different plane than what had been done before. Plus he's f'n Jim Hendrix!

[sharkfl]

I still remember where i was when i heard that he had crashed. Man what a loss of pure god givin talent. Grew up with SRV. Listening jammin just always knew he was the best. Still is as far as i am concerned. RIP SRV. You will never be forgotten!

[mrchitown88fyl]

my dad and uncle were at this concert... wow... this is amazing... i love SRV...

[jimmydaniels142]

@i conquer you. I think Hendrix was a great player. But there's tons of players that were better.

[DocD514]

You know somewhere, someone has video of this....it was 1990....not 1950. We may never see it......but thanks for posting the music......

[csi2448]

@DocD514 There is lousy footage of the 25th, it's on my channel. But yeah, there are rumors that both shows were shot by professionals. People who have watched the lousy footage of the show from the 25th have said that at certain points you can see someone at the front of the stage with a professional looking video camera. And people who were at concerts say that it was pro shot too. So who knows. I doubt we'll ever see it, but here's hoping we do!!

[MrAlmccrary]

Thankx fur post'n! Truely Awesum! I thank Stevie wud say dont fuss bout who is better, or who wut did but be thankful for tha musik no matter who did it and set back and enjoy it and let it moveya! I wuz moved by this one! Thnx fur sharing!

[iConquerYou]

Oh God. I'm so fucking tired of people talking about Jimi Hendrix. He fucking suck. What's so hell good about him? Give me genuine reasons. I won't accept he did this and that for music and without him there wouldn't be this and that. It's BS. Jimi is shit compared to Stevie, Albert King, BB King, Buddy Guy and all the true blues greats, face it.

[Bassist10288]

Man, like water and wine I tell ya. I don't think Jimi was better than Stevie, but I don't think Stevie was better either!! They're both great and just an evolution I think on this same incredible spirit. The spirit of hard rocking and the blues. I don't think either of them will every really die so long as there are people playing their music and listening to it. Music is the answer man

[sandbiker]

Great stuff, my Uncle was there and took two nice photos of Stevie Ray. The photos hang on my wall in my computer/music room. According to my Uncle, as he told me later in the evening on that Monday, Stevie kept stepping up the energy on his solos. The rest of the guys just stepped aside as he did his thing and finished the song.

[ReclinerSwordsman]

1 person was rocking so hard he missed the 'like' button.

[guitarfrody]

Roomers say that one of Claptons crew members filmed the entire show, but Clapton himself refuse it.

I guess we will never know the truth.

[leavittobeaver]

omg if only there was video footage

[brandonman94]

Why oh Why didn't anybody think to do I professional video recording of all these greats together? I swear I remember reading somewhere that somebody claimed to have an amateur video, but I doubt it. :( RIP Stevie :(

[MrDoulme]

6:10-6:36 I think this is the sound of God smiling.

[132mikes]

Stevie would tell ya all to stop yer fightin. It's about the music, not the players. Kick it and enjoy a cold one with the best players in bluesland

[rocnrolson6]

I've seen both Healy and SRV. I have never seen anything like either one. I had an experience at the SRV show that goes beyond anythong else I have experienced since. That takes nothing away from from the mastery of Healy. He played a solo stop blues piece that may as well have been RJ.

[Vaughanaddict]

Listen to Stevies Last solo! It almost sounds like the guitar is crying because its about to lose its best friend in the whole world:( Chris Layton even commented in a video i have that when stevie cranked out his last solo, it was so HUGE that it sounded bigger than the entire place!

[crazycuntryboy2]

Yeah, Chris Layton and Tommy Hannon lost their best friend, the blues lost one of it's greats, Jimmy lost his younger brother, but God gained one of his children. Stevie rededicated himse;f as a Christian when he went sober and he had been sober ever since. Don;t worry, we'll all see Stevie in heaven one day.

[timesflyin46]

You kids really are young, I got to watch SRV and Jeff Healy together and the excitement and emotions in that house that night were unbelievable. We all admired SRV tremendously but Jeff Healey to me was one of the best blues entertainers I've ever had the pleasure to meet and hear, even in some of Healey's and SRV's video's you'll see an almost amazement from SRV as he watched Jeff play, they were tremendous.

[grga888]

Jeff can't really compare to Stevie cause nobody really can compare to Stevie. He is the greatest blues entertaner and greatest blues player that ever lived and that ever came on the scene, after Jimi Hendrix of course. There is nobody in his league. Jeff is mindblowing and really great, but Stevie is simply pure magic, something that this world will never ever experience again.

[timesflyin46]

@grga888 I got your message and I can't disagree with you about SRV he was absolutely great, the comment I was making is that Jeff was blind and the way he played the guitar made playing ever harder and to have the two handicaps against him and for him to accomplish all he did was almost a miracle. I've been playing for almost 50 years and watched them both as they came into their own and on my best day I couldn't play with either one of them. I met Jeff several times back in the 80's, Great!

[bonepeace1]

Really fitting that the last song he played was this old Robert Johnson blues standard. It truly is like something out of a movie.

[brandonman94]

Sadly, I'm only 15, so I never got the chance to see him in concert. This rendition of Robert Johnson just sends shivers down my spine though. Amazing playing by all of them. Wish I could have been there... All of them put their heart and soul into this. I guess, in the end, it was a very fitting last song, though, I wish we could have heard what he would have been like with 20 more years under his belt. :(

[s9bedibe]

dont hate me for this...but some things he did in the end showed hat he was sometimes turning to a verry pop like music.

i dont say its better like this, i wish i was old enough to have seen him to....

[arikarawarrior]

srv is and always will be the man!

[JFiannaca]

sooooooooooooooooooooo sad, less than a half hour after this his helicopter went down, hope your still jammin up their with jimi cya in a lil while im comin to a concert

[Frank332666]

awesome

[jw22345]

undescribable is the only way i can describe this. holy shit.

[THEBIGKOSTRINSKY]

this is so eary it was the last song he ever played in the fashion he did....the old robert johnson blues.....mabye its just me but its like a tragic ending from a movie.....i cant fuckin take the fact hes dead but it gives me peace of mind to know he died after playin the old fashion country blues.....cya on the other side stevie i'll be in line with all the rest lol

[logicalone41]

I picked up a youth size shirt from his last tour to give to my daughter when she was old enough ( she was born June 20th 1990 ). I was going to give it to her on her 2nd birthday, but it is still in the plastic wrapper and will never be worn. I just couldn't take it out ....

[stratocaster1959]

Isn't that stevie soloing in the begining???

[hendrixgeek]

no... Robert cray

[THEBIGKOSTRINSKY]

i mean the licks not the song

[THEBIGKOSTRINSKY]

the last thing he played was albert king.....so sad yet so fitting.

[grga888]

Albert King? Are you nuts?

[BATENKILL]

I think I would give up my heart just to see the video from that song

[BATENKILL]

Killer lick from Clapton at 2:53

[LM2795]

Im 14.I've never seen Stevie but it feels like I have. My dad went to see him a few months before he died. He tells me, I wish you could've seen him. I get sad every time I think about how tragic his deat and so sudden. THANKS FOR POSTING THIS VID

[thefabb]

I guess my signed SRV album cover I should keep along with my Lou Gehrig autograph and Jim Morrison signed doors album cover, I had to sell everything else including the 1964 Corvette, I would trade SVR for a String Ray 1964 I think?

[eliteslayer66]

id give anything to see him once in my life sadly he passed away 5 months after i was born so i never even got the chance to see him. I appreciate and enjoy his playing so much...

[jlkendri]

every time i hear this i wish i could be there so i could tell him not to get on that damn helicopter. such a loss. somebody correct me if i'm wrong, but i think stevie comes in about 6:12 where the bends peel the paint off the wall.

[wtfievh]

I think you are correct. No one could bend like SRV. I still get cold chills when I hear his live stuff. I was so blessed to have been able to see him live with Jeff Beck less than a year earlier. This is a wonderful post. I have read about this final performance for years, and it really lives up to its reputation. Thanks.

[BATENKILL]

Yes I think Stevie he comes in around 5:50 something not sure but the guitar gods wept that day as he melted the speakers

[awoutila]

Pardoun moi french but this is fockiiiing thi shiiitiiiiiii!

[kikster93]

Thank you SO MUCH for this!

[Fr3eStyle2]

sweet

[rogemasc]

Absolutely amazing......!!! I would wish so much to be there.......shaking all the time and hearing stevie and all that gods!!!rip stevie.. god blessing you!!

[rogemasc]

Absolutely amazing......!!! I would wish so much to be there.......shaking all the time hearing stevie and all that gods!!!rip stevie.. god blessing you!!

[krishotsaucemiller]

R.I.P. SRV

[Stevie9o]

SRV

[SRVRULES893]

thanks for posting this, i have had a 5 min section of it on mp3 for soooooo long now, was desperately trying to find the full version. Stevie was on fire, then he always was. Thanks prompen and thanks Stevie. The music will live forever

[XJoeXBobbiousX]

Thanks so much, it's so sad to know that this is the last time he played.......

R.I.P Stevie!

[dpinsker]

Is this really from Alpine Valley? His last time ever playing a guitar, just a few hours before he died :(

[prompen3]

indeed it is and i am suprised thst no one has posted this before me!

[dpinsker]

Pretty rare stuff, where did you get hold of this?

Thanks for posting btw! You can checkout my latest vid if you like :)

[prompen3]

i actually dont remember where i got it from ive had the clip for almost two years now should have uploaded it long time ago....