It should not even be disputed. This is and always will be the best synergy of soul and skill anyone will ever see in their lifetime. Regardless of who picks up a guitar. A savant, an alien? Jesus, who the f%^K cares. He is without doubt a master of his domain.
These two people are absolutely crazy, Stevie is definitely the best guitarist ever. He has never been equaled, and it will probably not happen, because to be one "with your guitar is a dream.
I just started to really listen to this man's music and also the Brothers Vaughn and poof that August we we lost him along with some of Clapton's people-- and then later I went down to Austin and went to his 'home bar' and had a chance to pay tribute to a true legend....Shar xo
That was a hell of an inspired night for Stevie. Oh boy, what a fluid solo plenty of colorfull notes without a single hesitation. He knew where to go with his fingers on that bridge to give this version a unique source of inspiration, passion and dreams. SRV is not only providing amazing blues music, but also a very good source of leasons learned regarding life, and demonstrating that drugs and alcohol have nothing to do with this. He said it. RIP SRV
And what kills me is that I lived in Toronto when he was playing at the El Mo and for some reason, I didn't go even thought I meant to. One of the biggest regrets I have.
Got this on VHS when I was 14 and I wore out the tape just watching it over and over again. It still thrills me to point where my heart literally hurts watching it. There will never be another Stevie - our pride and joy.
PURE, RAW EMOTION & SOUL ! You can actually see when the spirit of Hendrix enters his body @ 3:50 ! Most guitarists can't play HALF as well in front as he did behind his back !!!
1 no me gusta, no porque realmente no me guste, sino porque un me gusta más no habría destacado en los que ya tiene ¡Éste tio sigue siendo el puto amo! Lo que realmente no me gusta es que ya no esté.
A "dislike", not because I do not really like it, but because a "like" would not make the difference. This guy is still fucking God! I do not really like he is gone.
hat 3 story climb to get in from street level, the damn 7 foot bouncers at the top, who were more than happy to fire anybody down so they rolled out onto Spadina Ave. That club was what Stevie Ray were all about. It was a blues shrine.
I saw a lot of guys live in my day. Hendrix, Cream at the Rock Pile. The Band at the Nickelodian backing up Ronnie Hawkins. Neil Young, Joe Walsh.But nobody came close to Stevie Ray.
Hey Gasper, it was THE blues club in TO for decades. Buddy Guy, Jr Wells onharp, Sonny Terry & Brownie MacGee, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, all played there. Wayne Cochrane, big white haired dude outta Miami, I was sitting at a table on the wall one night,all 6 foot 6 of Cochrane came flying of the stage and landed on our damn table, busted it up like kindling, he never missed a note.
I have an old VHS tape of the el Mocambo gig, that's how long I've been watching this performance, yet, it still stands out as one of the very few performances I never tire of. It just doesn't get any better than this. Period. Rest in peace Stevie Ray, we all miss you.
Stevie's powerful playing reminds me of how it might sound to hear an 800 pound gorilla channeling Jesus Christ playing the Blues on an electric guitar.
This is the most awesome performance in all of music ! 20+ years after hearing it for the first time it STILL gives me chills & stands my hair on end everytime ! There will never be another !
i saw stevie in NYC around 88. He had just finished playing the Garden with Jeff Beck and came to the show I was at, which was a blues festival, featuring Buddy guy, John Lee Hooker, the Fabulous T Birds to close. Well, on comes the MC to announce a special guest backstage. Out walks Stevie, all sweaty as hell. He says hi to his brother Jimmy, and the band launches into the Things I Used to do.Crowd goes fucking ballistic. Stevies first note erases everything we'd heard for the last 3 hrs.
This video is the reason I started playing guitar. My older brother had it. When I was about 13 I became obsessed with SRV. I'm now 31 and have grown away from the style. But seriously still deep in my heart he's my favorite. Especially this performance of Texas Flood. THE BEST!!!
Un-freaking-believable. I've watched this guy for years, have many of his recordings, yet this one smacked me upside the head. Wow. Nothing else to say. Go Stevie.
I always find it funny how this honky white guy shows up and completely changes the face of the blues. That definitely showed that you don't gotta have worked on a plantation to pour all your heart and soul out into a guitar and blow away millions.. I can feel his sorrow in every note. Pain and Suffering sure does have a great tone.
Another unsolicited observation: Stevie Ray covered Hendrix better than anyone else. Who has covered a stevie ray song ? (covered well, I mean). If he'd survived, I can only dream about the body of work he would have created.
its not surprising that when you search on youtube of other bands or musicians messing up you will find some, but when you search for SRV mess ups you never ever ever ever ever find a single one! that's how amazing this legend is!!
R.I.P Stevie Ray Vaughan. you are in our hearts forever!
ok I'm gonna get the hate messages, but I watch this and wonder what all the fuss is about Clapton! I don't get it and don't think Clapton has a sniff at playing like this...bring it on.
@avenger4546 - you're reading it wrong, Clapton deserves every bit of fame and success, we're lucky to have him...BUT......I do not understand why people think Clapton is a guitar god? At least not compared to what I am seeing in this video..
It must have been really hard for his band mates to look at Stevie rays guitar sitting on a stand after he died . i would cry especially that signature strat
why is there no "f.....ing love!" button?, "Like" does not cut it here, I have this DVD The first DVD I ever bought (to replace my VHS version) it will be in my coffin when I leave this life
I remember watching this and taping it when it first aired in the 80's. Still have the tape somewhere. This song and Little Wing were amazing. It's like the guitar is part of his body.
i remember the first time i saw him in the early 80's on public tv, i was like who the hell is this guy he's amazing. finally saw him a month before he died. the guy was amazing R.I.P. Stevie!!!!!
I have never heard anyone before or after have the total tonal command of a guitar as Stevie. Miss you man - I was going to get tickets for your next tour...
@JCD11563 that's a very bold statement, tommy emmanuel is a better accoustic player,---- steve vai is technically better,----ry cooder is just as good,----clapton can play anything and make it sound real,---you just prefer the s.r.v genre and style, it doesn't mean he was the best guitar player ever,and who are you to say no-one better will come along playing the same style.
Ive been playing for 3 years now and this my favorite song. Needless to say I'm no where close to playing this tune, but it's my goal for sure. Probably will need another 20 years to play it shitty but I love trying. SRV is the man. Well it's flooding down in Texas, alllll the telephone lines are down......
@radomu1 Oh, it wasn't a demon my friend. Only by the hand of God can one be blessed with sooo much talent. S.R.V. is very much missed but, with his recordings and old interviews we can still kinda get to know him.
@DuaneGib You're right, and I think that's why often those truly gifted people have such powerful problems, cause they can show what God can put into people, and the Devil don't like it, so he'll try to screw them up. He succeeded with lotsa people; but luckily some greats survived, like Eric Clapton for instance, and Stevie Ray (who I think got clean before the crash.)
20 years ago today, the world lost the greatest guitarist to ever live. what a man, and what a musician. rip, stevie, we love ya. this performance gives me goosebumps no matter how many times i've seen it.
I see people complaining about a lot of things related to music, but nobody can say that a real soulful blues performance wasn't done, because it was. And there it is.
This is not a performance, this is an exorcisim. The war he was waging and would eventually win with his demons came out in his playing. He literally wrings the notes outa that strat. Just physical as hell.
If it's like any other lesson for Stevie I've seen, it will give you all the mechanics, but not the soul. You'll have to look somewhere else for that. But, I admire anyone who tries.
the best thing about Stevie is that he doesnt hold back any emotion. he was 100% pure. look at the faces he makes. he conveys his personal agonies on to us and makes us feel what he feels. that makes him soooo much more than just the greatest guitarist ever.
the best thing about Stevie is that he doesnt hold back any emotion. he was 100% pure. look at the faces he makes. he conveys his personal agonies on to us and makes us feel what he feels. that makes him soooo much more than just the greatest guitarist ever.
the best thing about Stevie is that he doesnt hold back any emotion. he was 100% pure. look at the faces he makes. he conveys his personal agonies on to us and makes us feel what he feels. that makes him soooo much more than just the greatest guitarist ever.
@CuChuFLais4321 That one, and the riff at :50 ...unlike any other blues riffs EVER, and innovative as hell. Both stuck out to me when I heard this version on Blues At Sunrise.
i think Texas Flood is right in the middle. not as slow and bluesy as Tin Pan Alley, not as fast as Voodoo Chile or Rude Mood, but right in the middle with the feeling of Lenny and Leave My Little Girl Alone. i cant say its my favorite because they are all my favorite.
What musician has never been booed at some point? Jimi Hendrix was booed at the Isle of Wight essentially because he had gone past "Purple Haze & "Foxy Lady" & that's all they wanted to hear. In addition he had Buddy Miles on drums & a different bass player whos' name escapes me but had been a long time friend. It may have been the bassist for the Isley Bros. Stevie was great even when boozed up but became smoother when he gave it up. He didn't do heroin,period. If any drugs at all, it was coke.
It was Billy Cox, they were friends from when they met in the military and started jamming there. They jammed a little here and there between Jimi's military career and his reverse british invasion. Then when things turned sour with bassis Noel Redding he contacted Bill again.
thevuduchild- You are correct sir ! I just couldn't come up with his name & just a couple of weeks ago I saw a great bio on Jimi I had seen before but .....forgotten. Someone mentioned that Jimi overdubbed alot. Well, that's the bonus of recording in studio but don't anyone kid yourselves, Jim could play anything he could imagine. He was & still is the best 40 years later. Clapton & of course SRV who happens to be a hometown boy.
@rubberrev0lver Anyone that knows anything about SRV knows he had a huge substance problem for a long time. But he cleaned up long before his death & it shows in his playing. The before & after is clear if you pay attention to his recordings.
@RangerAlways True, but he had clearly taken something before performing at el mocambo. Whenever he plays a song and his eyes are closed, its because hes on something.. In the end, his music got a lot better.
@MrJordan2513 He went in rehab for a month in 1986. Anything he did before involved cocain and alcohol. He music was always good though. He remains the best blues rock guitarist.. (in my opinion)
@MrJordan2513 I really wouldn't know if he did or didn't take something before this show. He was always a fine musician but when he cleaned up, he just got better.
That's common of lots of great guitarists. Hendrix often played songs differently then his recordings. especially since he overdubbed many of them. But a lot of this is stream of conscious playing. my understanding is parts of this aren't written he's just playing. like jordan dunking. he says he didn't plan it he just figured it out when he got in the air.
I didn't say It wasn't a compilation. His playing was terrible for about 2 years before that album. It shows on the album. I remember him pouring Canadian Club into a giant beer plastic cup then telling the Audience how much he loved Canadian Whiskey .... pretty sad I was there ...
This was filmed by City TV which became Much Music and Broadcast on Chum FM Toronto within two weeks of the performance. We all video taped it and it was circulating via the grapevine. I saw every performance in Toronto after this one Massey Hall ect and he was this good every time till he did the Live alive album where he was too stoned to play well.
1:30 1:40 o.O
Edurockout 16 hours ago
man I wish they went into double time at 7:30
gmcwhir 5 days ago
From the opening line... To the end chord... I had shivers. RIP SRV.
JandCCards 1 week ago
The one and only at his best
TheStratfanatic 1 week ago
I'm beginning to get a feeling for what it must be like to get raped! He's raping that guitar. Fantastic!!
musiclover9361 1 month ago
This is, in my opinion, the greatest thing he ever did.Jjust sublime! You want blues with passion, panache and precision? Here it is...
musiclover9361 1 month ago
Everything I love about the Blues & SRV in this performance...the passion, the soul...the emotion....and the guitar...wow...wow...wow
granttg83 2 months ago
HOLY SHIT! All i have to say!
Thedudeiswes 2 months ago
Crazy acoustic
VictorPVersailles 2 months ago
It should not even be disputed. This is and always will be the best synergy of soul and skill anyone will ever see in their lifetime. Regardless of who picks up a guitar. A savant, an alien? Jesus, who the f%^K cares. He is without doubt a master of his domain.
whitechocolate6666 3 months ago
The Greatest MotherF#$*&r To Ever Strap on a Guitar.RIP SRV,We Still Love You!!
benwigginsguitar 3 months ago
2 people missed the like button
BenzoatoSodico 3 months ago
These two people are absolutely crazy, Stevie is definitely the best guitarist ever. He has never been equaled, and it will probably not happen, because to be one "with your guitar is a dream.
fredobremo 4 months ago
2 peope have disliked this?? WTF?!?!? REALLY????
70zoso 4 months ago
He is a beast.
Dekazeta11 4 months ago
um....................................
angrypecker 4 months ago
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CriticalSolutionCC 4 months ago
I just started to really listen to this man's music and also the Brothers Vaughn and poof that August we we lost him along with some of Clapton's people-- and then later I went down to Austin and went to his 'home bar' and had a chance to pay tribute to a true legend....Shar xo
nochannel123 4 months ago
in the zone!!
Bronsonsandmypiece 4 months ago
It's like a constant solo.
He is so fucken awesome!
fisches123 4 months ago
Amazing !!
PedagoJazz 5 months ago
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kkiubix 5 months ago
If I believed in the afterlife I'd say Stevie and Jimi would be jamming for the rest of eternity.
refuseit 5 months ago
WOW, one of the best live performances i've seen by anybody, ever. i can't describe how that blew my mind so i won't even try...just amazing
PurpleCanuck 5 months ago
That was a hell of an inspired night for Stevie. Oh boy, what a fluid solo plenty of colorfull notes without a single hesitation. He knew where to go with his fingers on that bridge to give this version a unique source of inspiration, passion and dreams. SRV is not only providing amazing blues music, but also a very good source of leasons learned regarding life, and demonstrating that drugs and alcohol have nothing to do with this. He said it. RIP SRV
Mauricio51209 5 months ago 2
EASILY THE BEST BLUES GUITARIST OF ALL TIME!!!
MrRossy82 5 months ago
And what kills me is that I lived in Toronto when he was playing at the El Mo and for some reason, I didn't go even thought I meant to. One of the biggest regrets I have.
itzikbasman1 5 months ago
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Is this guy the shit or what?
itzikbasman1 5 months ago
best guitar player besides Jimi Hendrix of all time, in my estimation.
vitorbelfort 6 months ago 8
@vitorbelfort *strat rulzz*
koala381 5 months ago
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XActSafeX 1 month ago
Toronto hosts the best small venue concerts ever! Proof is in the pudding
vitorbelfort 6 months ago
Damn. .. <3
GoodFortuneOfficial 6 months ago
What amp would this hero be playing? oO Fender Twin Hot Rod, perhaps?
GoodFortuneOfficial 6 months ago
@GoodFortuneOfficial No... a fortex 600 german 10gig 2.gz micro fibre blast tongue with six inch grafting gage
made with 24 carrot gold...
DarkEgg5 5 months ago
@DarkEgg5 Hmm.. By any chance, got a spare for me?
GoodFortuneOfficial 5 months ago
@GoodFortuneOfficial Tits or gtfo
DarkEgg5 5 months ago
@DarkEgg5 Tits it is!
GoodFortuneOfficial 3 months ago
@GoodFortuneOfficial ( . Y . )
DarkEgg5 3 months ago
fuck just imagine being there
timj41 6 months ago
El Mocombo..China town..Toronto Canada...Was at his show in Edmonton Alberta,,Same tour..Makes his guitar TALK..The master..RIP..!!!!!
prh1309 6 months ago
Got this on VHS when I was 14 and I wore out the tape just watching it over and over again. It still thrills me to point where my heart literally hurts watching it. There will never be another Stevie - our pride and joy.
chantruse1 6 months ago
PURE, RAW EMOTION & SOUL ! You can actually see when the spirit of Hendrix enters his body @ 3:50 ! Most guitarists can't play HALF as well in front as he did behind his back !!!
75CHUD 6 months ago
1 no me gusta, no porque realmente no me guste, sino porque un me gusta más no habría destacado en los que ya tiene ¡Éste tio sigue siendo el puto amo! Lo que realmente no me gusta es que ya no esté.
A "dislike", not because I do not really like it, but because a "like" would not make the difference. This guy is still fucking God! I do not really like he is gone.
Husihuilke 7 months ago
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BrendBlues 7 months ago
hat 3 story climb to get in from street level, the damn 7 foot bouncers at the top, who were more than happy to fire anybody down so they rolled out onto Spadina Ave. That club was what Stevie Ray were all about. It was a blues shrine.
I saw a lot of guys live in my day. Hendrix, Cream at the Rock Pile. The Band at the Nickelodian backing up Ronnie Hawkins. Neil Young, Joe Walsh.But nobody came close to Stevie Ray.
peteypuck 7 months ago
Hey Gasper, it was THE blues club in TO for decades. Buddy Guy, Jr Wells onharp, Sonny Terry & Brownie MacGee, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, all played there. Wayne Cochrane, big white haired dude outta Miami, I was sitting at a table on the wall one night,all 6 foot 6 of Cochrane came flying of the stage and landed on our damn table, busted it up like kindling, he never missed a note.
peteypuck 7 months ago
he played in el mocambo? that place is the size of a washroom lol
gasper47 7 months ago
0 dislikes. Awesome. I don't mean to sound like an idiot but his tone and playing here seriously give me shivers. This is amazing.
Fishies125 7 months ago 2
I have an old VHS tape of the el Mocambo gig, that's how long I've been watching this performance, yet, it still stands out as one of the very few performances I never tire of. It just doesn't get any better than this. Period. Rest in peace Stevie Ray, we all miss you.
OpinionZits 7 months ago
The greatest piece of guitar work ever captured on film. By the greatest guitarist ever. Period.
zoso242136 8 months ago 2
what exactly can you say??.... a Master at work... the blues king !!
nobody can compare in his style of music .. the best blues guitarist who ever lived
wizzy4202011 8 months ago
why do all the great guitarists die in AIr based accidents ?
ShredGuitarNB 8 months ago
Imagine that you've got to play your set just after him LOL
MojoPenguin 8 months ago
we're performing here tomorrow!! WOOT. Our first ever show ever was here as well.
Moiez101 8 months ago
Hes even good in 240p! haha amazing :)
rapeyadog 8 months ago
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dougiedlemi 8 months ago
Seems to lack feelin? Maybe your posting on the wrong song or i really hope its a joke post lol.
1976mygirl 9 months ago
@1976mygirl OK- maybe a touch of sarcasm.
booifojoe 9 months ago
Seems to lack feeling.
booifojoe 9 months ago
@booifojoe you must be watching a different video.
jake6346 9 months ago
Stevie's powerful playing reminds me of how it might sound to hear an 800 pound gorilla channeling Jesus Christ playing the Blues on an electric guitar.
RastaIsAStateOfMind 9 months ago
This is the most awesome performance in all of music ! 20+ years after hearing it for the first time it STILL gives me chills & stands my hair on end everytime ! There will never be another !
75CHUD 9 months ago
i saw stevie in NYC around 88. He had just finished playing the Garden with Jeff Beck and came to the show I was at, which was a blues festival, featuring Buddy guy, John Lee Hooker, the Fabulous T Birds to close. Well, on comes the MC to announce a special guest backstage. Out walks Stevie, all sweaty as hell. He says hi to his brother Jimmy, and the band launches into the Things I Used to do.Crowd goes fucking ballistic. Stevies first note erases everything we'd heard for the last 3 hrs.
TheInboil 9 months ago
I know the people at this gig knew they saw magic, but they would never have known...
MrGonzorhea 9 months ago
This video is the reason I started playing guitar. My older brother had it. When I was about 13 I became obsessed with SRV. I'm now 31 and have grown away from the style. But seriously still deep in my heart he's my favorite. Especially this performance of Texas Flood. THE BEST!!!
nperaino 9 months ago 19
Un-freaking-believable. I've watched this guy for years, have many of his recordings, yet this one smacked me upside the head. Wow. Nothing else to say. Go Stevie.
kybo61 10 months ago 2
Genius.
bluesatsunset 10 months ago
I always find it funny how this honky white guy shows up and completely changes the face of the blues. That definitely showed that you don't gotta have worked on a plantation to pour all your heart and soul out into a guitar and blow away millions.. I can feel his sorrow in every note. Pain and Suffering sure does have a great tone.
loserfest 10 months ago
Another unsolicited observation: Stevie Ray covered Hendrix better than anyone else. Who has covered a stevie ray song ? (covered well, I mean). If he'd survived, I can only dream about the body of work he would have created.
CountMickula 11 months ago
its not surprising that when you search on youtube of other bands or musicians messing up you will find some, but when you search for SRV mess ups you never ever ever ever ever find a single one! that's how amazing this legend is!!
R.I.P Stevie Ray Vaughan. you are in our hearts forever!
schoolboyzindanger 11 months ago
ok I'm gonna get the hate messages, but I watch this and wonder what all the fuss is about Clapton! I don't get it and don't think Clapton has a sniff at playing like this...bring it on.
mrclean67 1 year ago 3
@mrclean67 Ur right dude clapton is good but dont deserve all is Fame and good words ! HE should have been the one in the helicopter not stevie
avenger4546 11 months ago
@avenger4546 - you're reading it wrong, Clapton deserves every bit of fame and success, we're lucky to have him...BUT......I do not understand why people think Clapton is a guitar god? At least not compared to what I am seeing in this video..
mrclean67 11 months ago
wonder how many bets Stevie won saying " I could play better than you with my hands behind my back".......ha.......this is incredible.
mrclean67 1 year ago
thats how you place 4 pentatonics on a single key tune. incredible. ("G"; C; D; A)
solreva 1 year ago
tommy's face at like 1 20 is awesome
bdiddydally 1 year ago
It must have been really hard for his band mates to look at Stevie rays guitar sitting on a stand after he died . i would cry especially that signature strat
kelvin24912 1 year ago
Dude was not human. Vai, malmsteen, anyone else has NOTHING!
Meelosh96 1 year ago
My Fav!!!!!!!!!!!!
salm37 1 year ago
The best ever! Rip stevie!
Meelosh96 1 year ago
why is there no "f.....ing love!" button?, "Like" does not cut it here, I have this DVD The first DVD I ever bought (to replace my VHS version) it will be in my coffin when I leave this life
timj41 1 year ago
This prooves that white man can be as spiritual as black man.
Do you undestand why he was so fan of Hendrix ?
They're together now !
PetiteFleurYue 1 year ago
@PetiteFleurYue When asked the question, Stevie said that he wanted to be remembered for taking the color out of the blues. Let's honor his memory.
zipsnap 1 year ago
besides.. how the heck would you write that stuff down... you just dont bother
BayonneNick 1 year ago
I remember watching this and taping it when it first aired in the 80's. Still have the tape somewhere. This song and Little Wing were amazing. It's like the guitar is part of his body.
beatmastert 1 year ago
I'd give myself up to put Stevie back on earth. That way I could watch him from heaven.
tehtotez 1 year ago 35
@tehtotez DAMN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is the most amazing thing i have EVER read !
V8Deuce 9 months ago
@tehtotez ....really....do it!
gymhourfee 5 months ago
@tehtotez give yourself up and you'll watch him in heaven from heaven. first row FTW
OMERTA011 5 months ago
i remember the first time i saw him in the early 80's on public tv, i was like who the hell is this guy he's amazing. finally saw him a month before he died. the guy was amazing R.I.P. Stevie!!!!!
21sharon 1 year ago
Man do i miss him
geetarman67 1 year ago 2
that drummer looks bored
but yeah SRV was da bomb
TheHighwayRider 1 year ago
I have never heard anyone before or after have the total tonal command of a guitar as Stevie. Miss you man - I was going to get tickets for your next tour...
lokerola 1 year ago
best guitar player there has ever been or will be!
JCD11563 1 year ago
@JCD11563 that's a very bold statement, tommy emmanuel is a better accoustic player,---- steve vai is technically better,----ry cooder is just as good,----clapton can play anything and make it sound real,---you just prefer the s.r.v genre and style, it doesn't mean he was the best guitar player ever,and who are you to say no-one better will come along playing the same style.
plonker00765 1 year ago
20 years later this still makes me cry....
lalalimani 1 year ago
20 years later this still makes me cry....
lalalimani 1 year ago
I remember the first time I saw this. I just couldn't stop watching it. UNREAL.
ski6jones 1 year ago
SMOOTHER THAN AGRAVY SANDWICH...
petefunk100 1 year ago
Ive been playing for 3 years now and this my favorite song. Needless to say I'm no where close to playing this tune, but it's my goal for sure. Probably will need another 20 years to play it shitty but I love trying. SRV is the man. Well it's flooding down in Texas, alllll the telephone lines are down......
brianbenedictson 1 year ago
He must be possessed by the demon, how can anyone play that good?
radomu1 1 year ago
@radomu1 Oh, it wasn't a demon my friend. Only by the hand of God can one be blessed with sooo much talent. S.R.V. is very much missed but, with his recordings and old interviews we can still kinda get to know him.
DuaneGib 1 year ago
@DuaneGib You're right, and I think that's why often those truly gifted people have such powerful problems, cause they can show what God can put into people, and the Devil don't like it, so he'll try to screw them up. He succeeded with lotsa people; but luckily some greats survived, like Eric Clapton for instance, and Stevie Ray (who I think got clean before the crash.)
barscotch 1 year ago
yngwei fuckhead couldnt touch this shit if he tried
goofywilly 1 year ago
@goofywilly I can't give your posts enough thumbs-up.
jtomasik 1 year ago
Just in case you thought you were kinda good...he dismantles that idea behind the back
mrpicky510 1 year ago
20 years ago today, the world lost the greatest guitarist to ever live. what a man, and what a musician. rip, stevie, we love ya. this performance gives me goosebumps no matter how many times i've seen it.
AllMotorGSR 1 year ago
@AllMotorGSR AMEN
petefunk100 1 year ago
Legendary
rangerinthehood 1 year ago
I see people complaining about a lot of things related to music, but nobody can say that a real soulful blues performance wasn't done, because it was. And there it is.
lucascopin 1 year ago
Actual music sucks. I want to die, born again in 60's and live my youthness in 80's. God bless SRV, the genius of blues!
mississipikid 1 year ago
Stevie did everything but throw a match on the joint!!!!!
cbcsjc 1 year ago
This is not a performance, this is an exorcisim. The war he was waging and would eventually win with his demons came out in his playing. He literally wrings the notes outa that strat. Just physical as hell.
lesstrat01 1 year ago
1:31... Show me a better off the cuff guitar line than that.
swardmusic 1 year ago
By far, the BEST version of Texas Flood I've ever witnessed!
gulch1969 1 year ago
4:47 any clue of how he does that?
MaxSacur 1 year ago
@MaxSacur he bends the low e string on 8th fret and catches the string above...i guess...
littlewing22222 1 year ago
@littlewing22222 thanks a lot for the tip.
MaxSacur 1 year ago
@littlewing22222 That's right.
rafaelzanatabueno 1 year ago
@MaxSacur are you talking about when he bends the notes and picks them on the release of the bend?
gulch1969 1 year ago
This has got to be the best live performance of any song I've ever seen! RIP SRV
Kingkamehahaole 1 year ago
stevie talk 2 times at the same time!! just pure soul
latinoyam 1 year ago
an angel
rubberrev0lver 1 year ago
Absolutely nobody gave this video a thumbs down so far. I'm not surprised.
Drpepper687 1 year ago 2
This is some of the only blues worth listening to out there.
10/10
hansen6102 1 year ago
@hansen6102 its definently not the only blues worth listening to. mabey your just musically retarded
bjg7272 1 year ago
Nobody does it like Stevie
chevy66driver 1 year ago
at :51, does anybody know what he's playing? is there a lesson on yourtube for that? cause it's freakin awesome
jeffgnr 1 year ago
@jeffgnr
If it's like any other lesson for Stevie I've seen, it will give you all the mechanics, but not the soul. You'll have to look somewhere else for that. But, I admire anyone who tries.
donnie6510 1 year ago
@jeffgnr theres something called stevie snacks on youtube and a website, which covers a lot of this.
MiniDaab 1 year ago
any body who says anything about this that is fake or somthing is just jelos and he unhooks the strap like these other pople are saying
LANDSHIRE 1 year ago
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the best thing about Stevie is that he doesnt hold back any emotion. he was 100% pure. look at the faces he makes. he conveys his personal agonies on to us and makes us feel what he feels. that makes him soooo much more than just the greatest guitarist ever.
Jacksonkellyfreak 1 year ago
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the best thing about Stevie is that he doesnt hold back any emotion. he was 100% pure. look at the faces he makes. he conveys his personal agonies on to us and makes us feel what he feels. that makes him soooo much more than just the greatest guitarist ever.
Jacksonkellyfreak 1 year ago
the best thing about Stevie is that he doesnt hold back any emotion. he was 100% pure. look at the faces he makes. he conveys his personal agonies on to us and makes us feel what he feels. that makes him soooo much more than just the greatest guitarist ever.
Jacksonkellyfreak 1 year ago 17
Stevie had a great heart.
donnie6510 1 year ago 2
7:12 MONSTER RIFF!!!!!
CuChuFLais4321 1 year ago 2
@CuChuFLais4321 That one, and the riff at :50 ...unlike any other blues riffs EVER, and innovative as hell. Both stuck out to me when I heard this version on Blues At Sunrise.
chevy66driver 1 year ago
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wylstyle 1 year ago
THats even more impressive than unplugging the guitar. He was the man.
mblockey 1 year ago
At the 7:30 mark when he unplugs the guitar and puts it behind his back. How does the sound still play out of the speakers?
mblockey 1 year ago
@mblockey he doesnt unplug it he disconnects his strap spings and puts the strap back on.
whisperedthreat 1 year ago
He doesn't unplug the guitar, he just unhooks the strap and then reattaches it behind his back.
evanyakas 1 year ago
thank you Stevie for giving your music to us.truely a rare gift. you put your heart into the blues. you will be missed.
universitycatering 2 years ago 3
6:50 - 7:06 BLISTERING
ribecean 2 years ago
I'd pay the evil to have his hands..
Thank you Stevie.
8blade2 2 years ago
forse.. il più grande bluesman!
cosimomazzotta 2 years ago
DAMN!!! that was awsome
psychosnake23 2 years ago
i think Texas Flood is right in the middle. not as slow and bluesy as Tin Pan Alley, not as fast as Voodoo Chile or Rude Mood, but right in the middle with the feeling of Lenny and Leave My Little Girl Alone. i cant say its my favorite because they are all my favorite.
Karu617th 2 years ago
this IS the shit!!!!
cbcsjc 2 years ago
or you could say this is The shit or This is the shit or this is the Shit - all true! This Is The Shit!!
fiertube 2 years ago
tssss.... HOT MUSIC... yeah!!!
javiermatarrita 2 years ago
This show is amazing man, one of the best ever.
heartlake09 2 years ago
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Karu617th 2 years ago
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Karu617th 2 years ago
What musician has never been booed at some point? Jimi Hendrix was booed at the Isle of Wight essentially because he had gone past "Purple Haze & "Foxy Lady" & that's all they wanted to hear. In addition he had Buddy Miles on drums & a different bass player whos' name escapes me but had been a long time friend. It may have been the bassist for the Isley Bros. Stevie was great even when boozed up but became smoother when he gave it up. He didn't do heroin,period. If any drugs at all, it was coke.
RangerAlways 2 years ago
It was Billy Cox, they were friends from when they met in the military and started jamming there. They jammed a little here and there between Jimi's military career and his reverse british invasion. Then when things turned sour with bassis Noel Redding he contacted Bill again.
thevuduchild 2 years ago
thevuduchild- You are correct sir ! I just couldn't come up with his name & just a couple of weeks ago I saw a great bio on Jimi I had seen before but .....forgotten. Someone mentioned that Jimi overdubbed alot. Well, that's the bonus of recording in studio but don't anyone kid yourselves, Jim could play anything he could imagine. He was & still is the best 40 years later. Clapton & of course SRV who happens to be a hometown boy.
RangerAlways 2 years ago
@RangerAlways 2 grams of coke in a tall glass of i believe crown royal whiskey every day...the man got fucked up
rubberrev0lver 1 year ago
@rubberrev0lver Anyone that knows anything about SRV knows he had a huge substance problem for a long time. But he cleaned up long before his death & it shows in his playing. The before & after is clear if you pay attention to his recordings.
RangerAlways 1 year ago
@RangerAlways True, but he had clearly taken something before performing at el mocambo. Whenever he plays a song and his eyes are closed, its because hes on something.. In the end, his music got a lot better.
MrJordan2513 1 year ago
@MrJordan2513 He went in rehab for a month in 1986. Anything he did before involved cocain and alcohol. He music was always good though. He remains the best blues rock guitarist.. (in my opinion)
MrJordan2513 1 year ago
@MrJordan2513 I really wouldn't know if he did or didn't take something before this show. He was always a fine musician but when he cleaned up, he just got better.
RangerAlways 1 year ago
You were LUCKY to catch this show in Toronto...!!
JUST SMOKIN HOTTTTTT..!!!
Thanks for posting this legend..!!
mrprogjazzgto 2 years ago
Do you know that the magnificent Stevie Ray Vaughan was BOOO'D AT MONTREUX the first time he played!!!!!!
Morons.....
Hail Stevie....Your music makes you live on.
sexpistolsuevicious 2 years ago
ya know what kills me about SRV:
a quote jimmy vaughn said, "Stevie never plays his song the same way twice"
Even if this was his best performance, i've heard bootlegs and other lesser known recordings that were nearly as good (just not in sound quality).
He will always humble me as a guitarist.
ozzy4pres 2 years ago 10
That's common of lots of great guitarists. Hendrix often played songs differently then his recordings. especially since he overdubbed many of them. But a lot of this is stream of conscious playing. my understanding is parts of this aren't written he's just playing. like jordan dunking. he says he didn't plan it he just figured it out when he got in the air.
galacticox4 2 years ago
@ozzy4pres He didn't need to play them twice. He had too bloody much to say to repeat himself.
eponymousdrake 1 year ago
God with a guitar
mad62 2 years ago 4
smokin
ziggybungwah 2 years ago
I didn't say It wasn't a compilation. His playing was terrible for about 2 years before that album. It shows on the album. I remember him pouring Canadian Club into a giant beer plastic cup then telling the Audience how much he loved Canadian Whiskey .... pretty sad I was there ...
And stopped going for a while
patfurlan 2 years ago
This was filmed by City TV which became Much Music and Broadcast on Chum FM Toronto within two weeks of the performance. We all video taped it and it was circulating via the grapevine. I saw every performance in Toronto after this one Massey Hall ect and he was this good every time till he did the Live alive album where he was too stoned to play well.
patfurlan 2 years ago