This is just what you call out of your mind playing. Totally in the zone or flow state. Stevie played in that state everytime he played. That was his gift. He played beyond mind.
the way tommy and chris follow him on his tempo change is beyond words. Those guys also helped SRV become the musician he was in my opinion. Absolutely the best trio!
Music is not a competition! music is to be enjoyed. You should feel priviliged there are a lot of different styles and genre out there. I love the blues therefore love Stevie, who in my opinion is a brilliant exponent of the blues.
Brother Jimmie was also responsible for leaving Voodoo Chile off the live at Carnegie Hall cd.Some of Stevie's Austin cohorts were blues purists and didn't care for Stevie jamming the Hendrix.
Why isn't this on the Live At El Macambo DVD? This song kicks ass. I love the El Macambo concert but this should have been on it. Ir's not like that concert was going to be 3 hours long or something. Stevie is #1
You'll have to ask his brother Jimmie Lee why it isn't on the DVD as he was the one directing traffic on that dvd as in picking which songs were used and which ones weren't used I think it would have been perfect to put this song at the end or even in the section of the menu where the Double Trouble interview is posted
well i figure mcready was basically sitting around messin trying to get little wing, and he's an admitted huge srv fan. so this piece of music no matter who plays it if their any good will definitely be playing in the style of Jimi
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i have to say this is great i love Stevie but no one can bet hendrix because it was short and right to the point he didn't need a big solo like this to go where he needed to go but still love this song great cover
i dont think its that stevie needs a big solo to get to where he is going, its just that he is so in tune with his guitar (no pun intended) that he gets lost and carried away in the moment. songs like this one and tin pin alley and lenny beg to not stop. speaking from experience, when you find a good jam you dont want to stop. this song could be 30 mins long and it would have my attention from min 1 to min 30.
It's not the complete Third Stone if you really know the song. But we can argue neither is little wing. And who said anything about logic? But we do know that permission has to come from some body to do some body else songs.
i think the reason why this was not on the DVD is because it was done at the time the Hendrix Family was in a law suit court battle with Allen Douglas and other producers that stole Jimmie's fortunes and music rights. This lasted 20 years. Hendrix's family were just getting the rights to his music when "mocambo' was being made. So they left it off . It is more then likely that for this song to be on the album" The Sky is Crying" permission to do so was granted by the Hendrix family.
around the 2:00 mark... do i notice a pinch harmonic? go stevie!
I don't mean this to dis Hendrix in any way, but you'd swear that this was an SRV song. He plays this with the emotion as if he wrote it. I prefer this and voodoo child over the Hendrix.. again, that isn't a dis to the creator just a personal preference.
Stevie Ray Vaughn is up in heaven showing the angels how angel music should be! No harp lol! Straight blues guitar gets to the soul of everyone! He is my hero and still is to this day! Untouchable! Him and Jimmy sharing chords up there.
SRV is a god!!!! Can't believe how he bends those 13 gauge strings like butter....He also hits all the strings and makes individual sounds he is amazing!!!
the .13 gauge strings, the high action, the bass frets....he truly had monster tone! srv's sound is unmatched. he also had speed, unbelievable rythm, and a very soft and subtle touch. i've never seen anyone man handle a guitar the way he did. i mean he realy owned it. he was playing the guitar, not the guitar playing him. aside from all of that, what stage presence. stevie you are missed and forever immortalized in this world.
oh trust me man, Stevie loved every opportunity that came in his life, he never took anything for grannet, Remember, it took him a while to get to the top too, he was just like you and me.
I love everything SRV and double trouble put out, i feel bad for double trouble though, no matter what they ever do or did, SRV could not be outshined by any band
This is my fav guitarist of all time. He did this song wat hendrix did to hey joe. By the way how in hell did he play that guitar. He had a high action and 13 guage strings. He used to glue his finger tip shut because they used to split open. Thats dedication to your sound
I have the whole DVD of this concert and I can tell you that he wasn't clean (look at his eyes and the way he talks). But whether he was completely clean or not is DEFINETLY OUT OF THE QUESTION, HE was, is and will be one of the best guitar players in the world!!!! Love SRV!!!!!
how can you guys tell huh?,really are you doctors or something?,cuz all i see is a man puting everything into his music,sweat,soul,and everything thats all i see here
Are you stupid??? Its pretty obvious he wasn't sober. How can I tell?...let see here, look at how pale his skin is, look at how much he's sweating, listen to the way he talks, and go do some research on his drug addictions. However the best part is how after he sobered up, he still played just as well. Many players can't seem to "get into the music" once there clean...Stevie could, cause he was pretty damn amazing.
Stevie himself admitted that he was drinking and using cocaine pretty much 24/7 in 1983. I'd say he looks pretty wired in this clip. The amazing and wonderful thing is, when he sobered up he played just as hard, just as fast, and maybe even tighter. "In Step," released after he died, is one of his very best albums. God I mis that guy.
Anyone who doubts SRV was wasted at this show should read one of the biographies on him where his managers were talking about how he'd be so wasted before shows they wouldn't think he could go on but then by the time of the show he would go out and kill it.
I'm a huge SRV fan and it's sad to say, but he was better early in his career than later when he was clean. "In the Beginning" is better than anything he did at the end, except for the Buddy Guy cover on his second ACL's appearance.
It's all subjective. I agree his clarity and precision was better after he was sober, but I enjoy the songs he made earlier in his career more. And his El Mocambo performance was in my opinion his finest hour as a musician. The guy is a legend at all points in his career though. RIP.
it's funny that his band see nothing special about the El Mocambo, because it really was just another performance on par with his rest, however amazing it might be to us
I was at this concert!!!! BLOWN AWAY...nope doesn't even come close! He was not a GOD. he was REAL, COOL, GOOD!!! SRV was a clean soul, in a world of vices. He was FERCE, he was GENTLE! HE WAS EVERYTHING TO ME!!!! God does not make mistakes=SRV! See you in Heaven, Baby!!!!!
YOU WERE THERE?! I've been hoping someone who was there would post on one of these videos. Did he play anything else that they cut off the DVD? Oh yeah and you are so lucky!
one would think that his guitar should be on fire after all that the S R V version of little wing is in no need of word's this is and will always be the best rock Instrumental of all time hand's down
Easily the most "listenable" of all the guitar virtuosos. I just get tired of vai and satriani although I recognize them as two of the best ever. Stevie just had a better sense of taste when crafting his music. Less distortion and less about showing off than just making great sounding music. I know some of you may verbally stone me for saying so, but his version of little wing is better than even Hendrix's. Blaspheme! I know.
well, (at least in my fucked up mind) I tend to associate "virtuoso" with Satriani, Vai, Gilbert, etc. etc. and then SRV, Hendrix, Clapton, etc. would fall under "blues guy category. and yeah, I dont wanna start an e-fight or nothin.
Stevie Ray Vaughan isn't a virtuoso? What a douche comment. He's only one of the best guitarists ever. Both SRV and Hendrix were both getting heavily into Jazz before they died -- and both were quickly mastering yet another style. How many other guitarists can play Rock, Blues, and Jazz at the highest levels. Hmmm... Let me think... Still thinking...
If that's not a "virtuoso" I'd like to know your definition of one.
ok then. my definition of a virtuoso is guys like steve vai, joe satriani, etc. its a pretty douche comment to say things like that as well. I'm not denying that SRV wasnt a great player, he was. it's just that he was a different style player than "virtuosos". but MY definition of "virtuoso" can very well be different than yours. so stop being so whiny and argumentative and get of of mah interwebz.
WTF? SRV was a virtuoso. He maybe wasn't a guy who knew musical theory to the bone, plenty of fast scales and had some knowledge like Vai, Satriani and such guys, but he was a guitar god, a guitar virtuoso and a master. He is the kinf of blues/rock.
uuugggghhh....look, what I said was that its subjective, meaning there's no point in getting into an e-fight over this. so stop being a whiny youtuber and get a life.
Yeah it's pretty crazy that this wasn't put on the DVD. That and the ACL DVD is missing A LOTTTTT of tracks. Hopefully in 2010 they re-release those DVD's since it will be the 20 year anniversary of Stevie's death
Cool. So this version of Little Wing is on the DVD you would buy from a store? I used to have the VHS. This concert was one of the things I studied to learn how to play This is great filming and SRV was in some kind of groove this night. Are thier any other tracks in the vault from this night we havent heard? I wonder.
plays every note with such ferocity ,best ever in my book
chromeheart65 1 week ago
he is like a guitar god to many yet still so unbelievably underrated
chromeheart65 1 week ago
would this be classed as blues or rock? or both? just curious..
tyzer32 2 weeks ago
@tyzer32 blues rock
Brandon18valensi 1 week ago
where did you get this i have the dvd?? but no little wing?
MrNeilpeartfan 3 weeks ago
@5:03 when the camera breaks up, that's Jimi sayin:
"Go 'head bro, you got it..."
CoachG1000 6 months ago
DOES ANYONE HAVE THIS AS AN MP3? I WOULD BE REALLY GRATEFUL!
BurgerGrabber 7 months ago
why unreleased?
rallyivan1234 7 months ago
Absolutely piss wet through with sweat, just shows the aggression he had during his performances. . . . fucking class
hiphopf0reva 7 months ago
Qué locura de guitarrista. Un genio. Hendrix nos dio Little Wing y Vaughan la redondeó
dreamchild68 9 months ago
@dreamchild68 no sabes nada hermano....
VanDalgyonTheDark 4 months ago
This video blows my mind. I've seen the EM video so many times I practically had it memorized. Now this. Thanks for sharing.
mechtonia 9 months ago
fuck helicopters.
Kyle7375 10 months ago
what a skill...what a passion...people like that shouldnt die :(
"The angels have waited for so long, now they have their way"
miss you everyday stevie
foxgirl38 1 year ago 3
Exelente video!, Este guitarrista es el principe heredero al trono luego de jimmy hendrix
Wundam007 1 year ago
This is just what you call out of your mind playing. Totally in the zone or flow state. Stevie played in that state everytime he played. That was his gift. He played beyond mind.
timmyjbone 1 year ago
he is the best
sweddehli 1 year ago
wow
lk101010 1 year ago
i know this may sound weird but possibly, jus possibly slash got the hat idea/thing from the hat hes wearing in this performance
XxicruffesionalxX 1 year ago
STV, Hendrix, john mayer !!!
matt82403 1 year ago
@matt82403 its srv
XxicruffesionalxX 1 year ago
@matt82403 It's Jimi and Stevie and that's it, haha
Bassist10288 1 year ago
the way tommy and chris follow him on his tempo change is beyond words. Those guys also helped SRV become the musician he was in my opinion. Absolutely the best trio!
jthaney1980 1 year ago 2
this must be the greatest guitar player ever
Reezer83 1 year ago 2
i also like how he plays part of castles made of sand at the end...he's the man!
chevelle7873 1 year ago
timeless!
chevelle7873 1 year ago
MY BRAINS ARE ALL OVER MY COMPUTER!!!!! x.x
drazapatos 1 year ago
すいません。
この映像はﾎﾞｰﾅｽﾄﾗｯｸとかでしょうか??
市販では、Third from〜に飛んでますよね？？？？？普通に手に入る物なんでしょうか？
blueshaaitoyujou 1 year ago
i love how after 4:00 to 4:06 he looks at the bass player like damn i didnt know i could do that
dbrenton23 2 years ago
@dbrenton23 he was off time a little. it was a mistake.
pizzulo81 1 year ago
*csi2448* i hear what your sayin. He suprised Himself with what he did and looked at Tommy and just looked like "Dude Holy Shit"! lol
Vaughanaddict 2 years ago
Right. After watching that, how can I claim to be a guitarist!?
Amazing video, thank you.
nelrazor1 2 years ago
Holy shit joshpunk!! If my brain had a vagina then i think my brain orgasm ed.
XxCAMMANxX 2 years ago
Where did you find this video? This is a gem.
travelingpunk 2 years ago
speechless. spine is chilled. extreme euphoria. Its so good i almost cant take it.
travelingpunk 2 years ago
I cant believe my dad met him and got him to play at George Mason University. this is before stevie was famous.
300daysandnights 2 years ago 2
increibleeeeee de los guitarristas con mas onda que vi en mi vida
fatkawa 2 years ago
Man, he was so "in the zone" for this whole show. Every song is unreal from this performance!
Praetorian27 2 years ago
"The truth" <----- emanates from your fingers!!!!!
Antares529 2 years ago
4:00 to 4:06!
THEBIGKOSTRINSKY 2 years ago
even he smiled at that one, lol
23jetter 2 years ago
I'd say this version equals the perfection on The Essential SRV & Double Trouble. Both amazing. Damn shame this wasn't included on the DVD.
Mermanof83 2 years ago
probally the best version.
cas111498 2 years ago
why in gods name is this not on the dvd?
THEBIGKOSTRINSKY 2 years ago
Jimmie thought there was already enough Jimi stuff on the DVD
jfknet 2 years ago
just awesome! sooo good...
Olbiable 2 years ago
Just beautiful
ateal50 2 years ago
His face at 4:07-4:08, nuff' said!
csi2448 2 years ago 3
i never realized he had his tremolo at the top of his bridge.....
gilisfloyd 2 years ago
How come this isnt on the DVD? Awesome dvd, but I wish this was on it.
lukatme2 2 years ago 3
fuck yeeeeh i was pretty cut when i discoverd this @ realisd it wasnt on my el mocambo
kaseC0 2 years ago
my God
francesco10totti10 2 years ago
ﾈｯｸ叩いて音出したりするのは、どうやってやってんだろ?一生真似出来ません!!
blueshaaitoyujou 2 years ago
i wish i could know what it is like to have talent like this for just 5 minutes
sportsfever420 2 years ago 5
agreed
iantsang1030 2 years ago
practice and you will suceed my bro
kaseC0 2 years ago
Music is not a competition! music is to be enjoyed. You should feel priviliged there are a lot of different styles and genre out there. I love the blues therefore love Stevie, who in my opinion is a brilliant exponent of the blues.
oldfart4751 2 years ago 3
Damn this dude was gifted.
ihaveesp 2 years ago 3
That cocert kicks major ass. Live @ The El Macambo DVD is a must have. Even if this isn't on it. It still is worth having.
bluesrockfanatic 2 years ago 2
Stevie's the best. I think he is GOD!
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bluesrockfanatic 2 years ago 5
Nobody. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Radomir Mihailovic Tocak are the best guitar players ever lived on this planet!
onanija 2 years ago 2
who says Stevie isn't THE BEST!!!!!!
kissfan93 2 years ago 10
@kissfan93 cause he learnt from the best. jimi
jillbain 1 week ago
Brother Jimmie was also responsible for leaving Voodoo Chile off the live at Carnegie Hall cd.Some of Stevie's Austin cohorts were blues purists and didn't care for Stevie jamming the Hendrix.
otitses 2 years ago
Why isn't this on the Live At El Macambo DVD? This song kicks ass. I love the El Macambo concert but this should have been on it. Ir's not like that concert was going to be 3 hours long or something. Stevie is #1
bluesrockfanatic 2 years ago 2
I just noticed I can't spell
sevenswordsx7 2 years ago 3
I have never seen anyone look so comfortable while playinf guitar
sevenswordsx7 2 years ago 5
i know what you mean. it´s like he doesnt look right when he doesnt have a guitar slung around his waist
livinlife245 2 years ago 2
Stevie on FIRE!!!
qnion 2 years ago 3
Unreleased?!? This is a great version! Whatever. I'm still buying the El Mocambo DVD.
Mermanof83 2 years ago 5
stevie ray vaughn is my hero im gonna get a portrait of him on my side thats how much i love this dude, completely changed my life.
SRVblood 2 years ago 21
darkg35 im deffo in agreement with you there!
suthyvivs 2 years ago
sounded like the beginning of castles made of sand at the end
darkg35 2 years ago
WOAH! What's he doin at 2:24??
randomname786 2 years ago 3
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imwarcraftinyo 2 years ago
awesome isn't it
Greatguitarguy 2 years ago 6
You'll have to ask his brother Jimmie Lee why it isn't on the DVD as he was the one directing traffic on that dvd as in picking which songs were used and which ones weren't used I think it would have been perfect to put this song at the end or even in the section of the menu where the Double Trouble interview is posted
BluegrassRules1973 2 years ago
Why the hell did they edit this from the DVD!?!?...Maybe he farted or something and it ruined the take!?!
chrisgpix 2 years ago
This is killer...too bad it's not on the dvd release that i have....
zepncat 2 years ago
I heard part of the riffs on a pearl jam song
I love this songs, steve ray one of the best guitar players of all time
cdreeam2 2 years ago
yeah yellow led better is basically a rip off of little wing.
danimation777 2 years ago
No it isn't, it is in the style of Jimi Hendrix.
VeniceKing1 2 years ago
well i figure mcready was basically sitting around messin trying to get little wing, and he's an admitted huge srv fan. so this piece of music no matter who plays it if their any good will definitely be playing in the style of Jimi
danimation777 2 years ago
no its in this own version....he is just playing it faster....and its amazing!!
qnion 2 years ago 2
Lived his life in a shadow and didn't even get to go skiing in the end. Sad
tony9L9L 2 years ago
"As the sweat pours out your body, like the music that you play"
GO STEVIE!
irontires 2 years ago 3
people need to stfu. srv and hendrix were both gods in their own way
ihawk247 2 years ago 2
did i hear a bit of castles made of sand at the end there? awesome.
MusHYPooPiE 2 years ago
This performance is kinda close to his recorded version..
8triagrammer 2 years ago
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i have to say this is great i love Stevie but no one can bet hendrix because it was short and right to the point he didn't need a big solo like this to go where he needed to go but still love this song great cover
xFrankAtanKx 2 years ago
Do you not see the use of punctuation?
usernamekfckfc 2 years ago
i dont think its that stevie needs a big solo to get to where he is going, its just that he is so in tune with his guitar (no pun intended) that he gets lost and carried away in the moment. songs like this one and tin pin alley and lenny beg to not stop. speaking from experience, when you find a good jam you dont want to stop. this song could be 30 mins long and it would have my attention from min 1 to min 30.
jwmac9 2 years ago
It's not the complete Third Stone if you really know the song. But we can argue neither is little wing. And who said anything about logic? But we do know that permission has to come from some body to do some body else songs.
8153max 2 years ago
i think the reason why this was not on the DVD is because it was done at the time the Hendrix Family was in a law suit court battle with Allen Douglas and other producers that stole Jimmie's fortunes and music rights. This lasted 20 years. Hendrix's family were just getting the rights to his music when "mocambo' was being made. So they left it off . It is more then likely that for this song to be on the album" The Sky is Crying" permission to do so was granted by the Hendrix family.
8153max 2 years ago
why was this not on the DVD!?!?!?! One of my favorite SRV songs (yes I know it's originally a Hendrix song)
Skytbest 2 years ago
i hate how they didnt release this, i have the el mocambo dvd and when i found out this was supposed to be on it i was really pissed it wasnt
dbikeguy 2 years ago
around the 2:00 mark... do i notice a pinch harmonic? go stevie!
I don't mean this to dis Hendrix in any way, but you'd swear that this was an SRV song. He plays this with the emotion as if he wrote it. I prefer this and voodoo child over the Hendrix.. again, that isn't a dis to the creator just a personal preference.
steveoz49 2 years ago 5
They really should have put this on the DVD! Great version!
renlik111 2 years ago
Amazing :')
RIP SRV
3Dtwin1 2 years ago 4
there are few people I envy more than the folks that were in the audience at the El Mocambo that night...
slimmage 2 years ago 3
Stevie Ray Vaughn is up in heaven showing the angels how angel music should be! No harp lol! Straight blues guitar gets to the soul of everyone! He is my hero and still is to this day! Untouchable! Him and Jimmy sharing chords up there.
coolguyrob69 2 years ago 12
hahaha electric blues harp! hahaha
devinESKIMO 2 years ago
How the hell I don't have it on my El Mocambo DVD? OMG!
educassiano 2 years ago
no one does. it sucks
bluessmith 2 years ago
Well. how is it in youtube right here?
educassiano 2 years ago
I meant you cant get it on the original DVD. I think this is a tv broadcast. Its just hard to get ahold of thats all
bluessmith 2 years ago
Right, thanks.
educassiano 2 years ago
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robdorg 2 years ago
SRV is a god!!!! Can't believe how he bends those 13 gauge strings like butter....He also hits all the strings and makes individual sounds he is amazing!!!
Stratocemi 2 years ago 4
ya he is really amazing!!
fgcewoud 2 years ago
this is just... wicked!! can't stop listening to this
fgcewoud 2 years ago
Best. Sound. Ever.
RIP Stevie
fuzzmower 2 years ago
HACKed not owned
odizzle10 2 years ago
I can think of a lot of great guitar players. I can't think of anyone whoever OWNED it like he did.
IggyM 2 years ago 3
exactly. i mean, his stage prsence and his authority with the 13 guage strings is ridiculous.
pizzulo81 2 years ago
look how is he feeling it... omg
kubakirk 2 years ago
I think my face just melted.
NaotoStar 2 years ago
Where has this come from?? This is not on the dvd! Nice one!
no1srvfan 2 years ago
you have to love this song if you like STEVIE made that its not on the DVD why!!!!!!
xFrankAtanKx 2 years ago
i buy that d.v.d.. and the song its not in the track list.. thsi is rare..
paulrider 2 years ago
SRV is just so badass.
I wish I was around to see him perform live...
chrisxmakk 2 years ago
THEY ALSO CUT RUDE MOOD OFF THE DVD!!!!! What the f*ck is wrong with these people?
chickenandbaconclub 2 years ago
the .13 gauge strings, the high action, the bass frets....he truly had monster tone! srv's sound is unmatched. he also had speed, unbelievable rythm, and a very soft and subtle touch. i've never seen anyone man handle a guitar the way he did. i mean he realy owned it. he was playing the guitar, not the guitar playing him. aside from all of that, what stage presence. stevie you are missed and forever immortalized in this world.
pizzulo81 2 years ago 6
Brilliant.
beatdeat 2 years ago
2:26 is SRV. RIP...You are mad great. I mean, who compares to him today? Anyone? No one.
Theboardsurfer 2 years ago
john frusciante!
canorousthaumaturgy 2 years ago
oh trust me man, Stevie loved every opportunity that came in his life, he never took anything for grannet, Remember, it took him a while to get to the top too, he was just like you and me.
RiskyBerny 2 years ago
Grannet? Granted you mean?
chickenandbaconclub 2 years ago
I love everything SRV and double trouble put out, i feel bad for double trouble though, no matter what they ever do or did, SRV could not be outshined by any band
originalprank81 2 years ago
Greatest........ ever....
IsaacB5679 2 years ago 2
words cannot explain!
srvfan2112 2 years ago
2:22 just WOW!
JohnWeirdoe 3 years ago 2
yeah.... i spunked in my britches when he did that
IsaacB5679 2 years ago 2
this cover is a master piece.
RedhotDrChiliPeppers 3 years ago
maldito steve ray no puede ser tan bueno
pirata2777 3 years ago
simply amazing! everytime i watch him play. fly on fly on stevie! R.I.P.
kcfgdhj 3 years ago
This is my fav guitarist of all time. He did this song wat hendrix did to hey joe. By the way how in hell did he play that guitar. He had a high action and 13 guage strings. He used to glue his finger tip shut because they used to split open. Thats dedication to your sound
avp010994 3 years ago
I have the whole DVD of this concert and I can tell you that he wasn't clean (look at his eyes and the way he talks). But whether he was completely clean or not is DEFINETLY OUT OF THE QUESTION, HE was, is and will be one of the best guitar players in the world!!!! Love SRV!!!!!
Stratocemi 3 years ago
how can you guys tell huh?,really are you doctors or something?,cuz all i see is a man puting everything into his music,sweat,soul,and everything thats all i see here
BrandonBearden01 3 years ago
Are you stupid??? Its pretty obvious he wasn't sober. How can I tell?...let see here, look at how pale his skin is, look at how much he's sweating, listen to the way he talks, and go do some research on his drug addictions. However the best part is how after he sobered up, he still played just as well. Many players can't seem to "get into the music" once there clean...Stevie could, cause he was pretty damn amazing.
camaro69ss299hp 3 years ago
Stevie himself admitted that he was drinking and using cocaine pretty much 24/7 in 1983. I'd say he looks pretty wired in this clip. The amazing and wonderful thing is, when he sobered up he played just as hard, just as fast, and maybe even tighter. "In Step," released after he died, is one of his very best albums. God I mis that guy.
luv853okg 3 years ago
Anyone who doubts SRV was wasted at this show should read one of the biographies on him where his managers were talking about how he'd be so wasted before shows they wouldn't think he could go on but then by the time of the show he would go out and kill it.
I'm a huge SRV fan and it's sad to say, but he was better early in his career than later when he was clean. "In the Beginning" is better than anything he did at the end, except for the Buddy Guy cover on his second ACL's appearance.
seanomoly 3 years ago
Oh, and his "Life Without You" live performances were hot.
seanomoly 3 years ago
He was better sober than when he was on drugs. Both periods of his musical career were stuning and amazing, but when he was sober, he was better.
grga888 3 years ago
It's all subjective. I agree his clarity and precision was better after he was sober, but I enjoy the songs he made earlier in his career more. And his El Mocambo performance was in my opinion his finest hour as a musician. The guy is a legend at all points in his career though. RIP.
seanomoly 3 years ago 3
I agree with you.
grga888 3 years ago
it's funny that his band see nothing special about the El Mocambo, because it really was just another performance on par with his rest, however amazing it might be to us
Stratsire 2 years ago
no he wassint sober
bluesman327 3 years ago
Was he clean and sober at this time?
ThisisfaeenSRVFAN 3 years ago
Wish they didn't cut this out of the DVD release.
HEMI6point1 3 years ago
I know. What possesed them to do that. The Should have cut out third stone from the sun. Or better they shouldn't have cut out any
avp010994 3 years ago
One of my favorite guitarists ever.
SteveKlUe 3 years ago
I was at this concert!!!! BLOWN AWAY...nope doesn't even come close! He was not a GOD. he was REAL, COOL, GOOD!!! SRV was a clean soul, in a world of vices. He was FERCE, he was GENTLE! HE WAS EVERYTHING TO ME!!!! God does not make mistakes=SRV! See you in Heaven, Baby!!!!!
listennowbreath 3 years ago
YOU WERE THERE?! I've been hoping someone who was there would post on one of these videos. Did he play anything else that they cut off the DVD? Oh yeah and you are so lucky!
chickenandbaconclub 3 years ago
man i love srv he had his best tones around this time period, so full and driving.
dbikeguy 3 years ago
one would think that his guitar should be on fire after all that the S R V version of little wing is in no need of word's this is and will always be the best rock Instrumental of all time hand's down
crazyerhorse75 3 years ago
Wow! I used to watch El Mocambo everynight. I cant believe I have never seen this. God bless You Tube.
wickedvoodoo77 3 years ago
Easily the most "listenable" of all the guitar virtuosos. I just get tired of vai and satriani although I recognize them as two of the best ever. Stevie just had a better sense of taste when crafting his music. Less distortion and less about showing off than just making great sounding music. I know some of you may verbally stone me for saying so, but his version of little wing is better than even Hendrix's. Blaspheme! I know.
ssurugger 3 years ago 2
I'm not sure he's a "virtuoso", more a blues guy if ya ask me. They are all good players though, don't get me wrong.
guitardude348 3 years ago
Not to start a flame war, but I don't believe that "virtuoso" and "blues guy" are not connected. I do understand and agree a little with your point.
BeauLandis 3 years ago
well, (at least in my fucked up mind) I tend to associate "virtuoso" with Satriani, Vai, Gilbert, etc. etc. and then SRV, Hendrix, Clapton, etc. would fall under "blues guy category. and yeah, I dont wanna start an e-fight or nothin.
guitardude348 3 years ago
don't worry I can totally understand your line of thought now that you explained it a little more
BeauLandis 3 years ago
virtuoso is just someone whos very good at a particular thing. lets just stick with saying SRV was a blues virtuoso
dbikeguy 3 years ago
works for me!!
guitardude348 3 years ago
good
dbikeguy 3 years ago
SRV was a virtuoso, and not only a guitar virtuoso, but generally a music virtuoso and a wizard.
grga888 3 years ago
yes he weaved musical magic haha
dbikeguy 3 years ago
Stevie Ray Vaughan isn't a virtuoso? What a douche comment. He's only one of the best guitarists ever. Both SRV and Hendrix were both getting heavily into Jazz before they died -- and both were quickly mastering yet another style. How many other guitarists can play Rock, Blues, and Jazz at the highest levels. Hmmm... Let me think... Still thinking...
If that's not a "virtuoso" I'd like to know your definition of one.
seanomoly 3 years ago
ok then. my definition of a virtuoso is guys like steve vai, joe satriani, etc. its a pretty douche comment to say things like that as well. I'm not denying that SRV wasnt a great player, he was. it's just that he was a different style player than "virtuosos". but MY definition of "virtuoso" can very well be different than yours. so stop being so whiny and argumentative and get of of mah interwebz.
guitardude348 3 years ago
WTF? SRV was a virtuoso. He maybe wasn't a guy who knew musical theory to the bone, plenty of fast scales and had some knowledge like Vai, Satriani and such guys, but he was a guitar god, a guitar virtuoso and a master. He is the kinf of blues/rock.
grga888 3 years ago
uuugggghhh....look, what I said was that its subjective, meaning there's no point in getting into an e-fight over this. so stop being a whiny youtuber and get a life.
guitardude348 3 years ago
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Fuck you loser.
grga888 3 years ago
couldn't agree more with you
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squalsrv 3 years ago
Yeah it's pretty crazy that this wasn't put on the DVD. That and the ACL DVD is missing A LOTTTTT of tracks. Hopefully in 2010 they re-release those DVD's since it will be the 20 year anniversary of Stevie's death
csi2448 3 years ago
it wasn't on mine either
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squalsrv 3 years ago
can anyone tell me why the hell this isn't on the dvd?!!!
jthaney1980 3 years ago
it is on dvd man. Live 1983 at Elmocambo.
rocknrolla81 3 years ago
Cool. So this version of Little Wing is on the DVD you would buy from a store? I used to have the VHS. This concert was one of the things I studied to learn how to play This is great filming and SRV was in some kind of groove this night. Are thier any other tracks in the vault from this night we havent heard? I wonder.
wickedvoodoo77 3 years ago