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Originally posted by henryaz:

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
Yep. Been awhile. His brother, Jimmie Vaughn still performs. Certainly not Stevie

Definitely not Stevie, and IMO, he sucks. He misses notes, lags, and otherwise is just not with the rest. 

I'm sure Billy Gibbons would disagree with you- Jimmie is one of his dream guitarists.

I have been a fan of Jimmie Vaughn WAY before I heard of Stevie Ray, when he was with The Fabulous Thunderbirds. I bought their first album back in late 70s/80 based on word of mouth from accounts I have read by guys like Keith Richards, Clapton, Zeppelin etc. I was hooked by then and saw the T-Birds whenever they toured thru CA. Haven't seen them since Jimmie left the band.

When Bowie came out with Let's Dance, Stevie Ray became noticeable, but better than Jimmie? Not really. He was definitely flashier, and came into his own later on.

But Jimmie is no slouch, far from it.

I saw him in 87 in Dallas at an outdoor venue. This was at the height of his substance abuse problems and at times it looked like he was gonna fall off the stage. Unfortunately, I never got to see him again. If he really does have a Son, I wonder if he plays guitar?

I remember the story of how poor Stevie was when he was growing up. SRV was a fan of Howling Wolf, who had carried a picture in his front pocket sitting in a boat parked in his driveway.
SRV said that he took a picture of his childhood house with a window air conditioner as a sign that he had made it big. I thought that showed some great humility and humor.

I remember when my two dipshit friends at the time called me up on conference call (btw, remember that cute feature for landlines?) to tell me SRV had died in Alpine Valley. I thought they were joking until I saw the news. Those dicks took joy in breaking bad new to me. Dicks.

That he crashed in a light aircraft in Alpine Valley just gave me another reason to hate Wisconsin.

Is there a scoreboard that keeps track of how many rock stars were killed by light aircraft or drugs?

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Originally posted by oddball:
I'm sure Billy Gibbons would disagree with you- Jimmie is one of his dream guitarists.

I have been a fan of Jimmie Vaughn WAY before I heard of Stevie Ray, when he was with The Fabulous Thunderbirds. I bought their first album back in late 70s/80 based on word of mouth from accounts I have read by guys like Keith Richards, Clapton, Zeppelin etc. I was hooked by then and saw the T-Birds whenever they toured thru CA. Haven't seen them since Jimmie left the band.

And I admit to basing my opinion on having only seen Jimmie perform in this century, primarily on the last three Crossroads festivals, 2007, 2010, and 2013, plus a couple of other performances. I guess I never got to see him in his prime.
 

a buddy and his then girlfriend called me up and took me to see him about 1985 or so,
place in RVA called the Mosque, (now the altria theater)

great acoustics in that place, and he was amazing to see

SRV was just another voice to me in the 80’s, never really followed enough to know his story before the crash, let alone before his fame. If you’ve not seen these, they are a very good watch.

There are two documentaries out, first is early years, second is later, all by the same production. Exceptionally good IMHO.


Not sure where you might find this, but if possible I’d watch it first. We stumbled across it on TV and recorded. I believe it is also on Youtube TV and Apple TV.

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Rise Of A Texas Bluesman: 1954-1983

After seeing that went looking for the rest of the story and it is indeed available on Prime. While interesting, the first 29-year story above is MUCH more so. The backstory is remarkable.

Stevie Ray Vaughan - 1984-1989: Lonestar

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Originally posted by oddball:


When Bowie came out with Let's Dance, Stevie Ray became noticeable, but better than Jimmie? Not really. He was definitely flashier, and came into his own later on.

If I remember the story correctly-
SRV was an up and comer before the David Bowie album.
SRV was invited to play at the Montreau Jazz Festival, and from all accounts, nailed it. Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble played their American asses off, and were really damn good.
They got done with their set, and those French bastards just looked at them, smoked their cigarettes and continued talking.

SRV and Double Trouble walked off dejected.

David Bowie met up with them in the hotel room before they got out of dodge, David was impressed and told them. That's when he asked them to play on "Let's Dance".

Next year rolls around and SRV and Double Trouble get invited again to Montreau. SRV and the band were basically "Fuck That, and Fuck Them!" David Bowie begged them to return.
SRV and DT went, played kinda half-ass for the first part of the set, and the crowd was going wild. They took a break, and back stage Bowie explained to them that they were new-comers... Freshmen in the big leagues. Yes, they nailed it the first go 'round, but those French, they weren't going to acknowledge it.



I remember the day he died. I was out cold in the rack in Okinawa, just got out of the field. One of the Marines in the unit (Easterling, IIRC) who was on duty came blasting through the barracks and woke my ass up telling me that he died, and where.
Sad day in the Rock and Roll world.

Mary had a little lamb.

I was a big fan back in the 80s but never got to see him live. I was in my shop on 8/27/90 listening to the radio when it said Eric Clapton's helicopter went down. I thought oh shit! Then found out later that it was SRV on it. Oh shit again we lost a great one that day.

I saw him open for Robert Plant in 1988 and SRV had the crowd fully fired up for the headliner after an amazing set. Robert Plant's second song that night was "In the Evening" and I'll never forget the roar of the crowd when it started. I agree the SRV Little Wing is the best version. If you can improve on a Hendrix guitar solo, you're pretty damn good.

I love Stevie and Jimmy. Still listen to them all the time.

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Originally posted by 2012BOSS302:
I was in my garage working on dirt bikes when the news came on the radio. Sad news. SRV's version of Little Wing is tops to me, even better than Hendrix.




Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6G53BMgugo

There are a lot of good renditions of this song. With and without lyrics. This one is my absolute favorite. His guitar sings a song on this track.

Definitely one of my favorites, you can hear hints of BB's licks and flare..Stevie was a Strat master and had total command like Hendrix.

Went to one of his concerts 87 or 88, hard to remember. They played nearly 3 hours and then he brought out Albert Collins for a few songs. Still one of the best concerts I have attended.

Neat story: I went to school in Austin in the early 90s and was a member of a band in law school. The school hosted a party at Antone's and we were asked to perform. We got to play on the Antone's stage and I set up my keyboard rig next to their Hammond B-3 which I used on a couple of songs.

So me and SRV - nearly identical musical careers.