Trailer of The Vaughan Brothers. It seems pretty interesting.
Hopefully it will make it onto one of the streaming services... said due in 2021...
I saw the Fabulous Thunderbirds and bought their album (vinyl) several years before I had heard of Stevie Ray Vaughn. I knew about Jimmy Vaughn several years before I knew of SRV.
Jimmy's lead guitar then was kinda like Steve Cropper or the Ventures. Not any real bending or much finger vibrato. But it was cool. They entire band looked and sounded cool. They had a 50's look. Almost as if they spent more money on clothes than gear.
I'm not sure how good SRV was. B. B. King and Albert King thought he was a major blues player and really liked him.
I'm not sure how good SRV was. B. B. King and Albert King thought he was a major blues player and really liked him.
Stevie was a force of nature. He took his influences like Jimi and Albert King and created his own thing... he was the embodiment of all things Texas!
@redhouse1969 Yeah I saw SVR and Double Trouble twice. I was LOUD and rocked. Heavy blues too.
I've had a few people tell me SRV wasn't that good. Or not as good as some claim. You, of course, hear that about everyone. Once I guy told me Frank Sinatra wasn't a good singer. Jim Reaves is a much better singer. But I think Frank was real good.
I'm big on Warren and Derek but I would admit that SRV became more famous that Warren and Derek and the way B.B. and Albert King and Clapton, John Mayer and John Lee Hooker talked about SVR, then he must have been real good.
SRV I guess was similar to your top shelf electric players. His electric guitar WAS CONNECTED TO HIS SOUL!!! He didn't need a lot of technical chops to knock you off your feet.
I saw SRV in about 1979 at a club in Palo Alto CA. He opened for John Lee Hooker and James Cotton...During his set the place was pretty much still empty. My friend Steve worked at a local used record store and said we needed to see this guy on his way up. We got there early sat in the front row just behind the dance floor area. There was maybe 5 guys(Guitar wanna bees) standing in front of Stevie as he ripped through his material, mostly from the upcoming album "Texas Flood". He never once looked up and out into the audience. He just played from his heart and the energy coming off the stage was beautiful and powerful. Stevie single handily brought blues back to the mainstream during a time when new wave and hair bands were the rage.
Yes Stevie was the real thing...I got to open for the T-Bird and meet his brother at the same club in 1985...he used our bathroom to have some fun with one of the back stage ladies...ops..did I just say that...LOL
The T-Birds were smooth and so tight...great band...Jimmy was the perfect player for what they were doing and yes they had the 50s greaser look....bowling shirt blues band but top notch...so good
I can't say I love everything Stevie did...I also don't like some ABB albums...shoot me...but as a pure player Stevie was all there and ready. Look at how many copy cats there are out there with the strat and hat and look...Huge influence he had
Maybe this will be released around the same time as “Becoming Led Zeppelin.” That was shown at a film festival in the fall of 2021, and I can’t find any release information on that either. Seems this Vaughan Brothers documentary is stuck in limbo as well. If IMDB doesn’t have a release date for either, I guess I’ll just wait for the surprise of being able to actually watch them. Really looking forward to both of these.
I saw SRV opening for Joe Cocker on a sweltering 4th of July 1990 day at Lake Compounce amusement park in Connecticut with a group of friends.
Little did I know he would die in a helicopter crash a little more than a month later.
While I like Joe Cocker I was excited to see SRV as I was a big fan and he did not disappoint as he put on an amazing show that day. Some fans must have been there for the same reason as some left right after SRV finished his set. Too bad as Cocker also put on a great show.
Another great talent who was lost too early in his life.
Dickey Betts said he and Gregg had been playing bars, clubs and some small theaters as their kind of music was on the outs. Nobody much talked about the Allman Brothers anymore. Then he heard SRV on the radio playing blues and rock and Dickey said it made him feel so good to hear SRV play on the radio. Dickey went to see a SRV show ( I think that was when he added a whammy bar to his Goldie Goldtop LP, about 1985 or 6 but by 1988 he had it removed). Dickey said Stevie got real good blues based music back into the mainstream again. Next thing he knew Gregg got an offer to record an album then Dickey and that was followed by the label Gregg and Dickey signed with wanting them to put the ABB in the studio. Of course they refused to go into the studio as their last couple of times hurt their legacy. They wanted to get out and play and make sure the Allman Brothers Band could bring it and not damage their legacy more than before. And their catalog started 2, Brothers and Sisters, AFE and their greatest hits albums perked up and began selling decently.
Here is absolutely top notch, top shelf electric guitar playing. It's close to perfect.
Duane Allman vs Stevie Ray Vaughn???
Well both were exceptional guitarists!!!
I saw SRV in about 1979 at a club in Palo Alto CA. He opened for John Lee Hooker and James Cotton...During his set the place was pretty much still empty. My friend Steve worked at a local used record store and said we needed to see this guy on his way up. We got there early sat in the front row just behind the dance floor area. There was maybe 5 guys(Guitar wanna bees) standing in front of Stevie as he ripped through his material, mostly from the upcoming album "Texas Flood". He never once looked up and out into the audience. He just played from his heart and the energy coming off the stage was beautiful and powerful. Stevie single handily brought blues back to the mainstream during a time when new wave and hair bands were the rage.
Yes Stevie was the real thing...I got to open for the T-Bird and meet his brother at the same club in 1985...he used our bathroom to have some fun with one of the back stage ladies...ops..did I just say that...LOL
The T-Birds were smooth and so tight...great band...Jimmy was the perfect player for what they were doing and yes they had the 50s greaser look....bowling shirt blues band but top notch...so good
I can't say I love everything Stevie did...I also don't like some ABB albums...shoot me...but as a pure player Stevie was all there and ready. Look at how many copy cats there are out there with the strat and hat and look...Huge influence he had
Thanks gt! Great post. A buddy of mine who was a big SRV fan saw him play from a table a few feet from the stage sipping $2 pitchers of Shiner Boch. He told me he was a very lucky man!
Another friend turned me on the Stevie. My gal pal at the time and I saw him at the Benson And Hedges Blues Festival (free packs of smokes at the gate!) in Costa Mesa, CA in June, 1990. He was so cool. He got the crowd going big time yet it was chill. Sadly, two and a half months later he died.
In 1994, my now wife and I saw Jimmie at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood. Still one of our best dates ever. Hopefully we'll see Jimmie again sooner than later. Cheers!
Little short clip of SRV in a solo and a guy walks up wanting to shake hands so Stevie shakes his hand IN THE MIDDLE OF A SOLO!!:)
https://youtube.com/shorts/y6G5AKW7OBs?feature=share
