FIRST TIME hearing Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughan!! | Opera Singer Reacts

Juilliard trained Opera Singer and Vocal Coach Maggie Reneé reacts to Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughan
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[@StoyTheOld]

Next, or soon check pot Jimmy Barnes with Joe Bonamassa doing "Stone Cold". Incredible vocals with one of the top blues guitarists ever.

[@macthir13en87]

If you want to here a ridiculous voice check out small town titans out of york PA....he has nearly 5 octave range....or bridge city sinners...libby has a sound unike anything else...

[@Nerdy-j9x]

Jeff Healy

[@brantcook9888]

JJ Grey lochloosa this river or the sun is shining down are good ones to listen to.

[@evilvolts]

Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart are also awesome Blues artists seperately and together

[@gt1man931]

SRV did not play the guitar, he projected his soul through the guitar. The best dynamic blues guitarist that ever walked on this planet.

[@ajax428]

EXACTLY BRO!

[@mikefogal8225]

Couldn't agree more. Nobody is even a close second. We miss ya, SRV. R.I.P.

[@dougmasters4620]

Best anything guitarist not just blues

[@CoffeeAndPaul]

That was his life. The poor guy was trying to make things work with Lenora ("Lenny"). He was hooked on cocaine & drank more booze than even I did in my worst Years of drinking, which is alot. I don't know why Stevie was the way he was. He didn't appear to be missing anything any of us would normally need. He played like he was down bad 24/7, though 😂. His pain expressed through the guitar made the rest of the World a better place. I'm sure his soul knows that now. (Stevie's last 4 Years with us were clean, sober Years. He died by accident in 1990. This appearance at this club was in 1983 which was one of his worst Years as Stevie was facing pressure at this time from all angles & the music industry was starting to screw with his life. His bandmates couldn't wake him up & literally had to shake him awake. You are watching a sleep-deprived man in pain playing under the influence, & TBH I'm amazed at his strength, I never did anything like this when I was addicted.)

[@GBeret83]

"Stevie was an endless, open channel that music just poured out of. He made people who'd never touched a guitar in their life want to pick one up and start playing, and he made those of us who'd played live onstage with him before want to quit."..............Eric Clapton.

[@bruceherb8402]

How he was only voted the #7 guitarist is beyond me. He's influenced just about everyone since his time (which was so tragically short). And his voice? He somehow managed to get 80 years of life experience in it in his 36 years.

[@mrbrianc]

He was better than #7 behind his back

[@bert0522]

The ones that voted had to be deaf, dumb and blind. Jim

[@wesalker3479]

The people that vote in these "polls" are not screened for competence. They're "internet experts", which is to say, morons. . . . .

[@tricitymorte1]

Absolutely. Should be top 3 guitarists, at least. With how much influence he had in his short career, but I think his short career is why they ranked him so low (not an excuse, just hypothesizing). I'm always a bit sore that we will never know what SRV was truly capable of.

[@harrietmiller3982]

@@tricitymorte1 oh me too Tricity✌️💙‼️

[@phobiaone306]

Arguably the best guitarist that ever lived! He doesn't get enough credit for the influence he has had on music. Imagine what he could produce today!

[@mikelamb828]

Carlos Santana said he learned everything he does from Stevie Ray.

[@785boats]

When we first started listening to Stevie back in the 80's, my wife said to me. "That man makes my ovaries tremble". She cried for a week when he died. She swore that the middle name of our first born son would be Vaughan. And it is. By the time he was 16yo, he was an insane guitarist. Now at 30yo he is brilliant. We still tell him it is all in the spirit of the name.

[@1719456]

Epic!!!

[@susannalley5376]

This is the best thing that I have read today, and I read a lot. Please tell your wife that the ‘Ovaries‘ comment made me wet my pants in laughter! Sending good mojo to you and your loved ones ❤

[@785boats]

@@susannalley5376 thanks Susan. I'll let her know.

[@Darryl_Frost]

That is SO cool...

[@urex1717]

This is a perfect example of my favorite type of comment.

[@bkbentley]

NO ONE has ever been or will ever be like SRV !!! There has never been another musician that has had a more intimate relationship with their instrument. True Master.

[@VincenzoQuagliozzi-t7u]

Grandioso

[@sbaker8971]

The only 2 individuals i would put up there would be Roy Buchanan and Gary Moore

[@sjd5750]

That was the thing that Clapton said about Stevie's playing, is that he never ran out of ideas, and was never lost when playing. Even the best guitarists get a little lost in what their playing, and the trick is to hang in a certain area for a brief moment until they come up with an idea, while improvising. Stevie never seemed to have that problem..It's like he never stutters. Remarkable!

[@jonathanhenderson9422]

I listen to a lot of jazz and it's rare for even the best jazz guys to not run out of ideas or start resorting to standard licks. When I try to think of those that don't I quickly run out of names after Gillespie, Parker, Jarrett, and Rollins. Even when SRV resorted to licks he would do them in different ways or mix them with other ideas so as to make them sound fresh and new.

[@sjd5750]

@@jonathanhenderson9422 To me such different animals..SRV would be lost in a high end Jazz quartet..That's not at all a slight. He was a Blues guitarist, and possibly the greatest of all time..And again, I attribute that to him knowing the pentatonic scale as well as anyone who's ever lived..It's almost hard to believe what you're seeing and hearing...Knowing what a true great Jazz musician has to go through to reach even recognizable stature, is almost unfathomable..Now he was so talented that if he had decided on Jazz, at an early age, I'm positive he would have excelled, but he didn't, and I'm pretty sure he never had the desire to. I'm also sure Stevie would have been in awe of someone like Andres Segovia (classical), or the great latin guitarist Jaco Delucia, or jazz greats Pat Metheny, Wes Montgomery,, and many others..To me, it's like comparing Sinatra to Pavarotti..Shouldn't be done..Just my opinion.

[@acemodez3169]

B.B. King said; most guitar players play in words, I (B.B.) plays in sentences, and Stevie played in paragraphs

[@michaeldavid6284]

I also remember Clapton said Stevie was an open channel. He was on all the time, and never shut off when he had a guitar in his hands. Didn't matter if he was playing a gig, doing a sound check, or just messing around in his room. Music just naturally and constantly flowed through him. I was blessed to see him twice, and it was magic.

[@spacepotato2277]

I've heard those Clapton comments a few times and couldn't agree more. Especially amazed by that "he never gets lost" thing--like even in performances like this he starts goin nuts and you're thinkin "ok, now you've gone totally off the funkin reservation dude" but somehow he always makes even the craziest shit land back in the song like it belongs there. Dude was a true genius.

[@gordonduke8812]

the late great BB King said that "People use their guitars to play words, I play sentences, Stevie Ray plays entire paragraphs." He is the kind of artist that makes a nobody want to pick a guitar and learn, and he makes seasoned guitarist want to throw theirs away.

[@mikefetterman6782]

With the thickest gauge strings commercially sold, and the tens of thousands of hours of practice, Stevie is just strangling that neck of that guitar with one of the best and strongest set of fingers in popular music.

[@cavecookie1]

Indeed, and he bends those ropes way up close to the nut, where they're REALLY stiff and hard to bend! Bet he could crack walnuts with just thumb and forefinger! What a great tone he got out of that old Strat!

[@88wildcat]

And those strings are strung with just about as much action as you can get without breaking the neck of the guitar. Playing like that for most people would be like using your hands to climb up a ladder made out of barbed wire.

[@ensinitas]

STRANGLING! saw the guy and he did truly BURN THE HOUSE DOWN. when he got done the building was pulsating. i never experienced such a blistering show ever before or since. never.

[@rogerjennings8943]

Tuned 1/2 step down from standard. The Little E was, I believe 0.13.

[@KB-ke3fi]

I met Stevie in Austin TX on 6th street in the early 80's, sitting at a small bar by himself. He bought me a beer. Didn't know who he was, we talked about music a little, then he got up and played with 2 folks up on a small stage and ripped it up. Later, I saw he was on top of the charts.

[@gavinehringer4341]

I have a very similar story about SRV about an encounter at Antone's Blues Bar. He was rehearsing with Buddy Guy and a bunch of other cats for a celebration of Clifford Antone's release from jail. We heard the music and walked in...we just wanted a beer on a hot day. The bar maid asked the band if we could stay, and Buddy Guy tipped his head. We were in! We got to listen to them play for about an hour. So close, we could hear SRV's pick clicking on the strings. Magical.

[@stevegyles3190]

His guitar playing was supernatural. His voice was honey over gravel. When he was on stage, he was an open channel. In person he was humble, genuine and sweet. His death was a gut-punch. RIP Stevie. If you want to sample the genius of his vocal talents, I suggest Tin Pan Alley and Life By The Drop.

[@deed5811]

I think Stevie was a guitar in a past life 🎸

[@SINNER5150]

Two of my favorites song by him! Although,I'd be hard pressed to think of any I didn't love!

[@chadvarnell1889]

YES! Life By The Drop is probably my all time SRV favorite! The Sky Is Crying Album is my favorite, and and the title song is a very close second. The studio and production work is outstanding on that one. If you listen on a good system or headphones, you can hear his amp buzz and hum in between notes on some of the songs. I bought that album 2x.

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

Tin Pay Alley w/guest Johnny Copeland at Montreux is the only (BLUES++) place up from here 🤣although I ❤ him and LOVED her reaction bcse she so OBVIOUSLY *got it*

[@keith6485]

One of the things that always amazes me while watching Stevie is how his mind worked in music. How does someone even conceive of these runs, arpeggios, change ups, and progressions let alone translate them with such perfection? And he did it over, and over, and over, almost never playing a song the same way twice. Absolutely amazing. A true Mozart of the blues guitar.

[@markwambolt2820]

I think Clapton said it best "...It doesn't come from practice or virtuosity, he was like an open channel & the music just flowed through him..."

[@ouslander1]

No One is at his level of talent and unique sound. GOAT! Stevie ray Vaughan and Number One. RIP Brother 🙏🙏❤❤

[@ron88303]

There is no goat. There's simply a pasture with a lot of goats in it.

[@douglasernst9477]

He was not only at the top of his game with a guitar, he burnt the book of guitar playing and wrote his own. He set the bar level so high, even the best today can only dream of reaching it. Such are what dreams are made of.

[@brentstevenson1484]

hENDRIX STARTED IT GOAT

[@mustangmikep51]

tommy katona / texas flood

[@kevinmalone2218]

I was at Stevie Ray Vaughn's last concert the night his helicopter crashed after the show at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin August 26th 1990. The next morning when I heard the horrible news was one of the saddest days of my life. The lineup was SRV, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray and Buddy Guy. RIP SRV!

[@DavidSmith-dz5wv]

It’s hard for a guitarist to be brilliant for a minute or two. Stevie was ALL the time! The world suffer a terrible loss when he passed

[@joenitz1295]

The sky is cryin

[@suejones7390]

I believe it was John Mayer that said that. anybody can be great for 28 seconds. A legend is great for twenty eight minutes.

[@Freedom_Half_Off]

See ... this could be complete Mandela effect ... but I remember B.B. King saying this specifically about SRV . Anyone can be good for 20 seconds . He wasn't just acknowledging guitar mastery ... he was acknowledging the work ...

[@suejones7390]

@Freedom_Half_Off Mayor said in the context that he could do it for 28 seconds. And that is hands would be crammed delete shut afterwards.

[@mikegray-ehnert3238]

Clapton is quoted as saying, "He was never lost when he was playing, he always knew where he was going, and that is very rare. I get close sometimes I have to stop and figure out where I'm going. Stevie always knw." SUGESTION: Pride and Joy was written for his wife Lenny. It is beautiful!

[@vincentvancraig]

I love how reactors are already freaking out 🤯only one minute into the song.....it happens Every. Single. Time.

[@joehartmann9353]

I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan the night before he died. The concert was Stevie, Jeff Healy and Eric Clapton. Concert price $20. Best concert ever!

[@DigitalMentorGroup]

Was that in Toronto in 1985? He also opened fire Dire Straits on Saturday night.

[@DigitalMentorGroup]

Both SRV and Jeff Healy are gone now. RIP

[@joehartmann9353]

Concert was in Alpine Valley Wisconsin.

[@claranielsen3382]

He is a Texas Legend!. This is Texas Blues at his best! I really appreciate you going over his history. Great Reaction ! Much love 💕

[@joshuawiedenbeck6944]

People who have worked his shows have said that he would do a 2-3 hour set and then go backstage and jam with everyone for another 2-3 hours late into the early morning. That's 4-6 hours of straight playing. Dude was a beast.

[@tomcleland3422]

He is my number one ever. He struggled with drug and alcohol problems during the early and mid 80s. There is a performance of 2 songs called love-struck baby and rude mood, on the first tour he did clean and sober, their performances from Daytona Beach. The Joy on his face and his band's faces oh, it's beautiful to watch. This was a great reaction, young lady. Keep it up, I love your reactions

[@raymondproseus6923]

I love how this recording was pure chance. Originally, it wasn't going to be filmed, but fate intervened, and we are witness to this greatness.

[@GergC0521]

RIP Stevie. An amazing talent.

[@rmounty64]

Every time I see Stevie, it makes me miss him even more. I saw him live many years ago and your jaw just drops at what he could do with that guitar... it's part of his body. He crammed alot of incredible music into his 35 years. Still pains me that he went all too soon. Ranked number 7? That's a joke. If he would still be alive, there's no doubt he'd be number 1 of all time.

[@Patryn71]

The reason SRV is so damn good is that he didn't play the guitar, he became one with the guitar. No other player out there was so in synch with their guitar as he was with his. He conveyed every feeling, every emotion, through his guitar. One of a kind, and as others have already said, how he was only voted #7 is beyond my understanding.

[@bobbergirl111]

The definition of becoming 1 with your musical instrument. Something very special about his Vibe ❤

[@vincentvancraig]

Instead of doing a “run” on a scale, he linked, like, 94 runs/lines into one epic, mind bending, run...he was a genuine blues genius/freak of nature.

[@DougCaffey]

This is one of the greatest live performances ever recorded ❤❤❤

[@brianworsham3704]

I saw him do this live in Seattle in the 80's. Just when you thought he couldn't top himself, he did. No one was ever the same after seeing him. And I've seen many reactions to this performance, Renee, and yours was the very best. Thanks!

[@petepotaczek5844]

The goat!! Rock in peace SRV the pleasure was mine! FYI SRV your music, although the blues, has literally brought me thru my happiest and saddest days as well! Your the man

[@HotrodDan]

... And 9 months later, the guitar had a baby.

[@65Jessev]

Thanks for the excellent reaction! SRV was and is the GOAT! Best guitarist to walk the planet.

[@maggiereneemusic]

Thank YOU!! So kind of you to support! 👍😊🙏💖

[@capstan50g]

I super-loved this reaction, Maggie. SRV is the GOAT for blues. Thanks for keeping his memory alive!

[@MusicMan1965]

The reactions are priceless! I always love the El Macambo reaction to Texas Flood. Only 7!? Are you kidding me! I have mine, and like everyone has an opinion, but when I think of who do I never grow tired of listening to…..SRV is top 3 for me.

[@justinhorn2395]

Every Night in Heaven there is a show , Stevie is there, Jimi is there and BB too, one day we gonna get our tickets and see how the Lord gets down!

[@bert0522]

Those are 13 gauge strings, most use 7-9. I've heard his brother Jimmy has this guitar and it's valued at over a million dollars. RIP Stevie. Thanks for the music and memories. Jim

[@timmooney7528]

In this case, fat strings = fat sound.

[@bobbyc3895]

You just witnessed perhaps the greatest single guitar performance of all time.

[@scottdarden3091]

SRV could play rythum and lead at the same damn time 😊

[@DennisCharles-l9d]

He's not just talented. He's the greatest guitar player to ever live. And he couldn't even read music. He played everything from the heart

[@debbiemccain5850]

Watch Stevie Ray do "Look At Little Sister" live...the smoothest transition when he breaks a string you will ever see!!🎶🎵🎸🎶 Speaking of the blues, the great blues guitarist BB King said that Stevie Ray was the blackest white man he had ever met🎸🎶 His soul literally flowed through his guitar!!🎸

[@spike6487]

"I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed." - BB King

[@justarandomveryintelligent8934]

You have just met the greatest blues guitarist to ever walk this earth and thats saying something because B.B and Albert King exist and they're godly in their own right. Stevie was just on another level. It was like the literal esoteric concept of the blues would possess his body when he played and he would become the living human embodiment of the genre. He poured his soul into ever chord and you can see it on his face. He was magical and he died far, FAR too soon. RIP Stevie. There's never been and never will be another like you.

[@callumwright36]

I highly recommend for you as a blues lover and vocalist to react to his MTV unplugged session he shreds a 12 string acoustic like its a 6 string and sings his song pride and joy and because its so stripped back you really hear the power in his voice aswell it would be perfect for you to listen to its 2 instrumentals and 1 song with vocals 👌

[@maggiereneemusic]

Thank you for your suggestion! 🤗

[@callumwright36]

@@maggiereneemusic you're welcome I hope you enjoy my suggestion 🤘

[@markmyers6472]

I absolutely agree... and it is my very favorite version of that song....

[@vincentvancraig]

@@maggiereneemusic .... seriously, stevie ray vaughan, “life without you”, live at the capital theater in Passaic, new jersey, 9/21/1985....im tellin u, its the closest youll ever get to re-living what u just went thru... its like a gorgeous R&B song about his friend who passed away & it just goes all bananas again...& its a reactor staple...u might cry... i sometimes do get a little misty eyed, its cray-cray, lol... he holds a note for either 73 or 74 years (i forget) all while doing more circus stuff....im tellin ya...

[@vincentvancraig]

Acoustic ain't what she needs, we need to seal the deal & get this genius opera singer chick to be so inspired she goes out & buys a chocolate strat....shes in LOVE y’all, c’mon now! ...check my above reply/comment, THATS where its at & we all know it

[@robertpaige4505]

She knew he sings and still got hit with the “Wait WHAT” reaction when he started. That is the power of Stevie Ray Vaughan.

[@vincentvancraig]

Another opera singer reactor described his voice as “shivering down” ....i love the terminology u guys use, so very apt & succinct

[@vincentvancraig]

His voice that is...specifying

[@dagfincarp1113]

Saw SRV live at a music fest in Chicago in the md 80's. Had no idea who he was but from the first notes he set the stage on fire. Just mind bending, absolute mastery.

[@trixiebella]

Ah another great to hit the channel! He was an amazing talent. RIP Stevie. Great job Maggie.

[@maggiereneemusic]

Thanks so much! 🤗🤘💖

[@eristicfreethinker2098]

I loved your primal reaction to Stevie. I first saw SRV in 1983 in a tiny bar in Stone Mountain GA and my greatest impression was that the music flowed through him like no other artist I’ve ever seen. I’ve been an avid concert goer since 1970 and have seen a lot of talented artists but his ability to channel this amazing music is unparalleled.

[@jamesgarlena5612]

That brings back memories of being in the Marine corps, mid 80's. His music blasting in the barracks, it kept the energy up.

[@pacificcoastpiper3949]

That sounds like a bloody excellent way to keep morale

[@Jeffbambam]

SRV the greatest guitar player of all time ,you really should listen to, " Life without you " capitol theater NJ 1985 and "Tin pan alley "with guest Johnny Copland new subscriber ❤ thanks for keeping brother Stevie Ray's music alive

[@garywalker9753]

Watching and hearing your reaction brought tears to my eyes. Your appreciation of his talent makes me happy and sad. R.I.P SRV

[@BrianJohnson-bq9tr]

You've just witnessed the best that has ever been!! We will never see the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan again. I was blessed to live during his epic career. Love you and your channel!!!

[@justingamble3876]

A great reaction to the greatest guitarist of all time. SRV RIP brother.

[@redrum482]

HOLY CHEESE MUFFINS! I love your analysis and reaction. Stevie was a very rare kind of musical channel. As a musician myself, I'm always blown away by his talent.

[@douglaspensack3499]

SRV is the GOAT! You picked the right one which to react. Your facial expressions say it all!

[@leegoldman7491]

I have watched a many videos of this same performance of the GOAT but never had as much fun as watching you and your reaction to Stevie, it was genuine and no doubt the reaction as a true fan of Stevie's, he was a one note guy, he plays one note and you are a fan forever, when God took Stevie home it was because He wanted to take guitar lessons, RIP Stevie and never stop playing brother...

[@DSmith264]

When raw talent and "feel" achieves an effortless flow-state, it grabs the observer by the soul and takes you right along for the ride. And what a ride!

[@Donnagilbert6497]

I fell in love with him too, but not even because of his talent. He was as kind and humble as he was talented. I was blessed to have spent precious time with him between 1987 and 1990. He was such a special human. I’d love to watch your reaction to more Stevie! How bought his “Tin Pan Alley” from Montreux 1985, featuring Johnny Copeland? Put on your seatbelt and get ready for some DEEP BLUES! This was a GREAT REACTION! I truly believe Stevie heard your words and was so happy and humbled.❤️Donna G

[@vincentvancraig]

Im tellin ya...the closest youll ever get to re-living this moment is Stevie Ray Vaughan, “life without you”, live, at the capital theater, passaic, new jersey, 9/21/85, its like a gorgeous almost r & b song about his friend who died & he goes off again..it too, is just bananas...lord , i love this reaction tho, to Texas flood ...it just drops jaws like atom bombs

[@Andyleobl]

👆 that life without you is my favorite srv performance.

[@vincentvancraig]

@@Andyleobl it is the greatest thing since the invention of the wheel, imo, lol

[@bluzdude40]

Hearing SRV on the radio for the first time (it was "Pride and Joy") was a musical demarcation line in my life... Before, and After. He was so unlike anything else on Rock Radio, he sent me in a whole new direction for enjoying music. The studio tracks are one thing, but seeing him play is unreal. I just get lost watching his hands. You should check out any live version of Love Struck Baby, a rockin' upbeat number with some real fireworks, especially the versions where he has the keyboard player, who joined the band on their 3rd album. Also, "Look at Little Sister," with Jeff Healey (another insanely talented guitarist).

[@RobertRRay]

An Awesome Blues song by a great singer....Stevie Ray Vaughan...

[@jamesparker9043]

This man is like silkwood on the guitar. In a word, Gruesome! Goats hold his beer, drop jawed in disbelief. He paints a picture never before painted through the guitar. His ever changing phrasing, both violent and nuanced pitch bends, the man sets entire chords to vibrato effortlessly even with those extra heavy strings he uses (bailing wire), and his fan picking damn, he's a continuous font of ideas, the most expressive blues guitarist ever. His skills are far beyond next level master craft. And now for his best attribute: His genuine outer worldy passion, drive, and physicality he brings to his performance....smh. This guy devours talent bandwidth, sets scores of audiences to goosepimples. As for suggestions on additional Stevie Ray Vaughan performances to react to, review, check these out (in order of importance): 1) Tin Pan Alley with guest Johnny Copeland. OMG!! These 2 collaborated to create the very best live blues performance ever with this song. This deep blue blues. Stevie and Johnny (both Texans) were not sparing in this performance, proving once again, everything is bigger in Texas. The guitar work is tight, crisp, magnificent, and with an extensive run of impossible fan picking (with no pick!) mere words cannot explain. And the vocals .......some of Stevie's very best! This is a blues masterpiece. Don't miss this one Maggie. 2) Voodoo Child (Cover), also Live at El Macambo. Watch for the violent fan picking section. Smh. His equipment manager was once quoted that from fan picking/strumming friction alone, Stevie melted pieces of the guitar picks to the pickguard!!. What? This is utter madness. 3) Rude Mood, Live in Daytona Florida. Basically a Rockabilly influenced blues song, played really fast. 4) Leave My Little Girl Alone, Live Performance (I think in Austin, Tx??..he's playing a vanilla colored strat w/ a wine red pickguard). I recommend this one if you want to hear some angry blues with vicious guitar runs. 5) There's a live performance of Rivera Paradise thats definitely worth checking out....can't remember where

[@brentlee1043]

Come on, Maggie, if Stevie Ray can play his guitar behind his back, you can sing opera standing on your head. 😂😂😂

[@maggiereneemusic]

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[@robhart6042]

Oh my goodness gracious Maggie Reneé, it is So wonderful to hear a classical musician's reaction to a such a very special talent as Stevie Ray Vaughan, with her emotionally brilliant reactions to others, I'm in Love, Love, Love with so Fair a Lady - artist - intuit - Digging on a virtuoso Screamer and Wailer: SRV, Bravo !!

[@kevinhayes1656]

Are used to have a Stevie Ray Vaughan album where it’s tracked have his narration by his wife Lenny, and she said he used to sleep with his guitar, and she’d wake up to seeing him going through the motions of playing it in his sleep, and his face would be all distorted

[@ei96byod]

Awesome! That explains a lot. He was practicing even when he was asleep. That's why he was so good 🙂

[@kevinhayes1656]

@@ei96byod according to his wife, his guitar was in extension of his body, and he was always sleeping with it

[@harrietmiller3982]

@@kevinhayes1656 his mother said the same thing from when he was a kid

[@georgestevens1502]

Considered by many as the single finest blues recording. Besides the modulation of tones and the articulate and continuous phrasing, the more I hear this I love the way he bends and smears whole chords into dissonant, crying wails of emotion. To change up what types of songs he plays, the instrumentals Riviera Paradise is a beautiful jazz instrumental and Lenny is an instrumental dedicated to his wife. As heavy as his pick attack can be on many parts of Texas Flood, Riviera Paradise and Lenny show how delicate he can be with his picking.

[@GW-og4us]

I'll say it again I'm so glad that your educating yourself and others on old school music. Thank you from the old generation😊 theirs hope yet with people like you. 😁❤

[@maggiereneemusic]

Thank you for your lovely comment! 🤗💖🙏

[@rontiemens2553]

All I can say is I have loved the Blues for almost 50 years and this performance by SRV of Texas Flood is the most incredible blues performance I have ever seen, and probably ever will see.

[@sleepymantis6446]

The best reaction yet that I've seen of this epic video. Well done! You obviously picked up what he was putting down. Kudos!

[@JayLandon64]

He's not #7, he is the GOAT, and this particular performance is the single best use of a guitar I have ever heard under any circumstances

[@ScrewTopWine2]

Thank you so much for reacting to this performance. I was hoping you would react to this one!

[@bigtaliberto3092]

Many will be able to imitate his guitar playing. But there will be VERY few to ever imitate his vocal quality. I was raised listening to Mr Vaughn, and i am so thankful for that. Side note: He never learned to read music. Said he played from the heart. Claimed his fingers were connected directly to his heart.

[@sixslinger9951]

SRV's phrasing is just perfection. He is really the complete guitarist. He could play any genre.

[@melonrain6862]

Hey, girl….welcome to THE Texas musical icon. Now you know why we love Stevie so much. Just listen and take it all in.

[@andrewwelham8633]

Number 7? That's just criminal. Stevie could play a broken heart, a summer's day, love's first kiss, and the heartache of losing your best friend. Stevie makes those 6 strings talk better than anyone else. 'Nuff said.

[@cjcurcio]

He spent so little time looking at the fingerboard - and while improvising!!! We guitarists know what that means: VIRTUOSO! His use of up/downslides, hammer-pulloffs, alternating chord strums, etc. was CRAZY! One sign of an excellent guitarist is also use of dynamics!

[@tahlulabang]

Watch other live performances of the same song because every single one is different and they're all amazing

[@alesiaking5578]

He's absolutely the best guitarist EVER. His beautiful voice is on LIFE WITHOUT YOU 1985 Capitol Theater, guitar skills on VOODOO Chile 1989 Austin, his instrumental songwriting on Riviera Paradise and Lenny, his blues epic duo Tin Pan Alley with Johnny Copeland and studio concert with Albert King. Just a few of his short 7 year career with us. Also he received a Grammy, played at Carnegie Hall and the 1989 presidential inauguration. He was sober almost 4 years and always gave an inspirational speech during LIFE WITHOUT YOU, a song he wrote for his guitar repair man who died suddenly. RIP💔 STV🎸

[@motodork]

I’ll never forget the morning I woke up and heard he was gone. I had only recently discovered him. I was 19 years old. It was very difficult to realize I would never hear anything more from him.

[@gelynch52phPH]

I think this particular performance is the single greatest guitar performance ever.

[@roguemerlin1969]

You mentioned him playing "in the Flow", well, SRV did not read music and he never played a song the same way twice. Reactors don't notice another important thing, he plays the song with his eyes closed, not looking at his hand position on the neck. The music just flows out of him. People didn't go to see him sing, they went to watch a master play the guitar.

[@vkaPAUL]

If you noticed, Stevie plays with his eyes closed so he can feel and mentaly see the music... the rest is magic!!

[@tajolariffin6021]

The fact that SRV himself went to see Larry Davis (Texas Flood was written and sang by him) and paid him for royalty for this song, is really amazing!

[@Maxharddrive64]

GOAT hands down...SRV was the best ever. Music flowed from him like water.

[@PlanetRaconteur]

Eric Clapton once said Stevie Ray was an open channel. He didn't play so much as allow the music to flow through him.

[@douglasernst9477]

You witnessed absolutely pure genius the likes of which will never be seen again.

[@williamreiser3118]

The house is a rocket pride and joy Basically you can't go wrong with any song hes ever done everything was phenomenal

[@bigtrouble4447]

its nice too see someone who CAN appreciate his abilities appreciating his masterful abilities.... ty for posting... you seem well versed in all things musical and i am subbing now... cant wait to see more reactions from you... peace... ✌😎

[@karenlaneville8074]

You need to go and check out Stevie doing tin pan alley with Johnny Copeland ♡♡♡ his best vocals and his playing his playing is on a different level as if he could keep doing that ♡♡♡♡

[@harrietmiller3982]

Yes please! Great suggestion!

[@lukajward]

damn straight

[@dennishinkle5010]

He was not 7 just listen. You quite possibly just heard the finest guitar performance of all time. The GOAT.

[@TheSledge77]

Life Without you Live at the Capital Theatre is absolutely amazing with both his singing and guitar playing

[@SGTmixon]

The drummer and bass player make this all possible. This is music without any computer or effects, or autotune, and especially no digital instruments. Pure Awesomeness.

[@Crespwnian]

Stevie was an absolute legend Life without you Little Sister Tin Pan Ally are also highly recommended songs, but quite honestly you simply can't go wrong either way with Stevie.

[@davidgjenkins]

It seems that all the true maestro lead guitarists 'sing' with their guitars. They often shape words or tones with their mouths as they play. Their expressions and the sound of their guitars remind me of the best singers. SRV is one of the few who managed both guitar and vocal singing. This is a masterclass.

[@ronharrington5948]

Great reaction from you, I highly recommend Life Without You

[@benridge6570]

How we miss Stevie Ray. One of a kind. Enjoy your reaction. Thank goodness we can still enjoy his music 🎶 🎵 🙌

[@myownchannel247]

Riviera Paradise live from Austin is a great slow blues/jazzy instrumental that will change your life 😉☺️

[@jonhill7677]

Stevie's the only one of the very few that can make me cry while listening to him play let alone hear him sing. Why did ge have to leave. R.I.P

[@gs8191]

Some of my favorite SRV songs are: Tin Pan Alley (live with Johnny Copeland is great), Cold Shot, Pride and Joy, Leave My Little Girl Alone, Crossfire, Wall of Denial and Riviera Paradise, to name a few. Just an amazing guitarist, writer, singer, performer and human being.

[@alesiaking5578]

He's the absolute BEST. RIP💔SRV🎸

[@brucecronin6396]

Everybody loves Stevie Ray !! He is sorely missed...

[@danspanos]

I love how this video always makes people go into catching flies mode! 😮😂