He’s just showing off at this point! Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood | REACTION

[@jbass69goat84]

Six minutes into this clip and all I have heard is a narrator attempting to discuss a subject that he knows absolutely NNOTHING about. Not even in the same universe, much less the same subject matter. I yield my final ten minutes of watching this waste of precious life moments to anyone that needs some "perfect time to take a long nap" break time. Add MARKABUSI REACTIONS to my Permanently Blocked List !!! 🙄🤮🤮

[@markabusireactions]

Thanks for watching ☺️

[@GinMae]

Um.. what's your problem? lol... being blocked?

[@nancymjohnson]

I think he’s trying to learn

[@markabusireactions]

@@nancymjohnson would be a bit of a shit reaction if I already knew everything

[@nancymjohnson]

@@markabusireactions I totally agree! Keep digging! Music is my life. My favorite guitarist are Steve Howe, and Trevor Rabin, both of YES. Of course I love Stevie. I told him once that his fingers were too big to play guitar. He laughed then showed me how thick his strings were. Lol

[@ellet6560]

"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" ~ B.B. King

[@mushin0247]

He's in a league all his own , the realm of Legends ! 🙏

[@lugnut4848]

Stevie Ray Vaughn was one of the greatest guitarists of all time! He played with all the greatest blues guitarist that were living at that time are gained the respect of all of the greats, BB King, Albert King, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck etc....

[@rd3095]

SRV was for sure a showboater, but very humble. Once he got on he done all he could to put on his influences. The program he did with Albert King is legendary and worth a watch

[@salsonny]

all the top guitarists were amazed of his ability to know what he was going to play 10 to 15 notes ahead

[@pamelajohnson6199]

#1 in my opinion, SRV fans will find you! RIP Stevie~❤

[@JerryHelton-zo7dg]

SRV. 1987 Nashville. Voodoo Child. You will know who the Guitar God is.

[@unstrung65]

SRV was a SHOWMAN ---that was part of his act , like Hendrix

[@shaitanlavey]

Stevie Ray Vaughan was one of those rare folks that just feel the music. He could sing a duet with his guitar. That 1959 Strat he was playing was his go-to axe and it had two nicknames - "Number One" and the "First Wife".

[@timothybyrom5560]

Stevie was the best Stevie Ray Vaughan ever, and just happens to be my favorite of all time.

[@212x3]

His voice has been described as "Honey poured over gravel". His playing was a conduit for his feelings, he never got stuck and if he hit a wrong note, he would bend it until it was correct and most people would never know. Stevie should always be watched live. Check out "Lenny" "Mary had a little lamb" "Voodoo Child" to start.

[@jodyirvin3156]

Stevie is your favorite guitarists favorite guitarist.

[@stevenmonte7397]

He grew up in my area! i met him once at the mall. Very humble dude! RIP to one of the GOATS!

[@V12BenzAMG]

SRV = GOAT 🐐...pure self taught raw talent, channeled soul..speed, accuracy, feeling..just everything.other greats like BB King and Eric Clapton all said they felt like beginners next to SRV.

[@jamesknox7171]

SRV was fighting the demons of alcohol and drugs early on, but he finally got clean and sober. At this show, he was border line overdosing on cocaine, and yet still one of the best live performances recorded... ever!

[@nancymjohnson]

Stevie’s favorite was Jimi Hendrix. He was from right down the street from me. Joke was his mom didn’t just give birth to Stevie, but his guitar too.

[@johndugger1028]

the greatest blues player ever, BB King said SRV was the best blues player he had ever heard or played with, that's saying something

[@surftolivesurftodie5351]

One of the thousands of "missing seeing concerts" regrets that I have is, being in Fort Worth, Texas (attending college) during the mid 1980's and NOT seeing SRV when there were so many opportunities to do so. I guess to me (at the time), the cost of a $10 concert ticket would be better spent on BEER. Sometime around 1996, I was randomly paired up with a guy (playing golf in Garland, TX) who became good friends with SRV in drug rehab. He said that SRV was one of the nicest people he'd ever met.

[@Indy1831]

You just saw the greatest guitar player ever!

[@jerrypass7135]

Stevie Ray Vaughan is the greatest guitarist to ever breathe oxygen!!

[@alpetrocelli4465]

The solos were why his fans came.✌️❤️🎶

[@russellsmith2409]

1:25 He was a peak level musician

[@SWTSU]

SRV just being brought into a discussion with someone like Alex Lifeson shows you have taste in lead guitarist. 🤔 I’m old and was blessed to have seen both live as they were coming up while growing up in San Antonio/Austin - numerous times!!!! What do you want… Texas Blues/Rock or Rush being Rush???? Both are special!!!! I’m a homer so SRV is da man!!!!! Go figure right!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 So says Austin Tx!!🎸🎸🎸😎🍸 PS don’t forget about Double Trouble Stevie’s band. Totally top notch in my opinion!!!! 💎

[@cameltanker1286]

This is a sub genre called Texas Blues. You can detect the influences of jazz, rock and swing.

[@shirleybuffington6420]

Funny you mention Middy Waters he along with Howling Wolf , B B King and Albert King was just some of the blues artist he looked up too. You know an artist is a great and a legend when the legends that come before that artist calls that person a legend and look up to them for inspiration.

[@stevenmonte7397]

Now you have to see his rendition of Jimi's Little Wing and Voodoo Child.

[@ednahighsmith7268]

He could play lead and rhythm at the same time

[@jackscott5593]

SRV ~ 🎸🐐 The goatiest goat in all of goatness **Voodoo Child at Austin City Limits 1989** **Life Without You at Capitol Theater**

[@abrahamornelas160]

You chose right. Pinnacle of greatness. He passed soon after.

[@christopherhuot2826]

I saw Stevie twice in the 80s and it was AWESOME 👌 😅

[@clementsfamily7002]

Stevie resided in his own open channel and in a frequency all his own.

[@robblack5024]

Welcome to our Texas pride and joy 😊😊😊

[@darkomtobia]

Life Without You, live at Capitol theater is a must.

[@pamelajohnson6199]

A must!

[@sdolsay]

Yes

[@acemodez3169]

Stevie didn't play guitar, he was actually possessed by it and the guitar played him

[@hongfang2348]

SRV's tricks were a stage-show entertainment thing. There's a line of great guitarists who also made a show for their live audience: Chuck Berry in the 50s, Jimi Hendrix in the 60s and SRV in the 80s. Each man was the greatest guitarist in his era in the rock/blues genre.

[@randystalnaker6700]

😂😂😂 so happy to hear you are reacting to Stevie Ray Vaughn...really love his music, as well as other artists from this same area, John Hiatt, then Bonnie Raitt...really looking forward to this...thanks Mark

[@randystalnaker6700]

Really loved your perspective...it is kind of Muddy Waters like, very blues like...would really love to hear you react to John Hiatt's It Feels Like Rain, if you have the time😊

[@GinMae]

Thanks for your reaction... SRV was amazing...

[@chrisk9911]

SRV is the Goat!!!!

[@vomhausmann]

The thumbs up is for SRV.....no one better at conveying and sharing emotions...never heard a song where he doesn't give it his 110%. And self taught...didn't read music.

[@christopherhuot2826]

Markabusi ,if this performance doesn't impress you, there's something wrong with you 😅

[@StanSwan]

I saw him live in 1988 and had the same look as he did at the end.

[@davidmejia7908]

Yup, blues for sure with the Texas touch. Revered by Clapton, Van Halen, pretty much everyone.

[@lathedauphinot6820]

You’re right: blues was black music, and very few white players were good enough to be taken seriously. Stevie was asked why he played black music, and he said that his neighborhood growing up was black, white, and Mexican, all the kids went to each other’s houses, and to him it was just music from the neighborhood. He knew Muddy Waters, who advised him to quit taking cocaine. He was accepted by the old blues masters because he came with respect to learn from them and because he could play. He was the first white artist to win a W.C. Handy Award.

[@scottkrepps9815]

SRV the GOAT

[@stevenmonte7397]

I have both Alex AND Stevie in my top 5! I cannot pick between the two, but DAMN the swag of Stevie is impressive!

[@jeffwarren4938]

No way Alex in the top five..you are delusional..hell there are better CANADIAN guitarist than Alex.

[@riff8114]

Plantation Blues, is what they were called ( thru 'history of the Blues course, i learned that lol)

[@mikefetterman6782]

blues did come out of field songs from the late 19th century from slaves and share croppers of the south. It was bred out of gospel. Blues then split into blues and country blues in the 1920s. In the 1930s and 40s blues morphed into big band music and jazz. In the 1950s Blues, folk, country blues, gospel, jazz and big band all morphed together to make Rock and Roll with the aid of Mr. Ray Charles who did the transistion from the 40s into the 50s and then Guitar rock was born from Chuck Berry in 1955, Soul music came out of Little Richard and James Brown. Now we also have electronica, rap, metal, hard rock, soft rock yacht rock............It's still all rock and roll, and it is ALL blues.

[@ebnykween]

Alex is good....Stevie is Phenomenal.....

[@jeffwarren4938]

Alex isn't even close to SRV....no way...Alex ain't even in my top ten. I can think of another Canadian guitarist better than Alex....way overrated as a guitarist.

[@bdfdrl]

SRV was greatly influenced by blues great Albert King. If you listen to an Albert King song, you will definitely hear his style in SRV's playing only taken to a more complex and technical level.

[@car_tag]

They say Stevie Ray Vaughan made a deal with the Devil... No one knows what Stevie Ray got, but the Devil got guitar lessons.

[@adhutch23]

just wait until you find out Stevie Ray was the guitar player on David Bowie's Let's Dance track

[@jeffcampbell3369]

“I guess he’s alright” 😂😂😂

[@markdecker6190]

There is no better because that's totally subjective. Who do you happen to like better is a better question. I like Stevie for blues, Jan Akkerman for rock, Pat Metheny for jazz, Alex Lifeson for progrock, Hendrix for psychedelic, and Terry Kath just for fun. You just can't rate musicians like you can sports players.

[@thefunkybuddha69]

Well done, sir.

[@Dougwarren69]

Nice pics guy! Ps, Jan Akkerman would also be considered prog rock. And your pick for "just fun" could be the best one of them all, subjectively speaking that is.🤘

[@davidwalker5054]

You are spot on my friend. There is merit in every guitarist. Nobody can play like Stevie or Django or Danny Gatton but you would soon get bored if that is all there was

[@Dougwarren69]

@@davidwalker5054 indeed.

[@JM-nd5wj]

Stevie was better.

[@rgg6383]

8:45 I mean, Miles Davis is kind of ok but that About a girl cover is other wordly. So much passion and talent in one video, it's incredible

[@markabusireactions]

100% agree

[@jonocom777]

When it comes to genius.....the best in your mind is according to your taste....people who are virtuosos just love to play practice play practice play. If I was a paying customer at that stevie concert...I would have felt I paid to little to see it!

[@bradsense7431]

Yes the songs the slaves were singing in the fields were songs of both faith and despair were foundation where blues music came from. As some of the descendants sang and put that to instrumentation and getting noticed and moving from rural areas to the cities. New Orleans and also Northward during the “great migration” to Memphis, Kansas City,St. Louis and Chicago etc. Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Elmore James, Buddy Guy and many others influenced young white kids who made into rock & roll. The early generation of Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Louis etc in turn influenced the next generation and in larger part that was the British acts that played a bluesy influenced rock and roll style. They all credit the American blues players as their influences. There is a song lyric that goes” the blues had a baby, and they named it Rock & Roll.” And that came around as those British bands (British Invasion) then heavily influenced American bands. There is of course much more to it but that gives you an idea hope it helped.

[@kathyyoung9539]

My brother Stevie Ray Vaughan.

[@SRVfangirl]

Nope not your brother!! Get some help, you obviously need it!!!

[@salsonny]

Did u notice the size of the strings he was using, thickest gauge ,

[@jonocom777]

Love the accent bro! Great reaction!

[@anthonydawson8080]

Love how you described your channel

[@DeniseComeault]

All I can say is Stevie Ray and Canadian guitarist Jeff Healey. “Lil sister” check it out and see what you think. 🇨🇦

[@bella-xp7qd]

Check out Joe Bonamassa. He makes jis guitar sing. Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart live in Amsterdam, I'll Take Care Of You. Jimmy Barnes featuring Joe Stone Cold. Just a few to get you started. He also sings.

[@GilbertSandusky]

The people paid for a show and he's giving them one.

[@BD-tk2nr]

The one and only,,,,,,SRV,,,,,,RIP

[@aldobelli8300]

Alex Lifeson is an ASOLUTELY AMAZING guitarist, but not in the same league as SRV!!!!

[@Buds1own]

LOVE 2 U!!! Stevie is awesome!!!!! Psalm 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

[@texasflood1295]

Yes, SRV could show off.

[@glassontherocks]

Nobody in the music industry has ever shown off before.

[@CharlieGroh]

Time flies when you're having fun...

[@mikeholmes5308]

Stevie-Ray Vaughn, dismaying potential guitar players since 1980. A common reaction by guitarists to seeing this video is to declare that they've quit playing on the spot. Because... "What's the use? I'm never going to be half that good!" Hopefully they get over it, but I think some never recover.

[@markabusireactions]

I figured out years ago I was never gonna be good enough, so now I just do it hoping to fool folk that don’t know any better lol

[@RebelAngelkiller62]

Slaves had nothing to do with Blues other than imitating what they heard, they just made it more popular in the same way Peter Frampton wasn't the first one to use a voice box but everyone thinks he was because he popularized it. Eddie Van Halen wasn't the first one to finger tap but he popularized it so he is associated with it as if he was the first.

[@edwardl9683]

I sort of think all lead guitarists (maybe all soloists regardless of instrument or genre) are showing off. Hendrix however outshines all the showoffs in my humble opinion but then he had so so much to show off.

[@edwardl9683]

sorry.. the subject is stevie ray vaughn and there is no denying his vituosity as a guitar player. I don't want to sound like i'm slagging him off, I'm definitely not. I'm not sure I totally understand this emo thing so if this is not emo at all is Hendrix emo? (I fucking hope so 😅)

[@teresawilson6764]

Lifeson is a great guitar player but SRV was another level of player. No disrespect Lifeson.

[@russellsmith2409]

It was necessary. He takes you up one level at a time

[@domperignon778]

The answer to the question of how many solos are required is clearly "one", interrupted by some complimentary vocal ornamentation. I mean, what else are you supposed to do if you can't talk to your girlfriend on the phone because it's raining, other than crank out some blistering chops until the sun comes out?

[@markabusireactions]

😂😂 if only I was capable lol, I’d be soloing all the time!

[@stevenmonte7397]

Hard to believe he was only 5'5"....

[@ed.z.]

I’ve seen Miles Davis live about 6 or seven times. SRV is a bit different. I’ve seen him twice in concert. Yes they were both magnificent artists who were best at what they did. There are many others.

[@CaptainTass]

Vaughan...for sure, m8!

[@larrytrask273]

Just keep on Vapering what ever you Vaper. But to down one of the GOATS Add MARKABUSI REACTIONS to my Permanently Blocked List !!!

[@markabusireactions]

Shut up Larry ya mongrel

[@ginao8935]

SRV is better! Nobody else gives you the feeling you get when he plays and he never plays a song the same way twice. It’s just pure talent and passion

[@azizmooshoolov2308]

Alright. Now do Little Wing. Same show. El Macambo. Blow. Your. Mind.

[@johndugger1028]

no, blues was created in early 20s, mostly in the south

[@Tarkus_]

Both awesome guitarists! "Better" is very much subjective. I would personally rank SRV a little higher on my list, but I think Lifeson is one of the most underrated guitarists ever, and Rush is a much bigger part of my daily musical life than SRV. I actually thought you were going to say Jimi Hendrix, when you started the question. 🤔

[@markabusireactions]

I can’t; never listened to him lol

[@Tarkus_]

@@markabusireactions That's who he's most often compared to, and he did several Hendrix covers.

[@edwardl9683]

​@@Tarkus_I just went and checked out Lifeson. On one listen to one song I would say he is certainly a lot more subtle than SRV. As for Hendrix... speaking as someone still in awe of Hendrix nearly 50 years later I don't think SRV broke any barriers while Jimi smashed them up completely. By that I mean no contest.

[@Tarkus_]

@@edwardl9683 Yeah, I think even SRV would have agreed with you there. That doesn't necessarily mean Hendrix was better (again, very subjective), but no doubt that he was more of a pioneer.

[@mayadog2497]

Crazy thing is...this isnt like his one great song and performance. He was awesome performer that always put on a great show. Theres a performance where he destroys a guitar while playing it...keeps tearing it up...playing...smashing it....and still playing its better than most people can play. Somehow he keeps it going. Even though he gets cheers and applause when he sings and plays, he said he was afraid to sing and play at the same time and thought he wasnt very good at it..

[@spiffypreston3176]

Profusely sweating from all of the foreign chemicals in him …………

[@hongfang2348]

Louis Armstrong was jazz but this is definitely blues.

[@troubleondemand7703]

I don't it's really a comparison that can be made. It's like asking who's a better songwriter, Miles Davis or Mozart?

[@RockinMamaT]

Just subbed. I was lucky enough to see him open up for Robert Plant in 88 and he literally seduced me with his guitar and then he sang....smooth as butter 😂. You should check out Stevie with another guitar legend Jeff Healey..look at little sister live it will blow your mind 😉. Great reaction and Peace out ✌️ ☮️ 🙏 BTW Alex and Stevie two completely different gutar styles 😀

[@zwieseler]

If you thought that was unnecessary don’t watch any Tommy Emmanuel videos. He is to the acoustic guitar what Stevie is to the electric guitar.

[@nostromo526]

I hear Corey Feldman plays a mean guitar. 🤘

[@pd4104lang]

Louis Armstrong was Jazz. We're not going to speak on Al Jolson. He wasn't anything positive. Electric blues was popularized by B.B. King, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Albert King, and too many others to mention. Stevie was inspired by the artists and the Rock icon Jimi Hendrix!

[@markabusireactions]

What’s wrong with Al Jolson?

[@Double_J_48629]

@@markabusireactions he's known as "king of blackface". very not-cool with modern audiences. (i could also tie that in with some other demographic data ; but that might stir up a stew that's probably not worth serving)

[@mattreynolds612]

Fools errand to try to rank guitar Masters. Too many are too good. But yes Alex, & Stevie Ray are on the list. I like Rush better, but think Stevie was the ultimate showman.

[@patrickblair1336]

A worthy member of the elite guitar masters...Eddie Van Halen, eruption solo live...I double dog dare you

[@jamesmcclain5005]

Then you have not heard Jimi Hendrix play. Miles Davis asked Hendrix to play with him. Hendrix's tune Red House live from Isle of Wight was epic. His videos are restricted and his live performances were a level above. It is why we have performances like this.

[@edwardl9683]

Jimi still sends shivers down my spine. Watch man and guitar become one.

[@jamesmcclain5005]

@@edwardl9683 Hendrix's cover of Johnny B Goode is a great measuring stick for guitarists. Most guitarists play it because it is considered the Holy Grail of rock songs.

[@edwardl9683]

​@@jamesmcclain5005For me the intro to Voodoo Chile is just priceless

[@jamesmcclain5005]

@@edwardl9683 What was so interesting about Hendrix is that his music didn't have repeating verses in his music that appear generic. He didn't have a single sound he would do as a signature sound. It is one thing most guitarists struggle not to do. Hendrix was far more innovative and creative. Little Wing, Voodoo Child, others that Stevie does are good covers, but that isn't creation.

[@edwardl9683]

@@jamesmcclain5005 i'm flabbergasted that Mark hasn't listened to Hendrix. If his jaw doesn't drop off his face you can knock me over with a wet sponge.

[@Driecnk]

Try Jimi Hendrix

[@Double_J_48629]

while alex lifeson is a great guitarist, SRV was spiritually transcendent. merely thinking about the relationship between Stevie and his guitar chokes me up every time. you can teach someone how to play an alex riff/song. you _can't_ teach the kind of expressiveness that stevie brought. just a pedantic note about historical origins of blues music ..... the slavery-day music you're referring to is/was called "negro spirituals" (leave me alone YT - it is the proper anthropological designation) , which does indeed serve as part of the oral tradition associated with blues ; HOWEVER, as a musical genre, Blues style is actually an off-shoot of early jazz (early-early 20th-century) , which served as the sonic substrate for the aforementioned oral tradition, which is ultimately (to be reductive) just about "life's rough". Side note: there are several variations of blues, each with their own distinct characteristics -- SRV specifically played Texas Blues , which has a strong rock-y influence. Muddy Waters (which you seem to be familiar with), is known for Chicago Blues, which is an urbanization of Delta Blues (which is probably what most people would identify with classical blues)

[@harrietmiller3982]

Excellent and most informative as well as accurate post. For Stevie Ray was transcendent in his meshing and melding with his guitar to become one with it and once he strapped in the music just flowed through him. That is what sets him far apart of even the best players. It is hard to distinguish if Stevie is playing the music or the music is playing him. It seems like a hybrid to me. My first ever impression actually seeing Stevie play was to be so aware of the intimacy that I almost felt like a voyeur.

[@keith3365]

I needed a translator lol

[@jewel_laughs]

I would say Alex is more versatile and more creative out of necessity; Stevie more transcendental. Both fantastic guitarists in my top 5. Great reaction, Mark.

[@jeffwarren4938]

No way Alex is a top five guitarist..there are,CANADIAN guitarist better than him..and he wasn't versatile..same lame understated crap...he was always lower in the mix than most three piece bands FOR A READON...the weak link in Rush.

[@browsman2328]

When you said putting the guitar behind his back was unnecessary it made it necessary for me to bail on this review.

[@jeffwarren4938]

It was sarcasm moron!