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[@williamsporing1500]

Stevie didn’t plug his guitar into an amp. He plugged it into his soul.

[@markusgarvey]

...and you can't teach soul.

[@brianh5803]

AMEN!

[@georgeshaw8925]

I don’t know if you could be said better.

[@precisionbrown6829]

I can say that about Gary Moore. Gary played with his soul. SRV had soul

[@williamsporing1500]

@@precisionbrown6829 Gary was amazing….I have literally seen people cry listening to him play. Gone way too soon.

[@baneverything5580]

I was a drummer for three decades before learning acoustic guitar at age 34 so I could play the songs I sang. I just learned the basics to be able to pull it off...fake it...whatever. Just to back up my singing. A car accident messed up the nerves in my neck and especially left arm so getting really good on guitar isn`t really an option for me. Some chords and changes are so difficult. So I get a lot of crap from guitarists who don`t realize I`m NOT a guitar player, I`m a singing drummer who can`t play drums anymore due to nerve damage/pain who started playing guitar haphazardly to be able to continue performing. I`m doing my best with what I have and I`m very happy with the results.

[@user-be9ey4jb3c]

Just keep on and have your own fun.

[@stormyweather2837]

Keep rocking never give up on the guitar I believe your nerve damage in your left arm will get better and you will become a really good player. Cheers🙂

[@MrGavinspoppop]

To hell with those snobs ... you keep doin what makes you happy ....period

[@africanchina1]

How old are you now

[@baneverything5580]

@@africanchina1 57

[@KevinORourke25]

Eric Clapton once said that, and here I paraphrase, that music just flows through SRV and it never flows in the same way twice. I think that's why he was always "lost" in the moment of the song.

[@ross3818]

In a Guitar Player interview, Jimmy said Stevie never played the same thing once, let alone twice.

[@precisionbrown6829]

@@ross3818 I don’t think anybody does the same thing every time

[@ross3818]

@@precisionbrown6829 Jimmy Vaughan would agree with you for sure.

[@claireburling8547]

This is why I'm addicted to the music of Stevie Ray. I heard it too, and I finally found out the true meaning of the joy of music. It was 'feeling' the emotions in it. Thank you, Stevie, for bringing something into my life that wasn't there before. 💕🎸☮️to all

[@PipeCat1965]

I'm also a guitarist, living in MA. So many parallels to my own story here. I feel you totally. In the summer of 1992, my fiancé suddenly ran off to FL to marry another dude - on the very day that I had excitedly taken delivery of the furniture (which she had picked out) for our first apartment together and was calling to surprise her that I had set it all up while waiting for her. I called her family home to see what was keeping her and was given the news by her crying sister, who was standing right next to her as she was kissing her parents goodbye to get on the van. Well, that explained why she was never around on weekends. And yep, it was SRV helped me get through that time and my playing changed forever, thanks to the expressiveness of those golden hands of his. I had known how to PLAY guitar but has not yet learned how to communicate (or cry) through it. Great stuff. (Karma report: Her marriage crashed and burned and she was back living with her parents in 2 years, working in a laundromat. Meanwhile I was tapping her big sister's hot best friend on our furniture. TMI?)

[@boopsboy]

Stevie made me cry with his playing when I saw him at Red Rocks because I also felt those feelings.. And if you want a song for a romantic night with your lady try out Riviera Paradise.

[@kenthobbs9527]

My favorite!!!

[@replicated]

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite guitar channels.

[@Wallimann]

Wow, thank you!!

[@rayfabris2512]

got what you are talking about I just posted tonight, I tried to explain it as short as I could so get what you mean

[@maryvaughn7886]

A friend found him sobbing once before he had any success. He said he had this huge ball of emotions inside that he felt it would kill him if he couldn't get them out & share them. Bless his heart ❤. From the 1st time I heard him I could hear it. Best ever & in a class by himself.

[@sebastian36333]

The phonecall part gave me chills. No doubt that heartbreak is one of the biggest motivation pushers

[@baneverything5580]

Stevie Ray BLEW my mind when I heard him on the radio while visiting my sister in Dallas in 1984. Her husband grew up near him in Oak Cliff and knew him so they took me to a Jimmie Vaughan show in Dallas and I got to meet them and shake their hands. He was very concerned that he was drawing attention away from his brother and left.

[@Erniethebear]

There just aren't that many instrumental love songs, but he makes you feel it.

[@Mikee535]

Musician, teacher, philosopher. Thats you man you are brilliant. Love the little clips you throw in your videos and the stories you tell. You are motivating me for sure. Thanks

[@ToriGirlytar]

He was a direct spiritual channel! Miss him ❤🎸

[@Guitars-N-Guns]

The best players have ALWAYS played by ear and feel.

[@precisionbrown6829]

That’s all I had was an ear and the feel.

[@ryurc3033]

I grew up in a blues bar my dad owned in the mid to late 90s. He played guitar in several bands, One of the only times I ever saw my dad cry was the day srv died . There was always different groups that came thru the bar, You could always tell who was going to kick ass and who was going to bomb by that feeling they played with. After a while I could just tell by the way they walked in. One group was Baby Jason and the spankers.... The dude dropkicked a fake baby off the stage and freaked everyone out. Had the tension all built up, and when people realize it's a joke, they let their guard down . As they went thru their set, they would trade instruments, singer would drum, drummer played guitar ect....stuck out in my mind when the lead singer told me" if you can't feel it, nobody else can either, so turn that sh*t up." Years later I realized he didn't just mean the volume.

[@markusgarvey]

My band had just played an early gig and we all decided to go to a blues jam a a bar. I get up on stage and it was like i was possessed. I could do no wrong, and it was as if i was not controlling my hands. I was getting standing ovations and it was really surreal. I went back the next week and fell flat on my face...I could not bust a lick, period. Like that one video where you talking about how you don't think at all about the notes and you can play anything and not his a wrong note. If I get in the right headspace i can do it. Your tone is in your fingers. Just like when you know you're out of tune and you can still play in tune by playing higher or lower on the fret. Music is all feeling...but speakers are really important no matter what rig you use. If you can't feel it, you can't really play it. I have a Marshall DSL 401 2000, and I could not get the tone I wanted out of it. It had a Celestron 30 12'' and I have heard it was a good speaker, but had an old crappy Chinese Frontman cab, that a mouse had go in a fried the circuit board. It had one of the original Fender drivers in it and anther old Radio Shack Optimus speaker 12'' 'dual cone 4 oho. I configured the speakers to 12 ohms because the Marshall wants 16. It was like a whole new amp. The amp was set up for metal and I play Blues, Dead Allman's, Reggae and that Celeston was not the right speaker for me. You can't feel the music if i doesn't sound right.

[@RByrne]

I was never a big fan of Stevie(I was born in 83, so he was a little before my time). Recently my dad passed away, and I found the ElMocambo CD in a box of his records, cds. After talking to his buddies, they showed me pictures of them at most of the ElMocambo shows, SRV included. His friend Seamus worked there in 70s, 80s and would get them in to all the shows. I found a bag if ticket stubs too; Srv, Neil Young, u2, Ruanaways, Etc. Anyways. I listened to that cd and was blown away. After watching much of his stuff, IMO his recordings are good, but he was really a great live player. My favorite show of his is the one he did with Jeff Healey. They were both on fire that night.

[@joshuagibson2520]

Have you watched El Mocambo? I always tell people it doesn't do justice unless you see that performance. So fuckin great.

[@RByrne]

@@joshuagibson2520 yeah i have! His live stuff is phenomenal. Hes that kind of player, like Jimi, Rory Gallagher, etc, where they have excellent recorded stuff, but their live performances are what made them legends.

[@donutman48]

That song was written for his first wife Lenora. Legend has it whenever she would have a serious talk with Stevie she would encourage him to hold his guitar cause he concentrated better!

[@timw4369]

I think Lenny is genius it's a real classic so clean and simple but also deep and complexed. Great track

[@SeagoGuitarist]

I remember the first time I heard Lenny by SRV. It completely floored me. So much so, that I went from playing 8+ hours a day for the past year or so, to my guitar hanging on the wall for 2 months. I just couldn't wrap my head around how he was so intense. It made everything I was doing feel pointless. Obviously eventually I got over myself, I can play that song now, too. But man. What an insanely gifted dude SRV was!

[@frosty7145]

Cocaine, that’s how

[@SeagoGuitarist]

@@frosty7145 😂😂 I know the stories of SRV and his coke and coffee combo 😅😜. I'd agree, however, I'd argue that SRV was actually a better player clean and sober. He never lost that intensity IMO. ✌️

[@killawhatt8620]

He was in love.

[@SeagoGuitarist]

@@killawhatt8620 It's a stunning piece of music. Magic work of art. My grandmother is a classically trained musician, doesn't like guitar music or really listen to much else. I played her that song first time I heard it and even she said 'It does have a lot of pathos behind it. It's very moving' 🙏

[@DrDespicable]

Long story short, you finally heard a genius guitarist actually play guitar, and do it from the heart. Good on ya.

[@FrankAndTinaOfficial]

To make a mistake when playing is just a mistake. To play without emotion.....unforgivable.

[@rcjr.7725]

Congratulations on the birth of your soul in 1993 mine happened in '83 I saw him 11 times he was completely amazing blew me away I've only seen a handful of guitarists become one with their instrument Eddie Van Halen is another of course God Rest their souls

[@mr1bienvenu1]

Lenny has always been my favorite one of his songs.

[@capnstevoanythinggoes]

Music is the window to the soul. Been playing guitar since the summer of 69', just like the song. Was learning some Hendrix and had a chance to see him live. I had been through a very bad day and told my friends who had come to pick me up for the concert, "I'm not feeling so hot, I'll just catch him next time", One of my biggest regrest in life. Main axe now is a Gibson Les Paul Custom Standard Amber Sunset.

[@cardiobroker]

You and flemlo raps are the best storytellers on KZbin I swear. I can’t stop listening. A skill I do not have and can’t figure out what I do wrong but man these two guys are just captivating.

[@Wallimann]

Wow man, thank you so much!!

[@lennywright5655]

SRV is honestly one of my biggest guitar influences. The first time I saw footage of SRV playing (early in my guitar journey) I notice he was shredding but his hands stayed in basically the same position, after seeing his virtuosity with such seemingly little effort the instrument just clicked for me, I didn’t need to run up and down the neck, just needed to let notes sing. Learning the two finger lose around the same time really helped me understand the guitar too.

[@51MontyPython]

What is "two finger lose"?

[@meowtrox1234]

By 2 fingers , did you mean Django Reinhardt?

[@lennywright5655]

@@meowtrox1234 I meant “two finger blues”, the way I was taught it’s basically playing every other fret, layering in blues licks, bends, slides etc. It’s a good way of getting away from scales and freely exploring the neck, you’ll get in the habit of discovering what notes and tones you want instead of worrying about scales. Helps to refine teach without needing to move your hands all over the place. Great for intermediate players. Essentially a technique you can do with only two fingers (hence the name) I don’t know but, I’m sure Django Reinhardt helped develop this in someway over the years.

[@meowtrox1234]

@@lennywright5655 thanks Lenny i'll check the concept out.

[@unlmitdbeastmode]

OMG this is one of my fav SRV songs...so many people have never heard this track.

[@mike5177]

Lenny is one of my favorite SRV tunes. Good stuff!

[@PlouplePoupi]

Cette série de vidéos est vraiment intéressante et enrichissante ! Ton approche, ton analyse, la manière dont tu nous partages tout ça… Ta chaîne est une de mes préférées. Merci David👍🏼🍒

[@sylviafarese8837]

At one of his concerts here in Austin, I was at front by stage that I saw him before he came on stage and he waved hi. He did his show then came and sat down on edge of stage and played Lenny. I remember turning around to see the crowd and everyone and I mean EVERYONE was in awe, some with mouths open. THAT was Stevie! I was fortunate to have seen and heard him long before he got big. Antone’s was the place to be but I first saw him with Paul Ray and The Cobras at The Back Room around 1976-77. He’d play all over town and I remember his house and that car he had given Lenny! Beautiful! Good seeing folks appreciate his music in 2022.

[@glassjazz1690]

I've bought one of your courses and although I haven't been able to give it enough time, each lesson has been very valuable. But one of the most important things you have talked about has to see with the human nature of music. Man, that phone call story of yours really made me remember why I love music so much, and it is beacuse we feel things through it. Thanks for this video.

[@harlanburch2375]

You can tell what kind of mood Stevie was in by the way he played. Listen to different live performances of the same song.

[@zoomzoom3950]

Many great guitarists before, now, and after, and I enjoy technical players too, but no guitar player effects me like Hendrix. Watching and hearing him play, he makes it seem so natural, fluid, effortless and easy; the power and emotion just flows from him to his guitar, his effects and his amps. No other guitarist in my list of favorite guitarists does what Jimi does for me, even after all this time since his passing. For me there was guitar before Jimi and after Jimi. Then there was guitar before EVH and after EVH. Still waiting for the next guitarist to create a new before and after. I don't have words to describe Jimi, if you feel it you understand, if you don't feel it you won't understand. IMO

[@markusgarvey]

Yeah, I watch this guys who play a million miles and hr, and I'm like, cool, but playing that fast has limited use. They are like music is a race or a contest. Jerry Garcia and Duane Allman do it for me, and they are not real technical, but still some of the greatest guitarists ever. It's not what you play, it's how you play it.

[@zoomzoom3950]

@@markusgarvey Yes, I have many guitarists I dig, some are technical speed virtuosos (e.g., Vai) some are not (e.g., Marr), but Jimi is in a unique place for me that defies and crosses many categories. EVH is similar, great leads, great rhythms, great feel, great in just about every category for me. Cheers!

[@williamgreenfield9991]

Hello Zoom Zoom. I saw Jimi "live" in 1968 and he has always been my favorite. Been a devotee of the guitar since I was very young (listening and playing). I never thought in a million years that I would hear music as intense, soulful, and beautiful as Mr. Jimi. Just discovered Buckethead a couple of weeks ago and I gotta tell you, he is right up there with the master. Dude reaches right down into your soul and brings up the tears. Check him out if you haven't already.

[@motsy15]

Never heard anyone better. And I was around for Hendrix

[@koalacharlie9066]

I listened to Texas Flood when i was 17. At that time i was very fond of metal guitarists but also Rory Gallagher. Stevie was a huge inspiration. He had a deep impact in my music aproach. Nowadays after almost 40 years, stevie , rory ,joe pass and randy rhoads are still my all time favorites. Also the music of Taregga villa lobos e.t.cthanks for the great video. Best wishes....

[@Crunkboy415]

As a guitar player I learned more from jazz horn players than guitar players because they "got it" even earlier than guitar players.

[@Mark-f7o]

Yep my father was a jazz muso so I played jazz for many years then into blues and after rock so I know where your coming from.

[@calkrahn9961]

Absolutely!!! I’ve heard simple songs that have moved me incredibly because the player, singer felt it

[@danansana7411]

when I lived in san jose went to the bodega one nite Stevie was playin with Albert King opening small club had front row seats not only was Albert playin his guitar just 6 feet from me the next set Stevie was what a nite so much soul from both of them never forget it

[@Poly6Groove]

That’s really the spiritual awakening of playing. Playing an instrument is more of a becoming yourself an instrument of transferring feelings instead of just pressing frets to make sounds. I’ve experienced this beautiful experience with Fear Inoculum album of Tool. It’s definitely worth a deep listening!

[@MrGavinspoppop]

I really enjoyed this video and its message ... I remember singing (with guitar in hand ) and hearing someone say in the audience .." He just mailing it in" ... no emotion .... today I have years of experience and know that emotion can make a tune really sing out there .... thanks again ....peace

[@jimranallo686]

I was fortunate to move from Chicago to Austin in 71... when 6th street was a poor hood where the homeless slept....and then the developers came in...chased out the homeless (as they always do)...but Stevie was the monday nite cover band...a buck cover near 6th street...on 7th and red river....first time I seen him...my jaw dropped...he was 18 or 19 ...unreal

[@donaldconnolly220]

emoteing through the guital...... my dad. was on 42. 43. albums.... biggest names...........i noticed. his staying away from. what he taught me was kniwn to professional studio. musivians. as.......impressionist. style music.....he seamed cold... ....i have been. playing fior forty five years......and sime of the stuff i play sounds very emotional....to the point. i cant handle it....i cry.... its a balance. .....and. msicians dont talk about it.......it deals with what your willing to display to an audience......bareing your raw soul.. . .. .

[@crowtellsme]

The first time I heard SRV was walking into a missile launch control facility back in 1983 in Montana. Never heard a strat with that kinda tone dripping off it before. I bought a strat probably a week later. Still have it. Never even thought of looking back. Thank you and good night!

[@sparks3019]

Nailed it again David! Love your courses too. Your sincerity comes through each time. Looking forward to the day when I have saved enough for lessons.

[@Akira-5]

Great video, man. SRV is and always will be a total legend. Thanks

[@ellerykaibetoney8267]

Man this is more than the blues. Yeah it’s called Stevie Ray Vaughan!

[@80srocker65]

Great video Tone might be in the fingers But playing comes from the heart

[@jerrybobteasdale]

SRV and Buddy Guy are two of my faves.

[@blackfishgaming7145]

A breakup helps, but a dumble amp *really* helps with those subtle differences 😂

[@thorny3218]

There is a paradox as an artist. Nobody wants to be sad, but the best art comes when we feel.

[@Sn4fu]

Loved this video! thanks for it, I love Stevie ray and guitars and videos essays so this was a treat. Lenny is one of my favorites. I remember hearing somewhere about how he wrote Lenny. Apologies if it was posted already or if this is completely made up haha As I remember it, Stevie ray pawned his guitar during a low point. Stevie battled many demons in his life but His wife Lenora was with him through his worst. She , got the money together to buy the guitar back. Stevie was so thankful he stayed up all night and wrote Lenny. You can just imagine Stevie there that night, chain smoking , probably working off a nasty hangover and a guilty conscience for putting his wife through something like this again. Absolutely heartbroken he betrayed his two loves, his wife and his guitar. He had alot to say and did it in his music. It's a love song it's an apology song it's heartbreak song. It's just straight emotion from the fingertips of a master. It's said Lenora nicknamed Lenny, never listened to the song without crying.

[@stratcat3216]

For me it was "'Cause we ended as lovers". I learned to play it and it changed me forever.

[@guitarstringman7403]

Bro.... I'm an old guy guitar player. YES, guitar is all an expression of your soul. Happy or sad, it all comes out through your playing, and the audience knows. I am impressed with your enlightenment and on your commentary. Play your feelings!

[@franshallar]

A lot of years ago I bought a guitar. And yes, it was a need for Speed period. While most Speed freaks were studying Metallica on guitar, I started doing real stuff, like Overkill with Elimination. Super fast and not easy. But after about three years I found that the music I was playing was not what I wanted. There was a lot of speed and not much soul. But I joined a fellow guitarist and yes he played something that surprised me tremendously Long Cold Winter by Cinderella. Strange because I was a hard core metal fan. After I learned to play this song I got to know Gary more, bb king, and of course Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy . The blues was a type of music I didn't listen to much but tried to learn from. I wanted to discover why this kind of music was so different from all the others. Every blues song has a story the story of the band. Full of emotions, full of submission . The modern Blues, no thanks, because I don't know what it is but that has become purely commercial. I call it pop Blues. That's why I went to classical a while ago. Works, like Asturias by Isaac Albéniz became my speed metal soul music. Most wouldn't say it but when you play such and music you sometimes get goosebumps. Do I still play Iron Maiden? Sure, I still do because that's a part of my childhood , of my adult life. When I play my guitar I want to hear and especially feel the soul. No soul? No guitar playing.

[@strummercash5601]

Wow. How cool and inspiring to hear you pinpoint and chronicle the moment one listen to one song changed the whole trajectory of your musical journey. It’s interesting how some elements of personal evolution require maximum energy, focus, and effort yet are balanced by the unexpected “aha” watersheds that seem to shift our universe in a blessed instant. Thank you for this content. Peace.

[@strummercash5601]

Okay, the breakup story was so relatable, I hit “subscribe” on that alone and am clicking on the Buddy Guy vid next. This may sound “Wu Wu” and “New Age” etc. however when I was writing a literal novel for M.F.A. in creative writing thesis, learning about the tortured short lives of some of my favorite authors, knowing I wouldn’t have a career, happiness, or a reasonable shot at longevity if I always needed to feel decimated to get solid sentences, I discovered this: If I could center myself into gratitude with humility alongside, it seemed I could access that same place of emotional depth-or darn close-without having to fall apart or self-destruct. For whatever reason finding and focusing on that for which I’m thankful to my core, provides honest, authentic output without my needing to do me wrong or worse.

[@Brookzplayzmuzic]

I feel like if I were going to have a guitar teacher this guy would be it.

[@FrankAndTinaOfficial]

SRV and Double Trouble Recorded Texas Flood at Jackson Browns home studio in a weekend. They just plugged in and went.

[@48vinny]

What I resent more is your choice of words: SRV fooled us all, which imply’s he was doing something nefarious hiding some trick and he had us fooled. What you discovered was what you couldn’t find in your own playing until SRV taught you what it was, he taught you how to feel the music in every part of your body and project in to an audience who discovered greatness when they experienced it. Hendricks was one of his idles but I personally never felt what SRV projects in his playing. SRV had a short career like Hendricks and SRV was on his path but the Lord had other ideas. He was finally clean before his death SRV had so much to give, he loved the guitar it was an extension of his heart and soul and it showed every time you heard him play. We are better for it. He is the GOAT, people hear him play and wished they can do it, SRV allowed you to see what he felt with every note he played. The best thing about the Internet, people who never heard of SRV have discovered him and are amazed of his greatness.

[@Wallimann]

I agree with all you said man. And yeah, that title was meant to trigger an emotion (a click)

[@zeusapollo8688]

Srv was the first guitar player I straight up stole from. I had the cassettes and a tab book. It created my early vocabulary of licks. Second book and tape was surfing with the alien...

[@tony69em]

That's what I always tell people. It's an issue of micro timing that can completely change the emotional presentation of a song.

[@jeffsfunbox1]

no shit I realized that at 13. your fingers are the sound!!!!!!!!!!

[@dagoelius]

Same story as you, I too was metal guitarist in my teens till the day i heard Where Were You by Jeff Beck and my guitar journey took a whole new direction.

[@srpdesigns]

Just earned yourself another sub my friend...Although I'm not a musician I knew exactly where you were going with this vid and that missing piece ...I kept saying vibrato and feeling ...That's what all the greats have and still have...Great video looking forward to watching some of your other vids I know these vids take a lot of time & work to put together so Thank You

[@chrisbauman2562]

Ive had this feeling before. It's like you're not even there,as if someone else is playing but you're viewing it. Like you're 100% just feeling

[@FrankAndTinaOfficial]

SRV just played..he didn't think about ..he just did it.

[@Myguitar-951]

Enjoy your videos, informative and makes me laugh out loud at your humourous outtakes, but on the musical side your spot on, as Joe Walsh once said when he was asked about how do I get your tone man , he just said give me any cheap guitar and basic amp and he will sound like Joe , feel it brothers , peace 🎸

[@superjuddy]

Blessed by this video, hope to jam out with you in heaven some day man! thanks so much for this, I've never heard this put so eloquently, and clear before.

[@scottmcmillan6794]

Yeah, that's why no one will ever play just like Stevie; no one has his soul. However, he showed people how to channel what they were feeling.

[@craigmadz]

MAGNIFICENT!

[@rcjr.7725]

Very nice analogy of how emotions,,,you can hear them yeah I dig it good job buddy break a string

[@keithbarker7552]

You are the biz. One man show plus real stuff and truth.Dot get no better.

[@daveowens]

When I was a kid, maybe 11'ish? I was in a used bookstore and they sold VHSes. I'm browsing through them and come across one with this guy in a Texas hat and beatup Strat on the cover. I took it home and wore it out! I fell asleep that night with it still playing, after rewinding it multiple times, over and over. It was SRV: Live at the El Mocambo, which I'm sure you know has a fantastic version of "Lenny." I felt the same way you do - there's so much more going on there than just playing the guitar.

[@Slugg-O]

This guy GETS IT! 😁 Sadly not everyone does.

[@MrHolmgren194]

i like Stevie, but i like Gary Moore even more...;-) He played all stiles basically, was in and out of Thin Lizzy, went solo around 1980 with hardrock/metal. Took a dive into the blues 1990 with the cd "Still got the blues" and recorded more bluesalbums. He started out in Northern Ireland in the late 60`s early 70`s in a band called "Skid row", not the american band, then played with "Colosseum II", rock/fusion, then "Lizzy" and the rest you know. He sadly left us 2011, he is my guitarguy, check him out i don`t think you`ll regret it :)

[@RByrne]

Yes sir. Gary is one of my top 5 for sure. Really puts his feelings into the guitar, and it's amazing to see. Thin Lizzy were such an amazing band, especially Gary, Phil and Brian Downey. I hear the current incarnation of them is still around, none of the original members though(how that works, I have no idea).

[@Wallimann]

Man, I love Gary too!

[@rogergeoffrion3723]

@@Wallimann Gary Moore is another one of my favorites. He does an incredible cover of Roy Buchanan’s “The Messiah Will Come Again”. I also had the pleasure of seeing SRV at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston in 1986…phenomenal show!

[@mike5177]

Yeah, Gary was a beast!

[@felixplaza823]

Gary Moore is for sure one of the greatest guitar players that walked upon this Earth! Of course, SRV is also great!

[@xtimator]

Stevie said in multiple interviews that he used his jazz influences in his blues.

[@grahammorgan6208]

Playing with feel is why I love to improvise

[@jeffrobuck6338]

I like it man.. I've listened to 3 of your videos now videos now, and I really like what you're doing. Music is about so much more than the technical. There's a whole other level that has to do with the nuance of feeling and emotion.

[@Wallimann]

Thanks so much Jeff! I really appreciate it man.

[@voyxu143]

That change you are trying to describe as a "chorus" is often called a "turn around" in the blues format.

[@bloke2201]

Thanks man. Needed some motivation to pick up my guitar again.

[@douglascarducci6977]

I saw Stevie Ray twice both times I had the best seat in the house..front row 10 ft in front of him. Landmark theatre for couldn't std the weather tour then long ranch park

[@blueyedmule]

Gilmour. Not over/against SRV, but as a very different player doing the same thing successfully.

[@th4riz]

i had a similar experience with SRV, and the last track on a CD, except the track was RIVIERA PARADISE

[@davidbertoncini827]

If you want to hear more tones coaxed from a Strat check out Ronnie Earl. He can play a 3 or 4 minute instrumental and you forget there is no singer. Phenomenal no effects just him.

[@davebridget6432]

From the heart.

[@davidturoff8017]

Let’s play it one more time guys this time with feeling

[@Wallimann]

Hahaha!

[@slimbuttermilk]

from the heart...through the fingers.. out the speakers. There's no substitute (or pedal)

[@marcoevans2155]

Paradise Riviera and Lenny both demonstrate how much advanced jazz music SRV was absorbing and had obviously mastered. Listen to his rendition of Wes Montgomerys Chili Con Carne. Don't let those radio interviews fool you, the man knew tons of music theory but did'nt desire to fess to it. He could'nt...

[@younkinjames8571]

This is real talk...I enjoyed this story

[@MelodyMaker218]

Thanks for sharing man, I am going through some things right now and have noticed my playing changing like you said happened to you.

[@jaydee2012]

Pride and joy was the key in my lock. Rip Srv, we hardly knew yee.

[@papablue3015]

Soul your very essence becoming one with the music, the instrument, you're playing becomes the air which it breathes on! Yep! Thanks!

[@kevinanderson967]

SRV saved me from Yngwie in the mid 80s and it led me down the path of blues and jazz. If SRV was alive today he’d be hanging out with Guthrie Trapp in Nashville 🎸

[@ryangunwitch-black]

You got the blues and you played the blues. It's a real thing.

[@mp-kq3vc]

This is why I am into Jimmy Page. After John Bonham died, Page was just lost. You can hear that state of emotion in all of his 80's playing. Somewhere out there is an interview asking about his later playing style and he responded, "I just play how I play." That's really it, isn't it?

[@matthewaltomare7629]

I teared up the first time I heard Lenny.

[@michaelvaladez6570]

Nice commentary. It is what and why one plays music..even when starting out as basic as you are you just have that enthusiasm to pick up your guitar or whatever and play especially if you can play with others.And as you progress and keep your ego in check you will learn along the way as to why you started to play in the first place even thou you didn't know it but you did...subconsciously. Keep up the good work.

[@glintlintjewas3517]

Always love your storytelling, Dude.

[@bluesrockguitaristmikesall2708]

Great stuff David!! Generating happiness can be challenging. I think about happy times,great people's I have met when I play. I don't do what our brothers in the rap industry do,you know grab around the"zipper area".Primarily because I need both hands...........to play the guitar .

[@marshallalexander8228]

2:54 I never thought I'd see a magazine featuring Talk Show in a vid