Rene Martinez - Texasguitarwhiz Chapter 5: "Last Moments of Stevie Ray Vaughan"

[@midnitesunblues]

Other people close to Stevie also told about seeing a light around him that night. Thanks to Rene for sharing his memories of Stevie. He was a special soul. Heartbreaking that he was taken so soon.

[@stangsswang8355]

SRV is one of the only things in life that give me hope. Once again this makes me cry.

[@ourlifeinwyoming4654]

It's still a giant punch in the chest - just like the Monday when I found out. To hear Rene tell the story just hits me. It's so powerful.

[@beachcomber4141]

OK. I am totally floored now. I have never heard any of this. It is almost as if SRV knew!

[@larus10]

Thanks for sharing all this backstory Rene- SRV is still very fresh in our minds no matter how many years go by...

[@sam127001]

I really am enjoying hearing Rene talk about his life !

[@TRWilley]

Man, it was like Stevie knew - spooky. It was my freshman year in college when SRV died. I was hanging out in my buddy's room when someone busted in and told of the crash. I remember going back to my own room, turning down the lights and putting on "Riviera Paradise, " which I used to listen to every night while I went to sleep. I lay there that night, feeling the tears well up, knowing that there would never be any more music from Stevie this side of heaven. First time I had experienced the loss of a musical hero - too many since.

[@deemika]

Thank you, Rene, for sharing these stories. You were fortunate to know SRV, and he was fortunate to know you.

[@maureendrozda9960]

I Wasn't At This Last Show But I Saw Stevie & "The Boys" Shortly Before In Colorado....I Couldn't Believe How GREAT Everybody Sounded!! How Much Fun They Were All Having Because They Were ALL Sober & Present! And Stevie Was More ALIVE & Beautiful Than I Ever Saw Him Over The Years! I Remember Seeing A Special "Glow" Around Stevie On Stage @ Red Rocks Once - The Year He Wore His Headdress.... It Was Amazing Yet Very Fitting Somehow... I Wish There Was A Photo Of The Light You Described Over Stevie That Last Night...He Was A Very Special Spirit! Thank You, Rene, For Sharing This! You Know How Much Stevie Loved You! I Think God Just Really Wanted Stevie Back HOME - Bless His Heart! I Miss Him To This Day, All These Years Later! Stevie Was VERY Dear...He Lives On With Those Of Us Who Loved Him! SOUL💞SOUL, STEVIE - ALWAYS💗😘

[@Myannasmagic1983]

Thank you for sharing this with us. My heart still breaks

[@MrJimiJam]

I will never forget this day, as long as I live. I had just gotten to work and in the locker room getting my uniform on. Someone walked in said, "did you hear about your boy, Stevie? He died today." It seemed like the world stopped spinning. I sat there for a moment, dumbfounded. Then I smashed my locker door and just started weeping.

[@Justicefordadmom]

❤❤❤ THANK YOU RENE

[@Jason-nk6yd]

Love this man

[@JH-ks9oi]

I’m lovin this series! Sad note I was 15 when we lost Stevie and I remember the first time I heard it.. We didn’t believe it not Stevie NOT OUR OWN TOWN HERO! The Cliff is always proud of him!

[@RobertFairweatherMusic]

Thank you, Rene. RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan.

[@albertarguelles3262]

WOW, The Light

[@jongalleog3486]

Great interview rene sorry to hear that .

[@darrinvandemark4781]

Thanks for that Rene!

[@michaelvaladez6570]

This interview gave me chills..it was his destiny to be here to serve his purpose and to go home.The last time I saw SRV he was on the same bill as The Jeff Beck Trio..promoting Guitar Shop..with Terry Bozzio, Tony Hymas.He opened up the show and it was awesome, Beck was on my to go list to see among the others to see.Then SRV came out and it was game on...classic show, and for the encode Santana came out and did this jam that was unwordly..as if I had an out of body experience...couldn't believe it. The show was at the Oakland coliseum. And them it was the following tour not to long after that SRV died...I heard the news while on a business trip on a bus and it was announced. He gave us his best and like bolt of lightning he was gone..all to soon.He may be gone but definitely not forgotten..May he rest in peace Stevie Ray Vaughn 🙏. 🙏 ☮ ❤

[@PhotoTrekr]

Sad sad story. But, thanks for telling it.

[@jaws7794]

just watched an old video of Jimmie Vaughn talking about a great guitar tech named Rene Martinez, which got me to this video. as a SRV fan hearing this version of events bought back so much memories from 1990 after hearing the news...Thanks for sharing your story.👍

[@kellykasparek8150]

THE greatest guitar player in history, you can play fast you can do tricks you can even fool Rolling Stone magazine why you are better but SRV IS the best thats ever played ! the feeling the passion, it came from that place only Hendrix, Eddie, and Shawn Lane know about.

[@inertiallychallenged]

Agreed! If you know Shawn Lane, you know your guitar players. Stevie was my guy...still is, made me want to learn to play.

[@PRIESTWORLD]

I saw him a couple of shows before this , in anchorage Alaska, I got to watch soundcheck

[@bradparker9664]

I have a cd set of that last show he did, and his playing was just insane. The best I've ever heard him play. He knew something was going happen, and gave it his all. Also, it's Mr. Martinez that's the one who did those incredibly choreographed guitar changeouts when SRV would blow a string, correct? It doesn't get any smoother than the routine they had worked out.

[@bluesatsun]

Great stuff….. thanks Rene for sharing this….and thanks Mojotone!

[@danrigano3151]

thank you Rene its pretty obvious you and the band and stevie were all brothers and loved each other very much.Love is powerful and love is indestructible.!i was an over the road truck driver.and iwas driving through ohio when i heard about it on the FM.i grew up in houston.i had to pull off the road.it was like somebody punched me in the chest.he wiil never be forgotten.ive never seen or heard a guitar player with more heart!and the same goes for you and Tommy and Chris!some of todays players are technical geniuses but they sometimes miss the point.its not just soul to soul its heart to heart!you could feel it in his music.Thats what made Clapton pull off the road the first time he heard stevie coming out of his car radio.its a force of nature.and you are part of that..thank you for sharing such a personal and heartbreaking tradgedy with us.God bless you sir!

[@michelleagleton2344]

Damn helicopters! If only those damn things hadn't been there. I love him. Simply put. ❤

[@punkvader4272]

We love you Stevie...

[@anavolar3253]

René Salute from 🇭🇷 Croatia Zagreb thanks 🙏 for sharing your thoughts,😢❤❤

[@engleharddinglefester4285]

One of the worst days of my life. I can still feel it and it's been a long time. I can still feel the shows they did too, so that's a help.

[@KentuckyColonel]

That light is God telling Stevie that his eternal tour is getting ready to begin.. SRV is headlining in heaven for our Father.. and His glorious Son Jesus Christ..

[@Slugg-O]

Stevie was spiritual. He knew something was waiting for him.

[@Slugg-O]

@hopebrowning6300 He often spoke at concerts about how God saved him, his mother said he was saved, it's between him and God now, and of course I hope he's singing with the angels.

[@frankbalkoski7965]

That's such a heartbreaking story. Thank you for sharing, I can't even imagine the pain in your soul. I'm sorry. I was fortunate enough to see you guys in Philly, I think it was 1990?, along with Jeff Beck and Terry Bozio opening.

[@TheSarahbeach100]

Thank you so much brother for sharing this

[@groundeddutchman5852]

That was a tough one, I saw him 6 times, still my favorite.

[@guitarrablusera]

Quede emocionado por tus palabras Rene, gran abrazoo!

[@alanlatimer1024]

I was going to see Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble on September 27th 1990 at the Kern county fair and he got on that Damn helicopter I never saw him play I cried for a week

[@bm7760]

I remember hearing the news on the morning radio as I was picking a mate up on our way to work. It stopped me in my tracks. SRV was a huge influence on thousands of guitarists. I wonder if he knew that? A friend loaned me Soul to Soul and it just knocked me sideways. He rescued my enjoyment of the guitar from the theatrics and competitiveness of the nonsense, meaningless high-speed blah blah that was so prevalent at the time. Always thought I'd get to see him live but never did. Thank you and RIP Stevie.

[@scottanchelowitz9774]

Fantastic, love hearing you talking about Stevie, Rene, you're a great player and a great tech man, thank you

[@vivianeprudentiabuelens9142]

Úrico interdije on the quitar in the BACK ‼️ 2:40

[@TheSarahbeach100]

You were his best

[@DD1072]

❤

[@c.e.anderson558]

Stevie never " played" the guitar. He was the Strat. He didn't think what to do next he just let it flow through his hands to the strings. Stevie was a conduit from the ether. A gift to us.

[@lthoedt]

Im really not the spiritual type but from all the things i read about this final night, i feel like Stevie knew this was the end. In the book "Texas Flood" Stevie's aunt or mother also said his pilot seemed off which was strange. Idk i dont believe in spiritual things but i still think this was meant to be and Stevie knew.

[@Say_No-2_Animal-Abuse_]

I believe so too. Days before his death, he told his girlfriend, he had a feeling, that something was out to get him. The interview with Chris was deep as well. He came back from the bathroom, with his bags. Chris asked him where he's going & Stevie said he was going to Chicago to call his girlfriend...Chris said, "They have phones here." Stevie replied, "No, I've gotta go, but I want you to know, that I love you." A person that worked with his Manager Alex Hodges, said Alex saw Stevie on the chopper before it took off & said Stevie looked "shook up" 🤷🏻 Idk, but it makes sense.. Maybe Stevie had a foreboding feeling.😢

[@Say_No-2_Animal-Abuse_]

What did they say about the pilot?

[@Say_No-2_Animal-Abuse_]

It had to be the Aunt, cause Martha mom) was in Dallas, Tx.

[@GuitarNoize111]

Sad.

[@gilguajardo7808]

If only those were the days of the ubiquitous mobile phone, especially post iPhone. Rene surely would have taken a quick picture of Stevie in that light.

[@pabloperez4063]

40.000 spectators every of the 3 days

[@RobertFairweatherMusic]

...on a hill/valley in southern Wisconsin. Amazing place. Sad that it was SRV's final performance, etc.

[@sixstringsdown1]

GOD was telling SRV, "IT'S TIME TO GO"... 🙏

[@ranman58635]

He had a dream just before he passed. That's why he hugged him that way. It was a premonition of him seeing himself at his own funeral. Stevey knew something was up. He spoke of some of it during an interview. He said that Jimmy was not likely the one that killed himself and then got really quiet. Same with other famous people that didn't want to stay within the guidelines of, were in control, not you. Even Prince said it well, do you own your master's? It's a game of chess and they'll kill you if you don't listen.

[@RobertFairweatherMusic]

Link to interview of which you speak???

[@ranman58635]

@@RobertFairweatherMusic , yeah, so much Is lost. I don't know where I is but I know that they didn't want him to talk about it so I'm sure it's scrubbed from the net.

[@ryanelison4539]

@@ranman58635 the interview where he speaks about Jimi's death was the Lone Star Cafe interview part 2. Should be at the start of the video.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Satanic sacrifice…sick shit…Stevie was a good man of God, especially he got clean…they realized he couldn’t be controlled…just like Tom Petty, who had his house burned down in the middle of the night, barely escaping be he cost the industry a ton of $ by refusing to release his highly anticipated Damn the Torpedoes album…he wrote “I Won’t Back Down “ immediately afterwards, badass

[@Say_No-2_Animal-Abuse_]

Yea, he said Jimmy "had some help" in reference to his OD.

[@chicagobluesangels8547]

I think Stevie was born 1954 Jimmie was born in 1951

[@pabloperez4063]

7,56,,...when he speaks about something like a "GAZIBO"....? What is this? A light-canon?....anybody...?

[@michaelvaladez6570]

A gazebo is a small outside sitting area for the backyard..all usually..in the round a roof top sometimes steppled..closed top sometimes. In some settings weddings are held there...an outdoor enclosure.

[@RobertFairweatherMusic]

a covered outdoor area...Gazebo.

[@pabloperez4063]

Thanks both

[@midnitesunblues]

Is it possible to be an adult and cry like a baby? yeah. it is.

[@Techcensorshipbot]

man, he looks like coach red pill's dad :D

[@davespears2241]

I wonder what is Gods plan, if he wanted Stevie why take the rest of the people on the helicopter.

[@robertiaccarino4363]

A little dramatic; good story though.

[@brianballard1153]

R I P Great story Thanks

[@brianballard1153]

I met you in 1989 or 90 miller light party tour I was workin d l security backstage ! My fender Stratocaster was in my trunk You said would you leave your kid in the trunk ! My wife brought it backstage Thank you

[@robertcapewell2788]

R.I.P. The Great Stevie ray Vaughan.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

He was murdered

[@inertiallychallenged]

Stupid comment.

[@ASMRSLIMETOYS]

Clapton , I reckon anyway , its all a bit too strange to just be an unfortunate accident

[@Willd-ki8ix]

Flush out your headgear dude it was an aviation accident

[@inlakesh555]

SRV was no danger to anybody