Stevie Ray Vaughan -Guitar Obsessed From The Beginning

Joe Nick Patoski shares stories about Stevie Ray Vaughan playing the clubs in Austin and looking for a break.
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[@otisgibbs]

Here's a link to Joe Nick's great Stevie Ray Vaughan biography. amzn.to/45faf8j If you buy anything with this link, I'll get a little extra money to buy cat food, but it won't cost you anything extra.

[@junesecrist6719]

My earliest memory was Stevie Ray playing for my 21 birthday party at Stubbs, June 1977.

[@otisgibbs]

It's amazing how many interesting names pop up in this video. It says a lot about Austin's ability to attract interesting people back in the day.

[@ComeAndTakeItTX1835]

Your right! Back in the day. No more

[@randynorman742]

What a beautiful place to be at that time. My aunts and uncles all lived through it and I got into music because of it… Only just to catch a glimpse of how cool it was. I think I was born a little too late. Lol

[@Rollietom890]

I grew up in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas so I knew of the Vaughan brothers, especially Jimmy because he was the guitarist for the Chessmen. Stevie was 14 when I met him. I was in a group that played at the local teen hangout at the National Guard Armory near Red Bird Airport and, since Stevie's parents didn't want him to follow in his brother's footsteps he would play any guitar he could get his hands on. So on the breaks (there were two combos, one on each end) he would ask me if he could play my Telecaster unplugged while we were on our hour long break. Your guest is right. He was obsessed and wouldn't stop playing until it was time for us to go back on. I got to see him later on in Austin and he was already ahead of the pack.

[@Rollietom890]

@@cozmowiz5593 I was about 4 years older than Stevie so I didn't know any of his peers. But you're right about him disappearing. I saw him playing with Blackbird at the Cellar around '70 or so and then the next thing I knew he was making a name for himself in Austin.

[@TheVatonaught]

Cool story !

[@5150show]

SRV changed my life !

[@davidmontgomery5047]

We Opened for Double Trouble in Colo Springs on the Texas Flood Tour ,I couldn't even give Tickets away , He was Super loud and after playing the whole LP He did about 9 Hendrix Tunes . the Club Got shut down days later due to His Extreame volume . I'm more impressed with his Playing once he got sober . He was a very Nice Guy even went to Eat Mexican Food w/ our Singer who was also from Texas .

[@jamesleenelson]

I could listen to Joe Nick all day. I’m not surprised he’s an author-he’s a wealth of fascinating music trivia and music history, and it’s first-hand knowledge. Thanks, Otis, for these interviews. There’s nothing better than hearing the insights and knowledge these guys have!

[@Jeffbambam]

Sometime in the early 80s my earliest recollection of SRV was I had met this cute blonde from Texas in a bar in Alabama ,we had a conversation after I heard her do a heart felt cover on stage of a Janis Joplin song . We talked and went back to her room to listen to this cassette tape of a live recording of SRV this remarkable guitarist she had heard in Austin that also played the blues . I was amazed . Still am !

[@ChorusArtists]

I read Joe's book on your recommendation Otis, and what a thorough, honest, and enjoyable read it was. Thanks, you guys!

[@vancekincaid3779]

Stories like these need to be put in a safe somewhere preferably close to my house thanks y’all ! ☮️💜🅰️

[@thewhiteelephant]

I’m ashamed to say I used to dismiss Stevie and never gave him a chance when he was alive. I ignorantly believed he was competing with Hendrix. I worked at Musicland during college and we would play “In Step” as a demo for customers. Listening to “Leave My Girl Alone” repeatedly changed it all for me. Changed my whole perspective of Stevie and I became hooked. Bought everything I could after that. I hate the fact that I didn’t give him a chance when he was alive, but he has been my favorite guitarist since then. No one plays like him. I believe he is the greatest guitarist ever.

[@aliceborealis]

>cough, cough

[@thewhiteelephant]

@taylorfusion His performance of Texas Flood on there in my opinion is one of the single most greatest performances ever. On par with Jimi’s Fillmore East performance of Machine Gun. I love them both, but dang, Stevie.

[@Gratefulman1965]

My earliest memory of Hearing Stevie was 1982. I was a junior in High school. Thanks to KGON FM radio and Country cousin Dickie Sheets. Second memory was just after Stevie’s death. I was at horseshoe music in Portland Oregon and I ran into John Koonce a friend of Stevie’s and a local legend ( Johnny and the distractions) I asked John how he was doing and he says to me, “Just awful man”just got back from Texas and we buried Stevie. I miss Stevie tons! Thanks for this Otis!

[@mojo6778]

Otis, thank you. Would love to hear more from Joe about Stevie.

[@rosstisbury1626]

Cheers and Big thank you 😊

[@TJ1945]

This is really good. Stevie and I were born nine days and thirty miles apart. I was a young guitar hotshot in the 60s. If we'd lived in the same town, we would have likely played together.

[@toddgriffis896]

As a Texan I’ve read Joe Nicks music reviews and knew he was an amazing musical historian but to see this just blew my mind, thanks for sharing this Otis!

[@matrixmatico695]

I had a beer once with Jimmy Vaughn in ajoint in front of The Kessler..where he was playing that night . Very nice down to earth dude

[@swabee4843]

I've read that biography... twice I think. Absolute must read for any guitar/blues lover.

[@stevemassarone1470]

Lupos in providence !! Prov RI born and raised great to hear that club in a story about Stevie I know he played there a few times !!

[@montanaelkwhisperer1744]

i saw Stevie live twice. the first time was not planned. me and some buddies heard about a spring break type party at SUNY new paltz college. we parked, and carried our cases of cold beer down a path through the woods to a soccer field where a small wooden plywood stage had been built for the event. we started drinking and playing frisbee or hackeysack. then the music started. the whole place stopped, and turned towards the stage to see where the amazing guitar riffs were coming from. the second time i saw him was with couple friends at the Harry Adams field house at the University of Montana. seems like it was a few months later i heard about the helicopter crash

[@kevinhuber8723]

Friend of mine moved to Austin in 1984 or so. He called me on the phone and said "Dude, if this guy Stevie Ray Vaughn ever shows up in Indiana go see him!" and of course I did. Clowes Hall September 4, 1984. Still have the ticket stub.

[@otisgibbs]

What's your earliest memory of hearing/seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan?

[@vancekincaid3779]

My dad had a Texas flood cd that I’d put on the cd stereo next to our addic fan with ZZ Top Tom petty Marshall tucker cds but Stevie always was our favorite I was maybe 8 or 9 at the time

[@C.C.GrandPre]

I was around the age of 6 living in the same old farmhouse I'm in now. Most of my early childhood music was played on a badass record player with speakers that would drive my mother crazy. Little feat, ZZ Top and of course Stevie ray. Lowell George grabbed me almost immediately and I began to hear similarities in these three amazing groups and I could hear how his guitar playing stood out. Throughout the years I continued to love his music although it is not my go to genre. I have since gained a new respect for S.R.V as a person who was able to get sober and help other amazing musicians get clean. He loved to be of service and to help struggling alcoholics like me. I believe he got Ray wylie Hubbard on the path as well. That really hits home for me and as I continue to chase songs around I'll always be grateful that my pops had good music taste and I grew up with a guitar rather than becoming an ICP JUGGALO or whatever it's called✌️💜

[@devonfulton1759]

I caught him at the Music Hall in Omaha just a couple of months before the crash. He was really on that night. The dirty sound wasn’t working right so he played a lot of clean stuff. He played Tin Pan Alley for example. A perfect show really

[@HereWeGoSteelers]

Growing up in the country our family tv would only pick up 2-3 channels off a old antenna my Dad had placed up on a hill. Thankfully one of the channels we did receive was the Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) who carried Austin City Limits on Saturday night. My first memory of SRV was of him and Double Trouble playing Austin City Limits in 1983. My younger brother absolutely loved SRV and every time I hear him to this day I think of my little brother who sadly passed away 4 years from kidney failure. Thanks for this episode Otis.

[@gregscavuzzo5457]

The first time I saw Stevie he was with Paul Ray and the Cobras and they were opening for Muddy Waters at the original Antone's, at a break someone got onstage and invited everyone to come to his house in East Austin and eat with the band, well after the show I took my wife home ( she was stoned and sleepy) and a friend and I went to the address and knocked on the door, an elderly black gentleman answered the door and invited us in , there was no one there but he had a great spread of BbQ, it was $5.00 for all you could eat, we started to eat when in comes Muddy and his band then Paul Ray and his band with Stevie and Denny, man it was great we ate and drank beer and smoked hash all night , great memories

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[@floydstowe]

Always liked SRV

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

I was 8 when he died but when I started playing at 14 I really "discovered" him. I watched the Austin City Limits and El Mocambo back then on VHS over, and over, and over. The coolest thing about him was the fact that so many other people I loved like Clapton and Dickey Betts would all talk about how incredible he was and Clapton said he literally wanted to find out who Stevie was IMMEDIATELY when he heard him playing. Dickey Betts said when he heard Texas Flood he knew that Stevie was a legend in the making. When guys like that are praising you then you know you're great. I've still got multiple Stevie posters hanging that I've had since I was a teenager and I'm 41 now.

[@stringbender57]

I too watched the Austin City Limits and El Mocambo back in the 90's on VHS a million times. I couldn't get enough of that video. RIP SRV

[@Tonetwisters]

We had a guy who would visit my brother's music store in Tallahassee, in the early-to-mid '70s from Quincy, FL. His name was Donnie Baker. One day, I was in the adjacent recording studio tracking a couple songs which he heard and must have liked. He pulled a new Stratocaster off the store wall, tuned it up and walked in and plugged into a studio amplifier. I think he cut both songs in one take each, and his chord/lead work/fills were just fabulous. We later heard he moved to California and we never saw him again. We got to see a LOT of real guitar talent come into our store, both locally and FSU-student transients ... Donnie Baker was probably the best. And by the way ... my brother and I began life in a four-room tarpaper shack with an adjacent four-holer ... Thank God for electric guitars.

[@randysiler7458]

Room Full of Blues. I had forgot about them. Had a few of their tapes and CD’s 👍👍

[@DavidLee-rx6uo]

Saw him at Continental Club 1982. I was at Ft Hood I’d go to Austin every weekend. I got to know some people that knew him and I was asked to accompany them to his place a few times. I never did I regret it

[@backseatpalace]

I thought I’d consumed all the srv content on KZbin. Thank you so much for making this

[@garytrew2766]

Really like these stories about Austin and other towns where the Fabulas Thunderbirds played ect. I am on my third time through on it. I got the chance to see the Thunderbirds in around 1986 , they were put in Three Dog Nights slot one day at the Raft Race here in Chattanooga. The crowd who was there didn't know the TBirds and half of the left. That let me get up front it's a hot outside event. They thanked the ones that stayed and said we know you'll like us our new album is just about to be released. It was Tuff Enuff , that blues based Texas rock was awesome. Later on they said the man on my right playing those great guitar solos is Jimmy Vaughn . I don't have great stories buy they mean a lot to me. Thanks Otis.

[@seekerofthetruth9805]

First of all thank you for the broadcasting your Channel And finding the interview with joe N And it helps us to learn more of Stevie ones that didn't meet him or didn't live in Texas or in that scene,ect My first encounter I call it my first addiction Been a part of me ever since.. I went from 80s guitar masters as called then too this give you chills Stevie Vaughn power house mesmerizing Texas wizard It may been a guitar magazine in 80 or so. this sweaty white dude that dressed Hendrix vibe ..picture of srv with this guitar behind his head announcing the ranking of him this battered Stratocaster no show or Thrills just pure talent Then when Texas Flood popped out on cassette tape I ran to the music shop.. and haven't been right since.. and loved every minute and this became deeper than just music or a great guitarist we always Mark our lives in happenings occurrences In the music we grew up with or the musicians And it becomes a part of are life and a memory bound kind of thing like lenny ect.

[@Hoochiecoochieman9090]

Great stories on Vaughan bros. My big brother is friends with Jimmie from early days when JV played in the Pendulums and Chessmen. Stevie came over with a friend of mine to our house and he and my brother jammed for a couple of hours. Soon after he moved to Austin and….you know!

[@theresaweichert6410]

Will always miss and love stevie ray

[@bluesatsun]

Terrific….Joe Nick is great!

[@DOboyle73]

Thank you Otis, very interesting story.

[@stuartbarnhill2795]

Great story 👏

[@scrap_metal_magic]

This is really good stuff. I could listen to these stories all day

[@terryestepp2615]

I know nothing about playing a guitar... But I love and am fascinated by guitarists. I do know that I have always been moved by and have adored Stevie Ray's playing and singing... since I first heard him. There are a small handful of guitarists that are special to me but Stevie Ray, for a number of reasons, affects me the most. Love you little Stevie.

[@randysiler7458]

I heard of SRV mid seventies. Went to a show at Fitzgerald’s in 78. Only went to one more show while he was alive. The one show I regret not going to was when they toured with Jeff Beck. Still a fan to this day of SRV and Double Trouble. RIP SRV!

[@jackson-gillies]

I could’ve listened to this for another hour!!!

[@jato62]

Thanks for sharing!

[@joaquinfraziermusic6094]

Denny was a family friend of mine. Just as good of a person as he was guitarist. RIP

[@Allen-tm9xn]

I met stevie when he was with Blackbird , His lead singer Christian stayed at my house until their Gig was over .Stevie like to play my Gibson 335,he had an epiphone 335 I was playing at the Cellar at the time ,I was jamming at the Zodiac club in fort worth, After that I didn't see Stevie too much until he got famous, But I talk to Christian up until the day he died.

[@junesecrist6719]

Stubbs barbeque was in Lubbock. It was a great blues place, thats why SRV lived in Lubbock around 1977. Mr Stubblefield and Joe Ely made the move to Austin in the early 1980s.

[@GRBAquatics]

Very Cool, Thankyou. So Very Interesting, Informative and Entertaining. Cheers from Australia.

[@TheVatonaught]

Gotta get the book !

[@tacmason]

Stevie demonstrated the power of intention , he was a Blues demon !!!

[@joelaichner3025]

Double Quality !

[@mdhj67]

Found myself in Austin for a few nights in 2001. I'd heard that 6th St was the place to be so there I went. Stepped into a place that had the atmosphere of some hole in the wall bar except it was fairly large inside and had a stage. That particular night it was open mike and there was some dude up there just wailing on a strat very much in an SRV style. He was good! He did a couple of numbers and then left the stage for the next open mike performer. I was thinking what shame this awesome player couldn't just keep entertaining us. To my delightful surprise, the next guy was even better. I'm not joking. Not sure what Austin is like now but in 2001, considering what I saw at an open mike, the place must have been littered with talent. Looks like the same was true in the 70's.

[@thatsrich944]

I lived in Austin around the same time. Was a happening place music wise. I was a drummer and singer, but didn't do much there Unfortunately, I've heard 6th street has become trashy these days. Very unfortunate.

[@gregscavuzzo5457]

I use to go to Roger Collins club the OneNite and see Storm, also The Rome Inn and everyone went to Soap Creek, on Sunday nights we would go to the Rome Inn and watch Stevie and The Triple Threat Revue with Lou Ann Barton, I got to know Stevie and when he would come to Kansas City he would invite us to the show and back to their hotel, Stevie, Tommy, Chris and Cutter were wonderful people, so kind God Bless you guys and RIP Stevie

[@davidcurtin3838]

Hey otis love your chanel I write a few songs from time to time I was watching your show on mother jones witch I found very interesting I'm from cork in ireland same as mother jones I'm recording it soon love all the music your into

[@jammininthepast]

Thanks Otis, great stuff.

[@bglrj]

I mean, how much fun was that?

[@ish474]

look I'm going to watch every video no matter what but you can put out an SRV video everyday and I'll never get sick of it.

[@randynorman742]

Wow.shoal creek saloon’s not on a dirt road now. People that got to experience Austin at that time are truly blessed. I think I was born too late… Lol

[@jeffwest504]

Damn, that was interesting

[@sayeager5559]

I have been reading a lot of Michichael Corcoran since you turned me onto him. Its funny that i feel like I know more about the history of austin clubs than my own hometown.

[@thomasjones3239]

Paul Ray and the Cobras, Soap Creek Saloon. Stevie playing rhythm Later -Double Trouble at The Backroom at the Texas Union. Antone’s moved to the Drag ( Guadalupe) James Cotton, Earl King/ Pinetop/ TBirds, WC Clark, AC Reed, Charlie and will Sexton I enjoyed all those Glory Days!

[@mikewhelan9561]

12 more hour of that guy

[@clydekimsey7503]

My earliest memory of him is seeing him in san Antonio for $3 a few times at a medium size club with only about 30 in attendance. About a year later, his first album came out

[@joelaichner3025]

Quality

[@randysiler7458]

Fabulous Thunderbirds was one of my favorites. Before them

[@nickefgen9219]

Wish I could’ve seen them all play, I wanna go to Austin

[@gregscavuzzo5457]

It's huge, still eclectic but not the same, great food and music but too many people that aren't Texans , check out Congress Ave , great Tex Mex and clubs , C Boys is a funky joint and The Broken Spoke is near by for country music, Alvin Crow not Nashville country

[@nickefgen9219]

@@gregscavuzzo5457 I wanna visit Antone’s also, I play the guitar and enjoy listening to SRV and his brother Jimmy

[@gregscavuzzo5457]

@@nickefgen9219 You will enjoy Austin Texas lots of music, Antone's is wonderful and they always have something going on , but check out C Boys and go to Matt's for Tex Mex, Chris Layton still plays around town and Billy Gibbons shows up for open night at Antone's, have a good time in Austin Texas

[@nickefgen9219]

@@gregscavuzzo5457 I live in Washington state. Do you know if they have open Jam nights for everyone to play in any of the locations?

[@gregscavuzzo5457]

@@nickefgen9219 Giddy Ups and the Speakeasy have open Mic night

[@richardcleveland1763]

My old friend from Birmingham, Alabama, Mark Rutledge, was (I believe) Stevie Ray Vaughan's soundman at the time of Vaughan's death.

[@mrzredbadger7848]

One Knight, Mother Earth, Black Queen, Waterloo social club, Rolling Hills aka Soap Creek Ps Doug Sahm saved me from the Big Sheriffs Raid ...lol great memories...Never forget Black Bird and Storm and THE Armadillo. Great memories for a South Austin Gal Cosmic Cowgirl✌ Joe, I remember you ...

[@davidphipps9138]

Anyone who loves SRV but hasn’t heard all of his playing on Bowie’s Let’s Dance album may want to give it a chance. I am not an SRV, but his soloing on the album version of Cat People (Movie version doesn’t include Stevie) is among my all time guitar favorites. It also shows how Stevie could really step out of the “blues” stereotype in a wonderfully creative way. It’s in B flat, not a typical blues key.

[@alanjamesh.zamorano1677]

I agree. My first introduction to Stevie's guitar playing was with the Let's Dance album. After that I read about him and began listening to his own albums. His solo for Criminal World is still one of my favorites of his.

[@brycemarion118]

WHERE CAN I FIND THE REST OF THIS??!!!! PULLED THE CAR OVER TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT!!!!

[@theresaweichert6410]

I did meet stevie ray in new Orleans years years ago we became friends hung out alittle back then he new me as teri teri zucco at first when we were hanging out I thought his last name was ray he must have thought that was funny he is so sweet

[@TR-yi8up]

Groundhog Day tie in…SRV once played in a band (or maybe vice versa) with Stephen Tobolowsky, who played Ned Ryerson in the film

[@rev.jimjonesandthekool-aid4488]

Bam! Right out a the gate!

[@fabbro9999]

"Direct transmission" via non-musical interaction is critical. It gives you a much broader perspective on what the musicians and their music are all about.

[@joelvioletOneHairLeft]

Stevie played with Kim, Joe Wilmore, in Blackbird in early 70s

[@ruypapaleobianchini395]

SRV+Blues= O melhor blues rock do mundo👏👏👏👏👏👏👍🙏🇺🇸.

[@TheArtofBlues]

Get an interview with Bill Campbell, that would be legendary!

[@aliceborealis]

"... that Hendrix shit..." I'm glad Joe Nick can laugh at his own Blues snobbery now!

[@kane6529]

I can’t imagine the regret your brother in law has 😮can’t imagine not realizing Stevie was different but I guy he was just a kid and had a lot of growing to do! Talking to Tommy Shannon he mentioned a lot of the older guys wouldn’t talk to him seriously but Tommy knew Stevie was a special player

[@billyweeksrealsmallclosetm8484]

wow

[@MrWolfheart111]

25 cent shots of tequila... Oh my Fn god.....

[@vicvega3614]

Yea id be dead lol 😆

[@garyrollwage9012]

I thought Stevie Ray Vaughan was going to be something special in 1971 when I heard him play at our high school Spanish club dance.... Of course if you don't play guitar I'm not sure that you can have a valid opinion

[@BST501]

❤

[@RoadrocketEst57]

Cobras all versions great

[@Jonjzi]

Sometimes I wonder if Stevie was a little shorter in stature because he used to be up all night playing live guitar in blues clubs (probably smoking and drinking too) during his teenage years. I'm sure he wouldn't have traded even five minutes with his guitar for a few inches of height anyway.

[@gregscavuzzo5457]

What about Fat Charlie Prichard, he was one of the first and best white blues players , do something on Charlie

[@mattrogers1946]

I got turned on to SRV through listening to his older brother, whose playing does way more for me.

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

I saw Jimmie with Clapton in Nashville in 2021 and he can still bring it. He's definitely more of an "old school" blues player than Stevie. Stevie was as much Hendrix as he was Albert King. There's basically zero Hendrix in how Jimmie plays. John Mayer said he played with "sharpshooter precision" and I'd honestly say that's the best description I've ever heard about him. Stevie also highly praised him and said "I play about 80% of what I can play but Jimmie plays about 20% of what he can play". If that's the case that's insane praise.

[@sayeager5559]

I saw him open for, and absolutely blow Eric Clapton away. he was a real showman saw him again with Robert Cray opening for him.

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

Clapton is my favorite player ever and it would be awesome to see them together. I saw Jimmie with Clapton in 2021 and Jimmie done great.

[@BeelzeJon]

666th like, Hail SRV \,,/

[@mattrogers1946]

Luther Tucker was the real deal.

[@cmberrian]

Space between the notes is important but too much space to the point of no more than 2 notes per bar for every solo is boring as hell, imo.

[@julesotis13]

hey i cant tie my shoes!!!!! i dn buy tie shoes lol

[@MikaelLewisify]

Well duh. You don’t get that good without being obsessed.

[@duckbrew]

Stevie's great but I thing Hollywood Fats could've surpassed him had he lived longer.

[@g.graves8939]

His brother in law made the biggest mistake of his life!🤭