Stevie Ray Vaughan REACTION Little Wing LIVE

CLASSIC... on his own level.

[@johnr.shelton2934]

He’s my all time favorite. They say he was a better person than a guitar player.

[@jamesrramey]

Stevie made that strat cry in ecstasy, he was an open channel to the soul. RIP ~ SRV

[@wheelmanstan]

I've heard a handful of great guitarists play this song and right away you notice which one is the best. He plays the guitar so..naturally.

[@jpman9795]

Man, if someone has words for a performance like that...please tell me because I'm at a loss. Wow!

[@TheBlaster54]

He never drops a note. His technical ability was so acute that he would channel the music through his soul and into his hands without thinking about where his hands were and what they were doing.

[@ericgordon8794]

Eric Clapton said Stevie Ray Vaughan was the best guitar player who ever lived

[@capeesh5068]

@@ericgordon8794 😂

[@jameshalljedidrivertrainer7207]

Legend has it that when Stevie finished playing for the night his guitar would just lay back in the bed and smoke a cigarette.

[@ceebreeze6378]

Hands down, one of the best performances. Period.

[@judyisbell]

Yall probably wondered what was going on when Stevie started the really uptempo run on Little Wing, but that was just Stevie. He had constant ideas flowering during solos and Whipper (drums) and Tommy (bass) just held on for dear life and went with him wherever he went. They were just that tight.

[@Bluesy1990]

This entire show was outrageous. Stevie was high and drunk out of his ever lasting mind, and STILL managed to play this well. And, my favorite part of this video is at 5:00 when he pulls off this absolutely monstrous lick, and surprises even himself! He looks over to his bassist, Tommy Shannon, and smiles like, "Did you hear that?"

[@bewl2641]

He lost his place in the chord progression on that run, I dont think it was an expression of impressive guitar playing, it was an expression of impressive "getting back to the correct beat right at the last moment".

[@donaldthescotishtwin]

He looks pretty normal during this show. Stank face he just does naturally like all passionate guitarists. If you really want to see him stoned out of his mind check Voodoo child at the cotton club.

[@dgreene4234]

The rumor is he was passed out before this show started and they could not wake him up. He started this show late because of that fact. And, of course he had the white to get going which explains in part his profuse sweating during shows. He said in interviews that he used the strongest guitar strings made because he often could not feel his fingers from being so high. Once he became clean he lowered the strength of his strings because he could feel his fingers. I saw him before he cleaned up and he was phenomenal. I was at his last two shows at Alpine Valley and he played like a God. It is so sad that after battling his demons he was taken from this World by fog, a ski hill, and that damn helicopter.

[@Bluesy1990]

I think we're all kind of on the same page here. To me, he surprised himself by getting back to the chorus while still being able to play that riff. But, different perspectives and all that.

[@csi2448]

donaldthescottishtwin (DTST) he's drunk/stoned out of his mind there. The Japan show, earlier in that same year was probably even worse. Tommy Shannon said they smuggled their own stuff into the country and were obliterated every single day and night while they were there. The 15 minute Lenny/Riviera Paradise is the perfect example. He was absolutely fried! But he was pretty lost here though, too. Go watch Lenny and before he even starts playing, look how badly he's swaying while talking into the mic. Thank goodness he got cleaned up. The performance at the Orpheum Theatre, just a month before he went into rehab is still scary to watch!

[@lexusambassador]

SRV had no peer, such a tragedy in his demise so young

[@stickofbutter9733]

@@jasonfreeeman75 The world was robbed of greatness.

[@judyisbell]

Yes, this performance was before he was sober. Stevie's sobriety date was October 13, 1986, when he took his last drink on a flight from London to Atlanta to enter rehab. He didn't drink or use drugs after that date, joining the Aquarius Chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous in Dallas upon his return. He chose to relocate from Austin to Dallas to (1) be closer to his mother Martha, and (2) to put some distance between his old boozing and drugging locales in Austin.

[@aland4092]

To answer your question. No. He wasn't sober at this time. The bass player said that before they went on stage there at the El Macombo . That Stevie was backstage catatonic just out of it. So much so they didn't know if they could go on. I don't know if you've seen the movie snatch. But the character mickey was about to go in for a big fight. But he was in the locker room just hammered from the night before. And they was having to slap him in the face and all just to rouse him. Stevie was this way before El Macombo. But somehow comes out of it goes out on stage and just kills it. Probably the best performance of Texas flood I've ever heard him do. That totally tripped me out to find out he was in that condition and still played at a level even professionals can't reach. He was something else so much more than just a guitarist. He was an entity.

[@johnwriter8234]

. This ... makes ... me ..effing...CRY!! .

[@leethomas7659]

An ABSOLUTE MASTER going for fucking broke. It simply doesn’t get any better 🔥 Shit makes me cry..

[@tonygamble6414]

Was blessed to see him in the 80s what a show RIP SRV You know heaven has to have one hell of a band

[@hildareynolds231]

The Greatest!! Love the reactions!

[@mrhalfstep]

I love Stevie, but think of what it was like to be his rhythm section and have to look at each other and ask, " OK what are we gonna put to that?" He was the man, but he shared the the stage with 2 other great men and he would be the first to say that. Hell, he made sure that they all three got equal pay for everything they did together and that is almost unheard of when someone is so clearly the so called "Front Man". SRV was special in many ways beyond his guitar playing abilities. RIP SRV

[@tonyahammond3865]

That is definitely before his sobriety. He is the GOAT.

[@dianemccrea3605]

Great reaction guys. One and only SRV. Even being totally wasted during this whole performance he didn't f--- up once and went above and beyond expectations.

[@MikeDPlxztc]

If I had a magic wand I would bring back Stevie Ray Vaughan and yui. 🔥💀🤟

[@harrietmiller3982]

This was before sobriety. He is very pale and sweating profusely but his playing was always next level. He said after sobriety, which he embraced and celebrated, that he went from playing 13 gauge strings down to 11's. He said sobriety felt like he took his boxing gloves off and he could feel his fingers again! He played so cleanly and perfectly no one could ever hear those "boxing gloves"!

[@RyGuy-fi4zx]

1983 was definitely before he got sober. He was severely messed up at this stage in his life. He didn't get clean until sometime in 1986 after Live Alive album. Then he was clean from there on out

[@jackieoman6695]

The Goat ! There is no other !!! Full stop ! ✌

[@ella5319]

If you want to see Stevie Ray Vaughan at the top of his game watch his performances at the Presidential Concert for George H. Bush's Inaguration. He was amazing!! You get a mini concert of him & it is like catching lightening in a bottle. Thanks for your reactions!

[@jackscott5593]

SRV ~ 🎸🐐

[@jimithy47]

Stevie Ray Vaughan. No further input required.

[@jeffpolk4800]

The king period

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

Jimi's original (of this song) has lyrics and is on his Axis Bold As Love album. It was '83 when SRV did this; I don't think he had gotten sober yet. Didn't stop him from doing a phenomenal job tho.

[@humboldtharry4248]

His guitar must be lonely these days just sitting there behind glass , no one to make it sing again. I deeply regret not seeing him live when I had many chances.

[@2sc458]

He IS "Bad"!!

[@TheBlaster54]

Eric Clapton was in awe of Stevie.

[@GreenBayHoss]

Clapton called him the greatest blues guitarist of all time and refused to allow stevie to open shows for him. He was adament that he would open the show for stevie.

[@ericgordon8794]

Yeah Clapton said Stevie Ray never thought,just played, he said every guitar player thinks. Not Stevie Ray.

[@GTOHawg]

No one bends strings like SRV. Damn.

[@im-pro-at-skyrim8285]

Or david gilmour ahaha

[@quigonkenny]

Even more impressive when you realize that in order to get that rich, deep signature sound of his, his used a particularly thick gauge of strings. Whereas your usual guitarist is using .009s or .010s, he was using .013s.

[@jgordon5316]

Life Without You, should be next in the SRV lineup as well as Tin Pan Alley with Johnny Copeland.....long list!

[@reinotsurugi]

SRV plays guitar the way you want to hear it played.

[@quiltie1774]

Good rule of thumb...if Stevie is wearing a wedding ring he’s not sober.

[@bumface5821]

Trivialises the reality.

[@ginger4141]

This was before he got sober. Unfortunately we really lost one of the greats, it's mind blowing to think what he could've done only if. I've said this one all say it again SRV and Page are my favorites of all time.

[@TheOneinamillion1]

I think they came up with the phrase to make a guitar sing after this performance.

[@SEzzz53]

Y’all rock! BTS and Stevie Ray-two of my favorites! 🇰🇷 🇺🇸

[@GreenBayHoss]

There may have been guitarists who were more technical, faster etc than Stevie. He is for me among the men who people can say there was somebody better but when you hear him play you say nah...there isn't better player. The same could be said though about guys like David Gilmour, Clapton, Ritchie Blackmoore and Jimmy Paige. The thing about Stevie he could do what he did and be absolutely wasted on stage but every note he hit was precise. Stevie was also as humble as anybody could be. He just wanted to play the music he loved and when asked if he thought of himself as great he would brush it off and give all the credit to his brother as being the better guitarist.

[@Bogart61]

This was before he got wrung out. This entire concert is one fir the history books!

[@henrikhaurissrensen9162]

The best version of SRV play , Jimmi Hendrix , Little Wings almost perfect.! Nobody else could play it that well..

[@Average-Joe_N]

Love SRV!

[@BLU3CrossF1r3]

Always tipping the ⚖!!!!!

[@alfredristan3445]

The voice over guy is John Roberts, who is now a White House Correspondent / Reporter . In a previous life he was one of the hosts of The New Music out Toronto and was JD Roberts.

[@Pilot545]

Another great vid!! Stan, are you from Louisville? That’s my home town. I went to UofL before joining USAF. Fam still lives there. Anyway, love the SRV reactions! Keep ‘em coming!

[@leighafrench]

Would love to see some Allman Brothers reacts 🧡

[@christopherlewis3494]

Stoned out of his mind..and still great.

[@wholehogfan]

That was actually Jimi’s song. It was a tribute to Jimi

[@GreenBayHoss]

@@RLfromTexas1 stevie outplayed Jimi on almost every track. He was the only man who ever did Jimi's work true justice.

[@woodythepoo1]

Funny, that voice over guy is John Roberts of Fox News..He boated a show called The New Music in Toronto back in the ‘80’s before he left for the states to make it big...

[@debbiegrubb6235]

He got sober in Sept. 1986, not sure when this video was recorded.

[@adhutch23]

doesnt this song have words? WHO CARES

[@shatner99]

2:25 Harmonics really resonate with us.

[@marinaandersson4381]

Ghost Love Score x 100 000, congrats! More Nightwish, please!

[@shirleymuhleisen683]

Here’s a link for a great, post sober performance (one of many): “Aint gone and give up on love” Daytona Beach kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYPClIxvYpiiapI. (Capitol Hill performance different and just as good) And another one NO ONE ever reviews is AMAZING “Couldnt stand the weather” Capitol Hill performance-the whole band is genius and on fire 🔥 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJaygaV6dqx_p6c

[@georgeshaw8925]

They talk about the crossroads, SRV never made it there. Heaven bound to give God guitar lessons.

[@sean1849]

Hey you guys ... Love every one of your Reactions. I think I requested it a couple times but I know you are busy and I'm not complaining at all. The Request was Pentatonix cover of the sound of silence here is the link to make it so you dont have to go look for it. Thanks again gentlemen

[@Donnagilbert6497]

Way before sobriety!

[@jamesgarner4127]

It’s hard to really hear this music unless you’ve actually been through some serious life Shit

[@vomhausmann]

Agreed..

[@MichaelJohnson-mi4mb]

Please tell me you showed Stan the Little Sister with the guitar change.

[@judyisbell]

Stevie took his last drink in October 1986.

[@roberthallford3244]

Should check out zakk Wilde farewell ballad acoustic +custom

[@LilMsNat]

I agree STV is amazing and IN MY OPINION the BEST EVER...but...if SRV said Jimmy Hendricks was the better guitarist then who am I to argue him down??😁😁 Yes sir Mr. SRV! As you say 🙌🏽👏🏼

[@jenbill]

Lil Ms Nat, Stevie is the best when you compare videos of the two and keep open mind going into it becomes quite obvious. SRV was so humble as a person he would never consider or say something like I'm the best, he thought his brother Jimmy was better and looked up to him. Jimmie Hendrix also said he wasn't the best so hard to go by what the performers says about themselves, imagine how it would come across if one actually did call themselves the greatest player in the world. Ahahahahahahaah!

[@7000ironman]

Go Cards!

[@jayjohnston4365]

You show see the Austin City Limits Show SRV did.

[@stacybrown7993]

Yes its before he got sober

[@emmahowells8334]

Stevie is one of my fave guitarists guys, cool. 😎💖👌🎸🎶 Guys please please please could you have an email address for your channel, so those of your subscribers who can only send links via email then can send you links to vids too, thx, love you guys, one of my fave channels on KZbin.👌💖💖💖😎

[@dieselbourbon3728]

The girl at 1:57 had the same look on her face as the both of you.

[@yanb4884]

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[@kathyyoung9539]

It was before he got sober. He didn't get sober till 87.

[@papawjohn9588]

Wish you didn't impose yourselves over part of SRV. I like to watch his magic hands on the strings, but your image often blocks my view.

[@rizalh2546]

The b and s show.. Please reaction to BLACKPINK rose "eyes closed" cover..

[@kesonj8259]

I sincerely ask you to respond to G.E.M.'s "away". This song with European and American style is really pleasant and explosive. I hope you can respond to this song.thank you very much☺☺☺☺

[@lanedly]

Please react to Lisa Swalla dance ( there are two version if you can , watch both of them )

[@bertmilas3448]

Skid Row's little wing version kinda captivating to me.....just my opinion...

[@pekay8199]

First like 😩😎

[@TheSarahbeach100]

No he had been sober a while. He was sober

[@Atrulyblessedguy]

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[@davidwalker5054]

This is not regular guitar playing i dont even think Stevie is conciously aware of what he is playing i think its coming from god knows were and using Stevie as a conduit to get its message across through his guitar. its the only explanation

[@sartikadewi6988]

Please react to nct 127 - cherry bomb & nct 127 - Simon Says

[@Valhalrik]

Yeah Stevey Ray Vaughn Does not You'se Peddle's for his Foot

[@rogerduffey1428]

Sorry I don't like watching this video with you guys flanking the video.its like you guys staring back! But one hell of a song!!

[@Luna-vn8vo]

Plz react to BTS JK (Jungkook) Solo Euphoria & other beautiful English cover songs by him like; nothing like us, purpose by justin, paper heart by tori kelly & lost stars by adam & collab of jungkook and charlie puth live performance of we don't talk anymore

[@kwonrain14]

Please reaction TXT Run away mv PLLLLLLSSSSSSS

[@claumillanfc]

Whaaattt? S are you bored, tired 😴 or what? 😒😑 more respect to Steve’s music

[@Valhalrik]

But Nobody is Jimi Hendrix either

[@s550danny]

Being a reaction channel doesn’t mean just sitting in front a screen watching a video doing absolutely nothing, guys. If you’re gonna call yourselves a reaction channel you gotta start doing some reacting. And if you don’t know what I’m talking about then maybe this isnt for y’all

[@Atrulyblessedguy]

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