They woke Stevie up out of a sound sleep and he steps right on stage, rubs the sleep away, and just blows the roof off with a Sound Check before the show!! I love this guy so damn much.
@jbweldon13 Жыл бұрын
Love this, hilarious!!
@kelievangeesbergen7262Ай бұрын
If you can play like that after a hangover and doing drugs all night, your godly
@johnenglish1955 Жыл бұрын
It's been over 32 years since his sudden passing, and I'm still not over it. 🎸💔
@inertiallychallenged Жыл бұрын
Right there with you brother!
@harrietmiller3982 Жыл бұрын
There is no over to be had. We remain under the spell he cast🎶🎸💙. And he is still casting that net far and wide and thanks to great reactors like Jamel millions more discover him every year💯👏👋✌️
@jimborgmann178 Жыл бұрын
Nor should you be. The beauty of music is that it lives on, long after the artist is gone.
@harrietmiller3982 Жыл бұрын
Amen to that🙏💙🎶🎸
@Hyabusa40 Жыл бұрын
You and me both brother!
@eugenesargent8084 Жыл бұрын
At age 19 in 1978 I moved to Austin from the Dallas area. One night I walked into a bar on Guadelupe St. There was no crowd , no cover. I heard Jimi Hendrix playing a version of Third Stone From the Sun I had never heard before. I thought"at least the juke box in this dive is lit". Then I looked over at the little corner they used as a stage and there was a dude doing things to his guitar that would get you ten years in some states. It was over a year before his first album came out. After, I saw him every chance I got, and yes I still miss him. Thanks for this friend, I am a long time sub for you. Blessings.
@midnitesunblues Жыл бұрын
great memory -- thanks for sharing. we all miss him.
@se9f282 Жыл бұрын
Lucky dog.
@claytonpaul4259 Жыл бұрын
He loved Jimi so much 😭
@yvonnewebb4867 Жыл бұрын
I first saw him a couple of times when I lived in Austin in the 70s at a small place called the ROME INN and Lou Ann Barton was singing. A while later, I went to one of Antone's many places when it was on Guadalupe. I went into the bathroom and I heard what I thought was Hendrix playing Voodoo Chile. Walked out and it was Stevie, minus Lou Ann (thank god). I knew then how great he was. The last time I saw him was in Dallas the year he died playing with Jeff Beck.
@chris59newyork6 ай бұрын
Yasss Antones on Guadalupe and Steamboat
@twwtjohns Жыл бұрын
Just imagine if Stevie Ray Vaughn was still alive to this day. He would be recieving the honors and respect he so clearly deserves.
@Gunboatjingoist Жыл бұрын
The first time I saw him in person was in Nacogdoches Texas at a bar called the Crossroads in front of about 80 people. The last time was at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas opening for The Who in front of tens of thousands. He was a God!
@alesiaking5578 Жыл бұрын
I was at the Cotton Bowl that day when TN won, but I was a country music idiot and didn't appreciate his brilliance at that time. It's sad that it took his death to introduce his beautiful music and passion to me. Thank God for those who recorded his performances so our grandchildren can be exposed to truly great music we had once upon a time. May sweet Stevie always rest in peace.
@ianmackinnon5426 Жыл бұрын
His sound checks are better than most concerts lol
@kdailey4315 Жыл бұрын
This is what sealed him as the GOAT for me. Dude was probably asleep 45 mins ago and this was before he got clean so who knows what else was in his system and he just lays that down for a sound check.
@TheMrDwillison Жыл бұрын
It's funny because I've always known life without SRV so in my mind he doesn't age. But as a 27 years old looking at this dude who's probably in his early 30s it really makes me appreciate what he brought. Another iconic talent taken way too soon
@gruvdrums Жыл бұрын
Bench breaks...band comes back in exactly where they left off. Double Trouble was sooooo damn tight. I am so lucky to have seen them all live.
@donnalovell4199 Жыл бұрын
I still can’t believe he’s not here! He lived down the street from my grandmother in Dallas! In Oak Cliff! We loved him! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@scottsanders9090 Жыл бұрын
The bucket is chuck full of the world’s elite talents. Stevie has his own bucket.
@Pix2GoStudios Жыл бұрын
Stevie had a 55 gallon drum ......
@stewpot6998 Жыл бұрын
At Red Rocks back when you could go in at 11am for a 7pm show and party, he came out early afternoon and did the sound check for everyone. He is still the best ever.
@WhizzingFish1211 ай бұрын
That's f-in AWESOME. Would have loved to hear him bounce off the sides - yall must have gone nuts! Best venue in music.
@farwoodfarm9296 Жыл бұрын
When people say they don’t know who SRV is I bring them to this sound check. It’s incredible. I don’t think there has ever been anyone more fluid with the guitar. Also Jamal, Stevie would play so hard that his finger tips would split and he’d have to super glue them mid show to keep playing.
@lilburro3 Жыл бұрын
Dallas/Fort Worth here, and I was in HS when he died. First period economics the next morning was spent with me, my good friend Michael, and Mr. Allard our teacher just listening to SRV. This man meant a lot to a whole lot if people. Amazing talent taken too soon.
@closebits Жыл бұрын
Oh! Oh! Oh! Saw him in Dallas, early 80s, but I think I appreciate him more with this sound check. What an athlete of a musical talent! Living!!!
@jameschristensen53534 ай бұрын
We saw him warm up for the Moody Blues at reunion arena
@1stsharkb8 Жыл бұрын
His clothing style was a cross between Elvis, Prince, and a Pimp!!! Gotta love him!! I used to go watch him play when he was a teenager in some of the rougher parts of Dallas!!
@rustywalker9921 Жыл бұрын
It didn't matter if there was an audience or not He just absolutely loved to play.
@doobiedave9686 Жыл бұрын
Stevie Ray is just casually blazing on the guitar, no worries. 🎸🔥
@phillipcloutier6884 Жыл бұрын
This is just GREAT! This sound check is 100% better than other bands concert performances. SRV lives on forever. SRV and his band is the benchmark which all other bands should aspire to perform to this level. Jamel thanks for posting this video. Do you know what year and where this sound check was performed ?
@fashionwire3364 Жыл бұрын
My partner went to his last concert. He wasn't even home yet before he got the news about the crash. Devastating. The world lost a real legend.
@michellesanders1548 Жыл бұрын
I was there monster of rock alpine valley
@Bluedruid13 Жыл бұрын
I was supposed to go to that concert but had to work. My most hated day of work ever!!!! Gone way way too soon.
@Jeffbambam Жыл бұрын
When Stevie straps on that guitar he opens a window to his soul for all the world to experience. Smooth ! Thanks for keeping his music alive for the world
@gl15col Жыл бұрын
And never forget Double Trouble, who could just jump on that train as it went flying by without even ruffling their hair. And here I go, tearing up like every time...
@harrietmiller3982 Жыл бұрын
Well said!
@DaveB-hg7el Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. His two fellow band members were also great talents, and helped him to create his sound. They provided the beat and the bottom which allowed SRV the freedom to soar into the heavens.
@SBender-i1r11 ай бұрын
I think our man passed the sound check. I might be more impressed that the other band members were able to keep up. SRV looked like he just rolled out of bed, put on his duster and decided to go kick ass.
@adriannarodriguez7138 Жыл бұрын
Oooooh LAWD!!!! That sound is straight up SEXY❣️❣️❣️ALL THE WAY!!! SRV was amazing then and now! Brought the blues to an audience who would then follow him to the blues gods of the past.
@scottparsons829 Жыл бұрын
Just a sound check. Infinite talent.
@scottrgood Жыл бұрын
I love when these reaction channels react to players who don’t get the recognition as much as they used to. SRV is the REAL DEAL! These are some of the only channels to cover Steve Marriott as well! 🔥🎸
@eugenia523 Жыл бұрын
His soul, you can feel his damn depth of soul, and he's gone, and it's just sad.
@bobbrinkerhoff3592 Жыл бұрын
This is how you make sure that your fans get their money's worth during the evening's performance . They've making damn sure that there won't be any unwanted feedback issues to mar the concert . Professionalism at it's best .
@bigoneleesmith6969 Жыл бұрын
Can you IMAGINE just getting out of bed ( as you can tell he did ) and be able to play like this !! Simply Amazing !
@jamiegriffin9866 Жыл бұрын
Stevie Ray was the most awesome man so humble you would have never thought he was famous
@jamessweet5341 Жыл бұрын
Had a friend who was a cabbie in Austin at the time. SRV used to ask for him when he needed a ride. Friend says he was always the same decent laid back guy wherever he went.
@debbiemccain5850 Жыл бұрын
BB King said SRV was the blackest white man he'd ever met🎶🎸🎵🎶🎸 His hands were huge which allowed for all that greatness!!🎶🎸 His mother said when he-was a little boy he slept with his first guitar🎸🎶
@Pix2GoStudios Жыл бұрын
As many times as I've watched this video, I'd never noticed that the break in "Soul to Soul" was because Reese's seat broke! They brought over a road case for him to sit on, then fell right back into the song.
@jonathansmith3742 Жыл бұрын
Its been a long time since Stevie left us and he still stand his ground. Its his title and no one seems to want it. He set the bar too high for anyone else.
@michaeljozwiak25 Жыл бұрын
In 1981, in the Houston Chronicle, there was an announcement that Stevie Ray Vaughan was to play at the Pub on the Rice University campus for FREE. I arrived in the small pub and grabbed the table in front of him and maybe Double Trouble. In the Pub were about five pairs of people socializing with each other, two single students studying and the bartender. They were all oblivious to what was going on on the very small corner stage.
@3SeveredHeads Жыл бұрын
Lol great story...
@oldschoolfink3212 Жыл бұрын
Yeah man, Stevie was THAT good. His sound check was as good, or better than the show. RIP to best guitar player to ever walk the Earth.
@oldschoolfink3212 Жыл бұрын
@TEL'EGRAM 👉@Jamel_AKA_Jamal.. fuck you loser.
@alansmith7626 Жыл бұрын
I would have paid big bucks just to be there for This! I have seen many times and never gets old!
@aspjake123 Жыл бұрын
This was just before a 2hr concert mind you!! @13:45 SRV took the blues to another level!!
@brendaclark8344 Жыл бұрын
You missed it, when they went over to Reese he was on the floor, his piano bench broke!
@brookehornback1896 Жыл бұрын
That was cool!My first time seeing him warm up.Great idea for a reaction. Enjoyed and appreciate you!
@SSPVideo Жыл бұрын
Seen this video many times and always amazes me how he literally wakes up and starts jamming. He didn't know any other way, either you're playing or you're not. His wife said she's wake up at night and Stevie would be playing in his sleep. It was his whole life and it showed. We were so lucky to have him. May he rest in peace. SRV = THE G.O.A.T.
@sledzeppelin Жыл бұрын
SRV was the real deal. Love your videos, man.
@GeneBussler Жыл бұрын
The greatest blues guitarist to ever walk this earth. R.I.P. SRV!
@sneezindragon Жыл бұрын
Even his sound check, sounds better than 90% of the best bands out there now days.
@kelvinjones5825 Жыл бұрын
Great band following his lead! But the mastery from guitar to guitar!!!
@getexis8685 Жыл бұрын
Only the blues can get up a thrill notch in music perfection.
@rugby342 Жыл бұрын
I saw a show on SRV and they said that Stevie played with bigger diameter strings than is usually used on an electric and the Action on the strings, distance between the strings and fret, is greater.... so imagine how strong your fingers need to be to play like him on his guitar.
@amrak5028 Жыл бұрын
Hey 6'5" Stevie stood a a tall 5'5"+/- But he walked 10' TALL. I saw him from the Front Row, Center stage, just 2 weeks before his untimely death. My Hearing has suffered from attending this show, but it was one of the Greatest Shows ever played in Cleveland, Ohio. That is saying a lot for this town.
@chrisgreise2006 Жыл бұрын
This could be a whole concert . It's that good. Love your reactions. They are so true. We just couldn't keep this goodness to ourselves . He had more to do. ✌️❤️🤘
@hollysmith9979 Жыл бұрын
He had a God given talent and what a phenomenal artist it's to bad we lost this man so young....I saw him live and he was just a amazing entertainer and when I heard he passed I was so heartbroken along with everyone else...so much talent a legend gone forever
@keganje Жыл бұрын
I have watched this, since I discovered it, 4-5 months ago, probably 30 times now, and I am amazed still every time. Yawning and wiping the sleep out of his eyes...
@malcolmfield6677 Жыл бұрын
Can never get enough of that man!
@goldenruletv7301 Жыл бұрын
Legend has it that he once played until the calluses ripped off his fingers, then he just taped the calluses back on and kept playing. Legend.
@barbarascotto3873 Жыл бұрын
Glue, not tape. He glue the skin on his fingers back.
@rockinredneck57 Жыл бұрын
Yep, glue. Can't play with tape on your fingers.
@barbarascotto3873 Жыл бұрын
@@rockinredneck57 Stevie probably could. He is immortal.
@martymcpeak47485 ай бұрын
music was in Stevie's mind body and soul. he was one of a kind and the late great BB King said that he and Stevie hit it off from their first meeting and talked often and their relationship ended up being a Father and Son... if everyone loved one another like that this world would be a much better place.. Peace
@jdbroders64 Жыл бұрын
During his way to short of time with us (RIP Stevie), he was a GOAT and was channeling God (or the Universe if you prefer) through his hands and his voice. He was unearthly (in every positive sense) in his music and spoke to our souls. He was truly amazing and his voice/soul is truly missed.
@edgarbaring631911 ай бұрын
Wearing that coat was fire in its self but then add the guitar playing and its the whole package. Just amazing what a performer what a human being i know his spirit shines bright in heaven, you gave such a good reaction thank you spread the love.
@Deemac70 Жыл бұрын
That’s incredible playing ❤
@tammybrooks4392 Жыл бұрын
You can feel it. He put his heart and soul in everything he recorded. 🎸🎼🎶
@geraiapowen2 Жыл бұрын
You've got to show your brothers this one!
@alansmith7626 Жыл бұрын
to Us mere mortals, this is Mindblowing, for Stevie was a day in the life, no big deal...lol
@jamessullenriot Жыл бұрын
Guy gave the greatest show of most peoples careers to a bunch of roadies, sound guys, and maybe an usher or 2 cleaning up
@kcprice1115 Жыл бұрын
Rolls out of bed on the bus. Straps his guitar on. Yawns. Picks a booger . Then awesomeness 🔥
@billyfarrell2036 Жыл бұрын
Legend !! That's all... The Greatest !!
@julesmac Жыл бұрын
He was AMAZING live..and that was after just hearing Jeff Healy and Jeff Beck at the same show, there was no comparison. I was completely mesmerized..
@LarryNtx Жыл бұрын
Checking out his guitar, his back up guitar and his back up back up guitar. And if you watch close you see the base player checking his back up guitar. Nothing stops the show.
@jtracer96t11 ай бұрын
Im glad I got to hear him live as a kid. Its what inspired me to pick up a guitar. There's never been anyone like him amd never will be. Gone to soon
@trunkmonkey9417 Жыл бұрын
Stevie never played for an audience. Stevie played to everyone what ever had the blues. Stevie opened his pores and let all the people what had the blues, pour out his body for those that never did, so they could understand just a little. Gone, too soon. RIP
@mikeyrebs8259 Жыл бұрын
Stevie was just another level ...
@jimarmstrong2630 Жыл бұрын
A friend of mine worked on the Don't Mess With Texas anti litter campaign produced by the State of Texas in the 80s when Stevie came in to do his spot ,my friend who played Guitar somehow talked Stevie into letting him try to play his SRV Stratocaster, I say tried to play because Stevie was using such a heavy gauge string set that he couldn't press most of the strings to the frett board. Stevie had a good laugh over it, My friend said that Stevie told him that his guitar was set up just like Hendrix's strat, Stevie even had the whammy bar on top, like Hendrix did, a product of Hendrix being left handed, but his father bought him his first guitar, used, and it was set up for a right handed player, and that's how Hendrix learned to play ,by flipping it around which put the Whammy on top.
@leemcintyre3943 Жыл бұрын
I’m digging the new format. Reinvention is bristling creativity!
@markb.4977 Жыл бұрын
Thanks. It was fun seeing someone's mind blown for the first time...and having mine blown by SRV all over again.
@TheLongcolt Жыл бұрын
His sound checks were better than most artists entire show srv was and still the one and only GOAT !
@angelaolson20255 ай бұрын
❤ it! SRV will forever with amazing music! 😊
@skipjohnson72556 ай бұрын
One of a kind , absolutely incredible !!
@mjeffn2 Жыл бұрын
I can;t believe you’ve not reacted to this until now. It’s so bad ass. SRV rolls out of bed, throws some odd cloths on, walk onto stage picks his nose then, sets the f’n world on fire.
@bungalowmo Жыл бұрын
You must've had this little gem stashed away for the perfect time to post it! Thanks...this was crazy good!
@tedmarakas2626 Жыл бұрын
You should know....when a man with a cowboy hat and a leopard overcoat rolls in with a guitar.....some serious sh*t is about to go down.
@Mr12161969 Жыл бұрын
SRV WAS the blues incarnate ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@pacificcoastpiper3949 Жыл бұрын
The man wasn’t even freaking trying and he was killing it!!!
@ecarteringram Жыл бұрын
Reese Wynans........often overlooked . Such a great addition to Double Trouble
@todd86887 ай бұрын
Wild man could play the keys
@tanguman2 Жыл бұрын
His soundcheck was better than most bands full music set
@alesiaking5578 Жыл бұрын
How could he wake up and play like this even though it was the end of his drug and alcohol battle? God blessed us with this beautiful soul. He's infamous. RIP SRV🎸
@XCaliKev Жыл бұрын
👍😎 Heard Buddy Guy use this line, fits it. “So Funky You Can Smell It”
@jameschristensen53534 ай бұрын
So glad I got to see him warm up for the Moody Blues. Justin Hayward is an underrated player too.
@muddbucket Жыл бұрын
That shirt, Gijoe used to be on when I got home from school.
@jjuniper274 Жыл бұрын
Jamal, every summer we have a couple blues jams up here in the Midwest. There is a local one at a small venue in July, Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Blues Bash, or Dave and Howard's Birthday Bash. We have Reggae Fest too. Come do a live show. It's at the Trempealeau Hotel. Talk about walking back in time. It's on the Mississippi, and if you're lucky, the big riverboats cruise by. That's always fun waving to them. Sun setting over the Big Muddy, drinks, good food, Blues players, and lots of fun people dancing.
@carolcjh8938 Жыл бұрын
Double Trouble, so tight. One of the best walking baselines ever. Someone asked Stevie where he got his clothes, he said, truck stops mostly. lol
@APaganPerspective Жыл бұрын
i was 12 when i found SRV an Jimmy Vaughan with the Fabulous Thunderbirds.. No one plays like SRV
@elitec48457 ай бұрын
We not gonna mention the band knowing what he wants them to do?... Priceless
@Pitmaster790 Жыл бұрын
0:24 -- He's kewler than the other side of the pillow...
@igmugleska966 Жыл бұрын
Love this! Such a legend. I named my favorite cat SRV. He was the coolest cat.
@tallgrayandgruesome Жыл бұрын
looks like he just rolled outta bed! 😂
@yvonnewebb4867 Жыл бұрын
Stevie isn't dead. He will live forever!
@3SeveredHeads Жыл бұрын
I put him in the Elvis catagory of beyond human...own style...kind & humble yet had alot to go thru from an early age...only difference was despite being seen as a genius at just 14!! Stevie somehow never got the break Elvis did then died in that awful accident as he was getting the recognition he deserved...he didnt have to practice as such coz he'd been jamming constantly from about 7! I think we are SO blessed that dispite his short commercial fame we have lots of video footage of Stevie or audio from age 14 onwards!! This recording is gold...and all when video was a rare thing to have back then. There is a great bittersweet story told on youtube about Stevies very 1st studio recording age 14...will put the links..defo worth watching 🙏❣ kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnTPaaB6ZZmIeLM kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5e9mKemrqueopI
@Van1973Auken Жыл бұрын
AND KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE!!!
@jamessweet5341 Жыл бұрын
That guitar is as natural to Stevie as breathing. Still half asleep, he's better than 99.99% of other players.
@JamesAllenJr Жыл бұрын
Go, Go, Gadget... Left Hand lightning speed... GO!
@SBender-i1r11 ай бұрын
My man, that's not a jacket; that's a duster. Also, got to love how SRV picks up the guitar at 1:00... plays a couple of "warm up riffs" and is going balls to the wall by 1:33. And we in here talkin' about practice.
@kathleenvaughn3630 Жыл бұрын
Saw a video while he was performing. They did a close-up shot of his left hand and his fingers were cracked and calloused...
@randymccollum7876 Жыл бұрын
He was a beast
@rogercaruso9337 Жыл бұрын
Just thank you play the night before they set up to do a sound-check he rolls out of bed and this is what he does it's like a mini concert
@davidhunter801 Жыл бұрын
Well, they had to see if that house was ready for all that rockin'