Absolute MONSTER SRV Lick From Texas Flood, Live at El Mocambo

[@Texasbluesalley]

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[@satchrules101]

Great job! I am always trying to pick every note , I didn’t know he was doing hammer on’s . Makes sense gives you more time get the notes on time.

[@philw8049]

Live at the El Mocambo! Hell yeah! Best live show ever recorded imo, they were on FIRE the entire show.

[@kenlelugas158]

And I am so grateful you created Texas Blues Alley. Thanks, Anthony!

[@diegooland1261]

OMG El Mocambo is one master class lick after another. Well done one this one, it is a monster. And for anyone who thinks, "Ya SRV was ok," I strongly suggest you watch this show and get back to us. This is next level guitar from start to finish. All live, not tricks, no auto tune, no post production tomfoolery.

[@DigitalJake_]

Hey Anthony. I remeber back in the day when I was in middle school following your content when it first came out, Im 28 now. It was the most informative teaching online and truly innovative in regard to lessons. Nobody was doing the camera angle you do and it tremulously helped my playing. Thanks for all you've done for us. You found your spot in the guitar world for sure!

[@energyasylum997]

How funny, I had THIS EXACT LICK on my voicemail greeting back in the day!

[@Hawkspring]

I was just reminiscing about the stevie snacks days and thought I should go pull up the live dvd and rewatch it. Here you are still teaching and better than ever. Been with you since 2007.

[@harrisonjones507]

I watched these videos many years ago, likely really close to the beginning of that 15 year period. Always loved them!

[@aaronp6426]

Anthony, you can't believe how thankful I am and probably anyone who has ever followed your lessons and your music for what you have done. I'll never forget what you've given me through the years. Keep on keeping on my brother in tone!

[@nickefgen9219]

I play the guitar also and I’ve been playing for 33 years, I always put the CD in and play along with the song I find that helps me to play and follow along at the speed of which the soy is played at, I just play over and over repeatedly until I figure it out, watching you videos does help very much also

[@vaughandrix85]

Please keep up the amazing work sir - i have learned so much from you and am beyond grateful !!! SRV For life !!

[@tjakr3869]

A real face melting lick. Always gives me chills when I hear this and Albert Kings solo in “Personal Manager”.

[@willanderson571]

I've really been trying hard to find more of these intricate el mocambo licks and these were just perfect.

[@frankschrodinger1424]

Your lessons on true fire got me back into the guitar about 8 years ago .. time flies

[@bluesdog88]

Anthony, your courses are awesome, congratulations on your success and thank you for taking that jump, and keeping the SRV flame alive!

[@marcusvdsn]

The lesson is amazing. But the testimonial on the beginning is absolutely inspiring. Thank you.

[@mattbrid]

I agree that this is one of the greatest licks by SRV of all time, and there are a lot of contenders. That version of Texas Flood overall is the best ever I think. Great job!

[@Pale_Hollow]

Ohhh one of my favourites too! This exact lick used to be my technique practice for building speed. Got to the point where I could play it “perfect” but improvising at that speed like Stevie does requires a second brain, a few thousand more hours or an extra tablespoon of talent 😅

[@Alexander16-26]

Tomorrow this is my afternoon sorted. Thank you again Anthony

[@TheRojam12]

I had absolutely no doubt which lick you were going to be talking about. Excellent work

[@DannyGatton94]

Thank god for texas blues alley!

[@shanehodges6980]

Keep doing more on this particular Texas flood please

[@E.T.musics]

SRV lessons of yours are my favorite ones. Your gitar action is so high even though you manage to make those super fast blues licks note for note thats a powerful playing and sounds more identical to SRV .thanks

[@scottbailey7605]

Congratulations on hitting 300 Free Lessons! It's clear you strive to make everything the best you can, and in this world of half-measures and underachievement you truly stand above the rest. ps: the Locals membership is a "No-Brainer" and worth every penny!

[@energyasylum997]

I named two of my sons after the great Stevie Ray Vaughan! But I’ll pay for my memberships for anything of the late great blues champ! Lol. Proud to be here. 🙏🏼🤌🏼

[@freefromleftwing]

Congrats for your believe , your achievements and the info that you've provide for the community .

[@jorgepalafox976]

I have that dvd, one of my favorite performances by him.

[@magdump7380]

I was given Live at the El Mocambo on VHS for my birthday forever ago and damn near wore it out. Absolutely phenomenal.

[@PolyphonicSigma]

When I came across SRVs El Mocambe version of Texas Floods and first saw this lick I was beyond speechless. My other fave SRV performance is Life Without You from The Cotton Club. Gutwrenching solo on that one. Keep rockin and thanks for sll the lessons!

[@jamiekent673]

It's people like you and Andy from PGS that gave the guitar a voice on KZbin, I think we can all be thankful for that...

[@jesusrendon5331]

Thank you so much anthony I’ve learned guitar through your videos. I’ve been playing for about six years now and every blues technique i’ve ever learned was taught to me by you. I love your older videos because of the topics they cover such as licks like this one. But as you said they were made along the lines of the quality of the time, and I can’t thank you enough for remaking the lesson at a better quality. I hope you’re having a good day bud keep on grinding. 🫶🏻

[@Mikkeyboyy]

great teacher these vids are the best out here thanks

[@anthonyprice1576]

Yeah that lick. It's incredible

[@justgivenofox9543]

I apologize for you working your butt off for 15 years, only to make a free lesson for us 😆 that’s a long time man, you’ve helped me a lot and many others. Thank you for everything you do. I’m so glad I found your channel. My go-to for blues

[@murk1352]

I had live at El Macombo on VHS almost 25 yrs ago…😂 I wore that poor tape out! Getting a hat done at Manny Gammage’s Texas Haters where Stevie had his hats made! Been a fan of Stevie’s for a very long time! Awesome playing….💪🏻

[@paulramirez7792]

This is great! I see John Mayer also used this lick near the end of his Ain’t No Sunshine solo

[@precbsfender]

Brilliantly done 👏 ..

[@tonyjoy4122]

Dude! That gave me chills just like when I listen to SRV!! Freakin’ awesome

[@cjsterlace]

As soon as I saw the title I knew it would be that exact lick. Nice playing man

[@johnw4659]

Thanks, Anthony and congratulations on this incredible milestone. Your approach to teaching blues guitar is the best I've found anywhere. Have a great weekend!

[@Johnjingleheimerschmidtt]

Just became a member. Your work is much appreciated. Can’t wait to sink my teeth into it and I only wish I had access to this stuff when I was playing along with Stevie in my bedroom decades ago.

[@Texasbluesalley]

Same.

[@isaiahmarquez9717]

Huh…no wonder Texas Blues Alley is such a great website. That pro player is great!

[@TheWoogie2]

I think this one has gotta be the best blues lick of all time. Great video, you did it justice!

[@davidt9841]

Anthony - Congratulations on the 300th, and the upcoming 15 year anniversary!!! A guitarist friend of mine, who knew of SRV (but really Didn’t), became a Complete Believer after watching Stevie perform at El Mocambo! I’m So Glad that was preserved on video!👍🎸✌️😎

[@gwag8410]

Congratulations !!! Excellent job…

[@vicentesilva5590]

Wonderful lesson. Thank you 🤩🎸

[@celebrityimpressionstogo]

Wow, I thought that was Stevie till your face came on the video… so glad you did a lesson on that portion of the song. I plan to learn that. Thank you Anthony… you sound awesome!

[@kevinalfrey2633]

Anthony, thank you very much ‼️🍺

[@nandoszalasr4614]

You nailed it

[@MTimWeaver]

Congratulations, Anthony!

[@LodvarDude]

There has been a couple of experiences that have made me want to throw my guitar out the window. In no particular order: - Nuno Bettencourt ripping my head off watching Extreme live and up close in 93 - Watching Richard Thompson doing bloody magic stuff on an acoustic for 2 hours - Seeing live at El Mocambo for the first time. Dear lord. I stuck with it though. Too much joy in the guitarm and these days I get inspired instead of discouraged.

[@enriquevictoria2290]

Good video, greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽🔥😎

[@knottsscary]

lol i was just watching that live version again and i was like i bet this channel has it, literally looked up your channel and its the first video haha

[@ronjon4891]

Congrats on your blues guitar success from a long time subscriber.

[@WelshJJGuitarist]

amazing brother

[@mr.yellowstrat3352]

This just popped in my feed and I couldn't believe I wasn't subscribed anymore. I'd been subscribed since 2011 or so and there's no way I unsubscribed. Weird.. anyways I subbed again 🤘

[@Cherry_Sunburst]

JUST FUCKING GREAT....SRV rules.

[@pathfindermc]

well damn, this is awesome

[@bluesrockguitaristmikesall2708]

Yay,cool !

[@jacksonmarshallkramer5087]

I've been playing hair guitar since 1985. I was 15. I've been into Stevie since he made his first appearance on Mtv when Kurt Loder talked about the Bowie vid. Saw it As It Happened. Something about him touched me. I'd been around some serious players and they had some serious arrogance issues. Here's the guy who outplays Jesus and when someone says he's the greatest, he says, "Nah, I'm ok, but I'm not the best." I've seen him live a bunch if times. I just loved him. He kicks his demons and gets straight, and God wanted him back. I was partially asleep when the news broke and was played on Q95 in Indianapolis. It woke me up and I sobbed. Tore me up. When Elvis died, I was a kid. I asked my dad why everyone was crying. They didn't know him. He said he touched people and they loved him. In that moment, I knew exactly what he meant.

[@nobodyshomekindatones7088]

It's not that bad when you break it up into smaller licks. Obviously I'm nowhere near the recording but that lick always seemed superhuman to me so I'm surprised at how digestible it is lol. You're the man Anthony!!

[@Texasbluesalley]

I have had the same feeling every time I dissect a seemingly impossible Stevie lick. At the core, it's usually just a series of simple licks, rearranged in different orders, but played at an impossible speed and almost perfectly clean. Not hard to understand, but very, very hard to execute.

[@anttiarokoski6255]

I am so happy for You! Since the Stevie snacks d=D

[@joehorn2720]

you are so amazing man ...

[@Texasbluesalley]

You are.

[@veteranaffiliate]

the woodshed!!

[@joesoares72]

SRV #1!

[@davidatyson]

Great lesson 👍

[@DizzyKrissi]

I transcribed this lick 2 years ago but still did not yet make a video about it since it is very hard to play - you get really close to it, Anthony.

[@Texasbluesalley]

I know the notes are correct, but I still can't play it perfectly at anywhere close to regular speed. I recorded this demo about 100 times and eventually just gave up and took the best one. lol

[@DizzyKrissi]

@@Texasbluesalley : I once faked a video by recording a SRV-lick slowly and presented it at regular speed - I think that it's ok since it was meant to be a tutorial and not to show off. This Texas Flood is crazy fast and rhythmically demanding that it frightens me to learn it. I'll let you know if I will succeed some day.

[@Texasbluesalley]

I actually considered doing something like that for this video (with disclaimer of course), but the timing turned out to be MORE tricky when playing it slow. When I slowed it down any more than shown in this video, I had a really hard time hitting the right accents on the right beats.

[@waynegram8907]

TBA, srv used the BB box for position box#3. also get the JCA texas flood pedal

[@lancevincent6318]

Hey have you ever considered doing like a el mocambo inspired lesson or like a Montreaux 85' lesson ... Those 2 concerts are in my opinion some of Stevie's best performances

[@bodazofa123]

Nasty!

[@naturalfinish]

You ripped that shit up

[@ericguy7870]

SRV is back

[@richardschwarz7907]

I was there in 2008 stealing from "Stevie snacks"

[@daviddelossantos6075]

oh my god

[@Sleepnebula]

Ok…. Got the first 3 notes down. Now 468 more to go!

[@lancevincent6318]

I would love a lesson that goes over :45-1:05 in El mocambo. I kinda get the basis of the lick but I can't get it down note for note like I want to .... Also I would love some lessons that go into teaching some of Stevie's live stuff for locals . Keep up the great lessons

[@williamjaramillo7903]

did you ever find a vid on that section of the song?

[@gnawbabygnaw]

Holy Lord Brother Killer

[@willissmith190]

Is this at 1:32..needless to say Well done 🤙

[@flylilpyro1]

will you be re doing those old videos ? they are pretty helpful but hard to follow at some points!

[@DrRickGuerrero007]

Idk if I could play as well as the intro, would i be looking on YT for guitar vids?

[@marcelobelloni8754]

nice !!! I saw the oldversion years ago!. Is it me, or the action on your guitar is super high?

[@Chakko96]

OMG

[@MehranMoin]

What IS the difference between a lick and a riff 🤔?? Thank you so much for this awesome lesson ❤

[@Texasbluesalley]

A riff is a rhythmic element of the song that is often repeated over and over. A lick is a short phrase used during soloing.

[@MehranMoin]

@@Texasbluesalley Hey, thank you for that excellent explanation! This is clear now 😃

[@MrJab-hv1wt]

🔥🔥🔥👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@lasquishahlostootha9124]

Still cracks me up that Ritchie Blackmore would never give SRV credit…..

[@3rdtonefromthesun]

Really? He’s always come across as a jealous prick. 😂

[@sparkyedu]

I wondering were Stevie snacks go

[@TonyAlbert]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🔥🎸👊🏼

[@jacksonmarshallkramer5087]

Should have the clip of Stevie playing it and then show how to replicate it.

[@Texasbluesalley]

I prefer to make lessons that won't get taken down by Sony.

[@SteveHatzman]

Lick 2 starts at the G string.

[@yanikjayaram]

Hey man, do you teach the entire Texas Flood rendition from that night?

[@hellogais2177]

Does someone have a link to Sri playing it?

[@Texasbluesalley]

Right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXSYeWyGaatoi80

[@hellogais2177]

@@Texasbluesalley ty, incredible that you got it so well. Do you think u’ll ever do the full song?

[@Texasbluesalley]

@@hellogais2177 I can get away with teaching a lick here and there, but teaching the whole song note for note would probably lead to copyright issues, in which case it wouldn't be worth the massive effort to do it.

[@hellogais2177]

@@Texasbluesalley I get it, do you still get copyright claims on patreon?

[@matthewmcgregor8945]

Is he in a different tuning?

[@mikemullen3441]

What is your effect for this tone….killer!

[@Texasbluesalley]

A Kemper Profile of a Fender Vibroverb from The Amp Factory, plus a Kemper Drive.

[@Texasbluesalley]

Also a much cheaper and longer cable than I typically use, to get that "pinched" treble sound.

[@fionn8057]

@@Texasbluesalley How does the length of cable affect tone? What do you mean by pinched? Thanks

[@Texasbluesalley]

@@fionn8057 Check out this series of videos I did in 2014 that shows the effects of cable length (and brand) on tone. kzbin.info/aero/PLFEJQ0fw0txOVssZQSsF_iuziy1Z1WnbN

[@fionn8057]

@@Texasbluesalley Will do 👍

[@Rattnroll94]

Live at el mocambo is on cd?

[@Texasbluesalley]

The entire show is on one of the box sets.

[@Texasbluesalley]

Disc 4 of the Complete Epic Live Recordings Box Set: music.apple.com/us/album/the-complete-epic-live-recordings-collection/929881967

[@BarneysBullit]

anthony, what part of jersey are you from?

[@Texasbluesalley]

Close. Pennsylvania.

[@BarneysBullit]

@@Texasbluesalley ah, okay... was fairly certain you weren't from midland/odessa area. and i didn't hear the "delco" accent like our buddy from "swift lessons"... now THAT'S a pennsylvania accent! whew! keep up the good work... i enjoy your lessons... as a texan, i know SRV would be proud. i just know, ok? fuggedaboutit.

[@Texasbluesalley]

The Central PA'isms are hard to hide, lol. Grew up in Lancaster county, now living in State College.

[@StephenJames-xi4fc]

4:20

[@justind6147]

Im a web developer whos a wannabe blues guitarist lol

[@GlobalMiles]

Canonical...c’mon man.

[@GeneralTHC]

I don't think this is even close to being correct. I gave the song at listen at 20 percent speed and I didn't hear this anywhere in there. Oh sure, bits and pieces of this and that but not this exact sequences of notes. You gotta a time stamp?

[@Texasbluesalley]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXSYeWyGaatoi80si=HfManHyqGBxHsyox&t=91

[@voodoochile333]

It's not really a lick More an epileptic fit