Stevie Ray Vaughan playing "Texas Flood"

September 29, 2006 8:13 PM

Texas Flood - Previously. (YouTube)
posted by persona non grata (21 comments total)

Never made friends with a strat. Most likely becasue I could never make one sing the way Stevie Ray or Jimi did. I can blow it out on a damn fat-ass Les Paul though! ES-335? Yea, that too!
posted by snsranch at 8:36 PM on September 29, 2006

The Moon - Previously
posted by hoborg at 8:38 PM on September 29, 2006

It looks like he had mastered the guitar, but didn't have complete confidence in himself yet. He was and still is one of my favorite musicians.
posted by SteveTheRed at 8:46 PM on September 29, 2006

He was just as awesome without his Strat, too.

Oh, and...

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posted by deadmessenger at 8:50 PM on September 29, 2006

Kind of the opposite of this which people criticized as too 'robotic'.
posted by delmoi at 8:58 PM on September 29, 2006

That's a shitty comparson. That *IS* robotic.
posted by persona non grata at 9:09 PM on September 29, 2006

Wow, unreal. Just unreal. SRV was the man, even when he was young.

I was sitting in a Denny's in Seattle the day that he died, reading the newspapers as they came in. First we thought Eric Clapton was gone and then we realized it was Stevie instead. That's one of those "where were you when..." memories that I will never forget.

Watch that video and then go play Texas Flood on Guitar Hero. That's what I'm gonna do.
posted by djeo at 9:18 PM on September 29, 2006

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posted by persona non grata at 9:20 PM on September 29, 2006

That *IS* robotic.

nah, there's at least 3 clams in the first minute and a half ... not that i could play the damn thing

but check out stevie ray on THIS version of texas flood
posted by pyramid termite at 11:44 PM on September 29, 2006

unf.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZZyv_UAApo
posted by secret about box at 12:02 AM on September 30, 2006

I'm still hung upon that level of Guitar Hero--and I'm pro!*



*being paid to play music, while an accurate reflection of one's ability on their instrument, is not a reflection on their sense of taste, phrasing, or general turn of a phrase.
posted by sourwookie at 12:12 AM on September 30, 2006

I'm a fair to middling guitar player (its just a hobby), but that didn't keep me from snatching up a SRV Signature Strat when I happened across an amazing deal on one a couple of years ago. It's an amazing guitar, and with the right equipment I can get pretty close to his tone.. but nowhere near his skill.

Oh yeah, and

. (August 27, 1990)
posted by mrbill at 2:43 AM on September 30, 2006

My favorite has to be Little Wing.
posted by mrbill at 2:47 AM on September 30, 2006

Good lord that guy had a lot of really ugly shirts! He played a mean guitar though, so I guess it's ok.
posted by Who_Am_I at 4:47 AM on September 30, 2006

This one gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. One of the few really good songs he wrote himself.
posted by beno at 5:23 AM on September 30, 2006

I love that they included this song in Guitar Hero. There's a lot of songs that are mechanical fun to play, and others that are just brutally hard, but this is the track in the game that really makes me feel like a badass when I play it.

I've never been into what I think of as the Busy Wankin' school of rapid-fire blues riffs—too many guys seem to think that fast is all you need—but Stevie pulled it off with such expressiveness and sheer fucking balls-out passion that I can understand why so many other hosers reach for that particular brass ring.
posted by cortex at 8:35 AM on September 30, 2006

I'm sick and tired of these Bush-bashing Katrina posts. Louisiana is not Texas!
posted by bardic at 3:49 PM on September 30, 2006

hrm. my link is broked. here we go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZZyv_UAApo&mode=related&search=
posted by secret about box at 8:38 PM on September 30, 2006

Stevie's version of Little Wing was one of the reasons I started playing guitar. That and getting laid.
posted by daHIFI at 9:37 AM on October 2, 2006 [1 favorite]

I know it's kind of sad, but I was not aware of this song before Guitar Hero. The fact that he can do an Expert 5-star performance with a real guitar, and sing at the same time is incredible.

I mean, it's hard enough with just 5 buttons and a strum bar.
posted by Durhey at 12:01 PM on October 2, 2006

I remember the day Stevie died, it was the first time I ever saw my dad cry. He was a professional guitar player and I used to listen to SRV + Double Trouble records all the time as my dad played over them. I can still pick out his sound in about a second of hearing his songs. We lost a true master the day he passed, it was a treat to see that video...thanks.
posted by rubyeyo at 10:34 AM on October 3, 2006