General Music Chat

honestly. SRV was pretty good,
but for me the real attractive thing was that he was alive and Duane Allman and Jimi Hendrix were not.

but next to this he sounds weak
http://youtu.be/bGWZAdVcOsY

.... Then there is always this little cover ditty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvtkUd0kkhU

but SRV did manage to steal this guys hat....
I guess that's something.

http://youtu.be/bNYGXMnIGWs

http://youtu.be/bNYGXMnIGWs

stevie who? stevie witherspoon ?

.... Then there is always this little cover ditty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvtkUd0kkhU

I totally love that song and one day I will master it... I may do it from a wheel chaIR WHEN i'M 91 AND HALF......but I WILL learn that one.. One of the few covers I actually would try to do

SRV was the real deal. There are a number things required to become a national level player but the biggest one is persistance.

But he also had those lesser virtues as well, like talent and prescence.

Talbot

SRV was the real deal. There are a number things required to become a national level player but the biggest one is persistance.

But he also had those lesser virtues as well, like talent and prescence.

Talbot

Well clearly, it came down to the volume of beer he consumed... to get where he got... Not to mention his titan ability to keep standing while playing, regardless of the spinning rooms.

I am honored to say I had the distinct privilege of drinking beers and chatting with Stevie on many occasions, long before he made it big... He and Double trouble used to gig At Rockerfellers on Washington St, (I worked the Equinox Play theater across the street.) in Houston during the very early 80's. I was in my 20's. RIP Stevie! (And thanks for the guitar advice!)

Grant, I will forever envy you!

You Know whats funny? During that time, I knew that he kicked ass on the guitar and as a performer, but I never would have guessed him making it to legendary status...He was just a regular guy... And most important, its how he viewed himself... He was 'one of the guys...' as far as he was concerned. (Pretty humble and not above anybody... in the grand scheme)

I used to book him into Beaumont in the late 70s/early 80s at a few clubs. My brother thought he was going to be big time but I didn't think blues would ever break into mainstream rock again. Jimmy Vaughn is a better guitarist, but I don't think anyone ever played guitar with more passion than Stevie.

He probably wouldn't have made it big if David Bowie had not hired him to play on "Let's Dance" "Little China Girl" and "Modern Love". Bowie then offered him $350 per concert to tour 11 dates. What a cheapskate!?!

You are right about him being a humble guy, though. Even after becoming a super-star he was the same down-to-earth guy from Oak Cliff. The last time I saw him was at his High School reunion, (1987?) which featured him and BW Stevenson along with several other Dallas bands.

I saw him a few times, and Ive never seen anyone play with the intensity he did.

He was recording in Memphis at Kiva Studios, they had all these aluminum foil wraps around his amps cause they were making so much noise, one of the engineers got his main guitar while he was asleep and took it to the guitar tech who used to set up my guitars, the guy wanted him to "fix it" cause it was so noisy.

TK told the guy to take it back where it belonged, he wasnt touching that guitar! LOL!

.... Then there is always this little cover ditty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvtkUd0kkhU

and the man who wrote it

http://youtu.be/fBgyXXnbfBc

I mean anyone can come behind a man 20 yrs later and steal his clothes, that's no accomplishment.