Stevie Ray Vaughan

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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,136
    srv, jimi and page
    are all fantastic

    once you reach that level its a matter of style preference

    thing is hendrix was first and his playing more varied than either page or srv

    page has always been my personal fav though
  • pearljgirl2010
    pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    SRV was one of the most amazing artists ever...his music opened up a whole new world for me....Life by the Drop had a huge influence on me too, as simple as it is!
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    I've been listening to some SRV lately. This guy was a sick guitar player.
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    i have always been a fan of the guitar and this guy is a total hero in my books

    like a previous post said once you get to that level who f'n cares who's the best? really...
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Isn't Mike McCready a huge fan and isn't SRV a major influence on him?
    Think I read that somewhere.
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  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    Isn't Mike McCready a huge fan and isn't SRV a major influence on him?
    Think I read that somewhere.

    i think most slick geetar players would say the same thing about srv. he could sure whip those notes out like a madman going 100mph in the 55zone. intense. detailed. f'n rockin.
  • VINNY GOOMBA
    VINNY GOOMBA Posts: 1,825
    I would have loved to see Stevie write more structured "songs." In my eyes, he's awesome-- played flawlessly, incredibly capable, and had a very distinguishable tone. But the guy played too much blues for me to really love him. Imagine what amazing music he could have made if he stepped outside that genre a bit more. Hendrix really wrote some beautiful songs, and didn't limit himself so much. I'll take Hendrix over Stevie on an overall assessment. Could Stevie do everything Jimi did if we wanted to? Probably. Could he have come up with it on his own? I guess we'll never know.
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    VINNY GOOMBA wrote:
    I would have loved to see Stevie write more structured "songs." In my eyes, he's awesome-- played flawlessly, incredibly capable, and had a very distinguishable tone. But the guy played too much blues for me to really love him. Imagine what amazing music he could have made if he stepped outside that genre a bit more. Hendrix really wrote some beautiful songs, and didn't limit himself so much. I'll take Hendrix over Stevie on an overall assessment. Could Stevie do everything Jimi did if we wanted to? Probably. Could he have come up with it on his own? I guess we'll never know.

    it's a good observation and for sure both died way before their time...same as lennon. guess we're just lucky to have what we got :)
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,578
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGcgcOEvqE4

    fuck yes!
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,578
    Brisk. wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGcgcOEvqE4

    fuck yes!

    bump!
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    I love this quote by Eric Clapton about him...

    "I don't think anyone has commanded my respect more, to this day. The first time I heard Stevie Ray, I thought, "Whoever this is, he is going to shake the world". I was in my car and I remember thinking, I have to find out, before the day is over, who that guitar player is. That doesn't happen to me very often, that I get that way about listening to music. I mean, about three or four times in my life I've felt that way, in a car, listening to the radio, where I've stopped the car, pulled over, listened, and thought, I've got to find out before the end of the day, not, you know, sooner or later, but I have to know NOW who that is....and I remember being fascinated by the fact that he never, ever seemed to be... lost in any way. It was as though he never took a breather... or took a pause to think where he was gonna go next, it just flowed out of him. He seemed to be an open channel and music just flowed out. It's going to be a long time before anyone that brilliant will come along again."
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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    With the exception of the above quote, I can't believe no one mentioned Eric Clapton while arguing who is a better guitarist. What's also crazy is that SRV took Clapton's seat in the helicopter.
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  • Jeff Murray
    Jeff Murray Posts: 1,259
    Not going to get into the "Who's Better" debate but each had different qualities that made them all great. You can listen to the radio today and hear certain sounds and pick out the SRV, Jimi, and Page influences.

    SRV's main influence was the blues obviously, he loved Jimi and paid homage by covering some of his tunes, as all blues artists have done. One of my favorite SRV albums is "In Session by Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan. They trade licks on Albert's tunes and then Mr. King lets SRV tear into one of his songs. Stevie is so humble on this recording and pays his respects to a blues legend, then Albert sort of passes the torch to Stevie.

    It is a shame that Stevie was taken away from us at a young age, especially since he was just turning his life around and really enjoying playing again. I would trade my soul for just an ounce of Stevie's ability, especially since I have none.... ;)
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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    cropduster82 wrote:
    With the exception of the above quote, I can't believe no one mentioned Eric Clapton while arguing who is a better guitarist. What's also crazy is that SRV took Clapton's seat in the helicopter.

    Kind of eerie, isn't it?
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  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    dcfaithful wrote:
    nathanastin wrote:
    South of Seattle wrote:

    #2 right behind Jimi ;)
    He's better than Jimi; Jimi's overrated

    I love Jimi, don't get me wrong...but I'd have to agree on this...my personal opinion...I think Jimi Hendrix was a bit sloppy...but that doesn't make him a shitty musician...I just find SRV's playing to be more clear and precise. I do believe that they both played with the same amounts of soul though.

    My dad was fortunate enough to see SRV on his last tour, about a month before he died in that unfortunate helicopter crash :cry:

    for the most part i agree with you. I too have always said the Jimi was sloppy. and as a musician i think SRV was better than Jimi. but ....... i like to listen to Jimi more. :lol: does that make sense ?
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  • citizen54
    citizen54 Posts: 64
    Without Hendrix, there would be no Stevie Ray.

    And I love Stevie Ray. Saw him once in Austin and have his records. But his sound owes a lot to the great Jimi. I am old enough to have been around when Hendrix hit the scene, and the general reaction was that no one had heard anything quite like it before. What a loss. Imagine what he might have done with 10 or 20 more years.

    SRV's brother Jimmy ain't bad on guitar either.

    And then there's John McLaughlin....
  • skippybrew
    skippybrew Posts: 283
    DewieCox wrote:

    Led Zeppelin's music has 10x the scope of Hendrix and SRV combined.

    Yes, but we're talking about musicians, not bands. Page may have had a better band, but SRV could have eaten him alive with sheer skill. Songwriting and playing ability are two totally different things.
  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    SRV is flat out amazing, and for that matter, so is his bass player Tommy Shannon.

    SRV is just extreme at what he did. And is flat out my favorite guitarist. Mr. Hendrix was also his idle.
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  • pearljgirl2010
    pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    MayDay10 wrote:
    This morning I have been watching SRV live clips.

    This guy is/was an absolute freak. A musician is 1 in a million people. This guy is 1 in a million musicians. IMO there has never been anyone who has had such mastery of a guitar.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CciCBCUVYwk


    where would everyone else here (who are more knowledgable than me) rank SRV in terms of guitar


    just found this thread...one of my favorite musicians EVER!!!

    I mean...really!?!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2t8i9mGx9c

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR2VEvfvC9I
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  • Pearl Jam_ie
    Pearl Jam_ie Posts: 821
    pearljgirl2010 wrote:
    MayDay10 wrote:
    This morning I have been watching SRV live clips.

    This guy is/was an absolute freak. A musician is 1 in a million people. This guy is 1 in a million musicians. IMO there has never been anyone who has had such mastery of a guitar.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CciCBCUVYwk


    where would everyone else here (who are more knowledgable than me) rank SRV in terms of guitar


    just found this thread...one of my favorite musicians EVER!!!

    I mean...really!?!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2t8i9mGx9c

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR2VEvfvC9I

    I'm also a huge SRV fan. If you don't know of him already, Joe Bonamassa is another guitar player you might like. I've seen him live a few times and I swear this dude is from another planet. He's only in his early thirties, but he definitely fills at least a little bit of the void for us since Stevie is gone. IMO

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