any stevie ray fans?

whats your favorite song by him... a few of mine are

lenny
little wing
life by the drop
and life without you

 

Hell yes... Shake for Me and Rude Mood/Hide Away, two live tracks that start off one of the discs (can't remember which disc), are just killer... relentless tempo! I like his really fast intense stuff. His version of Little Wing is incredible, of course. The solo of Leave My Little Girl Alone kicks my arse every time. Pride and Joy is a classic.

No one has ever played like SRV. I'm not saying he's the all time best, but purely as a guitarist (not as a songwriter/artist), he has to be included in the conversation. Watching him live is just mindblowing... he plays with such power, and picks every note perfectly. He just wrestles the guitar into submission, it's ridiculous.

 

Meant to say, one of the discs of his two disc "essential" collection

 

haha i know it hes seriously like no other, man

 

if you are into stevie ray, you will love albert king. Both Srv and Jimi took alot from his work, and before you say noone ever plays like stevie... well, make sure you hear albert before saying it!

I love stevie, and saw him perform live with jeff beck near the end of his life. No recording I had heard prepared me for his ability live - and I was well versed in stevie before seeing him. I truely feel priveleged to have seen him, and he is indeed the most talented guitar player I have seen in person.

 

yeah my mom was about to see him live in concert a little bit before his death too but the concert got canceled

 

damn, i forgot to answer the Q of which song i like! lol

I always love Texas Flood, but my fave Stevie Ray is probably Little Sister. Look at Little Sister has the same verse guitar line as Muddy Waters Killin Floor - the same tune Jimi opens with at Monterey. Stevie gives it a texas swing and does the lyrics for Little Sister, but its obvious to me where hes getting the melody!



I met stevie ray at the show I saw. Well, sort of...
Backstage before the show I and my buddy had found a quiet corner to smoke one, and watch the loading of the gear by the roadcrew. An "airport limo" pulls up a few feet from us, and out hops two suits and two thirds of double trouble. Stevie was the last one out, and they made for the side door that we had set up our smoking section near. I really had no idea that the doorway we stood in to smoke would even open, much less have SRV himself pass thru.

As they whisked themselves into the venue, stevie and tommy shannon passed just an arms length from me, and I was elated to have a chance to meet the performer. But when Stevie came toward me, he looked sooooo tired. We made eye contact as they came up the steps, and I chose not to say a word in hopes it would make his day a little easier! I gave him the guy nod and he smiled a little - obviously relieved not to have to deal with yet another kid who wanted to ask a million questions.

A few weeks later, Stevie took his last flight, and I knew I missed my only chance to talk to him, but hope he got more out of the non convo than I would have by speaking. He knew I wanted to, but respected that he was obviously a weary traveller. I like to think that I may have given him just a fraction back by not making do "PR" work!

again, best player I have ever seen

 

man, what a great story! being a performer myself, i can really dig what you mean about not wanting to sap the guy of any more energy by fawning all over him - was really cool of you to pay your respects with the simple "guy nod", it can often be more telling than any number of words....

i was fortunate enough to see stevie play twice - once at Chastain Park in Atlanta w/the fabulous thunderbirds as the opening act.....stevie and jimmy played an encore together at the end - most cool!

i also saw him at the vintage Alabama theatre in Birmingham - was a great setting for those soulful sounds, and everytime he was really gettin into it he'd stand on tiptoe!

i will always remember those groovy moments

oh, and my fave tunes? cold shot and look at little sister

 

Awesome story, Samson. It's the little moments that count, you know?

Albert King is great too. No one has played like Albert King either, I suppose, but I'd have to give the technical edge to Stevie. When it comes to soulful playing, Albert's skill is pretty much unmatched!

 

He is awesome, second to one (Hendrix is #1.) I love 'Texas Flood', but 'Say What!', 'Couldn't Stand The Weather', 'Testify', 'Come On (Part 3)' and 'Pride And Joy' are all classics as well.

Best blues guitarist ever.

 

I love "Pride and Joy", that's probably one of my absolute favorites. But all of his songs are great, he's one fantastic musician!

 

Hell Yeah!!! I love him. Great song.

 

couldnt agree more, srv is amazing. lenny and scuttlebuttle would be my picks.

 

Tightrope! And 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' is pretty kick ass.

 

lenny, tin pan alley, little wing of course, usually i rather the slower instrumental songs

 

yea i love mellow songs and most of his very relaxed instrumentals appeal to me

 

To name a few mine are.... The Sky is Crying, Life without You, Tin Pan Alley, Willie the Wimp, Life by the drop, Tightrope, and Leave my Girl Alone.

 

the last truly great blues player, nothing more, nothing less.. there's nothing really, anybody can really say..listen to that shit..no fav song, they're all so good but I love him & buddy guy at legends..

 

yup, stevie ray vaughan was cool. cold shot is awsome

 

'Riviera Paradise' is the most beautiful song ever written.
'Say What!' is arguably the best guitar playing ever

I think that SRV was the only guitarist to ever come within a league of Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix, however, was a better songwriter and did a wider range of styles. A fair few of SRV's composition's are instrumentals - 'Rude Mood', 'Lenny', 'Scuttle Buttin'', 'Say What!', 'Riviera Paradise' all spring to mind. His instrumental covers of 'Little Wing' and 'Testify' are awesome.

For me, the difference between SRV and JH is that, in SRV's lifetime, he only wrote (of the songs that were released in his lifetime) twenty-one songs. He covered sixteen and his band wrote 'Crossfire' with some guy called Bramhall. Hendrix wrote hundreds of songs (including the posthumous releases, of course.)

#1 Jimi Hendrix
#2 Stevie Ray Vaughan