This was an awful show and SRV did himself no favors playing a twelve string acoustic. The costar was Joe Satriani who was pathetically off his game playing a banjo. It was a severe disappointment at the time and sounds no better 23 years later. ---------- Ted Burke http://youtube.com/watch?v=-VPUDjK-ibQ&feature=relmfu
Take it back Theodore,take it back.Hey I got an original 59 Bassman with Cesar Diaz's (Stevies amp tech)signature in it.Ran into Casar @ a Pittsburgh guitar show and he verified it was his,this thing will blow your face out.Take it back,take it back,don't dis Stevie,wutch you talkin bout Willis?
S.R.V. WAS a BADASS from day one cause the soul he put into his playin some people just don't get it your born with that it something that can't be learned thats why all the blues masters loved him
Stevies acoustic guitar playing here is deliciously raunchy, LOVE that acoustic CRUNCH he has >> Nice & FAT - what a sound!!!...There is a autobiography about his life that is an excellent read.
I might like to hear this stuff played on a nice resonator rather than on a 12 string, but come on Ted - it aint' what one would call BAD. Ooops. One did pretty much call it that, didn't one? Oh well.
It's probably only harp related to my pea brain Greg :) I was playing harp to Stevies playin and then I thought how great Jason would sound jammin to Stevies fast acoustic stuff he's doin here... then I decided to point out that Stevies amped up stuff is so awesome because his acoustic playing is off the charts and made a comment how great acoustic chops translate so powerfully through an amped up situation, no matter what the instrument is...I know, it makes no harp sense, except to me ;)
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Dissing Stevie,"Why I oughtta".Puttin me thru some changes man,whatare they(The Government) putting in the air.Actuall,if I was puttin a pickup blues band together I wouldn't call Stevie to back up my harp,I'd call Robert Jr. Lockwood!!
Good luck, I'm still on hold waitin for Mr. Lockwood to pick up the phone? - if your lucky you may get through to Rusty Zinn...Bring a fat spliff and you'll be in like flint :)
It is related because it is blues. You gotta keep up with good guitar players as much as harp players as a guitar player is the main sound behind your harmonica playing A good guitar player can make a harp player play his best.
Personally I'm not a fan of SRV. His music never did anything for me. As for backing up a harp player. His brother Jimmy would be much better suited for that job.
If any of you guys want a guitar player and or are driving through Knoxville i will be glad to play. I play mostly harp but before harp I learned every Willie Johnson, Robert jr and Myers licks there was so hit me up.
As far as backing players I really dig Big Bill on all that sonny boy 1 stuff. And of course Myers brothers and robert. It just dont get any better
Ted B- I don't know about the rest of that show,but if that's bad, I don't want to be good!
When SRV first emerged I didn't care for him one tenth as much as his brother.I eventually grew to like him,but there's still something about the economy in Jimmie's playing that I'll always love. Much rather have him backing me on harp than Stevie.
First off, I think SRV was a brilliant blues guitarist who had the kind of virtuosity that transcended chops and had to do with flow and feeling; his electric improvisations were much in line with how Coltrane played, beyond chops and instead creating a seamless stream of intense ideas that expressed the nuance of emotion with every twist, bend and hammering of the notes. SRV was an electric guitarist, though, and though he shows the requisite competence on the twelve string here, it sounds rushed, merely mechanical. A resonator would have been a terrific idea, a suitable and expressive instrument that could have done justice to what Stevie could do with notes,shadings, accents. The inherent jangle of the twelve string just rattles to my ears; a lot of clutter, not allowing a lot of room for the blues. Or anything else. It was an experiment, I suppose, trying something different, but experimentation is something you do at home when you rehearse; SRV, to my ears, didn't bring his best game with him on that date. ---------- Ted Burke http://youtube.com/watch?v=-VPUDjK-ibQ&feature=relmfu
Are there any Stevie Ray Vaughn recordings with a respectable harp player on it?Negatory!!Got the wrong Vaughn brother.Its Jimmy who could or would be happy to back a harp player up,not Stevie.I have no desire to listen to SRV,just as he had no desire to play with harp players,end of story.
I both agree and disagree with Theo on this one. He is correct in that the 12 here does jumble up the sound quite a bit and he probably would have been better served with a resonator. but i also think he shredded that 12 string to pieces.
The one thing that caught my eye during this performance was watching his right hand during pride and joy. When he is playing the shuffle his hand is moving in an almost circular motion which will give you a natural triplet. We use the same trick to get triplets while playing the bones
tmf714...I'm pretty sure Stevie went into rehab in 1986 and was clean the rest of his life...about 4 years Say what you want about Stevie. I have never seen anyone, any instrument, any genre, with such an awesome combination of soul and talent. I watch his Austin DVD almost weekly and learn something every time. I would love to see someone get lost in the blues the way Stevie did. This is not O.T. to me...now granny's pumpkin pie recipe..thats OT
I stand corrected-Stevie's sobriety date is October 1986. So he was 3 years and 3 months sober at the Unplugged show-just gotten his shit together.
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srv, all things being said, was a substantial influence on my harmonica playing and he was an inspiration when he got sober. i was in desperate shape from alcoholism at the time he went into rehab. with and several other musician/celebrities and sober AA members in mind, i finally gave up the fight and entered rehab in july of 1987 and have been sober ever since. in 1990 i was finally getting back into playing music in public as well as doing public poetry readings when stevie died. all things being what they are in life, srv was an example that an artist can have passion and fury without destroying themselves with drugs and alcohol. i am grateful for the example and countless others set for me. ---------- Ted Burke http://youtube.com/watch?v=-VPUDjK-ibQ&feature=relmfu
http://ted-burke.com tburke4@san.rr.co,
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I also became a "freind of Bill's" in 1990. I was stunned by Stevies death,but figured if he could do it ,so could I. Along with some good freinds,the rooms and dedicating myself to a healthy lifestyle,I conquered my own demons. Stevie was,and still remains one of my hereos.
Stevie loves jumble -- he's a blues man for crissakes...He new full well he was gunna rattle the shit outta that geetar - his intentions were obviously to not play prettyboy notes, all prisoners were mercilessly executed Stevie Ray style - The real blues dudes don't pussyfoot around - they cut heads for sport... Stevie left em all headless by the last note played on that little gig - Whether someone loves or hates what Stevie played in that vid, bottom line - it wasn't no pansy bullshit :)
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